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September 07, 2016 News » Citizen Revolt
Voting Rights, African Arts and Native Peoples Workshops
By Katharine Biele @kathybiele
VOTING RIGHTS PRESENTATION
You probably didn't know that Constitution Day is coming up on Friday, Sept. 16. It was the day our Founding Fathers signed the document in 1787. Despite all the dialogue surrounding the Constitution and its protections, the United States is in the midst of legal turmoil over who gets to vote and whether certain groups are being systematically denied access. Hear more about America's past and continuing history of voter suppression from Laughlin McDonald, special counsel and director emeritus for the Voting Rights Project. Weber State University, Wildcat Theater, 1299 Edvalson St., 801-626-6252, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 11:30 a.m., free, Weber.edu/WalkerInstitute/Calendar.html
AFRICAN ARTS EXHIBIT
History and talents may fade, but you can see how students are keeping alive their unique heritage in the exhibit Africa Meets Africa. Exquisite objects, made for everyday use according to inherited styles of beadwork, weaving, pottery and homestead painting, reveal an astonishing integrity of design and innovation with contemporary materials and forms. Still, the iconic master artists of rural southern Africa are concerned that their skills might not survive beyond their own generation. These artists use an arts-skills learning methodology, integrating visual arts, history and mathematics. For example, students do geometry with their hands as they make beadwork and weave. 1355 W. 3100 South, 801-965-5100, through Wednesday, Oct. 12, Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; closing reception, Thursday, Oct. 6, 6-8 p.m., free, CulturalCelebration.org
NATIVE PEOPLES WORKSHOP
Injustice. These days, you'd think it was all about white male Americans. But in this two-hour workshop, Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change, Toward Right Relationship with America's Native Peoples, attendees learn about the historical and ongoing injustices committed against Native Peoples, and seek ways to build relationships with them in accord with the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Participants enact a 40-minute script and then share their thoughts in a "talking circle." University Guest House, 110 Fort Douglas Blvd., 801-949-2906, Thursday, Sept. 8, 12:30-2:30 p.m., register via email to Joan M. Gregory (joanmzg@gmail.com) with "HSI WORKSHOP" in subject line and your name, cell phone number and email address; $10 donation suggested, Bit.ly/2c7nv8r
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Since he was a child, Scott has been excited about solar energy. As an adult, he followed its evolution, did extensive research, and 25 years later, Scott & Bev went solar!
They were smart in their approach, first, researching which panels would work best for their home. Second, they studied the success of Germany's solar implementation and the similarities the Pacific Northwest shares in regards to solar access and climate. Bev & Scott concluded that everyone could benefit from solar, saying, "If a large percentage of people could do solar, and have a continuous feed back into the grid, it would be a huge boon to everybody." They enjoyed the idea of energy independence, giving clean energy back to their community and helping the environment by powering their home sustainably.
Now that their project is done, how do they feel about it? "Beautiful system, welcoming people, and great installers!" Scott admitted that he was initially worried that the array would stand out greatly, and be too high profile. But when the installation was complete, he describes it as beautiful inside and out. He also found that the array softened their roofline and fit into the neighborhood quite nicely! Their neighbors have welcomed the new addition to the neighborhood, wanted to learn know more about it, and one neighbor even is currently having his home assessed.
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Maine universities hit 20 percent local food goal 2 years early
File photo of students walking through a snowstorm at the University of Maine. The University of Maine System has reached its goal of feeding its campuses with 20 percent locally grown food two years ahead of schedule.
By Nick McCrea, BDN Staff • January 11, 2018 6:00 am
Updated: January 11, 2018 6:58 am
The University of Maine System has reached its goal of feeding its campuses with 20 percent locally grown food two years ahead of schedule, officials say.
In the fall 2017 semester, 23 percent of the food served at Maine's public universities came from local sources. That represents about $770,000 in sales from local growers and producers, and the officials say they expect to spend about $1.5 million on local food this fiscal year.
"Our local food commitment builds a stronger statewide economy, keeps more dollars in our communities, offers better and healthier choices for our students, and leverages the purchasing power of the universities to build job-creating distribution channels that connect local producers with large institutional customers," UMS Commissioner James Page said in a news release.
Sodexo, an international food services firm, received a dining services contract for six of the system's seven campuses in July 2016. As part of its bid, Sodexo pledged to help UMaine reach its goal of providing 20 percent local food by 2020. The flagship campus in Orono handles its own dining operations and has its own 20 percent local commitment, which it expects to reach later this year.
The system announced it surpassed the benchmark two years earlier than promised during a Tuesday luncheon at the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry annual trades show in Augusta.
"We want to connect our campuses – our students especially – with our local suppliers," said Maeve McInnis of Sodexo. "These farmers and small-business owners have fascinating stories to tell and they are able to convey how important local food purchasing is."
In 2015 as UMS was looking to negotiate a new food services contract, Maine students and farmers formed coalitions urging system officials to hire someone who would commit to boosting the amount of food sourced locally. They argued that would support local economies and agricultural industries, as well as be better for the environment because food would be shipped shorter distances. Local food is defined as any harvested or produced within 175 miles of one of the system's campuses.
Sodexo offers food management at about 9,000 sites in the U.S., employing more than 132,000 people. That includes several Maine schools and hospitals, Maine Maritime Academy in Castine and Colby College in Waterville among them.
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The Partisan (138)
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Bohuslav Anděl
* unknown
Veteran of WW2, eastern front
1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass
Josef Andres
Czech minority in the former USSR,	Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945,	Veteran of WW2, eastern front
22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 3.9.1942 - 2.2.1943 Battle of Stalingrad, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia
Bohuslav Andrš
Czech minority in the former USSR,	Emigrant,	National minorities,	Veteran of WW2, eastern front
1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass
Colonel (ret.) Štěpán Antonij
* 1922 † unknown
Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus,	Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag,	Veteran of WW2, eastern front
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AUSTIN, Texas -- The Austin City Limits Music Festival might be the most fulfilling three days under the sun for music lovers. The perfect weather and buoyant setting reminded me that this is why I moved here six years ago from Denver. Beautiful people enjoying the festival, held Friday through Sunday (Oct. 12-14), with egos freed and minds awake.
The big news this year: ACL will expand to two consecutive weekends in 2013. Organizers say the bands will be 90 percent the same each weekend and the festival will spotlight more local acts. Imagine the after parties the week between if bands stick around.
In the meantime, here are 10 of my favorite moments from this year's festival, listed in alphabetical order.


Magna Academy Poole is committed to ensuring every student eligible for the pupil premium benefits directly via this additional funding and is in no way disadvantaged when compared to their peers.
ensure all students eligible for the pupil premium make outstanding academic progress and achieve beyond expectation.
ensure there is transparency, through our reporting mechanism, to demonstrate how and why this funding has been spent.
ensure any differences made to the learning and progress of students eligible for the pupil premium are shown within performance data and inspection evidence.
ensure we recognise that not all students who are socially disadvantaged are registered or qualify for free school meals and reserve the right to allocate the pupil premium funding to support any students or groups of students the Academy has legitimately identified as being socially disadvantaged.
ensure parents of disadvantaged children understand they can make a positive contribution to their children's achievement in the Academy by engaging in relevant training and recognizing that parent involvement makes a difference.
Specialist 1:1 Maths and English tutor provision and intervention.
Additional weekend and holiday time learning sessions.
Additional teaching, learning and social development opportunities provided through teaching assistants, behaviour mentors and external agencies.
Ensuring parental engagement is at the forefront on this programme and that parents understand how they can make a positive contribution to their child's progress.
Financial support with equipment purchases, residential/daily trips, provision of revision resources and equipment.
Supporting smaller teaching class sizes.
Dedicated SEN Co-ordinator, led by the SENCO.
Next year Magna Academy plans to continue to use pupil premium funding in the same way.
Next year Magna Academy currently plans to continue to use pupil premium funding in the same way.


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Ohio Wesleyan University is turning to technology from Evolution Labs to increase applications from prospective students. The institution is rolling out the company's S360 Recruit platform, a product designed to immerse interested students in an engaging web- and mobile-based experience.
S360 Recruit uses prospective student data such as intended degree focus, personal interests and demographics to create a customized environment on multiple channels: web, mobile-web responsive and app. Prospects can connect to school social media feeds, follow student ambassadors by subject and interest, join discussion groups, play daily school trivia games, take a branded OWU selfie, check the event calendar and watch videos, according to a press release. The goal: "to foster a meaningful affinity between student and school, thereby driving the student to apply."
"We have students from many different backgrounds and the platform allows us to map content to meet the diversity of our applicants," said Susan Dileno, vice president of Ohio Wesleyan University, in a statement. "The S360 Recruit platform has an innate flexibility which allows our application process to have a greater degree of success and fluidity; it helps us better understand our applicants from day one and vice-versa."
For more information about the S360 Recruit platform, visit the Evolution Labs site.


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Mr. Richard L. Burdick
Developed Heat Transfer Cement Product
Founded Thermon Manufacturing Company, 1954
Founded Central Texas Museum of Automotive History, 1982
International Commissioner & Officer of Boy Scouts of America
Numerous Chairmanships of National and International Jamborees 1991-2001
Distinguished Citizen/ Lawyer/ Judge/Military Officer
Mr. Ray Watson
Received Distinguished Service Cross and Purple Heart of Extraordinary Heroism in World War I
Organized Battery G of the 203rd
Coast Guard Artillery, 1920
Elected Prosecuting Attorney, 1930
Elected Judge of Division # I of Jasper County Circuit Court and Served 1934-1956
Served in World War II, 1940-1942
Mrs. Lisa Myers
Chief Congressional Correspondent NBC News and Senior Member of NBC's Award Winning Political Team
Regularly Reports on Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, Today, and Meet the Press
Covered Seven Presidential Campaigns Correspondent to Four Democratic & Republican Presidential Conventions
Emmy Nominee, 1999
Gentleman/Scholar/Coach
Indiana Sports Hall of Fame Inductee Webb City High School, 1925 Webb City Hall of Fame, 2001
Mr. Charles L. Cummings
Began coaching career in Carterville and later coached at Webb City, 1931 - 1936
Assumed Coaching Duties in Crawfordsville, Indiana and later was named coach and Athletic Director in Anderson, Indiana where he led his team to the Indiana State Basketball Championship in 1945


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Most teachers begin with excitement and enthusiasm, but there may be something else going on at the same time, something such as fear. Trying a new approach in the classroom can bring anxiety and fear, but being able to push through the fear to try a new technique can produce results in the classroom. You can get rid of your stress and decrease your work hours while having the inspired and well-behaved class you've dreamed of if you can get out of your own way.
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Could Camilla become Queen after all? Clarence House quietly removes statement about Duchess of Cornwall's future role
The Palace has also insisted the Duchess will be styled Princess Consort when Prince Charles becomes King
Hannah Furness, Arts Correspondent
10 March 2018 • 10:42am
Hannah Furness
Clarence House has inspired speculation that the Duchess of Cornwall could be given the title of Queen when the Prince of Wales accedes to the throne, as staff quietly remove a statement about her future name from its website.
The palace has always insisted that the Duchess will be styled Princess Consort when the time comes, indicating that she would eschew the title of Queen normally expected for the wife of a King.
The decision, announced in 2005 before the wedding of the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles, has not officially changed since then, even as the public attitude to the marriage has softened. A redesign of the couple's official website has seen the explicit statement about plans to be "Princess Consort" removed from the Duchess of Cornwall's biography and a section of frequently asked questions.
Using a Q&A format, it had previously read:
The passage in the Q&A which has since been removed
It is one of four questions that have been removed, along with two about the Diamond Jubilee, which was in 2012, and one about how to work in the Royal Household.
Aides insisted it had been taken off due to lack of interest from the public, who are no longer asking the question.
Line of succession to the British throne
Remaining FAQs include why the Duchess has her own home at Raymill, whether reports that she still smokes are true, and whether the Prince of Wales "intends to have a multifaith coronation". Despite being married to the Prince of Wales, the Duchess has always chosen to use the title of the Duchess of Cornwall out of respect to public feeling at the time of their marriage.
Since then, she has spent 13 years as a working Royal, taking on more than 90 patronages, supporting her husband and the Queen in their official work, and undertaking charity work in the areas of health, literacy, domestic violence, empowering women, food, animals, older people, heritage and the arts.
Celebrating her 70th birthday last year, she travels the world with the Prince to carry out work on behalf of Britain and the Commonwealth. A spokesman for Clarence House said: "Our Frequently Asked Questions are updated regularly.
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"This is one question that Clarence House has not been asked by the public for some time, which is why it no longer features." In 2010, the Prince of Wales appeared to signal a change in policy of the Duchess' future title. Asked on US television if she would become Queen, he replied: "That's, well…we'll see, won't we? That could be."
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'Epitome of Religious Intolerance': GOP Lawmaker Begs 'God Forgive Us' Prior to Muslim Colleague Being Sworn In
"We as Republicans and Democrats can find many, many things to fight about. Prayer should not be one of them."
Pennsylvania state Rep. Stephanie Borowicz delivers a controversial prayer at the statehouse Monday. (Photo: screenshot, Pa. House Video)
A Pennsylvania Republican lawmaker delivered a fire and brimstone prayer aimed at an incoming Muslim member of the statehouse Monday, prompting outrage and accusations of bigotry.
Rep. Stephanie Borowicz, a Republican from central Pennsylvania's Clinton County, opened the day's session with a prayer that called for the country to ask for God's "forgiveness" for, in her view, turning away from Christianity.
"God forgive us, Jesus, we've lost sight of you, we've forgotten you, God, in our country, and we're asking you to forgive us," said Borowicz.
The meaning of the prayer wasn't lost on state lawmakers. Monday marked a historic first in the state as state Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell, a Philadelphia area Democrat, was sworn in as the state's first Muslim woman representative.
"It blatantly represented the Islamophobia that exists among some leaders, leaders that are supposed to represent the people," Johnson-Harrell told the Pennsylvania Capital-Star in a statement.
In remarks to reporters on the statehouse floor, Johnson-Harrell expressed disappointment with Borowicz's behavior.
"We as Republicans and Democrats can find many, many things to fight about," said Johnson-Harrell. "Prayer should not be one of them."
I came to the @PaHouse to make friends on both sides of the aisle because we need to work together for EVERYONE across the commonwealth. After hearing the prayer given the day I took the oath of office, it's clear that my presence is needed now more than ever #PeopleFirst pic.twitter.com/dK4I7gO9aY
— Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell (@RepMovita) March 27, 2019
Johnson-Harrell's fellow Democrats were outraged at what they saw as Borowicz's targeting of the newly-elected representative and her faith.
"What we do not need is to see prayer and religion twisted to intimidate, discourage, or subtly degrade any Pennsylvanian, especially one sent by her constituents to represent them in Harrisburg," House Minority Whip Jordan Harris said in a statement.
Rep. Summer Lee, a Democrat from southwestern Pennsylvania, placed the blame squarely on Speaker Mike Turzai, a Republican, for inviting Borowicz to deliver the prayer in the first place.
"Today we're swearing in the 1st Black Muslim woman to the PA General Assembly," Lee tweeted. "To honor the occasion @RepTurzai invites the most inappropriate, racist, Islamophobe to ramble a 'prayer' thanking Trump, Jesus, and Israel."
Today we're swearing in the 1st Black Muslim woman to the PA General Assembly. To honor the occasion @RepTurzai invites the most inappropriate, racist, islamophobe to ramble a "prayer" thanking Trump, Jesus, and Israel. Most inappropriate thing ive witnessed in my 4 months
— Summer Lee (@SummerForPA) March 25, 2019
"This fire and brimstone Evangelical prayer was before the swearing in ceremony of the PA House's first ever Muslim woman," tweeted Rep. Kevin J. Boyle, a fellow Democratic state representative from Philadelphia, who said he walked off the floor of the House in protest.
"It is the epitome of religious intolerance," Boyle added.
I walked off the House floor in protest during today's prayer led by a GOP member from Central PA. This fire and brimstone Evangelical prayer was before the swearing in ceremony of the PA House's first ever Muslim woman @movitajh It is the epitome of religious intolerance.
— Kevin J. Boyle (@RepKevinBoyle) March 25, 2019
Borowicz was undeterred by the criticism, she told reporters.
"I don't apologize ever for praying," said Borowicz.
Rep. Borowicz on her controversial prayer: "That's how I pray everyday." When asked to respond to Dems calling for an apology she says "Oh no, I don't apologize ever for praying"
— Andrew Bahl (@AndrewBahl) March 25, 2019
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The National Road Safety Council(NRSC) launched its Easter Road Safety Campaign on 24 March at the Tony Rust Racing Track.
They drew attention to the dangers of drag racing on national roads, since there is speeding involved. In their Easter road safety campaign they are focussing on speeding, and drag racing is synonymous to speeding. For this reason, the NRSC is teaming up with the Namibian Motor Sport Federation (NMSF) through their advertising agency to utilize the platform of the Federation's events to discourage drag racing on National roads. From left to right Mr Elzeeno Farmer from the Rehoboth Motor Club and Mr Ambrosius Tierspoor, Head: Communications, NRSC with Mr Farmer's customized Volkswagen that he uses for drag racing at the Tony Rust Racing Track. (Photograph by Mandisa Rasmeni).


The Italian defender is likely to join the Bianconeri in summer.
The Italian champions were closely monitoring the progress of Torino midfider Angelo Ogbonna , recently launching a €14 m bid for the Italian.
Italy international who is also on transfer radar of Bayern Munich was close to moving to the Stadio Olimpico in January yet the price of €19m was rejected by the Turin giants.
The transfer though could be hampered by Torino chairman Urbano Cairo who is reluctant to let the player join the major rival.


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Game crashes on iPad
https://www.gamesforloving.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1850
by revpow
While playing on my iPad, Bliss occasionally crashes and we have to start the game all over. Is there a way to save your progress during the game so that if it does crash we could open and resume where we left off? Is there a reason for the crash? And if there is, is there a way to correct it? We have a new iPad running the latest ios 9.2. We also have been playing Bliss on our MacBook Pro for years with NO crashes ever.Help!
Re: Game crashes on iPad
by DaveBliss
We're really sorry you're experiencing crashes on your iPad.
Unfortunately there is currently no way to save a game in progress. However we'd sure like to understand and fix the cause of your crashes. If you could, please follow these instructions to send us some details about your crashes. This will help us track down the cause.


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import {
  POST_LOAD,
  POST_LIKE,
  POST_DOWN,
  POST_UNLIKE,
  POST_UNDOWN,
  CREATE_COMMENT,
  LOAD_COMMENTS
} from 'redux/constants/postDetail'
import { createAction } from 'redux-actions'
import {
  fetchPost,
  createComment,
  fetchComments
} from 'api'
import {
  likeAndDown
} from './posts'

export const postLoadAction = {
  request: createAction(POST_LOAD.REQUEST),
  success: createAction(POST_LOAD.SUCCESS, response => {
    return {
      post: response.post
    }
  }),
  failure: createAction(POST_LOAD.FAILURE)
}

export const likeAction = {
  request: createAction(POST_LIKE.REQUEST),
  success: createAction(POST_LIKE.SUCCESS, (user_id, post_id, response) => {
    return {
      user_id,
      post_id,
      likes: response.likes,
      like: response.like
    }
  }),
  failure: createAction(POST_LIKE.FAILURE, error => ({ error }))
}

export const unLikeAction = {
  request: createAction(POST_UNLIKE.REQUEST),
  success: createAction(POST_UNLIKE.SUCCESS, (user_id, post_id, response) => {
    return {
      user_id,
      post_id,
      likes: response.likes,
      like: response.like
    }
  }),
  failure: createAction(POST_UNLIKE.FAILURE, error => ({ error }))
}

export const downAction = {
  request: createAction(POST_DOWN.REQUEST),
  success: createAction(POST_DOWN.SUCCESS, (user_id, post_id, response) => {
    return {
      user_id,
      downs: response.downs,
      down: response.down
    }
  }),
  failure: createAction(POST_DOWN.FAILURE, error => ({ error }))
}

export const unDownAction = {
  request: createAction(POST_UNDOWN.REQUEST),
  success: createAction(POST_UNDOWN.SUCCESS, (user_id, response) => {
    return {
      user_id,
      downs: response.downs,
      down: response.down
    }
  }),
  failure: createAction(POST_UNDOWN.FAILURE, error => ({ error }))
}

export const loadPost = post_id => {
  return (dispatch, getState) => {
    const token = getState().getIn(['UserStore', 'token'])
    dispatch(postLoadAction.request())
    return fetchPost(post_id, token).then(({response}) => {
      dispatch(postLoadAction.success(response))
    }).catch(e => {
      dispatch(postLoadAction.failure(e))
    })
  }
}

export const like = likeAndDown(likeAction, 'inc', 'like')
export const unLike = likeAndDown(unLikeAction, 'del', 'like')
export const closeLike = createAction(POST_UNLIKE.SUCCESS, (post_id, user_id) => ({post_id, user_id}))

export const down = likeAndDown(downAction, 'inc', 'down')
export const unDown = likeAndDown(unDownAction, 'del', 'down')
export const closeDown = createAction(POST_UNDOWN.SUCCESS, (post_id, user_id) => ({post_id, user_id}))

export const createCommentAction = {
  request: createAction(CREATE_COMMENT.REQUEST),
  success: createAction(CREATE_COMMENT.SUCCESS, comment => ({comment})),
  failure: createAction(CREATE_COMMENT.FAILURE, error => ({error}))
}

export const newComment = (comment, done) => {
  return (dispatch, getState) => {
    const token = getState().getIn(['UserStore', 'token'])
    dispatch(createCommentAction.request())
    return createComment(comment, token).then(({response}) => {
      dispatch(createCommentAction.success(response.comment))
      done()
    }).catch(e => {
      dispatch(createCommentAction.failure(e))
      done(e)
    })
  }
}

export const loadCommentsAction = {
  request: createAction(LOAD_COMMENTS.REQUEST),
  success: createAction(LOAD_COMMENTS.SUCCESS, comments => ({comments})),
  failure: createAction(LOAD_COMMENTS.FAILURE, error => ({error}))
}

export const loadComments = post_id => {
  return dispatch => {
    dispatch(loadCommentsAction.request())
    return fetchComments(post_id).then(({response}) => {
      dispatch(loadCommentsAction.success(response.comments))
    }).catch(e => {
      dispatch(loadCommentsAction.failure(e))
    })
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2 dead in Sunday Sharqeya explosion - Daily News Egypt
Egypt 2 dead in Sunday Sharqeya explosion
2 dead in Sunday Sharqeya explosion
The bomb was planted inside a tunnel in Sharqeya
Daily News Egypt May 24, 2015 Be the first to comment
A bomb explosion on Saturday evening in Sharqeya governorate, killed two occupants of a car, state media reported.
Investigations revealed that the explosive device was planted inside a tunnel in Abu Hamad city in the governorate. It went off as the car passed by it through the tunnel.
One of the bodies found was identified as a lawyer named Ibrahim Mohamed, while the other body is yet to be identified.
Egypt has been struck by such explosions on a frequent basis since the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013. However, the explosions usually target security facilities and personnel and vital public facilities, including electricity pylons. The victims of this incident are civilians.
On 18 May, a policeman died and another injured in an exchange of fire with unknown assailants.
In a separate incident, Saturday evening witnessed an explosion at the main electricity pylon providing electricity to east Port Said. The explosion damaged the pylon, two cars and a motor-cycle, although no casualties were reported. The bomb was planted by unidentified assailants.
On the same day, an explosion occurred in front of a court in Beheira, leaving no casualties.
In response to the heightened insurgency, especially in North Sinai, the armed forces in coordination with the interior ministry are engaged in a fight against militants. Alleged members of several militant groups, including Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis (now "State of Sinai"), Ajnad Misr and Jond Allah, have face mass arrests.
In separate cases these arrested, in media often referred to as members of "terrorist cells", are on trial on charges of targeting policemen, illegal possession of weapons and explosives, committing acts of violence against the state and civilians.
Topics: Daily News Egypt DNE explosion Sharqeya
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Q: How do you align the label
How do I align the "remember me" box so that it comes to left side so that the checkbox should start with username and password text boxes start.
Current it is -

            <input id="rememberme" name="rememberme" value="remember" type="checkbox" /> Remember me
        <input type="submit" name="login" value="Login" />

A: Add a label around your "Remember Me" text and assign a class to it;
Then give that class the following style:

.aux {
    float: left;
}

            <input id="rememberme" name="rememberme" value="remember" type="checkbox" />
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        <input type="submit" name="login" value="Login" />

Is this you're looking for?

A: you will need to remove margin for checkbox which is given by default
check for the first
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.valign{
    vertical-align: bottom;
}

input{
    margin:0;
}

A: try to insert your form in a two columns table:

    User Name:
    <Input type="text"/>

    Password:
    <Input type="password"/>

        <input id="rememberme" name="rememberme" value="remember" type="checkbox" />  Remember me
        <input type="submit" name="login" value="Login"/>

fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/2wj86k32/

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Username
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       <input id="rememberme" name="rememberme" type="checkbox" />remember me<input type="submit" value="Login" />

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Narrative Transportation
May 21, 2013 / ScienceSites
This is a draft of an article I submitted to Nautilus Magazine, a "new magazine on science, culture, and philosophy," for their issue entitled In Transit. Nautilus already had plans to cover the topic of my story, narrative transportation, so they politely declined my submission, which I share here with you. Their magazine is off to a great start, I encourage you to check it out.
People spend a lot of time trying to get places. According to a 2012 study out of Texas A&M, Americans spend an average of 38 hours a year stuck in traffic – and that number spikes up beyond 50 hours in big cities. People spend countless hours riding subways and buses, planes and trains, or waiting at bus stops, train stations, and airport terminals. Commuting can leave people stressed and unhappy and feeling like they're wasting their time. But this time can also be an opportunity. When I was a graduate student, the hour that I spent traveling by train from San Francisco to Palo Alto each morning, and back every evening, was one of the few times in the day I had to myself to settle into a story. When people read stories (or watch or listen to them), the stories themselves become the vehicles that transport them, psychologically, away from the here-and-now and into a world in which they are absorbed in a narrative. There are many possible benefits to getting absorbed in a story instead of fixating on the frustration of motionless traffic or delayed flights – one benefit is that stories provide a uniquely powerful opportunity for science communication.
Melanie Green is a social psychologist at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. In 2000 she published the first in a series of articles on the theory of narrative transportation. The theory, as she explains it, "describes how, when people get absorbed in a story, they stop paying attention to the world around them and focus their thoughts and emotions and mental imagery on the story." The theory also offers an account of why, when people are absorbed in a story, they become more open to persuasion, thereby providing an opening for effective science communication, particularly on topics that people are sometimes resistant to, such as anxiety-provoking health information, or scientific data that may be inconsistent with their beliefs, like the benefits of vaccination or the threat of global warming.
People have been aware of the persuasive power of stories for a very long time. From Aesop's fables, to Jesus' parables, to the Grimm Brothers' fairy tales, people have embedded morals into narratives. They have also been quick to attack books that have carried messages they fear might have a corrupting influence, banning them from libraries and burning them in bonfires.
To understand what makes narratives so persuasive, it's worth considering how people respond to ordinary rhetorical persuasion, in which a persuasive appeal is made based on facts and arguments without a narrative structure. When people are confronted with facts and arguments that they disagree with or don't want to believe, their typical response is to counter-argue. This is particularly likely to be the case when people have been forewarned that they are the target of an attempt to persuade. People are generally very good at finding reasons to dismiss or undermine arguments they would prefer not to believe. When people's beliefs come under attack they put their defenses up, which can make persuasive science communication very challenging.
The strength of narrative persuasion is that it can evade many of these defenses. In his recent book, Contagious, Jonah Berger, Professor of Marketing at Wharton, likens the persuasive power of stories to the tale of the Trojan Horse. In Homer's epic, the Greek army offers the gift of an enormous wooden horse to the people of Troy after ten long years of failure in trying to breach that city's walls. The Trojans, taking the gift at face value, wheel the horse within their walls willingly, only to be undone by Greek soldiers who had been hiding inside the horse. Metaphorically, this is how narrative persuasion works. When people are absorbed in a story they let their guard down. They don't try to dispute every claim that the story makes – as they might do with a rhetorical argument – because they become too absorbed in the story to muster the effort or the inclination to quibble over the details. People who are absorbed in a story don't feel like they're being persuaded, so facts and arguments can sneak through their defenses, invited in uncritically, just like the Trojan Horse. As Samuel Taylor Coleridge prefigured almost two centuries ago, when absorbed in an engaging narrative, the audience willingly suspends its disbelief.
In her research, Melanie Green and her colleagues have found that the more transported people are by a story, the more they report having beliefs that are consistent with that story. To measure how much an individual is transported by a story, Green developed a scale which includes questions like "I was mentally involved in the narrative while reading it," and, "I could picture myself in the scene of the events described in the narrative." In Green's research, the more people reading a story report that it transported them, the less often they detect "false notes" in the story – that is, occasions where something seems amiss and may trigger them to question the story's claims. Finally, the research on narrative transportation shows that the more people are transported by a story, the more they like its protagonists. This also is helpful to persuasion, because people tend to be more easily persuaded by someone who they like. Taken together there is a compelling case that a narrative, and particularly one that is crafted well enough to absorb its audience, is a uniquely powerful vehicle for persuasion.
It's worth noting, however, that there is a potential dark side to narrative persuasion techniques as well. They can just as easily be used to promote negative behaviors or to convey misinformation. For example, Sonya Dal Cin, a social psychologist at the University of Michigan finds across numerous studies that exposure to movies in which characters smoke can lead viewers to have a more positive attitude towards smoking. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Marsh and Lisa Fazio find that people are more susceptible to believing misinformation that they read in stories. It's critical, then, to be aware that far from being a science communication panacea, narrative persuasion can, under certain circumstances, lead to an increase in false beliefs.
There is, of course, much more to science communication than just persuading people of facts that they may prefer not to believe. Narratives can be a very effective mode of communication simply because they are more interesting and engaging for many audiences. One of my favorite books growing up was Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island. It tells the story of a group of castaways, stranded on an island in the South Pacific after escaping from a Confederate prison aboard a hot air balloon during the Civil War. The castaways do more than simply survive their ordeal – using their training and ingenuity they manage amazing technological feats, such as making an electric telegraph and producing soap, ceramics, and nitroglycerin, all out of raw materials they find on the island. As a reader, I was completely absorbed in the unfolding drama, oblivious to the fact that I was learning about science. And yet, the story, and my interest in science, have stayed with me even decades later. By the end of Verne's tale, he reveals the identity of the island's mysterious inhabitant, who had been secretly helping the castaways when their situation became desperate (by the way, did you know that quinine can cure malaria?). Their secret benefactor turns out to be Captain Nemo, the hero of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and, fittingly, the captain of the Nautilus.
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US to host Bosnia in Jan 28 exhibition at Carson, California
PUBLISHED: November 13, 2017 at 3:35 pm | UPDATED: May 17, 2018 at 3:34 am
CHICAGO (AP) — The retooling U.S. soccer team will open its 2018 schedule with an exhibition against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Jan. 28 at Carson, California.
The match, announced Monday, will follow the annual January training camp the Americans have held since 2004. The roster figures to be drawn mostly from players in Major League Soccer.
The U.S. failed to qualify for next year's World Cup, ending a streak of seven straight appearances at soccer's top event that started in 1990.
Bruce Arena quit as coach after the Americans were eliminated with a 2-1 loss last month at Trinidad and Tobago. His top assistant, Dave Sarachan, is coaching the team for Tuesday's exhibition at Portugal. No long-term successor has been chosen.
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Parade Technologies Reports Second Quarter 2018 Financial Results - Parade Technologies, Ltd.
Parade Technologies, Ltd. today announced its financial results for the second quarter fiscal year 2018 ended June 30, 2018, and provided guidance for the third quarter of fiscal year 2018.
Consolidated revenue was US$75.67 million and consolidated net income was US$12.32 million. Basic and fully diluted after-tax earnings per share ("EPS") were US$0.16 (NT$4.80) and US$0.16 (NT$4.63), respectively. These results compared to consolidated revenue US$85.92 million and consolidated net income of US$14.83 million, or US$0.20 (NT$5.95) and US$0.19 (NT$5.74) per basic and fully diluted share, in the year-ago quarter.
In US dollars, the second quarter of 2018 consolidated revenue decreased 6.18% sequentially and was down 11.92% year-over-year.
The gross profit in the second quarter of 2018 was US$31.05 million, representing a decrease of 5.73% from the previous quarter and a decrease of 9.97% compared to the same quarter of last year.
On May 1, 2018, Parade announced a new generation DisplayPort to HDMI protocol converter PS186. The PS186 accepts DisplayPort version 1.4a audio/video data and outputs HDMI 2.0b with the ability to support HDR at 4K. The PS186 is ideal for DisplayPort to HDMI protocol converters or"dongles", as well as docking stations, particularly those supporting the USB-C™ interface that is seeing wide adoption across notebook PCs and smart phones.
On May 8, 2018, Parade introduces industry's first highly-integrated eDP Tcon embedded driver (TED) IC that supports VESA eDP 1.4b panel self-refresh developed for thin-profile LCD display panels. The TC3210 provides a single chip display driver solution to replace the traditional eDP Tcon mated up with separate source driver chips. The TC3210 is designed for Chip-on-Glass (COG) application on both slim LTPS and Oxide TFT panels.
On May 16, 2018, Parade also announced the DP667V, a new automotive grade selection of the company's popular DP667 eDP Tcon. The DP667V meets the rigorous automotive AEC-Q100 stress test qualification requirements and operates over an ambient temperature range of -40 to +105 deg C. The DP667V is ideally suited for larger, high-resolution displays typically used for automotive infotainment and navigation display applications including center console placement. The device is designed to enable LCD panels with a resolution up to 4Kx2K, and two devices can be used for panel resolutions up to 8Kx2K. And up to 30-bit color is supported enabling superior image quality.
The financial figures detailed above for the second quarter of 2018 have been reviewed by independent accountants.


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Electricity Control Board approves 2.92% bulk tariff hike
Posted by Donald Matthys | Apr 28, 2021 | Retail
The Electricity Control Board (ECB) has approved a 2.92% average bulk tariff increase effective from 01 July 2021, translating into an increase from the current N$1.6500 per kilowatt-hour to N$1.69882 per kilowatt-hour for 2021/22.
The approved tariff is applicable to Nampower bulk customers (regional energy distributors, local authorities, regional councils and mines).
The approved increase follows a two-year period of no bulk tariff increases. The increase comes after NamPower applied for a bulk tariff increase of 5.8%.
The ECB said future tariff are expected to increase in line with inflation. In March 2021, prices in the electricity, gas and other fuels fell 0.4% year-on-year. Overall annual inflation rate rose to 3.1% in March.
Foibe Namene, CEO of the Electricity Control Board while announcing the tariff increase on 28 April said no Long Run Marginal Cost is included in the approved tariff.
Over the years, the tariff included an amount for Long Run Marginal Cost, which is intended to ensure a smooth tariff path, especially when NamPower is experiencing cash flow challenges due to expensive power supply options or building new power plants.
"This means that the Long Run Marginal Cost funds may be used to cushion customers from unexpected tariff hikes, in situations where the economy is depressed and to build new power plants that will ensure an affordable projected tariff path," Namene said.
Further, to mitigate the impact of the tariff increase on customers and the economy for the period 2021/22 an amount of N$35 million is allowed to be used for variable operation cost of the thermal plants by NamPower from the Long Run Marginal Cost.
Namene also announced that an amount of N$500 million is allocated from the available N$576 million Long Run Marginal Cost fund to partially fund the construction of NamPower renewable energy plants.
N$342 million of this is allocated to the 20MW Solar PV plant currently being constructed at Omburu. The remaining N$158 million will be used for part funding of the 50MW NamPower-owned wind plant to be procured soon.
"NamPower will not be allowed return and depreciation on the assets created using the N$500 million and this will result in a total net saving to the customers of approximately N$1 billion over a period of 30 years, and making electricity affordable to end users," Namene said.
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There are new claims Prince Charles was jealous of the late Princess Diana, who captivated crowds soon after their marriage in 1981.
Lady Elizabeth Anson, Queen Elizabeth II's cousin, told PEOPLE about a moment of realisation for Prince Charles shortly after the Royal Wedding.
"[Diana] sort of metamorphosed into a very, very elegant blonde beauty," she said. "They did a visit to Wales which was the beginning of, for Prince Charles realising, 'They've come out to see my wife, they haven't come out to see me.'"
In fact Prince Charles had trouble adjusting to his wife's rock-star reception at nearly every event they attended.
From a shy 20-year-old blushing bride, Diana soon became one of the most popular figures in history, despite private battles including what she later claimed was a loveless marriage.
She was soon the most photographed woman in the world.
When the couple came to Australia in 1983, for their first official tour of the country since their wedding, crowds turned out in record numbers.
Thousands flooded the steps of the Opera House to catch a glimpse of Diana, and the fact she brought nine-month-old Prince William to Australia for the tour only increased her popularity, especially among women.
Princess Diana's biographer Andrew Morton told Fox News in 2017 that the Princess of Wales was "enduring a lonely miserable life inside the palace" despite the public adoration.
He added that Diana struggled during the breakdown of her marriage and constant attempts to fit into the royal family but held out hope things would get better in time.
"[Diana] was hoping she would come to terms with this new life and move on," he said. "But she realised she was living this lie...seemingly the wife of Prince Charles.
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That other woman was Charles' future second wife Camilla Parker Bowles.
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Princess Diana died in a Paris car crash in 1997 at the age of 36.
And it seems Diana hasn't been the only fellow royal that has threatened Prince Charles.
Tom Bower, who wrote an unauthorised biography of the Prince of Wales called Rebel Prince, alleged in his book that Prince Charles even felt "usurped" by the Middleton family at Christmas when Kate and William chose to spend the time with them instead of with the Royals.
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Bower reported he was told by Robert Higdon, the chief executive of Charles' charity foundation in America, that Charles even felt threatened at one stage by Prince William and Kate.
"Charles saw Kate and William as the new stars and feared he'd be in trouble."


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7 Reasons To Be Excited About Your Calling
By Arionne Nettles | @arialyssa	• 2 years ago
Photo by Geoff Duncan
You get a great idea for a nonprofit or service project that you want to start—as many people do—but then, you start to talk yourself out of it. Time, money, energy, support—the perceived barriers are enough to stop you before you even try, but there's no real reason why you can't do it.
Regardless of how difficult it may seem, here are seven reasons why you want to take action and pursue your calling.
01 | YOUR PASSION IS YOUR PURPOSE
Always do what you're passionate about. That passion will drive your dedication, making any obstacle obsolete in comparison to the bigger picture.
"The two most important days in life are the day you born and the day you discover the reason why." — Mark Twain
02 | MORE HANDS EQUAL MORE CHANGE
There's a reason that organizations have multiple hands, both directly and indirectly working to help achieve a goal. The world needs your hands.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." — Margaret Mead
03 | THERE CAN NEVER BE TOO MANY PEOPLE WORKING TOWARDS A CAUSE
The issues of the world are many, and even if there are many organizations with the same focus, it is our social responsibility to still do our part. Collectively, we can make a difference.
"The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better." — Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
04 | INNOVATION IS KEY TO CHANGE
Everyone could go after the same idea with the same objective, and still, no one will do it like you will. Your nonprofit or project will have its own style because you do.
"Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way." — Tom Freston
05 | COLLABORATION IS THE NEW BLACK
If there are hundreds of organizations doing similar work, then there are hundreds of opportunities for collaboration. A fist strikes a heavier blow than one finger could ever do.
"As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life." — Amy Poehler
06 | YOUR VOICE HAS INFLUENCE
When you start a nonprofit, you become an example for others in your network. Other people who are also on the fence about helping to make a change will climb on over. Never underestimate the power of your own voice.
"When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful." — Malala Yousafzai
07 | HELP OTHERS, HELP YOURSELF
When you serve and work toward a greater cause, the reward for helping others is a greater than you can ever imagine. Committing to service is giving to yourself.
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." — Mahatma Gandhi
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Game Economy Balancing – 3 Ways to Prevent "Pay to Win"
Free to play games often face a paradox. On the one hand, players are willing to buy their way out of challenges, but on the other hand they will only want to keep playing if they continue to find your game challenging. In other words, they want it both ways. They would gladly pay you to help them overcome challenges in your game, but players will only keep playing if there are more challenges ahead that they can't overcome too easily. Here are some strategies to solve the "Pay to Win" paradox.
If you're like me, you'd like to shake the hand of every player who pays you money, offering them the world if you could. However, since Purchase Ratios are usually only between 1% and 2% of your total downloads, you can't really get that much revenue if every paying user pays only once. Wanting to give players a good user experience is a very important,but trying to give them a big "bang for their buck" will hurt you in the long run and will work against you in the end.
Don't give away all keys to the castle at once. When you give players the keys to unlock everything in your game, the challenge of it suddenly stops, everything becomes instantly less interesting. What's crucial to understand is that in order to solve this paradox, you should only sell gamers virtual items that provide immediate reward in the short term but that will also lead them to encounter future difficulties to overcome in the long haul. This makes the user think with two hats simultaneously. Give players the ability to overcome the immediate challenge within character, so that once he is past the difficult level, he deflates in stature and goes back to the character he was – leaving the challenge still intact.
A Few Approaches to Solve the "Pay to Win" Paradox
The Razor Blade Strategy
This tactic cuts out benefits simultaneous to giving them. Whenever you sell a great Power-up for coins or real money, make sure that the paid upgrade also uses up another energy resource, one that players only have limited access to. To explain this in greater detail, let's look at a couple examples. If in a driving game you sell players a new car, make sure that it uses up more of another resource like fuel. Or if you sell players a weapon, make sure that it consumes energy or time whenever it is used. Barracks sells a Level 5 upgrade for training super troops, but it also costs a lot of gold coins to build.
It's easy to design a narrative around why these upgrades use up extra energy points and there are lots of articles in the Soomla Blog with advice for building energy consumables that make sense in the gameworld you've designed. Plan for what happens after players buy your virtual goods, by making sure that they are faced with some tough decisions about when and where to use their new abilities. This way you've kept the game interesting and rewarding for players who buy, while still keeping it challenging for them to keep playing.
Make the Next Level of Difficulty +n Rather Than Just +1
Here is the math formula on this for all the geeks out there: O(n^2) / O(n) for a good difficulty curve. For the rest of you non-math people, all this means is that future levels have to become exponentially more difficult than the previous ones when you have purchases on offer in your store. You could still build in easier levels and mix them in with the hard ones, but overall the hard levels need to get increasingly more difficult.
Take for example Clash of Clans, where building a City Hall in Level 5 costs twice as much as a City Hall in Level 4 (as a post to a linear increment of 1000 coins between levels). This presents a situation where the paying user might have to skip a couple levels but sooner or later things will catch up with him.
Randomize Everywhere
This is a good practice to get into regardless of 'pay to win' but it really helps here as well. Most recently, King.com showed how effective this can be with Candy Crush Saga. Games built with a certain component of luck are proven to engage players longer compared with ones that have more determined results. Team sports in real life all have random elements like weather, players health, etc.imagine how sports games would be without luck factors. They would be totally boring to play if that randomization element were missing and the superior team would always win. Without randomness built-in, why would teams bother even showing up to compete?
Games just work better when each team has a chance at winning. Luck gives your game a feeling of real competition. This is even more important for paying players, to keep games challenging. As they say, 'You may be able to buy better odds at winning, but you'll never buy total victory'. This is more in tune with real-life anyway, so use randomization as a strategy to keep your game challenging. If it normally takes 5 shots to destroy a tank, instead of selling a weapon that blows tanks up in a single shot, sell players a weapon that increases the chances of making that critical hit on the tank by 20%, or else it will still take five shots to blow it up.
Some of these strategies are used exclusively by some games, but the most successful games have balanced game economies that use a mixture of all three approaches. In order to prevent players from "Paying to Win", game developers might have togive characters less value in in order to give paying players more enjoyment.
We at SOOMLA are interested in hearing from you about your experiences with balancing game economies, please hit me up with an email at yaniv@soom.la or via twitter @y_nizan
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Q: How to perform a logistic regression for more than 2 response classes in R I want to predict the impact of oil price over a Colombian oil company's stock price. I plan to use a logistic regression for this with a categorical variable (Up or Down given the direction of the stock price). Here is part of my dataset:
Minute  ecopet  profit  sum_profit   direccion  cl1_chg   sum_cl1    direccion_cl1
571     2160     0       10           Up         -0.03     0.00      Down
572     2160     0        0           Neutral     0.07    -0.03      Down
573     2160     0       -5           Down       -0.08     0.04      Up
574     2160     0       -5           Down       -0.07    -0.04      Down
575     2160     5       -5           Down       -0.08    -0.11      Down
576     2165     0       -25          Down        0.00    -0.19      Down
577     2165     0       -25          Down       -0.05    -0.19      Down
578     2165     0       -15          Down       -0.17    -0.24      Down
579     2165     5       -15          Down       -0.06    -0.41      Down
580     2170     0       -20          Down        0.03    -0.47      Down
581     2170    -10       0           Neutral     0.04    -0.44      Down

My dependent variable is 'direccion'. But as you can see it has 3 response classes. I know that to implement a binary logistic regression in R the code is:
glm.fit=glm(direccion~direccion_cl1, data=datos, family=binomial)

I am working with intraday information and plan to predict what happens when the oil moves up/ down (in the previous 10 minutes) and how it impacts the stock price in the next 10 minutes.
Could anyone tell me how could I perform this? I don't really know how to perform the logistic regression with 3 response classes. Thanks!

A: Take a look at the multinom function of the package nnet in R:
glm.fit=multinom(direccion~., data=datos)
summary(glm.fit)
#Prediction
predict(glm.fit, newdata, "probs")

You should also consider separating you data set into 2 sets: training and testing, build your model based on training set, and test it on the testing set:
alpha=0.7
d = sort(sample(nrow(datos), nrow(datos)*alpha))
train = datos[d,]
test = datos[-d,]
glm.fit=multinom(direccion~., data=train)
predict(glm.fit, test, "probs")

And then measuring the performance of your model by comparing the predicted trends on your testing set with the actual trends.
You might need also to choose the relevant threshold to make the decision from your predicted probabilities.


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A halfway house is an institute for people with criminal backgrounds or substance use disorder problems to learn (or relearn) the necessary skills to re-integrate into society and better support and care for themselves.

As well as serving as a residence, halfway houses provide social, medical, psychiatric, educational, and other similar services. They are termed "halfway houses" due to their being halfway between completely independent living and in-patient or carceral facilities, where residents are highly restricted in their behavior and freedoms.

The term has been used in the United States since at least the Temperance Movement of the 1840s.

Types
Halfway houses in the US generally fall into one of two models. In one model, upon admission, a patient is classified as to the type of disability, ability to reintegrate into society, and expected time frame for doing so. They may be placed into an open bay same-sex dormitory similar to that found in military basic training, with fifty to one-hundred similar residents in a gymnasium-type setting all going through the same thing at the same time. As the patients become able to increase their skill level and decrease their dependency on support services, the number of dorm members is reduced, to the point where, at the final stage before being able to move into their own apartment, a patient may have only one or two roommates.

Another model reverses this. New patients are admitted in individual rooms providing one-to-one services and programming. As they become more independent, the dorms become bigger so that by the time the patient leaves, they are living in the 50–100-person dorm described above.

The same two models are used for convicted criminals to begin the process of reintegration with society, while still providing monitoring and support; this is generally believed to reduce the risk of recidivism or relapse when compared to a release directly into society. Halfway houses are meant for reintegration of persons who have been recently released from prison or continuous mental institutionalization.

Definitional problems

There are several different types of halfway houses. Some are state sponsored, while others (mainly addiction recovery homes and mental illness homes) are run by "for profit" entities. In criminology the purpose of a halfway house is generally considered to be that of allowing people to begin the process of reintegration with society, while still providing monitoring and support. This type of living arrangement is often believed to reduce the risk of recidivism or relapse when compared to a straight release directly into society.

Some halfway houses are meant solely for reintegration of persons who have been recently released from prison or jail; some are meant for people with chronic mental health disorders; others are for people with substance abuse issues, generally called sober living houses. The state-placement of ex-criminal offenders to a "halfway house" after a prison sentence may either be decided upon as part of the judge's sentence or by a prison official's recommendation. A direct sentence to a halfway house can be decided upon by a judge or prosecutor in lieu of prison time.

National differences

United States
The majority of programs in the United States make a distinction between a halfway house and a sober/recovery house. A halfway house has an active rehabilitation treatment program run throughout the day, where the residents receive intensive individual and group counseling for their substance abuse while they establish a sober support network, secure new employment, and find new housing. Residents stay for one to six months.

Residents of work release housing are frequently required to pay rent on a "sliding scale" which is often dependent on whether or not they can find a job while in residence. In addiction-recovery houses, a resident's stay is sometimes financed by health insurance. In addition, a stay in a recovery house might be a partial requirement of a criminal sentence. Residents are normally asked to remain sober and comply with a recovery program.

In certain areas, a halfway house is much different from a recovery house or sober house. In these areas, a drug and alcohol halfway house is licensed by the Department of Health and has staff coverage 24 hours a day. This staff includes a clinical treatment team.

United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, "halfway house" can refer to a place where people with mental disorders, victims of child abuse, orphans, or teenage runaways stay. The latter are often run by charities, including the Church of England, other churches, and community groups. Residential places for offenders on bail are known as bail hostels, and probation-supervised accommodation for offenders post-release are known as Approved Premises. However, the expression halfway house more usually refers to something combining features of two other things, for example a solution to a problem based on two ideas.

Canada
In Canada, halfway houses are often called Community-Based Residential Facilities. The Correctional Service of Canada definition of a halfway house is similar to the general American definition of one.

Programming integrity
With regard to programming integrity, findings regarding the ability of transitional housing to reduce recidivism or help addiction recovery have been mixed. Many criminologists have conducted research of halfway house facilities that provide housing for low risk criminals after institutionalization. Risk screening for residents is considered essential in order to preserve both institutional and community safety.

NIMBY effect
There is often opposition from neighborhoods in which halfway houses attempt to locate. Social justice literature observes the relationships between halfway house siting and the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) phenomenon. Some communities/neighborhoods may have the ability to affect political legislation through political solidarity while others may not. Some research stresses that community residents simply feel nervous when halfway houses are sited near them. Others point out that the presence of transitional residences may pose real hazards to community safety. In NIMBY research, it has been suggested that a neighborhood's resistance to placement might be linked to class-based prejudices about ex-offenders and drug addicts.  argue that NIMBY responses are sometimes associated with a distrust for government sponsors.

See also
 Almshouse
 Deinstitutionalisation
 Exodus (transitional housing)
 Hostel
 Poorhouse
 Sober living houses
 Types of drug rehabilitation treatment

Citations

References

Further reading

Homelessness
Criminal law
Prisons
Drug rehabilitation

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If you're off to the Australian Open (especially with kids) then you need to factor in some time to check out the AO Ballpark!
Cost: included in entry to the Australian Open (kids ground passes $5 and adults ground pass $49). Thanks to ANZ Tennis Hot Shots, the first 7,000 kids on Thursday 17 January will go FREE*!
AO Ballpark has loads of fun activities for the kids to take part in – it's sure to be a winner, so expect a crowd. We spent over two hours checking out all the activities – and still didn't have time to do everything.
The AO Ballpark is tucked away this year out of the thoroughfare – but if you're exiting at the Richmond Station end of Melbourne Park you are sure to come across it… and maybe if you're travelling to the tennis by train then this could be a fun way to start and end the day!
If your kids like water and slides then they will love the giant inflatable water slide set up – you don't need bathers to ride (but do expect to get a little soggy as there is a small patch of water at the bottom). There is also a super soaker play area that is lots of fun and sure to get you even wetter! Given the high temperatures you can encounter at Melbourne Park during the Open, a bit of water squirting is a welcome relief.
There are some shaded spots set up and limited seating, toilet facilities, a drinking water station, a food truck and the La Roche Posay team were topping us up with sunscreen.
If you're keen to get behind the wheel of a KIA go-kart be sure to register your time spot as soon as you arrive. This is done via one of the KIA tablets or the staff there will tell you how to do it from your phone. While the karts only go 5kmph the kids still had fun, and once you're signed up it doesn't take too long to get onto the track.
Also worth registering a time slot for when you frst arrive is the ANZ Hot Shot sessions – these are located just near the entrance of the AO Ballpark.
Kids meals at the food truck start at $8 – so it might be worth packing extra snacks to help you last the day without breaking the bank (also the offering was deep fried). You are allowed to bring food into Melbourne Park (just no glass) as long as your bag is small enough to fit under your seat in the stadiums. Also worth noting that there is cloaking facilities at the main entrances.
A ground pass (kids passes are $5!) gives you access to all outdoor courts, the AO Live Stage and the AO Ballpark.
*Free kids ground passes are available when purchasing with an adult ticket, there is a limit of 4 free kids tickets per adult.