Blogging—How will I ever master this technology when I do not even know what the word means? The initial fear and anxiety that I experienced when I was first exposed to the possibility of learning new and advanced digital technologies left me almost paralyzed. I searched the Internet and readings for a technology that I felt I could handle in a short period of time. I began to download numerous programs and applications and found that I was experiencing excitement, rather than fear, at the possibility of utilizing these new methods of communication and innovation. As Steve Ballmer (CEO of Microsoft) once said, "The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential." As I began to explore blogging I realized the potential this technology would possess in relation to my ability to communicate information to my clientele. And research justifies blogging as a professional tool.
People who are new to a particular digital technology need to feel that the technology can be implemented without having to be a computer programmer or technician. Richardson (2004) notes that RSS (Real Simple Syndication) and weblogs are providing opportunities for teachers and students to develop and design their own web technology rather than just participating in the Internet as a passive reader. He notes that technology is allowing for easier access and implementation for those who may not have had many years experience with computers or the Internet. Bryant (2003) also identifies that individual users are not necessarily looking for "bigger and more feature-rich separate systems but users are wanting to interact, learn, share and communicate better, faster and easier." (Bryant, 2003, p.3).
I have to agree with both of these authors. I found that Blogger provided a free service to host an individual's blog and a very easy introduction to set up an account and access the service.
I initially needed to immerse myself in the technology and become an active participant in my own learning. Working on a project that was relevant to my own situation facilitated my learning as I explored the many areas within Blogger that allowed me to achieve creative and aesthetically pleasing results with my blog. I think learning in context and being an active participant in my own learning contributed to my willingness to explore and gain insight into a new technology that can benefit both me and my clients.
A framework that encourages learning and the acquisition of new skills using technology has been provided by Driscoll (2002).
Bryant (2003) observes that blogs have been firmly established as a web based communication tool and have emerged from email lists and instant messaging systems. Blogs have been adapted to have the ability to access an "unknown mass" of users and people who are ready and willing to interact with the author of the blog (Williams & Jacobs, 2004). The purpose for creating a blog in my situation was to provide my clientele with information that will supplement a seminar that they had attended on proactive teaching strategies and challenging behaviour. Blogging provides the participants the opportunity to add comments to the written posts and to engage in conversations following the seminar.
I was having difficulties with how I was going to keep engaging teachers after the seminars had finished. I contemplated newsletters but found that they would be very time consuming and would require a certain amount of time on my part to develop and send. It would not allow for continued dialogue amongst the participants. But a blog would. Duffy and Cunningham (cited by Driscoll, 2002) state that learners have the potential to solve complex problems using "real world contexts" through the utilization of technology. The blog allows me to add new information through the posting tool and permit the teachers to discuss their strategies, or, if they felt the need, they can engage in discussions on how they were coping with their class and students. Williams & Jacobs (2004) observed that this type of interaction between colleagues or professionals who are engaged in similar experiences can be a "cathartic experience" with the publication of one's own thoughts.
The opportunity for collegial collaboration is also a function of this software that I found useful. Blogs have the ability to create learning communities and networks that can positively benefit the members. Ferdig & Trammell (2004, p.2) have stated that blogs have the "potential to promote interactivity, provide opportunities for active learning, increase student and teacher relationships, increase higher-order thinking skills and improve flexibility in teaching and learning." The comment and editing tool allows the creator to edit posts and to monitor and respond to comments that are given by a member of the blog.
Bryant (2003) has also noted that it is important to make sure to remove obstacles and friction for people so that individuals are able to contribute without anxiety or fear. I found the "comment" link at the bottom of the blog is easily accessible for an individual to leave their replies. The comment feature is easy to use and encourages debate and discussion between the creator and participant.
The comments section is advantageous as it provides information from other members of the community, which allows for increased circulation of ideas and innovative strategies. This is beneficial in working with challenging children because teachers can discuss strategies that they have used. The members can generate numerous strategies and utilize them in a variety of teaching circumstances.
Williams & Jacobs (2004, p. 2) makes reference to the power of blogs for the "creation of legitimate warehousing of captured knowledge and archiving for later retrieval" They also note that blogs can operate as a knowledge-management tool that has the ability to add value to information which may affect an individual's understanding of the information thus creating knowledge from information (Williams & Jacobs, 2004). To take this concept one step further Bellinger et al (2004, p. 2) elaborates Russell Ackoff's definition of knowledge management incorporating understanding as the step where humans "take previously held knowledge and synthesize new knowledge" which can lead to undertaking better understanding and undertaking "useful action". This can be very powerful for the seminar participants as the seminars continue to develop and grow so will the information that I can provide through the blog.
Participants can keep accessing information long after the seminar through the archiving function and continually apply information and knowledge to help understand their current situations and guide their teaching practice.
Another feature that is useful is the ability to access quickly and easily other web resources through the blog. Blood (as cited by Ferdig & Trammell 2004) remarks that the hyperlink tool allows the creator and members to reach out to more information on a particular topic and may serve as supporting documentation to claims or commentary made by the blog creator. The reader can also determine whether or not the creator of the blog has belief systems similar to that of the reader, which may influence continued subscription to the blog (Ferdig & Trammell, 2004). Williams & Jacobs (2004) have also discussed the fact that links can provide up to date information and continued research on a particular topic which encourages higher level thinking and increased interaction around the topic.
I have used links to provide access to websites that contain excellent information and resources for teachers on a variety of topics, including autism, ADHD and Oppositional Defiance Disorder. The sites also encourage teachers to explore assessments, and planning documents that help promote positive learning environments within their schools. These links save them time trying to research the sites themselves.
The inclusion of videos, through the Page Element Section of Blogger, allows for discussions, which assists with the formulation of new and innovative ideas for the promotion of positive learning environments within schools in relation to challenging children. The addition of You Tube is done.
Rich Site Summary or Real Simple Syndication is another "tool" that is typically built in to most blogging software (Richardson, 2004). This allows participants to subscribe to a "feed" which allows readers to stay abreast of updates (Richardson, 2004). This would help readers subscribe to a site of interest and if new content is added they can access the information without having to check all the sites to which they had subscribed.
The process to implement the blog was extremely easy but I have encountered a few unexpected upsets. I had to be patient in some circumstances and learn to accept that technology had certain flaws that may not be easily repaired. However the frustration that I experienced did not hinder my enthusiasm to continue to learn more about blogging.
One unexpected issue is the lack of comments from participants and trying to inform past participants that the blog exists. Downes (2006) has raised the issue that the community of blogging will only work if people are prepared to share their experiences and to talk about what they are doing. Other technical difficulties that have caused some frustration are: the videos from You Tube will not play and Education Queensland has filtered the site for some of the participants which make it difficult for them to access the information.
Blogging technology allows people to become active participants in the Web and create interesting and functional sites rather than passively engaging in other people's information. Participants can begin to investigate information that pertains to their situations which may then lead to an increase in participant understanding. Increased understanding can create individuals who may implement progressive teaching practices within their schools.
Teachers experiencing complex difficulties within their classrooms can utilize this tool to increase flexibility and create solutions. The software provides a network for teachers to express to others the challenges of their profession and to discuss and develop original strategies that may positively influence the outcomes in relation to their challenging children or classrooms. Discussing experiences may provide a professional outlet that encourages growth and meaningful interactions among teachers.
I found that the learning process for acquiring new skills when working with this particular digital technology required me to immerse myself in a project that was relevant to my own context and situation. Barriers and obstacles to begin the blogging process were removed as Blogger was very easy to access. I felt that I could engage and develop my skills without worrying if I would be successful with this technology when I initially started my exploration. Acquisition of new skills in my case definitely required that the learning occurred in context, was active and solved a current and existing problem.
Oravec, J. (2002). Bookmarking the world: Weblog applications in education. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy , 45 (7), 616-621.
Williams, J. B., & Jacobs, J. (2004). Exploring the use of blogs as learning spaces in the higher education sector. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology , 20 (2), 1-13.


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Q: If, for a body rolling on an incline, the friction coefficient isn't enough to allow pure rolling will it still roll? More specifically that it won't be pure rolling (obviously) but would it still have some rotational motion along with its translational motion? (if yes how would we write their mechanical equations). Will this also apply to a body which is on a horizontal surface?

A: Firstly let's look at the case of a horizontal plane first.
In my answer here I derived that the critical friction coefficient is:
$$\large{\mu_c=\frac{FI}{mg(I+mR^2)}}$$
Now we have three scenarios:
a) No friction at all, $\mu=0$:
Assuming no forces or couples act on the object then Newton tells us that the state of motion remains unchanged, or:
$$v=v_0,$$
and:
$$\omega=\omega_0.$$
Specifically, if the object was rotating it will keep doing so (of course this does not constitute 'rolling'), if it wasn't then it won't start doing so.
b) Lots of friction, $\mu>\mu_c$:
Assuming no forces or couples act on the object then $v$ and $\omega$ will adjust themselves until:
$$v=\omega R$$
c) Small amount of friction $0<\mu<\mu_c$:
The object will both roll and slide.
If for simplicity's sake we assume the object was completely at rest at $t=0$ and a constant accelerating force $F$ acts on its centre of gravity, then the equations of motion are:
$$v=\frac{F-\mu mg}{m}t$$
and:
$$\omega=\mu\frac{mgR}{I}t$$
also:
$$v>\omega R$$.
Secondly, the case of the object on an inclined plane. Here we must bear in mind that on an inclined plane a gravitational force $mg\sin\theta$ always acts on the object.
In my answer here I derived that for that case the critical friction coefficient is:
$$\large{\mu_c=\frac{I}{I+mR^2}\tan\theta}.$$
Again we have three scenarios:
a) No friction at all, $\mu=0$:
Assuming no forces other than gravity are acting on the object and that the object was completely stationary at $t=0$ then the equations of motion are:
$$v=mg\sin\theta t$$
and:
$$\omega=0$$
b) Lots of friction, $\mu>\mu_c$:
Assuming no forces other than gravity are acting on the object and that the object was completely stationary at $t=0$ then the equations of motion are:
$$v=(\sin\theta - \mu_c \cos\theta)gt.$$
$$\omega=(\mu_c \frac{mgR}{I}\cos\theta)t.$$
In addition:
$$v=\omega R$$
c) Small amount of friction $0<\mu<\mu_c$:
The object will both roll and slide.
If for simplicity's sake we assume the object was completely at rest at $t=0$, then the equations of motion are:
$$v=(\sin\theta - \mu \cos\theta)gt.$$
$$\omega=(\mu \frac{mgR}{I}\cos\theta)t.$$
In addition:
$$v>\omega R$$

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Bella Sorella VIP Pop-up Preview Event
Last night I was very lucky to be invited to a VIP preview of the Bella Sorella pop up shop at Cabot Circus. Bristol is so on point with shopping at the moment; not only can you grab some great discounts with the Bristol Summer in the City Facebook offers, it's a real hub that seems to be attracting a lot of outside attention.
One such visitor, to Cabot Circus at least, is the Bella Sorella pop up store. Fresh from her fame on TOWIE but not wishing to be left typecast, Lydia Bright has forged ahead with her plans for her own boutique, which she runs with her sister Georgia. She's now also just released her own range that she designed herself and which caused her website to crash upon launch!
Bella Sorella is a one stop shop for all things pretty, vintage and girlie. I asked Lydia where her inspiration comes from and she was quick to mention her heritage; her mum (the effervescent Debbie on the show) and grandmother have both worked in the fashion industry and she was keen to maintain her family's fashion traditions. I noted that her style, and the products that she has for sale in the shop, are very much an antithesis to all things 'Essex', was this her intention? "Obviously I was so lucky to have an amazing platform in TOWIE" she smiles "but this is very much more my style, classic, elegant, timeless."
Fashion is clearly Lydia's passion as she lights up when talking about it. We spoke of our mutual love for vintage shopping ("I could spend all day doing that!") but I also got the impression that she is an astute businesswoman with an eye for what will work and the forethought to capitalise on her best asset-herself. Whilst Georgia, who didn't appear in TOWIE, is very much involved in Bella Sorella, it's Lydia who propels herself forwards as the face of the brand and really puts her name to the business. Georgia is heavily involved with buying as well as Lydia, though, and you do get the impression that this is a joint venture by two sisters who are clearly very close.
The pieces for sale in the pop up shop are a selection from the range available in their Essex flagship as well as on their website (click here.) Cutesy dresses and shorts nestle next to Burberry-esq studded trench coats and peter pan collar blouses sit with breton striped sweaters. There are no clear concepts but the vintage mish mash works well to create a homely and interesting shopping environment. Products are mainly grouped by colour but there is an easy outfitting vibe to the collection that allows outfits to be pulled together easily; no mean feat in a pop up shop!
There was also a small selection of jewellery and homewares on offer, everything from simple silver rings to sleek picture frames and ditsy knicknacks for the home. There were a large selection of scented candles which, on opening one of the tins, I found to be glitter-encrusted....well, there had to be a bit of Essex in there!
Lydia was absolutely wonderful with the invited guests, self deprecating, friendly and polite, as well as being absolutely stunning! She's tiny in the flesh and very charming. I introduced myself and she said, 'Hello Amie, I'm Lydia' as if I wouldn't know! I really wanted to broach the subject of a certain 'Arg' but bottled out!
The pop up shop is located on the top floor of Bristol's Cabot Circus complex and will be there until Sunday. It's definitely worth a visit if you have the chance!

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Awaken to the sublime energies of the Tree of Life through 432 Hz healing music, divine chants, poems, and meditations.
Welcome to this vibrational meditation series for awakening the divine energies of the Tree of Life within you. Brought to you by Theresa Bullard, Ph.D. & Philipp Schardt.
All together, consisting of over 4.5 hours and 5 GB of transformative content.
Each album in this 11-part series is specially tuned to musical frequencies, sound-scape, and divine names that capture the essence of each Sephirah on the Tree of Life. Each album focuses on a different part of the Tree of Life, starting from Malkuth the physical Kingdom and working up, step-by-step to the highest spiritual realms.
Kabbalah Chants was an inspired co-creation featuring award-winning music producer, Philipp Schardt, and International Instructor for the Modern Mystery School, Theresa Bullard, Ph.D. The journey to creating this vibrational meditation series began when Philipp took the Universal Kabbalah Ascension program for the first time with Theresa.
Theresa agreed that it was a project whose time has come and she'd had visions of it happening for many years.
The voice recordings were all done in an activated kabbalistic temple and all music was similarly created with a calling in of the energies of each Sephirah. These vibrations are truly attuned, not only musically, but spiritually to the proper frequencies that will elicit the desired awakening within the listener. We hope you enjoy what resulted from this collaboration.


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Here you can find and browse twitter games and see reviews on them. Both free and paid apps are presented here. You can distinguish them by colored badges on the right. Popular apps of these are Siberian Strike, Link It!, Real Racing GTI, LUXOR, Westbang.
Siberian Strike
Follow the official Twitter account to get more info about the game: http://twitter.com/Siberian_Strike When you fly at the speed of sound, you have to think at the speed of light… Discover the fastest-paced shoot'em up with hours of aerial action and fun! 1940s. You are Elliott Freeman and your mission is to track and destroy an …
Siberian Strike is a game by Gameloft S.A., for iPhone and iPod Touch.
Link It!
…each mode. - Hint is provided when stuck. - Automatically save the mode and theme when you leave. Follow us on twitter for news and promotions: http://twitter.com/Imagol09 Webs ite: http://imagol09.blogspot.com/2009/1 2/iphone-game-application-link-it-i s.html (feel free to post a comment here)
Link It! is a board game by Imagol Studio, for iPhone.
Real Racing GTI
…to publish your best laps automatically, and make sure your friends know about your achievements with Facebook and Twitter integration. Beautiful track environments, carefully detailed cars and console quality 3D sound effects create the most attractive, natural racing experience available on iPhone and iPod Touch. Full version features include: -…
Real Racing GTI is a game by ndWare Pty Ltd, for iPhone and iPod Touch.
…- Earn awards across 88 levels for hours of gameplay JOIN FRIENDS ON PLUS+ - Challenge friends via Facebook and Twitter - Blaze to the top of global leaderboards for high scores glory - Earn points on Plus+, the free social play network …………………………� ��…………………………… ………………………… < p>Coming Soon to…
LUXOR is a game by MUMBOJUMBO, for iPhone and iPod Touch.
Westbang
…update and iPhone 3GS: Download latest Westbang 1.1 update, which fixes sound and music issues. * Follow us on Twitter or Facebook at www.rakeingrass.com
Westbang is a game by Pavel Tovarys, for iPhone and iPod Touch.
…taking on the S'rath, put your skills to the test in Challenge Mode and compete against your friends over Twitter, Facebook, or email. New 3.0 features allow you to send challenges directly to your friends via the Plus+ network. PRODUCT FEATURES: POWERFUL ARSENAL – Build your defenses from 5 classes of towers, for a grand total of 15…
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Dirt Moto Racing
…racer that stands as the king of the genre in the App Store" Follow us on Twitter @ResolutionBlog - Tweets about Promo Codes, etc @ResolutionNews - Tweets about Press Releases @ResolutionFeed - Tweets about Game Updates Dirt Moto Racing will put your ATV riding skills…
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…with Digital Chocolate's latest product, promos and game tips! Visit us on Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and Twitter! Find us FAST by searching for dchoc. All trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners. To ensure optimal functionality of your game, restart your device before playing a new application.
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Topple 2 is a game by ngmoco, Inc., for iPhone and iPod Touch.


Since signing up for The Guardians Live Better Campaign I have been watching what gets thrown and what can be used.
I hate throwing food out at the best of time but now I am even worse!
When I found some homemade fruit loaf which was getting past its best and a brioche roll that was going stale I knew exactly how I would use it up.
No longer fresh but too good to throw away!
I made Bread and butter pudding!
However I wanted to make one that was a little bit different from the traditional pudding.
This pudding is delicious served hot with ice cream, fresh cream or custard. It is also just as good the following day cold and a great way to use up and enjoy what otherwise would have been thrown in the bin.
*DROOOOOL* This sounds absolutely delicious!
This looks really good and not hard to make at all.
I only have two words - OMG YUM!!
Bread and butter pudding is so yummy and so versatile, I don't know why more people don't try flavour variations, you've got me thinking about what I could do now!
Ooh I love the look of that, I made a chocolate and orange one recently with aplain custard and choc pieces, I like the idea of a chocolate custard.
I really wish I liked bread and butter pudding as I've seen some great recipes, yours being no exception! My OH would really enjoy this.
Can this be made with another type of marmelade? I'm not a big fan of orange marmelade, but love this recipe otherwise.
I have to say that I tend to think bread and butter pudding is not very nice...but having seen yours I may have to change my mind! It is something I must try with gluten-free bread one day...and chocolate orange sounds like a great idea!
Bread and butter pudding is a firm favorite in our house. We throw all sorts of things into it: flaked almonds, marshmallow, chocolate chips. It's actually better with old bread than fresh. We've used croissants, fruit buns/bread, brioche, you name it! And as you said - it's irresistible cold too. I end up cutting myself a slice every time I fetch something from the fridge.
I adore bread pudding, and chucking in chocolate just makes it sound even better!
This looks delicious. You can't go wrong with bread and butter pudding, and adding chocolate and orange sounds a decadent touch.
I have only just seem this challenge, wish I had joined in now! Great recipe.
I really (really, really) love chocolate bread pudding. Never thought about adding the orange in so thank you for this great idea and recipe - which I will try really soon!
Bread pudding is stalking me! Since the morning I see pictures of bread pudding all over internet ;) It's time to make my own, yours look droolworthy!
Fab idea. We always have fruit loaf and never quite get through it all.
wow! I love bread and butter pudding, and chocolate orange one sounds even better!
What a great way to "re-cycle" food!


This project uses a compost system as incubator—a compostcubator—to provide the necessary heat to maintain a small flask of dissembodied mouse cells.
An incubator simulates a body. It acts as a homeostatic surrogate for life out of context, out of place, and out of agency. This project complicates this apparatus by making it into a living system—a messy 'biological device' that is an assemblage of different species. The work plays with and critiques notions of control, optimisation, kinship, interdependence and multispecies ecologies.
Built from a metal frame, wire mesh, five tonnes of locally sourced mulch, horse manure and beer barley waste, the compost generates heat as bacteria decompose the biological waste in the centre of the pile. Inside the compost a 100 metre coil of plastic tubing contains water. This water is heated by the process of microbial decomposition and pumped to a custom-designed incubator made of clear acrylic and copper, which sits on top of the compost. Inside the incubator rests a small flask of mouse muscle cells.


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Japan suffers $2.5 billion trade deficit amid double-digit export decline
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Tokyo, July 20 (efe-epa).- Japan has recorded a trade deficit of 268.8 billion ($2.5 billion) in June with its exports clocking a double-digit decrease for the fourth month in a row, the government data showed on Monday, reinforcing fears that the economy has plunged into one of the worst recessions in decades amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The deficit is lower than May figures of 838.2 billion yen, according to the data by the Ministry of Finance.
The data also showed that Japanese exports have fallen 26.2 percent year-on-year to 4.86 trillion yen in June, while imports decreased 14.4 percent to 5.13 trillion yen.
With China, its largest trading partner, Japan has recorded a trade deficit of 146,259 million yen, which is 10.3 percent more obtained a year ago.
Shipments to the United States, Japan's second-largest trading partner, have almost halved mainly due to a dip in demands for cars and automobile parts. However, Japan has recorded a surplus of 124.6 billion yen with the US, which is a whopping 81.4 percent year-on-year less.
The exports to the US in June were 46.6 percent less as shipments of automobiles from the world's second-largest exporter of autos decreased to 63.3 percent amid a 56 percent drop in airplane engines and over 58.3 percent decline in car parts.
The weakening of exports to the world's two top economies is an indication of a missing growth engine for the recovery of the global economy.
Shipments to the European Union, its third-largest trading partner, declined by 28.4 percent as compared to figures of June 2019.
Shipments to Asia, which account for more than half of Japanese exports, declined 15.3 percent.
Japan's GDP had also posted a contraction of 1.9 percent between October and December last year from the previous quarter. Two consecutive quarters of economic decline confirms that Japan has fallen into recession for the first time since 2015.
Japan has already slipped into recession amid fears that the third-largest economy may be headed toward its deepest postwar slump amid health crisis triggered by the global coronavirus outbreak.
The impact of the pandemic in the first quarter of this year was as reflected in the negative GDP development between January and March that came on the heels of an increase in Japan's consumption tax rate in October, which also led to a contraction of the Japanese economy.
Comparing the first quarter of 2020 with the same period last year, the indicator released in June put the trend growth at 0.0 percent, compared to a 0.1 percent decline in the first estimate of the data published by the government on May 18.
Following the release of the first data on GDP growth in the first quarter of this year, analysts had already indicated that the decline recorded was lower than expected although they anticipate the impact of Covid-19 to be more noticeable in the second quarter of the year. EFE-EPA
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What would you recommend to anglers fishing in Marathon, Florida?
Make sure you get a guide that knows where to go for the fish. Our guy did not. We went on a fishing trip with a guy from our campground and caught a load of fish. So it's all in knowing how and where the fish are going to be.
Even with unsettled weather the action was great. My boys and I are experinced fresh water fisherman and have had great days boating 25 to 30 keeper smallmouth in a day. The fishing in Marathon matched our best days on the water. Nothing but two thumbs up!
Capt. Bob and Shawn were professional and very fun....will look forward to a nother trip when the wind isn't so bad.....I could have fished all day and it wouldn't have been enough. Thanks captain brown.
Choose guide wisely there are some that are sub par and some that over charge my guide was good price and knowledgeable.
Can't say anything but book it. And offshore fishing, live the experience With Sundance charters out of Marathon Florida.
Wear your sunscreen Dont guide yhe guide and fish what hot insted of what you want. Do your research on what species are in and listen to your guide.
Get your fishe cleaned and take them to almost any restaurant in the area and have them prepare it fresh for dinner!
It was windy and cold in November. Check the weather for all the possible days you can fish and pick your fishing day.
If you do not want to drive all the way to Key West, Marathon is the perfect place with access to great fishing in the Florida Keys.
Bring plenty of sun protection, clothing and sun lotions. Get ready to experience a great variety of fish and types of fishing, flats, bridge, reefs, wrecks!
Bopk with Captain Nick and the Noreaster for the day or 3/4 day. You will enjoy and have memories for a lifetime.
Hire a boat, get a feel for the waters. Let the local guides put you on the fish, then return with your own boat another time.
Boat iand crew were great. We had a great time out on the water and caught some unexpected fish along with about a dozen mahi.
Make arrangements to ship fish home ahead of time. Also check with the airlines.
Do a little upper body work out a few months ahead of time because we caught so many fish..
Go with an experienced guide, one that knows the waters, and where the fish are.
Bring plenty of sun protection. Be versatile, if one species isn't biting there will be another!
You have to be aware of the weather but Capt Buddy will put you on some groceries.
Recommend a full day if interested in mahi mahi since they school twenty miles off shore.
Great place to fish. Hit on the lines almost within minutes of casting every time.
Bring lots of sunscreen and get lots of rest the night before ! Incredible day of fun !
Want the right Capt for your trip? This guy will take you and school you on how to fish his waters and bring home what you ask for!
Book deep sea. Off shore half day was nice, but was jealous to see all the 'big' fish caught further out.
If you are spin casting I would recommend popping cork and live ship or any cut bait. May want some wire rigs teeth will break your heart.
Hire an experienced captain and take the captain's suggestion regarding which bite is hot, rather than being bull-headed and trying to catch a species that is not active at the time you are there.


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Antaresia childreni — вид змей из семейства ложноногих, обитающий в Австралии. Назван в честь британского зоолога Джона Чилдрена.

Описание
Общая длина достигает 1—1,12 м. Крайне редко 1,5 м. Голова узкая, туловище тонкое. Кончик морды покрыт чешуёй, на верхних и нижних губных щитках есть термолокационные ямки. Окраска спины светло-коричневая, постепенно переходящая в белый цвет на брюхе. Молодые питоны имеют тёмно-коричневые пятна на спине и по бокам.

Образ жизни
Предпочитает долины, холмы. Активна ночью. Питается лягушками, ящерицами, грызунами, летучими мышами.

Продолжительность жизни до 30 лет.

Размножение
Это яйцекладущая змея. Самка в сентябре-октябре откладывает от 7 до 25 яиц, высиживает их, свернувшись кольцами вокруг кладки.

Распространение
Является эндемиком Австралии. Обитает в Квинсленде, Западной Австралии и на Северной Территории.

Галерея

Литература
 Mehrtens JM (1987). Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. .
 Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families … Boidæ … London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Liasis childreni, pp. 77-78, 418 + Plate IV, figure 1).
 Even,Eddy 2005. Reptielen zoeken in Australië. Lacerta 63 (2): 48-65

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Животные, описанные в 1842 году
Питоны
Эндемики Австралии
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I finished creating the dividers and gluing them into the bottom of the box. Then I broke the edges with a chisel and sanded the facets away.
...and with tools. The pieces parts on the top right edge are the iron and wedge for that skew rabbet.
I like the clamps, plane, and files being here. The other compartments' contents are really up in the air.
No changes, except for the vise grips being added when the clamps moved down.
No changes here at all.
The squares and such only used about half the depth of the tray. So I added what will eventually be a clipboard. It also functions as a cover for the layout tools. I just have to cut the spine off that notebook and then drive a few screws from the bottom through the paper, and into the molding. I'll use clamps to draw it all tight and the screws to hold it together, versus trying to simply draw it tight with the screws; I don't want to strip them.
Purgatory, the place where tools become round.
The loaded box in place, sitting about 3" above Purgatory.
Ok, and except for the clipboard, construction is complete. Next is some combination of final sanding, sealing, and paint.
I have pretty much squeezed all the fun out of the construction process. I am ready to move on to the next phase.
Looks good. I like to see how it works in the "field".
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The toolbox is intended to be used in and around the barn. The jury is still out on its durability, specifically with the glue-joints between the wooden box and and the lip that lets it sit in the Ridgid. Between the staples and the glue joint however, I think there's no real danger of failure.
I like to work out of my toolbox. That is, I pull a tool, use the tool, and put the tool back immediately. I expect to have the trays out of the box and directly accessible. I won't be moving trays in and out of the box while working.
In any event, my gut tells me the tools are better in the trays than piled into the well.
Believe it or not, this project is "inspiring" to me.
Back in the days of dinosaurs, I took a 1 semester shop class and managed to really "mung up" the assignment of making an extremely simple toolbox. You've taken the idea, broken t down into manageable parts, explained the process and the problems you ran into in such simple terms and photos that even I can understand and follow, and thus "inspired me" to try something similar in my first real project after I make a crosscut sled and a drill press table (I'm just starting out).


The recent fighting in Hasaka, divided into zones of Kurdish and Syrian control, marks the most violent confrontation between the Kurds and Damascus in over five years of civil war.
REUTERS - The Kurdish YPG militia launched a major assault on Monday to seize the last government-controlled parts of the northeastern Syrian city of Hasaka after calling on pro-government militias to surrender, Kurdish forces and residents said.
They said Kurdish forces began the offensive after midnight to take the southern district of East Nashwa, close to where a security compound is located, near the governor's office.
The fighting this week in Hasaka, divided into zones of Kurdish and Syrian government control, marks the most violent confrontation between the Kurdish YPG militia and Damascus in more than five years of civil war. It forms part of a broader battle for control of the long border area abutting Turkey.
After a morning lull in fighting, fierce clashes broke out again across the city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The powerful YPG militia has captured almost all of east Ghwairan, the only major Arab neighborhood still in government hands.
The YPG is at the heart of a U.S.-led campaign against ISIS in Syria and controls swaths of the north, where Kurdish groups associated with the militia have set up their own government since the Syrian war began in 2011.
NATO member Turkey, facing a Kurdish insurgency of its own, is concerned about attempts to extend Syrian Kurdish control westward along its border. Turkey is currently allowing a rebel Syrian force under the banner of the Free Syrian Army to assemble on its soil for an attack on an ISIS-held town, seeking to deny control to the YPG.
War planes were seen in the skies above Hasaka again on Monday, but did not drop bombs, the Observatory said.
The YPG denied it had entered into a truce. It distributed leaflets and made loudspeaker calls across the city urging army personnel and pro-government militias to hand over their weapons.
"To all the elements of the regime and its militias who are besieged in the city, you are targeted by our units," leaflets distributed by the YPG said.
The YPG, known as the People's Protection Units and linked to Kurdish rebels who fight the Turkish state, appeared intent on leaving a nominal Syrian government presence confined to within a security zone in the heart of the city, where several key government buildings are located, Kurdish sources said.
The complete loss of Hasaka would be a big blow to Syrian President Bashar Assad's government and would also dent efforts by Moscow, which had sought through a major military intervention last year to help Damascus regain lost territory and prevent new rebel gains.
Hasaka's population, swelled by displaced Syrians fleeing areas that fell under ISIS control, is broadly divided along ethnic lines, with Kurds mainly in the city's eastern neighborhoods and Arabs in the southern parts.


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Kubányi József (1771. január 10. – Cífer, 1839. március 30. vagy április 2.) római katolikus plébános.

Élete
A hittudományokat 1788-1792-ig a pozsonyi általános papnevelőben végezte. 1793-ban szentelték fel, majd segédlelkész lett Nagymaroson. 1796-ban Gidrafán lett plébános, majd 1799-ben Cíferen.

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 Katekismus w. kterém Krestanské Katolické Učeni w kratkém Witahu predložil Oswiteni ... Nagyszombat, 1806. (Keresztény katholikus katekizmus, Perényi Imre báró után ford.)
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 Modlácá kniha pre nemocnich. Pozsony, 1818. (Imák betegek számára).
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 Philothea, aneb vinaučovani, k životu pobožnému na slovenski jazik prenesené ... Uo. 1882. (Istenes életre való tanítás).

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 Zelliger Alajos: Egyházi írók csarnoka. Esztergom főegyházmegyei papság irodalmi munkássága. Nagyszombat, Szerző, IV, 1893.
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Current marsh pollution has dramatic, negative effects on sea anemone's survival
by Marine Biological Laboratory
Native to the U.S. East Coast, Nematostella vectensis is an important research organism for fundamental studies in developmental, regenerative, and evolutionary biology. This is the first study to look at the impact of marsh pollutants on Nematostella's growth, development, and microbiome. Credit: Marine Biological Laboratory/BioQuest Studios
Stationary marine organisms that don't ply the ocean, but spend their lives rooted in one spot, have evolved impressive ways to capture prey. The sea anemone Nematostella, for instance, burrows into salt marsh sediments and stays there for life. But it has specialized 'stinging cells' that hurl toxins into passing prey, immobilizing the morsel so the anemone can snatch it with its tentacles.
New research from the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), however, finds that Nematostella's growth, development, and feeding ability are drastically impacted by present levels of common pollutants found in one of its native habitats, the U.S. East Coast.
"The numbers of Nematostella in the wild have been dramatically decreasing over time," said senior author Karen Echeverri, associate scientist in the MBL's Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering. This study pinpoints factors that threaten the species, which is already under protection in the United Kingdom.
The MBL team focused on phthalates (plasticizers), chemicals that are widely used in plastic packaging and other consumer products that wash into the ocean; and potassium nitrate, which enters marshes through runoff from lawn fertilizers.
When Nematostella embryos were exposed to phthalate and nitrate concentrations commonly found in coastal environments (1-20 µM), they showed a gross decrease in body size two weeks after exposure. The animals also had fewer tentacles, and the tentacles that did grow were misshapen or uneven in length or number. In addition, the pollutant-exposed animals had a severely reduced number of stinging cells (cnidocytes), which they use as a defense mechanism and to capture food.
"At a certain point, the animals just die, because they can't defend themselves or feed themselves properly," said Echeverri.
Nematostella has specialized stinging cells on its skin and tentacles that it uses for self-defense and predation. A new study finds that after exposure to common marsh pollutants, Nematostella embryos exhibit severe developmental defects, including decreased body size, missing or misshapen tentacles, and reduced numbers of stinging cells. Credit: Marine Biological Laboratory/BioQuest Studios
Because Nematostella is sessile (stationary), it must constantly acclimate to environmental changes, such as temperature and salinity. "They have what we call adaptive plasticity; they are resilient to change," Echeverri said. "But we think there is a limit to that resilience. And as you bring in more pollution, they reach that limit of resilience much faster."
The study is unusual in that it integrates assessment of the pollutants' impact on Nematostella's microbiome. Led by MBL scientists Mitchell Sogin and Emil Ruff, the team sequenced the microbiomes of animals after 10 days of pollutant exposure.
"Certain classes of microbes became much more dominant after exposure," said Echeverri. "How this affects the physiology of the animal, we don't completely know yet."
Shifts in the microbiome can serve as sentinels of change in the health of the host, as shown by prior studies in other animals, including corals and humans.
"A next step is to link changes in the Nematostella microbiome to changes in the animal's development," Echeverri said.
Other studies of the effects of phthalates on embryonic development in vertebrates, including frogs and zebrafish, identified defects in body growth similar to what was found in Nematostella. These include slower body growth and defects of cells in the ectodermal lineage (such as the cnidocytes). Impacts on the endocrine system and on fertility have also been documented in other species.
Jellyfish adapt their venom to accommodate changing prey and sea conditions
More information: Sylvia Klein et al, Common Environmental Pollutants Negatively Affect Development and Regeneration in the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis Holobiont, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2021). DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.786037
Journal information: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Citation: Current marsh pollution has dramatic, negative effects on sea anemone's survival (2022, January 8) retrieved 29 January 2022 from https://phys.org/news/2022-01-current-marsh-pollution-negative-effects.html
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"Strategy," "genius" among Cooperative Program descriptors
MILES CITY, MT (BP) — A Montana pastor likens the effect of the Cooperative Program to a fence line.
"It's like multiplying our labor, like building a fence two miles long together, rather than a quarter-mile if you had to do it alone," Jeff Cahill told Baptist Press. He's a rancher and pastor of Valley Community Church in the far-reaching prairies around Miles City, MT. "We see the Cooperative Program as a way we can reach beyond our abilities."
The Cooperative Program is the way Southern Baptist churches band together to advance God's Kingdom in state and regional conventions, across North America and throughout the world.
"Let's be found consistent in our actions and guilty of doing good," said Nick Garland, pastor of First Baptist Church in Broken Arrow, OK. "God has blessed the Cooperative Program and the people who give to missions through it."
Each Southern Baptist church determines the amount or percentage of undesignated offerings to be allocated for cooperative work outside their local reach. That amount is forwarded to the state or regional convention, which determines by vote at its annual meeting the percentage to be sent to Southern Baptists' national and international causes.
"The genius of the Cooperative Program is that percentage-wise a small church is just as invested in missions as the church that gives millions," Garland said. "Both honor the Lord with their gift. The key to the success of the Cooperative Program is that it is not impulse giving, emotional giving, but that it is giving consistently."
The Southern Baptist Convention allocates percentage amounts of what it receives to the International Mission Board (50.41 percent); North American Mission Board (22.79 percent); the six Southern Baptist seminaries (22.16 percent); Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (1.65 percent); and the SBC operating budget (2.99) percent. These percentages were approved by messengers to the SBC annual meeting in Dallas last year.
"We're better together," said Billy Russell, pastor of First Baptist Church in Bolivar, MO. "We want to connect and serve people and reach people much further than just Bolivar. The Cooperative Program does that better than any other organization I know."
Pastors across the SBC say their churches believe in and support the Cooperative Program with at least 10 percent of undesignated offerings. These same churches also cooperate hands-on in local, regional, national and international missions.
Cutting downed timber into sections and splitting logs for firewood shows how the Cooperative Program works, said Eugene Overstreet, pastor of Sierra Baptist Church in Pioneer.
"The men work together, each doing something that leads to a shared goal: bringing God's love to those who need to hear of it, and in this case, to feel it," Overstreet said of the warmth for those who need firewood as well as the warmth of God's love. "That's what the Cooperative Program does. It supports the whole program of what Southern Baptists are doing throughout the world, and we do it together."
Sierra Baptist starts by giving 14.5 percent of undesignated offerings to missions through the Cooperative Program, plus 5 percent to Mother Lode Baptist Association. The congregation is heavily invested in community ministries as well.
"We try to share Jesus with the people around us," Overstreet said. "We need to be involved in our community, to be a witness for the Lord and hopefully reach people for Christ.
"One of the reasons we continue to do well, I believe, is because when we give, God blesses and He brings more people here because we're willing to give and to share," Overstreet noted. "That's very important, I think."
"We believe in missions, and the Cooperative Program is part of our missions strategy," said Steve Carne, pastor of Hamilton (VA) Baptist Church. "We feel God would have us send missionaries throughout the world, as the International Mission Board does, to send church planters to underserved populations as the North American Mission Board does, and to train future pastors as our seminaries do. We give to the Cooperative Program because we yearn to be part of this Kingdom-building work."
Hamilton Baptist gives 35 percent of undesignated income to missions, including 12 percent through the Cooperative Program. The church also has a longstanding partnership among Native Americans in the Dakotas and recently began partnering in Ghana, West Africa.
Union Baptist Church in Harrison, AR, where Bill Melton has been pastor for two years, for many years has given 25 percent of undesignated offerings to missions through the Cooperative Program.
Union Baptist, averaging 90 people in Sunday morning worship, gives another 6 percent to the North Arkansas Baptist Association, 2 percent to church-generated missions causes, and its people pay their own way on mission trips.
"As the new pastor coming in who has never seen this kind of percentage giving I had to ask, 'Does that kind of giving hurt this other ministry or that special project?'" Melton told BP. 1"It doesn't hurt anything! It helps everything.
"I would love churches to have the courage to say, 'We're going to increase our giving dramatically and put our finances out of our hands and see what God can do,'" Melton said. "Too often we do what only we can do, what we feel comfortable doing. We limit God and what He can do when we do that."
Union Baptist is known statewide for its willingness (with North Arkansas Association's activities trailer) to help churches put on block parties. Members go on short-term mission trips at least twice a year to Fort Worth, where they "feed the homeless, love on people and share Jesus," Melton said, through the congregation's Beautiful Feet street ministry.
The church gives to missions first through the Cooperative Program because of CP's inherent strength, Melton said. "For a missionary to be able to be on the field and to not have to worry about where his support is coming from — 'Is it going to show up this month and am I going to be able to stay?' — the Cooperative Program is an aid for our missionaries."
Back to eastern Montana, where there is more space than people.
"Neighboring," no matter the distance, is a necessity of life, said Cahill of Valley Baptist in Miles City. "Working together makes everything easier. That's the beauty of the Cooperative Program. When we all do our part, everything comes together like it's supposed to."


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Q: Increase the space between two interval in jfreechart for a dual axis bar chart Currently I'm plotting a dual axis bar chart using JFreeChart. The bars for the intervals are very close to each other. Because of that, the label for intervals is not shown in the graph. How to increase the space between the bars?
    CategoryAxis domainAxis = new CategoryAxis("Value");
    domainAxis.setAxisLinePaint(Color.blue);
    domainAxis.setLowerMargin(0.05);
    domainAxis.setUpperMargin(0.05);
    NumberAxis rangeAxis = new NumberAxis("Category 2");
    BarRenderer renderer1 = new BarRenderer();
    renderer1.setMaximumBarWidth(.50);
    renderer1.setSeriesPaint(0, Color.blue);
    renderer1.setShadowVisible(false);
    CategoryPlot plot = new CategoryPlot(dataset1, domainAxis, rangeAxis, renderer1);
    JFreeChart chart = new JFreeChart("", plot);
    chart.setBackgroundPaint(Color.WHITE);
    plot.setBackgroundPaint(Color.WHITE);
    plot.setDomainAxisLocation(AxisLocation.BOTTOM_OR_RIGHT);
    plot.setDataset(1, dataset2);
    plot.mapDatasetToRangeAxis(1, 1);
    ValueAxis axis2 = new NumberAxis("Category 1");
    plot.setRangeAxis(1, axis2);
    plot.setRangeAxisLocation(1, AxisLocation.BOTTOM_OR_RIGHT);
    BarRenderer renderer2 = new BarRenderer();
    renderer2.setSeriesPaint(0, Color.green);
    renderer2.setMaximumBarWidth(.100);
    renderer2.setShadowVisible(false);
    plot.setRenderer(1, renderer2);
    return chart;

The complete code:
import java.awt.Dimension;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartFactory;
import org.jfree.chart.ChartPanel;
import org.jfree.chart.JFreeChart;
import org.jfree.chart.axis.NumberAxis;
import org.jfree.chart.labels.StandardCategoryItemLabelGenerator;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.CategoryPlot;
import org.jfree.chart.plot.PlotOrientation;
import org.jfree.chart.renderer.category.BarRenderer;
import org.jfree.data.category.CategoryDataset;
import org.jfree.data.category.DefaultCategoryDataset;
import org.jfree.ui.ApplicationFrame;
import org.jfree.ui.RefineryUtilities;

public class BarChartDemo7 extends ApplicationFrame {

static class LabelGenerator extends StandardCategoryItemLabelGenerator {

    public String generateLabel(CategoryDataset dataset, int series,
            int category) {
        return dataset.getRowKey(series).toString();
    }
}

public BarChartDemo7(String title) {
    super(title);
    JPanel chartPanel = createDemoPanel();
    chartPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 270));
    setContentPane(chartPanel);
}

private static CategoryDataset createDataset() {

    String series1 = "First";
    String series2 = "Second";
    String series3 = "Third";

    DefaultCategoryDataset dataset = new DefaultCategoryDataset();

    for(int i=0;i<120;i++){
        dataset.addValue(i, series1, Integer.toString(i));
    }

    for(int i=0;i<120;i++){
        dataset.addValue(i, series2, Integer.toString(i));
    }

    for(int i=0;i<120;i++){
        dataset.addValue(i, series3, Integer.toString(i));
    }

    return dataset;

}

private static JFreeChart createChart(CategoryDataset dataset) {

    JFreeChart chart = ChartFactory.createBarChart(
            "Bar Chart Demo 7",
            "Category",
            "Value",
            dataset,
            PlotOrientation.HORIZONTAL,
            false,
            true,
            false
            );

    CategoryPlot plot = (CategoryPlot) chart.getPlot();
    plot.setRangePannable(true);

    NumberAxis rangeAxis = (NumberAxis) plot.getRangeAxis();
    rangeAxis.setStandardTickUnits(NumberAxis.createIntegerTickUnits());

    BarRenderer renderer = (BarRenderer) plot.getRenderer();
    renderer.setDrawBarOutline(false);
    renderer.setItemMargin(0.10);

    return chart;

}

public static JPanel createDemoPanel() {
    JFreeChart chart = createChart(createDataset());
    ChartPanel panel = new ChartPanel(chart);
    panel.setMouseWheelEnabled(true);
    return panel;
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
    BarChartDemo7 demo = new BarChartDemo7(
            "");
    demo.pack();
    RefineryUtilities.centerFrameOnScreen(demo);
    demo.setVisible(true);
}

}

I want to increase the space between the intervals so that they do not overlap.


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The new extension will run from Pasadena through Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa.
Developers are also planning to build a number of new residential and commercial developments along the new route.
The /*Gold Line*/ extension is the first project funded by /*Measure R*/, which was passed by voters in 2008.


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Marathon talks between Taliban and prominent Afghans conclude with positive — if vague — peace 'road map'
Members of Afghan delegations gather during talks in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Monday. (Karim Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images)
By Pamela Constable
Pamela Constable
Foreign correspondent covering Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, Latin America and immigration
KABUL — A marathon two-day meeting between Taliban officials and a range of influential Afghans concluded Monday night in Qatar with a strikingly positive joint resolution that included an eight-point "road map for peace," even as insurgent violence is spiking in Afghanistan.
All participants agreed that meaningful peace would come only through "Afghan-inclusive negotiations," but the Taliban still refuses to negotiate directly with the Afghan government, and no dates were set for further talks among Afghans.
The informal meeting came during a pause in the latest negotiations between U.S. and Taliban officials, which resumed Tuesday with apparently renewed momentum. In a tweet after midnight, top U.S. negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad said the meeting "gives hope for further progress" to end years of war and "terrible suffering."
American officials have said they want a basic peace deal by Sept. 1, ahead of Afghan presidential elections scheduled for Sept. 28. But some observers have warned that the two parallel efforts could collide before then, deepening political divisions and adding to violence. Fighting between insurgent and government forces has intensified in recent months.
Participants preparing to return to Kabul praised the cordial tone of the encounter. They called it a watershed of sorts because it included Afghan officials, who were allowed to participate as private citizens. The Taliban has repeatedly derided the elected Kabul government as a U.S. puppet.
"Glad to see common understanding on difficult issues. The conference itself was a success in pursuing peace agenda," tweeted Fawzia Koofi, a legislator and one of six women in a Kabul delegation of 50. The joint resolution said "all participants insist" on continuing the dialogue.
Nadir Naim, deputy chairman of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, said he hopes that a U.S.-Taliban deal on foreign troop withdrawals is now imminent. "A lot of the differences are being resolved, so it's just a matter of time," he told the Reuters news agency from the Qatari capital, Doha.
But some delegates and outside observers voiced caution. They said insurgents at the "peace conference" expressed no regret for two recent bombings that injured more than 100 Afghan children, that they did not explicitly agree to negotiate with the government, and that they did not soften their earlier insistence that the country must come under full Islamic, or sharia, law.
Among eight conditions listed in the road map for peace, the top item is "institutionalizing [the] Islamic system in the country." This is familiar Taliban language that directly contradicts the demand of many Afghans, including most of those in Doha, to keep Afghanistan a democratic Islamic republic with a modern constitution.
[Taliban car bomb hits intelligence compound in Afghanistan, killing at least 12 and wounding schoolchildren]
One participant from the government, speaking on the condition of anonymity to offer a candid assessment, said the comments by Taliban leaders at the meeting "proved that they have not changed." He said it was good that they had a chance to "hear from Afghans how the country has changed" in recent years, and remarked that they seemed less "arrogant" than in the past. But he also said the Taliban leaders proudly told the visiting delegates that they had "defeated the U.S."
It was not clear how the intra-Afghan encounter, which followed two similar conferences in Moscow, would affect the U.S.-Taliban talks that have been taking place since September in an effort to end the 18-year conflict. Khalilzad said Saturday that the latest talks had made "substantive progress" on four major issues, including a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawals and a permanent cease-fire.
Several analysts said the joint resolution was a positive step because it listed specific conditions needed to achieve piece. On the other hand, they said it did not address key issues, especially how the timing of foreign troop withdrawals would relate to further talks with Afghan leaders and whether those would include authorities in Kabul.
The joint statement said the "peace process" would begin "simultaneously with the accomplishment of all the terms and conditions set forth." Those included international monitoring, assurance of no interference by neighboring countries, establishing an "Islamic system" and securing future support from donor countries.
"Even the most hardened skeptic has to admit that this statement is encouraging, but the 'what next' factor is critical," said Michael Kugelman, an analyst at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. "The Taliban still have their eyes on a prize — a troop withdrawal deal that the U.S. isn't ready to concede until there's more progress with an intra-Afghan dialogue. That has new momentum now, but the Taliban buy-in is still questionable."
Delegates also expressed concern that the Taliban leaders were giving only lip service to issues including women's rights and the protection of civilians. The joint agreement said all sides supported "assuring women's rights . . . within the Islamic framework of Islamic values." During four years in power from 1996 to 2001, extremist Taliban rulers severely repressed women's rights to work, study and leave their homes without a male escort.
Some delegates wept during the meetings as they listened to fellow Afghans describe their suffering at Taliban hands, including losing family members to conflict and facing brutal detentions during Taliban rule.
Participants were also shaken Sunday by a deadly suicide bombing in the capital of Ghazni province that was claimed by the Taliban. The attack, which killed 12 people and wounded 180, was aimed at a compound of the national intelligence agency, but the blast injured many children at a nearby school. A similar attack in Kabul on July 1 killed six people and wounded 105, mostly children.
"It's sad to see not a single sentence of condemnation of the attacks on children of Afghanistan in Ghazni and Kabul," a woman named Rosa Afghan tweeted in response to Khalilzad's upbeat tweet. "How can murders and negotiations continue side by side?"
Afghan government, shut out of U.S.-Taliban peace talks, running short on options
Taliban meets with women's rights activists, others after talks with Afghan officials collapse
Suicide bomber kills six at Afghan defense university while Moscow talks fail to deliver cease-fire


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Q: Composition of composable 2-cells in a 2-category is unambiguously defined? I believe the following nice statement is true, but I cannot find a reference or proof it myself.

In a 2-category(i.e., bicategory), the composition of composable 2-cells is unambiguously defined.
Where 2-cells are 2-commutative triangles (other shape will not give more information), "composable" is not easy to say in simple words but it is easy to imagine.
Special cases of this statement include vertical composition of 2-morphisms are associative and the exchange law of vertical composition and horizontal composition.
Any comments or references would be appreciated. Thank you guys!

A: A well-known reference:

John Power, A 2-categorical pasting theorem, Journal of Algebra Volume 129, Issue 2, March 1990, Pages 439-445.

See the nLab page on pasting diagrams for more.
Power's paper just deals with strict 2-categories, if I remember correctly.
Edit: Following Todd's comment, here's the reference to Verity's thesis, where the bicategorical case is covered.  The original thesis came out in 1992, but it has recently been reprinted:

Dominic Verity, Enriched categories, internal categories and change of base, Reprints in Theory and Applications of Categories No. 20 (2011) pp 1-266.

A: I think Tom's answer is what was being looked for, but I just thought I would mention that there is another way of stating and proving such a theorem, namely using string diagrams instead of pasting diagrams.  The corresponding theorem for string diagrams in a monoidal category was proven by Joyal and Street; the one for bicategories is an easy extension (but I don't know of anywhere that it appears in print).  There are some references at the nLab page.

A: Se also "General associativity and general composition for double categories  - Dawson, Robert; Pare, Robert"
Cahiers de Topologie et Géométrie Différentielle Catégoriques, 34 no. 1 (1993), p. 57-79
link: http://www.numdam.org/numdam-bin/fitem?id=CTGDC_1993__34_1_57_0

A: For simplicial compositions see Richard Steiner's paper
The algebraic structure of the universal complicial sets    arXiv:1009.3384v1


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Q: Prove that all graphs $G=(V,E)$ with $|V|=4$ have non-trivial automorphism group My understanding of this so far is that for $G$ to have a non-trivial automorphism group, ${\rm Aut}(G)$ must be greater than $1$ and therefore there exists a non-trivial symmetry of the vertices of $G$, i.e. not the identity. Hence, $G$ is symmetric (not asymmetric). So to prove all graphs on $4$ vertices have non-trivial automorphism group I can prove that there are no asymmetric graphs on $4$ vertices.
I believe my reasoning is correct but I don't know how to proceed from here. If anyone could help I would really appreciate it.

A: This is,of course, a matter of a finite check that you can leave to a computer. However, for a "manual" proof, we need a way to classify the (numerous) cases.
First notice that a graph with $4$ nodes cannot have all the degrees of those nodes different. Namely, there is no graph with precisely the degrees $0,1,2,3$, because the node with degree $0$ is not linked to any nodes, while the node with degree $3$ is linked to all nodes, including the former - a contradiction.
Thus, we can distinguish the cases based on the degree of two nodes with the same degree:

*

*If there are two nodes of degree $0$, a non-trivial automorphism will just swap those two nodes.

*If there are two nodes (say $A$ and $B$) of degree $1$, then: either they are linked to the same node (say $C$) and a non-trivial automorphism just swaps $A$ with $B$, or they are linked to different nodes (say $C$ and $D$, respectively), and a non-trivial automorphism maps $A\mapsto B, B\mapsto A, C\mapsto D, D\mapsto C$.

*If two nodes (say $A$ and $B$) are of degree $2$ or $3$, then consider the complement graph of the original graph. In the complement graph, $A$ and $B$ are of degree $1$ or $0$, respectively. Thus (as per the previous two points), there is a nontrivial automorphism of the complement graph. The same map is then a nontrivial automorphism of the original graph.


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Yes, I was one of those homeschooling parents. We were a middle-class family with bills that are always coming in. We were financially fine; however, if I didn't work – we would not make ends meet. If I was to homeschool my daughter, I had to earn a minimum amount of money a month plus whatever money I needed to homeschool her. And yes, I did this. And yes, in today's world of the internet it is even easier. Yes, it is POSSIBLE to both work and homeschool.
First, it was decided by accident, when our now, 22-year-old, was 4.5. years old, that we would homeschool her. Ms. S didn't "academically" fit into the box that public schools wanted. I had been home with her for her first five years and, by mutual agreement, it was time for me to go back to my public-school classroom and Ms. S was going to start school. Within a few hours of her "kindergarten screening day", I knew that public school was not going to be a good match. Honestly, I should have known earlier as all the signs were there; however, I hate labels, and I didn't want to admit out loud that she was academically gifted, and likely profoundly gifted. Ms. S was going to get bored very quickly and it was highly unlikely that an inner-city public school (where we were living at the time) was going to be able to meet her needs when they were dealing with students not having food on their tables at home. Gifted education was not on their priority. Anyway, I quit my teaching job and together, as a family, we figured out what needed to be financially done for me to stay at home one more year – and that was my goal. We figured that we would find Ms. S a good placement for 1st grade…. but that never happened and that is another story.
During the homeschooling years, I wore many hats to earn what I needed to stay at home. Sometimes, I had to miss out on sporting events. Sometimes, I had to work at night instead of eating dinner with my daughter and husband. Sometimes, I had to work on the weekend. But, I knew it was for the best. In today's online world, there are so many additional options that did not exist 18 years ago and each of these are to your benefit.
I have seen and heard of families that have taken "in" another family's children and homeschooled them side-by-side their families. This can be tricky, and everything needs to be arranged financially prior to this. Field Trips costs? Class costs? Hours? Responsibilities? However, I have seen friends of mine do this and it has worked. They earned enough money to cover their financial responsibilities while having "friends for their children" right there. If you can take this on and make it work out – this is a great way to homeschool and earn money as you are doing it!
This is one of the avenues I pursued. For me, it was a no brainer. I have a degree as a Consulting Teacher of Reading and Writing as well as an Elementary Teacher. My passion is teaching writing. And yes, even today, I do private tutoring about five hours a week. I keep saying I will tutor until my private students disappear; however, thus far, this hasn't happened. Depending on where you live and what you tutor, private tutors can earn $30/hour to $150/hour. High School math and science tutors are the highest paid tutors. If that is your specialty, go for it. But, beware, it might take a little while to build up your name and reputation; however, once you do – this is a solid income!
Over the last three years, there have been a slew of online companies such as VIPKIDS, Teach Away, DaDa…. have appeared with the goal of teaching Chinese students English at a very young age. These companies get you the clients, provide the curriculum and you show up and follow it. It is that easy! All you need to do is google, go on LinkedIn or Facebook to see the newest companies. Typically, you can earn up to $20 per hour and typically the hours are either early in the morning, so this doesn't affect your homeschooling day. I have heard that these kids are not only precious but beyond motivated. They love their American Teachers.
There are hundreds of opportunities for you to work "off hours" online from home. You can be a virtual assistant, travel agent, medical transcriptionist, translator, data entry, web developer, freelance writer and so much more! Take the skills you have and the passion you possess and take a look at what is out there.
Quite honestly, in today's world, there are so many options out there – it can be overwhelming. With all this said, most importantly, please remember the reason you are at home – to educate your child. Be sure to set alarms as well as set up boundaries to when you work and when you don't work from home. Your kids are only home for a very short period in their life and they need YOU! Do whatever it takes to keep you home, if that is your goal, and worry about other things later.
Eva Goldstein-Meola is not only co-founder of Open Tent Academy, but an instructor as well as a former homeschooling mother. She has lived in New Jersey, Florida, Western Massachusetts, Northern Virginia and now resides just outside of Jerusalem. Eva holds a Master's Degree as a Consulting Teacher of Reading and Writing, IEW certification and a Bachelor's Degree as an Elementary Teacher. She has also been involved in education since 1986 as a Private Tutor, Teacher, Reading Specialist, Homeschooling Mother, Homeschooling Teacher and Business Owner of an Online Education Consortium.
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