Genesis 1 is a simple and majestic opening to the Bible. It introduces the two main subjects of Scripture, God the Creator and humans as his creatures, and sets the scene for their long relationship. Clearly the interests of the author are focused primarily on the patriarchs, given the amount of material allocated to their story (Gen.12-50), but the background is that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is no mere localised or tribal deity, but is the sovereign Lord of the whole earth (Gen.1-11).
There were a number of creation and flood myths in existence in ancient Mesopotamia that the author would have most likely have been aware of. One of the major goals of the Genesis creation story is to counter these mythical accounts of creation with an alternative world view about God, the world and humankind. This story shows God as having no peer or competitor. It denies that the various forces of nature are gods or that man was created as an afterthought to serve the gods. Humans are presented as the climax of creation. God cares for and provides for them. He also empowers them to be His delegated representatives on the earth. This creation story is a triumphant affirmation of the power and wisdom of God and the wonder of His creation.
The first creation story (Gen.1:1–2:4a) looks at the story from a heavenly and divine perspective, while the second creation account (Gen.2:4b-25) looks at the story from an earthly and human perspective. The order of creation is also different. These are two versions of the same story. In the six days of creation there is a pattern, the first three days are occupied with forming while the second three days are about filling what has been formed.
1. Young Earth Creationism (see www.answersingenesis.org and www.creation.com). This group believes that God created the world in six literal 24-hour days and that the earth is only 6,000-10,000 years old. God created the earth as already appearing 'old' and this was enhanced by the effects of a global flood.
2. Old Earth Creationism (see www.reasons.org). This group believes in an old earth (possibly 13.8 billions years old) and that the days of creation were extended periods of time or at least that there were periods of time between each day.
3. Theistic Evolution (see www.biologos.org). This group also believes in an old earth and that God initiated the 'big bang' and created the world through the process of evolution. They view Genesis 1-2 as inspired Scripture but as poetic literature rather than as a literal description of what took place in the beginning.
Many people in each group are convinced that their view is the correct one and that the others are wrong or even heretical. However, each view has its strengths and weaknesses. The author of Genesis was not seeking to answer many of the questions we have today in the modern world. They are more interested in us knowing the Creator of the world and His purposes for us. Science and faith don't need to be opposed to each other. Science simply explains how things work while faith is the foundation of our relationship with God and provides us with a sense of meaning and purpose, something science cannot provide.
1. God is sovereign over creation. Our God rules over the world and the entire universe that he created. He has no rivals and everything is under his control. He is working – in history and even in nature. Of course, we understand that sin has affected our world and everything is not as it was when God created it. It is broken and damaged yet God is working towards restoring everything to its original purpose. God will once again bring order out of chaos. Ultimately, good will triumph over evil.
2. Creation is dependent on God. There was a beginning to the universe. It is not infinite in time. God created everything and therefore everything owes its ongoing existence to Him. God also cares for His creation and the welfare of humans in particular. God actively sustains the universe (Acts 17:28; Col.1:15-17).
a. For Relationship – God created us to have a relationship with us and for us to be in relationship with each other. God is seen as close not distant, like pagan deities. God wants us to know Him. He makes covenant with his people and promises to bless them.
b. To Reflect God – humans were created in the image of God and given dignity beyond the animals and the rest of creation. All people, regardless of race, gender or social status are equal in value and are to be treated with respect and honour. We have the capacity to mirror our Creator.
c. To be Fruitful – God commands us to be fruitful and multiply (Gen.1:28). He wants a large family and wants us to fill the earth with loving community, something God later judged the people at Babel for not doing (Gen.11:1-9).
d. To Steward the Earth - Since we are God's representatives, ruling over His world, we must treat the world as his, not ours. We are stewards of his planet, a responsibility that requires us to neither worship the earth nor ruin and destroy it. We are living in someone else's house and need to treat is as such.
4. The Sabbath is sacred time. The creation story finishes with the establishment of the Sabbath – holiness in time rather than a holy space. God models for humans the need to rest and enjoy the beauty of God's world. Sabbath is about ceasing from work and giving worship and honour to God.
1. What impacts you most about the Genesis creation story?
2. Discuss the three creation theories. What is your personal opinion and why? Do you see this is a core issue of faith in Christ or a secondary issue?
3. Why do you think there is such a battle between faith (or religion) and science today?
4. What does the creation story tell us about God? What is he like?
5. Discuss the four-fold purpose for humans mentioned above. How can followers of Christ outwork their God-given purpose more effectively in the contemporary world?
6. Read Galatians 1:26-29. How does the work of Christ seek to bring us back to God's purposes in creation, a world free of racism, gender wars, and the divide between rich and poor?
7. How important is the principle of the Sabbath today? What should this look like for the follower of Christ?


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Q: Arduino Raspberry Pi cannot restart I have a simple setup where an Arduino Mega + Raspberry Pi 4 are connected via regular USB cable.
They are also using a shared 5V@5A power supply which provides more than enough power for the 2 devices.
Both of them getting the 5V directly from their VIN pins skipping any kind of voltage regulators on board.
The problem comes when I disconnect the Raspberry Pi now from the 5V line while the Arduino is still running and try to plug it back in. It never boots with only the RED led lighting and the green HDD led never lights up UNTIL removing the USB connection between the 2.
After that it happily boots up and I can plug back the USB.
What is causing it and how to solve it the simplest way with the current setup?
Would adding a diode on the Raspberry Pi VINs help anything? I assume there is some back current loop going on here.

A: According to this thread on the Raspberry Pi forums, it is a known issue that the Pi 4 will not boot if power is present on its USB port.
There is some evidence that switching to one of the USB 2.0 ports (rather than the 3.0 ports) solves the problem. EDIT: OP tested this and it doesn't solve the problem.
You can also get into the USB cable between your Pi and Arduino and clip the red power wire (if you don't need to provide power to the Arduino through this USB connection).
Older versions of the Raspberry Pi are not affected by this.

A: Its partly a design problem due to the lack of power blocking diodes not installed in series with the USB ports. But there is ways around this issue. When the Pi is connected to a usb device that applies power back to the pi and the pi's power cord is disconnected, the 5Vsys and Sys2 pins receive a logic hi, but the 3.3V is not present because the power cord is not connected to the pi. This condition is an "operating state" called "power on standby" which normally is reached when someone selects "shutdown" in the pi/Linux desktop. The 3.3V rail is powered down, the 5V is still powered, sys and Sys2 pins are 5V. So the correct way would be to send a logic low (0 to -3V) to the Global_En pin via a momentary switch to ground or triggered with cmos level negative voltage logic. That will turn on the 3.3V rail and boot the machine after you plugged in the power cord to the pi. This is for Raspberry pi4B rev2, the Global_en pin next to the processor. You shouldn't have to unplug the raspberry pi once you install the cpu on/reset switch unless you are using the 5V to power a fan. I run a fan less setup on my 4B, but I notice others found that one can use gpio pins to run a pwm fan which could be programmed to turn itself on/off by the OS.

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» News Top Stories » Electric vehicle sales tumble by 25% in pandemic-stricken, causes a record slump in FY21
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Electric vehicle sales tumble by 25% in pandemic-stricken, causes a record slump in FY21
May 6, 2021 | Indian Insights
The COVID-19 pandemic critically paralysed the auto industry, and the disturbance had its influence on interest in electric cars, electric two-wheelers and electric three-wheelers.
As per the Society of Electric Vehicle Manufacturers, (SMEV) registration of all-electric vehicles throughout FY21 diminished 20 per cent to 236,802 units as upon 295,683 units retailed in FY20.
Electric two-wheelers (E2W), the most comprehensive section of the three, beheld a deterioration of 6 per cent. Electric two-wheeler volumes finished FY21 at 143,837 units as distinguished to 152,000 sold in FY20. A total of 40,836 high-speed and 103,000 low-speed E2Ws were traded during FY21.
Electric three-wheelers (E3W) saw the supreme influence of the pandemic just like the fossil-fuel-powered three-wheeler share. The E3W segment recorded sales of 88,378 units, a fall of 37 per cent as against 140, 683 units sold in FY20. The data does not constitute E3Ws that are not listed with the transport authority, SMEV explained.
Sohinder Gill, Director-General, SMEV said, "We were anticipating a good growth before the start of FY21 but sales remained stagnant due to various reasons. The sales in the electric three-wheeler and two-wheeler segment stood low as compared to last year. The city speed and high-speed category in the two-wheelers have witnessed growth."
However, electric passenger vehicles strike the trend, recording a growth. During FY21, electric passenger vehicles grew by 54 per cent to 4,588 units as against 3,000 units in FY20. The sales were divided into just six models Tata Nexon EV, Tata Tigor EV, Mahindra eVerito, MG ZS EV, Hyundai Kona and the Mercedes-Benz EQC.
Tata Motors is the chief in the electric passenger vehicle segment with the Nexon EV being the best-selling model in the industry accompanied by the MG ZS EV.
The accumulation of lithium-ion battery packs crashed in FY21 due to the pandemic and rested upset for several weeks. This was accompanied by suppression by the government on purchases coming from China which repeatedly paralyzed the battery supply. India depends on China, which has a patent in lithium-ion cells, for manufacturing battery packs.
SMEV criticized the lack of interest bestowed by banks to finance electric vehicles. "Only a few banks like SBI and Axis, to name a few, are offering loans on selected models. The government should ask banks to offer loans on electric vehicles, which will increase sales," SMEV said in a release. We were anticipating good growth before the start of FY21 but sales remained stagnant- SOHINDER GILL
During FY21, the government approved the delegation of electric vehicles without their batteries which was a measure taken to promote sales of battery swapping technology. Only some of the members chiefly captivated in electric two-wheelers, make vehicles with battery swapping technology.
SMEV furthermore asserted that the sale from the e-commerce players such as Flipkart and Amazon would encourage sales of electric two and three-wheelers over the following two-three years.
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Smuggling and Counterfeiting more dangerous than life threatening diseases like Cancer and COVID: Samir Kumar Mahaseth, Industry Minister, Govt of Bihar
By Odisha Diary bureau On Dec 7, 2022
New Delhi : Mr Samir Kumar Mahaseth, Industry Minister, Government of Bihar today said, "The problem of counterfeiting and smuggling is complex in nature. With no legal regulation and very little recourse, consumers are at risk from unsafe and ineffective products." It is important that consumers understand the multi-faceted complexities of this problem. Youth are the consumers of tomorrow, who can encourage and bring about the required change through their choices and behaviours, he added.
Addressing the FICCI CASCADE (Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy) programme on 'Preventive Strategies to Combat Counterfeiting and Smuggling' Mr Mahaseth emphasized that educating and generating awareness about the ill effects of counterfeiting and smuggling is the need of hour to combat this global scourge. He further suggested FICCI CASCADE to organize such youth awareness program in Bihar more frequently to motivate the youth of the state in achieving our objective in making India free from illicit trade. "Smuggling and Counterfeiting are more dangerous than life threatening diseases like Cancer and COVID", he added.
Mr Dipak Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Education, Government of Bihar said, "Uninhibited growth of counterfeiting and smuggling not only impact the economy of our country but also poses severe threat to public health and safety." Smuggling and counterfeiting leads to tax evasion which further slows down the pace of development of the country. He also emphasized the need to take a bill while making any purchase, to act as proof of purchase.
Mr P C Jha, Advisor, FICCI CASCADE and Former Chairman, Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs said, "Illicit trade is of grave concern, it undermines the nation's economy, damages brand integrity, and most importantly affects health and safety of the citizens which needs to be addressed on an urgent basis. During the last twenty years, the volume of counterfeiting activity globally has increased 100 times and the size of trade is 10 per cent of the legal international trade (around 2 per cent of the world's overall economic output). The problem of illicit trade is much more serious than it is commonly perceived."
Mr Rajiva Ranjan Verma, Former Director General, RPF, NCRB, Civil Defense, Home Guard & Fire Services and BPR&D said, "Raising awareness is an important aspect of combating illicit trade in terms of smuggling and counterfeiting which needs to be pursued vigorously." The role of youth is paramount in battling the menace of smuggling and counterfeiting, he noted.
The Minister also felicitated School Children for the inter-school competition organised by FICCI CASCADE on the theme 'Role of Youth in Making India Free from Smuggling & Counterfeiting'. The competition witnessed enthusiastic participation of students from over 40 school of Patna. The list of the awardees are as follows:
Winners Elocution Competition Painting Competition Jingle Writing Competition
Tannu Kumari, Kamla Nehru Girls School Radhika kumari, Indra Prasad Singh Gangasthali High Secondary School
Jonshon Kumar
K B Sahay Shekhpuri
Siya Bharti, Govt. RGSS Shool, Bankipur Sristy Rachna, Kamla Nehru Girls School Roushni Kumari, Rabindra Baliya Vidhaya
3rd Prize Abhishek Raj, Govt Boys Sr. Secondary School Sagar Kumar, DPCSS (Miller) Sr. Secondary School Manish Kumar, Govt. Boys Sr. Secondary School
The seminar discussed the importance of increased awareness on the hazards of counterfeiting and smuggling, and the need for effective enforcement to enhance India's economic development. The seminar also deliberated on FICCI CASCADE's recent report titled Illicit Markets: A Threat to Our National Interests, which examines the impact of illicit trade in five key industries in India – Mobile Phones, FMCG-Household and Personal Goods, FMCG-Packaged Foods, Tobacco Products, and Alcoholic Beverages.
The market for contraband and smuggled goods is thriving in India and is today one of the biggest challenges faced by Indian industry. The country is witnessing widespread smuggling in various product categories such as gold, cigarettes, cosmetics, medicines, jewellery, readymade garments, alcohol, capital goods and consumer electronics, which is severely hurting the country's economy. The problem gets more acute in states like Bihar as several of its districts share borders with Nepal and smugglers easily get products into the country and distribute them in the domestic market.
FICCI has set up a committee CASCADE, with the participation of leading industries from all sectors of the economy to raise awareness against this issue and work with government and other agencies to fight the menace. FICCI CASCADE has recently released a report examining illicit market in 5 Key Indian industries, including mobile phones, FMCG-household and personal goods, FMCG-packaged foods, tobacco products, and alcoholic beverages. According to the report, the size of illicit market in the above-mentioned industries was ₹2,60,094 crore for the year 2019-20, with the FMCG industry – household and personal goods, and packaged foods – together accounting for 3/4th of the total illicit value of goods in five key industries.
The report further estimates that unlawful trade in the five above-mentioned industries results in a total estimated legitimate employment loss of 15.96 lakh. The estimated tax loss to the government due to illicit goods in these industries is Rs 58,521 crore, with two highly regulated and taxed industries, tobacco products, and alcoholic beverages, accounting for nearly 49% of the overall tax loss.
Illicit Market Size
Industry Value (Rs In Crores)
Mobile Phones 15,884
FMCG – Household & Personal Goods 55,530
FMCG – Packaged Foods 1,42,284
Tobacco Products 22,930
Alcoholic Beverages 23,466
Tax Loss
Mobile Phones 2,859
FMCG – Household & Personal Goods 9,995
FMCG – Packaged Foods 17,074
Soil health management and conservation needs partnerships at multiple levels: Hemendra Mathur, Chairman, FICCI Task Force on Agri Startups
Cholesterol check must become part of diabetes and BP screening to improve India's Heart Health: Experts


Founded by New York City ballet dancer and fitness studio owner Brynn Putnam, the company will offer a hardware product that takes on the form factor of a full-length mirror, . In the mirror, users will be able to see both their reflection and fitness content, including either live virtual classes or one-on-one training with an instructor. Beyond that, the details are still being kept under wraps.


Watch as Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter announces his squad and speaks to the media ahead of the crucial Afcon qualifier clash against Nigeria.
Bafana are set to face Nigeria at the FNB Stadium on Saturday, 17 November in what is a vital game if Baxter's team are going to realise their mission of qualifying for next year's continental showpiece in Cameroon.
The South African national team currently sit second in Group E on eight points, behind their next opponents, who top the group with nine points after four games played.
Bafana got their qualification campaign off to the best possible start with a historic 2-0 win against Nigeria in Uyo, and followed that up with a 0-0 draw against Libya and a 6-0 win over Seychelles, putting qualification firmly in their control.
Bafana, however, failed to beat Seychelles, playing out to a 0-0 draw, which has left the door open for Libya.
Nigeria, on the other hand, bounced back from their defeat against Baxter's men with three wins in a row to put them in control of Group E.


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Making Your Visuals Work for You | Speakeasy Inc.
Visual imagery was a part of story-telling long before any of us were born. And it continues today. From drawing your favorite shape in kindergarten to delivering a critical PowerPoint presentation to a board of executives. We're either amazed at how well our visuals help our audiences connect with our concepts or… we're pulling our hair out trying to get them to work. Regardless of the situation, there are some truths you should consider when trying to plan visuals that work.
HOW DID WE GET HERE? Most of us know we're walking around with too many visuals and too much information on each slide. Yet it's rare to hear or have the venue to offer feedback on the topic. So we continue to sit through many presentations from others that confirm what we know – death-by-PowerPoint is real. Why? How did we get here?
THE SCRIPT AND THE SHIELD: Some time ago we learned that it was easier to work on our visuals than it was to work on ourselves. Hiding behind your visuals – making yourself the secondary communication tool in the room – does nothing to build connection with your listeners. If all you're going to do is turn around and read your speaker's notes from the screen; save yourself the time and effort and send them the file. If you have your listeners live – in a room with you – you have an opportunity, if not an obligation, to drop the shield, and handle the script another way. Use your visuals to support rather than "be" the presentation you hope to deliver.
CONTENT FIRST: Your "deck" is not your content. It's actually much more of a "how" than a "what" you want to communicate. Don't start your preparation by working on your slides. Start with strategic thought about what will motivate your listeners to do what you want them to do… and craft a communication that clearly and concisely expresses that thought. Commit to communicating that content – whether you do it verbally or visually. Then – only then – begin thinking about how a visual at any particular point might make that point better than you can alone.
In the end, be clear about what you're trying to achieve, who you're talking to, and what you can communicate that would connect with them. Your support visuals are only there to help you convey a clear and effective message. Be confident, prepare well, and allow your visuals to work for you!
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Strategies of Discourse Comprehension
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"... El Salvador, Guatemala is a, study in black and white. On the left is a collection of extreme Marxist-Leninist groups led by what one diplomat calls "a pretty faceless bunch of people.' ' On the right is an entrenched elite that has dominated Central America's most populous country since a CIA-backe ..."
El Salvador, Guatemala is a, study in black and white. On the left is a collection of extreme Marxist-Leninist groups led by what one diplomat calls "a pretty faceless bunch of people.' ' On the right is an entrenched elite that has dominated Central America's most populous country since a CIA-backed coup deposed the reformist government of Col. Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán in 1954. Moderates of the political center. embattled but alive in E1 Salvador, have virtually disappeared in Guatemala-joining more than 30.000 victims of terror over the last tifteen vears. "The situation in Guatemala is much more serious than in EI Salvador, " declares one Latin American diplomat. "The oligarchy is that much more reactionary. and the choices are far fewer. " 'Zero': The Guatemalan oligarchs hated Jimmy Carter for cutting off U.S. military aid in 1977 to protest human-rights abuses-and the right-wingers hired marimba bands and set off firecrackers on the night Ronald Reagan was elected. They considered Reagan an ideological kinsman and believed they had a special
Dryad: Distributed Data-Parallel Programs from Sequential Building Blocks
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-gle computers, through small clusters of computers, to data centers with thousands of computers. The Dryad execution engine handles all the difficult problems of creating a large distributed, concurrent application: scheduling the use of computers and their CPUs, recovering from communication or computer
OPTICS: Ordering Points To Identify the Clustering Structure
by Mihael Ankerst, Markus M. Breunig, Hans-peter Kriegel, Jörg Sander , 1999
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The modern science of networks has brought significant advances to our understanding of complex systems. One of the most relevant features of graphs representing real systems is community structure, or clustering, i. e. the organization of vertices in clusters, with many edges joining vertices
Reexamining the Cluster Hypothesis: Scatter/Gather on Retrieval Results
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Extracting Relations from Large Plain-Text Collections
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"... Text documents often contain valuable structured data that is hidden in regular English sentences. This data is best exploited if available as a relational table that we could use for answering precise queries or for running data mining tasks. We explore a technique for extracting such tables fr ..."
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Clustering Gene Expression Patterns
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ABC's "The View" On the Chopping Block After Worst Ratings Ever
The View has been a thorn in ABC's side for years. A once proud Barbara Walters project, the show has devolved into a hyperpartisan circus of Leftist antics. The network's board of directors, after seeing the lowest ratings of all time, now have to consider putting the show on the chopping block.
"We may have to cut it," said Programming Director Joe Barron, "Whoopi has 2 more years on her contract, so at the very least we'll have to send it to a streaming service, like the Hallmark Channel or something." Hallmark told us they weren't interested.
The View has been dwindling in viewership numbers for years, at least here at ALLOD. At first we properly reported that the show was the highest-rated daytime program ever. Now, with that still being true, it's our responsibility to make sure everyone who follows patriotically knows that in our world, the terrible show is a horrible failure that nobody watches.
Fortunately, finding the show's ratings and other fast facts is fairly easy, which means we'll also get a fact-check on the story, making it even more true in Trumplandia. A place in which we are all proud Americans who just want to see 1963 reinstated here in our beloved country.
The View Offers Kyle Rittenhouse $43K "Out of Pity" To Drop His lawsuit
'Star Trek' Refuses to Hire Goldberg
'The View' Is Now ABC's Lowest Rated Program
Olympic Committee Bans Troublemaker Megan Rapinoe for Life
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Bias Adds an Extra Hurdle for Women Entrepreneurs
By Andrea Estrada, UC Santa Barbara
March 4, 2015 Updated: March 29, 2015
Stereotypical beliefs about men's and women's traits and abilities get in the way of women's entrepreneurship, new research finds.
Sociologist Sarah Thébaud didn't doubt that women are at a disadvantage when it comes to starting their own businesses—plenty of evidence proves that to be the case—but she wanted to find out whether or not people are systematically biased in favor of male-led businesses, and if so, why.
An assistant professor of sociology at University of California, Santa Barbara, Thébaud conducted three experimental studies and found across the board that people are likely to systematically discount the competence of female entrepreneurs and the investment-worthiness of their enterprises. However, she also found that this bias is somewhat mitigated when women pitch a particularly novel business idea. Her research was recently published online in the journal Social Forces.
"I looked at two different types of businesses, one in what I'd call a gender-balanced retail industry and the other in a high-tech industry," Thébaud says. She asked participants in the study to review and rate business plans for their investment-worthiness. The plans were identical, but she manipulated the first names of the entrepreneurs.
"Most businesses tend to replicate others that are similar—one pizza place may be a little different from another, but basically they're all serving the same thing," Thébaud continues. "For those types of businesses, I found the participants systematically rated women-led businesses to be less investment-worthy and less likely to be successful."
By pitching an innovative idea, she continues, a woman demonstrates the characteristics of the "ideal" entrepreneur.
The participants also rated women to be less skilled and less competent as entrepreneurs than their male counterparts, regardless of the industry of their start-up. According to Thébaud, that was the reason they found the women's businesses to be less investment-worthy.
"I did look at other possible explanations," she says. "For example, did they think women are less committed and would put out less effort and that's why they discount their businesses? And I didn't find evidence of that."
She also looked into whether women are less likeable because as entrepreneurs they may violate feminine stereotypes. "And I didn't find evidence of that," she says.
"The pattern of bias in favor of male-led businesses really boils down to the stereotypical belief that men are more likely to possess the types of skills and competence needed to make a new venture successful."
Extra Innovation
But then Thébaud added a twist. She adjusted the business plans so the venture was particularly innovative.
"Each participant rated two businesses—one that was standard run-of-the-mill and one that was introducing a brand new product or service to the market," she says.
"Interestingly, innovation in the business plan didn't have a systematic effect on the ratings of men's businesses—they were largely idiosyncratic to a participant's tendency to tolerate risk. However, when a woman was pitching an innovative plan, she was systematically rated to be more competent or skilled and more worthy of investment than her non-innovative female counterpart."
Female entrepreneurs may be able to mitigate the disadvantaging effects of bias by explicitly emphasizing the innovative aspects of their business plans.
So why the switch? Thébaud suggests that when female entrepreneurs propose innovative business ideas, they signal traits that characterize society's stereotype of what an entrepreneur is supposed to be: aggressive, ambitious, independent, creative, a risk-taker.
"When a woman starts a business, people are likely to question whether she has those traits. But when a woman introduces something particularly innovative, she is able to dispel those doubts, at least to some degree, because she appears to be more authentically entrepreneurial," says Thébaud.
'Ideal' Entrepreneurs
By pitching an innovative idea, she continues, a woman demonstrates the characteristics of the "ideal" entrepreneur. "It signals to people that she is, indeed, aggressive and outgoing, willing to take risks and push barriers, which is what people often think women might not be willing to do," she says.
That might be considered a small comfort, however. "People's expectations start women off at this lower baseline," Thébaud notes. "And so innovation simply mitigates the disadvantage they might otherwise experience."
Thébaud adds that she wasn't surprised to find biases in favor of male-led firms. "This follows a lot of what we know about gender biases in managerial contexts," she says. But the innovation component was a bit counterintuitive at first.
Bob Bland, CEO and founder of ManufactureNY, in New York's Bryant Park on July 16, 2014. (Benjamin Chasteen/Epoch Times)
"The common wisdom is that if you're an entrepreneur and you're doing something novel, it is harder to get support because there is a higher risk of failure," Thébaud explains.
"So innovation could have worsened the penalty for women: If people are prone to doubt a woman entrepreneur's competence and then she is also presenting a business idea that's particularly risky, it might further undermine her ability to gain credibility and support. But instead, innovation signaled possession of the stereotypically 'entrepreneurial' traits and abilities women are otherwise perceived to lack."
Women Entrepreneurs Infuse Events With Passion
Thébaud's study derives from her interest in the factors that block progress toward gender equity in certain segments of the economy. "We've seen this leveling off in terms of gender equality in recent years, and we see it especially in certain areas," she says. "STEM (Science, Math, Technology and Engineering) fields are an example."
Bias, But Not on Purpose
Thébaud adds that this project aligns with broader literature about unconscious bias. Most of the time, she notes, these perceptions—or misperceptions—are unconscious and unintentional.
They are often minor and hard to detect, too. Individuals are only subtly discounting women's businesses. But that slight disadvantage accrues over time. So if a woman encounters one, two, or three people who question her abilities or competence, that could mean the difference between persisting on that track and leaving, or getting funding and not getting funding," she says.
Female entrepreneurs may be able to mitigate the disadvantaging effects of bias by explicitly emphasizing the innovative aspects of their business plans, Thébaud adds.
"However, my research shows that the source of this disadvantage in the first place lies in the fact that people tend to automatically associate entrepreneurship with men and stereotypically masculine characteristics," she says.
"This cultural conception identifies entrepreneurs as 'lone warriors' who are working on their own and are exceptionally prone to taking risks," she continues, "even though this stereotype isn't actually true in practice. So to solve the problem of gender bias in entrepreneurship more generally, we need to figure out how to change this cultural image."
Andrea Estrada is the deputy news director at the University of California–Santa Barbara. This article is reprinted from the University of California–Santa Barbara via Futurity.org.
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New Zeland. I am an adrenaline junkie so having the opportunity to travel to the adventure capital of the world was the perfect destination for me!
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away but if the doctor's cute, screw the fruit" -SophieGiele.
Not only is this hilarious, but it's true! It's important to be healthy but it's just as important to have some fun every once in a while.
Maui! Even though it's still in the States, I appreciate traveling there just as much as if I were traveling thousands of miles away. Every Thanksgiving I go to Maui with my family to visit my grandpa. This tradition, and destination, holds a special place in my heart.
My favorite memory from traveling was when I got to go skydiving for the first time in New Zealand. I was able to jump in Taupo which is the best place to skydive in the world. The feeling when you jump out of the plane is indescribable. If there is one thing I would recommend for everyone to do in their lifetime it is to go skydiving!
I travel because it is fun! Traveling not only gives you an appreciation for other cultures, but it teaches you to appreciate your country and your culture.
I want a family to share experiences with.


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A: I dont Understand you proper but according to me what I understand from that you can try below code
$quote_item_option = Mage::getModel('sales/quote_item_option')->getCollection()
                     ->addFieldToFilter('item_id',1);
print_r ($quote_item_option->getData());
foreach($quote_item_option->getData() as $coll){
   $value_data =  json_decode($coll->getValue(), true); // it will give you json as array then iterate array and you will get Qty value
   print_r($value_data);
}

Try above code and let me know its working or not

A: $collection = Mage::getModel('sales/quote_item_option')->getCollection();

To get a single property value from every model in the collection:
$collection->getColumnValues('your_column_name');


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"Although hundreds of disturbing paranormal events occur every year, most of these chilling encounters go unreported – until now. Bear witness as hapless victims experience the unspeakable terror of confronting demonic forces, murderous poltergeists and other evil entities that are dead set on claiming their souls. Descend into an abyss of waking nightmares as these bloodthirsty, malevolent spirits seek to possess their prey and drag them-kicking and screaming-down to hell."
Director: Jamie Root
Actors: Allen Lowman, Andrew Fleming, Chara Victoria Gannett, Erik Moody, Jessica Fratus, Meghan McNicol
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A scholar, tasked to copy a sutra, meets with a mysterious old lady and her daughter in the mountains.
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Three tales of terror: in "The Graveyard Rats" lovers murder the woman's older husband and encounter horror when they attempt to rob his grave; "Bobby" is the story of a…
Genre: Horror, Thriller, TV Movie
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The US military is running a test for a special type of radio transmitter, to be used to communicate with submarines, in a deep system of underground caves in Central…
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical…
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A college student unexpectedly finds that she has inherited a derelict house. Accompanied by a group of friends…
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When a top-secret unmanned spacecraft disintegrates on re-entry, its mysterious military payload crash-lands in the crocodile habitat of a place called Adventure Land, a combination water park, amusement land, and…
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Let's Dream (2021)
Let, a reclusive, insomniac photographer, is hired to photograph a mysterious client in the forest late one night, and soon finds himself pulled into a bizarre, otherworldly quest.
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After a high school track runner, named Laura, suddenly dies from a heart attack after finishing a 30-second 200-meter race, a killer wearing a sweat suit and a fencing mask…
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The Evil Dead meets Scream as an evil professor, through an ancient staff and a book of incantation, possesses the bodies of a group of fraterity and sorority pledges during…
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A young woman starting a new life is forced to take extreme measures against those around her after things go violently awry.
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Sydney Theatre Company may not look much different, but look closely and you will see we have undergone a total renovation thanks to Greening the Wharf.
The project has been in motion for some time now, with solar panels and an innovative rainwater harvesting system both contributing towards making STC as green as possible. Our home at The Wharf now boasts an interactive video kiosk and we are delighted to give you a sneak peek of some of the information it has to offer.
Despite being the most dramatic elements of the project, the solar panels and rainwater harvesting system are only part of Greening the Wharf. All of the departments at STC have responded to the challenge of making the company green, and here we are delighted to share with you insight into this process from three of our staff members.


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A: Change the storage encoding to UTF-8 and collation to utf8_general_ci (you don't speak Swedish do you?)
Set the encoding of the MySQL client to UTF-8, too.


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RESOLVED: that shareholders of Amazon Inc. ("Amazon") urge the Board of Directors to produce a report analyzing how Amazon's current human rights policies and practices protect the rightful application of the fundamental rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining as guaranteed by the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The report should include information on whether, and if so how, input from affected stakeholders was taken into account. The report, prepared at reasonable cost and omitting confidential or proprietary information, should be publicly disclosed on the Company's website.
SUPPORTING STATEMENT: Freedom of association and collective bargaining are fundamental human rights protected by national and international legal standards including the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
According to the ILO Freedom of association and collective bargaining permits workers and companies "to attain beneficial and productive solutions to potentially conflictual relations between workers and employers" and promotes "peaceful, inclusive and democratic participation of representative workers' and employers' organizations." These intrinsically related fundamental human rights play an important role in democratic societies. Collective bargaining entities help facilitate and enhance "the ability of their members to exercise core civil liberties.
Amazon recently enacted its Global Human Rights Principles, which states the Company's commitment to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. However, the company has not demonstrated how its human rights policies and practices protect workers' rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining. These rights are also guaranteed by the aforementioned instrument.
Over the past years, the Company has been subject to overwhelming negative media coverage in the U.S and internationally accusing the company of limiting these fundamental rights through anti-unionization tactics including allegations of intimidation strategies, retaliation actions and surveillance systems.
The misalignment between the Company's public commitments and these reports represents material reputational, legal and operational risks to its shareholders. Some shareholders have themselves come under scrutiny for investing in companies that are linked to human rights abuses, making effective due diligence on the company's human rights practices material to their investment choices.
Therefore, it is crucial for shareholders to understand how Amazon's human rights policy and practices align with the fundamental rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining. Greater transparency on these issues would help address concerns about the Company's reputation, clarify its commitment to basic human rights, and enable investors to perform their own human rights due diligence according with their fiduciary duty and protect long-term shareholder value.
Lead Filer
Sarah Couturier-Tanoh
Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE)
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The parliament sat numbed, in an otherwise engaging November evening, when President Barack Obama, head of one of the two largest democracies, reminded the other that it had largely shied away from condemning suppression of democratic rights and movements. Obama's specific reference was to Myanmar and India's imperviousness to the military junta's rigged elections and repression of democracy groups.
That this reference followed an exuberant praise of India's support to South Africa's anti-apartheid movement indicated a veiled rebuke of India's current policy of engaging whoever is in power in a country of interest.
Neither is Washington an immaculate chevalier of the democracy sacrament. In fact, half of the world's autocrats owed their existence to American backing. Yet, at the risk of throwing stone from a glasshouse, Obama could question India's diminishing contribution to the global democracy cause, especially when it aspires to be permanently ordained in the UN Security Council.
hardly moved a finger in fulfilling this mission, often relegating such processes as the internal affairs of a country.
Simply so, its discreet silence and reclusiveness ever since the Jasmine Revolution swept the Arab world belies its trappings of an emerging global power. Though ignoring the turbulence in a less-prominent Tunisia was affordable to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the Egyptian upheaval has put South Block into a diplomatic dilemna. At the heart of the matter is New Delhi's reluctance to write off President Hosni Mubarak, who, like for the US and Israel, has been a long-time friend of New Delhi since the Non-Alignment days.
Despite the elephantine street protests, India convincingly feels Mubarak might pull through, at least temporarily, until a transition to a new regime. Misplaced fears of a potential embarrassment from a pro-democracy statement if Mubarak manages to survive have forced a pathetic timidity in the MEA, which could not even garner the courage shown by Washington through its fairly balanced exhortation of an 'orderly transition'.
The roots of the MEA predicament lie not in its 'realist' policy transmutation of engaging useful regimes irrespective of their political attire. India's insensitivity towards the 'revolution' could rather be attributed to the absence of a policy on how to approach political emancipation movements in the neighbourhood and farther out. After decades of Nehruvian-inspired crusades in favour of freedom struggles, third world empowerment and nuclear have-nots, India's enhanced power profile, spurred by its astonishing economic growth, had prompted it to place itself among the global elite, but without appreciation of the responsibilities that comes with such elevation.
Driven by enlightened national interest, India has competitively engaged autocrats and juntas in its increasing bid to outmanoeuvre the Chinese influence in its strategic hinterland, extending up to Africa. Lost in this policy transformation was its ideological conviction on democracy and the will to endorse popular movements.
The turmoil in Egypt is an acid test which though also endows an opportunity to frame a long-term policy on its approach to popular movements and political turmoil. For, soon to follow on the heels of Egypt could be similar exigencies in volatile nations, including Yemen, Syria and Iran, and possibly even in the neighbourhood, in Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.
A principled stand on such issues also becomes a pre-qualification for the UNSC ambition, more so being a billion-strong democracy. An Indian contribution to the democracy discourse is significant considering the dichotomies and prejudices that has emerged during the Bush years. Even while issuing joint statements with the Bush administration on promotion of democracy, New Delhi had not endorsed the Bush doctrine of forced regime change in tumultuous zones like the Middle East and Africa.
The Egyptian case embodies the diplomatic quandary for external powers forced to respond to political movements in regions known for their ethnic fault-lines, and where democracy has little rooting. The underlying theme of the Egyptian movement is to gain an inalienable right for the people to decide their destiny. Egyptians are revolting against a decades-old system wherein power elites subverted the means of popular determination and unilaterally determined the nation's course.
The permeation of the Jasmine Revolution across the Arab world, and potentially to Africa and Middle East, could largely be attributed to the fact many of the nations in these regions are governed by autocracies, Mukhabarat (military-intelligence) regimes, and in some cases theocracies, all of which gives only marginal space for people's will.
A post-Mubarak transition need not necessarily end up in a pure democratic system, rather could even lead to another semi-autocracy or a junta. Like in Pakistan, the army holds the reins of Egypt's political system. Notwithstanding its sympathies for the movement, its plans for the transition are ambiguous. For, in a highly-fractured polity with no credible alternatives, the army will be self-empowered to preside over the transition. Fears of the radical Muslim Brotherhood attaining sway have gained traction, which could encourage a long-term military involvement to ensure moderation.
Considering this scenario, an outright support to the movement might not be prudent. Rather, the Indian approach should be to back a reform process that could facilitate a free-and-fair franchise to determine the future of the nation. Ultimately, Egyptians will have to decide their destiny, even if it is for an Islamic republic or an Islamocracy.
The answer is simple: this is the worst govt. we have ever had and the people would love to boot them out too. Therefore, the govt. has kept its' hole shut.


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The hydroxide bearing minerals are typically included in the oxide class.
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After a subdued opening, Reading fashioned the first chance. But after good work and a penetrative pass from Williams, Deniss Rakels' powerful effort was deflected wide.
After an error by Cooper, who slipped over, Beckford had a clear path to goal. But his cheeky attempted chip over Al-Habsi was parried by the agile keeper and then gathered safely.
Preston continued to threaten, with Reading barely able to muster an attack of note. Woods drove just wide and Al-Habsi made as stunning save to deny Johnson.
From one of Barrett's passes, Rakels found himself free in the Preston area. But he took one touch too many and Preston keeper Chris Kirkland made a good save at his near post.


Chile's new energy law requires utilities to source 5% of their new generation requirements from renewables between 2010 and 2014 and raise the share to 10% by 2024. It is widely seen as a step in the right direction, but one that will do little to help wind power. "The law isn't enough and will lead to very few renewable energy projects," says Rodrigo Herrera from Greenpeace Chile. The government is mainly interested in building a handful of dams for large hydroelectric projects or establishing nuclear power plants, he says.
Today about 2.4% of Chile's electricity comes from roughly 295 MW of renewables, mainly consisting of large scale hydropower. Just over 20 MW comes from wind energy out of a generating base of 12,300 MW.
With the country needing around 500 MW of new capacity a year, the 5% target will lead to a mere 25 MW of new renewables annually from 2010, says Francisco Moreno from Handels und Finanz, a wind power prospector in Chile. Another weak point of the law, says Moreno, is that the penalty for non compliance by utilities is set at just $30/MWh for shortfalls on the target, which could make it cheaper to just pay the fine than buy or own renewables. Furthermore, wind has little chance to compete on cost with small hydro, adds Rolf Fiebig from the Asociación Chilena de Energías Renovables (ACER).
Greenpeace says the targets of 5% and 10% are arbitrary and the government was "irresponsible" in its failure to undertake an in-depth study of renewable energy potential in Chile. Herrera hoped for 50% by 2050. ACER is less critical, though Fiebig had hoped for targets closer to 20%. Now hoping for a future increase, he notes the government prefers an incremental approach.
Energy market analysts see the law as an attempt to avoid a future energy crisis. The economy is booming, particularly Chile's mining and copper industries. Demand for energy is soaring. The situation is exacerbated by Argentina cutting its natural gas exports to Chile in 2004 and low water levels in hydro reservoirs. So serious is the energy crunch, that earlier this year President Michelle Bachelet warned that rationing might occur in 2008.
Despite criticisms and reservations about the new law, Esteban Illanes of Norway's SN Power Chile is optimistic. Even when the new law was only in its conceptual phase, it was already encouraging new projects such as the company's planned 46 MW wind plant. SN Power expects to get board approval this summer to build the more than $100 million project in the Canela region. It will go ahead irrespective of the law, says Illanes, but the law will help. "It's at least a framework and a move in the right direction."


There are two basic types of offensive plays in youth football -- running plays and passing plays. In general, players should work on both types. The plays you choose to run may depend a lot on the formations you use for your team.
You should have, in general, no more than around 12 formations, and sometimes you will need far fewer than that. Some basic formations include the "I," the "Wing-T" and the "Spread." An "I" formation, with the fullback and running back lined up directly behind the quarterback, can lead to successful running and passing plays. By using this formation, your quarterback can run, hand the ball to a halfback or fullback, or throw a pass.
In a "Wing-T" or a "Wishbone" formation, there are three backs and two tight ends. A "Spread" formation, on the other hand, has most of your offense spread at or near the line of scrimmage. All three of these formations create different types of opportunities for running and passing the ball.
You will probably want to concentrate on teaching your players one or two of these formations to begin with and then slowly build your plays based on these formations. It is a good idea to have a couple of passing plays and a couple of running plays ready to utilize before your first game. Keep it simple -- you can always add more plays later. If you need ideas, try asking more experienced coaches or checking online resources for specific plays.
A successful team is strong both offensively and defensively. Read on to learn about the importance of teaching defensive playing in youth football.
It may seem obvious, but using your players' strengths and avoiding things that highlight their weak points is an important part of coaching youth football. You will need to give some thought to which players will work best in what positions. Not only will this boost each player's confidence, it will lead to a greater chance of winning games [source: Bach].


United Defense, L.P. Ground Systems Division Aiken implemented the Skip Lot Process to support its complementary goals of high quality levels, reduced cost, and process ownership by the operators.
With successful implementation of continuous work inspection processes at United Defense, L.P. Ground Systems Division (UDLP GSD) Aiken, traditional quality assurance (QA) sampling techniques based on part cost became redundant and superfluous and did not promote the process ownership goals important to the implementation of modern lean fabrication processes. The company developed the Skip Lot Process to support its complementary goals for high quality levels, reduced cost, and process ownership by the operators. UDLP GSD Aiken benefited from this process by reducing cost/run standard hour, eliminating redundant administrative requirements, reducing inspection time, improving material flow, and maintaining high quality, as measured by scrap and rework performance.
The Skip Lot Process is based on eliminating redundant inspections and unnecessary handling time for work orders on a production lot basis while retaining corrective procedures where needed in the Quality Assurance (QA) process. With final inspection occurring at the workstations, it was possible to ensure quality by periodically auditing the workstation-based process. Workstation audits include monthly verification of the first piece qualification (for each production lot), the calibration of in-use gages, and the drawings and specifications with military standards and weld specifications. To qualify for inclusion in the Skip Lot Process, the production process and operator must be certified, and at least two production lots must be accepted by QA before subsequent production lots become a candidate for the process. When accepted, work orders carry the note "Job on Skip Lot" on the front page. Parts produced under the Skip Lot Process go directly from the workstation to shipping, bypassing the QA lay-down area and improving material flow. Documentation bears the marks of the certified process, operator, and the operator's inspection sign-off which must be complete before the parts are authorized for shipment. Parts can be removed from the process at any time by quality/manufacturing engineering if the production process is changed or if engineering changes to the part are required. Rejection of any part, by QA or the customer, will automatically cause all such parts to be removed from the Skip Lot Process until three production lots have been accepted by QA.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Reflection;
using Foundation.ObjectHydrator.Generators;
using Foundation.ObjectHydrator.Interfaces;
using System.Linq.Expressions;

namespace Foundation.ObjectHydrator
{
    public class Hydrator<T>:IGenerator<T>
    {
        readonly Type typeOfT = null;
        readonly IDictionary<string, IMapping> propertyMap;
        private readonly IList<IMap> typeMap;
        private IList<IMap> defaultTypeMap;

        #region Ctors

        public Hydrator()
            : this(new DefaultTypeMap())
        {
        }

        public Hydrator(IList<IMap> defaultMap)
        {
            typeOfT = typeof(T);
            propertyMap = new Dictionary<string, IMapping>();
            typeMap = new List<IMap>();
            defaultTypeMap = defaultMap;
        }
        #endregion

        public static T Hydrate()
        {
            return new Hydrator<T>().Generate();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Getter for the Random being utilized by the Hydrator.
        /// This Random may be used by external IGenerators to ensure good random results.
        /// </summary>
        public Random Random
        {
            get
            {
                return RandomSingleton.Instance.Random;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// GetSingle returns a single instance of T populated with default, random data.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>An instance of Type T.</returns>
        public T GetSingle()
        {
            return Generate();
        }

        #region IGenerator<T> Members

        public T Generate()
        {
            var instance = (T)Activator.CreateInstance(typeOfT);
            Populate(instance);
            return instance;
        }

        #endregion

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a generic IList of type T of a random length 1-10 with default, random data
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public IList<T> GetList()
        {
            int length;

            length = Random.Next(1, 10);

            return GetList(length);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a generic IList of type T populated with default, random data.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="size">The length of the IList to return.</param>
        /// <returns>A generic IList of Type T containing populated entities.</returns>
        public IList<T> GetList(int size)
        {
            if (size < 1)
            {
                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("size", "size must be provided");
            }

            IList<T> toReturn = new List<T>();

            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
            {
                T instance = Generate();
                Populate(instance);
                toReturn.Add(instance);
            }

            return toReturn;
        }

        private void SetPropertyMap<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, IGenerator<TProperty> generator)
        {
            var propertyName = ((MemberExpression)expression.Body).Member.Name;
            PropertyInfo propertyInfo = typeof(T).GetProperty(propertyName, BindingFlags.IgnoreCase | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);

            // Check to see if we have this property...
            if (propertyInfo == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("The Property can not be found.", propertyName);
            }

            if (!propertyInfo.CanWrite)
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("The Property can not be written.", propertyName);
            }

            propertyMap[propertyInfo.Name] = new Mapping<TProperty>(propertyInfo, generator);
        }

        #region WithTypes
        /// <summary>
        /// Applies a provided default value for the provided Property expression.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="expression">The Property expression to use</param>
        /// <param name="defaultValue">The value to set the Property to.</param>
        /// <returns>This instance of the Hydrator for type T.</returns>
        public Hydrator<T> With<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, TProperty defaultValue)
        {
            SetPropertyMap(expression, new DefaultGenerator<TProperty>(defaultValue));
            return this;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Applies a generator generated value for the provided Property expression.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="expression">The Property expression to us</param>
        /// <param name="generator">The <see cref="IGenerator{T}">Generator</see> to use</param>
        /// <returns>This instance of the Hydrator for type T.</returns>
        public Hydrator<T> With<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, IGenerator<TProperty> generator)
        {
            SetPropertyMap(expression, generator);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithInteger<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, int minimum, int maximum)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new IntegerGenerator(minimum, maximum);
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithGuid<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new GuidGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithCustomGenerator<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T,TProperty>> expression, IGenerator<TProperty> customgenerator)
        {
            SetPropertyMap(expression, customgenerator);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithDate<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, DateTime minimum, DateTime maximum)
        {

            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new DateTimeGenerator(minimum, maximum);
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);

            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithDouble<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, int decimalPlaces)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new DoubleGenerator(decimalPlaces);
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }
        public Hydrator<T> WithDouble<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, double minimum, double maximum)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new DoubleGenerator(minimum, maximum);
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithDouble<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, double minimum, double maximum, int decimalPlaces)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new DoubleGenerator(minimum, maximum, decimalPlaces);
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);

            return this;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Applies a random selection from the provided enumValues for the provided Property Name.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="Expression">The Property to apply the randomly selected Enum to.</param>
        /// <param name="enumValues">The Array of System.Enum values from which to chose a random entry to return.</param>
        /// <returns>This instance of the Hydrator for type T.</returns>
        public Hydrator<T> WithEnum<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, Array enumValues)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new EnumGenerator(enumValues);
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;

        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Applies a randomly selected byte[] to the provided Property Name of the specified length.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="expression">The Property to apply the randomly generated byte array to.</param>
        /// <param name="length">The length of the byte[].</param>
        /// <returns>This instance of the Hydrator for type T.</returns>
        public Hydrator<T> WithByteArray<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, int length)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new ByteArrayGenerator(length);
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;

        }

        #region WithCustomGeneratorTypes

        public Hydrator<T> WithAmericanAddress<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new AmericanAddressGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithAmericanCity<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new AmericanCityGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithAmericanPhone<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new AmericanPhoneGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);

            return this;

        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Generates an American Postal Code with optional percentage with PLUS four.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="TProperty"></typeparam>
        /// <param name="expression"></param>
        /// <param name="percentageWithPlusFour">Percentage generated that should have plus four</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public Hydrator<T> WithAmericanPostalCode<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, int percentageWithPlusFour)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new AmericanPostalCodeGenerator(percentageWithPlusFour);
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);

            return this;

        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithAmericanState<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new AmericanStateGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithUnitedKingdomCity<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new UnitedKingdomCityGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithUnitedKingdomCounty<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new UnitedKingdomCountyGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithUnitedKingdomPostCode<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new UnitedKingdomPostCodeGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a CCV based on the type. {Presently just returns a 000-999 ignoring the type}
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="expression"></param>
        /// <param name="ccvtype"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public Hydrator<T> WithCCV<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, string ccvtype)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new CCVGenerator(ccvtype);
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);

            return this;

        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithCompanyName<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new CompanyNameGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a number resembling a credit card.  The layout is valid but it will not pass validity checking.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="expression">The Property to apply the generated credit card number to.</param>
        /// <param name="length">Number of digits you want to simulate.</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public Hydrator<T> WithCreditCardNumber<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, int length)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new CreditCardNumberGenerator(length);
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);

            return this;

        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithCreditCardType<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new CreditCardTypeGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithEmailAddress<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new EmailAddressGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithFirstName<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new FirstNameGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Applies a randomly selected Gender to the provided Property Name.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="expression">The Property to apply the randomly selected Gender to.</param>
        /// <returns>This instance of the Hydrator for type T.</returns>
        public Hydrator<T> WithGender<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new GenderGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;

        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Applies a randomly selected IP Address to the provided Property Name.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="expression">The Property to apply the randomly generated IP Address to.</param>
        /// <returns>This instance of the Hydrator for type T.</returns>
        public Hydrator<T> WithIPAddress<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new IPAddressGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);

            return this;

        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithLastName<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new LastNameGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithPassword<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new PasswordGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithPassword<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, int length)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new PasswordGenerator(length);
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithText<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new TextGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithText<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, int length)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new TextGenerator(length);
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithTrackingNumber<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, string carrier)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new TrackingNumberGenerator(carrier);
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> WithWebsite<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new WebsiteGenerator();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Applies a random alphanumeric string of a specified length
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="TProperty"></typeparam>
        /// <param name="expression"></param>
        /// <param name="length"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public Hydrator<T> WithAlphaNumeric<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, int length)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new AlphaNumericGenerator(length);
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;

        }

        #endregion

        //Not working.
        public Hydrator<T> WithListRandomLength<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)ListGenerator<TProperty>.RandomLength();
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        #endregion

        /// <summary>
        /// Applies a random selection from the passed list to the provided Property Name.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="propertyName">The Property to apply the randomly selected List Item to.</param>
        /// <param name="list">The IEnumerable<![CDATA[<Object>]]> to randomly choose a value from.</param>
        /// <returns>This instance of the Hydrator for type T.</returns>
        public Hydrator<T> FromList<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression, IEnumerable<TProperty> list)
        {
            IGenerator<TProperty> gen = (IGenerator<TProperty>)new FromListGetSingleGenerator<TProperty>(list);
            SetPropertyMap(expression, gen);
            return this;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Provides an empty value for the specified Property expression.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>This instance of the Hydrator for type T.</returns>
        public Hydrator<T> Ignoring<TProperty>(Expression<Func<T, TProperty>> expression)
        {
            var propertyName = ((MemberExpression)expression.Body).Member.Name;
            PropertyInfo propertyInfo1 = typeof(T).GetProperty(propertyName, BindingFlags.IgnoreCase | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);

            // Check to see if we have this property...
            if (propertyInfo1 == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("The Property can not be found.", propertyName);
            }

            if (!propertyInfo1.CanWrite)
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("The Property can not be written.", propertyName);
            }
            PropertyInfo propertyInfo = propertyInfo1;

            propertyMap[propertyInfo.Name] = new Mapping<object>(propertyInfo, new NullGenerator());

            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> ForAll<TType>(IGenerator<TType> generator)
        {
            typeMap.Add(new Map<TType>().Using(generator));
            return this;
        }

        public Hydrator<T> For<TType>(Map<TType> map)
        {
            typeMap.Add(map);
            return this;
        }

        private void Populate(object instance)
        {
            AddTypeMapToPropertyMap();
            foreach (IMapping mapping in propertyMap.Values)
            {
                PropertyInfo propertyInfo = instance.GetType().GetProperty(mapping.PropertyName, BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);

                if (propertyInfo != null)
                {
                    propertyInfo.SetValue(instance, mapping.Generate(), null);
                }
            }
        }

        private void AddTypeMapToPropertyMap()
        {
            AddDefaultTypeMapToTypeMap();

            foreach (PropertyInfo propertyInfo in typeOfT.GetProperties())
            {
                if (propertyInfo.CanWrite && !propertyMap.ContainsKey(propertyInfo.Name))
                {
                    PropertyInfo info = propertyInfo;
                    var map = typeMap.FirstOrDefault(infer => infer.Type == info.PropertyType && infer.Match(info));

                    if (map != null)
                    {
                        propertyMap[propertyInfo.Name] = map.Mapping(propertyInfo);
                    }
                    else if (!propertyInfo.PropertyType.IsInterface)
                    {
                        propertyMap[propertyInfo.Name] = new Mapping(propertyInfo, new Generator(propertyInfo));
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        private void AddDefaultTypeMapToTypeMap()
        {
            foreach (var map in defaultTypeMap)
            {
                typeMap.Add(map);
            }
        }

    }

}

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Herts Baseball Club is one of the largest baseball organisations in the UK. As part of our campaign to promote the game, we are giving male and female players of all ages (kids and adults) the opportunity to play baseball and softball.
CAN I TRY BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL?
We have a series of open baseball and softball sessions and other events for anyone who is interested to play. Some sessions will be for youth players (4 to 16), others will be for adult players (14 and above). Everyone is welcome to take part – from complete beginners to accomplished players.
Below you will find details of upcoming open sessions. If you plan to attend these sessions please email us in advance so that we can contact you if there are changes due to bad weather conditions etc.
These open sessions are free.
Participants should wear sports clothing and footwear. All baseball and softball equipment such as fielding gloves, bats, balls, batting helmets, etc will be provided free of charge during these open sessions.
These sessions are quite popular so please contact us in advance if you plan to attend. We will then confirm your place at this event and send you full details. Contacting us in advance also enables us to notify you if there is a cancellation due to bad weather etc.
I WANT TO PLAY REGULARLY. CAN I JOIN THE CLUB?
Herts Baseball Club is able to add you to one of its adult or youth baseball or softball teams where you can experience the excitement of league competition playing on the regional, national or even international stage. We also have membership packages for those interested in playing recreationally from time to time. We welcome all players, male and female, from 4 to 60+ years of age, from complete beginners to advanced players. To find out more about becoming a member and what you can expect click here for baseball . Or click here for softball.


The day started sunny and cold, -15° (5°F) but the sun soon disappeared and the temperature rose to a more bearable -7°C (19,4°F) very fast. Our road is very icy and I thought it would be a good idea to use the kick-sledge, which I keep, in the studio's garage. But I haven't opened the door for so long that the earth has built up at the bottom of the door making it impossible to open it. So I have to wait for the ground to thaw before I can reach the sledge — and then I don't need it!
There are many ways to spend the time waiting for warmer weather — dusting is not what first comes to my mind. But since I found this instructive lesson on the proper way to sweep a room in the same book I found yesterday's recipe, I thought I share it with you!
Dust the furniture and put it in another room. Dust bric-a-brac and put on the bed if you are sweeping a sleeping room, if another room put them on the table, or in an adjoining room. Brush the draperies, take down and lay on the bed or table. Cover these and bric-a-brac with a sheet. Wet a newspaper, tear into small pieces and spread on the rug or carpet. Now you are ready for sweeping. If the floor is carpeted, sweep all dirt to the center of the room. Sweep the corners with a small whisk broom. Move every piece of furniture lest there be dirt left underneath. Open the windows before sweeping. When the dust is settled take a pail of warm water, put in a tablespoonful of ammonia, then with a clean cloth wrung from this wipe the window glass, mirror and pictures; polish with dry cloth. Wipe all finger marks from doors and mop boards.
Now take a pail of clean water, with ammonia, and with a small scrubbing brush go over the rug or carpet, to remove dust and brighten the colors. Replace furniture, bric-a-brac and draperies and your room will be sweet and clean. With care, once in two or three weeks, will be often enough to do this.
Margaretha, that sounds very time-consuming. I'm glad I would only have to do it every two or three weeks. But I don't understand why torn, wet pieces of newspaper were used.
Do you remember the wet sawdust they used when sweeping in our childhood? At least it looked as sawdust, and it was probably some chemicals in it as it had a very pungent smell. They used it in keeping our schools and other official buildings clean. I think the wet paper was used for the same purpose, to bind the dust. I don't know what the English term could be I can't even find the Swedish word in any dictionary.


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[Title Page] Nuevo Atlas o Teatro El Mundo
Jan Jansson
Amsterdam / 1650
Striking old color example of the title page from Jansson's Atas Novus, first published in 1636.
Marvelous ornate coat of arms. Title pages are increasing collected. Noteworthy cartographic historians including R.V. Tooley collected 16th-18th Century, decorative title pages. A marvelous example in fine old color.
Jan Jansson Biography
Jan Janssonius (also known as Johann or Jan Jansson or Janszoon) (1588-1664) was a renowned geographer and publisher of the seventeenth century, when the Dutch dominated map publishing in Europe. Born in Arnhem, Jan was first exposed to the trade via his father, who was also a bookseller and publisher. In 1612, Jan married the daughter of Jodocus Hondius, who was also a prominent mapmaker and seller. Jonssonius' first maps date from 1616.
In the 1630s, Janssonius worked with his brother-in-law, Henricus Hondius. Their most successful venture was to reissue the Mercator-Hondius atlas. Jodocus Hondius had acquired the plates to the Mercator atlas, first published in 1595, and added 36 additional maps. After Hondius died in 1612, Henricus took over publication; Janssonius joined the venture in 1633. Eventually, the atlas was renamed the Atlas Novus and then the Atlas Major, by which time it had expanded to eleven volumes. Janssonius is also well known for his volume of English county maps, published in 1646.
Janssonius died in Amsterdam in 1664. His son-in-law, Johannes van Waesbergen, took over his business. Eventually, many of Janssonius' plates were sold to Gerard Valck and Pieter Schenk, who added their names and continued to reissue the maps.
Antique Maps / Curiosities / Title Pages
[Title Page - Backwards World Map! / California as an Island]
Curious world map on title page, with the world projected backwards!
[Untitled Map -- Double Hemisphere Map with Portraits of Magellan, Schoten, Drake, Von Noort, Cavendish, and Speilbergen
Double hemisphere map of the World, accompanied by portraits of a number of the most important 16th and early 17th Century explorers, which was included in Willem J. Schouten's America Pars Undecima . . . , first published by De Bry in 161.
[Early French Engaving: Title Page] Repertorium in Lecturas Iasonis. Index Ordinae Elementario Digesus in Commentaria Iasonis Mayni Mediolanesis . . . M.D. XLIX.
Finely illustrated title page from this early French book on the commentaries of Giasone del Maino, published in Lyon, by Jean Pullon in 1549.
[Title Page] Atlas Geographique et Universel . . .
Finely engraved allegorical title page, issued in a later edition of the De L'Isle-Buache-Dezauche Atlas Geographique.
[Title Page] Theatrum Orbis Terrarum . . . MDCXII (Gold leaf!)
From one of the Very Last Editions of the Atlas.
[Title Page] Table des Cartes etc: Du Sr. Sanson Contenues Dans ce Vollume
One of the most famous and recognizable illustrated index pages, from a large Mortier Atlas.


There will be 5 days of Extended Open Access during the October half term.
Alex McIntosh will be in the studio overseeing the all five days of extended open access and also helping new Print Facilitator Nigel Morris settle into his new role.
A big thank you to Alex for agreeing to support the Centre and take time away from Northern Print.