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Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Gadidae
Genus: Gadus
Gadus macrocephalus
Gadus ogac
Cod is the common name for the genus Gadus of fishes, belonging to the family Gadidae, and is also used in the common name of a variety of other fishes. Cod is a popular food.
1 Species in genus Gadus
2 Related species called cod
3 Unrelated species called cod
3.1 Order Perciformes:
3.1.1 Rock cod, Reef cod, and Coral cod
3.2 Order Scorpaeniformes
3.3 Order Ophidiiformes:
Species in genus Gadus
At various times in the past, a very considerable number of species have been classified in this genus. However the great majority of them are now either classifed in other genera, or have been recognised as simply forms of one of three species. Modern taxonomy, therefore, recognises only three species in this genus:
Atlantic cod Gadus morhua
Pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus
Greenland cod Gadus ogac
All these species have a profusion of common names, most of them including the word "cod". Many common names have been used of more than one species, in different places or at different times.
Related species called cod
Cod forms part of the common name of many other fish not longer classified in the genus Gadus. Many of these are members of the family Gadidae, and several were formerly classified in genus Gadus; others are members of three related families whose names include the word "cod", the Morid cod s, Moridae (100 or so species), the Eel cod s, Muraenolepididae (4 species), the Eucla cod (Euclichthyidae) (1 species). The Tadpole cod family (Ranicipitidae) has now been absorbed within Gadidae.
Species within the order Gadiformes that are commonly called cod include:
Arctic Cod Arctogadus glacialis
East Siberian Cod Arctogadus borisovi
Saffron Cod Eleginus gracilis
Polar Cod Boreogadus saida
Rock Cod Lotella rhacina
Poor Cod Trisopterus minutus
Pelagic Cod Melanonus gracilis
Small-headed Cod Lepidion microcephalus
Tadpole Cod Guttigadus globosus
Eucla Cod Euclichthys polynemus
Some other related fish have common names derived from "cod", such as codling , codlet or tomcod (note that "codling" is also used as a name for a young cod).
Unrelated species called cod
However there are also fish commonly known as cod that are quite unrelated to the genus Gadus. Part of this confusion of names is market-driven. Since the decline in cod stocks has made the Atlantic cod harder to catch, several replacements are marketed under names of the form "x cod", and culinary rather than phyletic similarity has governed the emergence of these names. A very large number of fish have thus been named as some kind of cod at some time. The following, however, seem to have well established common names including the word "cod"; note that all are Southern Hemisphere species.
Order Perciformes:
Eastern Freshwater Cod Maccullochella ikei
Murray Cod Maccullochella peelii
Trout Cod Maccullochella macquariensis
Sleepy Cod Oxyeleotris lineolatus
Blue Cod Parapercis colias
The cod icefish family, Nototheniidae, including:
Black Cod Paranotothenia microlepidota
Maori Cod Paranotothenia magellanica
Antarctic Cod Dissostichus mawsoni
Rock cod, Reef cod, and Coral cod
Almost all the fish known as coral cod, reef cod or rock cod are also in order Perciformes. Most are better known as groupers, and belong to the family Serranidae. Others belong to the Nototheniidiae. Two exceptions are the Australasian Red Rock Cod, which belongs to a different order (see below), and the fish known simply as the Rock cod in New Zealand, Lotella rhacina, which as noted above actually is related to the true cod (it is a Morid cod).
Order Scorpaeniformes
Red Rock Cod Scorpaena papillosa
Order Ophidiiformes:
The Tadpole cod family, Ranicipitidae, and the Eucla Cod family, Euclichthyidae, were formerly classified in this order, but are now grouped with the Gadiformes.
Cod War
fishbase.org - Scientific Names for Gadus
COD is an abbreviation of Cause Of Death
COD is also an abbreviation of chemical oxygen demand.
COD is also an acronym for cash on delivery.


I'm learning programming on my own, and my approach so far has been choosing a concept for a program, and learning language features as needed in order to execute the concept. I did that for C++ first, and now I'm doing it for C# because my ultimate goal is to get a job, and C# jobs seem common.
I believe that Casey's attitude that OOP ultimately only makes things worse is probably right, but nonetheless, over the course of my C# project, I haven't tried to fight against what seemed to me to be the way the language is intended to be used. The result, whether because Casey is right, or because I'm not using C# "correctly" after all, or some of both, I've ended up with towering class hierarchies that, despite my attempts to use them to model the conceptual hierarchies inherent in my problem domain in a sensible way, don't even entirely succeed at that. The amount of architecture I need to add to support each new piece of functionality keeps growing.
The thing that bothers me is that if I were to start over in C, I don't see how I would approach it differently that wouldn't lead to a similar quagmire. If I were to step through my thought process for structuring my program the way I did, would people be willing to suggest how they would do it instead?
12 months ago Edited by Ryan Fleury on April 24, 2018, 2:05 a.m.
I've struggled with this same problem in particular for quite some time. I spent a long time programming in a traditional object-oriented fashion (though my experience was with C++), and even when switching to C-style C++ (similar to the style used in Handmade Hero), my thought processes remained similar. I wrote a blog post about this, specifically with respect to my game.
Honestly, I'm not sure if there's a shortcut to shifting your thinking. I've been trying to program in a more straightforward, procedural fashion for over a year and am still catching myself thinking in ways that isn't particularly productive. That is, however, what this community is for (helping each other converge to an 'ideal' software engineering methodology), which implies that the answer to your question is "Of course!".
Feel free to post about architectural decisions and about this community's various thoughts about it (which, by the way, will vary from person to person); I'll be sure to chime in!
12 months ago Edited by AlexKindel on April 24, 2018, 5:47 a.m.
Excellent! I asked first because most programming forums I've tried seem to explicitly discourage such broad questions. It's hard to find advice on anything that isn't highly focused.
The purpose of the program is to take a string representing a numerical expression, specified in terms of integers, +, -, *, /, ^, i, ( and, ), and return a simplified form of that expression. The simplifications involve all the obvious ones you learn in primary school, like 1+1 returns 2 and (6/8)^(1/2) returns 3^(1/2)/2, as well as some more technical ones.
My basic approach is to parse the input into a sequence of Number objects alternating with binary operations. The operations are evaluated one by one according to the order of operations, where evaluation means to combine the Number objects on either side of it into a single Number of the appropriate value. Once there are no more operations left, leaving behind a single Number, that Number is printed out as the answer.
The structure went through a couple more refinements before I'd accounted for every possibility, with some additional wrinkles added for convenience rather than strict theoretical necessity, all the while defining the arithmetic operations for each class to account for each other object type it might be combined with.
How does this seem so far?
12 months ago Edited by Ryan Fleury on April 24, 2018, 7:31 a.m.
I spent some time playing around with this problem and wrote a semi-solution in C to perhaps give you an idea of how I'd approach the problem (without doing it in an object-oriented fashion).
My reasoning is that there's no real reason why a fraction is any different of an operation than an addition or subtraction. It is still fundamentally a binary arithmetic operation, so it's easy to generalize on that.
My goal was to effectively generate a tree that would be useful for parsing an expression. Take, for instance, the expression "1 + 2 * 3".
Note that this doesn't actually simplify the expression as you wanted, but rather solves for it. To simplify it algebraically, you'd just need to traverse it slightly differently and perform different operations, but the fundamental idea would be the same.
Now, this probably isn't the most efficient way to go about doing this, but it gets the job done fine for this problem in particular. An iterative solution would probably lend itself better for efficiency, and perhaps the tree could be stored in a more cache-efficient way, but I was just trying to work through the problem conceptually.
I think what I would say regarding your solution is that it doesn't fundamentally matter what a human's understanding of what a number is and therefore it doesn't matter how a number is represented in terms of a class hierarchy. What matters is what is most useful to generalize strictly in terms of solving the problem at hand (which, in this case, happens to be parsing a mathematical expression somehow).
12 months ago Edited by AlexKindel on April 24, 2018, 8:34 a.m.
In order to adapt this to give exact, algebraically-simplified answers rather than decimal approximations, the return value of solve_operation would have to be Operation, right? So that, for example, given an Operation that represents the tree for 2^(1/2), solve_operation would return that Operation unchanged?
In that case, the handling of each operation_type value would itself become a switch statement that checks against the nesting structure of the Operations being acted on, because the specifics of what the arithmetic operators have to do depends very much on that. And, so that it wouldn't be necessary to figure out anew what the nesting structure of a given Operation is each time it gets operated on, it would make sense to add a number_type field that tracks that.
At that point, I think what you'd have would amount to my approach with the number_type values corresponding to my class names and the virtual functions replaced by switch statements. Which is not to say it wouldn't be worth trying, because I've run up against limitations of C#'s class architecture all the time that I might be able to get around if I'm essentially rewriting that architecture myself, the way I need it to work.
The purpose of the program is to take a string representing a numerical expression, specified in terms of integers, +, -, *, /, ^, i, ( and, ), and return a simplified form of that expression.
In my opinion, that is not a program, that is a function. A single function that takes a string in, and sends a new string out. That is by far, the simplest form. That can of course be a HUGE function, but the key to good procedural programming, is to know how to make good subfunctions, that this superfunction calls.
For example, in function "eat food", we have subfunctions "chew" and swallow"
12 months ago Edited by Martin Fouilleul on April 24, 2018, 9:28 a.m.
Instead of returning an object from the operation at a specific node, you could just repeatedly traverse the tree and modify the subtrees in-place, using a set of simplification rules. The result would be the resulting tree once no more rule can apply (ie after a traversal of the tree that yields no modification).
You don't necessarily have to hardcode switch statements accounting for each specific operation combinations. In fact, the operation in itself don't matter much unless you can evaluate it (ie its left and right subtrees have been simplified to integers and the result of the operation is an integer), what matters is its associative and distributive properties.
That said, the result of a "simplify" operation depends very much on what do you mean by simplification ! It may be more solid to think in terms of well defined transformations such as factorizing, distributing, recognizing identities such as a^2+b^2-2*ab = (a-b)^2, etc... Which methods yelds a simpler result depends on what you want / what the initial expression is.
So I would rather have a set of rules, eg functions that check if an operation is possible on a subtree, modify it accordingly and return true if a modification happened. You could then do a traversal of the tree and at each node try to apply the rules until you find one that returns true. Then repeat, until no more rules can be applied.
Maybe not the most efficient either, but it allows you to think in terms of general rules and to precisely tune what "simplifying" means to your program.
12 months ago Edited by AlexKindel on April 24, 2018, 10 a.m.
There is definitely at least one case where, if I were doing repeated traversal rather than combining pairs of numbers in one pass, I could be more efficient: When the input expression takes a root of a negative or imaginary number, I factor out a root of unity and express it in a+bi form whenever possible, which often produces quite a complicated expression. For some of the simplifications I do, I need a minimal polynomial for a portion of the tree, and the minimal polynomials of such complicated expressions are expensive to calculate. However, if the program knows that the expression is a root of unity when the need for its minimal polynomial arises, the process is trivial. Leaving roots of unity as complex exponentials would render them automatically recognizable, to be converted to radical expressions only after it's known that no more minimal polynomials will be needed. I think that's the only such clear-cut case I've come across so far, but there might be more.
For what it's worth, what I mean by "simplify" is more or less to obey the property that, given any two inputs that represent the same real number, the program will convert both inputs to the same form. That might be impossible, but I get as close as I can by doing things like rationalizing all denominators and reducing nested radicals to minimal nesting depth.
I don't think you need to "switch from OOP to procedural". It isn't anything religious or polarized that you think it is. IMO it's about doing what is right.
Abstractions, hierarchies, polymorphism may all be used if and only if you really see them adding value.
Eg. https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kobject.txt The kobject is being used to give all the above attributes.
To give another example, when you attach a disk that disk is claimed by a volume manager. The volume manager can create many objects for the things on disk, eg. an object can be created representating the volume abstraction. That volume abstraction can contain many "plex" (http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man4/vinum.4freebsd.html). A plex can contain subdisk, etc.
This volume->plex(s)->column(s)->subdisk(s)->disk "hierarchy" is maintainted using containment sometimes.
When IO is requested by the filesystem on a volume the IO happens on volume, then on plex, then on subdisks and finally disks. A sort of io tree (even though it isn't called a "tree" in code) is created and the tree is traversed from its leaf node (disk) to the root (volume) during io completion.
So imo even simple volume management code that predates C++ uses everything C++ says it "provides".
Would C++ have helped in this case? I don't think so. It would've unnecessarily complicated the development. Also optimization would have been difficult with C++. Eg. a thing called "fast path" was done later where in case of simple layout (just a simple non raid volume that doesn't spans disks) this io tree formation is skipped and io is directly sent to disk. The simplicity of C allowed this adhoc optimization.
My point is don't quibble over ideas like OOP vs procedural. Don't be so polarized. Avoiding C++ doesn't mean never using OOP or code generation. For me it means not wasting time reading the yet another c++ standard, writing readable code, writing debugable code, being easily able to think about the end assembly, having a feeling that I'm actually programming the physical x86 (or other) chip and not some virtual platform and being professional.
12 months ago Edited by Ben Visness on April 24, 2018, 12:38 p.m.
Good points from everyone. I would also suggest that if you want to learn to program in a different style, you should just try writing a meaningful program in a language that forces you into that style. Programming in C or Go for a bit will help procedural programming settle in your mind more firmly, since that's literally the only way to program in those languages.
I think that's probably true for any programming paradigm, not just procedural.
Fair enough. I do have a couple questions that are applicable much more generally than my current project, like "if you can't or won't use templates/generics, what do you do when you need to use the same algorithm on variables of many different types?" and "if you can't or won't use exceptions, what do you do if the desired response to a special circumstance is to abort many layers of in-progress function calls?" My understanding is that Jonathan Blow and Casey, among others, happily do without both of those language features, but I don't understand the reasonable alternative.
The answer to number one is meta programming or copy and paste.
The answer to the second is proper error handling. Even if you have to have error checking in every layer. Though really that should probably be refactored so there is a way to continue cleanly even in he face of errors.
12 months ago Edited by Ryan Fleury on April 24, 2018, 3:49 p.m.
I should clarify that I don't really consider 'object-oriented programming' to be a set of language features. I see it as instead a methodology of approaching problems. I consider many popular object-oriented features to not be very useful not because they are in some arbitrarily defined circle called 'object-oriented programming', but rather because they arise out of an object-oriented programming methodology.
To respond to your message, AlexKindel, I don't agree that my solution would require emulation of your object-oriented class hierarchy. Martin Fouilleul was correct in saying that all you need is a set of rules to check each sub-tree on. This is necessarily defined by you, as you are defining what "simplification" means to you in the first place. Will your program change 3^(1/2) to 3^0.5? That's up to you. If your program shouldn't do that, then you need to create a rule that dictates that the program not solve for a decimal approximation for that particular type of expression.
With regards to generic programming, there are several ways to solve that problem and which particular method you choose depends deeply on your needs. A good way to consider some data generically is treat it as the most generic thing possible on a computer: A block of memory. The abstraction of a 'data type' is only useful in so far as it actually helps you; if it doesn't (and if you need something generic with respect to memory), then ditch the abstraction. This is exemplified by Sean Barrett's stretchy buffer library; it is a pseudo-equivalent of the C++ standard template library's std::vector, but it is solved in such a way that it does not require templates (and therefore not a recompilation for each type it is used with).
When working with memory generically isn't useful for a particular problem, meta-programming is probably the best way to go, though I haven't worked much with meta-programming and therefore can't speak too much further on that subject in particular.
12 months ago Edited by AlexKindel on April 24, 2018, 9:41 p.m.
In the current project, I think it would be necessary to error check at every layer: the only kind of error that can happen beyond user syntax errors that can be caught immediately is divide by zero errors (also introduced by the user input), which often can't be detected without a lot of processing, and the moment of detection might be deeply buried, like with 1/(1+1/(2^(1/2)+3^(1/2)-(5+2*6^(1/2))^(1/2))^(1/2), where 2^(1/2)+3^(1/2)-(5+2*6^(1/2))^(1/2) happens to equal zero.
I'll have to look into metaprogramming. Maybe it would be more powerful than C#'s generic capabilities, which I haven't been able to figure out how to use to factor out everything I want to. Right now I have four classes for modelling different kinds of polynomials, and there's a ton of code that's similar or identical between them other than the fact that it acts on different types. I've actually been pretty happy with the Number hierarchy part of the program, but the polynomials is where it has gotten nasty.
I use the term loosely, for sure. I'm certainly not wedded to the idea that whatever structure I use has to model named, real-world concepts.


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November 07, 2016 07:00 ET | Source: Northern Empire Resources Corp.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Nov. 7, 2016) - Northern Empire Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:NM) (the "Company" or "Northern Empire") today announced the results and interpretation of 277 line kilometers of ground magnetic geophysical surveys and 1297 geochemical samples (including 10% Quality Control) on the Richardson Project, located within the Fairbanks Mining District of Alaska.
The geophysical survey validated the known Richardson lineament, and additionally, identified several north-northeast structures that the Company has recently identified as possible controls of high grade mineralization. One of the geophysically identified structures coincides with recent sampling results, 32 m at 5.73 g/t Au from chip channel sampling as announced on October 18, 2016.
The compilation of this year's geochemical survey and existing significant datasets generated by Northern Empire and previous workers, when combined with the geophysical survey, has defined several high priority targets.
Anomalous gold values showed both a strong relationship with underlying structures defined by the 2016 Mag Survey as well as clear associations with pathfinder elements generally associated with the Intrusive Related Gold Model. Maps showing the results of the geochemical and geophysical survey can be found on the Company's website. http://www.northernemp.com/projects/richardson/.
Michael G. Allen, President, CEO and Director of Northern Empire commented, "The 2016 program at Richardson has exceeded our expectations. Work to date has identified a 2,000 meter north-northeast gold in soils anomaly with a coincident geophysical structural complex. An additional 2,000 meters of the geophysical signature is poorly covered by soil data. A second mineralized structure trending northwest has been identified with coincident elevated gold in soils over 1,000 meters with an additional 1,000 meters remaining to be evaluated. We look forward to our 2017 program where we intend to follow up on the highest priority targets with drilling."
1297 soil samples were collected on the Richardson Project during the 2016 summer campaign. 10% of submitted samples were inserted QAQC samples (1166 soils, 52 blanks, 39 field duplicates, and 40 standards). All samples were delivered to ALS in Fairbanks, Alaska for preparation including drying and sieving to 80% passing 180 mesh. Prepared samples were sent to ALS in Vancouver or Reno and analyzed using ME-MS41W and Au-AA23 (fire assay).
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Dumped goldfish are reproducing and taking over Hamilton Harbour
By Jenna Wootton
Hamilton Harbour is being turned into a giant goldfish bowl, but environmental researchers aren't happy about the region's newfound pets.
According to reports, the nearly two million large and small goldfish that have been counted by researchers at the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) this year are likely descendants of people's unwanted pets—unfortunately, the harbour isn't a good home for them either. That's because the orange and dull-grey fish are throwing yet another wrench into plans to rehabilitate the bay, which is also plagued with carp.
RBG and other organizations have been trying to tackle the harbour's carp problem for years. Like goldfish, carp are an invasive species, which means that they're not native to the location. According to Ontario's Invading Species Awareness Program, without any natural predators or controls, invasive species can have devastating effects on native aquatic life, habitats, and ecosystems.
Carp are not only destructive because they crowd out other fish species, but also because they're bottom feeders, which means they're constantly churning up the soft sediments of rivermouth marsh environments in search of food, inhibiting the growth of plants and indigenous fish species as a result.
That's why Becky Cudmore, an invasive species expert with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, is urging people not to release pet fish like these into the wild.
"They might think they are a doing a kind thing for the fish, but they are not doing a kind thing for the ecosystem," she told The Hamilton Spectator.
So far, the goldfish are considered less harmful than carp, but when they become fully grown (potentially reaching more than 40 cm in length), researchers are concerned that they'll be big enough to inflict similar damage on the already fragile ecosystem. That's why the increasing prevalence of goldfish is so troubling.
"They seem to be heading toward taking over," Tys Theysmeyer, head of natural lands for RBG, told The Spectator. "People used to actively release goldfish into the bay a lot," he told CBC News. "In the last five years, their numbers have been rising and rising."
While goldfish previously had very low survival rates in the wild, changing conditions have allowed them to reproduce with relative ease.
"With increased warming trends we're seeing an increased ability of some fish species to survive in areas where we wouldn't think they could survive," Cudmore said.
Water levels have also played a part. Theysmeyer told The Spectator that low levels in early summer, which rose quite suddenly later on, assisted in the goldfishes' ability to reproduce.
When the water levels jumped, Cootes Paradise—an area where fish tend to reproduce—"basically turned into a goldfish factory," he said. This, combined with the poor water quality resulting from contaminated overflow from the city, have discouraged native species from flourishing, making even more room for goldfish.
But Cudmore says Hamilton Harbour isn't the only place seeing this pattern—the problem has arisen at numerous locations in the lower Great Lakes, and the north shore of Lake Erie in particular. Hamilton Harbour just happens to be a hot spot.
According to CBC News, RBG has contacted the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Ministry of Natural Resources to determine whether or not they want to take action, and if so, how to move forward.
The hope is that birds and bigger fish will utilize the plentitude of goldfish for food, which will help reestablish native fish populations such as pike and bass.
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Alipay has launched a new feature that allows users to buy non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from within the app, according to local sources.
One of China's largest payment service provider, Alipay, has launched a platform for the sale of NFTs. Local media reports and tweets from Colin Wu and others confirmed the development, which marks a big step forward for the company.
Users can buy NFTs directly from the app, as seen in the tweets, which are accompanied by a few screenshots of the UI. Sino Global Capital CEO Matthew Graham, who posted the tweet, said that he had purchased one NFT, which was paid for in renminbi.
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AntChain is a product of the Ant Group, and is an enterprise blockchain that is being used to issue NFT tokens and certificates. The Ant Group is strictly following the country's protocol of using blockchain technology, but not virtual currencies themselves.
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China all in on blockchain technology
While saying that cryptocurrencies could disrupt the economy and promote illicit activity, the government has also been touting the benefits of the technology itself. The country has published a long-term strategy for the implementation of blockchain tech, which is part of a more comprehensive plan that goes on to 2035.
The biggest indication of the country's focus on the technology is its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital yuan. China has conducted several pilot programs, and the asset looks well on its way to launch, though there is no clear sign as to when it may be officially released.
Officials hope to use the technology to digitally transform their economy. It is likely that the company will slowly begin introducing more applications as the digital yuan takes hold. However, it's unclear what will happen to the cryptocurrency market in the country — China does not prohibit the holding of assets.
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I don't really think there's anything wrong with bringing this thread back, its not like theres any need for another one, and its only from July?
Yeah, there's nothing wrong with it, its just really hard to make any substantive money breeding spiders without a major operation.
Spare Enclosure... What should I fill it with?
Sounds like backwash, fairly common after a spider eats. Don't know the technical term or whatever.
People calling tarantulas their children/babies. Why?
M balfouri is white/cream/offwhite, besides the blue legs.
Help! I disturbed my sling while molting and need advice before I panic more.
First, zombie thread. Second, was the spider molting or not? If you think it was, what makes you think that? Do you have any photos?
Fun thread: What are the 7 deadly tarantula sins?
"Yo dude look my tarantula ate this plastic man's head crazy right"
No, he's the one who uploaded it here, not the guy from reddit.


So many homeowners are too stressed out because of clutter. They may not realize it, but living in a house filled with knick-knacks or maybe even items that should have been thrown out a while ago affects physical well-being and mental health. This also has a significant effect on lifestyle and habits. If your home is very messy, then you wouldn't want visitors around. So, how do you keep things organized? Below are a few tips.
Now that you are getting ready to de-clutter, the first step is to see what needs to be done. This will require you to examine every inch of your property. With a pen and paper in hand, walk around your house. See what items are cluttering your patio, pool area or yard. Then, check every room inside your home and write down what areas need to be put in order. This method will help you in planning what area to sort out first, and it will also allow you to decide on what kind of storage containers you require.
Tackling everything at the same time will surely make you overwhelmed. So, fix problem areas one at a time. Decide where you want to start. If you have decided to work indoors, choose which room to arrange first. Then, have trash bags and storage containers ready to make sorting faster.
This is the sorting stage wherein you have to determine what stays and what goes. Make separate piles for each. The things that you want to dispose of can go to the trash. If these are still usable, you can sell them or donate them to charity. If you have things that you want to keep but your space is too limited, you can rent a space where you can store these things until such time that you want to use them again. Maybe you'd also like to save a few memorable items for your kids or grandchildren. If you have room at home, you can put these in secure boxes and keep them in your attic or basement.
For the things that are going to stay in your house, you have to consider where to put these. Every item must have its own place so that it'll be easy to put it away when you're not using it. Also, make sure to return things to where they're supposed to be. Don't allow items to pile up because it takes double the effort to reorganize all the stuff. When arranging your belongings, you should also consider getting new cabinets or putting up new shelves. Maybe you can also purchase new dressers so that you have more storage space for all of your possessions.
This is easier said than done. However, after you have organized your home, you can avoid disorder by making sure that each and every item is in its right place. Once you notice that things are piling up in a corner, tackle the problem right away. Aside from this, think carefully about the items that you bring into your home. Don't be an impulse buyer. When shopping, consider an item's utility. Do you really need another set of teacups or do you just want to buy them because they're 50% off? There will be fewer items that would cause clutter if you are more careful about what you bring inside your house.
The article is by Claire Kurt, a freelancer who regularly blogs about lifestyle and home improvement issues. A number of her articles are about US storage centers in Phoenix, and her aim is to offer information about home organization options.


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I'm sharing a shaker card today featuring the Pretty Pink Posh Geranium stamp set. I had colored a bunch of these geranium flowers and made another shaker card a few months ago. To see that card, you can click HERE. Copic colors used: V000, RV63, RV55, RV66; leaves: YG41, G03, G16. I arranged this card a bit different and used a different window for the shaker.
I used some Spun Sugar distress ink to color a panel and die cut the window using Pretty Pink Posh's Window Frames dies. I used the center piece on the inside portion of the shaker.
For the word "friend," I used the Hello Friend Script die. I die cut the word using some black paper for a shadow and white glitter paper for the top.
For the shaker, I used some Orchid colored sequins by Pretty Pink Posh and Sparkling Clear sequins.
I had fussy cut all these images bc I didn't have the dies and it was a lot of work, but I think it gives the layered images a better look to them. I really hope you liked it!
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Lovely card as well as impressive fussy cutting Caly!


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What Sectional Sofa its Right for You?
What do you use your sectional sofa for? To drink coffee, read homework, take a nap, sit with your ipad or relax with a good book or a new magazine? If you find one that suits your needs, the sofa is one of the best places to hang out in your home. We ask you three questions that bring you closer to what sofa its right for you. Go for a high back and a small seat depth. Hard cushions make it easy to sit upright without sinking. A sofa with deep seats makes you slide down on the sofa. It's a good thing if you primarily use your sofa for relaxation. With a seat depth of 40-60 cm it is possible to sit upright while a seat depth of +60 cm is for you who likes to lie back.
Where should the couch stand? In a small room: A sofa on tall legs seems easy and fits well into a small room. Select the sofa in a light shade so it does not take too much attention in the room. In a big room: Here you have the freedom to choose a sofa in a different color and shape. Starting from existing colors in the living room. The interior is not too messy. Should you choose fabric or leather? If you want a soft and comfortable sectional sofa that's hot to put in. Make sure to choose a fabric that can withstand a damp cloth. Choose leather: If you want a luxurious look that lasts a long time. The leather is only nicer to get a little patina. However, it may be a bit cold to sit in a leather sofa.
The sofa is typically the most important piece of furniture in a living room. While internal tendencies lean toward moving the furniture out in the middle of the living room. This is actually poor feng shui. In order for people to feel really safe. The largest aspect of a room must be "anchored" against a solid wall. Feng shui leans against the connection between feelings of instability in family life and work, wealth and health and floating living sectional sofa. While the correlation may seem strange to some, try it. Fly your sofa in the middle of the living room and see how it feels. Do the same with the sofa against a solid wall. You will feel inherently more vulnerable to the fluid. And more secure with the anchored to the wall.
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Twice each year, Spring (March-May) and Fall (September-November), the Cape Coral Police Department conducts a Citizen's Police Academy; a ten-week orientation program designed to give citizens an in-depth, hands-on look at how and why the police department does what it does.
Attendees of the Citizen's Police Academy participate in a wide variety of activities, including Ride Along on Patrol, Defensive Tactics, Traffic Safety, Criminal Law, Tactical Driving (yes, you will drive a police car), Police Communications, Forensics and other interesting topics. Graduates of the class will also be invited back to the Police Department on a regular basis for special programs.
The Citizen's Police Academy meets on Thursday evenings from 6:30 pm-9:30 pm in the Cape Coral Police Department training rooms. Tactical Driving is conducted off-site and during daylight hours on a Saturday. The program is free of charge. It is open to Cape Coral residents age 20 and older.
For more information, or to register for the Citizen's Police Academy, call the Cape Coral Police Department Community Outreach Programs Unit at (239) 242-3342.
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Valedictorian Has His Mic Cut Off After Mentioning Religion In Commencement Speech
A similar story about a valedictorian at a South Carolina high school ripping up his speech and delivering the Lord's Prayer, in defiance of school policy, got a lot of reaction on the reader blogs. Today comes another story about a valedictorian in Texas who got his mic cut off after he diverged from his school-approved remarks into talking about how his faith helped him through adolescence.
From CBS:
Reimer thanked his parents, teachers and classmates. "Most people have never ever heard me speak much less see me smile," said Reimer.
He then talked about his faith and God, "Most important I want to thank God for giving us the only son who went through excruciating death on a cross…"
Then he said it was his constitutional right to talk about such topics. "I was threatened with having the mic turned off," and right then the mic was turned off. Reimer continued with his speech, but not everyone heard it. …
JISD officials approve all speeches and some students said Reimer went with a copy of one that wasn't approved.
"He sent in a prior speech before that and they threw it away so he wasn't going to let them tell him what to say – what not to say," said graduate Bryce Daniels.
The school defended itself by saying the problem wasn't so much the religious content of the speech but rather that the student had departed from his pre-approved remarks:
The District has reviewed the rules and policy regarding graduation speech, and it has been determined that policy was followed at the Joshua High School 2013 Graduation Ceremony. The valedictorian, salutatorian, and class historian speeches were reviewed in advance by the campus staff, prior to the graduation ceremony. Student speakers were told that if their speeches deviated from the prior-reviewed material, the microphone would be turned off, regardless of content. When one student's speech deviated from the prior-reviewed speech, the microphone was turned off, pursuant to District policy and procedure.
This is quite the lesson in free speech these students are getting. Either they stick to government-approved speech, or they'll be silenced. One could argue that public schools have an interest in pre-approving student speeches to ensure student discipline, but as Ed Morrissey notes I don't see that the schools have carte blanche to censor content.
We seem to have reached a strange crossroads in the history of American liberty, where speech and religious expression are restricted, ludicrously, under the guise of "tolerance" and "diversity."
What's happening is called a heckler's veto. Those intolerant of religious expression cause so many problems with complaints and protests and lawsuits that the freedom of the religious to talk about or express their faith in public is being infringed.
Just because you're an atheist, or just someone who disapproves of public expressions of religion, doesn't mean your intolerance is a trump card limiting other people's freedom. Living in a free society, living in a diverse society, means tolerating that other people hold views different from your own and have the same rights you do to express those views in public. Of course, that goes for Christians tolerating Muslim expression. And Muslims and Christians tolerating atheist expression, etc., etc.
I always have to laugh (as an atheist) at atheist and supposed "civil liberties" groups using their 1st amendment right to protest as a bully stick with which to beat down other people's right to express their religion.
Or, I would laugh, but it's not very funny.
Meanwhile, in San Francisco, taxpayers have paid for a prayer space and foot bath for Muslim taxi drivers.
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The HVAC system in your Port Neches-Groves, Texas, home is typically connected to the vents through a series of ducts. The ducts allow the air to move throughout the house, maintaining a more comfortable temperature in every room. Over time, these ducts can trap a number of contaminants that restrict airflow and cause the indoor air quality in your home to get worse. Duct cleaning is an important part of HVAC maintenance that can protect your home.
One of the main reasons that homeowners have their ducts cleaned is to improve the quality of the air they breathe. Air ducts often contain contaminants like pet hair, pollen, dust, dander, and dirt, which can cause allergic symptoms and aggravate existing breathing conditions, such as asthma. Your HVAC system will continue to recirculate the air in the home, which means these contaminants never really go away unless they're properly removed.
Unpleasant odors in the home are hard to eliminate, especially if they're trapped in the air. You may catch whiffs of cigarette smoke, household cleaning products, pet odors, and even the smell of food you've prepared if your system continues to recirculate stale air. A duct cleaning service can remove the particles that trap these odors in your air, giving you a home that smells fresh and pleasant.
If your ducts are coated with dust and dirt, the heating and cooling system has to work harder to move air throughout the rooms of the house. As a result, it will use more energy to maintain a comfortable indoor atmosphere, which will cost you in the form of higher monthly bills. Having your ducts cleaned removes that debris, which means the air can flow more freely and your system can operate at a more efficient level.
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I Owe A Lot To Jack Reilly
"We all laughed in the control room," he said. "Would you like to come to New York and do some fill-in for us?" he asked.
Jack Reilly passed away today. I can't begin to tell you how much I owe him.
From TVNewser:
Jack Reilly, the former Good Morning America executive producer and later vice president of news at CNBC, passed away this morning at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York at the age of 84.
Reilly was VP and managing editor of CNBC from 1994 to 1998. Before that, he was the executive producer of ABC's Good Morning America from 1986 to 1994. Reilly transformed GMA, a faltering #2 show, into the nation's top-rated morning show – a position the show held for more than five years.
The time was the mid-90s and I was working here in New Haven. One afternoon our news director Liz Crane (now Liz Gray) asked me if I'd like to do the weather on Good Morning America/Sunday. "This Week with David Brinkley" was interviewing someone at Yale, had already asked for our satellite truck and then as an afterthought asked if we would also supply a weatherman.
This was a big deal to me and I told EVERYONE I knew to watch. Truth is, this kind of affiliate hit was nice but inconsequential to the network. You do it. Your friends and family see you. Life goes on.
The first hit followed an interview with tennis great Tracy Austin. She had just gotten married. While Dana King (I love Dana King) conducted the interview from New York Tracy stayed at home in a room full of wedding gifts.
Dana finished the interview and briefly introduced me. This was my chance to play it straight–just do the weather. I didn't.
"Dana, if you talk to Tracy again, would you ask if she got the Corning Ware we sent?"
After the weather ended our sat truck operator ran out of the truck. "The producer wants to speak to you."
Oh s**t. I was in trouble. I could feel it. On the other end of the line was Jack Reilly.
OMFG!
I continued to be GMA's go-to guy working weeks at-a-time until one winter's day Spencer Christian got stranded on the West Coast. A lower level producer called and asked me to fill-in. I felt committed to do the day in Connecticut–a big weather day.
That was it for me. The GMA calls stopped. I have second guessed myself a million times on that call.
I aggressively pursued trying to get back in their good graces–but it didn't happen. A few years ago I gave up.
I liked working at the network. What made it better was parachuting in while keeping this job. It was a very cool place to work–seriously big time with loads of people and pressure to perform.
Jack Reilly made that happen. It didn't matter to him I was working in New Haven. He saw me. He laughed. He followed his gut.
Later on he was squeezed out at ABC. The show was never quite the same after that. Whether the Today Show passed GMA while Jack was there or after I can't remember.
Jack Reilly is a lot of what TV was and no longer is. He will be missed. My condolences to his family and friends. Thanks Jack.
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In 2013, Richard Harrison feared that his father's ashes were lost in the flood that had devastated Alberta.
A Canadian writer and professor at Calgary's Mount Royal University, Harrison is the author of seven books of poetry, including Big Breath of a Wish, a volume about his daughter's acquisition of language, and Hero of the Play, the first collection of poetry launched at the Hockey Hall of Fame. His poetry has been translated into French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic.
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ACER India develops and delivers products and services to a wide range of education stakeholders to improve learning across the lifespan. It works closely with governments and universities in South Asia, international aid agencies and not-for profit organisations such as the World Bank, the United Nations Children's Fund and the British Council. ACER India has successfully delivered projects in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, the Maldives and Sri Lanka.
The team at ACER India is highly experienced in the development and delivery of large-scale assessments and education research projects. ACER India staff have world-class skills and knowledge, and are experienced in working with clients around the globe.
Evaluation of the impact of early grade reading intervention projects.
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Providing technical assistance to the Monitoring and Evaluation Wing of the Bangladesh Ministry of Education for their Learning Assessment of Secondary Institutions, to help assess students in English, Bangla and maths for Grades 6, 8, and 10. ACER India is helping to build capacity in large-scale assessments, assessment framework, test item development, sampling, piloting and test administration.
Strengthening the ability of Education Review Office staff in data management, key statistical concepts and psychometric test theories to support analysis of data from the National Assessment of Student Achievement in Nepal.
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My name is Amanda Edwards Busby and I reside in Missouri.I am 29 and currently am 199lbs and am determined to get to get to a healthier weight. This is the heaviest that I have ever been and need to get to a healthier weight for me and my family. I have 3 boys that need me to be there for them and at the rate that i am going is not good. I have been having lots of issues lately with my health and pains in my chest and knees and trouble breathing.
I am scared that if I don't do something now it will eventually take me over and I refuse for that to happen. I am a fighter and I am gonna win this time.
I would love any suggestions that anyone can give me and the motivation to achieve my goal weight. Any pointers would be glady appreciated.
All I want for Christmas is to lose 15 lbs!!
Thanks guys I like all the help that you guys are contributing and it is also helping me with my choices throughout the day!!
I thnk that with the help of my buddies I will stay motivated and will be able to actually do this. I have failed in the past and failure is not an option this time around.. LOOKS LIKE I WILL HAVE TO GO AND BUY ME A NEW CUP TO DRINK MY WATER FROM, THE INSULATED ONES THAT ARE BIG!
THanks Mike, i will be looking for your request and I will try and drink more water. I think if I add lemon to it I may drink more that way..
Thanks for all the info. I have sent you a buddy request and look forward to having someone help me out. I have a real problem with my caffine, If I don't have it I get severe migranes. I did good for a whole 2 months with my addiction to caffine and then one day the soda just took back over because I lost the will power and my husband was no help either. I am determined this time because we are tring to have another baby and the dr says that dropping a few pounds will help. As you see I have a will and desire this time!!!
Thanks Maybe we could be buddies and help motivate each other to reach our goals.


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A few weeks ago, I took a train and bus trip from Delhi in search of Varanasi [Benaras], the Kashi of yore. I found Sarnath in Kashi's place instead. Perhaps this occurred because there is more of the Buddhist in me than the Hindu. Whatever be the case, Sarnath touched a place deep within my core.


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A Shabat walk through the image of Noah's raven
Sometimes I write back and forth to my son who is a rabbi. He knows I love the poetry of W.S. Merwin, and a few days ago he sent me Merwin's poem called "Noah's Raven." I awoke very early this Shabat morning, and thought of Raven.
Raven, you remember, is a scavenger. He collects and hides what is precious, as well as a lot of junk. There are many stories of Raven in native American traditions, but I decided to stick, in my walk through Google, to the associations to Noah's raven. Here is the circle of my Raven-like going and coming home (back to the ark):
Dear Joshua,
My early morning Shabat studies...
Noah's Raven
Why should I have returned?
My knowledge would not fit into theirs.
I found untouched the desert of the unknown,
Big enough for my feet. It is my home.
It is always beyond them. The future
Splits the present with the echo of my voice.
Hoarse with fulfillment, I never made promises.
- W.S. Merwin
I confess I forgot long ago the presence of Noah's raven, and I'm very happy that you introduce him to me through Merwin. Yes, ravens endure an ominous legacy, black carrion birds, Hitchcock creatures. The Biblical passage is one inviting commentary, isn't it. From a medieval Islamic scholar quoted in Wikipedia: "Noah spent five or six months aboard the Ark, at the end of which he sent out a raven. But the raven stopped to feast on carrion, and so Noah cursed it and sent out the dove, which has been known ever since as the friend of mankind."
So the dove, white and pure as a bride waiting for her groom, gets all the credit. No sense that the raven has paved the way. He never made promises; his knowledge would not fit into theirs. There are no easy lessons; it is, if not always, still usually beyond them/us.
From Genesis: ""And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made. He sent out the raven, and it kept going and returning until the drying of the waters from upon the earth. And he sent out the dove from him to see whether the water had subsided from the face of the ground." (Genesis 8:6-8). The key passage, "He sent out the raven, and it kept going and returning until the drying of the land.
"The Rashi, the preeminent Torah commentator, explains that initially, Noah was intent on sending the raven to search for dry land. However, the raven was hovering around the ark instead. Why did it refuse to go on the expedition? According to the Talmud (Tractate Sanhedrin 108b), the raven refused to go because it was concerned for the preservation of its species. It challenged Noah along these lines: "I am hated because seven of the clean species were taken in the ark, while only two of the unclean (of which the raven is considered; see Leviticus 11:15.) were granted refuge. Yet you choose to send me out!" It reasoned that were harm to come to it during a reconnaissance flight, there would only be the female left of its kind. from upon the earth."
Midrash passages are wonderfully contradictory, but seem to settle on the raven as among the unclean and mostly cruel: He "was prepared for another mission, during the days of Elijah the prophet. To reproach the people and their wicked King Ahab, Elijah decreed a drought upon the land, whereupon no rain fell. G-d instructs Elijah to journey to the desert: "It shall be that you will drink from the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to supply you with food there." Thereafter, ravens brought Elijah nourishment. (I Kings 17:4-6).
"This, then, is the meaning of the Torah's statement that Noah's raven "kept going and returning until the drying of the waters." The raven's calling was ultimately fulfilled when the rains "dried up" during Elijah's era."
At the end, that particular teaching is lovely, if a little less than full of reminders of the struggle: "The raven teaches us to be merciful, patient, and forgiving toward others. Even if they do wrong, we must love them, reach out to them, and be compassionate to them. Everybody is important. The raven reminds us of the famous saying of our sages (Ethics of Our Fathers 4:3): "Do not be scornful of any person, and do not be disdainful of any thing, for you have no person without his hour and you have no thing without its place."
Found near our little house in South Hadley, MA, perhaps once a desert - a fossil that came to be known as the raven's footmarks:
There's a lot about Raven violating the prohibition against procreation aboard the ark, and impregnating his wife....
"... many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased." Daniel, 12:4s
"Why should I return?" Yet he returns, again and again, like a bodhisattva.
Love on this Shabat morning,
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NEW YORK -- Journalists from across the nation gathered tonight at the New York Athletic Club for the 2009 Gerald Loeb Awards Banquet. The Loeb Awards are among the highest honors in journalism, recognizing the work of journalists whose contributions illuminate the world of business, finance and the economy for readers and viewers around the world.
Judy D. Olian, dean of UCLA Anderson School of Management and chairman of the G. and R. Loeb Foundation, welcomed Loeb Awards honorees and their guests. Tyler Mathisen, managing editor of CNBC Business News, served as master of ceremonies.
The Loeb Awards includes two special awards for career contributions: the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was given to Bill Emmott, former editor-in-chief of The Economist; and the Lawrence Minard Editor Award, which went to Lawrence Ingrassia, business and financial editor of The New York Times. In addition, there were 12 competition categories in which winners were named at the banquet. Following is a list of the 2009 Loeb Awards recipients.
Gretchen Morgenson, Peter S. Goodman, Charles Duhigg, Carter Dougherty, Eric Dash, Julie Creswell, Jo Becker, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Stephen Labaton of The New York Times for "The Reckoning."
Jack Dolan, Matthew Haggman and Rob Barry of The Miami Herald for "Borrowers Betrayed."
Ames Alexander, Peter St. Onge, Franco Ordoñez, Kerry Hall and Ted Mellnik of The Charlotte Observer for "The Cruelest Cuts."
David Leonhardt of The New York Times Magazine for "Obamanomics."
Brian M. Carney of The Wall Street Journal for "Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac."
Carrick Mollenkamp, Susanne Craig, Serena Ng, Aaron Lucchetti, Matthew Karnitschnig, Dan Fitzpatrick, Deborah Solomon, Dennis K. Berman, Liam Pleven, Peter Lattman and Annelena Lobb of The Wall Street Journal for "The Day That Changed Wall Street."
Rick Rothacker of The Charlotte Observer for "The Fall of Wachovia."
Gretchen Morgenson of The New York Times for "Wall Street."
William Selway and Martin Z. Braun of Bloomberg News for "Broken Promises."
Michael Lewis of Condé Nast Portfolio for "The End."
Rachel Elson, Mark Baumgartner, Lauren Barack, Richard Conniff and Judi Hasson of MSN Money for "Middle Class Crunch."
Steve Kroft, Jennifer MacDonald and L. Franklin Devine of CBS News/60 Minutes for "Economic Crisis: House of Cards."
Scott Pelley, Solly Granatstein and Nicole Young of CBS News/60 Minutes for "The Wasteland."
Charles R. Morris of Public Affairs for "Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash."
The Loeb Awards gratefully acknowledges the following sponsors: Associated Press, Bloomberg, BusinessWeek, CBS News, CNBC, The Economist, Financial Times, Forbes, Fortune, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, McKinsey & Company, MSN Money, The New York Times, Thomson Reuters, UCLA Anderson School of Management, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page. For more information about the Loeb Awards, please visit The Loeb Awards Web site.


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A Milestone in the Quest for the Lezgi Bible: The New Testament
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By the middle of the 1st millennium B.C., an alliance of 26 tribes was formed in the eastern Transcaucasus (at present, the territory of Azerbaijan). They formed the polyethnic kingdom of Caucasian Albania, which in the 4th century A.D. adopted Christianity as its state religion. Parts of the Bible were translated into the Caucasian Albanian, or Agwan, language, which belonged to the Lezgic language family. However, this translation was lost during the early Medieval period, and parts of it were discovered only in recent times. In the 12-17th centuries Islam came to dominate in the region, so nowadays the Lezgic peoples are mainly Muslim. They practice folk Islam, but traces of their Christian past are still noticeable, and in folklore traditions one can still find traces of ancient paganism.
It was a long-cherished IBT plan to translate the full Bible into one of the 10 contemporary languages belonging to the Lezgic group, and the recent Lezgi NT publication has become a decisive step towards the fulfilment of this dream. The project's translation consultant, Marianne Beerle-Moor, felt drawn to the Lezgi people and language 40 years ago, when she undertook her first sight-seeing trip to Moscow at the end of 1970s (any other trips except as a tourist were impossible for a Swiss citizen in Soviet times). In the course of that trip, Marianne found a small grammar of the Lezgi language in a bookstore. For anybody else, such a random find would have had no consequences at all, but Marianne was a linguist with a special interest in Caucasian languages, and therefore that little book was like a sign that illuminated her further path. Thus she embarked on a journey that she describes as "an adventure". And the adventure became life-long. Marianne proceeded to defend her doctoral dissertation on the Lezgi verb with the purpose of becoming an exegete for the Lezgi Bible translation project, but many more events followed and she had to start from the opposite end, heading up the whole Institute for Bible Translation in Moscow from 1997 to 2013. But that's already a different story, so let's plunge into the Lezgi project at its current stage of development.
The Lezgi translation team now consists of three mother tongue translators, an exegete from Germany, and a field-tester. One of the translators is a gifted poet, who endeavours to reveal the poetic style in the original and render it in his translation. One episode from the history of the Lezgi Bible translation project is related to our poet and is worth sharing. Once, the above-mentioned Lezgi translator decided to leave the project, but the team didn't want to lose his input and partnership. They started begging him to continue. "There are still so many untranslated poetic texts in the Bible; we won't manage without you," they complained, and to illustrate the point they nam ed the Book of Psalms. He asked for a Hebrew audio of Psalms in order to make his own conclusion, whether they were really poetic. At that moment in the project's history there was still no plan to start translating Psalms, but the team found the requested audio and gave it to their colleague. He took his time to listen to the melody of the unknown ancient language and then summed up briefly, "I've caught the idea how to translate the Psalms." The immediate result was that he stayed in the project and everyone else heaved a sigh of relief. Nobody expected any other continuation. According to the IBT translation approach, translators don't receive any further task until the exegete prepares the translator for the Bible book that is planned for translation. So what a shock it was for the Lezgi exegete when one day the above-mentioned translator-poet came up to him and said, "I've finished translating the Psalms." No plan! No preparation! The melody of Hebrew speech itself became the needed "introduction" for the poet-translator to start doing his work. He didn't need anything else. Even more surprising was that when the exegete read through this spontaneous translation, he was satisfied with its quality. Of course, the text was still at the 1st draft stage, with all other stages of editing ahead, but the fact remains that the Psalms were translated into Lezgi in a most unusual way, as if a modern poet heard his ancient brother calling him through the centuries, regardless of cultural and linguistic barriers.
Now the translator of the Psalms hopes that several Psalms can be printed in the old Caucasian Albanian script, which was deciphered by linguists at the very end of the 20th century and digitalised in Unicode several years ago. This "re-birth" of the Caucasian Albanian alphabet reverberated in the hearts of the Lezgi team members. Discovering the alphabet of their ancestors, one as ancient as the Georgian and Armenian alphabets, gave indisputable evidence of the ancient roots of the Lezgi people. It also gave new depth to the Bible translation project because of the Biblical fragments that the deciphered Caucasian Albanian manuscripts contained.
The project coordinator, who is also the exegete, is a native German and an engineer in his first profession. He draws all the project plans in the form of graphs, where he highlights in percentages and different colors how much has been done and how much remains to do in the project. His precise approach contrasts with typical life in Dagestan, where planning is altogether uncustomary. People in the rather patriarchal Lezgi society have a very different attitude towards time. They have other priorities: human relationships, including one's duty towards relatives and friends, are always in first place, while work comes second. That's why translation work can hardly progress as rapidly as planned. However, with human relations being a priority, it was always an evident goal for the Lezgi project team to make the text of the Lezgi Bible clear to speakers of Lezgi who live in a different linguistic situation than the translation team, who speak the literary dialect. Thus, the translated texts are meant also for Lezgis in Azerbaijan, where their mother tongue exists primarily in oral form and is developing somewhat differently from the Dagestanian dialect. Azerbaijani Lezgis are more aware of the many Turkic borrowings in the language and try to find authentic Lezgi renderings. Being bilingual, they easily distinguish between Azeri and Lezgi words and try to guard the purity of their mother tongue. As a result, all the Bible texts translated by the IBT team were additionally field-tested among the Lezgis of Azerbaijan. In order to achieve this, two Lezgi Christian women from Azerbaijan joined the project as external reviewers. They initiated reading meetings in Baku, so that Lezgi believers in Azerbaijani churches would embrace this translation as the Bible they want to read. An atmosphere of mutual respect developed between them and the translators. High linguistic professionalism, on the one hand, and deep knowledge of the Bible on the other have formed a solid platform for mutual enrichment and collaboration.
It's not a quick process, but the half-way mark has now been achieved: the Lezgi New Testament has now been published.
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Food And Cookery Shows That'll Leave You Drooling
By Bansi Chhatralia | March 23, 2021
Dear food lovers, How about a delicate dance of precision of the culinary delights? Isn't it really satisfying to watch an overhead shot of someone preparing the delightful delicacies? If yes, then you're wholly obsessed by food! Also, if you're someone who is fond of the culinary delights and its presentation on a plate then you must watch these food and cookery shows that'll leave you drooling. These fantastic cooking shows are for those who're interested in cooking and are certainly the official food fans! It also takes us on a delectable ride of what's going on in the world related to cooking. This offers an access to some of the basic information related to ingredients, equipment, and several food techniques and recipes too. The setup of these shows along with the impeccable presentation of food is not going to disappoint you. We're sure that it'll be worth your time!
1. The Chef Show
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An American television cooking show directed by Jon Favreau and Roy Choi is absolutely going to please you. The show is a dash of aspiration for all those who love exploring the culinary delights. The Chef Show is all about the experiments of some of the amazing recipes and techniques, baking, and cooking. The breezy set of kitchen basics in it will absolutely leave you amazed. This gratifying show also explores and collaborates with some bold-face names in the entertainment and culinary world. The cookery show has 2 seasons consisting of 4 volumes and you can enjoy watching this show on Netflix.
2. Chef's Table - 2015
Chef's table is an amusing documentary created by David Gelb. This compulsively-watchable food series is pleasing to watch due to it's sweeping cinematography, dramatic musical cues, and a seeming access to the world's fine dining stars. This is one of the best shows for the people who are absolute fans of fine dining. As it provides valuable insights into the major culinary movements that are blooming around the world. This hit documentary series is also about innovative dishes and tantalizing desserts!
3. Master Chef India
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Masterchef India is an Indian reality cookery show which consists of 6 seasons. Some of the esteemed judges of the show who proved to be the stars of the shows are renowned chef's of India i.e Akshay Kumar, Vikas Khanna, Sanjeev Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, Ranveer Brar, and Vineet Bhatia. It is a competitive cooking show where the contestants from across the country auditions by presenting a dish before the judges followed by the semi-final rounds. Here, they compete in several challenges which test their food knowledge and preparation skills. The winner of the show ultimately is given a prize which includes their own cookery show, the chance to have their own cookbook published. For ex. Nikita Gandhi, who became famous after winning the title of Master chef India season 4. She is now a renowned chef who features interesting experiments with vegetarian food on her socials. She also runs a famous blog named "The Veggie Fix."
4. How To Cook That - 2011
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The creator and host of the gratifying show How To Cook That - 2011 is Ann Reardon. It is a website and a you tube baking channel. This amazing food vlogger comes all the way from Sydney with her creative desserts and recipe tutorials to make you crave for the yummy food. If you're someone who is fond of the tasteful desserts then you must watch this show. As it offers the fantastic video recipes on baking and decorating themed cakes, desserts, chocolate creations and other confectionery. This will undoubtedly leave you drooling for more and more sweets!
5. Khana Khazana
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Khana Khazana is an absolutely amazing Indian cooking show hosted by the celebrated chef Sanjeev Kapoor and was directed by the renowned director Hansal Mehta. He hosted this show for more than 17 years on television. The chef creates magic with the flavorful recipes by amalgamating the traditional and contemporary cooking styles. How interesting no? The show is even more inviting in terms of the preparation of the delightful delicacies. He also gives tips on how to prepare these appetizing dishes. You can watch this tremendous television online on ZEE5. If you're a food enthusiast or someone who loves eating food then you must watch these food and cookery shows that'll leave you drooling.
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Q: How to select column conditionally according to another one in MySQL I have a table (users) which has columns as the following:
userid  name  email  system_photo  personal_photo  photo_select

photo_select can have two values (1 or 0). I want to select system_photo or personal_photo according to photo_select value. If photo_select is 1 then personal_photo should be selected, else if photo_select is 0 then system_photo should be selected.
system_photo value comes from another service. If the user does not like that photo, s/he can upload a new one. On another day, s/he will be able to switch between the two photos.
I have first selected all three columns, and in the view section of my code, I have written
if($user->photo_select === '0')
    echo $user->system_photo;
else if($user->photo_select === '1')
    echo $user->personal_photo;

but then I thought that this is a costly way. And I have decided to select only one photo column (system_photo or personal_photo) in the model section. What should be my MySQL SELECT statement to achieve this?

A: you can do the following:
select *, if(photo_select = 0, system_photo,personal_photo) as photo
from users

you can use if statements in your query based if its true or false you will select 1 column or the other.... then finally you cast it as whatever you want to call it maybe..... photo

A: SELECT IF(photo_select = 1, personal_photo, system_photo) as photo from users

A: try this
SELECT CASE
    WHEN photo_select=1 then personal_photo
    ELSE system_photo
END AS display_photo from users
where userid=1

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New Delhi: Government on Thursday returned the collegium's recommendation to elevate Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice KM Joseph as a Supreme Court judge, saying the proposal was not in accordance with the top court's parameters and there was adequate representation of Kerala in the higher judiciary from where he hails.
Justifying its stand of returning the recommendation, the Centre on Thursday sent a detailed note to Chief Justice Dipak Misra giving reasons to the Supreme Court collegium for its decision, including that seniority may not be an important consideration to ensure regional representation.
The note of the Union Law Ministry addressed to the CJI, who heads the five-member apex court collegium, said the proposal to reconsider Justice Joseph's name had the approval of President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
It said the apex court already has Justice Kurian Joseph, who was elevated as an Supreme Court judge on 8 March, 2013 from the Kerala High Court and there were two other High Court Chief Justices, Justices TB Radhakrishnan and Antony Dominic, whose parent high court was Kerala.
The note said at this stage, the elevation of one more judge from Kerala High Court as an apex court judge does not appear to be justified as it does not address the legitimate claims of the Chief Justices and puisne judges of many other high courts and "forestalls" the claim of other senior chief justices and puisne judges.
"It would be appropriate to mention here that Kerala High Court has adequate representation in the Supreme Court and among Chief Justices in various high courts.
"Justice Kurian Joseph who was elevated as Supreme Court judge on 8 March, 2013 is from Kerala High Court. Additionally, there are two chief justices namely Justice TB Radhakrishnan, Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court and Justice Antony Dominic, Chief Justice Kerala High Court whose parent high court is Kerala," the note to the collegium said.
Besides the CJI, the collegium comprises four senior most judges of the apex court - Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph.
"It is also, in our considered view, not in accord with the parameters laid down by the Supreme Court itself in the Second Judges case and reiterated in Third Judges case," it said.
The Ministry said the collegium system was the creation of judicial decision of the Supreme Court and the terms and conditions and other parameters are also laid down in judicial orders governing appointment of judges in the constitutional courts.
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"From our records, it is evident that to ensure regional representation, seniority may not have been taken as an important consideration, but in case where the high court concerned is adequately represented in the Supreme Court and also as Chief Justices of different high courts, then this consideration cannot be, and should not be ignored all together to the detriment and prejudice of other senior judges," it said.
Justifying its stand, the Centre said that such segregation of proposals has been done in many cases earlier, which include appointment of judges to various high courts and also to the Supreme Court in the interest of expeditious action of appointments and filling up vacancies.


I don't usually like to post multiple times on the same topic only a few days apart, lest I be seen as constantly ringing the changes on the same idea, but sometimes circumstances demand that I do.
Last week I wrote a piece about the discovery that climate change denier Wei-Hock (Willie) Soon had financial ties to the petroleum industry and the Koch brothers that he had not disclosed in his academic papers, an omission that clearly contravenes standards of scientific ethics. Although Dr. Soon's transgressions surprised no one, it was worth noting from the standpoint of doing what the deniers themselves demand, that is, "following the money."
Shortly thereafter we had Senator James Inhofe telling a bunch of his fellow senators that because it was cold outside, climate change wasn't occurring. He demonstrated his entire knowledge of climatology by holding up a snowball, thus simultaneously proving that your skull can be filled with cobwebs and dead insects, and you can still get elected to public office.
But what brings this topic back to my attention is the release of information from the National Snow and Ice Data Center that shows that the Arctic Sea ice is already thinning rapidly (it's March, folks) and is set to go into a melt this year that climatologists are calling "catastrophic."
(T)he March 4 measure finds NSIDC values sliding below previous records for the date set just 8 years ago.
I don't want to quote anything further from Fanney's post, because it deserves to be read in its entirety (please go to the link I posted above to read it), but you get the picture. Record high temperatures for the Arctic, including many regions above the freezing point of water -- and we haven't even hit the Vernal Equinox yet.
The frightening part of all of this is that once you start opening up gaps in the ice sheet, there's a risk of a positive feedback effect. Open water absorbs heat from insolation far better than snow and ice do. This will accelerate the warming, opening up further gaps, and so on. Storing vast amounts of heat in the Arctic Ocean will also affect the weather; the Northeastern deep-freeze this winter, and the repeated snowstorms that slammed the mid-Atlantic states and New England, were caused by a meander in the Polar Jet Stream that brought a blob of Arctic air far south of where it should have been, this time of year. So Inhofe's snowball is actually consistent with climate models -- not that I expect him to have the intelligence to understand that.
In fact, the whole climate-denier mindset depends on three things; confirmation bias, the power of money, and a sly ability to cherry-pick your facts. This last one is particularly insidious; that game involves publicizing like hell any specific data points that seem to support your claim, and not mentioning anything else.
It puts me in mind of a quote from linguist Alice Kober: "Facts are slippery things. Almost anything can be proved with them, if they are selected correctly."