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Why creating a brain safe workplace is good for business
Safety at work goes far beyond physical safety and mental wellbeing. Brain safety, by keeping us in a 'towards' state, boosts engagement, motivation and performance.
Safety at work is a given. Ensuring the physical safety and mental wellbeing of all at work is well established. Yet there's one glaring omission yet to be formally considered – brain safety.
Brain safety incorporates what brain science has revealed to facilitate optimal performance through the regulation of emotional and social intelligence. This is about providing a workplace environment that promotes greater engagement, motivation and contribution by minimising threat.
According to the 'Deloitte Talent Edge Study', employee retention is boosted through the fair exchange of effort for reward, trust in the company and its intentions, career development opportunities, autonomy to get on with the job and a supportive working environment that acknowledges and permits success.
A leader facilitating an employee's capacity to think well recognises how performance is influenced by a number of variables including physical and mental wellbeing, hunger, temperature, medication, and emotional state. Getting the best out of anyone starts with the understanding that the brain's primary objective is always to keep us safe.
When we feel safe we are more relaxed, calm, open to new ideas, willing to explore different options and get along better with others. Feeling part of a tribe and knowing where we sit in the social pecking order is part of that safety. Safety permits us to retain full access to the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain used for logic, analysis, decision-making and reasoning.
Threat comes in many forms, most commonly as other people. This might include people we don't like, bullies, dictators and tyrants. The most dangerous is the sociopath, outwardly charming but seeking to systematically eliminate anyone who stands in their way of office domination and career progression. Threat also manifests as job uncertainty, economic instability and other non-work demands.
Threat diminishes performance. As emotions and feelings run high, access to the prefrontal cortex is reduced; more mistakes are made, lack of judgement leads to poor decisions and tempers flare. Managing threat requires attention to all potential threat triggers as the contagion of negative emotions can rapidly lead to a downward spiral of negative self-talk, behaviour and performance.
Creating a brain safe workplace nurtures:
When seeking feedback about progress or potential problems, getting an honest answer is more likely when a person is in a 'towards' safety state. Reducing threat requires active listening and a non-judgmental response to hear what's really being said and what isn't.
Increasing honesty requires the leader to challenge excuses, and encourage the acceptance of greater accountability and self-responsibility.
Curiosity fosters a willingness to explore. Staying curious aligns us with the 'towards' state as the potential reward of creating new ways of doing to lead to better outcomes, and leads to higher levels of the reward neurotransmitter dopamine being released. This further motivates the desire to repeat the behaviour.
Curiosity reduces the kneejerk reaction of defensive behaviour that can arise when challenged to explain ourselves, promotes further questions, and keeps us more open to acceptance and tolerance.
Transparency of intention and clarity in all communication reduces stress and promotes a 'towards' state. Granting permission to seek clarification allows expectations on all sides to make a better match. The leader who is authentic, leads by example, rewards on merit and is seen to be vulnerable, compassionate and real will be rewarded with a high-performance workplace based on loyalty and trust.
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Dr Jenny Brockis is a Medical Practitioner, healthy brain advocate and a renowned professional speaker.
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Hopiko Review
Hopiko is intense. It is merciless. It is bloody fast and it certainly doesn't hold your hand.
It's gorgeous and has a soundtrack that sounds like it comes from 8-bit heaven. It is a platformer of a new generation; a game that is smart and exciting that any platformer fan is sure to love.
When you start Hopiko you are thrust straight into the lore: there are creatures in every games console that stop viruses from taking over. Straight away, you take up the role of one of these creatures, tasked with eliminating every virus in the game. Essentially you play a little man that can zip in a straight line to various surfaces, dodging the viruses around you and the abyss that surrounds you. A large virus cluster acts as the finish line in every stage that you must reach to eliminate the virus. The stages are extremely short but come in packs of five. The catch is however that should you die on any of the five stages, you have to start from the beginning.
This may seem extremely unfair, and it indeed feels that way often, but the stages are extremely short so it is more like one longer level broken into five small parts. Each set of five, especially earlier on in the game, tests you in one particular way. It may be the accuracy of your jumps, or your ability to successfully time jumps, for example. I take it as extreme platformer training – something that I am apparently extremely in need of if this game is anything to go by.
To make matters harder, there are time targets for each stage and a missable collectible to be found in every set of five stages. To achieve all five time targets and acquire the collectible is seriously hard and a challenge that really entices you in.
You only use the right stick and R1 in Hopiko. The right stick aims and flicks your character quickly from one platform to another. R1 can be instead used to quickly launch from the platform you are on and go straight. This is a necessity when trying to achieve these time targets that will elude you otherwise. It isn't as easy as it may sound though; with timing and accuracy being extremely important these simple controls are pushed to their limit. I can't tell you how many time I launched too early off a spinning platform into the abyss of nothing.
The level design and controls are indeed well-polished, but it's the amazing soundtrack that makes Hopiko stand out. You can find the original tracks on Laser Dog Games' website; it is the perfect accompaniment for the game, but even stands out as great by itself – I plan to download the soundtrack to force myself awake when I'm writing those last minute essays and notes! Hopiko's visual design is very minimalist and sharp but it establishes a neat game that is easy to find the beauty in. With piercing neon coming through black backgrounds, it creates a smart finish that I personally love.
The only fault that I can see in Hopiko is that it may be a bit too intense for some players. It has an extreme sense of pace and a beat that can be quite off-putting after a few failed attempts. I also believe that it is missing a tiny bit of personality. While Hopiko is extremely polished in every regard and comes across extremely smart, the backstory just doesn't develop much. Your character is a bit boring and interchangeable, which is a shame as the idea behind the game showed a lot of potential. Still, these are extremely minor points that barely take away from the otherwise well-developed and well-executed game.
Hopiko is a brutally fast-paced platformer that is polished to a high degree. It rightfully boasts its exceptional soundtrack and amazing visuals, and its quick-triggered button layout is well-designed and brilliantly complimented by the level design. Whilst the gameplay may be a bit too quick-paced and intense for some, if you think you're up for the challenge then Hopiko is a solid, action-packed platformer that will push your limits in ways that its traditional counterparts could only dream of.
Hopiko is available on PS4, Xbox One and PC. We reviewed the PS4 version.
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Menehune je označení bytostí popisovaných v legendách původních obyvatel Havajských ostrovů. Jsou líčeni jako malí lidé, vysocí necelý metr, s groteskně zdeformovanými rudými obličeji. Žijí v odlehlých hustě zalesněných oblastech a vycházejí z úkrytů pouze v noci, živí se rybami a lesními plody (banány, pandány, borůvky 'ohelo, kořeny dračinky). Nedovedou sice rozdělávat oheň, ale jsou považováni za zručné řemeslníky a stavitele, jejich údajným dílem je megalitická hráz Menehune Fishpond na ostrově Kauai nebo terasy na neobydleném Neckerově ostrově. Hlavním nepřítelem Menehune je soví bůh Paupueo.

Existují spory o to, zda jsou Menuhune pouhým výtvorem fantazie nebo zda je vyprávění o nich vzpomínkou na původní protopolynéské obyvatele ostrovů, podrobené a asimilované pozdější osidlovací vlnou moderních Havajců (Alii). Argumentem pro tuto teorii je podobnost s tahitským označením nejnižší společenské vrstvy jako manahune i výsledky sčítání lidu z roku 1820, podle něhož tehdy žilo na ostrově Kauai šedesát pět Menehune.
Poslední příslušníci se odstěhovali na ostrov Nihoa, kde po nich zůstaly kamenné terasy. Ostrov je nyní neobývaný.

Figurky Menehune patří k populárním suvenýrům pro návštěvníky Havaje, jako reklamu pro lety na Havaj je využívala také společnost United Airlines.

Literatura
 STINGL, Miloslav: Očarovaná Havaj. Svoboda, Praha 1981

Externí odkazy

 Jane's Oceania

Havajská kultura
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The International Trade Committee's TPP Report: Clarifying the Liberal, Conservative, and NDP Policies on Asia-Pacific Trade
The Standing Committee on International Trade released its long awaited report on the Trans Pacific Partnership yesterday, the result of months of hearings and public consultation. The TPP committee review represented the Liberal government's most tangible mechanism to consult with the public on an agreement it did not negotiate and that suffered from a lack of transparency throughout the negotiation process. Along the way, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States and moved quickly to withdraw from the TPP. The resulting report is therefore anti-climatic, since the agreement is effectively dead.
Nevertheless, the 113 page report provides a record of the many witnesses that appeared before the committee and places all three political parties on the record. Much of the report identifies the controversial issues – intellectual property, dispute settlement, trade in services among them – and recounts the differing views. The report leaves little doubt about the public divide on the TPP, noting support from some (though not all) business groups and opposition from many public interest groups. For example, the report notes that the intellectual property chapter was among the issues most raised before the committee, particularly the patent provisions and copyright term extension. It highlights not only comments before the committee (including my own), but also briefs submitted to the committee, including one from the Girl Guides of Canada, who expressed concerns with copyright term extension.
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Deciphering the U.S. NAFTA Digital Demands, Part Two: Digital Economy, Services and Transparency
Last week I posted on the leak of the draft notice from the Trump Administration on the NAFTA renegotiation, which identifies at least 40 issues, will serve as the starting point for discussions once talks begin. The post unpacked some of the general language to decipher what the U.S. has in mind on intellectual property issues. This second post examines some of the digital issues that U.S. officials have indicated will form a key part of the updated trade agreement.
April 6, 2017 —	2 comments —	News
Deciphering the U.S. NAFTA Digital Demands, Part One: Intellectual Property
The leak of the draft notice from the Trump Administration on the NAFTA renegotiation, which identifies at least 40 issues, will serve as the starting point for discussions once talks begin. Coverage of the U.S. interests has emphasized tariff issues, rules of origin, and tax treatment, but the digital issues should not be overlooked. The U.S. starting position looks a lot like the TPP, which suggests that we already have a very clear understanding of the text that U.S. negotiators will propose. This post unpacks some of the general language to decipher what the U.S. has in mind on intellectual property issues. A second post will review the other digital issues, including privacy and e-commerce rules.
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Panel Rejects Eli Lilly Claim Over Canadian Patent Law, Orders Company to Pay Millions in Costs
In the early 1990s, Eli Lilly applied for patent protection in Canada for two chemical compounds, olanzapine and atomoxetine. The company had already obtained patents over the compounds, but asserted that it had evidence to support new uses for the compounds that merited further protection. The Canadian patent office granted the patents based on the content in the applications, but they remained subject to challenge.
Both patents ultimately were challenged on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence at the time of the applications to support the company's claims. The Federal Court of Canada agreed, invalidating both patents. Eli Lilly proceeded to appeal the decision to the Federal Court of Appeal and later to the Supreme Court of Canada. The company lost the appeals, as the courts upheld the decision to invalidate the patents.
Under most circumstances, that would conclude the legal story as several Canadian courts reviewed Eli Lilly's patent applications and ruled that they failed to meet the standards for patentability. Yet in June 2013, the company served notice that it planned to use the ISDS provisions in the North American Free Trade Agreement to claim that in light of the decisions, Canada was not compliant with its patent law obligations under the treaty. As compensation, Eli Lilly sought at least $500 million in damages.
Freeland on the TPP: Taking the U.S. Out Changes a Delicately Balanced Deal
The Trans Pacific Partnership effectively died with the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, who wasted no time in announcing that the U.S. would not move forward with the agreement. Since the TPP cannot legally take effect without U.S. ratification, the decision to withdraw effectively kills the deal. The remaining TPP countries will meet in Chile next week to discuss what comes next. In advance of that meeting, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland appeared before the Senate on Tuesday and was specifically asked by Senator Joseph Day about the possibility of trying to salvage the agreement.
Freeland's response:
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Perl Package Manager (PPM) installs pre-built Perl modules into ActivePerl. The ActiveState PPM repositories currently contain 13,000 to 16,000 modules per platform. They are easy to search with the PPM client, either from the command-line or from a GUI (see "How to install CPAN modules into ActivePerl").
However, sometimes you may want to know if a module is available on a particular platform to decide if you can use it in a multi-platform project. The PPM Index page shows a nice matrix for all ActivePerl versions and supported platforms. A green checkmark shows that the module is available, whereas a red button indicates that the build has failed. Clicking on the button will bring up the build log.
If you are a module author, you may want to look at the build log to understand why the build did not succeed on the PPM build servers.
Check out all the other search options and display features at https://code.activestate.com/ppm.
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Did you know: You haven't played 1/3 of your Steam games?
This isn't news, I found it in a post on Forbes from April 2014, but it's something I've been wondering about for quite awhile. I mean, I have a pile of Steam games that I buy for basically nothing and while I do get around to playing some, there is an ever-increasing pile that I simply haven't touched.
If I've heard good things about a game, it looks interesting, and it's like, a couple of bucks, I'm an adult and I'm gonna buy that game.
I've purchased a few bundles containing older games and found that I really disliked going back in time with them. So that's bumped up my 'not played' count.
For example, I bought a Star Wars pack (it had 5 or 8 games & sequels) and even though it makes me a bad person, I know, I just can't stand playing Jedi Knight. It hasn't aged well.
I'm going to get to them. Seriously! I tried Arkham Asylum and really hated it until I broke down and bought a decent PC gaming controller (it's awesome with a proper controller, duh). I own all the new Batman games on Steam, so I'm going to play them eventually. I will, shut up!
The thing is, I don't honestly care about not playing all the games I own. I don't want to spend a pile of money on them, that's clearly wasteful, but if I buy Balder's Gate: Enhanced Edition for $3 and don't play it for a few years, who cares? It'll be there when I'm ready for it.
Until then, sleep tight little Balder's Gate.
This entry was posted in a little more general, games and tagged blogging, steam, unplayed, why have i never played this game on August 28, 2014 by forsoothed.


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import android.os.Parcel;
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public class Permissions implements Parcelable {

  public boolean admin;
  public boolean push;
  public boolean pull;

  public Permissions() {
    this.admin = false;
    this.push = false;
    this.pull = false;
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  @Override
  public int describeContents() {
    return 0;
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  @Override
  public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
    dest.writeByte(this.admin ? (byte) 1 : (byte) 0);
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    dest.writeByte(this.pull ? (byte) 1 : (byte) 0);
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  protected Permissions(Parcel in) {
    this.admin = in.readByte() != 0;
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  public static final Parcelable.Creator<Permissions> CREATOR = new Parcelable.Creator<Permissions>() {
    @Override
    public Permissions createFromParcel(Parcel source) {
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    @Override
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I don't know about most of you moms out there but on weeknights I need something to cook fast. No time for long drawn out dishes , I save those for the weekends. My weeknight meals need to be cooked and ready in 30-45 minutes or I have 3 hangry teenage boys on my hands. Having a son with autism I have made my weekly menu for a long time . I plan , grocery shop and have everything ready for the week. No I am not super mom , just a slave to the autism. Knowing the menu for the week is one of those little things that makes my son more calm and happy..It's the little things that please kids on the spectrum. These are four of my favorite dishes that are easy , quick and economical.
My husband has been on a law carb diet since this past October and bless his soul he made through the holidays without falling off the wagon. I try to help him stay on track by preparing meals similar to this Low Carb Meatballs and Creamy Spinach and he can make several meals out of this. For a while we got into a chicken rut , we all love chicken but I felt like I was about to start clucking , lol. When I started making things with ground meat I needed a binding agent and I couldn't use bread crumbs. Using only eggs wasn't working out well so one day I added some grated parmesan cheese . It worked GREAT!! It not only helped hold things together but it added flavor and texture.
Feeding a family of five I am sucker for easy hearty casseroles and this is an oldie but goody . This is one of those recipes all busy moms should have on their go to recipe list, trust me it will be a family favorite. It has the yummy comforting flavors of a Sloppy Joe but all in one dish. I have been cooking a version of this for years but it is forever changing and this is what it has morphed into today.
I had something totally different planned for dinner tonight but when I left work today it was cold and raining. You see, here in southern Louisiana the temperature gets beneath 50 degrees and we lose our minds . Temperatures in the lower 40's , windy and raining I needed this bowl of spicy yumminess in my life . This soup is something I have been making for years and It is my go to comfort food when it is cold.
I came up with these Fiesta Ranch Chicken and Bacon Quesadillas one afternoon for lunch when I had 3 hungry teenage boys whining they were starving and there was "nothing" to eat in the house. As a parent how many times do you hear "There is nothing to eat " ?? Yeah, I hear it all the time. My autistic son is funny about leftovers, he will eat them reinvented but he can't eat the same thing twice in one week. So, to keep things all good in his world and not wasting food I have to get creative . In this case I had 2 rather large left over chicken breast but any cut of poultry will do . You can even buy a rotisserie from the supermarket and use it . Also, this would be great way to use leftover turkey after Thanksgiving .
In earlier post I have confessed my love of carbs so this is a little change of gears for me. This recipe I created to help my husband out in his weight loss journey that he has just begun. Being married for 18 years and all the yummy things I cook has caught up with him and he has decided to try and get a little healthier. He has proclaimed carbs are the devil and that demon has caused havoc on his weight, so we have purged the pantry and fridge of those unhealthy foods. Usually my oldest son would protest to such a thing but we are coming to the end of high school football season and it's time for him to watch his weight for wrestling season. The joys of a hangry teenage boy is whole other story in itself for another time.
One thing about me is I love quick and simple .I don't know about most of you but certain times of the year we are on the run with our kids' activities almost every night of the week. The fall is super busy for us and I am always in a hurry getting a meal on the table . Since we aren't a fast food kind of family I love one pot meals. If I can have a meal cooked and on the table in under an hour I am a rockstar. This One Pot Chili Mac is not only quick but full of flavor. Using seasoning packets makes this a cinch and even a beginner cook can make this meal in a flash. This is a family favorite at our house and it is easy on the pocket book. Serve with a little side salad or a bag of steamed veggies and you will have a perfect meal your family will love.
When I was in my early twenties I was full of energy and enthusiasm . I thought I wanted to live in the big city of Houston , work at a major hospital helping save lives and stamp out disease. To make a long story short I am a small town girl and that only lasted about a year before I headed back to Louisiana . In that year I lived with my cousin Cathy Lynn and those are memories I will cherish forever. Some of the fondest memories I have of that time is late night pokeno games with my grandmother and Aunt and then it would be Cathy Lynn and I whipping up meals in a tiny kitchen on a shoestring budget. We needed money for our weekend trips and shenanigans , not groceries lol. This was in 1995 so only rich people had computers and Pinterest didn't exist yet so all we had was our imagination . One of the things we made often was french bread pizzas , it was delicious and affordable. Taco french bread pizza was one of our favorites and this is just a little more grown up version of what we made back then. It is still just as yummy and affordable.
So here's the deal, at my house my 3 teenage sons and husband do not think soup is a meal. They consider it an appetizer or a side dish, my boys are seriously bottomless pits. I am always testing the waters with hearty soups to try and satisfy everyone. We all love lasagna but being a busy mom I don't always have time to make one. I hit the jackpot with this filling dish!! All the flavors and cheesy goodness of lasagna without all the fuss. This cheesy lasagna soup is super easy to throw together and can be made on a weeknight.


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CDC: NY leads nation in Zika cases, with 811 testing positive
This photo taken on January 25, 2016 shows an Aedes Aegypti mosquito photographed on human skin in a laboratory of the International Training and Medical Research Training Center (CIDEIM) in Cali, Colombia. Credit: AFP/Getty Images / LUIS ROBAYO
By Candice Ferrette candice.ferrette@newsday.com @candiceferrette Updated September 30, 2016 10:23 PM
New York continues to lead the nation in Zika cases, with 811 people testing positive for the mosquito-borne virus, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Florida ranked second with 731 cases, including 59 patients who were infected locally, in Miami — the only state where this has occurred to date.
All of New York's Zika cases were related to travel, according to the CDC.
"New York has a large population of persons who hail from areas currently experiencing local transmission," said Dr. Susan Donelan, an infectious-disease specialist at the Stony Brook University School of Medicine.
NY leads in rate of Zika cases
Travelers might have been exposed to the virus and qualify for testing once they are back home in New York, Donelan said.
The virus has been linked to brain damage and serious birth defects in infants born to infected mothers.
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More than 25,000 cases of Zika infection have been reported in the United States and its territories, and of those, more than 2,000 cases are in women who are pregnant, CDC officials said.
Congress this week approved a $1.1 billion supplemental spending package to fund research and prevention efforts after about seven months of partisan wrangling. President Barack Obama on Thursday signed the bill, which funds federal goverment operations until Dec. 9.
"Zika is still a real threat — and we have more to do — but it is good news that Congress was finally able to do what we have been asking for months and fund critical efforts to beat back the virus," Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a statement.
Zika is primarily spread to people through the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes. In most cases the symptoms are mild and can include fever, rash, joint pain and red eye.
Health experts are particularly concerned about the impact on pregnant women and couples who might conceive.
"If a sexual partner has traveled to areas with local transmission, partners should follow the guidance from the CDC and either avoid sexual relations altogether or consistently and correctly use condoms," Donelan said.
CDC officials on Friday also released new recommendations urging men who might have been exposed to Zika to wait at least six months before trying to conceive a child with their partners.
There is currently no vaccine and no medicine to treat Zika. Health officials urge pregnant women to avoid traveling to areas with a high number of Zika infections, particularly South America, Central America and the Caribbean.
The best way to prevent infection is by wearing long-sleeved shirts and pants, using insect repellent and sleeping under mosquito nets to prevent bites, health officials said.
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In A Flash: The Dominion of the Orb
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The screams on the battlefield had quietened, though the odd moan still pierced through the fog that continued to gather as day became night. A few battle orcs wandered the killing fields, finishing off those who remained alive, while the rest began the march on in pursuit of the fleeing horde. There would be no rest that night, not while a man still breathed air. They would see them all put to the sword. Remorseless, pitiless, these were the ideals they embraced, matched only by their insatiable lust for blood.
Of the orcs who lingered on the killing fields, only one was not engaged in annihilation. His sword was sheathed and he knelt beside man after man, digging through their purses and other belongings. There was little of worth—a few coins and rings that might have value—but the orc had no interest in them. He was not possessed of a lust for shiny baubles as his human cousins were. These things were of no consequence for someone who had put his faith in the gods to carry him to the greater beyond on the wings of savagery.
His name was Bijshk, Second Born of Buuwl the Fourth Sectatrian, Killer of Men, Ravisher of Women, Singer of Lamentations. He fervently believed in the new age the gods had promised. That they were harbingers of doom for all those—men and elves—who had cast their less favored cousins from the warmer and sweeter domains of the earth. Leaving them only hollowed out mountains, frigid and unwelcoming, or deserts where nothing could grow and no water could be found.
The privations his kind had suffered had made them unbreakable and unforgiving. They would see themselves triumphant, standing upon the bones of those they had vanquished. They would wipe the world clean and make it anew in the image of the gods. Those who had summoned them forth from the hidden darker places where they had waited until their time was upon them.
It was now. Bijshk exulted in the triumph of all his brothers.
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In A Flash: A Light
It began sometime after Beata put on her coat—the long winter one that came down to her thighs and clung to her form in a way she liked—and left her office. She had just left the building and was on her way, walking with purpose, her boot heels clicking in that pleasant rhythm she enjoyed. The day was cool but pleasant, with no breeze bringing an extra chill. A skiff of snow had fallen during the night and the way it caught the light made the day seem vibrant and alive.
Beata adjusted her purse on her shoulder and halted mid-stride. She nearly fell over so abrupt was her stop. Someone brushed by her, muttering and shooting her a quick glare. Her hands were tingling as though she had absorbed some electricity. Even her hair felt as though it were rising off her head from a static charge. She reached out to touch her curls, but everything felt in place.
When she was certain that everything was in its right place and the effects of the charge—or whatever it had been—had passed, Beata started forward again. Only to stop a moment later. She could no longer recall what she had been doing, or where she had been going. That she had left the office to go somewhere was clear. A glance at her watch showed that it was two in the afternoon, too early for her to be leaving work. So it was an errand.
She looked around and saw that she was heading down the street away from where she normally parked her car and assumed that she was on her way to the nearby strip mall. What she had to do there she still didn't know, but she started forward anyway, certain that it would come to her eventually. Instead, as she came to the end of the block, she saw her car parked across the street. She stopped again and stared at it, utterly mystified.
In A Flash: The Cooling Board
April 14, 2016 April 15, 2016 Clint Leave a comment
The storm that swept through Dagar that night as most of the city slumbered, left in its wake a tangled forest of broken branches and fallen trees, along with remnants of shacks and huts cast asunder. As the clean up began in neighborhood after neighborhood, the body of a young man was discovered in amongst the detritus on the outskirts of Gasnon, one of the less reputable areas of the city. The constabulary was summoned and, after a quick survey of the scene, they took the body to the central mortuary.
There the Chief Magistrate viewed the body and noted in the records that the death had been the result of the storm. No one in the neighborhood where the body was discovered had known the youth—hardly strange, given the district's attraction to those desperate souls who flocked to Dagar with no coin hoping to resurrect their fortunes. The Chief Magistrate noted that, by his color, the youth was a Mannurary and had the local Caciques brought to the mortuary to see if they could identify him. They dutifully put on their finest suits and came to look upon the body, all of them declaring they had never laid eyes on the man.
The Chief Magistrate thanked the elders for their time and had them promise to inform him if they received word that the youth had family who were missing him. He did not expect them to, for there were so many people, Mannurary or otherwise, who came to Dagar, alone and in search of a better life, only to end up on the streets, destitute and broken. They waited a day at the mortuary for someone to come forward to claim the body, and when no claimant materialized, the chief magistrate ordered it be laid upon a cooling board with ice beneath it and set out in the public room.
In A Flash: Things That You Dream
April 7, 2016 March 30, 2016 Clint Leave a comment
There are lights. Flashing upward through the darkness, arcing toward some unknown destination. You reach out for them instinctively, though you know they are far from you and from an age long ago lost to memory. No records survive, only tales, most of which you know are half truths and utter lies, told to placate you or to make the teller seem a warlock or adjutant. No one you know can claim such a storied lineage. Those who can left long before, abandoning you to this place.
You imagine what the lights are, fevered dreams, all yearning. They are immortality. That much you know, though you cannot put it into words just how that might be. They are a world gone, a world of forever. The warlocks riding their dragons through nights without end, weaving their spells. Those places died long ago and the roads to reach them have been destroyed.


Trinity river, from in the river.
On 4th of July after the parade I went down to the river to relax, with my cousins daughter and Lily. It was very hot and the water was ice cold. Takes your breath away, when you go underwater. It is the most refreshing! These two photographs I took after wading out into the middle of the river.


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By Michael Cohn July 08, 2020, 3:26 p.m. EDT 2 Min Read
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the PrimeGlobal association of accounting firms have signed an agreement to work together on several projects, including thought leadership, professional research and insights, along with learning and development in areas of mutual interest and value for their members and communities.
The two organizations said Wednesday they will work together to support PrimeGlobal's regional and virtual conferences with relevant ACCA research and other knowledge-based insights, and enrich ACCA global research and insights through the participation of PrimeGlobal and its member firms.
"We are delighted to enter into a global partnership with the ACCA. ACCA is forward-looking and has excellent global research and insights, qualifications and training," said PrimeGlobal chief executive Steve Heathcote (pictured) in a statement Wednesday. "In particular, they support the development of digital savvy professionals — exactly the skills and knowledge our members tell us say they need for the future. Our members are already leading the way in the adoption of EmTech. So I am really excited about the potential for us to combine forces to ensure finance professionals have the right toolbox for the future."
Under the memorandum of understanding between the two groups, they plan to identify opportunities for PrimeGlobal representatives to speak at ACCA events, help PrimeGlobal member firms address talent-related challenges and needs, and augment professional and leadership development initiatives across PrimeGlobal member firms by providing knowledge and learning from ACCA and its partners.
"We're all thrilled to have connected with PrimeGlobal formally through this MOU," said ACCA chief executive Helen Brand in a statement. "And we've already started to reap the benefits of this agreement, with Steve Heathcote joining us for a global webinar recently about the road to recovery from COVID-19. Sharing our expertise is of immense value to our members and also the wider profession, especially during these turbulent times. All at ACCA look forward to delivering the projects, events and training we're planning together.'
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Women's fiction 1945-2005: writing romance
Deborah Philips
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Organised around each decade of the post war period, this book analyses novels written by and for women from 1945 to the present. Each chapter identifies a specific genre in popular fiction for women which marked that period, and provides case studies focusing on writers and texts which enjoyed a wide readership. Despite their popularity, these novels remain largely outside the 'canon' of women's writing, and are often unacknowledged by feminist literary criticism. Through her analysis of women's writing and reading, This book sets out to challenge the distinction between 'popular' and 'literary' fiction, arguing that neat categories such as 'popular', 'middle brow' and 'serious' fiction need more careful definition.
Fiction, Women authors, Popular fiction, Gender identities
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Philips, D. (2006). Women's fiction 1945-2005: writing romance. Continuum.
Philips, Deborah. / Women's fiction 1945-2005: writing romance. London, UK : Continuum, 2006. 162 p.
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When you ask Brett Spear about what he most admires in his wife and colleague, Martha Peterson, a smile instantly appears on his face.
The pair, both professors in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Department ofMicrobiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, has been married for 32 years and has two sons. Yet, because they have different last names, not everyone on campus recognizes their connection.
Peterson, who also serves as senior associate vice president for research at the University of Kentucky, most admires the passion and creativity in her husband.
Spear and Peterson met in graduate school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Once they graduated and ultimately completed post-doctoral training, they knew it would be a challenge finding two positions in the same general field at the same institution.
"When we moved here in 1989 our son was six months old and we got the labs going and we've been here ever since," Peterson said.
Each professor has slightly different research interests. Spear studies liver disease and liver cancer, while Peterson looks at gene regulation, calling RNA her "favorite molecule." But the two came together 12 years ago for a research project related to liver disease.
Their collaboration led to a successful cloning of a gene related to liver cancer. Though they celebrated the feat, the discovery led to more questions.
"That's why we love it," Peterson added.
The couple is committed to continue working together in hopes of fighting an illness that more and more Kentuckians are facing.
"These are complex diseases and we are learning more every day, but I still think we have a way to go," Spear said.
Yet, they are determined to keep working to solve these lingering questions, together, as a team.
"I think there are plenty of married couples who could not work together very well, but it works for us," Peterson said.
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Saturday Morning I was looking up a band called FireFlight and accidently typed FireFight, as soon as I saw the results I realized my mistake and corrected my spelling and went on with my day. Then since I work at night I went to bed and got up in the afternoon and booted up my computer opened up Chrome and started surfing, then I did a Google search and as soon as the search results finished loading the results field went blank and FireFight was in the search box. I took a screen shot after I tried to search for Yahoo, but I've searched for Google properties and this has happened, it happened no matter what I search for.
I've run a virus scan and maleware scan and I'm clean, I've gone into my Google accout and deleted the past seven days of cookies, cache, and history, I've tried using Firefox and signing into my account to see if it was just Chrome, I've tried using two other computers, and still nothing is working. I think this a Google server site problem since I've done everything I can think of to fix this and nothing is working, and it's happening on three diffrent computers and the only thing they have in common is me being signed into my Google account. I do have a Google Apps account for my business and I signed into it and did several searches and had no problems, so this has to be an issue with Google.
Also it's not just happening to serach results, and Google property I visit when I'm logged in to my personal Google account has FireFight take over the serach bar, and since every Google property has a search bar this makes everything a pain to use. Can someone give me any idea of something I can do to make this stop without having to give up my account and start over?
Even though I don't think it matters the three computers I used were two Windows Vista laptops, and an Ubuntu Laptop, all three up patched and up to date and running anti-virus and anti-maleware.
After some research I found a Reddit post on /r/Google that found that the problem was with the LastPass extension, I disabled the extension and the problem stopped, further reading revealed that by going into the LastPass extension preferences and un-checking "Automatically Fill Login Information" solved the problem. Hopefully the LastPass will have a fix for this soon, but until they do I'll just have to make do. Also this is a problem with the Firefox extension since I was having the same issue when using Firefox.
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Apex City Quay Hotel & Spa Hotel
(Dundee) from £65
Tayside Region
Information about Apex City Quay Hotel & Spa Hotel
Near V&A Dundee
This property is closed from December 22 2020 to January 31 2021 (dates subject to change). The following facilities or services will be unavailable from December 1 2020 to March 1 2021 (dates subject to change):
With a stay at Apex City Quay Hotel & Spa, you'll be centrally located in Dundee, a 1-minute drive from V&A Dundee and 5 minutes from University of Dundee. This 4-star hotel is 11.8 mi (18.9 km) from St. Andrews Links and 11.9 mi (19.1 km) from Carnoustie Golf Links.Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages, body treatments, and facials. You can take advantage of recreational amenities such as an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a sauna. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and wedding services.Enjoy international cuisine at Quayside Bar and Grill, a restaurant which features a bar/lounge, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Buffet breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM and on weekends from 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.Make yourself at home in one of the 151 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and LED televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with separate bathtubs and showers feature designer toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls.Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Planning an event in Dundee? This hotel features 3494 square feet (325 square meters) of event facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.
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Challenging the scientific legacy of Johan Hjort: time for a new paradigm in marine research?
In 2019 we celebrate the 150-year anniversary of Johan Hjort (1869–1948), who introduced the fundamental theory for current fisheries science with his concepts of the roles played by strong and weak year classes in population structure and productivity. Since then a wide range of new methods and approaches have emerged to refine Hjort's theory, but today's knowledge of factors regulating stock dynamics, e.g. recruitment and migration dynamics, is still vague and thereby makes stock projections often highly uncertain. Moreover, the urge to broaden the standard routines in stock management to embrace today's holistic views, including ecosystem approaches to fisheries and on-going changes in the marine environment, implies an interdisciplinary co-operation. In order to move forward, the current situation asks for a profound insight in the past and present stage, and a dedicated search for new ideas and scientific framework.
To investigate the history, the present and to explore new directions in a free and creative atmosphere – in the spirit of Hjort – we invite marine researchers and historians of marine science to gather in this Bergen symposium, at the place where Hjort launched his paradigm-changing publication in 1914.
We argue that by integrating data, information and perspectives, from a range of scientific fields, we will be able to reach a more advanced understanding of marine life as well as the practice of marine science in the past and present. Challenging the scientific legacy of Johan Hjort will be a truly interdisciplinary event, and bring historians together with marine and fisheries scientists.
The majority of the sessions will be set up as plenary sessions, and contain contributions from different bodies of knowledge.
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Q: how to find missing number,given: two arrays as input, and find a number that is present in first array but is missing in second array How to find missing number?
Given: two arrays as input, and find a number that is present in first array but is missing in second array.
public class Array2
 {
public void missingnos(int a[],int b[])
{
    for(int i=0;i<a.length;i++)
    {
        for(int j=i+1;j<a.length;j++)
        {
            if(a[i]>a[j])
            {
                int c=a[i];
                a[i]=a[j];
                a[j]=c;
            }
        }
        System.out.print(a[i]);
    }
    for(int i=0;i<b.length;i++)
    {
        for(int j=i+1;j<b.length;j++)
        {
            if(b[i]>b[j])
            {
                int c=b[i];
                b[i]=b[j];
                b[j]=c;
            }
        }
        System.out.print(b[i]);
    }
    int d[]=new int[a.length];
    d=b;
    int missing=0;
    for(int i=0;i<b.length;i++)
    {
        if(a[i]!=d[i])
        {
            missing=a[i];
            break;
        }
    }
    System.out.println();
    System.out.print(missing);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
    Array2 a2= new  Array2();
    int a[]={1,4,3,5,6};
    int b[]={4,1,5,3};
    a2.missingnos(a,b);

}

}

Test Case: when I remove 6 & 3 from array "a" and "b" respectively I get answer as  3 which is correct, but when i don't remove i get answer as 0.
Why is it so?

A: Here's a way to solve this problem in O(1) auxiliary space and O(n) time. The solution is subject to the below constraints:
1) arr2 has only one element missing from arr1.
2) arr2.length=arr1.length-1 OR arr2 has the missing element replaced by 0.
Solution: Simply take xor of all the elements of the two arrays. The resulting integer is the answer
Code:
public static void findMissing(){
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    int[] arr1={3,7,2,90,34};
    int[] arr2={2,7,34,3};
    int xor=0;
    for(int i=0;i<arr1.length;i++){
        xor^=arr1[i];
    }
    for(int i=0;i<arr2.length;i++){
        xor^=arr2[i];
    }
    System.out.println("missing number: "+xor);
}

Why it works?   Say arr1={1,2,3,4}
      and arr2={1,2,4}.   Taking xor of all element =>
                              1^2^3^4^1^2^4
                              = (1^1)^(2^2)^(4^4)^3
                              = 0^0^0^3
                              =3

Another solution as proposed by RP- is also very good and solves this problem in the same space and time complexities, but there is a chance of an overflow while calculating sums.

A: Your main problem is that you're trying to do it in a too complex way, and to do everything inside a single method. Sorting the arrays is not necessary, and doing it as you're doing is very inefficient, and doesn't use the Arrays.sort() method that would do it for you.
Try to split the problem into simple tasks:

*

*Find if a number is present in an array. That should be a method (boolean isPresent(int number, int[] array)).

*Iterate through the first array, and for each element, find if it's present in the second one. That should be your main method, using the first one:

.
public class Arrays2 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int[] a = {1, 4, 3, 5, 6};
        int[] b = {4, 1, 5, 3};
        findMissingNumber(a, b);
    }

    private static void findMissingNumber(int[] a, int[] b) {
        for (int n : a) {
            if (!isPresent(n, b)) {
                System.out.println("missing number: " + n);
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    private static boolean isPresent(int n, int[] b) {
        for (int i : b) {
            if (n == i) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
}

A: When you have different sized arrays, then you need to stop as soon as one array reaches to its max position. Here you are getting answer as 0 because the b array has only 4 elements.
The correct code is:
int d[]=new int[a.length];
    d=b;
    int missing=0;
    for(int i=0;i<a.length;i++)
    {
        if(i>=b.length || a[i]!=d[i])
        {
            missing=a[i];
            break;
        }
    }
    System.out.println();
    System.out.print(missing);

A: Think about this as a problem of efficient algorithm. Using nested loops on arrays will give you a O(n^2) time complexity which is not desired.
However if you use something like a HashSet your time complexity will be O(m+n) where m being the length of first array and n being the length of second array.
Something like below
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;

public class MissingNumbers {

    public static Integer[] missingNumbers(Integer[] firstArray,Integer[] secondArray) {
        ArrayList<Integer> alDups = new ArrayList<Integer>();
        int dupCount = 0;
        HashSet<Integer> setOfSecondArr = new HashSet<Integer>();
        // Add second array into hash set of integers
        for (int i : secondArray) {
            setOfSecondArr.add(i);
        }
        // Now add the first array, if it gets successfully added to the set
        // it means second array did not have the number
        for (int i : firstArray) {
            if (setOfSecondArr.add(i)) {
                alDups.add(i);
                dupCount++;
            }
        }

        return alDups.toArray(new Integer[dupCount]);
    }

    /**
     * @param args
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        for (int i : missingNumbers(new Integer[] { 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 },
                new Integer[] { 1, 2, 4 })) {
            System.out.println(i);
        }
    }

}

A: I know this is an old question, but might help somebody. We don't really need to compare each and every element form first and second array..
Just take the sums (in long to avoid the overflow) from each array and subtract one array's sum with other array's sum. And the result is the missing number.

A: for(int i=0;i<b.length;i++)
{
    if(a[i]!=d[i])
    {
        missing=a[i];
        break;
    }
}

should be changed to
for(int i=0;i<min(a.Length,b.length);i++)
because you are not handling case when size of both arrays are not same .
Also
int d[]=new int[a.length];
d=b;
what if length(b)>length(a) ?
You have many errors , first try to work it on pen and paper , then transform into code .

A: you have complicated your logic. why use a 2nd combination of for loops when you could have done the comparison in the first for loop itself. you just need to display the numbers from the 1st array that are not present in 2nd array right

A: public class FindMissingNumbers {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        int i,j,size1,size2;
        boolean flag=false;
        Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);

        System.out.println("Enter 1st array lenght");
        size1=sc.nextInt();//input array size
        int[] a=new int[size1];

        System.out.println("Enter "+size1+" Values of 1st array");
        for(i=0;i<size1;i++){
            a[i]=sc.nextInt();//read first array list
        }

        System.out.println("Enter 2st array lenght");
        size2=sc.nextInt();//input array size
        int b[]=new int[size2];
        System.out.println("Enter Values of 2st array");
        for(i=0;i<size2;i++){
            b[i]=sc.nextInt();//read second array list
        }

        System.out.println("Numbers which are not present in 1nd array");
        for(i=0;i<size2;i++)
        {
            flag=false;
            for(j=0;j<size1;j++)
            {
                if(a[j]==b[i])
                {
                    break;
                }
                else if(a[j]!=b[j] && j==size1-1){
                    flag=true;
                }
            }
            if(flag==true){
                System.out.println(b[i]);
                flag=false;
            }

        }

    }

}

A:  Diff([1,2,3,4] [1,2,3]) = [4]
 Diff([1,2,2,2], [1,2]) = [2,2]
 Diff([2, 2, 1, 2], [1,2]) = [2,2]
 Diff([1,1,1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,2], [1,1,2,2]) = [1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2]

public static void main(String[] args) {
        int[] a = {1,2,3,4};
        int[] b = {1,2,3};

        Arrays.sort(a);// The sorting only required for input example 3.
        Arrays.sort(b);//

        List<Integer> listA = new ArrayList<>();

        for( int i = 0; i < a.length; i++ ) {
            if( i >= b.length  ) {
                listA.add(a[i]);
            }

            for( int j = i; j < b.length; j++ ) {
                if( a[i] == b[j] || listA.contains(a[i])) {
                    break;
                } else {
                    listA.add(a[i]);
                }
            }
        }//end of for loop
        System.out.println(listA);

    }

With is algorithem, only example 4 won't work.

A: sum(first array elements) - sum(second array elements)
Time complexity : o(n)+o(n-1)

A: Try this:
static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        int[] a = {1, 4, 3, 5, 6};
        int[] b = {4, 1, 5, 3};
        for (int i = 0; i < a.Length; i++)
        {
            if(!b.Contains(a[i]))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("missing number: " +a[i]);
            }
        }

        Console.ReadKey();
    }

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