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Q: What is the correct noSQL collection structure for the following case? As someone who got used to thinking in relational terms, I am trying to get a grasp of thinking in the "noSQL way".
Assume the following scenario:

We have a blog (eg. 9gag.com) with many posts and registered users. Every post can be liked by each user. We would like to build a recommendation engine, so we need to track:

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*all posts viewed by a user

*all posts liked  by a user

Posts have: title, body, category. Users have: username, password, email, other data.

In a relational DB we would have something like: posts, users, posts_users_views (post_id, users_id, view_date), posts_users_likes (post_id, user_id, like_date).
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What is the "right" structure would be in a document/column oriented noSQL database?
Clarification: Should we save an array of all viewed/liked post ids in users (or user ids in posts)? If so, won't we have a problem with a row size getting huge?

A: In CouchDB you could have separate documents for the user, post, view and like. Showing the views/likes by user can be arranged by the "view" (materialized map/reduce query) with map function emitting an array key [user_id, post_id]. As the result you will get the sorted dictionary (ordered lexicographically by the key), so taking all the views per user='ID' is the query with keys starting from [ID] to [ID,{}]. You can optimize it, but the basic solution is very simple.
In CouchDB wiki there is a comment on using relationally modeled design and view collation mechanism (which can substitute some simple joins). To get some intuition I rather advice to study the problems of post and comments, which is also very simple, but not that much trivial as view and likes :)
There may be no NoSQL way, but I think most of the map/reduce systems share similar type of thinking. The CouchDB is a good tool to start, because it is very limited :) It is difficult to do any queries inefficient in distributed environment and its map and reduce query functions cannot have side effects (they are generating the materialized view, incrementally when the document set is changed, and the result should not depend on the order of document updates).


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Is the New Planet Proxima b Really Habitable?
It depends on water, radiation, and other factors still unknown.
Artist's conception of the surface of Proxima b. (ESO/M. Kornmesser)
Yesterday's announcement of a newly discovered planet in the solar system closest to us has scientists excited, and with good reason. Proxima Centauri b is now the closest exoplanet yet found. In fact, it's the closest that can be found outside of our solar system (give or take a few million kilometers).
Current data indicate that the planet, named Proxima b, is nearly the size of our own planet, with about 1.3 Earth masses. It orbits its faint central star, a red dwarf or M star, in 11.2 days. Given its orbital location, liquid water could be present on its surface. We have now detected close to 50 planets in the so-called "habitable zone" of their suns, but laudably, the authors chose more cautious wording, and said that the new planet is in a "temperate" orbit around Proxima Centauri.
This makes sense, as we cannot distinguish based on current data whether the planet may be like Mercury, Venus, or Earth, or perhaps unlike anything in our solar system. Proxima Centauri, like other M stars, emits strong solar flares and X-ray emissions that would make the origin of life challenging on the surface of a nearby planet. We don't know about the initial water endowment of the planet around Proxima Centauri, but modeling (as reported in a paper posted just yesterday) indicates it should have lost less than an Earth's ocean of water during its history. So if Proxima b originally received around the same amount of water that Earth did, there should still be plenty of water around, which increases the potential for life.
We also don't know whether the planet has a geomagnetic field to protect its surface from Proxima Centauri's extreme radiation. This may be a critical factor for life, since it would be so close to the star. Other parameters have to be right for life to originate and evolve, as well, including the availability of organic compounds and the presence of an effective mechanism for recycling nutrients, such as plate tectonics.
Nevertheless, the discovery marks a significant step forward. A potentially habitable exoplanet so close to us will spur development of spectroscopic tools to probe whether the planet has an atmosphere, and if so, what type. It will also provide momentum to those thinking about ways to travel to the next solar system, as envisioned by the 100-Year Starship Initiative.
But don't be fooled. I attended the first 100-Year Starship meeting and came away thinking that we are still light years from developing any type of warp drive, if that's even possible. If we have to use today's propulsion, we would quickly realize that 4.2 light years is a really, really long way to go. Anything in our solar system would seem a stone's throw away in comparison.
I don't mean to be a downer, though. This discovery is awe-inspiring, and at least for the short-term we can expect some good science-fiction movies. In the long-term we should gain more and more insight into our closest solar system, until some day, hopefully, we're able to send a robotic probe to Proxima b—perhaps even in our lifetime.
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Time to Renew my CFI
It Came From Beyond
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May Unemployment By State: Uneven Improvement
The May 2020 US state-level unemployment data was out on Friday; here are 3 observations using Google Public Data graphs to show recent trends:
#1: COVID's effect on the US labor market varies widely state-by-state, hitting some regions especially hard while leaving others relatively unscathed.
The 5 hardest hit states are Nevada (25.3% May unemployment), Hawaii (22.6%), Michigan (21.2%), Rhode Island (16.3%) and Massachusetts (16.3%).
The 5 states with the lowest May unemployment: Nebraska (5.2%), Utah (8.5%), Wyoming (8.8%), Arizona (8.9%), and DC (8.9%).
The averages: 20.3% unemployment for the 5 worst, 8.1% for the 5 best, and 13.3% for the country as a whole.
Consider Nevada's experience now to the Great Recession, when unemployment peaked at 13.7% in September 2010. That was 44% higher than the national rate at the time. Now, it is 90% above the national average.
Takeaway: The COVID Crisis has been far more damaging to select states than the national data shows, and those regional imbalances far exceed the Great Recession.
#2: Just 5 states make up 40% of America's GDP; here are their recent/current unemployment rates versus the national jobless rate:
California: down 0.1 points in May to 16.3% from 16.4% in April
Illinois: down 2.0 points in May to 15.2% from 17.2% in April
New York: down 0.8 points in May to 14.5% from 15.3% in April
Florida: up 0.7 points in May to 14.5% from 13.8% in April
Texas: down 0.5 points in May to 13.0% from 13.5% in April
Takeaway: aside from Illinois the top 5 GDP-producing states all underperformed May's national drop in unemployment to 13.3% from 14.7% in April and except from Texas all show higher unemployment rates than the US as a whole. Also, all were running much closer to the national average pre-COVID Crisis, as the following chart shows:
#3: For those readers interested in what this may mean to the 2020 presidential election, here is the May data for 6 swing states:
Three states show May unemployment below national levels, but all still quite high:
Wisconsin: 12.0%, down from 13.6% in April
North Carolina: 12.9%, even with April
Pennsylvania: 13.1%, down from 16.1% in April
In the 3 other states, unemployment is above national levels but trending down in 2 regions:
Ohio: 13.7%, down from 17.6% in April
Florida: 14.5%, up from 14.0% in April
Michigan: 21.2%, down from 24.0% in April
Takeaway: we (and a lot of other market watchers) will be paying close attention to the state-level joblessness data as we get closer to November. To the degree to which pocketbook issues inform voter preferences, local economic conditions will matter. And, as we've seen in the other points above, state-level labor markets can vary widely from the national data.


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Q: How can I read a 3-colums txt file using Java I've tried using the regular methods and I realized that this txt has 3 columns, but one of them has a phrase, so it makes me to have more than 3 columns

A: Use method split(String, int) of class java.lang.String.
/*
 * import java.io.File;
 * import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 * import java.util.Arrays;
 * import java.util.Scanner;
 */
try (Scanner scanner = new Scanner(new File("inputext.txt"))) {
    String line;
    String[] columns;
    while (scanner.hasNextLine()) {
        line = scanner.nextLine();
        columns = line.split("\\s+", 3);
        if (columns.length == 3) {
            System.out.println(Arrays.toString(columns));
        }
    }
}
catch (FileNotFoundException x) {
    x.printStackTrace();
}

Note that I wrote a text file named inputext.txt that contains the sample data from your question.
This is the output I get:
[Phone, Account, Message]
[+5215554089954, 123456ABC001, This is a test message]
[5554089954, 123456ABC002, This is a test message]
[53711100, 123456ABC003, This is a test message]
[+525554089954, 123456ABC003, This is a test message]
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Newly inducted Country Music Hall of Fame member, Alan Jackson will celebrate his 28th year in Country Music with the extension of his Honky Tonk Highway Tour. The tour originally started in January of 2017 and ran through November.
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Off With Their Heads' new album, Be Good, distinguishes itself from the rest of the band's catalog with one very unique characteristic: It's actually good. Frontman Ryan Young thinks so, anyway.
"It's the first record I've ever made that I like," laughs Young. "Because there was no
reason to make it anything other than what I wanted it to be."
The band has been relatively quiet over the last few years, largely because Young was
tending to an ill family member who ultimately passed away last year.
But through mourning came inspiration.
"She was a photographer, and at the wake were all these photos she took," he
remembers. One of those photos struck him immediately. It shows a Mennonite family
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background. "I said: That's gonna be the cover of the album that doesn't exist yet."
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Good at least allows a tiny glimmer of hope to peek through.
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goddamn miserable you are."
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WHO'S LOUIS? ||
WHO is LOUIS
WHO'S LOUIS? is a New York City based performance collective.
Originally from Salt Lake City, WHO'S LOUIS? was founded at the University of Utah from the desire to create work that deconstructs the constant chaos around us to better make sense of it. We value the roots of story sharing and assembly as a form to pass on history and learn from its mistakes.
WHO' S LOUIS? devises work that deconstructs and reconstitutes imagined worlds, lived realities, and surface-level assumptions. We seek to open up new artistic avenues and acknowledge the history and importance of "theatre". We exist to challenge normalcy in spaces of complacency.
Our first project was devised and co-written as a part of the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival's 24-Hour Dark Days competition. After collaborating on Numb and Awake, we developed work for the University of Utah, the Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, and the Grand Opening of the Broadway at the Eccles Theater.
Our devising pulls inspiration from methods and companies such as SITI Company/Viewpoints, bucketing, Frantic Assembly, and the TEAM — techniques with which we fuse into our own unique process. After graduating from college, we moved to New York City where we live in two apartments across the hall from one another, hosting business meetings in our living room and wine nights on the roof.
cece otto
CECE OTTO (she/her) || performing artist from Salt Lake City, UT. She has been on the WHO'S LOUIS? devising team for Residue [Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival], Apt. 404: [Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival], He Married a Tigress [Eccles Broadway Theater Grand Opening], and Numb and Awake [Dark Days Theater Festival]. Cece has performed at 54 Below, 59E59 Theaters, The New Ohio Theater, The Drama League, Pioneer Theater Company, and Salt Lake Acting Company. In 2017, she performed her original piece, Hyperthymesia, in the East to Edinburgh Festival and the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. Selected credits: Dabby in Our Country's Good, Irina in The Three Sisters, Lu in Self Defense or, Death of Some Salesmen. Cece was named the 2018 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher for the University of Utah's College of Fine Arts. BFA Acting from the University of Utah; MA Arts Administration from SUU.
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DOMINIC ZAPPALA (he/him) || creator of many things, home chef, and tech enthusiast. He worked with WHO'S LOUIS? on Apt. 404:, Residue, and Numb & Awake. He hails from Salt Lake City, UT and has worked with institutions such as Pioneer Theatre Company, Priscilla Beach Theatre, and the Grassroots Shakespeare Company. Notable credits include Tunny in American Idiot, Walter in Up, and King Ferdinand in Love's Labours' Lost. He has a certificate in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries from LAMDA and a BFA from the University of Utah.
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MONICA GOFF (she/her) || actor, writer, and director originally from San Jose, CA. With WHO'S LOUIS?, Monica co-created Numb & Awake, Residue, and Apt. 404:. Monica has also performed at Dixon Place, Pioneer Theater Company, and San Jose Stage Company. Selected credits: Katharine in Love's Labour's Lost, Hippolyta in The Two Noble Kinsmen, Masha in The Three Sisters, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Chloe in Arcadia. She has studied at the Linklater Center, Upright Citizen's Brigade, and LAMDA. BFA Acting from the University of Utah.
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Departing from London
Coaches from London Victoria Coach Station arrive at Bournemouth Coach and Rail Station from as early as 9.40am, and run hourly until midnight.
London Victoria Coach Station is just 300 metres from the tube network, and is served by the Victoria Line, the District Line and the Circle Line. A bus stop is based outside the station, and there is a taxi rank outside the coach station on Eccleston Place.
Take a look at our London Victoria Coach Station facilities.
Arriving in Bournemouth
Bournemouth Coach and Rail Station is based in Bournemouth town centre. Along with the adjacent rail station, this allows for wider travel across Bournemouth and beyond. A dedicated taxi rank is also based nearby, as well as food outlets and supermarkets.
For more information, see our Bournemouth Coach Station facilities page.
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Is it a mouse or a deer? This bizarre looking creature is unsteady on its feet as it explores the world for the first time.
The adorable minute Java Mouse Deer was was born just a few weeks ago in the Netherlands.
The Natura Artis Magistra, has become the new home for the tiny species.
These pictures show just how small these animals are, even at maturity they reach the size of a rabbit, making it one of the smallest ungulates on earth.
Pictured comfy in the leaves, the shyness of the animal reflects from the pictures, with its delicate features on show.
As it stands up and follows its mother, the Java Mouse Deer's legs are visibly extremely fragile and minute, but seeing as they are the smallest hoofed mammals in the world.
This baby will grow to a maximum weight of only about 5 pounds (2.5 kg) in adulthood, and its legs will be no bigger than the circumference of a pencil!
Mouse Deer are timid and solitary, and are seen here as the soft and shy animal they are prone to be; but their small features contribute to their cuteness and timid behaviour.


The Kings Cup is the very finest gourmet coffee. 100% Arabica and perfectly roasted to give you a very smooth and pure coffee flavor. Never burnt or bitter.
How is it different? The King's Cup is the best coffee beans from our fields. They are from a much higher altitude, which adds a much deeper richer flavor.


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Q: When do I need to use quaternions? I have been carrying out 2D and 3D operations, including graphics, for many years and have never used quaternions so I don't have a feel for them. I know that they can be used for certain operations that are difficult in Euler angles and also that they can be used to find the rotation required to best fit one set of coordinates (X1, X2...XN, X=(xyz)) onto another (X1', X2'... XN').
Are there places where quaternions are essential? And are there places where they make solutions more elegant or more efficient?

A: Quaternions have many advantages over Euler angles and are often preferable for 3D rotations:

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*Easier (and well-defined) interpolation between quaternions (or: orientations): the resulting movement has constant angular velocity around a single axis, which is often aesthetically more pleasing. This process is called "slerp" and critical for animation/rotation blending. Furthermore, quaternion interpolation does not suffer from Gimbal locks.

*They are easy to renormalize.

Disadvantages:

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*The main disadvantage is that they require a bit more math and are less intuitive than Euler/Cardanic angles.

*Compared to affine transformation matrices, Quaternions only contain a rotation, and no translation and scaling.

A: With quaternions you also handle the problem of the gimbal lock. And they are easier to work with when you want to perform arbitrary rotations.

A: Pros of quaternions

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*Fast multiplication

*Fast to/from matrix conversion

*Avoid additional (from computation) noise (scale , shear) , and represent pure rotation

*Simple rotation interpolation, in custom case for real time animation can be used linear interpolation.

*Some tricky operations available, fast rotation integration, twist swing decompositions

Cons.

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*Transformation of vector is not so fast as with 3x3 matrix.

*Contains 4 scalar, but compact rotation representation can use only 3.

A: They have a smaller memory footprint than rotation matrices and they are more efficient than both matrix and angle/axis representations.
Also:

*

*It's extremely easy to interpolate between two quaternions, which is useful for smooth camera movements etc.

*Unit normalisation of floating point quaternions suffers from fewer rounding defects than matrix representations.

A: The advantage of quaternions over matrices is not only faster computation, but mostly because a matrix representation of successive rotations around arbitrary angles eventually give in to dreadful floating-point round-off errors and no longer represent proper, affine rotations. "Restoring" a rotation matrix is computationally more expensive than normalizing a quaternion. Therefore, quaternions should be chosen over pure rotation matrices.

A: Compared to Euler angles they are simpler to compose and avoid the problem of gimbal lock.
Compared to rotation matrices they are more numerically stable and the representation (4 numbers) is more compact.


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Smoke- and Tobacco-Free Campus
Quit Resources
How to approach someone who is using tobacco on campus
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What tobacco products are included in this policy?
UWM is including all tobacco products that the FDA regulates as such, including but not limited to: cigarettes, cigars, e-cigarettes, chewing tobacco, snuff, roll-your-own tobacco, pipe tobacco and hookah. Learn more about the FDA's tobacco regulation: https://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm506676.htm
Why are e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products included?
Our tobacco-free policy is a comprehensive one; the FDA currently regulates e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco as tobacco products. E-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products are also hazardous to health. For additional information on e-cigarettes, learn more from the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/Quick-Facts-on-the-Risks-of-E-cigarettes-for-Kids-Teens-and-Young-Adults.html and smokeless tobacco: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/smokeless/health_effects/index.htm
Why did UWM adopt this policy?
UWM is committed to fostering a safe campus environment for all students and employees. Although UWM respects that smoking is a personal choice, smoking and secondhand smoke increases the risks of heart disease, cancer and respiratory problems. Learn more about the associated health risks of smoking: https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/effects_cig_smoking/index.htm.
There are also many environmental costs associated with tobacco use, such as deforestation, pollution and littering. Learn more from the World Health Organization about tobacco's harmful environmental impact: http://www.who.int/tobacco/publications/environmental-impact-overview/en/.
Who is implementing this policy?
A tobacco-free policy was initially proposed to the Physical Environment Committee by the Student Association. Smoke- and tobacco-free policies were studied over the course of several years. The current policy was recommended to shared governance groups, approved and then signed by the chancellor. Faculty, staff and students from across campus serve on an implementation team. You can join the implementation team by emailing smoke-free@uwm.edu.
Does this policy extend to all UWM campuses?
Yes, UWM's smoke- and tobacco-free policy includes both the main Milwaukee campus and all other UWM campuses and associated buildings, such as the School of Continuing Education, the School of Freshwater Sciences, etc. There are descriptive maps available online and physical signs posted in and around UWM buildings.
Does it also extend to UWM's residence halls?
Yes, this policy includes all five UWM residence halls: Riverview, Purin Hall, Kenilworth Square, Cambridge Commons and Sandburg Hall. If you have more questions about how the smoke- and tobacco-free policy relates to residents or guests, please reach out to your RA.
Can I smoke inside my car on campus?
No, smoking is not allowed on any UWM campus or property.
What about at UWM sporting games, concerts and other events?
All events occurring on UWM campuses or property are covered by the smoke- and tobacco-free policy.
Is religious and ceremonial use of tobacco covered in the policy? What about theatre productions?
This policy does not apply to religious and ceremonial activities or theatre productions. However, all such exceptions should be approved in advance by campus administration.
Will there be designated smoking areas on campus?
No, smoking areas and shelters are not a feasible option for our campus.
How will the smoke- and tobacco-free policy be enforced?
There will be an emphasis on education, particularly as the policy is rolled out across our campus community. However, disorderly, disrespectful behavior or repeat offenders found using tobacco products on campus will be more likely cited for policy violation or face other disciplinary processes through their employer or the dean's office.
If I'm a student interested in quitting tobacco, what resources are available to me?
If you're a UWM student, contact on-campus health services through the Norris Health Center, which provides tobacco cessation resources, like nicotine replacement therapy. We also recommend the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line, a free service that connects people who want to quit smoking with a personal coach. Find more resources at our Quit Smoking page listed in the navigation bar above.
If I'm a UWM employee (faculty/staff) interested in quitting tobacco, what resources are available to me? Does my insurance cover tobacco cessation?
Yes, cessation assistance is available through the Employee Assistance Program and the Uniform Group Health Insurance Program offers smoking cessation coverage as well. We also recommend the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line, a free service that connects people who want to quit smoking with a personal coach. Find more resources at our Quit Smoking page listed in the navigation bar above.


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His story: Thomas Leli's life was changed by a key chain. When Leli was 20, he went to the Suffolk County Fair with his girlfriend. They posed for a photo that was put on a key chain. "My girlfriend looked and said, 'We look good,' " Leli said. "She handed it to me. I had a purple shirt on, and I could have done a McDonald's commercial." His fast-food diet and regular alcohol use had caused him to gain 60 pounds in four months.
Following the "key chain trauma," Leli starved himself on an extreme low-calorie diet. In six months he dropped from 260 to 215 pounds. But the weight came back once he began to eat "normally'' again.
He now has a different food intake.
What he eats: For breakfast, Leli eats four egg whites combined with one whole egg, a slice of 2-percent-fat cheese and two slices of whole-grain toast. Lunch is typically chicken or fish with vegetables and brown rice. Leli snacks on protein shakes, almonds and protein bars. Dinner is usually chicken, lean red meat or fish, and green beans, brown rice or sweet potato.
His workouts: Leli hits the gym four days a week with a workout that combines cardio and weight lifting. In addition to traditional techniques, such as squats, dead lifts, jumping rope and kettle bells, Leli also flips giant tires, drags weighted sleds and beats tires with sledgehammers.
His advice: Keep yourself consistent by honestly filling out a food diary. Cardio alone won't cut it; the muscle you gain from weight training gives you that crucial metabolism jolt.
"The benefits I've experienced are endless," said Leli, who's now a personal trainer. "It's true about a picture being worth a thousand words."


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The 2016 Grand National
29. March 2016 Paul Rutherford Sport (0)
The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England. First run officially in 1839, it is a handicap steeplechase over 4 miles 3½ furlongs with horses jumping 30 fences over two circuits of the course. It is the most valuable jump race in Europe, with a prize fund in excess of £1 million, and this year will be ran on April 9th.
The course over which the race is run – Aintree's National Course – is uniquely challenging, featuring much larger fences than those found on conventional National Hunt tracks. Many of these fences, including Becher's Brook, The Chair, Valentine's and the Canal Turn, have become famous in their own right. These, combined with the distance of the event, create what has been called "the ultimate test of horse and rider".
History has been written about the legendary runners and riders who have triumphed in the Grand National, each of them demonstrating that thrilling combination of human endeavour and equine fortitude.
From the legendary triple-winning success of Red Rum, to our present day winner of Many Clouds, and others in between like Aldaniti, L'Escargot, and Foinavon some names will never be forgotten. This goes for horses like Devon Lock too who famously never quite won it.
Famous trainers like Ginger McCain and Jenny Pitman have also become household names, as well as successful jockeys such as Bob Champion, Richard Dunwoody, Ruby Walsh, and Tony McCoy.
Even if you're not a betting person the Grand National will still make a lot of people have a flutter in the hope of landing a few quid. In fact £150 million is expected to bet on the Grand National race itself. Form is studied by some, others choose names on the strength of a familiar phrase.
In a slight touch of irony the first winner of the classic event was a horse called Lottery, and it has almost been just that ever since to predict a winner. In fact in the last 54 years only 8 times has the favourite going into the race actually won it. Interestingly enough indications from bookies seem to suggest that Many Clouds has emerged as an early favourite to retain the crown. If this was to be done it would be the first time there'd been a back-to-back winner since Red Rum.
But don't be mistaken this isn't just a one off race.
The curtain will rise on Grand Opening Day, when the racing action will be followed by sensational live music and entertainment.
Day two of the festival is when Aintree sees the ladies take the stage. As well as the breathtaking action on the racecourse, Ladies Day (Fabulous Friday) will include the search for the most stylish racegoer.
And then, the final day, and the day of the Grand National itself consists of 7 races, with the big one being (in a change to the norm) the final race of the meeting.
For further information on this event please see the official website here.
Tags : The 2016 Grand National, Aintree, Horse Racing


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Q: Calculate the age in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio I'm doing this but the result give me all the names who they are 30 years and less than 30 years.
This is the database:

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*Donor ( Donor-ID, First-name, Last-name, Date-of-birth, Sex, Date-of-donate)

*Donor-phone (Donor-ID, Phone-number)

*Clinic (Clinic-ID, Clinic-name, Clinic-Location)

*Blood (Blood-ID, Blood Type)

*The donate day (Blood Status, Donate Date)

*Employee (Employee-ID, First-name, Last-name, Sex)

I used this code - where is it wrong?
SELECT
    GETDATE () AS FirstName,
    FirstName, LastName,
    DATEADD(DD, 30, GETDATE()) AS [DateOfDonate- DateOfBirth],
    DATEADD(DD, 1-1-2000, GETDATE()) AS [DonateOfDate]
FROM
    Donor

I need to solve this question: find the names of donors who their age is above 30 years and have donated since 1/1/2000

A: SELECT
    *
FROM
   donor
WHERE
        [date-of-birth]  <= DATEADD(YEAR, -30, GETDATE())  -- Anyone born more than 30 years ago
    AND [date-of-donate] >= '2000-01-01'                   -- Anyone that donated since 1st Jan 2000

A: Sorry for the previous typo . I calculated with actual fields and then replaced with yours resulting into the mess.
Please use below
  cast(datediff(Year,Date-Of-Birth,getdate()) as nvarchar(100))
+ ' Years , '
+ cast(datediff(Month,Date-Of-Birth,getdate())%12 as nvarchar(100))
+ ' months and '
+ cast(datediff(day,Date-Of-Birth,getdate()) as nvarchar(100))
+' days '

A:  select  FirstName+" "+ LastName from Donor
 where  datediff(year,Date-of-birth,getdate()) >30 and Date-of-donate>
 convert(date,'Date-of-donate',103)=convert(date,'Date-of-
 donate',103)='1/1/2000'

This will work for you


People who fundraise aren't slimy, smarmy, or shady.
Organizations that fundraise aren't only concerned with a quick buck (usually).
Why is it necessary to dispel these myths? Because many people have become cynical about fundraising. Many people see fundraising campaign ads on TV, get direct mail letters at their homes and workplaces, get asked to buy tickets to events, and to participate in walk-a-thons, and they get jaded and cynical.
You're here at this website because you are raising money, or thinking about raising money, for a cause that's near to your heart. You may be a little shy about fundraising, though, because you may be worried that fundraising is somehow unseemly… that people who fundraise need to take advantage of others, or "con" people into giving. Nothing could be further from the truth. (Assuming, of course, that we are talking about reputable fundraisers raising money for a reputable cause). So, what's the truth about fundraising?
Alright – maybe that's taking it too far. But the truth is, fundraising enables hundreds of thousands of organizations around the world to serve – literally – billions of people. Fundraising lets homeless shelters stay open, funds cancer research, keeps schools, churches, hospitals and jobs programs afloat, and makes life better for billions of people on this Earth.
Think about the group you are fundraising for. What is their mission? Why do they exist? Why do they need the money? (If you can't answer these questions – ask the charity. If these answers don't inspire you, you're working for the wrong group). Isn't that mission worth pursuing? What would happen if that charity went out of business today, never to return?
If your mission matters, then how can you not raise money to support it? Non-profits can only exist through fundraising. Every donation, whether $10 or $10 million, keeps charities working, and doing, and helping. Far from being evil, fundraising for the right organization can be serving the greater good – and in many cases, it is not fundraising that would be the evil, because it would prevent your fellow humans from being served.
The next time you feel awkward about fundraising, or the next time someone gives you a cynical comment about fundraising for your organization, remember – fundraising is the lifeblood of your group. Without fundraising, you wouldn't be able to carry out your mission. Without fundraisers, there would be no fundraising. Fundraising matters – and if you're raising money for an organization that does good work… so do you.


ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, American Trucking Associations released the latest edition its annual compendium of trucking industry data – ATA American Trucking Trends 2018 – highlighting the industry's dominance over the freight market.
"Information, when presented properly and accurately, tells a story," said ATA President and CEO Chris Spear. "The information in these pages highlights exactly what I tell elected officials, regulators and key decision-makers every day: trucking is literally the driving force behind our great economy. Safe, reliable and efficient motor carriers enable businesses throughout the supply chain to maintain lean inventories, thereby saving the economy billions of dollars each year."
"Trucking is a critical part of the economy and the supply chain," said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. "Trends allows policymakers and business leaders to see just how big that impact is while debating key issues like trade, infrastructure investment, workforce development and tax policy."


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The American Yawp Reader
Abolitionist Sheet Music Cover Page, 1844
America Guided by Wisdom Engraving, 1815
American Revolution Cartoon
Anti-Catholic Cartoon, 1855
Anti-immigrant cartoon
Anti-Immigrant Cartoon, 1860
Anti-Thomas Jefferson Cartoon, 1797
Barack Obama, Howard University Commencement Address (2016)
Blueprint and Photograph of Christ Church
Broadening The American Yawp Reader
Broadening the Yawp
Burying the Dead Photograph, 1865
Casta Painting
Civil War Nurses Illustration, 1864
Cliff Palace
Constitutional Ratification Cartoon, 1789
County Election Painting, 1854
Drawing of Uniforms of the American Revolution
Effects of the Fugitive Slave Law Lithograph, 1850
F15 – Manifest Destiny Reader
F16 – Colonial Society Reader
F16 – Reconstruction Reader
Fifteenth Amendment Print, 1870
Genius of the Ladies Magazine Illustration, 1792
Johnson and Reconstruction Cartoon, 1866
Manifest Destiny Painting, 1872
Map of British North America
Martin Van Buren Cartoon, 1837
Missionary Society Membership Certificate, 1848
Painting of Enslaved Persons for Sale, 1861
Painting of New Orleans
Print of the Slave Ship Brookes
Proslavery Cartoon, 1850
Royall Family
Sectional Crisis Map, 1856
Sketch of an Algonquin Village
The Fruit of Alcohol and Temperance Lithographs, 1849
The Society for United States Intellectual History Primary Source Reader
Woody Guthrie, "This Land" (1940-1945)
Indigenous America Reader
Native American Creation Stories
Journal of Christopher Columbus, 1492
An Aztec account of the Spanish attack
Bartolomé de Las Casas Describes the Exploitation of Indigenous Peoples, 1542
Thomas Morton Reflects on Indians in New England, 1637
The story of the Virgin of Guadalupe
Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca Travels through North America, 1542
Colliding Cultures Reader
Richard Hakluyt Makes the Case for English Colonization, 1584
John Winthrop Dreams of a City on a Hill, 1630
John Lawson Encounters Native Americans, 1709
A Gaspesian Man Defends His Way of Life, 1641
The Legend of Moshup, 1830
Accusations of witchcraft, 1692 and 1706
Manuel Trujillo Accuses Asencio Povia and Antonio Yuba of Sodomy, 1731
British North America Reader
Olaudah Equiano Describes the Middle Passage, 1789
Recruiting Settlers to Carolina, 1666
Letter from Carolina, 1682
Francis Daniel Pastorius Describes his Ocean Voyage, 1684
Song about Life in Virginia
Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address
Rose Davis is sentenced to a life of slavery, 1715
Colonial Society Reader
Boston trader Sarah Knight on her travels in Connecticut, 1704
Eliza Lucas Letters, 1740-1741
Jonathan Edwards Revives Enfield, Connecticut, 1741
Samson Occom describes his conversion and ministry, 1768
Extracts from Gibson Clough's War Journal, 1759
Pontiac Calls for War, 1763
Alibamo Mingo, Choctaw leader, Reflects on the British and French, 1765
The American Revolution Reader
George R. T. Hewes, A Retrospect of the Boston Tea-party, 1834
Thomas Paine Calls for American independence, 1776
Women in South Carolina Experience Occupation, 1780
Oneida Declaration of Neutrality, 1775
Boston King recalls fighting for the British and for his freedom, 1798
Abigail and John Adams Converse on Women's Rights, 1776
A New Nation Reader
Hector St. Jean de Crèvecœur Describes the American people, 1782
A Confederation of Native peoples seek peace with the United States, 1786
Mary Smith Cranch comments on politics, 1786-87
James Madison, Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, 1785
George Washington, "Farewell Address," 1796
Venture Smith, A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, 1798
Susannah Rowson, Charlotte Temple, 1794
The Early Republic Reader
Letter of Cato and Petition by "the negroes who obtained freedom by the late act," in Postscript to the Freeman's Journal, September 21, 1781
Thomas Jefferson's Racism, 1788
Black scientist Benjamin Banneker demonstrates Black intelligence to Thomas Jefferson, 1791
Congress Debates Going to War, 1811
Creek headman Alexander McGillivray (Hoboi-Hili-Miko) seeks to build an alliance with Spain, 1785
Tecumseh Calls for Native American Resistance, 1810
Abigail Bailey Escapes an Abusive Relationship, 1815
The Market Revolution Reader
James Madison Asks Congress to Support Internal Improvements, 1815
A Traveler Describes Life Along the Erie Canal, 1829
Blacksmith Apprentice Contract, 1836
Maria Stewart bemoans the consequences of racism, 1832
Rebecca Burlend recalls her emigration from England to Illinois, 1848
Harriet H. Robinson Remembers a Mill Workers' Strike, 1836
Alexis de Tocqueville, "How Americans Understand the Equality of the Sexes," 1840
Democracy in America Reader
Missouri Controversy Documents, 1819-1920
Rhode Islanders Protest Property Restrictions on Voting, 1834
Black Philadelphians Defend their Voting Rights, 1838
Andrew Jackson's Veto Message Against Re-chartering the Bank of the United States, 1832
Frederick Douglass, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" 1852
Rebecca Reed accuses nuns of abuse, 1835
Samuel Morse Fears a Catholic Conspiracy, 1835
Religion and Reform Reader
Revivalist Charles G. Finney Emphasizes Human Choice in Salvation, 1836
Dorothea Dix defends the mentally ill, 1843
David Walker's Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, 1829
William Lloyd Garrison Introduces The Liberator, 1831
Angelina Grimké, Appeal to Christian Women of the South, 1836
Sarah Grimké Calls for Women's Rights, 1838
Henry David Thoreau Reflects on Nature, 1854
The Cotton Revolution Reader
Nat Turner explains the Southampton rebellion, 1831
Harriet Jacobs on Rape and Slavery, 1860
Solomon Northup Describes a Slave Market, 1841
George Fitzhugh Argues that Slavery is Better than Liberty and Equality, 1854
Sermon on the Duties of a Christian Woman, 1851
Mary Polk Branch remembers plantation life, 1912
William Wells Brown, "Clotel; or, The President's Daughter: A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States," 1853
Manifest Destiny Reader
Cherokee Petition Protesting Removal, 1836
John O'Sullivan Declares America's Manifest Destiny, 1845
Diary of a Woman Migrating to Oregon, 1853
Chinese Merchant Complains of Racist Abuse, 1860
Wyandotte woman describes tensions over slavery, 1849
Letters from Venezuelan General Francisco de Miranda regarding Latin American Revolution, 1805-1806
President Monroe Outlines the Monroe Doctrine, 1823
The Sectional Crisis Reader
Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 1842
Stories from the Underground Railroad, 1855-56
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852
Charlotte Forten complains of racism in the North, 1855
Margaraetta Mason and Lydia Maria Child Discuss John Brown, 1860
1860 Republican Party Platform
South Carolina Declaration of Secession, 1860
The Civil War Reader
Alexander Stephens on Slavery and the Confederate Constitution, 1861
General Benjamin F. Butler Reacts to Self-Emancipating People, 1861
William Henry Singleton, a formerly enslaved man, recalls fighting for the Union, 1922
Poem about Civil War Nurses, 1866
Ambrose Bierce Recalls his Experience at the Battle of Shiloh, 1881
Civil War songs, 1862
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, 1865
Reconstruction Reader
Freedmen discuss post-emancipation life with General Sherman, 1865
Jourdon Anderson Writes His Former Enslaver, 1865
Charlotte Forten Teaches Freed Children in South Carolina, 1864
Mississippi Black Code, 1865
General Reynolds Describes Lawlessness in Texas, 1868
A case of sexual violence during Reconstruction, 1866
Frederick Douglass on Remembering the Civil War, 1877
William Graham Sumner on Social Darwinism (ca.1880s)
Henry George, Progress and Poverty, Selections (1879)
Andrew Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth (June 1889)
Grover Cleveland's Veto of the Texas Seed Bill (February 16, 1887)
The "Omaha Platform" of the People's Party (1892)
Dispatch from a Mississippi Colored Farmers' Alliance (1889)
Lucy Parsons on Women and Revolutionary Socialism (1905)
Chief Joseph on Indian Affairs (1877, 1879)
William T. Hornady on the Extermination of the American Bison (1889)
Chester A. Arthur on American Indian Policy (1881)
Frederick Jackson Turner, "Significance of the Frontier in American History" (1893)
Turning Hawk and American Horse on the Wounded Knee Massacre (1890/1891)
Helen Hunt Jackson on a Century of Dishonor (1881)
Laura C. Kellogg on Indian Education (1913)
Andrew Carnegie on "The Triumph of America" (1885)
Henry Grady on the New South (1886)
Ida B. Wells-Barnett, "Lynch Law in America" (1900)
Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams (1918)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper" (1913)
Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives (1890)
Rose Cohen on the World Beyond her Immigrant Neighborhood (ca.1897/1918)
William McKinley on American Expansionism (1903)
Rudyard Kipling, "The White Man's Burden" (1899)
James D. Phelan, "Why the Chinese Should Be Excluded" (1901)
William James on "The Philippine Question" (1903)
Mark Twain, "The War Prayer" (ca.1904-5)
Chinese Immigrants Confront Anti-Chinese Prejudice (1885, 1903)
African Americans Debate Enlistment (1898)
Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois on Black Progress (1895, 1903)
Jane Addams, "The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements" (1892)
Eugene Debs, "How I Became a Socialist" (April, 1902)
Walter Rauschenbusch, Christianity and the Social Crisis (1907)
Alice Stone Blackwell, Answering Objections to Women's Suffrage (1917)
Woodrow Wilson on the New Freedom (1912)
Theodore Roosevelt on "The New Nationalism" (1910)
Woodrow Wilson Requests War (April 2, 1917)
Alan Seeger on World War I (1914; 1916)
The Sedition Act of 1918 (1918)
Emma Goldman on Patriotism (July 9, 1917)
W.E.B DuBois, "Returning Soldiers" (May, 1919)
Lutiant Van Wert describes the 1918 Flu Pandemic (1918)
Manuel Quezon calls for Filipino Independence (1919)
Warren G. Harding and the "Return to Normalcy" (1920)
Crystal Eastman, "Now We Can Begin" (1920)
Marcus Garvey, Explanation of the Objects of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (1921)
Hiram Evans on the "The Klan's Fight for Americanism" (1926)
Herbert Hoover, "Principles and Ideals of the United States Government" (1928)
Ellen Welles Page, "A Flapper's Appeal to Parents" (1922)
Alain Locke on the "New Negro" (1925)
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Juanita Garcia on Migrant Labor (1952)
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Congressman Arthur L. Miller Gives "the Putrid Facts" About Homosexuality" (1950)
Rosa Parks on Life in Montgomery, Alabama (1956-1958)
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On July 22, 2004, the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States—or, the 9/11 Commission—delivered a 500-plus-page report that investigated the origins of the 9/11 attacks and America's response and offered policy prescriptions for a post-9/11 world.
Three years after 9/11, Americans are still thinking and talking about how to protect our nation in this new era. The national debate continues.
Countering terrorism has become, beyond any doubt, the top national security priority for the United States. This shift has occurred with the full support of the Congress, both major political parties, the media, and the American people.
The nation has committed enormous resources to national security and to countering terrorism. Between fiscal year 2001, the last budget adopted before 9/11, and the present fiscal year 2004, total federal spending on defense (including expenditures on both Iraq and Afghanistan), homeland security, and international affairs rose more than 50 percent, from $354 billion to about $547 billion. The United States has not experienced such a rapid surge in national security spending since the Korean War.1
This pattern has occurred before in American history. The United States faces a sudden crisis and summons a tremendous exertion of national energy. Then, as that surge transforms the landscape, comes a time for reflection and reevaluation. Some programs and even agencies are discarded; others are invented or redesigned. Private firms and engaged citizens redefine their relationships with government, working through the processes of the American republic.
Now is the time for that reflection and reevaluation. The United States should consider what to do-the shape and objectives of a strategy. Americans should also consider how to do it-organizing their government in a different way.
Defining the Threat
In the post-9/11 world, threats are defined more by the fault lines within societies than by the territorial boundaries between them. From terrorism to global disease or environmental degradation, the challenges have become transnational rather than international. That is the defining quality of world politics in the twenty-first century.
National security used to be considered by studying foreign frontiers, weighing opposing groups of states, and measuring industrial might. To be dangerous, an enemy had to muster large armies. Threats emerged slowly, often visibly, as weapons were forged, armies conscripted, and units trained and moved into place. Because large states were more powerful, they also had more to lose. They could be deterred.
Now threats can emerge quickly. An organization like al Qaeda, headquartered in a country on the other side of the earth, in a region so poor that electricity or telephones were scarce, could nonetheless scheme to wield weapons of unprecedented destructive power in the largest cities of the United States.
In this sense, 9/11 has taught us that terrorism against American interests "over there" should be regarded just as we regard terrorism against America "over here." In this same sense, the American homeland is the planet.
But the enemy is not just "terrorism," some generic evil.2 This vagueness blurs the strategy.The catastrophic threat at this moment in history is more specific. It is the threat posed by Islamist terrorism-especially the al Qaeda network, its affiliates, and its ideology.3
As we mentioned in chapter 2, Usama Bin Ladin and other Islamist terrorist leaders draw on a long tradition of extreme intolerance within one stream of Islam (a minority tradition), from at least Ibn Taimiyyah, through the founders of Wahhabism, through the Muslim Brotherhood, to Sayyid Qutb. That stream is motivated by religion and does not distinguish politics from religion, thus distorting both. It is further fed by grievances stressed by Bin Ladin and widely felt throughout the Muslim world-against the U.S. military presence in the Middle East, policies perceived as anti-Arab and anti-Muslim, and support of Israel. Bin Ladin and Islamist terrorists mean exactly what they say: to them America is the font of all evil, the "head of the snake," and it must be converted or destroyed.
It is not a position with which Americans can bargain or negotiate. With it there is no common ground-not even respect for life-on which to begin a dialogue. It can only be destroyed or utterly isolated.
Because the Muslim world has fallen behind the West politically, economically, and militarily for the past three centuries, and because few tolerant or secular Muslim democracies provide alternative models for the future, Bin Ladin's message finds receptive ears. It has attracted active support from thousands of disaffected young Muslims and resonates powerfully with a far larger number who do not actively support his methods. The resentment of America and the West is deep, even among leaders of relatively successful Muslim states.4
Tolerance, the rule of law, political and economic openness, the extension of greater opportunities to women-these cures must come from within Muslim societies themselves. The United States must support such developments.
But this process is likely to be measured in decades, not years. It is a process that will be violently opposed by Islamist terrorist organizations, both inside Muslim countries and in attacks on the United States and other Western nations. The United States finds itself caught up in a clash within a civilization. That clash arises from particular conditions in the Muslim world, conditions that spill over into expatriate Muslim communities in non-Muslim countries.
Our enemy is twofold: al Qaeda, a stateless network of terrorists that struck us on 9/11; and a radical ideological movement in the Islamic world, inspired in part by al Qaeda, which has spawned terrorist groups and violence across the globe. The first enemy is weakened, but continues to pose a grave threat. The second enemy is gathering, and will menace Americans and American interests long after Usama Bin Ladin and his cohorts are killed or captured. Thus our strategy must match our means to two ends: dismantling the al Qaeda network and prevailing in the longer term over the ideology that gives rise to Islamist terrorism.
Islam is not the enemy. It is not synonymous with terror. Nor does Islam teach terror. America and its friends oppose a perversion of Islam, not the great world faith itself. Lives guided by religious faith, including literal beliefs in holy scriptures, are common to every religion, and represent no threat to us.
Other religions have experienced violent internal struggles. With so many diverse adherents, every major religion will spawn violent zealots. Yet understanding and tolerance among people of different faiths can and must prevail.
[Source: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, The 9/11 Commission report: final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States (Washington, D.C., 2004). Available online via The 9/11 Commission (http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/).]
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ERP evidence for implicit priming of top-down control of attention
Chris Blais, Emily Hubbard, George R Mangun
Proportion congruency effects are the observation that the magnitude of the Stroop effect increases as the proportion of congruent trials in a block increases. Contemporary work shows that proportion effects can be specific to a particular context. For example, in a Simon task in which items appearing above fixation are mostly congruent and items appearing below fixation are mostly incongruent, the Simon effect is larger for the items appearing at the top. There is disagreement as to whether these context-specific effects result from simple associative learning or, instead, a type of conflict-mediated associative learning. Here, we address this question in an ERP study using a Simon task in which the proportion congruency effect was context-specific, manipulating the proportion of congruent trials based on location (upper vs. lower visual field). We found significant behavioral proportion congruency effects that varied with the specific contexts. In addition, we observed that the N2 response of the ERPs to the stimuli was larger in amplitude for the high congruent (high conflict) versus low congruent (low conflict) conditions/contexts. Because the N2 is known to be greater in amplitude also for trials where conflict is high and is believed to be an electrical signal related to conflict detection in the medial frontal cortex, this supports the idea that conflictmediated associative learning is involved in the proportion congruency effect.
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00925
Stroop Test
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Associative Learning
Blais, C., Hubbard, E., & Mangun, G. R. (2016). ERP evidence for implicit priming of top-down control of attention. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 28(5), 763-772. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00925
ERP evidence for implicit priming of top-down control of attention. / Blais, Chris; Hubbard, Emily; Mangun, George R.
In: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Vol. 28, No. 5, 01.05.2016, p. 763-772.
Blais, C, Hubbard, E & Mangun, GR 2016, 'ERP evidence for implicit priming of top-down control of attention', Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 763-772. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00925
Blais C, Hubbard E, Mangun GR. ERP evidence for implicit priming of top-down control of attention. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 2016 May 1;28(5):763-772. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_00925
Blais, Chris ; Hubbard, Emily ; Mangun, George R. / ERP evidence for implicit priming of top-down control of attention. In: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 2016 ; Vol. 28, No. 5. pp. 763-772.
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Rediff.com » Business » India Inc to hire most globally: Manpower
India Inc to hire most globally: Manpower
India continues to report the highest labour hiring expectations globally since the third quarter of 2008, according to a new survey.
In the third quarter (July-September) of 2009, job seekers around the globe can expect more of the same sluggish hiring pace seen during the first half of the year. But, in countries like India, a greater percentage of employers are saying they will hold on to the staff they have, according to the latest global Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
Employers in 11 of the 34 countries surveyed expect some positive hiring activity in the coming quarter, but those in 22 are forecasting a negative outlook, with 17 reporting their weakest hiring plans since the survey was established.
Although weaker than historical patterns, third-quarter hiring plans are strongest in India, Norway, Poland, Peru, Singapore and Taiwan and weakest in Ireland, Spain, Greece, Romania, Italy, Japan and the UK. Moreover, across the eight countries and territories surveyed in the Asia-Pacific region, employment prospects remain soft. But employers in India, China and Japan, despite reporting their weakest hiring plans since the surveys were established in these countries, top others.
In India, around 19 per cent employers have positive recruitment plans for the next three months. This is also known as the Net Employment Outlook, which is based on the difference between those who plan to add jobs and those who expect to cut them. This outlook, however, fell six percentage points sequentially (compared to the trailing quarter) and 24 percentage points year-on-year.
"India has been reporting the highest labour hiring expectations globally since the third quarter of 2008. Thus, despite a fall in the Net Employment Outlook, the Indian labour market has handled the global economic slowdown much better than other emerging and developed economies globally," Manpower India's Managing Director Naresh Malhan said.
Moreover, the report revealed that hiring forecast in the public administration and education sector stood at 33 per cent, an increase of eight percentage points from the same period last year. Region-wise, North reported the sharpest decline of 39 percentage points, followed by a 30 percentage point weaker outlook in West, a 10 point fall in the East and a two percentage point fall in the South, which remains the most optimistic for next three months.
"In our second quarter report, the Indian labour market showed signs of resilience, but employers there are now much more uncertain about adding employees. In India's key services sector, 11 per cent of employers are telling us they will reduce staff in response to weaker demand from offshore clients," Manpower Inc's Chairman and CEO Jeffrey A Joerres said.


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What is Happening to Fashion Retail?
What Exactly is Happening to Fashion Retail Right Now?
Apparel sales have plummeted by 50 percent.
By Barry Samaha Published: Apr 21, 2020
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The world is at a standstill. With cases of the coronavirus continuing to increase and federal mandates to self-quarantine still in place, a sense of fear and uncertainty has crept into the zeitgeist, overwhelmingly affecting the economy. All forms of commerce have seen a steep decline—the fashion industry being one of them.
According to a report published by Fast Company, apparel sales have plummeted by 50 percent. It's a margin that will be difficult to recover from, especially for small businesses that don't have the backing of major conglomerates. These independent companies rely on seasonal buys from retailers to stay afloat. But with the bevy of store closures and restrictions on online sales, these behemoth retailers are facing hard times of their own.
"Consumers are actually spending more on essential goods: Grocery stores saw a 26.9% increase in spending and health stores saw a 4.3% increase," FC found. "This is partly because these are the only brick-and-mortar stores that are allowed to remain open right now, but it is also because consumers are worried about spending money unnecessarily with a significant recession looming on the horizon."
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Fashion and accessories brands that have flourishing e-commerce sites have a better chance of circumventing this downturn, but that doesn't count the fact that the masses are not comfortable spending their hard-earned dollars or feeble government bailouts on nonessential items. "People are going to put their stimulus checks toward essential goods, like groceries and credit card payments," said Andrew Lipsman, an analyst at market research firm eMarketer. "They won't be buying new clothes."
As a result, countless retailers and labels with direct-to-consumer platforms have been offering deals to woo consumers and entice them to spend. These are the businesses that will withstand this steady deterioration, having accumulated financial reserves and investing in digital sales from the onset. Still, the long-term repercussions are tough to overcome. The fashion industry has been greatly affected by the pervasive disease, and only the fittest will survive.
"We don't expect things to be normal for at least a year, perhaps longer," said Jordan Elkind, vice president of product marketing at Amperity, a company that analyzes customer data for brands. "Some brands will just not be able to make it through this period of extended decline in sales."
Barry Samaha
Barry Samaha is the former style commerce editor at Esquire, where he covered all things fashion and grooming. Previously, he was an editor at Harper's Bazaar, Surface, and WWD, along with overseeing editorial content at Tod's Group. He has also written for The Daily Beast, Coveteur, Departures, Paper, Bustle Group, Forbes, and many more. He is based in New York City and can't seem to find enough closet space for all his shoes.
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So you may or may not know, but I play in a band called My Radio. We've been together almost 10 years and record music mainly for placements in movies and commercials. We have a new album coming out and have been heavily marketing it for the upcoming album release at the Harvester Performance Center on Sept. 23rd.
Obviously we needed a band photo. So we toyed with train tracks or maybe a killer brick wall. Just kidding. Since the album is heavily influenced by California and especially Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles I thought it would be fitting to have a pool theme. I knew I wanted to have a surreal comic approach so I lit the scene with 3 strobes to overpower the sun and give some amazing definition.
My Radio now has a handful of images that we can use for marketing material and press releases.


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