Domaine Huet is the preeminent winery in Vouvray. Hands down. We recently received our allocation of Huet for the year, and I've selected Le Haut-Lieu Demi-Sec for my Collecting with Kev wine of the month. This is the best chenin blanc you're ever going to put in your mouth. It's racy yet creamy. A razor mineral edge is offset by a slight touch of sweetness. Its fruit shows early, and it could be opened upon release, or (and this is where sugar plays a role in the aging process) you could hold onto it for 15 years.
Created in 1928 by Victor Huet, Domaine Huet was one of the first wineries in the Loire to fully embrace biodynamic farming practices. The current winemaker, Jean-Bernard Berthomé, champions transparency in the vineyard and in the cellar. His wines are pure, generous, & consistently great. They're reminiscent of superb riesling, or even Champagne, with an acid mineral drive offset by a slight touch of sweetness.
Jean-Bernard believes that great wine starts with great fruit, and Le Haut-Lieu parcel is home to nearly all of the vineyard's grand cru vineyards. The deep limestone clay soils impart that Champagne-like acid and offer great depth and longevity.
The wine is brightly defined and creamy with notes of nectarine, green apple, pear, and honeysuckle. It's backed by an off-dry edge but finishes more acid than it does sweet. Domaine Huet is one of the more versatile whites when it comes to pairing with food, going well with pork, poultry, rich vegetable dishes, scallops, meaty fish, & most any cheese.
Like I said, Le Haut-Lieu is drinking beautifully right now. If you have the discipline to hold onto a couple bottles, they will only improve with age, thanks to the touch of residual sugar left unfermented in the wine. Sugar is one of three major components to aging wine, the other two being acid and tannin. The three building blocks contribute to what we call "well-structured wine," and those of Domaine Huet are put together with such fine materials, by such capable hands, that they remind me of the immaculate châteaux da la Loire. Open Le Haut-Lieu today and discover something majestic & decadent, not unlike the striking Château de Chambord. Let it age and you'll find that the wine has revealed great length and grace, perhaps more comparable to Château de Chenonceau. Drink now through 2032.


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Esperanto-Asocio de Irlando / English
Spelling Esperanto
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Learning How to Write in Chinese and Japanese
One of the pleasures of learning Esperanto is learning how to spell in the language. Like a number of other languages, Esperanto is perfectly phonetic. This is one of the things that makes Esperanto so much easier to learn than languages such as Chinese, Japanese, French and English.
Imagine if it were decided that everyone in the world would have to learn as the main international language that language which was spoken by more people than any other. Everyone would have to learn Mandarin Chinese. According to the Ethnologue, 885 million human beings speak Mandarin Chinese while 332 million speak Spanish and 332 million speak English. Everyone would have to learn how to recognize and to draw a separate character, called an ideogram or an ideograph, for thousands of individual words. This would take many years of study.
Because of the use of ideograms, Chinese does have one significant advantage over languages which use an alphabet. Because most words are represented by just one character and not by a bunch of letters, educated readers can read Chinese more rapidly than their counterparts can read English, French, Arabic or Esperanto. In the languages that use alphabets a word may require five or ten different characters, letters, to represent it, and not just one or two.
It makes good sense for the Chinese to keep their system of ideograms because of this advantage. However, the immense difficulty of learning thousands of these ideograms makes it impractical to consider Chinese for use as an easy-to-learn international language.
Learning How to Spell in French
It is not at all easy to learn how to spell in French. There are good historical reasons for this. One is that there are more sounds in French than there are letters in the Latin alphabet which French, like English, uses. Another reason is that French spelling was essentially fixed a long time ago but French pronunciation kept changing. Because the French have kept the spelling forms that were used hundreds of years ago, they can read the old texts easily. This is a big advantage. However, because present day French spelling does not match present day French pronunciation, learning correct French spelling can be very difficult. This is a disadvantage.
French is such a difficult language to spell that French dictionaries not only have to give the regular spelling of each word but they also have to present the pronunciation of each word using a second alphabet, a phonetic alphabet which consists of forty different symbols, one for each of the sounds of the language. The 26 letters of the modern Latin alphabet have to represent 40 different French sounds. Accent marks over the vowels help somewhat, but there can still be different ways of spelling the same vowel sound. (For instance, the words O, au, aux and eau are all pronounced alike.)
French has many homonyms, words that are pronounced the same way but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Some examples of English homonyms are "threw" and "through", and "to", "two" and "too".
Here are some French homonyms. The French words are in bold type.
sans without cent 100 sent (he)smells
vain vain vingt 20 vin wine
mets dish mai May mais but
août August ou or où where
This does not cause problems for the native speaker, of course, because the context makes the meaning clear but it may cause difficulties in spelling for the foreign student just as foreign students of English may make mistakes regarding "to", "too" and "two".
In French sometimes two or more letters are required to write down a single sound. It is not difficult to find words which have twice as many letters as they have sounds. Maintenant, which means "now", has ten letters which represent five sounds. Enceinte, which means "pregnant" or "enclosed", has eight letters which represent just four sounds.
Most final consonants are only pronounced if the following word begins with a vowel or a certain kind of an "h." The common verb ending ‑ent is not pronounced at all. The following three forms of the French verb that means "to talk" or "to speak" are all pronounced the same way:
je parle = I am speaking
tu parles = you (familiar) are speaking
ils parlent = they (masculine) are speaking
French is such a challenging language to spell, even for native speakers of the language, that French educators have devised a special kind of classroom exercise called a dictée or dictation which they use a lot. In this exercise the teacher reads a passage aloud, clearly and slowly, and the students write down what they hear. The student tries to write out the passage making as few mistakes as possible. Some of these exercises are fiendishly difficult.
For a few centuries, up until the twentieth century, French was the most commonly used international language. French achieved this status due to the prestige of French culture and the influence of the French state. French did not achieve this status because it is an easy language to spell.
Learning How to Spell in English
English spelling is even more difficult than French spelling. There are a number of reasons why it is so difficult. One reason is that English has even more sounds than French but only twenty-six letters with which to spell those sounds. Unlike French, English does not take advantage of accent marks over vowels to help distinguish between different sounds. Another reason is that English words come from a vast number of sources, from different dialects of English and from languages all over the world. Various foreign pronunciations are kept even when they do not accord with earlier English forms of spelling. Thus, for example, the "p" in the English term "coup de grace" is silent as it is in the original French.
English spelling is so difficult that every year in the United States special contests are held among schoolchildren to see which student can last the longest, spelling words without making a mistake. These spelling bees can be very challenging competitions. Champions are selected at every level, from the classroom level or school level up to the national level. The National Champion gets his or her picture in the paper and wins a college scholarship.
English spelling is so difficult that many college graduates never master it. Native speakers of English who have to check their spelling include many professional people and holders of advanced degrees. This is not because these people are stupid. It is because the English system of spelling, for good historical reasons, is grossly illogical.
When people all around the world decide to study English for use as an international language, they take on this tremendous burden of illogical spelling. It must be particularly galling for people whose native tongues are spelled phonetically to have to confront and try to master this illogical system. They have to devote hundreds of hours of hard work to do so. They do not spend all of this time at once. However, every time they learn a new word and have to check how it is spelled, they spend a little bit of this time. A minute here and a minute there add up. If a student has learned how to correctly spell, say, 5000 English words, that student has spent hundreds of hours learning how to spell correctly in English.
As with French, the makers of English dictionaries not only give the correct spelling (or, in some cases, correct spellings) of each word but they also represent the sound of each word by utilizing a system of specially marked letters. The American Heritage Dictionary lists the different ways of spelling each of these sounds in Standard American English. (Standard British English is pronounced somewhat differently.) According to this highly reputable dictionary there are often a great many different ways of spelling a single sound in English.
The sound of o as in go is spelled in these twelve additional ways:
1. au as in mauve
2. eo as in yeoman
3. ew as in sew
4. oa as in roam
5. oe as in foe
6. oh as in oh
7. oo as in brooch
8. ou as in shoulder
9. ow as in flow
10. eau as in bureau
11. ough as in borough
12. owe as in owe
Some of these are rare; others, more common. Someone learning how to spell English has to learn how to keep these thirteen ways of spelling a single sound apart. What makes it more difficult is that many of these ways of spelling the sound of o as in go are also used to spell other sounds:
The letters ew spell the o-sound in sew but an oo-sound in flew.
The letters ow spell the o-sound in flow but an ow-sound in cow.
The letters ough spell the o-sound in borough but an uff-sound in rough
And so on. And so on. And so on.
The o as in go example is only the most complex case. There are a great many other sounds in English which are spelled in multiple ways.
Let us consider a consonant sound that is spelled in different ways.
The sound of s as in say also appears as:
1. ss as in mess
2. c as in cell
3. ce as in piece
4. ps as in psychoanalysis
5. sc as in science
6. sch as in schism
7. sth as in isthmus
As a final example let us take the sound of ch in church which is also spelled in these ways:
1. c as in cello
2. cz as in Czech
3. tch as in bitch
4. ti as in question
5. t t as in adventure
Many pages could be filled with similar examples.
Here are some pairs of words in which the last part of each word is spelled the same but pronounced differently:
alive / give
break / streak
raid / said
dour / four
ache / mustache
English has a lot of letters which are written but not pronounced such as
the b in doubt
the g in gnaw
the k in know
the gh in though
the l in walk
the s in island
For each new word, foreign students must make a special effort to learn how that particular word is spelled. When they comes across the word fish, for example, they have to learn which of the five ways of spelling the f sound is used, which of the ten ways of spelling the i sound is used and which of the twelve ways of spelling the sh sound is used.
Of course, the more foreign students study English, the more of a feeling they will develop for English spelling patterns. They will realize that the gh way of spelling the f sound never occurs at the beginning of a word. Nevertheless, irregularities in spelling will always betray him. They are strewn throughout the entire language like thousands of little traps. Facing these irregularities, logic and intelligence are helpless.
In order to adopt English for more efficient use as an international auxiliary language it would make sense to spell the language phonetically. That would save each foreign student of the language many hundreds of hours of valuable learning time. However to do so would require an alphabet of more than forty letters. Most native speakers of English would greet such a proposal with disdain or with incredulity. When people have spent their whole lives getting used to a system that they use every day, they do not want to change it, no matter how much it might help other people if they did so. (Esperantists, of course, would be just as resistant to changes in their language.)
If a phonetic system for spelling English were adopted universally, it too would have to vary for each one of the many different kinds of English that are spoken. People pronounce the language quite differently in different places. Just think of the forms of the language that are commonly used in Chicago, Boston, Mississippi, Yorkshire, Scotland, London, Bombay, Nigeria and Jamaica, to say nothing of Papua New Guinea.
The Standard English system of spelling is very advantageous in one way. English is a national (or state) language in many different countries which were once part of the British Empire, countries as different as Jamaica, England, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ghana and South Africa. Even though the pronunciation may vary among all of these countries and more, the written language is essentially similar. This makes it easy for people in one of these countries to read materials written by people in another of these countries even though some individuals from the two areas might have difficulty understanding each other's pronunciation.
The many millions of non-native speakers of English who study the tongue as an international auxiliary language have to constantly concern themselves with the spelling of words. After hundreds of hours of work none of them will have fully mastered the English spelling system. When they see a new word in print they will not automatically know how to pronounce it. All they will be able to do is make a guess or look for their dictionary or utilize their multi-media computer's pronouncing dictionary.
The Ease of Learning to Spell in Esperanto
Compared to learning how to spell in English or in French, learning to spell in Esperanto is a snap. Americans who have mastered the materials of a simple, thirty hour introductory course in Esperanto will be able to spell much better in Esperanto than in their native language. A foreign student of English could study spelling for a thousand hours and still would not be able to spell as well as a beginner can in Esperanto after a short introductory course. This is because spelling in Esperanto is phonetic. (Esperanto is not at all unique in this. Many other languages are spelled phonetically including Finnish and Swahili.)
Each Esperanto letter represents just one sound. Each Esperanto sound is represented by just one letter. An international language is to be learned by people all over the world. If one of the criteria for selecting a language for international use is that it should be easy to spell, then Esperanto meets that criterion.
New Esperantists can correctly spell words that they hear for the first time and they can correctly pronounce words that they see for the first time.
The situation regarding Esperanto can be summed up with this single, simple statement:
There is one way of spelling each of the 28 different sounds.
Chapter 5 Pronouncing Esperanto

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Carma is a drawable oscillators synthesizer.
Carma includes two different oscillators with 8 waveforms each and a FM and Ring modulation option. There are also two LFOs, a flexible matrix section for individual modulations, an arpeggiator, some effects delay, reverb, EQ and a chorus. A filter section with different filter modes like a 303 filter for acid sounds is also been given.
When will this be fixed? It's been over 6 months.
CPU hungry and GUI too big.
Sounds good but very processor hungry. I assume that it might not be such a problem on a more powerful PC so give it a try.
Nice sounding synthesizer, but I have to agree with Kevin, about the size. It would be great if it was as least 75% the current screen size.
I would have been more generous with the stars if there was a way to re-size the GUI...as Donald Trump would say it's "HUGE!" The whole bottom row of knobs is cut off ...I guess I could change my resolution...but to do so for one plug in is a bit much.


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Changing Preferences increasing the share of Consumer durables
by Smita Mohta on March 15, 2019 April 9, 2019 Fundamental Analysis
The Consumer Durable industry consists of durable goods and appliances for domestic use such as televisions, refrigerators, air conditioners and washing machines as well as kitchen appliances.
It includes all those goods which are durable i.e. products whose life expectancy is at least 3 years and cannot be used up at once.
Segmentation of Consumer Durable Industry:
The Indian consumer durable segment can be classified into two categories:
Market Overview:
India is one of the largest growing electronics market in the world and is geared up to become the 5th largest global player. In the recent past it has been on a high growth trajectory and is expected to grow at 9% CAGR to reach Rs 3.15 trillion by 2022.
The consumer durable index under the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew by 8.6% in FY18 (Apr-Feb) compared to 0.1% growth during the same period last year.
Global corporations view India as one of the key markets from where future growth is likely to emerge and is attracting marketers from across the world. The sector attracted foreign direct investment (FDI) worth US$ 1.97 billion between April 2000 and June 2018.
In FY18 the country reported an export of US$ 362.12 million and import of US$ 53 billion. Majority of the products are exported to UAE and SAARC nations while imports are heavily from Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Taiwan.
The country became the second largest global smart phone market with 40.1 million units shipped between July-September 2018 and is expected to have 829 million smart phone users by 2022.
Reduction in GST rates from 28% to 18% will boost demand across all segments.
Growth Drivers:
The following are the growth drivers affecting the Indian consumer durable industry:
Rise in Disposable Income- The Indian economy is witnessing rise in double income in families, working women population and a trend of nuclear families. All these have lead to a rise in the disposable income which acts as a triggering factor for purchase of various consumer durable products.
Rise in the share of organized retail-This will streamline the supply chain and facilitate increased demand, particularly for high-end and branded products. Organized retail industry is expected to cover a market share of 15%–18%, by 2020.
Growing use of plastic money & easy-availability of consumer financing- The growing use of 'plastic money' i.e. credit and debit cards which provide incentives such as cash-back offer or discounts on selected sales linked to the plastic money have resulted in an increased spending amongst the consumers thereby fueling the demand in the durable sector. Moreover, retailers have partnered with banks and NBFCs to provide easy financing options to the consumers, making expensive products affordable mainly for the lower and middle income group.
Existing potential in semi urban and rural markets-There is a strong growth opportunity from the semi- urban and rural areas which is hugely untapped and unexplored. The rural durable market has been growing by nearly 30% annually, mainly due to the growing affordability of products, transmission network augmentation, electric supply channels that have been able to cover the previously un served regions as well as the general growth in the economy.
Digital influence- As digital access becomes more and more affordable there is rapid growth in digital penetration. This helped in increasing product awareness and boosted consumer spending on electronics and home appliances, which could see strong growth in the next five years.
Consumer Preferences-The shift in demographic structure, increased awareness about global trends, need for new and innovative products and focus on healthier living are expected to transform the consumer durable and electronics market in India. Consumers are continuously improving their homes and lifestyles through global brands.
Cheap imports from Asian countries-The cheap imports of consumer durable products from countries like China, Singapore etc is a major concern for the Industry.
Increasing competition-The sector has large number of players(both global and international) in its each segments leading to high competition. This drives price reduction across various segments and higher spending in marketing activities.
Raw material prices-The major raw materials for the sector are copper, steel, aluminum and plastic, whose price movements are volatile. So, any fluctuation in the raw material prices impacts the margins.
Rapid changes in technology-Technological obsolescence is one of the biggest concern of this sector. The companies have to spend heavily on constant innovation and launching new products (or existing products with new features) to remain in the market and survive cut throat competition faced by the companies.
Exchange rate –Depreciation in rupee have pulled down the profits of the sector, making it necessary for the industry to raise prices or shift to domestic manufacturing. Electronics are the second largest import material and thus any fluctuation in the rupee impacts the industry greatly.
Recent Investments:
Flipkart launched its private label 'Marq' for selling large appliances in India.
Panasonic started its first refrigerator plant with an annual production capacity of 500,000 units with an investment of Rs 115 crore
Samsung has announced an investment of Rs 5,000 crore for expansion of manufacturing capacity from 68 million to 120 million devices at its Noida plant.
Xiaomi has entered the white goods segment while Transsion Holdings will launch entire range of consumer durables in the country.
Intex Technologies to invest around Rs 60 crore in technology software and IoT (Internet of Things)startups.
British technology company Dyson to invest around Rs 1,300 crore in the Indian consumer durable sector by 2023.
Hero Electronix, part of the Hero Group made announcement of entering consumer goods and expects to launch 10 artificial intelligence (AI) products in the next five years
Government support to the sector:
Implementation of GST (at 18%) has reduced the cost of supply chain, end product pricing and improved internal governance in the sector.
The government of India has allowed 100% FDI in the electronics hardware-manufacturing sector under the automatic route along with 51% in multi-brand would further boost the growth in this sector.
Modified special incentive package scheme (M-SIPS) has also been introduced for growth of consumer durable industry.
National Policy on Electronics formulated for electronics systems and design manufacturing industry has set an target of creating $400 billion electronics manufacturing industry by 2025.
Other government initiatives like 'Housing for All', rural electrification and 'Power For All' are other key drivers for the growth in the consumer durable industry.
Bottomline:
The future of this sector depends greatly upon growth and innovation. As the nation becomes more urban, industrialized the demand for consumer durable is expected to grow. Moreover, growing awareness, rise in disposable income, easy availability of finance, fall in prices due to increased competition, growth of media have significantly boosted the sector. The present government's initiative "Make in India' could act as a greatest opportunity for this sector. Overall, the growth trajectory and the future prospect of the consumer durable industry looks promising which is expected to grow by 9% CAGR and reach Rs 3.15 trillion (US$ 48.37 billion) in 2022.
Major companies in this segment are:
Bajaj Electricals Limited-The company is a part of "Bajaj Group"and is engaged in engineering and projects; power distribution, illumination and consumer durables businesses.Its consumer products ranges from room heaters, air coolers, fans, induction, microwave oven and other domestic appliances.
Whirlpool of India Limited-The company is one of the leading manufacturer and marketers of home appliances. The Company is primarily engaged in manufacturing and trading of Refrigerators, Washing Machines, Air Conditioners, Microwave Ovens, water purifiers and small appliances and caters to both domestic and international markets.
Voltas Limited-The comapny specialises in air conditioning and cooling technology and is the largest player in the Air Conditioning segment.Voltas has also entered into a joint venture with Turkey-based Ardutch (a subsidiary of Arçelik, part of the Koç Group making the Beko brand of home appliances). It began producing refrigerators, washing machines and kitchen appliances under the name of Voltas Beko and the company expects to capture 20% market share in home appliance segment by 2025.
Havells India Limited– It is a Fast Moving Electrical Goods (FMEG) Company with an extremely strong global presence.The company owns brands like Havells, LLoyd, Crabtree, Standard Electric, and Promptech. The company's consumer durable segment includes products ranging from home and kitchen appliances, lighting , LED lighting, fans,water heaters,water purifiers,air coolers and personal grooming products among others.
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited-The company has been the market leader in fans, domestic pumps and street lighting segment.It manufactures and markets a wide range of consumer products ranging from fans, light sources and luminaires, pumps and household appliances, such as geysers,air coolers, mixer grinders, toasters and irons among others.
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The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Wednesday pulled up the Rajasthan government for laxity in care and protection of children in accordance with law and not controlling the despicable practice of child labour in several parts of the state.
The NCPCR was dissatisfied with the general condition of child rights in Rajasthan.
NCPCR member Dr Yogesh Dube, in his two-day visit to Udaipur recently, met senior officers of the state government to assess the situation of children.
He instructed officers to handle the issues of child labour and children's protection with more sensitivity and understanding and said he would shortly make recommendations in this regard.
Dube told reporters that he undertook the visit with a specific agenda to confirm the authenticity of adverse reports that he had received about Nari Niketan, anganwadi centres, nutrition centres of ICDS and child labourers in Udaipur district.
In particular, he cited a newspaper report about opium being given to small children of women labourers at work sites.
He said he rescued three child labourers from a brick kiln in Lakarwas area of Bichiwara block in Udaipur and got the owner of the kiln arrested.
"It took two-and-a-half hours for us to get the proceedings against this persons initiated. The brick kiln was illegal and the district administration was surprisingly unaware of it," he said.
The NCPCR team led by Dube rescued two more child labourers working near the Circuit House in Udaipur and instructed the labour department to take action for their rehabilitation.
Taking cognisance of the complaints received about child labour rampant in mines, stone quarries and brick kilns, the NCPCR team also visited several places in the district.
Dube said he found a child suffering from high fever and lying unconscious at the rooftop of Amvatta Home in Udaipur. The child was immediately taken to the nearby satellite hospital for treatment.
The situation of children in the home was pathetic and there were no proper clothing and food for them, he said.
During the inspection of Nari Niketan, the team found that children, in conflict with the law and those in need of care and protection, were kept in the same premises. They were locked in a specified area of the home. The girls below the age of 18 years were kept there in violation of the Juvenile Justice Act and a few girls even had newborn babies without vaccination and any special arrangement for infants.
Citing gross violation of law, Dube said male staff was deployed in Nari Niketan and the inmates there were not allowed to meet their parents. The team also interacted with ragpickers' children in Chitrakoot Nagar of the city and expressed concern about their pathetic condition.
Dube said the NCPCR was shocked over the situation of children in Udaipur district after these unpleasant experiences. In the ICDS nutrition centre and at the lone primary school at Shohagpura in the district, the visiting NCPCR team did not find any growth chart or attendance register.
Toilets were found locked and children were found unloading the bags containing ration meant for mid-day meals from vehicles.
Dube noted that about one lakh children in Udaipur are malnourished, and 40 per cent of all children in the state can be put in this category.
"There is an alarming situation on the front of malnutrition. Equally disturbing is the fact that child labour has not been completely abolished in Rajasthan," he said.
Dube met senior officers, including the labour commissioner, principal secretaries of home and women and child development departments and officers of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and ICDS to discuss the condition of children. He underlined the need to take prompt, effective and long-term measures for ensuring children's welfare.


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Q: Containment of an element to an operator system This question will probably appeal to people in operator systems theory as it is very much related. However, I'm interested in down-to-earth concrete systems with finite dimensional Hilbert space representations. Please suggest the adequate tags if you think I'm missing some.
Let $V\subset\mathcal B(\mathcal H)$ be a subspace of Hermitian operators in finite-dimensional Hilbert space $\mathcal H$, containing $1$. Let $\{X_i,Y_j\}$, (with $1\leq i\leq r$ and $1\leq j\leq d$) be a basis of $V$ and let $\{\tilde X_i,\tilde Y_j\}$ be the dual basis w.r.t the Hilbert-Schmidt inner product
\begin{align}
\mathrm{tr}[X_i \tilde X_{i'}]=\delta_{ii'}, \quad \mathrm{tr}[Y_j \tilde Y_{j'}]=\delta_{jj'},\quad \mathrm{tr}[X_i \tilde Y_{j}]=0, \quad \mathrm{tr}[Y_i \tilde X_{j}]=0.
\end{align}
Note that defining $\alpha_i=\mathrm{tr}[\tilde X_i]$ and $\beta_j=\mathrm{tr}[\tilde Y_j]$ we have
\begin{align}
      1=\sum_{i=1}^r \alpha_i X_i+\sum_{j=1}^d \beta_j Y_j,
\end{align}
however not all $\alpha_i$'s are zero, meaning that $1\notin\mathrm{span}\{Y_j\}$.
Regard $\mathbb{R}^n\otimes\mathcal B(\mathcal H)$ as the algebra of $n$-tuples of elements from $\mathcal B(\mathcal H)$, as in operator systems theory. Let $\mathcal C\subset \mathbb{R}^r\otimes\mathcal B(\mathcal H)$ be the pointed cone defined by
\begin{align}
     \mathcal C=\left\{Z=\{Z_i\}\Big|\exists \{K_j\}\in\mathbb{R}^d\otimes\mathcal B(\mathcal H) \mathrm{~such~ that~}\sum_{i=1}^r X_i\otimes Z_i+\sum_{j=1}^d Y_j\otimes K_j\geq0\right\}.
\end{align}
Question: Under what conditions does $\{\tilde X_i^\top\}\in\mathcal C$?
Note: If $1\in\mathrm{span}\{Y_j\}$ the answer is trivial: Always. This is however, not my case.

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FRANKFURT — Berkshire Hathaway may have found a way to get back some of the hundreds of millions of dollars it lost after buying a seemingly solid German pipe maker that turned out to be on the verge of going bust.
The conglomerate, led by Warren E. Buffett, is suing Jones Day, the law firm that represented the owners of the pipe maker when it was sold to a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary in 2017. The lawsuit, filed late last month, accuses Jones Day of helping to trick Berkshire Hathaway into paying five times what the German company was worth.
There is not much chance that Berkshire Hathaway will recover any money from the sellers of the pipe maker, Wilhelm Schulz, which was named for its founder. The shareholders have declared bankruptcy and are facing a criminal investigation in Germany. But Jones Day is a prominent international law firm with deeper pockets.
The attempt to collect damages from Jones Day is an unexpected twist in the saga of Wilhelm Schulz, which is based in Krefeld, a city north of Düsseldorf. If the suit is successful, it will be at least a small consolation to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders after the company lost $23.3 billion in the first half of 2020. (Profits rebounded in the later part of the period, however.)
"The fraudulent transaction would never have occurred without Jones Day's substantial assistance," according to the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Houston on behalf of Precision Castparts, a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary that makes components for aircraft. The lawsuit accuses Jones Day of withholding documents that would have exposed Wilhelm Schulz's perilous financial state and calls the firm a "co-conspirator" in a "massive fraud."
Ulrich Brauer, the partner in charge of Jones Day's office in Düsseldorf, said the firm would not comment on a pending case.
Jones Day lawyers in Houston and Düsseldorf handled the sale of Wilhelm Schulz, which specializes in pipes for the oil and gas industries. Jones Day also represented the owners, who included Wolfgang Schulz, the son of the founder, when the case went before an arbitration panel in New York.
The panel found in April that Mr. Schulz and other managers had used false sales invoices, computer hacks and phantom customers to make Wilhelm Schulz look healthier than it was and hoodwink Precision Castparts into paying a grossly inflated price. The deal was a rare misstep for the organization run by Mr. Buffett, who is considered one of the savviest investors in the world.
The arbitrators awarded 643 million euros ($756 million) in damages to Precision Castparts, which is based in Portland, Ore. That is the difference between the €800 million that Precision Castparts paid for Wilhelm Schulz and its estimated true value of €157 million. The arbitrators' decision was upheld in July by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Because the holding company controlled by Mr. Schulz is in insolvency proceedings, "it is unclear if it will pay even a fraction of the damages it caused," according to the lawsuit on behalf of Precision Castparts, which says Jones Day should pay the arbitrators' award instead.
German prosecutors are pursuing a criminal investigation of Mr. Schulz and others involved in the deal but have not filed any charges. A spokesman for the Düsseldorf state's attorney's office, citing German privacy laws, said he could not divulge any information about potential suspects. Mr. Schulz has denied wrongdoing.
Normally a law firm's communications with clients would be considered privileged, offering a degree of protection to Jones Day. The firm has asked a Texas court to seal the case on those grounds.
But Precision Castparts argues that lawyer-client confidentiality cannot be used to cover up fraud under German or United States law.
In addition, the claims against Jones Day are based on files discovered in Wilhelm Schulz offices after the acquisition, according to the lawsuit. Finders keepers, in other words.
The suit was filed on Precision Castparts' behalf by Reid Collins & Tsai in Austin, Texas, a law firm that specializes in suing other law firms.
The text of the lawsuit against Jones Day has been partly redacted while a Texas judge decides whether the firm is entitled to keep some information confidential. But the central allegation is clear: that Jones Day was aware of information that would have revealed Wilhelm Schulz's dire financial condition, but failed to disclose it to Precision Castparts.
For example, Schulz had fallen behind on repaying a €325 million loan from Commerzbank. In return for a bridge loan, the bank negotiated new terms that gave it the right to take control of Schulz if the company defaulted.
Wilhelm Schulz "was the corporate equivalent of a house about to go into foreclosure," the lawsuit says. But Precision Castparts never knew about the revised loan agreement because Jones Day withheld it, the lawsuit contends.
Jones Day also did not disclose a report by the consulting firm KPMG, commissioned by Schulz, which concluded that the company faced an "imminent liquidity crisis," according to the lawsuit. Nor, the suit says, did Jones Day inform Precision Castparts that a German lawyer had warned Wilhelm Schulz managers that they were legally obligated to declare bankruptcy.
"Had Precision known the truth," the lawsuit says, "it would have never acquired the Schulz subsidiaries."
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Sabbatical Notes, Week 4: Grief in Avengers:Endgame
Published on May 20, 2019 June 23, 2019 by Adam Thomas
This post contains spoilers for Avengers:Endgame.
When I left the theater on opening day of Avengers:Endgame, all I could think about was the honest portrayals of grief that move the bulk of the first act of the film. In my role as a pastor, I walk with a lot of people as they grieve the death of loved ones. And this brilliant movie shows on the big screen what I've learned over the last eleven years:
Everyone grieves differently.
As I walk with people, I need to keep my ears and heart open for how their grief is manifesting. If I took a one-size-fits-all approach to grief, I would miss so many ways that those dealing with loss are encountering it. As I work with a family in preparing a funeral, multiple responses to loss happen even during a single hour around a table. Being attentive to these varied responses, I must honor them as authentic manifestations of grief even if (especially if) I don't personally understand where a particular response is coming from. It's tiring, holy, and necessary work, and I am so overjoyed that the writers, directors, and actors of history's biggest blockbuster took it so seriously.
For the rest of this essay, I'd like to walk through my observations of the responses to grief of the six original Avengers. I waited to write this post until I saw the movie a second time (this time armed with a pen and paper so I could write down snippets of dialogue). Their grief fits into six broader categories that I've seen as a pastor. I'll take them almost in the order they appear in the film (moving Thor to last because his is the most interesting and has the longest arc in the movie).
Five Years Later…
These words appear over black. Cut to an establishing shot of Manhattan Island. Steve Rogers sits in a circle with a handful of people at something like a VFW hall. It's a classic support group. The sign says, "Where do we go now, that they are gone?"
One of the film's directors, Joe Russo, makes a cameo, talking about a recent date. One of the men on the date cried during the salad, the other during dessert. But they're going to see each other again soon. That's good, says Steve, and the rest of the group affirms the man's actions.
Cap is trying to find purpose by building community. His response to grief is to bring people together, to support one another as they try to move on. Could it be anything else for this natural born leader? Remember why he was first picked for the project that turned him into a super-soldier – he dove on the grenade when everyone else hid. Steve Rogers is a selfless person, always ready to give of himself for others. This bears out in his response to grief. He reaches out to others and tries to help them move on. But can he? No, which is why he goes to see…
Natasha Romanoff brings a PB&J to her desk for a conference call with Rocket, Okoye, Carol Danvers, and Rhodey. Okoye says that there's been an earthquake.
"How do we handle it?" asks Natasha.
There's a pause, then the no-nonsense Okoye says, "It's an earthquake. We handle it by not handling it."
The call goes on for another minute, and as it closes, Natasha says, "This channel is always active."
In just one minute of screen time, we see how Black Widow is dealing with her grief. She has plunged herself into her work and in five years has not come up for air. There are both subtle and overt details that show this response: from eating at her desk and leaving the channel active to the fact that she hasn't cut or dyed her hair in five years (and her hair has been impeccable in every MCU film she's been in).
Steve arrives and they banter for a bit. "Move on," he advises.
Natasha says, "If I move on, who does this?"
"Maybe it doesn't need to be done."
But this is Natasha's chosen response to grief. She's lost much of her superhero family, so she falls back on what she had before: the work. She lets work consume her so her grief won't have a chance to.
After three weeks adrift in space, Tony Stark returns to earth thanks to the timely intervention of Captain Marvel. And who should be waiting for him but Pepper Potts. He had a 50/50 shot of losing her, and he thanks his lucky stars she's still alive. However, "I lost the kid," he says, talking about Peter Parker, his surrogate son.
Five years later, we return to Tony, but he's not in his tower in the city or at Avengers headquarters. He's kneeling outside a small tent beside a lovely house amid the pines by a lake. His four-year-old daughter Morgan comes out of the tent with an Iron Man mask on, and we see what a devoted father Tony has become. There's no way he's losing this kid like he lost Peter.
When Steve, Natasha, and Scott Lang come to speak with Tony about the Time Heist, Morgan runs out and jumps in Tony's arms. "Mommy told me to come and save you," she says.
A moment later, Tony dismisses their idea, saying: "I've got my second chance right here, Cap, and I don't want to roll the dice on it."
Tony is dealing with his grief by clinging hard to what he still has. He shrank his world down to the two other people in his house, Pepper and Morgan, and has become completely devoted to them – shutting out everything and everyone else.
But we know Stark. If there's a problem, he's going to try to fix it. After he figures out time travel, he has a telling conversation with Pepper.
"I can't help everyone," he says. He could put the idea in a lockbox, throw it in the lake, and go to bed.
Pepper knows him too well. She asks, "But would you be able to rest?"
We know the answer to that one. Still, when it comes down to it, Tony's priority is clear, telling Cap: "Keep what I found at all costs." His wife and daughter are his life raft on the ocean of grief.
Of all the characters, we spend the least amount of time with the Hulk's grief, as his scenes are played more for humor and technobabble. But his path through grief is still clear. Hulk has chosen the path of self-improvement.
Bruce has taken the best of Banner and the Hulk and fused them together. "I'm wearing shirts now," he says at the diner.
"It was worse for me," he says. He lost twice, both as the Hulk and as Banner. So his grief has propelled him to improve himself, fusing the best of both into one new being. He even has a slogan now: "Hulk out!"
The first few minutes of the movie are heart-wrenching. The moment you see Clint Barton teaching his daughter Lila (played by director Joe Russo's daughter Ava) how to shoot an arrow, you know exactly what's about to happen. And then it happens. Hawkeye is left alone in his yard. His wife and three kids have all been dusted by Thanos.
Five years later, we discover what this loss has done to Barton. He has embraced the dark side of avenging and gone on a killing spree – murdering all the horrible people that he thinks should have been snapped away instead of his family.
When his quarry asks him why he is doing this, Barton says, "You survived…They got Thanos. You get me."
His quarry then tries to bargain with him, but Barton says, "What I want you can't give me."
Clint has channeled his grief into rage against the unfairness of the world. The cold calculation says that two of his family should have survived, but in the grand scheme of Thanos's impersonal genocide, they are just numbers. The cartel survived, but his family didn't. How is that fair?
Natasha Romanoff confronts him: "Killing all these people isn't going to bring your family back."
But Clint is beyond that. His grief has mutated into grim purpose. "Don't give me hope," he says.
Of all the characters in Endgame, Thor's journey through grief and loss is the most realized, and Chris Hemsworth gives an incredible performance. That his arc is often played for laughs just reinforces the depth of the pain he is in. Until Thor is ready to confront his grief over his own failure, not even the audience can grieve with him – we can only laugh, but the laughter is hollow.
After his empty (and Pyrrhic) victory over Thanos in the garden, the camera follows Thor as he exits the hut. We see his back and the focus blurs. With this camera shot, we see exactly what is happening to Thor's self-image – he's going out of focus within himself.
Unlike the other characters, whose grief is over the people they lost, Thor's grief is more self-centered, perhaps even selfish. He lost his parents, then Asgard, then his brother Loki, then half his people, so if he grieves for all of them as well as for himself, he will be totally overwhelmed. So he forestalls grieving for them by drinking, and tries to put on a brave face that is obviously not fooling anyone.
Valkyrie is fed up with him, and by extension the rest of the population of New Asgard. The subtext of her conversation with Hulk and Rocket is: "Please take him away. He can be your problem for a while."
We see Thor gone to seed, and yes, his beer gut is played for laughs – an obvious nod and wink at the fact that every movie starring Chris Hemsworth showcases his naked chiseled torso at some point. But the gut is just a sight gag. Three elements of the scene show a reduced Thor, a Thor whose self-image was destroyed, dusted by Thanos's snap. This god among men used to bandy words with frost giants and fire demons, and now he's reduced to yelling at n00bmaster69 over a headset. This king who was supposed to rule Asgard can't even get the cable fixed. And to top it off, he's using Stormbreaker as a bottle opener.
Thor says to Hulk and Rocket, "I know you think I'm wallowing in my own self pity, but we're fine."
Ri-i-i-i-i-ight.
Every other Avenger is dealing with their grief – some in more constructive ways than others. But Thor is the only one actively not dealing with it. His grief at his own failure has crushed him, and now we're left to see what will happen.
Thankfully, Rene Russo – I mean, Frigga, his mother – comes along at the perfect moment. Thor is actually having a panic attack. (Thank you, thank you MCU for having a hero suffer like this!) And in steps Frigga, who sees with more than her eyes. She knows he's from the future, and "The future hasn't been kind to you."
I said earlier that there is no one-size-fits-all response to grief, but if there's one close to universal response, it is, "I wish I could have spoken to her one more time." And Thor gets that chance! (So does Tony! And Cap!) He and his mother sit for a chat, and she dispenses words of wisdom that Thor needs to hear.
"Everyone fails at who they're supposed to be," she says. For a thousand years, Thor has been operating under his father's expectations: "Thor will become king when I'm gone." But that's not who Thor is. (And we the audience know this because his standalone movies got a lot better when the Shakespearean heaviness of Asgardian palace intrigue gave way to the more avante garde humor of Ragnarok.)
Frigga gives Thor a gift. She allows him the space to embrace he who is, independent of others' expectations, which he mistakenly had made his own. Yes, he failed at stopping Thanos, but he can release his grief over this if he lets go of the ruinous piece of his identity that says, "I never fail."
Calling Mjolnir to himself right after is just icing on the cake. (Also, we've been waiting for Captain America to wield the hammer since that awesome moment in Age of Ultron.)
At the end of the film, Thor passes leadership of New Asgard to Valkyrie (who had already been leading it anyway during Thor's drunken stupor). He does so without levity. His only real act as king is giving up the role of king, and here we see Thor living from his own truest self.
It amazes and heartens me that a blockbuster film like Avengers:Endgame spends so much of its three hour run time on something other than hitting things with other things. The best parts of Marvel movies are the bits between the fighting, and here in Endgame we have a treasure trove. Here we have several paths along the way of grief: taking care of others (Steve), diving into work (Natasha), retreating from the world (Tony), improving one's self (Bruce), bargaining with an unfair universe (Clint), and dealing by not dealing (Thor).
If you see the movie again, pay attention to the characters' response to grief, and then ask yourself how you have grieved. And ask yourself how you have judged others for their responses to grief that differed from yours.
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THREE OAKS — He was known for his great basketball mind and his work as an ambassador for the game.
Jerry Schaffer, the long-time coach who piled up wins and respect at River Valley (Three Oaks, Mich.) High School, passed away Wednesday, losing a battle with cancer.
Schaffer, who was 81, made a remarkable impact on basketball at River Valley. In fact, in 2014 the school named its basketball facility Jerry Schaffer Gymnasium. Schaffer was the school's first basketball coach in 1966-67 and directed the program until 1999, posting a 473-272 record. Including coaching stints at Woodland and New Troy (before it became a part of the River Valley school system), Schaffer finished with 503 career victories, one of 26 coaches to reach the 500-win plateau in Michigan state history.
His River Valley squads won 14 district titles, 10 conference championships and seven regionals. The Mustangs reached the state semifinals four times, finished as state runner-up in 1981 and 1997 and won the Class C state championship in 1979. His 1988 team also reached the state semifinals. And his success came against tough schedules. River Valley, a small Class C school, played much of its slate against bigger Class B schools.
"Teaching young men to play as a team that doesn't make excuses and with everyone doing his best will mold a person for the game of life," Schaffer said when he retired in 1999.
And Schaffer was successful at that throughout his coaching career. His teams almost always overachieved by playing tenacious man-to-man defense and being unselfish on offense.
"The one thing I respected about him was that his kids definitely cared more about the team than their offensive statistics," praised Bridgman coach Mike Miller, who started coaching in 1992 and has 417 career wins. "He got more out of his teams because of that unselfishness. His teams were always very good defensively and very well-prepared. We had a lot of close battles with them and it was always a lot of fun to face him. And that was when high school gyms were packed and it was a great rivalry."
"He was a competitive guy and his teams were always prepared and ready to play," said former Buchanan coach Bill Weaver. "Many times there would be things that he would do that you would find yourself incorporating into what you were doing, things like ball screens."
Schaffer was also humble, making sure his players were the focus of any publicity of his teams.
"What was also very, very important about Jerry was he was not boastful,'' said Weaver. "As successful as he was, you'd have to hear about it from someone else. What an example he was for all the rest of us younger coaches."
Schaffer's teams were known for throwing 15 or 20 passes before even considering a shot. It limited possessions which evened the playing field against more talented teams.
"You know when you got the ball that you had to do something good with it because you weren't going to get too many possessions," Weaver said. "You didn't want to waste possessions."
The 1979 team was probably his most memorable because it won a state title with its tallest player just 6-foot-1. That Mustang team held its opponents to fewer than 50 points per game and won a lot of close games, especially in the state tournament. River Valley beat Constantine, 46-45, in overtime in the regional title game, got past No. 4-ranked Clinton, 47-39, in the quarterfinals, topped Tawas Area, 57-49, in the semifinals and Elkton-Pigeon-Bayport, 59-54, in the state championship game.
Miller remembers something else about Schaffer that stood out.
"When I first came to Bridgman, he was a driver's education instructor during the summer," Miller said. "And he would have his drivers come to Bridgman. Then he would come in and speak at my youth camps. He was always helpful to our program and got me off on the right foot."
Schaffer is a member of both the Michigan High School Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Hillsdale College Athletic Hall of Fame. He earned 12 varsity letters at Hillsdale as a four-year player in football, basketball and baseball.
Jerry and his wife, Peggy, who were married for 60 years, had four sons, Gary, Gregg, David and Doug. Only Gary failed to play on a Final Four team. And his 1978 squad handed state champion Buchanan its only loss. Gregg started for the 1979 state champs, David with the 1981 runner-ups and Doug on the 1988 Final Four team. And all four coached basketball at some level. Gregg, who was a member of that 1979 championship team, is in his second stint at St. Joseph. In 15 years he's 177-155. Doug coached Lake Michigan College from 1998-2009, 2012-16 and was also the college's athletic director 2000-08. For much of Doug's tenure as coach at LMC, Jerry and his brother, Ron, were assistant coaches. Ron passed away in 2017 at age 88.
Schaffer is also survived by his sister, Alice Germain of Bridgman, and his brother, Al Schaffer, who coached 32 combined years in Michigan high schools (Litchfield, Blissfield and Grand Haven). He now lives in Ramona, Calif., and has been a volunteer assistant coach for San Diego State since 2010.
The family will have a private funeral service Tuesday. Schaffer's life will be celebrated later this summer when restrictions from COVID-19 are lifted.


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In an interview with the Russian daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Rashid Nurgaliyev, deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council, specifically called for the development of the NATO-Collective Security Treaty Organisation cooperation, which he stressed should come on an "equal basis".
NATO is trying to back the seizure of power by pro-Western regimes in some countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), Rashid Nurgaliyev, deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council, told the Russian daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
"It's not a secret for us that NATO is paving the way for the West-controlled regimes seizing power in a number of CSTO countries, including by provoking "colour revolutions", Nurgaliyev pointed out.
At the same time, he underscored that CSTO member states remain ready for fruitful cooperation with NATO members.
"We have an array of issues to discuss, including those related to illegal migration and the fight against terrorism. In our globalised and closely interconnected world, we would be interested in resuming the Russia-NATO dialogue," Nurgaliyev stressed, adding that it would only be possible on an "equal basis".
He also noted that third countries' cooperation with NATO always has "an anti-Russian component".
"This has been confirmed many times by practice. With respect to its CSTO partners, NATO's purpose is to sow discord among our allies in the organisation", Nurgaliyev concluded.
The CSTO is an international military alliance aimed at improving security cooperation between the member states. The organisation includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. Its key goal is to fight against international terrorism and other security threats.
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I bought this in 1988. Looking up words hundreds times per day, like playing video games.
Are you a word lover? Do you subscribe to a-word-a-day? Are you preparing for SAT or GRE? If yes to any of the above, then you may find this word list useful. Else, do you swoon by the sway of your sensibility? Do you cackle for the pang of nettlesome far-outs? Do you dig the incomprehensible writs of a heart? Then, you need this page.
When I was learning English back in 1985, my methodology was to build a vocabulary and ignore all other aspects of the language. I reasoned that the essence of knowing a language is no more than understanding all the words. So, for the first few years I thumbed through English-Chinese dictionary hundred times a day as the primary means of learning the language. I disregarded any conventions and methodologies such as learning from ESL (English as Second Language) materials or progression from frequently used words to esoteric or literary vocabularies. (At the time, i did not even know that a language's vocabulary has these different classes. It was a simple naive logical thinking and headstrong will.) Now I know how wrong and inefficient I've been. The habit of writing down words and checking dictionaries nevertheless continued.
SAT used to stand for Scholastic Aptitude Test. Then was changed to Scholastic Assessment Test by the movement of social thinking, known as Political Correctness. The Aptitude in Scholastic Aptitude basically means brain size. So, if you have a low score, it implies that you are a moron, which does have some scientific soundness. However, today, it is wrong to call a cripple cripple or a idiot idiot. Also the test and the scoring has mutated significantly since its inception in USA 1926.
SAT is a necessity if you want to engage in pop universities in USA. If you can do or did well, fine, but otherwise screw it. There is a book about this controversial test. Recommended: None of the Above: The Truth Behind the SATs , by David Owen. Buy at amazon I read the first edition back around 1990.
Princeton Review publishes a book named "Word Smart" Buy at amazon. There are quite a few vocabulary books, but beware that some of them are just compilation of esoteric words. I heartily recommend this one, which i read the first edition in the early 1990s. This book contains a selection of just the right words — frequently used but not obscure. They give a brief definition, usage example, and contains a short section that teaches you about the roots of English vocabulary.
Note that yours truely also have a compilation of juicy SAT words. At Wordy English: Vocabulary Compilation with Usage Examples.
Doesn't matter whether you study words for fun or for exams, a software dictionary on your computer is very convenient: Highlight a word, press a button, and ZAP you see its definition and synonyms. Click on any word and ZAP, you got cross-referenced. If you are in a dictionary look-up binge, just zap, zap, zap, and zaaaap! As fun as shooting aliens. I would highly recommend the electronic version of American Heritage Dictionary, and i would recommend against the highly popular Merriem-Webster's 9th Collegiate. Also, these dictionaries are available free online today.
See: Online English Dictionary Tools.
Vocabulary is only one part of English. You should not learn English by studying words alone unless you are doing it for a short period in preparation for exams. Even if you like words for their own sake, I find that reading well written books or journals is the best way to learn all the connotations and nuances of words. Personally, I have read cover-to-cover every issue of Time Magazine from about 1993 to 1995. At first I read it for the purpose of increasing my vocabulary. Gradually, I found the magazine to be informative, and it became my means of understanding the world.
For many classic fictions and non-fictions annotated for vocabulary study, see: Literature Classics.
I envision this to have two advantages: ① that I would have read all the literature classics I liked. ② I would have obtained a well-rounded set of vocabulary at a level that I desire. I found out by experience that this assumption is not correct. One could read up all the works of Shakespeare or other classic fictions or non-fictions but still not able to understand much common words or phrases in modern journalism. This is so because English vocabulary is too large. Only a subsection is used in one type of literature.
If you find any mispelling in my list or any other wrong (morally, psychologically, or plainly), please hit me on the head with a digitized book. Seriously, if you like this page, please do send me a email telling me that I am beautiful (sic. Yes, I mean it!). If genie exists, I would wish for possession of supreme beauty. But today, I wish you to tell me so.
The era of good journalism is gone, since ~2010.
Today, Time Magazine, or other major publications, are all crap.
Am not sure what i can recommend. Maybe go back to classic novels written before y2k.


Africa is believed to be the most diverse, beautiful and interesting continent that our planet has to offer.
The adventures and beauty seen in Africa are found in some of the oldest story books. In fact, some of the first civilisations that back to 3300BC were discovered in Africa.
The continent has 54 countries, all unique with their own personalities and cultures. Africa is known for its popular and interesting travel destinations and cities.
Staying entertained in Africa comes naturally. See the pyramids in Egypt, fly over Victoria falls in Zimbabwe, get lost in the streets of Stone Town or even enjoy a cocktail with the beautiful backdrop of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. You wouldn't be disappointed with the fantastic range that caters for everyone's taste.
Ever been on a African adventure?
Many only dream of going on one of the many African treks, while others plan on spotting wildlife on African safari. There is nothing quite like watching a tower of giraffes stretch their necks high up into the acacia trees, first spotting the eyes of a cheetah on a night drive or watching a busy heard of elephants stampede through the mud just a few meters away.
Africa is home to the worlds largest animal which is the African elephant, the worlds tallest animal which is the giraffe and the worlds fastest land animal, the cheetah. The land is flush with wildlife and the soil is filled with riches.
Travelstart came up with a FUN quiz to help you discover your ideal African travel destination, The quiz sets your holiday preferences and helps you match your travel needs. Travelstart is a leading Online Travel Agency that offers cheap flights to counties all over Africa. They invite you to explore the unique rhythm of Africa and find out which country you secretly want to explore.
Still not sure which country to choose?
Both Liza and I were both born in South Africa and love the diversity offered throughout the country. We highly recommend adding our beautiful home to your travel bucket list. It's no surprise that Cape Town, South Africa is ranked one of the worlds best cities by Travel and Leisure, including numerous other travel awards.
Either hike or take a cable car up Table Mountain. Not only are the views truly breathtaking but the mountain is also one of the new 7 wonders of nature. (Tip – Book your cable car ticket online to avoid the ques and a lot of waiting) You can also check out this Cape Town travel guide or one week itinerary in Cape Town for other adventures around the city.
The Drakensberg escarpment stretches for over 1,000 kilometres. There is a variety of hiking trails and paths available. Some trails are suitable for the whole family and others are ideal for adventure seekers which can be completed over a few days. The Drakensberg mountains offer beautiful panoramic views, scenic waterfalls, beautiful fauna and even a few bushman paintings.
Meet the friendly Xhosa people, spot the Hole-in-the-Wall and discover beautiful waterfalls that drop into the sea. The phenomenal scenery is quite unlike any other area in South Africa, the Wild Coast is a hiker's and bird watchers paradise.
Interact with the people of the township, hear their untold stories, experience the music, share traditional food and enjoy the customs. Soweto is Infused with the history of the struggle against apartheid and the perfect opportunity to visit a local shebeen.
Have you have been to Africa or did you take the online quiz? What country in Africa is on your bucket list? Let us know in the comments below.
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Tough choice! I am a proud Capetonian so I guess CT and SA for me, even though I live in Zimbabwe at the moment. Love the pics as well!
We really need to see more of Africa having only been to Egypt. South Africa and Morocco in particular are countries that we really want to visit.
I would surely visit cape town & go to safari if I ever get the chance to visit Africa.
Africa is indeed close to paradise and a unique continent. I know that South Africa is a veritable Eden. I have visited only one country in Africa and that is Rwanda and was completely bowled over by its beauty and warmth of the people. Indeed a country with a million smiles.
I have never been to Africa but want to go there since I read about it in a storybook(The book is in Bengali, my native tongue). While reading your blog I could get the feel of that book. Thank you!
I would really love to visit Africa one day and Safari would surely be in my list.
I think a safari would be at the top of my list! But I have always been fascinated by great white sharks so I would love to go to South Africa too.
I took the quiz and got Botswana, which I think is perfect because I have always wanted to go on safari. But, I would definitely also check out Kruger National Park. There is so much to do and see in Africa that it is difficult to choose just one place. I would also love to visit Tanzania, Egypt, Kenya, and Nigeria. There are simply too many choices.
Thus far I have visited Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Morocco. Each has unique attractions, and I loved every visit!
Wow – those photos are amazing! I have been dreaming about a trip to Africa, but I think I'm going to wait just a bit longer – once my 5 year old is a bit older, I think she'll get more out of the trip. I'd definitely visit Kruger National Park! Did you see many young travelers on your trip?
Drakensberg Mountains was something I never knew about. I think that is the place I choose 🙂 Nice post!
The only place I've been to in Africa is Zanzibar and I absolutely loved it! Africans are so colourful, I love their clothes, their dances, they're so chilled out. I wish to visit South Africa next year, thanks for this guide, will refer to it when planning my trip. Cheers!
Choosing out of 54 countries is no easy task. You have presented such a beautiful breakdown of activities to choose from. I'd love to go hiking through the Drakensberg Mountains. Wildlife safari tops my list though. Cheers!!
I've always thought Tanzania would be the first African country I'd visit, but lately Namibia has really caught my eye. The quiz told me Botswana, though, which has never been on my radar! Sounds like I need an extended trip to visit them all!
Great post and I agree with you, there is so much to see in this continent. I have been living in East Africa for three years and have hardly scratched the surface! I hope to visit South Africa soon and enjoyed reading about places to visit and things to do.
I have been to Cape Towm and thought it was fantastic! We are heading back to SA next year and hope to see more of the South-East.
That quiz thought I should visit Kenya…I wonder if they'll pay!?
This is an amazing post. South Africa is so beautiful. And you have given such detailed account of things to be done.
I got Botswana! But from what I've read and seen, I definitely would have a difficult time narrowing down which country to visit. Each area seems so unique. But maybe I'll have to start doing more research on Botswana.
So many incredible photos! South Africa looks just beautiful. I was lucky enough to visit Uganda when I was younger as my father grew up there. I've not yet returned and the number of African countries I'd like to visit is growing, thanks for the inspiration!
Can't agree more, South Africa is a good place to start any exploration of Africa. Your photos make me homesick for my home country. Can't wait for our next visit in 2 months!
I have never been to Africa, but I want to see it all! Beaches and surfing in S. Africa, safari, sahara, egypt, morocco! we really need to go!
I've been to Morocco, Egypt, and South Africa and so far my favorite is South Africa. Africa has so many beautiful countries for exploration. Your summation of South Africa is right on point and I plan on going back next year.
Morocco is the country that the travel quiz popped out for me. Hope to go there some time.
OMG thanks for this. the pics are stunning and my next plan was africa so i will deffo get back to this to decide where to go!
What a great post. I think about visiting Africa and get overwhelmed. This helps a lot, actually. Thanks!
I have a dear friend who runs a school in Soweto! But also South Africa is on the top of my bucket list!!
Wow beautiful pictures and a nice summary.
Excellent summary of our beautiful Africa. Makes me feel so proud!!!


Mara, the marvelous graduate assistant, will be sharing her thoughts on service-learning.
For those wondering what could possibly go wrong with service-learning, T. Elijah Hawkes discusses it in light of the words of the philosopher and educational reformer John Dewey. Dewey analyzes acts of altruism as an effect of an uneasy conscience created by the economic disparities resulting from the system of private gain we live by. Hawkes applies Dewey critiques to the model of service learning we are witnessing several schools to implement. Check his text out and decide for yourself if the critics to charity could apply or not to the community service in which schools are engaging their students.
Mara Barbosa is a PhD student in Applied Linguistics and graduate assistant in the Center for Instructional Excellence at Purdue University. Her passions include heritage language maintenance and service learning.


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Q: d3 SVG translate and scale one group but only translate the other I'm building an activity map using d3. I display a world map and then some dots who represent activity.
The map should be both panable and zoomable.
the function I use to transform at the moment looks like this:
function move() {

    var t = d3.event.translate;
    var s = d3.event.scale;
    var h = height / 4;

    t[ 0 ] = Math.min(
        ( width / height ) * ( s - 1 ),
        Math.max( width * ( 1 - s ), t[ 0 ] )
    );

    t[ 1 ] = Math.min(
        h * ( s - 1 ) + h * s,
        Math.max( height * ( 1 - s ) - h * s, t[ 1 ] )
    );

    zoom.translate( t );
    ctrl.g.attr( 'transform', 'translate(' + t + ')scale(' + s + ')' );
    ctrl.points.attr( 'transform', 'translate(' + t + ')' );

    //adjust the country hover stroke width based on zoom level
    d3.selectAll( '.country' ).style( 'stroke-width', 1.5 / s );

}

This results in the dots moving around in stead of maintaining their position based on latitude and longitude. Any help would be appreciated.
EDIT:
I forgot to mention that the dots should maintain their scale, that is to say even though I've zoomed in on the world map the dots should not scale, only move.

A: I have found my solution,
I had forgotten to scale down the points :/
I added
d3.selectAll( '.point' ).attr('r', 5/s);

to scale the points with the rest of the map.


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The Park at Frampton Court is a Grade II* listed park in the style of 'Capability Brown' and offers a magical and serene location for your wedding location beside the Court Lake.
Your marquee will be situated on the edge of the lake, which is fringed with romantic willows and is rich in wildlife with swans, geese and ducks.
Guests will enter the park directly from the B4071 (The Perryway) through the C18th ornamental gates, where they will find plenty of parking.
A marquee of any size or style can be accommodated with plenty of space for a catering tent, generator and mobile loos. There is a cold water supply near the marquee site.
Frampton Court, Grade I listed and built in 1732, is part of the wedding package and not only gives you the accommodation of five, beautifully appointed double bedrooms that are light and elegantly furnished, but also the use of its principal reception rooms: the panelled Hall (with bespoke "Mouseman" furniture), the Drawing Room, Dining Room and Morning Room; the latter showing part of the collection of Frampton Flora, botanical water colours painted by Clifford ladies in C19th.
You are invited to arrive at the house from teatime on the Friday and will not need to vacate again until lunchtime on the Sunday. Your stay may be extended by prior arrangement.
A wonderful breakfast using locally sourced ingredients, will be served on the Saturday and Sunday mornings in the magnificent Dining Room, with views across the Park to the lake and your marquee. If you have family or friends staying in The Orangery, they may join you for breakfast by prior arrangement plus a small additional charge.
Additional extras such as a dinner party on the Friday night for up to 20 guests or a light lunch the Saturday before your wedding can be arranged with the House Manager.
The garden at Frampton Court may be used for a ceremony, photographs and your drinks reception before guests are invited to walk across the Park for celebrations in the marquee: please note we are not licensed for civil ceremonies but are happy for you to hold your own ceremony, in whatever style you choose, in the garden or in the marquee.
You are welcome to choose your own supplier for the marquee or catering; we would be happy to give you the names of companies who are familiar with working in The Park already.


Higher education system in Lebanon is supervised by the Ministry of Education. Lebanon has been as the 10th in the overall standard of education, as well as the 4th in Mathematics and Sciences in 2013 by World Economic forum. Also, 46.9% of her population is engaged in higher education. Foreign students are trooping in search of academic excellence. Lebanon is adorned with 41 credible public universities and 12 private universities, with uncountable institutes, monotechnics, and colleges. Some universities may require you to pass SAT 1 or SAT 11, before you can be admitted into their undergraduate programs. Upon graduation, you can search for the available job postings in the internet. Your school can as well help you to secure a job in your related field of study.
There are 30 universities listed in Lebanon. Click on a university to find its detailed information including address, phone, website, contact details, other related links etc.


Home Cool Things to Spend Money On "Bootleg" Toys Better Than the Licensed Ones?
Any movie or pop culture enthusiast has had their share of action figures through the years and they are relatively easy to come by especially if it's a licensed item. Just go to a big box retailer, Amazon, or even Hot Topic to get your nerd on.
But what if you really want an effigy of something that isn't massed produced in plastic. Or if there is, it's not really "true" to the character or thing you feel it's supposed to represent?
If you're like some people, you make it yourself. But is that the same thing, or is it even as valuable? Surprisingly yes.
A recent New York Times article explores the question of "Bootleg" toys and their sentimental and monetary values.
The article introduces us to Aaron Moreno an avid movie buff and collector who just wanted a figurine of a Critters alien furball or a something out of Creepshow, there wasn't anything available at the time so he went ahead and made them himself.
Since packaging is also a part of the collectible experience Mr. Moreno sought out an artist friend to do that part of it and began selling them online to hungry collectors who bought each and every last one, sometimes selling out in only a few minutes.
To be clear these aren't the same types of toys sold through popular companies such as NECA or McFarlane Toys. No, these are considered artisanal where the artists often take pieces from other renderings and make them into something much more personal.
Buyers are at the ready too, take for instance our cover picture made by Dan Polydoris of Deathbytoys.com. Yes, that's packaged fog from John Carpenter's 1980 classic The Fog. And yes, people bought it.
That trash turned out to be a lot of people's treasure; 100 credit card commandos shelled out $30 each for the exclusive.
You'd think the people who created the original property would be pissed, but rarely has there been a cease and desist order from a copyright lawyer to stop them.
Peter Goral, 33, makes a comfortable living off of his merchandise which he began to create back in 2007. "With a lot of the guys who collect and do this, it's all deeply rooted in their childhoods," he says.
These homemade figures have infiltrated television too. Adam F. Goldberg, creator of the pop culture and easter egg heavy "The Goldbergs" collects them and hides them in his show.


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lighter than you think
interior design collaboration for commercial and residential projects
reading into space graduate thesis
Pratt Institute, 2009 - 2010
Spring 2010: Death of the Interior
II. Time Passes (To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf, 1927)
To the Lighthouse marked a watershed moment in high modernism in its manipulation of time and structure and the instability of its narrative perspective, which fluctuates between stream of consciousness and an omniscient point of view. It often draws comparison to other media and is described as painterly or filmic.
The novel takes place at the seaside house of the Ramsays and is divided into three parts. Part One and Part Three each take place over the course of a day and comprise the majority of the novel; Part Two is brief by comparison but spans a decade in time. It describes the entropy of the house in the family's absence and the attempt to restore it before their return, providing narrative information about the Ramsays in passing but furnishing specific and sensual detail about the house's ruin. In this way the passage addresses literally and metaphorically the breakdown of attempts to render borders airtight and reality narrative.
I began by identifying sensory and conceptual information in the passage, and used this information to arrive at tensions the design should address: between the exterior and interior, the compression and elongation of time, and control versus relinquishment. Testing decay operations and researching design concepts contemporary to the time in which the novel takes place, particularly the Victorian interest in locking into the interior patterns derived from natural elements, enabled experimentation with pattern and material.
Building at full scale enabled an investigation of the distinctions between the design as a static concept and a living element. I occupied an abandoned niche of our studio building around the corner from the entrance as a site for an interior intervention. The following year, the institution took over this space to house a Starbucks cafe.
Al Capone's cell at the Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia PA
reconstruction of a static past inside an entropic architecture
trace of past occupancy; the visible intersection of exterior and interior
Andy Goldsworthy, "White Walls" (2007)
plaster disintegrates over twenty days; expedited decay of material
Rachel Whiteread, "Untitled (Library)" (1999)
the index; evidence of material and action
Gordon Matta-Clark, "Bingo" (1974)
"unbuilding" of a house; recontextualization of an interior
Charleston Farmhouse, Lewes East Sussex
summer home of Bloomsbury group members Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell (sister of Virginia Woolf)
testing materials for decay
installation images
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Mīrgasār (persiska: مير جاسَر, مير عَصّار, میرگسار) är en ort i Iran.   Den ligger i provinsen Kurdistan, i den nordvästra delen av landet,  km väster om huvudstaden Teheran. Mīrgasār ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Mīrgasār är kuperad åt sydväst, men åt nordost är den bergig. Den högsta punkten i närheten är Kūh-e Sang-e Sīāh,  meter över havet,  km väster om Mīrgasār. Runt Mīrgasār är det ganska tätbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Bazvash,  km sydväst om Mīrgasār. Trakten runt Mīrgasār består i huvudsak av gräsmarker.

Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är juli, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är november, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är september, med  mm nederbörd.

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Это не единственный футболист с таким прозвищем, см. Кака (значения)

Клаудиа́но Безе́рра да Си́лва (Кака́, ; 16 мая 1981, Сан-Жозе-ду-Белмонти, Пернамбуку) — бразильский футболист, игравший на позиции защитника.

Биография
Кака начинал карьеру в Бразилии в клубах низших дивизионов. В 2006 году перешёл в португальскую «Академику», где провёл два сезона.

16 мая 2008 года перешёл из «Академики» в «Герту». Сумма трансфера составила примерно 2 млн евро. Контракт с клубом был рассчитан до лета 2012 года. В Бундеслиге дебютировал 17 августа 2008 года в матче против франкфуртского «Айнтрахта». В 2010 и 2011 годах «Герта» отдавала Кака в аренду — сначала в кипрскую «Омонию», а затем в «Брагу».

После завершения контракта с «Гертой» Кака вновь отправился на Кипр, где провёл один сезон за АПОЭЛ. После этого он стал игроком венгерского «Видеотона». В 2013 году Кака дебютировал за «Депортиво» из Ла-Коруньи, чуть позже испанский клуб стал полноправным обладателем прав на футболиста.

В 2014—2015 годах Кака вновь выступал за АПОЭЛ, а с августа 2015 года защитник играет за португальскую «Тонделу».

Достижения
  Чемпион Кипра (3): 2009/10, 2013/14, 2014/15
  Обладатель Кубка Кипра (2): 2013/14, 2014/15
  Обладатель Суперкубок Венгрии (1): 2012

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 Профиль на Sambafoot

Футболисты Бразилии
Игроки ФК «Униан Бандейранте»
Игроки ФК «Сан-Каэтано»
Игроки ФК «Боа»
Игроки ФК «Луверденсе»
Игроки ФК «Гремио Эспортиво Жасиара»
Игроки ФК «Академика» Коимбра
Игроки ФК «Герта» Берлин
Игроки ФК «Брага»
Игроки ФК «Омония» Никосия
Игроки ФК АПОЭЛ
Игроки ФК «МОЛ Фехервар»
Игроки ФК «Депортиво Ла-Корунья»
Игроки ФК «Тондела»
Игроки ФК «Варзин»
Игроки ФК «Анадия»


In 2012 Richard led a team comprising a number of consultants from EENET. One of the tasks was to carry out a snapshot survey of teachers and others in the field as to how prepared they were in their training and practice to include children with disabilities. This report gives the result of that survey.


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Uganda Preparing to Criminalize Homosexuality
John McDonald
anti-gay Uganda
The President of the Republic of Uganda is preparing to sign a bill into law that will effectively criminalize homosexuality.
A government spokesman in Kampala, Uganda's capital city, announced via Twitter that President Yoweri Museveni "will assent the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law."
That government spokesman, Ofwono Opondo, also tweeted, "14 medical experts presented a report that homosexuality is not genetic but a social behavior."
Museveni apparently was influenced to sign the bill after a week- long retreat with members of his National Resistance Movement political party. He is up for re-election in 2016.
Aaron Jensen, spokesperson for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor at the U.S. State Department, said "the United States opposes any action that criminalizes same-sex conduct among adults."
Jensen went on to say that, "whatever form this bill takes, we are opposed to it."
Museveni has held power in Uganda since 1986 and, officially, the country calls itself a republic. A landlocked country in East Sub Sahara Africa, Uganda's boundaries were created by Britain during colonization. Uganda received its independence from Britain in 1962 and today has a population of more than 34 million people, ranking 37th globally.
Museveni had previously made public statements against imprisoning homosexuals for life, saying, instead, he believed gay people were "sick" and "abnormal." His about face on the bill was tweeted to the world by Opondo on Friday: "The NRM caucus has welcomed the development as a measure to protect Ugandans from social deviants."
In response to the bill, Robyn Lieberman, a senior advocacy strategist with Human Rights First, a non-profit, nonpartisan human rights organization in New York and Washington, D.C., released the following statement Friday:
"Human Rights First today expressed deep concern over reports that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has announced that he will sign the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law, which will have severely adverse consequences for the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people as well as other Ugandans."


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