Vietnam's former imperial capital, Huế, has the sights – temples, tombs and the Purple Forbidden City – but much of it was destroyed during the "American war" (from 1955 to 1975). The ancient town of Hội An, 100km south, down the coast, is a much more beguiling place to spend a few days, with its lazy river lined with mustard-yellow merchants' houses, and beaches a few kilometres away. It owes its wonderfully well-preserved state to the silting-up of the Thu Bồn river in the 19th century, which put an end to its importance as a trading post, but helped it escape modern development and US bombing. Yes, it's touristy, but the old town is surprisingly extensive and can absorb a lot of visitors without losing its dreamy atmosphere. And while much of Vietnam, to both north and south, gets a thorough soaking in summer, the central coast is at its driest and sunniest in May, June and July.
Hội An is known for its diverse and excellent food: a legacy of the many nationalities, including Japanese, Chinese and Portuguese, that lived or traded here. It can seem that every other restaurant is offering cooking classes, but the Thuan Tinh cooking day offers more than some. After a visit to the fascinating market to collect ingredients, you board a river boat and putter eastwards along the river to this low-lying island near the river mouth, completing the final stretch by rowing boat. Then it's on with cooking (and eating) a selection of dishes – fresh spring rolls, crispy pancakes, beef noodle salad and classic pho, say – while enjoying the village atmosphere and watching tiny basket boats navigate the water-coconut-lined waterways.
Cars and even motorbikes are banned from the centre of Hội An, so the pushbike is king. Most homestays offer bikes to guests, and joining the many cyclists on the roads provides an instant immersion into local life. To explore further afield, Heaven and Earth cycle tours, run from a quiet street in beguiling An Hội island, across the river from the old town, offers a selection of trips into the countryside and islands close to the city. Choose from an easy few hours with just 9km of cycling along quiet lanes, lunch included, or a more demanding 50km adventure. All take in traditional villages, handicrafts, fragrant rice paddies and rickety floating bridges.
The nearest beach to town, Cửa Đại, has a severe erosion problem, exacerbated by winter typhoons, which saw most of the sand washed away from the seafront. An Bang beach, further north, is a more appealing prospect, with much less development and plenty of soft sand. Cycle there from town (it's about 5km) and several persistent old ladies will try to charge you to park your bike, but turn off the main road on the lanes parallel to the sea to left or right and the many cafes and restaurants will let you park in return for purchasing a few drinks. Buy lunch as well and they'll throw in an umbrella and a pair of sunbeds. There's also plenty of space for those who want to rock up and lie on their towel.
Most meals in Hội An include an abundance of the fresh vegetables and herbs that make eating in Vietnam such a delight. And much of it will have come from Tra Que, the fresh-veg village between town and An Bang beach. This small farming community grows everything from fine spring onions to hefty taro root on this flat fertile island in the De Vong river. A couple of enterprises, such as the Water Wheel, offer cooking classes, foot massages and more, but it's possible to just wander the plots, trying to identify plants and chatting with farmers. A little place called Baby Mustard, to the right across fields from the Water Wheel, will does an excellent cheap lunch. Try the "three friends" – bundles of pork, prawn and mint, tied with spring onion.
After doing the sights in town (temples, ancient houses, chapels, the covered bridge) head south over the central footbridge to An Hội islet, whose riverfront is lined with bars offering ice-cold glasses of the daily-brewed refreshing lager called bia hơi at cheap prices (less than 20p a half pint). It's delightfully light, with only around 3% alcohol, so it's easy to while away a couple of hours sipping and watching boats without feeling worse for wear. Try The Island (Dong Hiep Entertainment Area, Hội An 51000), at the eastern point of the islet, for Thu Bồn river views and waterside tables. Spend a few dong on a packet of little, salty, locally grown peanuts from a street vendor, and you're all set.
This Hội An noodle speciality has been eaten in the city since the 17th century. The rice noodles get their brown colour and unusual flavour from being mixed with lye water. Ash for the lye is supposed to come from the wood of the Cham islands 12km off the coast, and the water for the noodles from a particular secret well outside town. How true that all is doesn't really matter when something is so delicious. The hand-cut noodles are tossed with sliced pork, crunchy rice crackers, spices, big handfuls of fresh herbs and a small amount of super-tasty broth. There are some great versions at stalls in the riverside food market – try Mrs Thu, on the right as you enter from Tran Phu Street. For slightly more space and comfort, and cau lao at just over £1 a bowl, go to Cơm Gà Hương just off main Le Loi Street.
There are often more Vietnamese than westerners at Quan Dau Bac, a tiny wedge-shaped restaurant at the western end (no 147) of main Phan Chau Trinh Street. Most of them will be tucking into bún đậu mắm tôm, a platter of pork, fried tofu, herbs, vegetables and chunks of sticky rice noodle, around a pungent dipping sauce of fermented shrimp. Don't be put off by the smell of the sauce: its flavour is much more mellow, with an elusive sweetness that combines beautifully with the other ingredients.
For a really cheap dinner on the hoof, wander the north bank of the Thu Bồn river after dark, where dozens of little charcoal braziers are set up with skewers of thịt nướng: grilled pork, chicken or prawns that come with some herbs and greens, and a few rice paper wrappers to roll it up in. The whole thing is then dipped in a spicy peanut tomato sauce, with a few toasted sesame seeds. The skewers cost 30p-40p each, and while some vendors sit in regular spots on the waterfront, they're just as good bought from a lady who walks around – with a barbecue and the food hanging off her bamboo pole.
As with many parts of Asia these are not really homes but small, informal hotels built on the site of a family house. The Golden Bell is particularly well placed, an easy bike ride (bikes can be borrowed for free) from the town and An Bang beach. Staff are friendly – though not as friendly as the resident small dogs – and breakfast includes fruit, eggs and a great homemade banana cake.


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Q: Create python class constructor like imaginary number (a + bj) Is there any way to initialise a class in python with a letter after a number? When initialising an imaginary number in Python, we can do a + bj, where a is the real part and b is the imaginary part.
I was wondering if there is a way to do this kind of initialisation for a custom class. For example, I am defining a class of dual numbers, and I was looking for a way to initialise my class as a + bd, where a is the real part and b is the dual part.

A: I suggest you take an approach where you have to implement the basic operations yourself. Instead of writing a1 = a + bε you create a class a1 = MyDualNumbers(a=1, b=2).
class MyDualNumbers:

    def __init__(self, a, b):
        """ Where we have a + bε"""
        self.a = a # real number a
        self.b = b # real number b

    def __add__(self, other):
        # implement addition of DualNumber
        pass

    def __sub__(self, other):
        pass

    def __mul__(self, other):
        pass

a1 = MyDualNumber(1,2)
a2 = MyDualNumber(3,4)

a3 = a1 + a2

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Q: Is Micro-processor completely Digital?
I read about different parts of micro-processor like ALU, registers etc. all different digital parts. Are there any analog parts inside the processor?

A: This is a complex question, because what actually makes a part "digital" can have multiple definitions.
Fundamentally, reality is analog (at least at the scales which most microprocessors operate at). Therefore, you can make a coherent argument that there are not actually any digital microprocessors. "Digital" is a theoretical mechanism for simplifying the expression of analog systems where the analog voltages therein are (as much as possible) constrained to two states, each of which represent a boolean value.
This simplification makes it much easier for our puny human brains to contemplate complex systems, and much easier for people to write software to evaluate the behaviour of said complex systems.
However, if you are asking if any components inside most microprocessors operate outside this simplified view, the answer is generally no.

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*Some microprocessors have integrated ADCs (analog-digital converters), which by definition must operate at least partially outside of the digital simplification.

*Some microprocessors also have DACs (Digital-analog converters), which are much the same as ADCs.

*Some microprocessors have analog comparators that can be configured to act upon input analog signals.

*Schmitt trigger input buffers are also partially analog.

Basically, at this point, the question is more, assuming you're asking about whether components inside a MCU operate outside of the digital simplification, the question then becomes "How do you define a microprocessor"? Fundamentally, the *CPU core( of almost all microprocessors is purely digital.
However, many, many microprocessors integrate on-die peripherals like the ones mentioned above that are very much "analog" devices, so you must ask if you are defining the entire integrated-circuit as the "microprocessor", or just the actual processing core, which may only be a small part of the actual processor's IC die.

A: I've reverse-engineered old microprocessor chips and there are some things that are more analog than digital. For instance, many chips (e.g. Z-80) implement register storage with a pair of inverters connected in a loop. To write a new value to the bit, a larger transistor "overpowers" the smaller inverter transistor, forcing the desired value into the bit. It's not just 1's and 0's, but the relative currents that matter here.
Reading a register value can be more analog than digital. For example, the 8085 uses a moderately complex differential amplifier to read register values.
Another analog circuit in some processors is the substrate bias generator, basically a charge pump to generate the desired substrate voltage without requiring another supply.
The 8008 microprocessor has an on-chip reset circuit that detects power-on. This circuit is analog, using a diode drop to set the voltage thresholds. (Most processors have a reset pin, but pins were scarce on the 8008 because Intel insisted on an 18-pin package.)
Pass-transistor latches are very common in microprocessors. This type of latch depends on the charge stored on the capacitance of an unconnected gate. You can think of it as digital, but it's more analog than regular gates.
The analog vs digital distinction becomes an issue when you're simulating a chip. If you can simulate everything digitally it's easier, but for some chips you need a more physics-based simulation that keeps track of the amount of charge moved around rather than just 1's and 0's. An example is when a circuit has transistors of different sizes and you need to determine the "winner".
A modern example of analog circuitry in a microprocessor is Intel's hardware random number generation. This circuit uses a metastable latch to generate bits from thermal noise. (The resulting bits are genuinely random, not pseudo-random.) An analog bias circuit ensures metastability.

A:
Is Micro-processor completely Digital?

it depends on your definition of "digital": any digital signal is actually represented in analog form.
traditionally, we don't pay much attention to that as it has limited practical implications.

Are there any analog parts inside the processor?

Yes. there are analog input circuitry; there are analog comparators; they are opamps; there are pgas, there are programmable current sources; there are adc, and they are dac, to list a few.

A: As mentioned above, virtually all contemporary microprocessors and other "digital" ICs provide the users a digital abstraction. There is automated and tool-based design by the chip designers at the register transfer level. But ultimately the design gets down to not just analog circuitry (e.g., a transistor and a capacitor) but down to physics. Very dense circuits differentiate between a "1" and a "0" essentially by counting electrons.


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Schools Warn of Increased Porn Addiction in Teenagers
Oct 14, 2016 | Blog, Sex Addiction Treatment
Thanks to the Internet, explicit content is easier to access than ever before. This has led to an increase in reported cases of porn addiction around the world, and children are not exempt from this trend.
Teachers say some students "can't make it through the school day without fulfilling their 'need' to see explicit images."
Increasing teen porn addiction could lead to unrealistic expectations of sex and intimate relationships.
Educators in Australia are reporting that many of their students are exhibiting signs of pornography addiction. This has become part of a worrying global trend of porn addiction among young people. And given the ease with which children can access this dangerous and addictive content, parents and educators are left wondering what can be done to curb this behaviour, leading many to seek treatment for porn addiction.
This revelation came during the Australian Senate's inquiry into the harm being done to Australian children through access to internet pornography. The inquiry explores trends in children's consumption of online porn and looked at the impact this has on the development of healthy and respectful relationships.
In the course of the inquiry, lawmakers heard from educators, parents and others. According to The Daily Telegraph, boys as young as 12 years of age are exhibiting signs of porn addiction. They even said that some "can't make it through the school day without fulfilling their 'need' to see explicit images."
And Australia is by no means the only country struggling to determine what is to be done to stop children from accessing explicit content on their computers, devices and mobile phones. Indeed, it appears that we are witnessing a worldwide epidemic in this regard.
The Effects of Pornography on Young People
Pornography addiction poses a threat to young people and their developing minds and worldviews. The Australian Institute of Family Studies has attempted to measure these risks. The institute acknowledges that most research on porn addiction is retrospective and involves interviewing adults or older adolescents about their previous experiences with pornography. Even so, the results are disturbing.
Here are some of the negative consequences they cited:
Reinforcing negative gender stereotypes
Contributing to the formation of unhealthy (often sexist) views of women
Contributing to violence against women
The concern that early pornography consumption could actually normalise sexual violence for this generation is particularly disturbing. This could, in turn, lead to unrealistic expectations of sex and intimate relationships.
If pornography is helping to establish new sexual norms for an up-and-coming generation, then parents and educators are right to be worried. This is especially true if sexual violence becomes part of that new 'sexual norm'.
Can Teens Really Become Addicted to Porn?
Porn addiction is a type of process addiction, or a compulsive behaviour that a person feels compelled to do. Process addictions differ from substance addictions in that they do not involve dependency on a chemical substance. But they are still extremely dangerous and have the ability to destroy lives and families.
Porn addiction is not necessarily new, but the scope and intensity of this addiction has intensified exponentially in recent years. While it is true that far more men than women report an addiction to porn, this is by no means a gender-specific problem. In fact, more women than ever are addicted to pornography.
Porn addiction in adults is troubling enough, but the problem escalates when children are involved. The Internet is a notoriously difficult place to police. And unfortunately, young people are accessing Internet porn at an increasing rate.
For evidence of this, consider the following porn addiction statistics:
Nine out of ten boys and six out of ten girls have been exposed to some form of pornography before their eighteenth birthday
A boy's first exposure to pornography occurs at an average age of 12 years old.
More than 70 per cent of teenagers admit to hiding what they do online from parents.
It is fairly clear that young people are both viewing pornography and hiding their online activities from adults. But revelations like those made during the Australian Senate inquiry show us that this goes beyond young people having access to objectionable material. They are also exhibiting signs of addiction.
According to a science teacher at Redfield College:
"Many of these young men find it difficult to fulfil their normal daily duties (including school work and spending time with family or friends) due to a 'need' to access internet pornography for excessive amounts of time."
When the need to view pornography takes priority over schoolwork, extracurricular activities and a person's social life, then it is likely that addiction has taken hold. This has implications for the student's ability to study successfully, and could also lead to difficulty forming meaningful romantic relationships in the future.
How to Help Young People Who Are Addicted to Porn
It is important to distinguish between cases of young people looking at porn and actually being addicted to pornography. There is certainly nothing new about adolescents peering at pornographic images. But when the urge to look at pornography supersedes everything else, parents and educators have to take action.
Gauging whether a person of any age is dealing with an addiction to porn can be difficult, as most engage in the activity privately. But there are a few tell-tale signs:
Escalating amounts of time spent alone and (presumably) viewing pornography
Consuming increasingly bizarre or intense sexual content
Irritability when confronted about the extent of their porn habits
Use of technology for other sexually related purposes (such 'sexting', webcam experiences, etc.)
Porn addiction can be difficult to talk about, especially between parents and their teenage children. However, it is absolutely imperative that a young person with such an addiction receives the care and attention they need.
This is where The Edge can help. We offer group sessions and a high level of accountability to ensure that our clients receive plenty of support.
We also supply the young people under our care with new, more constructive outlets for their energy. We incorporate physical activity into our programme to help rewire the mind so that our clients can begin a new, more productive chapter in life. Contact us today to learn more.
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Talet e, Nepers tal eller Eulers tal är den matematiska konstant som utgör basen för den naturliga logaritmen, ln. Dess värde är ungefär lika med . "e" fick sin nuvarande beteckning av Leonhard Euler och kallas efter honom ibland Eulers tal. Beteckningen Nepers tal syftar på John Napier. Talet är viktigt inom bland annat matematisk analys och förekommer lite varstans inom matematiken. Till exempel råder följande samband mellan nio av matematikens mest använda objekt:

Objekten som avses är operationerna addition, multiplikation, exponentiering och relationen likhet, samt talen e, π, i, 1 och 0. Sambandet kallas Eulers identitet.

Motivering
Derivatan till den generella exponentialfunktionen y = ax är definierad som gränsvärdet

Gränsvärdet längst till höger är oberoende av variabeln x och beror endast av basen a. När basen är e, är gränsvärdet = 1 och med e som bas kan exponentialfunktionen ses som sin egen derivata:

Således är exponentialfunktionen med basen e särskilt lämpad för analysen till skillnad från något annat tal, då denna bas förenklar beräkningar som involverar dess derivata.

Derivatan till loga(x) är gränsvärdet

där substitutionen u = h/x gjordes i sista steget. Det sista gränsvärdet i denna beräkning är återigen ett obestämt gränsvärde som endast beror på basen a och om basen är e, är detta gränsvärde = 1. Det enklaste uttrycket för derivatan är således

Logaritmen i detta speciella fall kallas den naturliga logaritmen.

Definition och värde

Talet e kan definieras på många sätt och det existerar ett stort antal metoder för att beräkna dess värde. Talet är till exempel bas för den naturliga logaritmen och är alltså en lösning till ekvationen
,
som också kan skrivas på formen

Eftersom ln är strängt växande är e det enda reella tal x som uppfyller sambanden.

e kan också definieras som gränsvärdet

vilket beror på sambanden

Sätt , där  då

De sju första elementen i talföljden
 är

eller i decimalform, avrundat till tre decimaler:

Talföjden konvergerar tydligen ganska långsamt mot talet e.

Med hjälp av maclaurinutveckling är det möjligt att skriva exponentialfunktionen som en serie:

där n! är fakulteten för n. Serien kan även användas för att ge en definition av exponentialfunktionen i det komplexa området och kan användas som motivering till Eulers formel.

I fallet då x = 1 ger serien värdet på e som

Adderas de sju första termerna i serien

fås en ganska god approximation till e (med tre korrekta decimaler) vars oändliga decimalutveckling börjar … och vars fortsättning inte har något känt mönster.

Egenskaper

Allmänt
Talet e är ett irrationellt tal, vilket innebär att det inte kan skrivas på formen a/b, där a och b är heltal. År 1873 bevisade Charles Hermite att talet e även är ett transcendent tal. Det var därmed det första exemplet på ett "naturligt förekommande" transcendent tal.

Den kanske viktigaste egenskapen hos talet e är att exponentialfunktionen, som den ger upphov till, är en fixpunkt till deriveringsoperatorn. Med andra ord är exponentialfunktionen opåverkad vid derivering:

Egenskapen leder till att e ofta förekommer vid derivering och integrering av exponentiella samband, vilket gör konstanten mycket användbar inom den matematiska analysen.

Inom statistik
Det enklaste fallet av normalfördelning kallas standardnormalfördelning och beskrivs av täthetsfunktionen

Faktorn  är nödvändig för att den totala arean under kurvan ϕ(x) skall ha värdet 1. 1/2-faktorn i exponenten ger fördelningen variansen 1 (och därför också standardavvikelsen 1). ϕ(x) är symmetrisk kring x = 0, där den antar sitt maximala värde .

Komplexa tal
Den exponentiella funktionen ex kan skrivas som taylorserien

Denna serie innehåller många viktiga egenskaper hos ex även när x är ett komplext tal och därför är den ofta använd för att utsträcka definitionen av ex till komplexa tal. Detta tillsammans med taylorserierna för de trigonometriska funktionerna sin och cos(x}, möjliggör en härledning av Eulers formel:

vilken gäller för alla x. Specialfallet med x = π är Eulers identitet:

från vilken det följer att, i principalgrenen av logaritmen, är

Vidare, med användning av lagar för exponentiering är

vilket är de Moivres formel.

Representationer

Oändliga serier

Det finns ett stort antal oändliga serier för e:

 där  är Belltalen. Några exempel är:

Oändliga produkter
e kan också skrivas på flera sätt som en oändlig produkt:

Kedjebråk
Några kedjebråk för e är

Följande kedjebråk konvergerar tre gånger snabbare:

Andra kedjebråk är

Gränsvärden
Ett simpelt korollarium av Stirlings formel

är
.

Andra gränsvärden är

där π(n) är primtalsfunktionen och n# betecknar primorial.

Historik
Den första publikationen med kopplingar till e är John Napiers verk om logaritmer från år 1618. Verket inkluderar ett appendix som innehåller en tabell över värdet på ln(x) för ett antal x. Själva talet e nämns dock inte. Även andra 1600-tals-matematiker, till exempel Nicholas Mercator - som införde begreppet naturlig logaritm i sitt verk Logarithmotechnia, använde sig av logaritmer med bas e utan att konstanten dök upp. Talet upptäcktes först 1683 i samband med att Jakob Bernoulli försökte beräkna sammansatt ränta i fall då beloppet uppdateras kontinuerligt istället för periodiskt. Problemet gav upphov till gränsvärdet

Bernoulli kom fram till att uttryckets värde måste ligga mellan 2 och 3, men hittade inte det exakta värdet (som är e). Den första kända användningen av konstanten var år 1690 i ett brev från Gottfried Leibniz till Christiaan Huygens, där Leibniz använde sig av beteckningen b. Leonhard Euler ligger bakom den nuvarande standardbeteckningen, som han använde första gången år 1731 i ett brev till Christian Goldbach.

Typografisk aspekt
Enligt den svenska standarden SS 03 61 07 (Grafisk teknik – Sättningsregler – Matematik och kemi) ska e som beteckning för den naturliga logaritmen inte skrivas i kursiv stil, då den är en matematisk konstant och inte en variabel. Detta följs dock inte i någon större utsträckning, då konstanter också ofta skrivs i kursiv stil.

Referenser

Noter

Externa länkar

 100 000 decimaler av e
 Två miljoner decimaler av e

Matematiska konstanter
Irrationella tal
Transcendenta tal

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We are living through an historical transformation in the nature of American power. This is a revolution in both the application of power (technology) and its moral purpose (politics). America is at a cross-roads. The fourth rupture in the country's short history, the current social movements cascading across America's cities (and the world) represent a new chapter in the American story. Beginning with the War of Independence, the Civil War, and World War II, the United States now faces a fourth political struggle to finally and completely end the cancer of white supremacy that has plagued the country since its founding.
The truth is that the era of white supremacy is now burning out in America and around the world. After three centuries as the major operating system for Western predominance, white supremacy is now being rendered obsolete. Together, demographics, technological change, and popular resistance are working to shape a new world order. Given ongoing structural changes in economy and society, it is obvious that America's leadership is now entering a period of cyclical renewal, as well. Indeed, over the next 25 years, white Americans will become a relative minority among many minorities.
In technological terms, this is a period of transition between two epochs: an industrial era characterized by factory labor and class struggle, and a digital era characterized by automation and widespread institutional unravelling. We are moving through a new gate in history. Accelerated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States is now undergoing a political revolution that will likely spread across post-industrial economies around the world.
Much as the Arab Spring, social media is providing a platform for coordination and a vehicle for cultural documentation. The capacities of millions of Americans to leverage mobile devices to self-organize with unprecedented reach and scope is now set to overwhelm an older top-down system rooted in command-and-control. As the Wall Street Journal observes, social media is now a battleground for the protests. Tech platforms are amplifying tensions while also providing a real-time chronicle of events on the ground.
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In this digitally networked era, the United States is once again at the center of a massive transformation in human political relations. George Floyd's public murder has been a spark igniting a cultural awakening. Pent-up social pressures seek an outlet and as Peter Turchin explains, these structural pressures have been building for some time. Popular immiseration, intra-elite conflict, and the loss of confidence in state institutions have together detonated a complete system change. During transitions of this magnitude, past systems are utterly disrupted while new systems remain difficult to predict.
This "American Spring" is being underwritten by a cluster of technologies with a unique capacity for horizontal diffusion and cross-fertilization. As technological change accelerates structural transformation, it opens the way to social upheaval. In fact, the United States and the order it oversees is now teetering on collapse. But there is strong reason to believe that growing protests signal significant change ahead. Even as the United States continues to unravel, it remains the case that no other modern society has been more innovative or adaptive to change.
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Rise of a New Generation
As Robert Reich observes, history teaches that mass protests against structural oppression can lead to liberation or brutal repression. The sight of US military personnel and aggressive police clashing with young protestors has left an indelible impression on the American psyche. The truth is that America's young protestors are now foot soldiers in a new chapter of American history. This is an intergenerational struggle in which a new and more diverse cohort of Americans is being propelled by the forces of history.
In fact, there is a bright thread that runs through these cyclical ruptures in American history. That thread is race. Underlying the American Civil War was the issue of race. Underlying World War II was the issue of race. And underlying the revolution that is now happening on the streets of the United States and cities around the world is the issue of race. Responding to this challenge is the major task facing a new generation of Americans. Part of the solution will entail introducing reparations for slavery. Beyond this, America will need a new story.
Demography is destiny. Much of the current revolutionary fervor today is rooted in changing demographics. Non-Hispanic whites constitute a majority of Americans (60%), but they are also the oldest of all racial or ethnic groups in the country. In fact, Americans of two or more races are the youngest racial or ethnic group as measured by median age, and more than half of multiracial Americans (53%) belong to Gen Z and younger. All of this suggests that the new story of America will be written by new generations of Americans with very different perspectives on the creation and evolution of the country.
The dominant story of America as an exclusive annex of European civilization is now coming to an end. The main question that remains is what story will hold the country together? What remains of the United States as the story of Western imperialism and the structures of white supremacy continue to fray and unravel? The answer to this question is that a new story will come. This new story will be determined by a new generation of Americans whose histories are varied and complex. In the addition to the story of European settlement, new perspectives of enslaved Americans, Americans who have suffered "settlement" as genocide, and immigrant Americans who have no relation to Europe will commingle to produce something new.
It is obvious, for example, that President Barack Obama's mixed racial heritage is a window into this new story. As Obama understood and often expressed in speeches that captured the nation's soul, the United States is not merely a mixed society or a society of immigrants or a multicultural society. It is a social laboratory for making humanity into something new. "E Pluribus Unum", out of the many one. Beyond the cultural homogeneity that first built the United States into a superpower, this crisis era is now accelerating a vigorous cultural hybridity. That is to say, a unity without uniformity and a diversity without fragmentation.
American Renewal
Propelled by the forces of history, the Millennial generation and Gen Z are now rising to positions of moral authority even as the institutional foundations of the country have all but collapsed. As Strauss and Howe point out, these young generations have never known an America in which its civic and cultural life has not been in a state of decay. Nor have they known trustworthy civic institutions that could be relied upon to manage the collective good. Beyond a postwar generation grounded in rights, what must come is a post-crisis generation grounded in institutional renewal.
Constructing this new system will mean rethinking our systems of economy, public health, and security. It will mean reinventing systems of capital distribution to accommodate communities and workers displaced by automation and unemployment. It will mean finally and completely eliminating the scourge of racism. And most importantly, it will mean reconstituting our collective story around a shared social purpose and new forms of governance.
Beyond an era characterized by white supremacy, government dysfunction, and environmental collapse, we are witnessing the emergence of a new American revolution. Notwithstanding the hard struggle that lies ahead, the decline of the present order also represents a new beginning. Crisis periods of this magnitude can end in triumph or they can end in tragedy but they inevitably give rise to new social orders. Indeed, every new cycle begins with the crisis of the last.
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Dean given award for harbour rescue
Dean Mark, volunteer Eyemouth lifeboat received his silver Police and Public Bravery Award at a ceremony in London from Deputy Chief Constable Ian Pilling, and Sara Thornton Chief Constable of NPCC.
Eyemouth RNLI crewman Dean Mark was given a silver medal at this year's National Police and Public Bravery Awards for saving a man from drowning in the town's harbour.
Dean was presented with his medal at an awards ceremony in London which recognised the courage and bravery of 94 people across the country.
In May 2015, Eyemouth RNLI lifeboat crew responded to an incident at the harbour where a man had lost his footing and fallen into the water.
Dean was the first on the scene, and when he saw a man floating face down in the harbour, he jumped in after being told by witnesses that the man had been in the water for between 25 and 30 minutes.
Dean swam to the man and took him safely to the harbour wall, where others helped get him out of the water.
The casualty was breathing, but his body temperature had dropped significantly.
Paramedics then took him to hospital, where he made a full recovery.
Dean said: "When I saw that the man was floating face down in the water, I knew that I had to act quickly.
"All my RNLI training kicked in, and I did what any of the other crew would have done."
Inspector Bryan Burns, of Police Scotland, said at the time: "Thanks to the efforts of Dean Mark, a young man was saved from what was potentially a fatal situation.
"It is through his selflessness and bravery that this incident reached a positive conclusion, and Police Scotland commends Dean for his swift action."
Dean's bravery was recognised at a Police Scotland awards ceremony last year for the same rescue, and in October this year he received another award at the Brave@Heart 2016 ceremony from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at Edinburgh Castle.


Ahead of the 2023 general election, the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State and its supporters are already working towards winning the state from the Peoples Democratic Party governor-elect, Seyi Makinde.
The Oyo State chapter of APC also stated that it would challenge the result of the governorship election in places where there were irregularities.
The development was revealed in a statement released after a meeting between APC leaders from the 33 local government areas of the state which was presided over by the Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi.
The party stated that it was impressed by the achievements and performance of the Governor in his eight years in office.
The Publicity Secretary of APC, AbdulAzeez Olatunde, who released the statement called on members of the party to take solace having ruled the state for eight straight years.


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Robert R. Landry
By 1943 - 2018
AUBURN — Robert R. Landry, 74, of Auburn, died Friday, Feb. 23, at the Clover Living Center in Auburn.
Born in Lewiston on March 12, 1943, he was the son of Albert and Cecile Roberge Bolduc. After his mother's death in an automobile accident, he was adopted and raised by Ernest and Theresa Landry. Educated in local schools, he married the former Diane Preo. Mrs. Landry passed away on Aug. 11, 2002. Robert worked many years in the shoe industry, and for over 20 years was a painter at Bath Iron Works. He was an avid sports fan, especially hockey, and for years was involved with his three sons' Lewiston/Auburn youth and high school sports teams. A member of Holy Cross Church, Prince of Peace Parish, he was active in his younger years with the Knights of Columbus.
Survivors include three sons, David and wife, Angela, of Scottsboro, Ala., Michael of Lewiston, and Ryan and wife, Ashley, of Auburn; a brother, Richard, of Lewiston; a sister, Lorraine, of Canada; and five grandchildren, Kayla, Christopher, Dustin, Evan, and Adam Landry.
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In this guide we'll take a look at the best children's seesaws for the UK market.
This Little Tikes Whale Teeter Totter Children's Seesaw is the best children's seesaw for ages 1-3. The bright blue whale design is sure to appeal to little ones and it is suitable for use indoors or out. The rocker is comfortable for small children, very safe and easy to clean with soap and water.
This rocker of this childrens seesaw has easy grip handles and wide comfortable footrests. It has a seat at each end and a middle seat. This is useful as it means up to three children can play, and also a child can sit in the middle and use the toy like a rocking horse.
This childrens seesaw is a compact 105cm x 43cm x 35.5cm. It is made all in one piece, requires no assembly and is light and easy to move around.
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This HLC Rotating Children's Seesaw is a great rotating seesaw that will provide plenty of fun and excitement for children. It has sturdy moulded seats and comfortable soft hand-grips. The brightly coloured frame is made from powder coated steel for extra durability.
This childrens seesaw is perfect for two children, but an adult can also push and rotate the seesaw easily when a single child is playing.
This garden seesaw is sturdy and easy to assemble and comes with 3 long steel pegs to secure it into a lawn. It is also lightweight enough to be easily moved around. It's the perfect children's seesaw!
This is a fantastic value and enjoyable garden seesaw for children between the ages of 3 and 6.
This Hedstrom Children's Seesaw goes up and down as well as rotating in a full circle for extra fun and excitement. The unit is stable, and the handles and seats are sturdy and comfortable for little ones. The central bar is adjustable to make it suitable for a range of ages.
The bright orange and blue frame is made from powder coated steel for durability. The item is easy to assemble and comes with all fittings required including dome headed self-locking nuts for extra stability and safety.
The seats have pillars beneath them to prevent children from bumping on the floor, so avoid placing this on very damp ground to prevent these getting stuck in the grass. This childrens seesaw can be separated into two pieces for moving round the garden and easier storage.
This is a fun and great value childrens seesaw that is perfect for 3 -6 year olds.
This TP Spiro Spin Children's Seesaw is soft and bouncy for small children to use and easy for them to spin around. It is lovely and bright to look at and it's durable and sturdy, too.
This garden seesaw is stable, and the bouncy wheels create a bigger bounce as well as reducing the impact for a softer bump. This also means it doesn't churn up the lawn. The saddle seats are comfortable as are the handgrips.
This childrens seesaw is made from painted steel with rubber wheels and handgrips. It is easy to put together and comes with ground stakes for added stability.
This is a fun and exciting childrens seesaw that is suitable for children aged from 3-8. It is a little more expensive than the previous products but does provide a lot of play value for a wide range of ages.
This TP Toys Wooden Seesaw makes an attractive addition to the garden, and you can't go far wrong with this beautiful wooden version. While the FSC certified wood gives you the look of a classic seesaw, this product also rotates for a fun and exciting ride.
This is more expensive garden seesaw than the previous products, however, it is built to last and the preserved wood is guaranteed for five years. It has comfy moulded seats and hand grips and is super stable in use. The seesaw is suitable for children up to eight years old, however, if yours are 6 or under I would choose a larger model as they will grow out of this too quickly for it to be good value.
This garden seesaw is easy to assemble, taking around an hour for two people, and is supplied with ground stakes for extra stability.
This is a beautifully designed and engineered traditional toy that would look great in any garden. It also offers great play value, going up and down as well as rotating, for children aged between 3 – 8.
A seesaw is a great addition to your child's garden toys. They are reasonably priced, easy to set up and provide hours of fun for children. They encourage cooperative play and help your children develop coordination as well as getting plenty of exercise.
The smallest children's seesaws or rockers are suitable for toddlers and can be used inside our outdoors. Larger models, suitable for outdoor use, will provide plenty of fun for older children. There are also seesaws that spin around for extra excitement and play value.
When choosing a childrens seesaw, make sure you find one that is the right size for your needs and that can be placed somewhere where you can easily supervise your children while they play.
Plastic rockers are more suitable for the smallest children, while larger seesaws with a rotating action will provide more play value for older kids.
You should choose a seesaw that is made from durable materials such as weather resistant plastic, powder coated steel or wood. If you choose a wooden version make sure it is made from sustainably sourced wood and has been treated with a child friendly preservative.
Can you put a seesaw on concrete as we have no lawn?
There are a couple of problems with using childrens seesaws on concrete. Firstly, the concrete is very hard, and children may be injured if they fall off. Secondly, some seesaws are secured with ground anchors which it will be impossible to fix into existing concrete.
However, some seesaws do not require anchoring so you could use one of these if you place it on some nice thick play mats. The smaller models are also suitable for use indoors.


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Did Pepsi Have One of the World's Largest Navies? No — But the Truth Is Mind-Boggling
What do the Space Race, Nixon, Khrushchev, Russian fast-food workers with venereal disease and the mujahideen have in common? They're all part of this insane true story that's been lost to history
Ever heard about the time "Pepsi had the sixth largest navy in the world"?
Perhaps one of your boys told you about it. Maybe they read about it on Reddit. If you believed them and googled it, you'd find plenty of stories like Business Insider's "How Pepsi Briefly Became the 6th Largest Military in the World," or Atlas Obscura's "When the Soviet Union Paid Pepsi in Warships," or the Daily Kos' "When Pepsi Had a Navy."
"With its faltering economy, the USSR did not have many consumer products that it could successfully sell to the West," the Daily Kos explained in its story. "But one thing it did have, thanks to its bloated Cold War military budget, was a lot of surplus equipment for its armed forces. And so, in what must be one of the oddest commercial agreements ever signed, Gorbachev agreed to turn over to Pepsi a fleet of 17 obsolete Soviet Navy diesel attack submarines along with a decommissioned cruiser, destroyer and frigate, as well as a number of new civilian oil tankers. At a stroke, PepsiCo had become the sixth most powerful navy in the world. The oil tankers would in turn be sold to Norway, and the decommissioned military ships and submarines would be sold for scrap to a shipyard in Sweden."
While this story almost always goes low-key viral, there's one pretty significant problem: It's totally wrong!
First of all, 17 attack submarines, one cruiser, one destroyer and one frigate wouldn't have possibly qualified as the "sixth largest navy in the world" in 1991, the year this allegedly all took place. In fact, it wouldn't have even placed Pepsi in the Top 25 navies in the world. Not by a long shot.
But what about the rest of the story? Is any of it true?
Yes, and it's much, much wilder.
Let's start at the beginning: On October 4, 1957, after launching the satellite Sputnik 1, the Soviet Union was momentarily the most advanced nation in the world. Because the good ol' U.S. of A. was now feeling a little unsure of itself, two years later, Vice President Richard Nixon made an unprecedented trip to the Soviet Union for an American exhibition in Moscow, which was intended to show the communists how well Americans were living, too.
Along the way, Nixon offered Nikita Khrushchev and his Soviet delegation a refreshing cup of Pepsi, which had been made and bottled in Moscow. Khrushchev delighted at the sugary, fizzy drink. Nixon then offered the Soviet leader a second sample that had been bottled in the U.S. The idea was to show that Soviet-made Pepsi could be just as good as the America-made soda. It was a capitalist's trick to get the communists to open up their markets. And just like that, the Russian love affair with Pepsi was underway.
Some 12 years later, Vice President Nixon had become President Nixon, and as the leader of the free world, he sent a Department of Commerce commission to the Soviet Union to stoke trade between the two Cold War rivals. On the trip was Pepsi CEO Donald Kendall, who was the one who had arranged for his good friend Nixon to give Khrushchev the Pepsi taste-test back in 1959. This time Kendall nailed down what would become a hugely lucrative deal for Pepsi.
Essentially, the Soviets paid for their Pepsi with vodka. Or more specifically, the sodamaker was given exclusive rights to distribute Stolichnaya in the U.S. Starting in the 1970s, and powered by Pepsi's advertising and marketing cunning, the distribution deal led to a swift rise in the vodka's popularity in America. In 1973, Stoli was selling 30,000 cases a year in the U.S. By 1978, the vodka brand was pushing 200,000 cases annually. And by 1980, that number had climbed to 1 million, making it the second most popular vodka in America.
This, however, came to a screeching halt in 1979, when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, leading American consumers to boycott Stoli and allowing Swedish-made Absolut to claim the lion share of the American vodka market.
Pepsi, though, wasn't about to abandon its foothold within the Soviet Union. If anything, it pushed with the full force of capitalism to keep growing its business there. And so — along with a little help from Michael Jackson, whose Russian language ads aired throughout the Soviet market — Soviet demand for Pepsi climbed to a fever pitch throughout the 1980s. It was so great that no vodka deal could ever pay back the amount of Pepsi that the Soviet people were consuming.
Thus, in May 1989, the New York Times reported, "PepsiCo recently bought from the Soviets 17 submarines (for a measly $150,000 each), a cruiser, a frigate and a destroyer. They are being resold for scrap. It has also bought new Soviet tankers (to carry oil, not beverages) in a joint venture with the Soviets and a Norwegian company that will lease them out or sell them." ("We're disarming the Soviet Union faster than you are," Kendall joked with George H.W. Bush's National Security Advisor.)
It seems this is the origin of all the "Pepsi has the sixth largest navy in the world" breathlessness. The thing is, the proposed deal for the Soviet flotilla never actually went through. Instead, a $3 billion agreement was reached that would've seen Soviet shipyards "build at least 10 commercial vessels for Pepsi that will then be sold or leased in the international markets. A spokesman for the Purchase, N.Y., soft drink maker and fast-food marketer said the ships will range in size from 28,600 to 65,000 tons."
However, this deal also fell through. As Pepsi's 1994 annual report to the SEC shows, there were no reported profits from any assets or leases from the corporation's shipping concern or reported profits from the sales of ships. The reason is, on December 25, 1991, the Soviet Union broke apart. And Pepsi quickly discovered that "the shipyard that was building the double-hulled tankers that PepsiCo was selling to finance its Pizza Huts and new bottling plants in Russia was now in a different country, Ukraine, and the new Ukrainian government wanted the revenues from the ship sales."
"We had to restructure all the elements of the 1990 contract so that we had the appropriate deal in each [Soviet] republic," Richard M. Norton, a vice president of PepsiCo, recounted at the time. "That has meant, for example, expanding our business much faster in Ukraine — we are bringing in prefabricated Pizza Huts there — in order to use the revenues from the ship construction. But we are really going to have to work to expand our vodka sales in the United States and to buy more apple juice and other products in order (to generate enough cash) to meet the demand for Pizza Huts in Moscow and St. Petersburg."
Notably, the rollout for the fast-food chains that Pepsi pushed was rushed and didn't go as smoothly as it would've hoped. For instance, the pizza chain had a little problem with STDs: "Pizza Hut's first major stumbling block resulted from failing to screen all employees for venereal disease, and had to be temporarily shut down."
Eventually, though, the sugary, fizzy, red-white-and-blue symbol of American capitalism figured out the new Russian market and retained its profitable love affair with the Russian people. So much so that, in 2004, Vladimir Putin awarded the man who started it all, Donald Kendall, with the Order of Friendship.
There were just no submarines or warships included.
Zaron Burnett III
Zaron Burnett is an investigative journalist and longform features writer based in Los Angeles. He covers culture, politics, race, and other perplexing mysteries for MEL.
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Q: Unresolved Externals - Enums within static classes I have no idea why my code isn't working, just started learning C++ and all the namespace/header files etc..
I have a main function:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "Game.h"

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    Game::Start();
    return 0;
}

Which calls a static function within game to start.
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "Game.h"
void Game::Start(void)
{
    _gameState = ShowingMenu;

    while(IsExiting())
    {
        switch(_gameState)
        {
            case ShowingMenu:
                ShowMenu();
                break;

        }
    }
}

Now whereever I use the enum GameState (as you will see from the header) I get:
Unresolved external symbol private static enum Game::GameState Game::GameState

This is the Game.h
#pragma once

class Game {
public:
    static void Start();
private:
    static void GameLoop();
    static bool IsExiting();
    static void ShowMenu();
    enum GameState { Uninitialized, ShowingMenu, Dealing, DealerTurn, PlayerTurn, Betting, Exiting };
    static GameState _gameState;
};

Not sure why this is not working, the only solution was to take out the whole enum.

A: Make sure you define _gameState in a single translation unit (probably within Game.cpp):
Game::GameState Game::_gameState;

The static GameState _gameState; in your class definition is only a declaration, so the member must be defined too. See C++ FAQ for more details.


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Faculty Innovation Award Winners
Faculty in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health may apply for several internal funding opportunities which can help jumpstart their ideas and advance their career trajectory. These pilot or innovation awards often provide the initial support to gather data or explore support small project ideas which can then be leveraged into future grant applications.
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Faculty Innovation Fund Award
The Faculty Innovation Fund supports the research of full-time, early-stage faculty with a primary appointment in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The goal of this fund is to stimulate innovative research projects that will strengthen the faculty member's research trajectory. Many research leaders in the school received their initial independent funding through these awards. All areas of scientific inquiry are eligible for this award. The maximum award is $35,000 and there are generally 2 to 4 awarded annually. Application submissions are due each year in the spring. Check out our outstanding past awardees.
Wendy Klag Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Fund
The Wendy Klag Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities has a yearly funding opportunity for full-time faculty members and students at the JHSPH to support innovative research and professional training in areas that are consistent with the Center's mission. Awardees must agree to engage with the growing community of investigators focused on autism and developmental disabilities within JHSPH. View details on the funding initiative and application requirements.
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The Center for Global Health offers a number of funding opportunities for faculty and students engaged in the study and research of pressing international health issues, including up to eight full tuition Global Health Scholarships to the Bloomberg School's masters' programs and a $5,000 Pulitzer Reporting Fellowship. Faculty Pilot Grants in Global Health Research, in the amount of $50,000, are designed to strengthen recipients' ability to secure funding from current sources. Faculty interested in having students support their overseas research projects can recruit students for Established Field Placements, a travel grant of $3,500. Visit the Center for Global Health website to learn more about these and other funding opportunities.
JHU Technology Development Accelerator Fund Seed Grant Program
The purpose of the Technology Development Accelerator Fund (TDAF) is to further the development of Bloomberg School of Public Health faculty innovations with commercial potential. Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis to projects that require additional development, proof-of-concept or prototype design to spur interest or make the technology ready for licensing. The technologies could include patentable inventions or copyrightable material, such as software or assessment tools. Suitable projects are typically those that are beyond the basic research stage and beyond the interest of most federal funding agencies. Proposal must demonstrate a high probability of making it from the lab to the marketplace. The TDAF is not generally intended to support "de novo" development of ideas on which no substantial work has yet been undertaken, nor is it meant to support copyrightable academic monographs or educational material.
Grants of up to $50,000 (no indirect costs will apply) will be awarded to researchers for projects up to 12 months in duration. The funding decisions are made by the faculty tech transfer committee, but the process is administered by JHURA with Charles Bartunek taking the lead. Funding opportunity announcements and solicitation of applications are typically circulated via email to the faculty about 4-6 weeks before the grant review.
Center for AIDS Research CFAR scholar awards
The Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research provides pilot grants to faculty in the Schools of Public Health, Medicine, and Nursing to enable and support HIV/AIDS research projects. Junior faculty in other JHU schools are eligible to apply if the proposal meets all other criteria. The primary purpose of these awards is to strengthen the individual's ability to secure independent NIH research funding with foci on R- and K-series awards.
The budget for the grants is a maximum of $50,000 in direct costs. Indirect costs will be calculated by the CFAR and added at the time of funding. We plan to award up to six (6) 1-year grants, with a start date of July 1, 2021. Please carefully read the full Application Instructions prior to applying. Download Application Instructions. View more details on the CFAR website.


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