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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, has slammed his social media rival, facebook in a stinging attack, saying it is having trouble "changing the DNA of their company", which revolves around people "competing with each other for attention".
Spiegel at the Code Conference dismissed the impact of Facebook launching a similar product to Snap's "stories" feature, which it has rolled out across its core Facebook offering, as well as Instagram and WhatsApp.
The feature, which allows people to post videos and pictures on what is happening throughout the day before disappearing after 24 hours, was a Snap invention and is considered as Snapchat's core feature.
Indeed, market watchers have put much of Snap's recent growth struggles down to Facebook's success in copying its rival.
Spiegel was however defiant, stating that Snapchat's success was not based on a bunch of core features, but it instead had "an underlying philosophy that runs counter to traditional social media".
He went on to state that Facebook's core mission was convincing people to build a network of "friend" relationships, and this would lead to people competing "online for attention". People would eventually turn to Snapchat when they realise they are competing with friends for likes on Facebook platforms.
"At Snapchat it's all about building deeper relationships with the people that you're close to," he said.
He also said that Facebook's imitation should be considered a compliment to Snap. "If you can create something that is so beautiful and simple that the only thing other people can do is copy it exactly, that is the most fantastic feeling," he said.
And in another barb aimed at Facebook, he added that his rival should also copy "our data protection practices as well", seemingly in reference to Facebook's recent data breach scandal relating to dealings with UK-based data mining company Cambridge Analytica.
Snap's business has been built around minimising data collection from its users, added Spiegel.
Facebook should be allowed to expandSpeaking at the same event, Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said the company should be allowed to acquire large companies in new areas to grow without facing strict antitrust scrutiny.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg was asked during a recent senate hearing over a data breach scandal whether Facebook had now established a monopoly status, which he denied .
The company has however grown substantially through acquisition in recent years. In 2014, it bought WhatsApp for $22 billion, and it has also acquired virtual reality firm Oculus and photo-sharing app Instagram.
Sandberg said that despite its growing size, Facebook should continue to be allowed to buy companies in the future when expanding into new segments.
"It really depends what it is," she said. "If was something that wasn't core to what we were doing and a new area, like Oculus was, I think we would probably be allowed."
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Dick's Sporting Goods Gets Kicked by an Analyst Downgrade
Somehow, the chain doesn't seem to be benefiting from the bankruptcy a year ago of its chief rival, Sports Authority.
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Jul 12, 2017 at 8:20PM
On this Market Foolery segment, host Chris Hill and Million Dollar Portfolio's Jason Moser consider the situation of Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS), which anyone would have expected to benefit from the failures of a number of its competitors. But its shares are in a long 40% slump in the past year, and they may not bounce back anytime soon. Among the reasons: Under Armour (NYSE:UA) (NYSE:UAA) and Nike (NYSE:NKE) are selling more of their products directly, and e-commerce and apps are eating the company's lunch.
A full transcript follows the video.
This video was recorded on July 10, 2017.
Chris Hill: One more sporting note. Dick's Sporting Goods shares are down 6% today off an analyst downgrade. This is a little surprising to me in this regard. One of the big stories in retail last year, certainly when you're looking at sports retail, was Sports Authority going bankrupt, going out of business. And by the end of August, Sports Authority had closed all of their locations. And since that time to today, shares of Dick's Sporting Goods, the No. 1 competitor to Sports Authority, and one you would absolutely be forgiven for thinking would benefit from Sports Authority going out of business -- shares of Dick's Sporting Goods are down almost 40% since the end of August last year, when Sports Authority disappeared from the plane.
Jason Moser: Yeah. And I'll tell you, I don't know that it's reasonable to expect these guys to bounce back anytime soon. I was talking on Twitter with some folks a week or so ago, back and forth, with Nike's recent earnings, and the investments that Nike is making, for example, in their direct-to-consumer part of the business. That's up to 26% to 28% of the overall revenue that they're bringing in annually. You look at Under Armour doing the same thing. They're investing more and more in the direct-to-consumer, which means they're relying less and less on the middlemen like Dick's Sporting Goods. And I'll throw Foot Locker in there as well. These guys, Foot Locker and Dick's Sporting Goods, rely a lot on those two brands, on Under Armour and Nike. They sell a lot of that stuff. And I think, in the case of Dick's Sporting Goods, Under Armour and Nike combined make up more than a third of their inventory they keep. So if someone is saying, I can just buy it directly from the source via Nike or Under Armour, why do I need to go to Dick's Sporting Goods?
And clearly, people are buying from Nike and Under Armour directly. In the most recent earnings release, Nike noted they made more than $2 billion this last year in sales on their family of apps alone, primarily the Nike app. But, Under Armour is doing the same thing. Whenever I buy anything from Under Armour, I just go directly to that app. They have everything saved. They know what I'm looking for. So it's a very pleasant experience. It's easy. They're keying in on free shipping, free returns; they know what the consumers like. And it makes the hurdle that much tougher for these physical footprints that Dick's Sporting Goods and Foot Locker are holding.
Dick's is typically going to be that big standalone store. Foot Locker, I think, is in a lot of malls, and they're not necessarily feeling all that great about that right now, either. So I think you look at Dick's Sporting Goods and Foot Locker, those are two companies I would be very wary of investing money in today. I'm not saying I'd short them, but I certainly feel like if you're going to invest in this market, it's easier to go ahead and invest in something like a Nike or an Under Armour, because the direction where that is headed, in the direct-to-consumer, they're making all those big investments. And they are paying off.
Hill: I'm assuming, though, that Foot Locker does better in terms of revenue per square foot, just because the locations are so much smaller.
Moser: Yeah, the locations are smaller. That's certainly the point.
Hill: You have to get more drop-in traffic than at Dick's. You go to a store that size, you are intentionally going there, whereas if you're just walking around a mall, it's easy to go, "Oh, let's just pop in here."
Moser: Yeah. I would imagine the traffic that goes to a Dick's Sporting Goods store is more intentional versus a Foot Locker where certainly it's going to be intentional, but I would also think the percentage of incidental traffic there is going to be much higher because of that mall setting. Again, you look at those mall numbers -- it seems like the traffic is dwindling. We've talked about companies that have strong mall presences, Starbucks being one where, thankfully it's so big and they have so many stores all over the world in all sorts of settings, I don't think they're going to feel the same kind of pinch that Foot Locker might, because that product that they're selling is so specific, and people know when they're going there and what they're trying to buy.
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Tecnologie per apprendere: quale il ruolo dell'Evidence Based Education?
Technologies for Learning: What Is the Role of Evidence Based Education?
If we ask ourselves whether technology improves learning, then evidence-based research provides us with a substantial body of knowledge, mainly derived from systematic comparisons of experimental designs. In the first part of the paper, the state-of-the-art regarding the evidence on the effectiveness of educational technology, e-learning/blended learning, digital reading, and interactive whiteboards at school (K-12), is introduced underlining the contrast between these data and the rhetoric that accompanies discussion about technological innovation in schools. The second part highlights that evaluation merely based on evidence, although necessary, is not a sufficient condition for decision-making on technological innovation in schools. The introduction of technology has different implications: it requires a careful consideration of untapped potential and involves evidence-based information with other evaluation criteria, related to reasons of utility or ethical issues and values.
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He was Sam Clemens, steamboat pilot, before he was Mark Twain, famous author. His better-known name originated with the lingo of navigation, and much of his writing was informed by his shipboard adventures on one of the world's great rivers. In this classic of American literature, Twain offers lively recollections ranging from his salad days as a novice pilot to views from the passenger deck in the twilight of the river culture's heyday.
Under the tutelage of the most celebrated pilot on the Mississippi, young Twain acquires the skills to navigate a constantly changing riverscape, avoiding potential collisions with other boats and traversing winding channels in the dead of night. The vivid and ever-engaging narrative encompasses tales of riverside town feuds, the professional vicissitudes of a riverboat gambler, dramatic accounts of life in Vicksburg as the city lay under siege during the Civil War, and many other scenes from a now-vanished way of life. These antebellum visions take on a bittersweet cast with the author's postwar return to the region, when railroad competition has largely doomed the commercial steamboat and the old ways of life are passing into history.
A testimonial to Twain's repute as the most popular humorist of his day, these reminiscences crackle with comic anecdotes and energetic witticisms. Engrossing and entertaining, this volume will captivate devotees of Twain, steamboat buffs, lovers of Americana, and students of American literature.
After the Civil War, Samuel Clemens (1835-1910) left his small town to seek work as a riverboat pilot. As Mark Twain, the Missouri native found his place in the world. Author, journalist, lecturer, wit, and sage, Twain created enduring works that have enlightened and amused readers of all ages for generations.


Composed by Jay Ungar and Molly Mason and arranged for solo piano by Molly, this beautiful, romantic waltz is the title cut of their critically acclaimed CD on Angel Records. This melody has become one of their most requested tunes in concert. Perfect for weddings, this carefully prepared piano solo presents the theme 3 times through, beginning in G and modulating to D. The arrangement accurately captures the rhythms, harmonies and chord voicings of Jay and Molly's concert and recorded performances. Jay Ungar is nationally recognized for having composed and performed Ashokan Farewell, the theme of the PBS series 'The Civil War'. The Lovers' Waltz is also available in a solo or duo violin edition with piano accompaniment.


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What is a radio communication failure?
Jay Sitko
1 Radio communication is considered unsuccessful if the pilot or ATC unit does not respond to repeated calls across all available communication channels within two minutes. 2. As soon as the pilot detects a communication breakdown, the transponder is set to Mode A code 7600. This means that any further communication with this aircraft will result in an alert being generated by the control tower.
What are the radio codes?
What happens if you enter the wrong code on a radio?
How do I keep my GPS receiver from locking up?
What is the reliability of communication?
What is a radio dead spot?
What are the disadvantages of radio communication?
What is the contribution of radio?
Ten radio codes
1 Receiving Poorly.
2 Receiving Well.
3 Stop Transmitting.
4 Acknowledgement.
5 Relay.
6 Busy.
7 Out of Service.
8 In Service.
If the wrong code is entered again, the radio will be turned off for around an hour. Keep the radio turned on. After an hour, the number of tries display disappears, and you can re-enter the anti-theft code as mentioned above. The two-attempt, one-hour lock-up cycle will remain in effect. If you try to enter the incorrect code more than once per hour, then the radio will be permanently disabled.
GPS receivers often become locked up due to excessive continuous power consumption. To prevent this from happening, put the device into sleep mode for a short period of time (about 1 minute) after each time it receives a GPS signal. This will prevent it from going into deep sleep mode and eventually freezing up.
(communications) Communication in which messages are assured to arrive at their destination intact, undamaged, and in the sequence in which they were delivered. Communication is considered reliable if errors caused by noise, interference, and other problems during transmission do not occur too often.
Reliability can be measured by the failure rate of a system. That is, the probability that a component will fail within its expected lifetime. For example, the average life span of a telephone line is approximately 20 years; therefore, the reliability of phone lines can be calculated as 80%. Telephone lines are considered durable goods that will be used for many years after they are manufactured. In comparison, computer memory devices such as DRAM's have a lifetime much shorter than 20 years (typically between 10^6^ and 10^12^ cycles). Radios, televisions, and other electrical equipment also have relatively short lifetimes compared with communications systems (typically between 10^3^ and 10^5^ hours).
The reliability of communication systems depends on how well they protect themselves from damage. Electrical signals can be distorted by noise, interference, and other factors during transmission through a communication channel. To reduce these effects, modern communication systems use redundancy, i.e., more than one copy of the message is sent through the channel.
N. 1. A region within a radio transmitter's range where little or no signal may be received. Dead spots are often caused by buildings that block signals from reaching their destination. Within a city, these areas are usually not permanent, as buildings can block signals at different times of day and years after they have been constructed, depending on how they are built out.
Dead spots are normal for radio transmissions because only part of the air around us is occupied with information signals. The remaining space is filled with other signals - radio communications between aircraft, satellites, etc - which we need for safety reasons but cannot receive with our radios.
2. A region on a radio receiver's antenna where no signal is detected. These regions occur when objects in the antenna's path block signals from reaching its active area. Like dead zones on transmitters, these areas are usually not permanent, as the antenna can be moved or structures built that block signals at different times of day and years after they have been constructed.
3. A region on the surface of the Earth without radio communication facilities, such as a radio telescope site or a mobile phone network. These regions occur when signals are blocked by terrain features, such as mountains or forests.
Radio, like any other media, has restrictions. These include a lack of a visual aspect, audience fragmentation, insufficient research data, insufficient listener focus, and clutter.
Radios can be a nuisance because of their intrusive nature. They can interfere with other devices such as medical equipment or music systems. They can also distract users by interfering with their ability to drive vehicles or operate machinery. Finally, they can cause problems for those who want to sleep in a room without radios - it's hard to get quality rest with radio noise leaking into your surroundings.
Mobile phones have become a part of daily life for many people. This means that they will be used near places where radio transmissions can't reach, such as in caves or mines. Therefore, mobile phone signals may not be able to reach certain areas. If you plan to use radio communications in these areas, please consider the following: other people might not be able to receive your messages if you are using a transmission method such as FM radio, so ensure that you keep this in mind when planning your campaign.
Also, remember that radiation travels through space and can be reflected back towards its source from buildings, cars, and other objects. Thus, people living or working in high-radiation areas may be exposed to higher-than-necessary levels of radiation.
Radio has the ability to reach across borders and can become a valuable source of information where reliable news is scarce. Radio has proved its worth in times of emergency, such as when access to the mobile network is down as a result of an overload, or phone lines are cut. People use radio communications to keep informed about events that may affect their lives.
In addition to news and entertainment, music is also one of the most popular forms of content on radio stations. Many songs have been released over the years that have become classics - artists such as Michael Jackson, Prince, and David Bowie have had many songs written about them. Other types of audio content include opera, comedy, and lectures. There are radio stations that only play music - they're called "radio stations" because there's no other form of entertainment offered. The listener controls what they hear by tuning into different frequencies.
People all around the world listen to radio broadcasts. In fact, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in 2014 people spent nearly half their time listening to music, movies, podcasts, or news. This is why it is so important for businesses to know how they can benefit from advertising on radio stations.
Advertising on radio stations can be effective for three main reasons: it reaches a large audience, it provides instant results, and it costs less than other marketing methods. Let's take a look at each one separately.
Jay Sitko is a man of many passions. He loves his family, works in tech and does special projects for the government. Jay has been an engineer by heart since he was a young boy, when he would take apart electronic devices just to see what made them work.
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Born Dec. 15 (27), 1859, in Bialystok; died Apr. 14 (27), 1917, in Warsaw. Polish oculist; inventor of Esperanto.
Zamenhof studied in Warsaw, Moscow, and Vienna. In 1887 under the pseudonym D-ro Esperanto he published his plan for an artificial auxiliary international language, hoping that it would serve the cause of mutual understanding among peoples. He later published Esperanto dictionaries as well as anthologies and separate editions of his original works and of Esperanto translations of classics of world literature. In 1959–60, following a resolution by UNESCO, the 100th anniversary of Zamenhof 's birth was widely observed.
Memorlibro, eldonita okaze de la centjare datreveno de la naskiĝo de D-ro L. L. Zamenhof. Leipzig, 1960.


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package org.apache.camel.component.ejb;

import java.util.Properties;

import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.InitialContext;

import org.apache.camel.builder.RouteBuilder;
import org.apache.camel.impl.JndiRegistry;
import org.apache.camel.test.junit4.CamelTestSupport;
import org.junit.Test;

public class GreaterCamelBeanTest extends CamelTestSupport {

    @Override
    protected JndiRegistry createRegistry() throws Exception {
        Properties properties = new Properties();
        properties.setProperty(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "org.apache.openejb.client.LocalInitialContextFactory");

        InitialContext initialContext = new InitialContext(properties);
        return new JndiRegistry(initialContext);
    }

    @Test
    public void testGreaterViaCamelBean() throws Exception {
        getMockEndpoint("mock:result").expectedBodiesReceived("Hello World");

        template.sendBody("direct:start", "World");

        assertMockEndpointsSatisfied();
    }

    @Override
    protected RouteBuilder createRouteBuilder() throws Exception {
        return new RouteBuilder() {
            @Override
            public void configure() throws Exception {
                from("direct:start")
                    .bean("GreaterImplLocal", "hello")
                    .to("mock:result");
            }
        };
    }
}

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Cavaliers Can't Escape Injuries, but Schedule Isn't Another Pain
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The Cleveland Cavaliers started the season without star point guard Kyrie Irving and top reserve Iman Shumpert, but the roster can't escape injuries. Fortunately for the team, the upcoming schedule favors the Cavs.
On Friday, the franchise announced center Timofey Mozgov (shoulder) and point guard Mo Williams (ankle) will be sidelined for two weeks and two games, respectively. Anderson Varejao, Tristan Thompson and Matthew Dellavedova are set for larger roles.
Although LeBron James and Co. must carry on without four of the top seven players, Cleveland stands atop the Eastern Conference at 9-3. Most importantly, the Cavaliers have posted a 6-0 record at home, where they'll be playing two games without Williams and four of an expected six sans Mozgov.
The Atlanta Hawks and Orlando Magic certainly will pose a challenge. It wouldn't be surprising if either opponent knocked off Cleveland, either. Nevertheless, the Hawks and Magic aren't exactly a gauntlet needing to be survived. If the Cavs can limit Paul Millsap and Victor Oladipo, they should emerge with a win.
Following a road matchup with an inconsistent Toronto Raptors club, Cleveland heads south to face the Charlotte Hornets. Both franchises perform better at home, but the Raptors are at best a top-12 team while Charlotte is a borderline playoff squad. Plus, Williams should be back on the court by then.
The Cavaliers finish their potential Mozgov-less stretch with home matchups against the terrible Brooklyn Nets and lackluster-on-the-road Washington Wizards. Though rim protection could be a minor issue opposite Brooklyn, the Nets don't have enough firepower to contest Cleveland for 48 minutes anyway.
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Injuries happen, and the Cavaliers will probably encounter more before the brutal schedule later on this year. But right now, the injuries to Williams and Mozgov are merely bumps on the road.


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Q: jQuery ui menu global scope I am using the jQuery ui menu and this function to keep track of what menu item is selected:
$(document).ready(function(){
    $( "#menu" ).menu({
        select: function(event, ui) {
            alert(ui.item.text());
        }
    });
});

Is there a way to make their selection into a global scope variable? Currently doing everything in this function is getting messy.
Thanks

A: I'm not completely sure what you are asking for but would either of these changes help?
var tj_currently_selected_text;

function tj_process_select(event, ui){
  alert('old selected text = '+tj_currently_selected_text);
  tj_currently_selected_text = ui.item.text();

  alert(tj_currently_selected_text);
}

$(document).ready(function(){

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})

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Humanities › English
West African Pidgin English (WAPE)
An Introduction to Punctuation
Richard Nordquist
English and Rhetoric Professor
Ph.D., Rhetoric and English, University of Georgia
M.A., Modern English and American Literature, University of Leicester
B.A., English, State University of New York
Dr. Richard Nordquist is professor emeritus of rhetoric and English at Georgia Southern University and the author of several university-level grammar and composition textbooks.
The term West African Pidgin English refers to a continuum of English-based pidgins and creoles spoken along the west coast of Africa, particularly in Nigeria, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Also known as Guinea Coast Creole English.
Used by upwards of 30 million people, West African Pidgin English (WAPE) serves primarily as an interethnic lingua franca.
Examples and Observations
"WAPE is spoken in a geographical continuum from Gambia to Cameroon (including enclaves in French- and Portuguese-speaking countries) and in a vertical continuum with WAE [West African English] at the top. Among the local varieties are Aku in Gambia, Krio in Sierra Leone, Settler English and Pidgin English in Liberia, Pidgin (English) in Ghana and Nigeria, and Pidgin (English) or Kamtok in Cameroon. It originates in 16th-century contacts between West Africans and English sailors and traders, and is therefore as old as so-called 'Modern English.' Some WAPE speakers, especially in cities, do not speak any traditional African language: it is their sole means of expression.
"Because many of its features are close to those of Creole in the Americas, some researchers have proposed a family of 'Atlantic creoles' that includes Pidgin in West Africa, Gullah in the U.S., and the various patois of the Caribbean. However, like them, and despite its usefulness, vigor, and wide distribution, Pidgin tends to be regarded as debased English." (Tom McArthur, The Oxford Guide to World English. Oxford University Press, 2002)
WAPE and Gullah
"The city that had become the center of the 'slave trade' [in the 18th century] was Charleston, South Carolina. Many slaves first arrived here and then they were transported inland to the plantations. However, some of the slaves stayed in the Charleston area, on what is called the Sea Islands. The Creole language of the large Black population in the region is called Gullah, spoken by about a quarter of a million people. It is a language that is probably most similar of all varieties of Black American English to the original creole English that was used in the New World and the West African Pidgin English of the earliest slaves. These slaves, who spoke different African languages . . ., invented a form of English, West African Pidgin English, which incorporated many features from West African languages. Gullah could survive because it was relatively self-contained and isolated from the rest of the world." (Zoltán Kövecses, American English: An Introduction. Broadview, 2000)
WAPE in Chinua Achebe's Man of the People
"Me? Put poison for master? Nevertheless!" said the cook, side-stepping to avoid a heavy blow from the Minister. . . . Why I go kill my master? . . . Abi my head no correct? And even if to say I de craze why I no go go jump for inside lagoon instead to kill my master?" (a servant, in [Chinua] Achebe's A Man of the People, p. 39)
"West African Pidgin English (PE) as exemplified in the [passage] quoted is spoken primarily along the West African coast between Sierra Leone and Cameroon. . . . The type of Pidgin found in literary works by Achebe, [Cyprian] Ekwensi, [Wole] Soyinka, and some other African writers is not the same as that often referred to as 'trade jargon,' 'makeshift language,' or 'a language devoid of morphological characteristics.' PE plays a very important role in West Africa--especially in areas where there is no other common language." (Tony Obilade, "The Stylistic Function of Pidgin English in African Literature: Achebe and Soyinka." Research on Wole Soyinka, ed. by James Gibbs and Bernth Lindfors. Africa World Press, 1993)
Characteristics of Tense and Aspect in WAPE
"Tense and aspect [in West African Pidgin English] are noninflectional: bin denotes simple past or past perfect (Meri bin lef Mary left, Mary had left), de/di the progressive (Meri de it Mary is eating, Mary was eating), and don the perfective (Meri don it Mary has eaten, Mary had eaten). Depending on context, Meri it means 'Mary ate' or 'Mary has eaten' and Meri laik Ed means 'Mary likes Ed' or 'Mary liked Ed.'" (Tom McArthur, Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. Oxford University Press, 2005)
Prepositions in WAPE
"Like many other pidgins, WAPE has few prepositions. The preposition for is an all-purpose locative preposition, translatable as in, at, on, to etc." (Mark Sebba, Contact Languages: Pidgins and Creoles. Palgrave Macmillan, 1997)
Nordquist, Richard. "West African Pidgin English (WAPE)." ThoughtCo, Jan. 30, 2021, thoughtco.com/west-african-pidgin-english-wape-1692496. Nordquist, Richard. (2021, January 30). West African Pidgin English (WAPE). Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/west-african-pidgin-english-wape-1692496 Nordquist, Richard. "West African Pidgin English (WAPE)." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/west-african-pidgin-english-wape-1692496 (accessed January 29, 2023).
What You Should Know About Creole Language
What Is a Pidgin?
Nigerian English
The Gullah or Geechee Community of South Carolina and Georgia
What is the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)?
Definition and Examples of Acrolects in Language
What Is African American Vernacular English (AAVE)?
What Is Caribbean English?
An Overview of Lingua Franca and Pidgins
What is Outer Circle English?
Biography of Chinua Achebe, Author of "Things Fall Apart"
What You Should Know About Nigeria
New Englishes: Adapting the Language to Meet New Needs
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Tat Tvam Asi – I am you, you are me
Posted: 27 January 2016
After celebrating its most ambitious and well-attended event in November last year, the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival has announced its return to Bali's cultural capital from 26 – 30 October, 2016.
Centring on the theme Tat Tvam Asi, a Sanskrit phrase translated in Bali as 'I am you, you are me,' the Festival's five-day program of panel sessions, literary lunches, hands-on workshops, food tours, poetry slams, night parties and more will focus on dissolving the social, cultural, political and geographical barriers that divide us.
"Tat Tvam Asi is a bold recognition that in our purest state, all humans are identical and equal kindred spirits," explains Founder & Director of the UWRF, Janet DeNeefe. "If our souls are identical, then to hurt one another is to ultimately hurt ourselves."
"This is a powerful ideology that underpins the collective identity of the Indonesian archipelago – uniting people from incredibly diverse religious, ethnic, cultural and historical backgrounds to share common respect and understanding," she said.
The concept of Tat Tvam Asi has been prominent in literary and artistic expression for thousands of years, encapsulated as early as 150BC by Roman playwright Terrance, who mused, "If I am human, then nothing human is alien to me."
It has since been explored in various forms, not just as a thematic undertone of creative expression but through the very power of the arts itself; to communicate and empathise with the most common of human needs and aspirations.
"Some of the world's most powerful works of literature are those that connect us with people, places or things of which we know so little," said DeNeefe. "The power of these works is that they enable us to understand the lives of others and recognise our common humanity."
"Last year bringing together more than 165 authors from 25 countries across the globe, the Festival prides itself in being a global platform to celebrate big ideas and extraordinary stories. In many ways, the Festival has encompassed the concept of Tat Tvam Asi since it first began thirteen years ago."


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The BCS December Teacher of the Month is Mrs. Miriam Smith in our Preschool. Thank you to Ms. Mimi for all of her great work and dedication to students and families. Also, a very big thank you goes out to all of the parents who participated in the nomination process. Your comments are always a delight to read.
Morning Care Notice: Morning Care on Thursday, December 11th will be held in the SCC. The cafeteria will be used that morning for the Junior Class Ring and College Breakfast. The program starts at 7 AM. You can contact Miss Hoback at extension 261 for any additional information about this event.
The annual PAWS Christmas Shop will be open next week Monday through Thursday from 7:30 AM to 5 PM and again on Friday, from 7:30 AM to 2 PM. The Christmas Shop is an opportunity for your child to shop for gifts for his or her family and friends. The lower grades should have received information in the communicator envelopes this week, to include an envelope to send monies back with each child. The shop, located in the Library, is open to parents before and after school.
Let me say a special thank you to all of you who have contributed to the Urban Youth Impact Toy Drive through the donation of toys. You generosity will benefit many families in the WPB area.
During the week preceding Thanksgiving, the BCS secondary female students squared off in a friendly class competition of Powder Puff Football sponsored by the BCS Student Council. The Junior Class took home the trophy by defeating the Senior Class in the finals. In a secondary, but annual event, the BCS Lady Faculty Bulldogs defeated the Senior Class in Powder Puff Football for the first time in the school history.
News from the Grace Fellowship Children's Ministry: The Grace Fellowship Children's Ministry is holding a Christmas Camp on our campus from Monday, December 22nd through Friday, January 2, 2015. The fee is $160 per child and runs from 8 AM to 4 PM each day, excluding Christmas Day and New Year's Day. There is an Aftercare option as well. If interested, please contact the Grace Fellowship Children's Ministry at Cassius_Phillip@gfwpb.org.
News from the Grace Fellowship Student Ministries: Do you have a church family yet? If not come see what we have going on in ours! Our student ministry has lots of events coming up in the last month of 2014. Take a look at our Facebook page to see what we have done so far this year and how much more we have to go before 2015! Also, come check out our Wednesday night youth group and Sunday morning small groups. We are currently going through our December Elective student classes on Wednesday nights 6:30-8:00 PM. The class topics are HS Girl and Guy Talk, MS Girl and Guy Talk, Servant Leadership, and Rooted in Scripture: How to study the Bible.
Thank you for your support of BCS.


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Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Written by HimselfThird Edition| ©2016 Robert J. Allison
This revised edition of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Written by Himself, with Related Documents continues to offer a vivid account of the eighteenth-century Western world through the experiences of one individual. Robert J. Allison's introduction, which places
This revised edition of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Written by Himself, with Related Documents continues to offer a vivid account of the eighteenth-century Western world through the experiences of one individual. Robert J. Allison's introduction, which places Equiano's narrative in the context of the Atlantic slave trade, has been revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship surrounding this topic. Additions to the Related Documents include a contemporary review of The Narrative, as well as excerpts from the Declaration of Independence and the debate over the Slave Trade at the Constitutional Convention, which serve to anchor Equiano's story within the U.S. history narrative. Helpful footnotes provide guidance throughout the eighteenth-century text, and a chronology and updated Questions for Consideration and Selected Bibliography aid students in their study of this thought-provoking narrative.
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by Himself
1. Olaudah Equiano, Letter to James Tobin, January 28, 1788
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The moving part of the engine is a bent length of copper wire, with one of our tiny neodymium-iron-boron magnetic beads at the center.
If we let the neodymium magnet touch the large magnet, then it will not heat up as quickly as if it were just a little farther away. So we bend the wire a little bit, so only the copper wire touches the large magnet, and the small magnet can sit in the middle of the flame.


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Q: How to escape ' for linux command in windows terminal? I am trying to run the following git command using windows terminal:
git submodule foreach  --recursive 'git add --all'
Apparently there is a problem with  '. How can I escape that?
git add --all: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
git add --all: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file


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Through the quiet darkness with the moon over her shoulder, she fell.
Toward the sea below, and the rocks, toward the foaming maelström between them, she fell.
She pulled her hands and arms into a point above her head, or rather below it, steering with her legs in the wind of her own passage.
Down and down and faster and faster, her breath tight and painful, not because she was holding it but because it came so fast that it could not be held.
She fell toward the water, silent except for the pounding of the wind and the roaring of her heart; she fell, not by accident but on purpose; she had jumped and she had not been pushed.
On the cliff above the men watched her fall, knowing that she had chosen escape into death rather than let them catch her, touch her, find out who she was, stop her from living to tell anyone what she had seen.
She struck the sea at the last, at the very end of her fall, the inevitable surprise at the bottom of every dive and she knifed cleanly through the water the way he had taught her and she knew that to the men above she had simply disappeared because she made no splash and hardly a sound at all, not one they could hear anyway though to her it sounded like the crash at the end of a world.
Another Christmas come and gone.
And some glad ones, too.
And love for the year that is new.
Its face to the sun.
When we know our day is done.
And some sad ones, too.
And love in the year that is new.
Sometimes I dream about doing something I would really like to do. The following was from a dream I had about working on a daily adventure strip called "Dustman". It was set in New York City, a place I've never lived but like all Americans, I have a substitute familiarity with. The artist had a skritchy but cinematic style, as if Will Eisner had been inked by Jules Feiffer. My job was to work on plot and dialog.
Below is more or less the outline of the story we told in the opening arc of the strip. I really wish I were working on this project.
Leon Martenson is a rookie detective assigned to investigate the tales of a vigilante operating in Lower Manhattan. Stories among street people are circulating about a mysterious man who lives on rooftops and patrols streets and alleys to protect the homeless, prostitutes, children and ordinary working people from thieves and extortionists.
One street patrolman tells of having confronted a guy he thought was the vigilante after having seen him break up a purse snatching by somehow creating clouds of dust to separate the victim and assailant.
"Who are you?" the cop had demanded, seeing someone watching the scene from the roof of a five-story block of storefronts and offices.
"I'm nobody, I'm nothing," the mysterious watcher replied. "I'm just the wind, I'm smoke, I'm dust and leaves in the wind. I'm dust, man." And then he had disappeared.
Martenson's partner, veteran Detective Arlyn Washburn, refuses to have anything to do with the investigation. He's convinced that Dustman is just an urban legend and that the incidences reported by people are lies, hoaxes, hallucinations, mistaken identities and perhaps even copycats using the Dustman legend to get back at their enemies or just make headlines.
A young woman named Bonnie Lincoln who writes a news blog called "Below Manhattan," about life in NYC, also is doubtful that Dustman really exists but she and Leon are intrigued and interested with each other.
Sightings of Dustman have ranged from the Bowery to Morningside Heights but more frequently witnesses place him south of Midtown, often in or near Soho and the West Village. In an age of cellphone and security cameras, numerous, more or less crappy, photos exist. Two of the clearest show a figure that could be Dustman looking down from the top of a building.
Bonnie and Leon use their various sources to collect evidence about Dustman's methods and existence. Bonnie fills her blogs with anecdotes about Dustman saving this or that person from a mugging or other robbery. Leon looks for more tangible proof.
He has fragments of balloons once full of dust and used as weapons by Dustman. "How does he get them to burst when he throws them?" he asked the police lab but no one had a good answer.
From various photos, the police artist creates a composite image showing a tall man wearing a khaki raincoat, blue jeans or slacks, sneakers and either a brown wool cap or a battered looking grey Stetson. From the testimony, he could be an olive-skinned white man, or a light-skinned black man. The patrolman who spoke with him thinks he was white but isn't too sure.
Martenson, with Lincoln's help, leaves messages with people offering to meet with Dustman and suggesting times and places where the detective or reporter will wait for a meeting. But after two weeks, Dustman has not shown up.
The body in the alley in the Meatpacking District did fit the description of Dustman in most particulars but no one had ever described the mystery man as having a pencil-thin mustache. Still, the police tentatively close the file. But two weeks later, the word on the street is that someone wants to meet with Martenson.
Leon goes to the meeting spot, feeling guilty that he hasn't told Bonnie, Near a statue in one of the little pocket-size fenced parks in Soho, an hour after dusk, someone speaks from the shadows.
"How do I know it's really you, really Dustman?" asks Leon.
"When I'm gone, look behind the statue." And then the voice answers no more questions. Dustman has disappeared.
The detective looks behind the statue and finds three balloons half-full of dust and covered in a thin layer of clear ice.


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3. In a separate bowl, mix together the cocoa powder, red food colouring and vanilla extract to make a very thick, dark paste. Add to the butter mixture and mix thoroughly until evenly combined and coloured (scrape any unmixed ingredients from the side of the bowl with a rubber spatula). Turn the mixer down to slow speed and slowly pour in half the buttermilk.
4. Beat until well mixed, then add half the flour and beat until everything is well incorporated. Repeat this process until all the buttermilk and flour have been added. Scrape down the side of the bowl again. Turn the mixer up to high speed and beat until you have a smooth, even mixture. Turn the mixer down to low speed and add the bicarbonate of soda and vinegar. Beat until well mixed, then turn up the speed again and beat for a couple more minutes.
5. Spoon the mixture into the paper cases until two-thirds full and for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the sponge bounces back when touched. A skewer inserted in the centre should come out clean. Leave the cupcakes to cool slightly in the tray before turning out onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
6. Meanwhile, make the frosting by beating the icing sugar and the butter together in a freestanding electric mixer with a paddle attachment (or use a handheld electric whisk) on medium-slow speed until the mixture comes together and is well mixed. Add the cream cheese in one go and beat it until it is completely incorporated. Turn the mixer up to medium-high speed. Continue beating until the frosting is light and fluffy, at least five minutes. Do not overbeat, as it can quickly become runny.
7. Top each cake with a generous swirl of frosting and enjoy!