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Shame you didn't provide a link to the actual article referred to in the headline, as there are some very good points in it.
Personally, I believe that we need to create an open discussion on the facts, and simply criticising an author rather than criticising the arguments used by that author risks falling into the realm occupied by climate denialists themselves.
The FOE article you link to by Jim Green provides some great arguments against and criticisms of the case for nuclear, and some helpful links. But please present these things as such, rather than questioning the credibility or impartiity of the author. And please provide links to the original article so we can make up our minds ourselves.


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CAL-ISO Issues Statewide Flex Alert for the Holiday Weekend
September 03 September 04
Cal ISO
Imperial Irrigation District
Southern California Edison
Nico Payne
A statewide flex alert has been issued heading into the holiday weekend. California is asking people to conserve energy starting Saturday between the hours of 3 and 9 PM, and it will continue into Labor Day.
NBC Palm Springs spoke to experts on energy conservation and our very own experts in our weather department to get a better understanding of how these flex alerts work and why they are issued.
The Coachella Valley is staring down yet another possible record-breaking heatwave. This seems to be one of many "new normals" we are seeing in today's ever-changing world.
"When you put it into perspective, this was a very warm summer, in fact, it was a warm and dry summer without any measurable rain the entire time, said Mike Everett, Chief Meteorologist with NBC Palm Springs.
California saw the first rolling blackouts in 20 years during the last heatwave and officials were concerned the state could run out of power. The California Independent Systems Operator manages the state's power grid, they make decisions like limiting the state's power and potentially triggering outages.
"The response we got was unprecedented and we saw an impact of nearly a thousand of megawatts that made those two days much more manageable, and so just very grateful for that help," said John Phipps, Director of Real-time Operations with California ISO.
CAL-ISO only manages the power grid at the state level, companies like Southern California Edison and Imperial Irrigation District provide power to residents only.
So how can we avoid the frenzy of the last heat-wave? Conservation is key.
"Conserving energy especially during the heatwave is very important to the imperial irrigation district, we are our own balancing authority and what that means is we are responsible for supplying the power to our customers," said Rober Schettler, Public Information Officer with Imperial Irrigation District.
"We are talking about really shaving the demand, it's just that little bit that we need to shave off in terms of the demand curve if you can imagine that, and so each customer does make a difference," explained David Song, Public Information Officer with Southern California Edison;
We're now in the month of September and still seeing temperatures approaching 120, and it seems like a new heat-wave every week. leaving everyone asking why?
"People want to debate it, and they want to debate if it's actually happening, whether it's not happening, it's irrefutable that the climate is changing especially here in the coachella valley," explained Everett.
For more information on flex alerts and ways to conserve energy you can head to http://www.caiso.com/Pages/default.aspx

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And Southern Ohio on weekends (mostly).
Just bought mine. Live in Powell.
Would you guys be interested in a small gathering (possibly a regular gathering) of drone flyers in Columbus? All my searches for RC aviation clubs and the like have come up with (at best) websites that haven't been updated in years.... my normal solution to a problem like that is to basically just make one.
Perhaps we can first do a Skype as this weather has us grounded.
Well, I'm in no particular rush to plan the get-together if weather is not conducive. Earlier weather reports had the nastiness clearing up by Tuesday but it looks like that won't happen now. So let's wait until a favorable forecast to plan anything.
Man, talk about a Blessing! I just bought a Linksys WRT54G V8 with dd-WRT and for the life of me, cannot figure out how to get it programed. Unlike some of you, I have NO IDEA what I am doing and cant speak acronym.
This is starting to look like a party.
It looks that the weather will be getting a bit nicer mid-next week. While keeping the plans tentative dependent on weather forecasts, would you guys be able to have a gathering then? What time would be good for everyone? Afternoon, evening?
Actually week days are better for me since I am retired and the wife would like me out of the house anyway.
With you in Columbus (area), and Someone in Dublin, Clintonville, and Sunbury, probably somewhere between'st us all would be great.
Seems like Clintonville or Worthington would be our best bets for a central location for the four of us. There's gotta be a decent place in Worthington to fly, right?
Wednesday is starting to look pretty promising, weather-wise. It's still chilly (topping out at around 40ºF) but no rain and no wind in the evening. Sun sets just before 6:30, we should fly a bit before then.... maybe meet at 5:30 PM? How does that sound to everyone?
Based on the temperature, we should choose somewhere that has a (heated!) indoor area nearby to relax in the downtime. Garrock, I see some sort of building at that park you mentioned; is that building open to the public, do you know? If not, what other locations might we choose?
My ride is probably not going to be available to bring me up to this after all.
That building is a not as close you as might think.. as far as walking distance wo were you'd fly in that field.


Key posts in local elections, including the Athens mayorship and supra-prefecture, were won outright in local elections on Sunday, according to early, indicative results released by the interior ministry.
Under Greece's electoral system, some local government positions are likely go to a second ballot on Sunday next week.
Results so far show candidates backed by the country's two main parties returning to their posts for a second straight term.
Winning clear-cut victories appear to be the candidate backed by the ruling New Democracy (ND) party for Athens mayor, Nikitas Kaklamanis; incumbent Athens-Piraeus Supra-Prefect Fofi Yennimata, supported by the main opposition PASOK; incumbent Thessaloniki Prefect Panayiotis Psomiadis, backed by ND; and Panagiotis Fasoulas, backed by the main opposition, for Piraeus mayor.
In the borough of Thessaloniki, Vassilis Papayeoryopoulos, who is supported by the ruling party, so far has an easy lead but a second round of voting is expected.
Voters in nationwide local elections have sent a clear political message to the government, the leader of the main opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) said on Sunday.
George Papandreou claimed that the government had failed on all counts, and was hiding behind dubious opinion polls.
"Today, just two and a half years after (ruling) New Democracy came to power, we do not merely have a simple opinion poll, but a vote by the Greek people," Papandreou said after a PASOK-backed candidate won the Athens-Piraeus supra-prefecture for the second straight term.
"ND's slide will not drag Greece down with it. The sooner we have (national) elections, the better for the country," he added.
Votes for candidates backed by the Communist Party of Greece have increased according to early results, party leader Aleka Papariga said after local elections on Sunday.
Supporting the same candidates were the Democratic Social Movement, Communist Renewal and Leftist Citizens' Intervention.
"A clear-cut rise has been recorded in the prefectures, and also in the municipalities. In some places the increase is greater, in others smaller," Papariga reported.
The Coalition of the Left and Progress on Sunday welcomed the outcome of nationwide local elections as a signal for optimism.
The party's leader, Alekos Alavanos, thanked voters who opted for candidates backed by the Coalition who were often representatives of alternative, pro-environment, left-wing groups.


When you're naturally introverted, wedding planning and preparation can be overwhelming. Everything from arranging flowers to tuxedo rentals requires you to stop in and visit stores in person, call, email, or interact. Even if you're keeping the ceremony small, there are bound to be people attending who don't know your personal boundaries like your close friends, and by the end of the day, you may find yourself exhausted.
Many people are introverted and have managed to survive the wedding, however. If you have an anxiety disorder or struggle with depression or other health issues, you may experience additional stress and should consult your health professionals, but for the average person with a touch of introversion (or a strong tendency towards it), weddings are manageable with some extra planning. Here are some tips to help you stay happy and calm during one of the most special moments in your life!
Your almost-spouse and close friends are probably already aware that you are introverted. Ask for their help, and if they are extroverted, ask them in particular to take the spotlight off you when they can. For example, make sure nobody lets you walk into a surprise party where all the attention is on you if this situation will make you nervous, or ask people to help spirit you away for a few minutes about a little problem or question when you give a prearranged signal. Small coping measures like this can really help!
This also means getting people to help plan the wedding. Whether you're a bride or groom, people will be looking to you constantly to ask questions, give updates, and hire caterers, for example. Look at hiring a wedding planner or getting someone close to you to act as a liaison so you can refer people's questions to them. Brides in particular often feel like they are under siege, as people assume they are in charge of planning and contact them for any question, no matter how small!
If you have an intensive wedding schedule, look carefully for times when people can't contact you. Don't have any planned? Try to rearrange things, delegate tasks, ask for help, or simply choose what is most important and drop any non-essential commitments in order to take time out for yourself. During these times, don't check your email, answer your phone, or even go out to drinks… take quiet, alone time to do the kinds of activities you usually enjoy.
In the days of your wedding (the few days before, during, and afterwards), this is particularly important. Everything may feel like it's building to a head otherwise! Even if you don't have time scheduled, if you feel overwhelmed and like you're shutting down, take time off to rejuvenate and try not to feel guilty about it. For introverts, time alone is what you probably need in order to recharge. Once you feel better, it will be far easier and less stressful to handle being around people again.
The wedding may have been planned for months, but going over your plans at the last minute to ensure there are no unwanted and awkward moments in the spotlight is a great idea. Look at what you're doing each afternoon and evening and see if you really need to be doing it. For instance, rehearsal dinners are an added source of stress and worry – just be willing to live with a few mishaps and laugh them off and nobody will even remember them.
Other details you can eliminate at the last minute include throwing the bouquet, cutting the cake, the first dance (shorten it or have each of the bridal party couples join in, for example), and speeches. Think about what exactly is making you most nervous, then look at ways to get rid of these elements of your wedding. The ceremony won't suffer because you didn't have a five-minute first dance. If being in the spotlight in general is what is making you nervous, you can relax – most guests end up in their own world talking to each other and catching up, not staring at you.
Instead of holding parties before and after the wedding, consider cutting down on the parties, or at least your attendance at them or role in them. For example, you could let others (the bridesmaids or best man, for instance) organize a party for friends and family to socialize and get together without you being there, or you could attend a party but ensure everyone knows ahead of time that there will be no wedding speeches or other spotlights. Turn the tables on them by calling it a Guest Appreciation Party or something similar so you can show them how much their support means to you without stepping into the spotlight.
Some people find it is easier to cope with the days just before and after the wedding if the guests know each other and socialize. Don't be afraid to introduce friends to each other and let them form a friendship, show each other around the city, or have fun without you being there. They will keep each other entertained and not stress you out this way. You might arrange for a weekend of socializing activities instead of having just the wedding and reception in order to keep each and every event low-key and the pressure off you.
No matter what solutions you choose, taking extra precautions to ensure that your needs as an introvert are met is important if you want to be sure you don't experience burnout or fatigue from being around so many extroverts in the same place because of your special day. If nothing else, try to remember that everyone who shows up is doing so because they love and support you, so they will be more than willing to give you space if you ask nicely. Anyone who has been married or who has even thought of it understands what it's like to be in the spotlight for so long!


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Q: How to run IO inside ScottyM I'm using Scotty to write a small web apps.
I need to run IO inside the ScottyM type.
There are several difficulties:
First I can't automatically derive type synonyms from MonadIO in order to run liftIO:
type ScottyM = ScottyT Text IO

Second, I don't know how to derive ScottyT from MonadIO:
newtype ScottyT e m a

Constructors
ScottyT

    runS :: State (ScottyState e m) a

What are my options?
Thanks

A: Is it necessary for you to run your IO inside ScottyM instead of before you start scotty?
{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}

import Web.Scotty

import Data.Monoid (mconcat)

main = do
    print "Hello world!" -- Or your IO action of choice
    scotty 3000 $
        get "/:word" $ do
            beam <- param "word"
        html $ mconcat ["
Scotty, ", beam, " me up!
"]

Another option is to abuse notFound and next to run IO in ActionM, which is more straightforward:
{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}

import Web.Scotty

import Control.Monad.Trans.Class (lift)
import Data.Monoid (mconcat)

main = scotty 3000 $ do
    notFound $ do
        lift $ print "Hello world!" -- Or some other IO action
        next
    get "/:word" $ do
        beam <- param "word"
        html $ mconcat ["
Scotty, ", beam, " me up!
"]

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hamiltonstation | Reflections from 60 years of engineering, ocean exploration, prison life, mentoring high school kids and soul searching.
Abraham, the patriarchal figure of ancient times, was not Jewish. He was Chaldean. Jesus was a Jewish teacher and Rabbi, but it was years after his death before his followers were first called Christians. Martin Luther, a devout 16th Century Roman Catholic monk, became the seminal figure of the 17th Century Protestant Reformation. John Wesley, though a founder of the Methodist movement, was actually an Anglican (Episcopal) priest. The mission of these men and others was not to create new religious denominations; they were reforming the doctrines of their already existing life-long religion. In the early 16th Century Martin Luther translated the Holy Bible from St. Jerome's 4th Century Latin Vulgate into a vernacular German language which was more readable for the public. The first complete Bible translation into English was the Coverdale Bible of 1535. It is no exaggeration to predict large amounts of conflict will result for one who takes a position on the topic of Bible translation accuracy. There is so much controversy over translation authenticity, the best course of action is to study the subject yourself, then follow your own heart. In any serious topic, the subject of Bible translation included, the word heart gets my attention. The writers of religious texts curiously use that word heart in many different ways. Translators see it in one language, then struggle to discern the authors' intent as they choose the word to use in the second language.
Are the words heart and mind synonyms? The words are different. From the examples above, integrity of the heart in one version is translated clear conscience in another; wisdom of heart is translated skill. Does wisdom of the heart mean the same as skill to you? A reader might perceive the authors' intentions quite differently based upon the translator's choices, but at the same time, one can see the context connection. The meaning often does depend on context, and on the perception and life experience of both the translator and the reader. How did someone who "gave my heart to know wisdom" actually do that? "Did they "apply their mind…" in some reasonable way? Probably so, but two people who are attempting to document a firm, dogmatic rule from a verse that varies from translation to translation could write those rules such that they are read and understood (or misunderstood) quite differently. The best advice? Be aware of the way words can work; it is a concept worth thinking about before strongly committing opinions.
The word heart is often used to represent many different concepts. To name a few: wisdom, compassion, intuition, creativity, conscience, motive, emotion, instinct, integrity, intelligence, memory, knowledge, mind and soul, etc. There are almost one thousand appearances of the word heart in the Bible, most of which were represented 'as is' by English translators, but many of which were not. Those differences reflect the complexity of the translators' responsibility to represent what they believe the author's intention was in one language, and what it means to them in the other.
The common ground for these seemingly diverse meanings of the single word heart seems to be a consistent reference to a type of unique core source of wisdom found in the human person.
During a visit to central India in 2017, I met or observed countless people. I was pleasantly surprised to learn how respectfully they treated each other. Although the roads were noisy and crowded with vehicles, camels, oxen, sheep and school children in uniform, everyone I observed was polite and patient with everyone else. It was the same story on the sidewalks and in the shops. I have been in crowded cities in Haiti, the Philippines and Europe. I've lived in Boston and New York City – need I say more? The Indian culture, ethos and moods were noticeably different. Yes, as an elderly foreigner with white hair and fair skin it was be hard to be unnoticed, but I had many opportunities to observe local people from a distance. Despite the age group or economic level, they demonstrated obvious mutual respect as they interacted with each other. I wondered what gave their society such pleasing and public maturity. Was the fact that the vast majority of people there were Hindu a factor?
Raimon Panikkar was a holy man of our time who, as his name reveals, was born to a Spanish mother and Indian father. It's not surprising to learn that Raimon has a heart for understanding the Christian and Hindu theological philosophies of each of his parents. Growing up north of Barcelona, he then earned a doctorate in chemistry, studied at seminary, became a Jesuit priest and after a trip to India at age 35 is reported to have said, "I left as a Christian, discovered I was a Hindu and returned as a Buddhist, without ever having ceased being a Christian." A statement like that from any serious person gets my attention. I became further attracted to his work by the title of one of his books, The Unknown Christ of Hinduism, written way back in the '1960's.
Jesus is the most impressive human being I have studied. I would have loved being with him during those few years of his earthly ministry because I have come to believe he would have been not only an astounding mentor and first-hand source of wisdom, but also a most enjoyable and genuine friend. He was more than just a religious teacher; he understood people. Writers from that era lacked adequate vocabulary to describe his deep understanding of human psychology, and Jesus himself used parable stories to communicate new, yet universal concepts to those historic, dogmatic minds. Folks seem to forget that Christ is not his last name. Jesus' grasp of the cosmic, universal and eternal Christ became his earthly life and our model for living beyond selfish fear, greed or cunning manipulation as well. His example was to demonstrate a life of connecting unselfishly and genuinely to others, and for living to the fullest. The "Unknown Christ" of Dr. Panikkar's book represents the heart level transformation of human consciousness available to all people, irrespective of and often unrelated to religious backgrounds.
The ancient word for heart is cor from which we get our word, core. An ocean of wisdom is available to humans, to be found more at the level of heart than mind. I think that's what the phrase "made in the image of God" refers to. We have access to a deeper mind by quieting the conscious mind once in a while with meditation breaks. Meditation does not refer to some kind of extra-intense prayer effort; it doesn't imply effort at all. Nor does meditation necessarily refer to any Eastern religious practice. Meditation trains the busy mind to relax its constant train of thoughts for a few minutes several times each day, which eventually opens the path to deeper wisdom. The cumulative effect of a daily meditation practice makes that access easier over time, the way repeated exercise eases the lifting tasks of our physical muscles. There, in the heart, lies the wellspring of creativity, compassion, patience, justice. Once we have access to this universal wisdom, we experience these and other original heart concepts such as forgiveness, overt generosity, and freedom from resentments, righteous anger, etc., etc., Though seeming illogical due to cultural habit, these renewed heart characteristics are nonetheless beneficial to finding the more abundant life. We learn from wisdom to make wise decisions.
As Blaise Pascal said, The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
The word heart can represent the physical muscle that pumps blood or, the "heart of hearts" that C.S. Lewis liked to write about or, the "heart of a matter" as folks will say when identifying the root of an important issue. In each case, the word is used to depict the very core of something. (The root Latin word for heart is cor.) The heart is the deep center, the place where the source is found. Sometimes a person will have a strong opinion about something, but then with more time and experience, and reflection on the matter, they have "a change of heart." Life requires change in order to bring about continuous improvement year after year, but we don't change beliefs casually. Since we tend to "see" things more clearly with experience and maturity, a change of heart now and then, guided by unhurried meditation and prayer, is a good idea. It helps insure the accuracy and authenticity of one's core beliefs. So making careful "changes of heart" occasionally is also a process of "guarding the heart," to help keep it free from clutter and danger.
Relaxing a busy mind for a few minutes reconnects the mind with the heart. Much like computers that require cleansing of left over data by means of a reboot or by having their disks "defragged" once in a while, the human mind deserves to be freed from the residue of vast amount of thought that lingers from so many choices, stresses, emotions and appeals over periods of time. Sitting quietly, while encouraging any thoughts that try to assert themselves to just float on by, is what I call meditation and prayer. Call it what you will, but don't make it into a religion. Just allow that powerful, busy mind of yours to sink into a mode of natural resting, allowing your deeper heart mind to realign, re-balance, refresh. Just as we physically require rest and sleep to allow various body systems to reach homeostasis, clearing a crowded mind of recent thoughts and slowing down the rate of breathing for a few minutes two or three times a day serves to rebalance body chemistry and refresh the conscious mind. Calming the mind's activity this way allows valuable heart characteristics such as imagination, creativity, compassion, appreciation, intuition, etc., a chance to regain their intended priority so they can emerge when needed later.
A discipline of meditation has practical benefits. Students who spend just a few minutes clearing their minds this way before an important exam have been shown to perform better. Countless health studies have demonstrated measurable and repeatable improvements from disease from epigenetic body chemistry activity that accompanies calming practices such as these. In my own struggles with gnarly career issues over the years, I often experienced much appreciated clarity of mind after pausing for a few minutes to give myself a 'thought break' while breathing some fresh air. This simple practice can serve us well.
Our culture has elevated the value of the mind. Despite its reputation for enormous capability, the mind also produces a lot of ludicrous thoughts. Allowing it to rest for a few minutes has appreciable benefit with no real downside. Yes; it's a good idea to guard the heart to permit it to contribute from its source of abundance. Check in here at hamiltonstation.org again later this month for a sequel article about the nature of the heart as seen from the perspective of religion.
In the months following a metastatic cancer diagnosis, anxious thoughts interjected themselves into my mind every five minutes of the day. The reality of unwanted weakness, joint pain and insomnia from chemotherapy demanded attention. Looking back, I willingly admit: the difficulties had value. I had to grieve the loss of familiar foods, favorite clothes, an enjoyable job and some routine activities. I had to consider my immortality. But now I am glad for those inconveniences, because the whole scary process kept bringing me back to face an ego that could no longer maintain its denials and inflated status. It finally had to surrender, allowing the coexisting, more authentic, "real me" to surface and occupy the driver's seat of my person.
Reflecting on the larger reality and question of human existence as if being viewed from a far away galaxy and, driven by the process of accepting my mortality, philosophies that had been mysteries to me as a young adult started to gain new clarity. The old view, from an ego position, had limited my understanding to a very, very small portion of the big picture. After facing my condition it occurred to me that the Creator of the vast universe into which we humans are born had a sequence in mind that started with the creation of planets and stars. The solar system was delicately designed with earth planet having just the right conditions for human life, long before human life emerged. It would be irrational, I decided, for the Creator to provide all of that, across so many eons, to give humans a place to live for such a tiny 'moment' in that big project, just to have it all end when they die.
The process reminds me of the space shuttle where a sophisticated rocket is designed, constructed, tested and launched for the purpose of delivering an enormously valuable payload into orbit. It took centuries of research and experimentation to bring that first lunar rocket to a Cape Canaveral launch pad, but for what? …just to have a short flight during which the large booster section lights up the sky for a few minutes, only to fall uselessly into the sea? No, not at all. Compared to the mission history, that booster rocket's life is a fleeting moment, but a moment necessary to allow the payload to escape the pull of gravity. The "lifetime" of the payload gives testimony to complex, long-standing work performed prior to the flight from earth, to the flight itself during which fuel is constantly diminished from fighting gravity, and to the adventurous destination too, as it finds its intended orbit. If the payload is to arrive at the destination, it can not cling to the booster section; it must completely break away and travel in space alone to guarantee success.
It seems God has a similar design for "human life." We humans are created from dust, then "launched" at birth into our temporary position on this planet, then occupy adult bodies for a few short decades as participating observers of His plan. We learn, often the 'hard way' it seems, the value of relationship, authority, quality and priorities. We comprehend Jesus' description of rebirth, accepting his offer to transition our consciousness from ego to soul, created in His image, eventually without need for a body.
English burial services often include the saying, derived from the Bible's Genesis 3:19, Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. I have been aware of the fact that all bodies return to dust from the time I was just a tyke, hiking with my dad who explained what would happen to a dead bird we came across. However, it did not occur to me then that all living things on this earthly life are simultaneously dying.
The perspective of time changes as one gets older. In other words, studying history in grammar school the Civil War, the American Revolution and the Roman Empire all seemed to me to have occurred an equally, enormously long time ago. Beyond that, the Biblical characters Adam and Eve, Noah, Moses, King David and Jesus seemed like folks from a single story, even longer ago.
Most elderly people will tell you (even if you didn't ask) that past events are recalled more and more as if they happened more recently than they actually did. Ironically, the older we get the younger things seem. My grandparents and their entire generation seemed to me to be classic "old." They acted like old people when they were in their sixties and seventies. Quite the contrary, I still view myself and most of my peers as young. I behave differently now, and yes my joints ache a bit more, but I think pretty much the same as I did when I was forty or fifty.
Often things actually are not what they appear to be, and since events and experiences seem to appear differently to different people anyway, it follows that communication about important realities in life are sure to be difficult.
There is a concept of listening which can be sacred observation. It's a discipline where we humans choose to stay completely objective as we see or hear things going on around us. I think animals are probably better at sacred listening than we are.They just do what they were created to do, whether its a bee collecting nectar and pollen or a dog reminding us of the value of positive attitude. But with a little practice, sacred listening and its many benefits can be relearned and become habit. Re-learned, because young children do it naturally; they watch their older siblings and adults to figure out motives, and to learn how to do things for themselves. It's natural for them because in the very young years, they respect elders without question. But for some reason, when exposed to wider society and its adopted values, and the concept of ego develops, we elder humans become more skeptical, less open, less candid. We gradually, unconsciously become different from the person we were created to be/. We become more competitive, judgmental, impatient.
An interesting experiment would be to have folks live with the value of sacred observation for a while to see if it improves things. Those who are willing, could began to train themselves to see others as the original core person they were as curious tykes living inside, trapped inside, an outer shell of persona formed by years or even decades of wounding, scarring layers of both positive and negative experiences. God only knows the quantity of events that contributed to that outer shell persona. But if we each assumed for the moment that still hidden inside the person we are observing there is an inner core – an attractive mix of kind, careful, inquisitive, appreciative and humble attributes that reflects mutual respect, compassion and willingness to forgive, we can set the framework for sacred listening. In other words, to practice this idea, charge yourself with the task of developing the skill of looking past the outer person, which is where subjective opinion and socially-acquired values and behaviors impact us, and see what lies behind that screen. Quietly accept the lessor known inner person as "good" regardless of their reputation or how they appear at first glance. Acquiring this skill can be difficult, but can be done in the private thoughts of your head, even when evidence seems scarce. It helps to move away from repetitive, socially acquired judgements, some of which were not intentionally acquired. It should at least open up a less rehearsed, more genuine, objective pattern of thought.
Puppy years for him were spent living in an old house on 14 acres of farmland with fields, streams and maple and wild cherry trees. Included was an old trellis with an ample seasonal supply of Concord grapes hanging down at his level. He would often help himself to those tasty purple bunches. He must've had instinctive knowledge of their natural antioxidant nutrition, but occasionally he lacked either self control or knowledge of when enough was enough. His stomach would growl after trips to the grape trellis and he certainly needed no laxative assistance.
Chipper's adventures weren't limited to food, since the property had a diverse rodent population: rabbits, woodchucks, muskrats, foxes. He widen their holes with his earth-moving skills, chased them into panic mode, and would lurk patiently, watching and sniffing the breeze from under a shade tree in an at-the-ready position where he could rise up and lunge into a full gallop in one impressive motion.
The New England dog's paradise chapter ended in the fall of 1953 when my dad changed jobs causing us to relocated to Kent, Ohio, a town where dogs were required to be leashed at all times. In the big move, since we drove to Ohio without a dog on the car roof, Chipper spent a lonely few weeks in a kennel quite certain he had been abandoned. At age ten I was jealous when the dog got to make his trip on a commercial airliner, although he was certainly uncomfortable in the unheated luggage compartment. We met the flight at Cleveland's Hopkins Field with warm expectations only to be told by the American Airlines manifest guy, "Nope; no animals on that flight. Sorry… maybe tomorrow." My folks were perplexed, since they had received opposite information when the plane left Boston. As our family was walking out in disappointment, I let loose an unauthorized, loud chirping whistle which I knew Chipper would recognize if he were in there somewhere. The sound carried down the hollow interior of that enormous warehouse and was returned with the sound of a congenitally defective tail banging furiously on a metal dog crate. I whistled again. From his cage stuck under a distant shelf, Chip returned a burst of assertive barks, which in turn caused my dad to get assertive with the careless guy back in the freight office. Chipper's reaction when released from his small prison cell was a sight to never forget. He wet the floor (payback for the clerk), wagged his tail so fast his rear end was swinging enough to qualify him for Dancing With the Stars and whimpered almost constantly. I still tear up when recalling that heartfelt connection scene. For weeks, that grateful canine stuck by my mother's side every time she moved from the room they were in.
Chipper had a heart every bit as real as our human hearts. (Years later, upon learning the definition of "unconditional love," he came to mind.) Dogs demonstrate uncondition-al acceptance and they don't hold grudges. They know when they've been mistreated, but instinctively 'let it go' soon after – which would be a useful characteristic for humans to embrace.
Chip lived the second half of his life back in New England where he was a loyal guardian of the teens as they built tree houses, waged snowball wars from winter forts and picked blueberries in summer to be sold to local markets. I think his sore belly bouts from the early grapevine days reduced his appetite for blueberries. He seemed to be content with kibbles and gravy, even in his last days.
My parents put him down while I was away at college. Months later I was angry that they hadn't told me at the time. They thought it better to shield a young man adjusting to the change from high school to the more challenging college curriculum. But this dog and I had joined souls. 'Better' would have been being there at the time of his death.
However, as Chip taught, let it go. Forgive mistakes, relish the abundant memories, and be thankful. I am grateful – for the high privilege of knowing, living with, and learning from this marvelous creature for more than a full decade some 60 years ago.


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Most people rent a tuk tuk to explore Siem Reap. It is the most convenient and easiest way to get around. But if you're feeling adventurous, there are fun and cheaper ways like bike and e-bike. Renting a bike was my first choice since I wanted to go around by my own. But I realised that it could be tiring since I have to pedal for several kilometres to get from one temple to another and then back to the town. So I decided to settle for e-bike.
I was glad that e-bike is already being offered in Siem Reap. The first time I enjoyed riding one is when I was in Bagan. I didn't have any idea how to operate it that time but I was able to learn it easily. E-bike is a bicycle that is run on electric power as well as by pedalling. Basically, it was like driving a moped.
Renting an e-bike in Siem Reap is easy. You can go to the main shop or ask your hotel to contact the shop for you. I had mine at Ovelocity. The shop is located close to the town centre. I sent the shop an email prior to my trip that I would like to have an e-bike for three days. They picked me up from my hotel and brought me to the shop and there I filled up the form and checked the e-bike for condition or damage if there's any. I was asked to leave my passport, which I was able to get back when I returned the vehicle. There's also another option to pay $100 cash deposit, which is of course going to be returned when the e-bike is back.
Rental is $10 per day. Only one person per e-bike is allowed. The price includes a lock and helmet. Charger for the battery is also provided. They have charging stations, which are indicated in the map. Battery can also be detached from the vehicle itself so I can also charge it in my hotel. I can also go back to the shop to have the battery replaced if needed.
The e-bike can reach about 25 km/h but the average riding speed is 18 km/h to get the most range out of it. Riding distance is up to 45 kilometres per day, which I can already go for an easy ride up to Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, East Baray and return to my hotel or to the shop.
I started to tour the temples by noontime. I didn't bother waking up early anymore for the sunrise since it was raining last night. It might just be the same like the last time I went to Angkor Wat for sunrise, it was gloomy and cloudy.
I only planned spending one day at Angkor Archaeological Park so I only bought one-day pass, which is $40 per person. The pass can be purchased now at Angkor Panorama Museum, which is located along Apsara Road.
I had about 5 hours, which means I had to skip lunch but good thing I bought some biscuits. Because of the limited time, I picked only few interesting temples to visit. I relied heavily on my map and to my GPS in my phone for my route and location of the temples. The park is really huge, and having just a half-day wasn't really enough to cover everything. Even a whole day isn't sufficient. I suggest spending at least 3 days to see most of the temples in Siem Reap.
I started my route by visiting Prasat Kravan. This small brick temple is worth a 10-minute stop. It is along the road but it doesn't get much visitors compared to other temples. The temple has detailed beautiful brick carvings that I found interesting.
Afterwards, I went to Banteay Kdei, which is 5-minute drive from Prasat Kravan This temple has two entrance points. I entered through the back door because I only wanted to get to the main chamber, which is just about 2-minute walk from there.
Banteay Kdei is a Buddhist Temple. It means "A Citadel of Chambers" and also known as "Citadel of Monk's Cells". Compared to the bigger temples, this place has also lesser people. I like the ancient trees. It was also incredible to see and be surrounded by glorious architectures of these chambers.
Ta Prohm is one of the temples that I would like to see again because of its mystery and beauty. This temple is very unique because of the trees mounting out of the ruined structures. This is also one of the famous temples in Angkor Park not only because of its history but also because of its Indiana Jones feel. This place was also used as a location for Angelina Jolie's film, Tomb Raider. As expected this place was very crowded. Taking picture was pretty tough. So after taking some few photos, I left and went to my next destination.
A few minutes' ride from Ta Phrom, I reached Ta Keo. This structure is a temple-mountain that is said to be the first one to be built exclusively of sandstone. I like this temple because of its simplicity. It lacks ornament but it is why it is distinctive compared among the other works of the Khmer.
There are steep stairs going to the top that gives a stunning view but I didn't climb anymore. I didn't go anymore as I was on a hurry to go to Angkor Wat before the closing time.
Bayon is a richly decorated Khmer temple known for its 200 large smiling faces carved into stonewalls. This temple is part of the huge complex called Angkor Thom, where Bayon is the state temple.
The temple is one of the most impressive temples in Angkor Thom because of the hundreds of faces of Buddha. I stayed here for an hour while I waited for the rain to stop. It also somehow became my rest period because I was already feeling tired from going to one temple to another.
When the rain stopped, I went up to explore around. It was nice to see its spectacular architecture and special engravings. This one is really a good place to visit, not only to take some photos but to discover the history as well.
About 10 minutes from Bayon Temple, I reached Angkor Wat. I only had 30 minutes to enjoy my last temple so after I parked my e-bike; I walked hurriedly towards the entrance gate.
Angkor Wat means "Temple City" or "City of Temples" in Khmer. This is the largest religious monument in the world. It is the prime example of the classical style of Khmer architecture. It has a unique combination of the temple mountain and the later plan of concentric galleries. Because the temple was too huge for me to get around, I anticipated that I wouldn't be able to explore it fully. There are upper areas that I remembered that I went to when I was here with my friends the last time. I knew then I wouldn't be able to visit that anymore.
I went to the lagoon area first to have those typical photos that we see online of Angkor Wat. It was cloudy so I wasn't expecting that I could get impressive photos of the temple. But I was still happy to capture it and had photos of myself with the peak of the temple on the background.
The temple was about to close when I went inside the galleries. I was only able to see one part, which was somehow felt okay with me or maybe not. I hoped that I had more time to see Angkor Wat. Well, there was no one to blame but me because I started the tour late actually.
After visiting Angkor Wat, I went to the parking lot and decided to go back to my hotel. It was a fantastic adventure going around the Angkor Archaeological Park by e-bike. It was exciting and enjoyable ride. I enjoyed seeing the temples more this time because of the unique and adventurous experience. So when in Siem Reap, go for e-bike to have a fun and memorable tour of Angkor temples.
Disclosure: My e-bike in Siem Reap was provided by Ovelocity. All notes and opinions are my own.


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When you think Easter, you think Easter Egg Hunt! They are in almost every town, at the mall and even indoor play places. They are EVERYWHERE! This Easter, why not make your Easter Egg Hunt a little different and more exciting than the rest? Instead of using candy, stickers and tattoos (or even those little toys that moms end up throwing in the garbage), try something educational AND fun! At Mommy University, we are always looking for teachable moments, and an Easter Egg Hunt has so much potential! Here are 10 ideas we came up with that we know your kids will LOVE! Enjoy!
Find a puzzle the kids will love and place the empty box in their Easter Basket. Once they realize the pieces are missing, tell them that each piece is i an egg hidden around the house or outside. Once they find all the pieces, they can put the puzzle together. If you have siblings, they can work together to make the puzzle. This is great for problem solving, building visual skills and encouraging cooperative play! Crocodile Creek has beautiful puzzles you can use for this activity.
My boys love going on dinosaur hunts so why not incorporate that into an Easter egg hunt? Put binoculars and other safari gear in your child's Easter basket and tell the they are going on a dinosaur hunt. Dinosaurs such as those found in Safari Ltd. Toobs are perfect for hiding in Easter eggs! As for Safari gear, my boys love the Backyard Safari Binoculars, Mini Lantern and Cargo Vest. I also suggest using a a bug box instead of an Easter basket like the ones from Backyard Safari and Backyard Exploration.
Dinosaurs are perfect for hiding inside Easter eggs!
In your child's Easter basket this year put an unadorned Mr. Potato Head body. Then hide all the pieces in various sized eggs that are hidden around the house. The kids will have a blast finding all the body parts then making their own unique Mr. Potato Head. This toy is PERFECT for improving language development, eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills.
This Easter, try a new approach to gift giving. When the kids wake up, have them wake up to a new easel like the Mickey Mouse one from Delta Children. Then put magnetic letters and numbers in eggs and hide them around the house or outside. Once they find all the pieces, they can work together to spell words, create their own codes and solve math problems! I suggest the letters and numbers from Imaginarium and Educational Insights.
The spring is a wonderful time to visit a farm and learn all about the birth of new animals. To help kids prepare for that visit and to learn about the baby animals, you can put farm animals like the ones found in Safari Ltd. Toobs in Easter eggs and hide them around the house or outside. Then, instead of a using an Easter basket, use a toy farm house for your kids to store all their new animals. If you use the Melissa & Doug Wooden Barn, you can hide the 7 toys this farm comes with!
The fun (and award winning) building toy Squigz is perfect for hiding in eggs this Easter. Place varied colored and sized Squigz in eggs and hide them around the house. Then have the kids make their own fun creations. It will keep them busy for hours!
Squigz are a great choice to hide in Easter eggs!
A fun way to introduce kids to science is by using toys that grow when placed in water. These are also perfect for hiding in Easter Eggs. Kids will be so excited to watch their new "pets" grow during spring break. I recommend Magic Grow Capsules and Fun Express Growing Dinosaurs. Another option is to hide grow eggs such as Animal Planet Grow Eggs, GeoCentral Hatch'em Snake Egg and Hid 'Em and Hatch 'Em Eggs.
When I think of Easter, I think of spring, the time for rebirth and growth. This Easter put flower pots and gardening tools such as the ones from Toysmith, Green Toys and Melissa & Doug. in your child's Easter basket. Then fill eggs with seed packets and hide them outside around the house. The kids will get excited about growing their own flowers and vegetables which will introduce them to the world of science!
This Easter, fill a watering can with spring goodies like seeds and bubbles instead of using a traditional basket!
Every child loves getting money from the Tooth Fairy so why not have the Easter Bunny bring some too? Place coins in eggs and hide them around the house or outside. As the kids find each egg, they have to identify the coin and add up the amount. At the end, they have to add up all their money. They can also sort them by coins (for little ones you can focus on size instead of coin names). In their Easter baskets can be piggy paints that they can design themselves such as ones from Melissa & Doug and Creative Kids. Don't want to use real money? You purchase fake coins like the ones available through Educational Insights.
What kid doesn't love Lego bricks? This Easter, instead of using an Easter basket use a Lego Box and fill it with assorted bricks and kits. To make it more exciting, hide Lego bricks in Easter eggs and hide them around the house. The kids have to find certain pieces in order to complete the designs in the directions or to make their own. As stated in our article, The Benefits of Playing with Building Toys, toys like Lego bricks help build problem solving, fine motor and visual skills.
I love those toys that grow in water!! These are such great ideas.
Thank you! Those toys are so fun right?!
I can't decide which idea I like the best…seriously I love them all! Wishing my kids were little again! This will be the last year my son believes…sniff! I have a couple more years with my daughter, hopefully lol!
Such great ideas! I just got a bunch of plastic Easter eggs, so I've been trying to think of some fun things to put in them for my son. He's going to have a blast with these ideas.
Both of my kids would love to find dinosaurs hiding in their eggs. And I've never heard of squigz! They look like lots of fun.
Squigz are a fun new building toy that uses suction cups to build and create. You should definitely check them out!
This reminds me I need to pick up some of the toys that grow in water.
Fantastic ideas! It just seems like there's a holiday/party at least monthly (if not more) all centered around candy/junk so I love these ideas – and the kids love them too!
Thank you so much Deanna! I hope you have fun with them this Easter!
These are all really good suggestions. My girls would enjoy it.
Love these ideas! Especially the puzzle pieces for my puzzle loving little guy and the seed packets!
I love the idea of hidding puzzle pieces. So much fun.
i love these ideas. Going to share with my daughter and grands.


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PSU Walkin N Krymsun is a willing and attentive learner, and he moves with a fluid and long gait. Combined with his height, PSU Walkin N Krymsun would make a great hunter horse prospect.
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Alesse, Walter, T/5
Technician Fifth Grade
441-Bandsman, Tuba
Army Band (Enlisted)
1943-2003, USAAF 13th Army Air Force
This Military Service Page was created/owned by Peter PFC Ruvolo (WW2)-Family to remember Alesse, Walter (WW2), T/5.
Not Specified Last Address
Walter Alesse home town Seatauket L,I.
Saint James Roman Catholic Church Cemetery - Seatuk Suffolk Co, New York Wall/Plot Coordinates
2000, WW II Memorial National Registry
Walter stills plays today 2008
Walter Alesse played paino in the Army band in South Paific
Walter Alesse played for Henry Jerome Band ,then Guy Lombado Band , and taught music at the H.S in West Bablyn N.Y.
Walter Alesse on the left Joseph Alesse on the right
Both Alesse's 'are my brother inlaw 's
Walter P. Alesse
BRANCH OF SERVICE
U.S. Army Air Forces
HONORED BY
Peter V. Ruvolo, Brother-in-law
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
CORPORAL, BANDSMAN; CLARINET, GLOCKENSPIEL; 572ND ARMY AIR FORCE BAND AT HAMMER FIELD, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA. SERVED IN HOLLANDIA, NEW GUINEA, 1943-1946.
WWII - Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Western Pacific Campaign (1944-45)
(Western Pacific Campaign 15 June 1944 to 2 September 1945) Attacks on Truk, where the Japanese had a major base, continued as preparations were made for the invasion of the Marianas. The American troops that landed on Saipan on 15 June 1944 met bitter opposition; but, after a desperate Japanese counterattack on 7 July, organized resistance soon terminated. Tinian, invaded on 25 July, was won by I August. Guam, which had been seized by the Japanese on 10 December 1941, was invaded on 20 July and regained after 20 days of fighting. With the conquest of the Marianas, the United States gained valuable bases for an aerial offensive against Japan itself. To provide bases for operations against the Philipgines, the Palaus were invaded in mid-September. Later, aerial attacks were made on Formosa to support the invasion of the Philippines and Okinawa.
103 Also There at This Battle:
Anderson, Benjamin, MSG, (1942-1961)
Anderson, Oscar Wayne, PFC, (1942-1946)
Armentrout, Hansel Lee, S/Sgt, (1942-1945)
Bailey, Robert, Sgt, (1942-1945)
Belnap, Glen Dean, LTC, (1945-1967)
Belton, Delbert, PFC, (1943-1945)
Bong, Richard Ira, MAJ, (1941-1945)
Bowling Sr., Donald, MAJ, (1943-1960)
Bridge, John, Sgt, (1942-1946)
Brooks, William Roger, PSG, (1943-1968)
Cain, Alfred, Cpl, (1943-1946)
Carr, Emra, PFC, (1942-1945)
Chinn, Leonard Kelsey, M/Sgt, (1940-1951)
Cipra, Stephen, S/Sgt, (1942-1945)
Clark, William Clayton, PFC, (1941-1945)
Cluck, James D., MSG, (1940-1970)
Coffey, Lucy, S/Sgt, (1941-1945)
Cole, George, 1st Sgt, (1940-1945)
Corner, Stanford Oscar, 1st Sgt, (1941-1950)
Davis, Edward L., PFC, (1943-1945)
Decker, George Henry, GEN, (1924-1962)
Doe, Jens Anderson, MG, (1914-1949)
Eichelberger, Robert Lawrence, GEN, (1909-1948)
Evans, Vincent B., MAJ, (1941-1945)
Gennantonio, Dominic J, PFC, (1942-1945)
Gill, William, MG
Gillis, John Lawrence, T/4, (1943-1945)
Gragg, Wayne E., T/4, (1942-1946)
Graham, Jr., James, T/4, (1942-1946)
Habick, Henry, T/3, (1941-1945)
Hayden, Frederic, BG, (1920-1955)
Hays, Norman Edwin, Sgt, (1941-1945)
Head, Roy Earl, M/Sgt, (1942-1951)
Hefner, Amos, Cpl, (1942-1945)
Hill, David, L., COL, (1939-1968)
Hoagland, Robert, T/5, (1942-1945)
Holtgrave, Erwin, T/5, (1942-1945)
Hostettler, Harold, S/Sgt, (1942-1946)
Jacobs, Bruce, MG, (1943-1985)
Jenkins, Charles, S/Sgt, (1943-1945)
Jones, Harold P., T/4, (1943-1946)
Jordan, Bert Mervin, Cpl, (1939-1947)
Jordan, Bruce, PFC, (1943-1945)
Karaglanis, Frank, Cpl, (1944-1946)
Kearby, Neel E, COL, (1938-1944)
Klein, John, PFC, (1942-1945)
Knight, H. Stuart, 2LT, (1941-1945)
Krueger, Walter, GEN, (1898-1946)
Larsen, Richard, Sgt, (1943-1945)
Lema Sr., Angelo, Pvt, (1942-1945)
Lippold, Ernest L., PFC, (1942-1945)
Lofgren, Kenneth, T/5, (1942-1945)
Long, Harry Lynn, Sgt, (1943-1945)
Lucas, Ira Jackson, Cpl, (1943-1946)
Lucas, Jacklyn Harold, CPT, (1961-1965)
Michel, Roger, PFC, (1939-1945)
Miller, Richard J., PFC, (1943-1945)
Miller, Richard, PFC, (1943-1946)
Moore, Herbert W., S/Sgt, (1940-1945)
Nokes, Joseph Jesse, SFC, (1947-1950)
Novosel, Michael J., CW4, (1941-1985)
Ovnand, Chester Melvin, MSG, (1939-1959)
Palmer., Bruce, Jr., GEN, (1936-1974)
Patrick, Edwin Daviess, MG, (1917-1945)
Paulus, Eugene A, Sgt, (1947-1950)
Payne, Paul Charles, SGM, (1943-1967)
Pell, James Patrick, Cpl, (1942-1945)
Pendleton, Jr., Silsbee, Cpl, (1940-1945)
Poirier, Alfred Normand, MSG, (1941-1966)
Post, Elwyn, MG, (1923-1958)
Prince, Robert, MAJ, (1941-1946)
Provencal, Edward, T/4, (1939-1945)
Prugh, George S., MG, (1939-1975)
Prunier, Harry Arthur, Cpl, (1942-1946)
Reijonen, Theodore, Sgt, (1941-1946)
Reynolds, Russell, MG, (1916-1949)
Rock, George Ivan, SFC, (1943-1950)
Royce, Ellsworth, Sgt, (1938-1945)
Sabalauski, Walter James, CSM, (1941-1971)
SHIRLING, JAMES, SFC, (1944-1965)
Soma, Nils, T/5, (1943-1945)
Swing, Joseph May, LTG, (1915-1954)
Taylor, Ervin, Sgt, (1942-1945)
Teter, Paul W., PFC, (1939-1945)
Thomas, James Robert, 1LT, (1943-1946)
Thurman, Roma, PFC, (1944-1945)
Timm, Irvin, Sgt, (1942-1946)
Torey, Roy, BG, (1943-1990)
Valliere, Fredrick, T/4, (1930-1945)
Van Antwerp, Frank Glenn, Sgt, (1942-1950)
Van Bogart, Le Roy "Van", T/4, (1939-1958)
Van Bogart, Robert, S/Sgt, (1937-1945)
Van Meter, Harold Stewart, PFC, (1943-1945)
Vargas-Vargas, Israel, SFC, (1945-1966)
Vradenburgh, Sr., Ralph, PFC, (1942-1945)
Wahlen, George, MAJ, (1943-1969)
Walker, Kenneth N, BG, (1917-1943)
Walker, Samuel, COL, (1943-1977)
Waters, Charles F., CSM, (1942-1970)
Watson, Wilson, SSG, (1942-1966)


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Q: Index 1, size 1 Exception I looked all the questions about this exception. I know that array index begins 0 and if the size is 1, we could only access the index 0. Although I know this logic, I could not fix the following code.
  private static Map<String, Map<String, List<String>>> executions = new HashMap<String, Map<String, List<String>>>();

public static String readExecution(String jobName, String deviceName, int executionNumber) {
    String result = null;
    Map<String, List<String>> jobExecutions = executions.get(jobName);
    if (jobExecutions != null) {
      List<String> executionPerDevice = jobExecutions.get(deviceName);
      result = executionPerDevice.get(executionNumber); // ERROR
    }

    return result;
  }

EDIT:
The answer of Fildor's comment.execution number is 1.

Any help?
Thank you.

A: Quick Solution:
The execution number is passed externally as an argument, so you should check if this number fits with the executionPerDevice size anyway:
      if (executionPerDevice.size() >= executionNumber){
            result = executionPerDevice.get(executionNumber);
        }

A: These runtime exception message tend to tell you everything you need to know in order to understand the issue.
SIZE is ONE
INDEX is ONE.
Consider the set of valid indices for a list of size one.


New Delhi,Sanjay Suri, (CNN-IBN): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet the family members of freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose during his visit to Germany. The meeting comes a day after it was revealed that former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru spied on Bose's family for 20 years between 1948 and 1968.
According to Mail Today, Modi is expected to meet Surya, Bose's grand nephew and a prominent businessman, in Berlin during an interaction with Indian diaspora.
Surya Bose is the President of the Indo-German Association in Hamburg, which was founded by his great uncle.
Nehru died on May 27, 1964 and spying continued for four years even after his death.
Apart from allegedly intercepting and copying letters written by Bose's family members, the agency sleuths shadowed them on their domestic and foreign travels. The agency seemed especially keen to know to whom Bose's family met and their discussion.
The Bharatiya Janata party hit out at the Congress over the revelation. Party spokesperson GVL Narsimha Rao said, "This revelation has shocked the nation. Netaji's daughter will meet the Prime Minister when he visits Germany."
After wrapping up the first leg of his tour, Modi will head to Germany, where business and technology will be the focus his engagements aimed at attracting participation in the 'Make in India' campaign.


Here is my entry for Frank's from Dutch Goes the Photo Blog Tuesday Photo Challenge – Rose.
So so pretty! The yellow ones are so striking!
Wow. Every one of these shots warrants a posting all its own. The yellow cluster brought me to comments, but then I saw the rose with the bee and I'm hard-pressed to pick a favorite. Great posting, Cee.
These are all beautiful and have something upon which to comment.
The pink rose made my heart flutter!


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Vail Symposium seminar explores the tension of our culture
Thursday's virtual event features Dr. Michelle Gelfand
News News | Jan 12, 2022
Special to the Daily
Dr. Michele Gelfand, professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business, discusses the attributes of tight and loose cultures.
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Tight cultures tend to have strong cultural norms and a pronounced lack of tolerance for deviant behavior. Conversely, loose cultures have weak cultural norms and more tolerance for deviant behavior.
Whether tight or loose, cultures come with advantages and trade-offs. For instance, the United States has grown progressively looser over the last two centuries. As a result, creativity has increased, while at the same time social order has decreased.
On Thursday, Jan. 13, on a Zoom webinar from 6-7 p.m., Dr. Michelle Gelfand will discuss the implications and impacts of tight or loose cultures.
The pandemic exposed the drawbacks of cultural looseness. In March 2020, as the coronavirus spread, Gelfand observed that Americans' "decentralized, defiant, do-it-your-own-way norms" could prove dangerous in the months ahead. That warning came to fruition, as a study of 57 nations published in "The Lancet Planetary Health" revealed. Gelfand and her coauthors found that the U.S. and other loose countries had much higher numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths.
The United States' response to the pandemic shows how the advantages of looseness can become liabilities in a crisis. The ability to pivot away from looseness or tightness is important not just for societies but for organizations seeking both innovation and order. This program will not set out to prove one culture is better than the other but rather explain how they differ, provide concrete examples and examine how their differences manifest in public policy and political reaction, especially to crises.
Gelfand is the John H. Scully Professor in Cross-Cultural Management and Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business. She is also Professor of Psychology (by courtesy), School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University.
She is the author of "Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire the World" and co-editor of "Values, Political Action, and Change in the Middle East and the Arab Spring," "The Handbook of Conflict and Conflict Management," and "The Handbook of Negotiation and Culture." She is the founding co-editor of the Advances in Culture and Psychology Annual Series and the Frontiers of Culture and Psychology series.
Attendees can register for the webinar for free at VailSymposium.org.
What: Tight or Loose: Cultural Variation and Crisis Response
When: Thursday, Jan. 13, 6-7 p.m.
Where: Zoom webinar
More information: Visit VailSymposium.org for more information and to register


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Peppermint's Forty2. The solar microgrid - made portable and accessible.
Sep 6, 2012 • Alki Delichatsios
Based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Peppermint Clean Energy is a cleantech startup developing the Forty2, an integrated solar "Utility in a Box" - powerful enough to run an emergency disaster-relief medical facility, compact enough to be carried by a child.
The Forty2, with a name that pays homage to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's Answer of the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, is a 2ft-by-3ft all-in-one unit that combines
power generation: 180-200W solar panels,
power storage: 350 watt-hour Lithium Ion battery, and
power inversion: an inverter with 3 built-in AC outlets.
The Forty2 can be used for off-grid situations like camping, tailgating, and back-up power - large enough to run a small fridge, a HDTV, fans, laptops, multiple phones, a lot of LED lights, or some combination of the listed items.
More interestingly, the Forty2 could serve as a robust solution for portable electricity generation in developing countries in rural, unelectrified communities.
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There are three basic methods of paying salesmen namely, salary for the time spent on the job and incentive for specific achievement; that is, Commission and the combination of these two namely salary and commission method. There are, of course, many variations for these three basic plans.
3. Selling at lowest possible cost.
Straight salary method is the oldest and the most common method of compensation used in sales area. It works on the principle of 'lapsed time' and provides a salesman with a predetermined sum for a period of say, a week or a month.
Salary scheme has three components namely; basic, variable dearness allowance and house rent allowance. In addition, he may be given other allowances such as compensatory, travelling, and medical and so on.
He is due for annual increment in the time scale and advanced increments for his excellence.
1. It is simple to understand and easy to calculate.
2. It is flexible and adjustable to the changing selling situations.
3. It provides financial security as there is steady and sure flow of income.
4 Better service as the salesman is not to hurry up to increase his earnings.
5. Better control is exercised by the sales manager over the sales staff under salary method as his future is tied to higher-ups.
1 It does not distinguish between the efficient and the inefficient employee and this keeps hard-working employee at low key.
2. There is no direct relationship between costs and the revenue. Increasing costs are justified on the grounds of increasing sales. Here, costs increase but not the sales per se.
3. There is no motivation because, all the persons get same salary whether they work or not. Salaried employee is saturated unless he is paid extra for the additional work. He does not keep interest in improving the sales.
Commission method believes payment by result than the time spent by the salesman in the sales organisation. It is incentive oriented. It is the productivity than the time spent that counts.
Commission as a remuneration is linked to sales volume of profit, invoicing, collection of outstanding dues. It is normally a percentage of these parameters. The actual calculation of commission may be on flat rate sliding scale basis and so on. The rate of commission may be progressive or regressive as the sales volume increases.
1. It distinguishes clearly between the efficient and inefficient as one is paid by result.
2. There is direct relationship between costs and revenues. As selling costs increase, the sales also increase.
3. It is elastic in operation as there are no rules and regulations unlike salaries and wages. Salesman is free from the clutches of operational discipline.
4. It attracts high calibre salesmen and improves overall performance as there will be competition amongst the salesmen.
5. It is simple to understand and easy to calculate for the employer and employee too.
1. Uncertainty of the earnings as it does not guarantee the minimum, as it is based on payment by result. People prefer low earnings but regular than higher but abrupt.
2. There is danger of bad-debts because; salesmen may go on selling on credit basis recklessly to earn more commission not bothering as to what prevails upon the firm.
3. It poses a problem arising out of lack of control over such salesman. Salaried employees can be closely controlled but not those who work on commission basis where they are the free birds.
4. Ups and downs in earnings are common as his earnings are linked to the sales of the firm's products. Good times bring him fat earnings and bad times are discouraging ones.
Hybridization of pure concepts of salary and commission methods helps in having the better of the two and the worst of the none. It is because, as observed earlier, the merits of one are the demerits of another.
Such cross-breeding has the benefits of both the methods. It works as via-media between the two extremes.
2. Salary, expense and commission method.
A drawing account is the money advanced to a salesman to be deducted from his total commission earnings. The drawing account is cleared or paid each week like a salary. Under the arrangement, any salesman failing to reach or earn high commission to cover his drawing account is expected to reimburse the owner for his overdraft before receiving his additional commission.
1. A beginner finds it suitable as he gets minimum financial strength.
2. The drawing account enables management to exercise some control over the salesmen.
3. It attracts the best possible salesmen as it is incentive oriented.
1. There is danger of salesman leaving the firm with overdraft account.
2. Unlike salary method, it has little control over the sales-force.
3. It involves more administrative work.
This is another possible variation of salary and commission method. Under this method, the expenses of the salesman are advanced in addition to the salary and commission. In some cases, the salary and expenses allowance is later deducted from the amount of commission earned by the salesman.
In most cases, the expenses are paid outright to the salesman on all compensation plans so designed and implemented. Further, it is customary to reimburse the travelling expenses to enable the salesman to cover the territory intensively.
A bonus is a sum paid for the extra effort or the merit or for the results beyond normal expectations. It is a non-contractual payment.
A bonus that represents a fixed percentage of the volume, profit or expenses, over a predetermined quota is nothing but commission and bonus is that commission which is paid on the total sales volume or profit while bonus is paid on only that portion over and above the predetermined volume, profit or cost goal. In fact, bonus is not a method of compensation like salary or commission because, it is used in conjunction with predetermined quota.
2. Salary, bonus and commission method.
Under the plan, the salesman is paid a time scale plus annual bonus or the monthly bonus based on performance. Accordingly, the sales-force is controlled and paid for missionary work through salary and given an incentive through a bonus payment. Though, bonus is not a strong incentive as commission, it works well by not tempting the salesmen to overdo.
This plan is easy to understand and is most widely used in case of industrial goods that involve much missionary work; at the same time, there is need for incentive to increase the sales and profits.
This is the method that provides for stable earnings through salary and two doses of incentives namely, bonus and commission.
Here, bonus may be paid for specific sales activities, individual product sales or even group performance, while the commission for the volume of sales touched.
Though, there are double incentives, there will be complications in calculation creating administrative problems. Many a times, higher percentage of commission or bonus does much better than the combination of the two incentives.
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'Harmonise youth-related agencies, modules'
BY: Salamey Appiah-Adjei
Mr Ras Mubarak
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Youth, Sports and Culture has called for the incorporation and harmonisation of all youth-related agencies and modules to ensure proper coordination of programmes and activities.
While expressing concern about the uncoordinated youth-related agencies and modules of youth programmes and activities, it said the situation allowed for the duplication of programmes.
It, therefore, called for an inter-sectoral or inter-ministerial body to harmonise youth policies, agencies and modules under the Ministry Youth and Sports.
This came to light when the Technical Committee of the National Youth Authority (NYA) working on the review of the National Youth Policy met with the Parliamentary Select Committee on Youth, Sports and Culture in Accra, to brief them on the progress of work on the review process.
This is the first time since 2010 that the policy is being reviewed, with support from the Commonwealth Secretariat, although a provision in the policy stipulates a review every five years.
The NYA started the review of the policy last year and it is expected to be completed and launched in September 2019.
Various stakeholder consultative meetings have been held across the country to solicit views to be incorporated in the policy.
The members of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Youth, Sports and Culture were briefed extensively on the progress of work since it started work in October last year.
Effective collaboration
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Youth, Sports and Culture, Mr Alex Agyeman, said during the 2016 general election campaign, the current government promised to bring all the youth-related agencies and modules together to ensure effective development of the youth.
However, he said that had not been done yet and such fragmentation of programmes only led to waste of government revenue and duplication of programmes.
He said there was the need for collaboration between the various ministries and departments involved in youth-related programmes and policies with the Ministry of Youth and Sports as the body to oversee such activities.
"We have many of such youth agencies, policies, programmes and activities being rolled out by the government through various ministries and departments. They are not harmonised and so there is repetition and there is no body to oversee that there is a united front," he said.
Additionally, he said when there was a united front on youth issues, the Minister of Youth and Sports could make a better and stronger case at the Cabinet level to enhance youth development in the country.
Mr Agyeman further suggested that a youth desk could be created at the various ministries and agencies implementing various programmes and activities to ensure effective coordination.
He urged the youth to actively participate in governance and democratic process so that they would be able to articulate and express their needs for redress.
Inter-ministerial coordinating committee needed
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for Kumbungu Constituency in the Northern Region, Mr Ras Mubarak, in his submission reiterated that an inter-ministerial coordinating committee on youth affairs was needed to ensure that youth-related policies and programmes were well coordinated.