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Q: Coordinates of Buttons in Swift i'm fairly new to swift and programming and have a very simple question.
I have four buttons with custom images in the UI and i'm trying to put a surrounding Graphic behind the pressed Button. Here's the line of code:
@IBAction func moodButton(sender: AnyObject) {

    timerSelection.center = CGPointMake(moodButton.center.x, moodButton.center.y)

}

timerSelection is the UIImageView i'm trying to put to the coordinates of the selected button...
Please Help! & Thanks in advance :)

A: Try something like this:
@IBAction func moodButton(sender: UIButton) {
    timerSelection.center = sender.center
}

You can send this subview to back before:
view.sendSubviewToBack(timerSelection)

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It's a simple phrase. Short. Sweet. But how often does it actually come out of your mouth? It's kind of surprising how hard it really is to make saying thanks a "thing"—something that comes naturally, that you don't have to put on your to-do list.
Except it is hard. It can slip your mind. You're not sure how to say it, or show it. And sometimes it feels awkward (complimenting—giving and receiving—doesn't come easily to everyone).
But none of these excuses gets rid of people's innate need to feel valued and appreciated, to be praised and recognized, for their work.
1. Express gratitude when they don't expect it.
When something is expected, it's hardly valued. And a general "thank you" seems less sincere than recognition for specific action. So, I'll randomly send an email note to a team member that just says: "Thanks for a specific past action, so glad you're here and what can I do to make your life better?" I ask this last question so they know that I support them and will go out of my way to help.
I've found that taking a few minutes to write a personal (handwritten) note to an employee goes a long way. Doing quarterly fun activities to build teamwork and show our appreciation to the staff as a whole also works wonders. We've also given unexpected bonuses when an employee consistently goes above and beyond.
You should always thank your employees for their hard work. However, actions are always better than words, so make it as easy as possible for them to maintain a good work-life balance. Empower them to do what they need to in and out of the office. Offer flexible work schedules, generous paid time off and up-to-date tools to keep communication easy and open.
It sounds basic, but it's gone a long way for our culture. We order lunch every Friday for our company. We all stop working, get together in the break room and banter back and forth while eating lunch. It has been a great way to get to know each other and build great relationships.
Sit down with an employee and tell them how much you appreciate their work. From the other side of the table, it can be nerve-wracking not knowing what your boss thinks of you. Nothing goes further than authenticity. Don't wrap your feelings up in trophies or money. Just have a human-to-human conversation.
6. Find out what motivates them.
Whether or not you are a large team, it's important to recognize that everyone has a different motivator and measures success differently. For instance, some people are motivated by money while others are motivated by project completion. I like one-on-one meetings where I can ask each member how they personally measure success. That way I can show gratitude in a way that makes them feel valued.
7. Stop patting them on the back and start rewarding.
Everyone loves being told they're doing a good job. But most great employees already know they're doing a good job. Instead of telling them, show them. People like tangible rewards. Bonuses, company retreats, or an occasional "gift" after a particularly successful quarter can go a long way to solidifying loyalty and showing your team you recognize their hard work.
8. Ask for feedback and act on it.
I believe employees feel appreciated when I ask them for feedback and actually act on it. We send a weekly net promoter score survey to our entire team, and I read it every week. Then, I act on the recurring comments. It can be as simple as getting a better coffee machine, which we did last month. I was amazed how much of a celebration that caused!
9. Add gratitude to your daily routine.
When things move really quickly it's easy to forget to thank the people you work with every day. That's why we created a daily routine to express our gratitude. We set 15 minutes aside to discuss what we're working on and what our core values are. We share examples of how our colleagues displayed these core values, and we acknowledge those who put them into action.
10. Keep it simple and meaningful.
It's the little things that mean the most. Nothing beats looking someone in the eye and expressing heartfelt gratitude. I also use handwritten thank-you notes liberally. In addition, we also use a custom, in-house platform powered by WeVue for continuous feedback and communication. It helps the whole team share feedback and recognition with each other daily.


This was just too pretty not to share. I had this little Bear Paw table topper quilted nearly a year ago, and just had not gotten around to binding it. Valentine's Day is fast approaching and I thought it would be just the thing for a pretty tablescape. My problem was the red/pink is kind of an odd shade. Reddish pink with a coral vibe. I looked and looked and could not find any candles that really went with it. It was pretty on the table, but needed some accessorizing.
I walk several days a week with a friend, and was complaining to her about my dilemma of not being able to pull together a table decoration around my new topper due to the unusual pink/red color. We were about half way through our walk when one of us (ahem, I believe it was me) suggested turning around and immediately heading to the nearest shopping mecca to shop (about an hour away). And we did. Now that's a good friend. We rationalized that we were not getting our full allotment of steps in if we quit our walk halfway through, but after all, that tromping around the mall would certainly add enough steps to make our quota.
We went to Ulta, we went to Target, we went to Trader Joe's, we went to Hobby Lobby. We went to Red Robin. They did not have candles there, but my goodness, those cheeseburgers were good. We spent lots of money on beauty products, but ultimately I came home with nothing for my table. We drove an hour there and an hour back, because we live out in the country with no good shopping. We talked about books, we talked about kids, we talked about clothes. After saying good bye to my friend, seven hours after our morning walk, I ran to the grocery store five minutes from my house for some provisions. There was a Hallmark store next to the grocery store. I went in. And they had candles in the perfect shade of pinky/red that I needed to match my table topper.
Do I regret spending an entire day on a fruitless quest for something that was five minutes from my house? Not at all. I'd do it again in a heartbeat!
I have been so determined to crank out some new Christmas table runners this year. I had an idea that it might be nice to use some French General red fabrics and create something. I haven't ever done a full sized Drunkard's Path quilt, but love curved piecing. I made a couple dozen Drunkard's Path blocks that finish at 4" and started laying them out.
Not as many peaks and furrows, but it was a better shape and size for my table. I think if I had gone for a smaller sized Drunkard's Path block, maybe 3", I could have gotten the effect of the first layout and added some borders to get the size and shape I wanted.
If you are afraid of curved piecing, don't be. I have gotten a technique down and can produce these blocks like nobody's business. I only use three pins.
There is kind of a knack for pulling and stretching the fabric as you sew the curve, but you get it after a couple of times. Honestly, this runner only took half a day to make. Good thing, since it looks like I will be making a few more Drunkard's Path blocks.
My little Pinwheel Puzzle quilt is finished. I think I will put this one on the coffee table in my living room for a more toned down St. Patrick's Day accent. In fact, I could live with these colors all year long in my house. The pattern is an old one by Teri Atkinson, and her instructions for this rather tricky layout were very clear and precise. Each block incorporates fabrics from the neighboring blocks, so one has to keep one's wits about one during construction and assembly. The small size of the quilt and my design wall were helpful also.
This little quilt measures 16 x 44, which is also the perfect size for a rectangular dining table.
I quilted it with what I call the "Wiggle Stitch", which is #4 on both my Berninas. I lengthened the stitch length to 2.50. It is a very forgiving stitch for quilting and makes a nice jigsaw puzzle shape. My quilting lines are about one inch apart.
Do you find it difficult to find green objects to decorate with? I have the worst time. You would think I would at least have more green books I could pull out and use as color accents, but publishers must think a green cover on a book is the kiss of death. These were the only green things I could find to put out! Also, have you noticed that greens clash with each other as bad as blues do? There sure are a lot of shades, and most of them look awful next to the others. Mother Nature makes it work, but I fail.
Now, to get back to Courthouse Steps. I seem to be doing anything and everything to procrastinate working on those blocks. I have about a dozen or so more to make, so I do not know what my problem is. I am going to have to exercise some will power and just get it done!
This is my alternate version of the Frivols #5 kit. The primary pattern in the kit didn't float my boat so much, but luckily each Frivols box contains a card with an alternate design suggestion. To all of you who haven't even taken the plastic off your Frivols tins: You need to check out what's inside!
I didn't use more than a third of the fabrics in the kit, so I could make another little quilt like this one or maybe a smaller version of the primary quilt in the kit. I used some French General fabric I had on hand for the background print, and also used a red French General piece from my stash for the border. I tried using the navy and red print that came in the kit for the border, but I was just not that wild about bringing out more navy in the quilt. The red made me happier.
The quilt measures about 21 1/4 inches square. The finished block size was 4 1/2 inches. The thing about working with such small pieces (especially when making flying geese units) is that it becomes harder to keep things from going wonky on you. The slightest error in a seam allowance seems to be magnified much more than when you are making 8 or 10 inch square blocks.
After making the first block (bottom center in the photo), I started pressing all my seams open. That really helped a lot to keep each block flatter and more square. I am swallowing any pride and showing you the backside of the quilt top. I try to clip my threads carefully, but the back of the quilt always looks a bit like a birds nest. Anyway, if you can stand to press your seams open, it does help.
Have a great weekend everyone! I look forward to sharing my next project with you on Monday.


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On Oct. 4, the football team played the Timberland Wolves in their Homecoming game. They were also the St. Louis Rams' High School Game of the Week.
The game got about 180,000 votes, winning with 60 percent of the votes, according to Mr. Derek Sanderson, a member of the fan development for the St. Louis Rams.
Activities Director Mr. Scott Harris was very impressed with the amount of school pride that the students showed.
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Along with being televised, there were more rewards involved in winning the poll. FHC received $2000 for winning the game, which will be put in the Athletics General Fund, but the majority of the money will benefit the football program, according to Mr. Harris.
"This is the third time in my four years that we have been up for this and the first time we have won," said Mr. Harris. "It was another great opportunity for Howell Central to show our amazing school pride."
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The Abolition of Crime: New Principles in Criminology and Justice
Submitted by lev.lafayette on Thu, 2016-07-14 23:04
The Cost of Crime
Those who follow the pithy aphorism, "crime doesn't pay" should also be more attentive to the costs of crime. The Australian government's Institute of Criminology estimated that on 2005 figures, that crime costs Australia nearly $36 billion per annum - about 4.1% of the GDP. Forty per cent of this is the result of fraud, followed by burglary at ten per cent, then drug offenses at nine per cent, arson at eight per cent, and and assault at 7 per cent). The Australian Productivity Commission determined that on 2009 figures the Australian governments spent more than $10.7 billion on criminal services; police accounting taking up 66.7 per cent of the total cost, followed by corrective services at 22.7 per cent, criminal court administration at 5.7 per cent, and civil court administration at 4.9 per cent.
Further afield in the United States, researchers from the University of Miami and the University of Colorado calculated from Department of Justice figures, more than 23 million criminal offences were committed in 2007, costing $15 billion USD in economic losses to the victims and $179 billion in government expenditures on police protection, judicial and legal activities, and correction services. As is well known, the United States also has controversial "three strikes" laws for habitual offenders, enacted in some twenty four states, and with private prisons holding some 8.4% of the overall U.S. prison population - a powerful lobby group for more imprisonable offenses and one which has engaged in bribery to ensure more imprisonable convictions. Crime, or rather the processing of it, is big business.
Apart from the costs to the victims and to the public, there is also the cost to the perpetrator, with the continuing use of capital punishment being the permanent punishment. Whilst over one hundred countries world-wide have abolished capital punishment, and almost fifty have it under moratorium or have not applied it in over ten years, there is still thirty seven that use it in law and practise - include China, the United States, Japan, India, and nearly all of the Middle-East and southern Asian countries. China is the world's leader in capital punishment, far exceeding any other country, although precise figures, estimated to be around a few thousand per annum, are impossible to acquire as they are a state secret. On 2012 figures they are, however, exceeded on a per capita basis by Gambia, Iran, Iraq, Gaza, and Saudi Arabia.
Crime as an Offense to the State
Given these costs it is perhaps surprising that there is no consistent definition of what constitutes a crime, even in contemporary times. What constitutes a crime is defined as a particular category of offense under law. Blasphemy, for example, carries the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan etc, a prison sentence in Russia or India, and is technically still covered by criminal law in most Australian states and territories - the last case being carried out in Victoria in 1919, when the socialist journalist Robert Samuel Ross, who had published a satirical piece in which Bolsheviks ransack heaven, was convicted and sentenced to six months of hard labour.
It is not just offensiveness to religion that receives criminal attention. All dictatorships and even some democracies are not fond of criticism either and apply criminal sanction. In March this year German satirist Jan Bohmermann wrote a profanity-laden poem that insulted Turkish president, Recep Erdogan, which has led to criminal charges under "abusive criticism" (Schmahkritik) of a foreign state leader. In China there are numerous criminal offenses for undermining national unification, insulting the national flag, and even "harmful" messages - in August last year the Ministry of Public Security announced that more than 15,000 people were arrested for crimes that "jeopardized Internet security".
An important distinction, arising out of the mixing of Roman and Teutonic law in Britain, is the difference between civil and criminal law. Whilst the former refers to complaints initiated by an individual or organisation, typically for the purpose of identifying a particular wrong and seeking some sort of compensation, in the latter, the prosecution must be instigated and prosecuted by the State. Whilst often actions considered wrong in terms of universal moral principles - murder, rape, theft etc - are incorporated as part of criminal law, the fact that it is determined by the State, serves as a reason why thinkers such as Michel Foucault in his famous study 'Discipline and Punish' (1975) argued that criminalization is a method of coercive state control, the body that claims a monopoly on violence.
Abolishing Victimless Crimes
The clash between a moral universalism which recognises the inherent rights and liberties of individuals, and socially constructed laws that criminalise and violently punish, becomes immediately apparent in the notion of victimless crimes. Dating back to the founding principles of modernity, it is famously expressed by John Stuart Mill in his 1859 text 'On Liberty', "The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against their will, is to prevent harm to others. Their own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant... Over themself, over their own body and mind, the individual is sovereign." This principle is distinct from causing offence; what is classified as wrong is inflicting harm towards others without, or contrary to, their informed consent. Thus informed self-regarding acts and consensual other regarding acts, are considered to have no victims, and the application of a legal punishment for such activities constitutes a victimless crime, and with significant social expense.
Commonly cited examples of victimless crimes include those resources that have been spent on persecution of various sexual acts between consenting adults (e.g., homosexuality, prostitution), or the recreational use of illicit drugs. There is, of course, additional costs associated with by making such activities criminal; for example whilst the production cost of a drug is extremely low, restricting its supply to a black market through criminalisation provides opportunities for criminal syndicates and drives addicts to commit additional crimes such as theft and robbery.
An interesting limited example of a direct activity against such laws has been in Portugal, which in 2001 decriminalised drug use and personal possession, and treated addiction as a medical problem rather than a crime. Since then regular drug use has actually declined, the number of drug-related deaths has fallen by three-quarters, as has the number of HIV infections among intravenous drug users. The growing campaign of sex workers across the globe to have their work decriminalised is another insightful example, where there is growing recognition that it is not the work itself that generates exploitative relationships, but rather the contextual circumstances that are in part borne from its illegality that generate the grim circumstances.
Abolishing Structural Crimes
The call to abolish victimless crimes is not new, and it is something that has been advocated by political liberals for many decades. Taking the matter a step further, social liberals, social democrats, and democratic socialists are also attentive to the problems of crimes which are structurally derived. By this what is meant are those where criminal propensity correlates with economic deprivation. It is insufficient in itself to argue for equality before the law for all, when a portion of the population cannot afford such equality. Anatole France expressed the problem brilliant in Le Lys Rouge (The Red Lily) in 1894: "In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread."
Structural causes have been presented with a high degree of empirical correlations with the 2009 publication, "The Handbook of Crime Correlates" which reviews over five thousand empirical studies on crime that have been published worldwide. It is not surprising to discover that there are strong correlations between crime and social class; the poor and the unemployed are certainly several times more likely to engage in petty theft and crimes against property. They are also, especially the men, equally likely to engage in violent crimes against others. According to a United Nations Office on Drugs on Crime report of 2012 which reviewed police data from fifteen countries, during periods of sudden economic stress, the incidence of robbery doubles and homicide also increases. In both absolute and relative terms, for both income and wealth, the association between crime and inequality is strong.
But these structural crimes are not just economic, but also environmental. Backing up numerous previous studies, a publication by Macquarie University researchers and published in the Environmental Health Journal earlier this year looked at criminal statistics and air samples from six New South Wales suburbs over a period of thirty years, which showed that exposure to lead was associated with subsequent aggressive criminal behaviour, as lead exposure causes a loss of emotional control and impulsive behaviour. This is in addition to studies which show that early exposure to lead is associated with a six-fold increase in reading disabilities and a seven-fold increase in failing high school; themselves factors associated with criminality. People with such afflictions are certainly not pleasant company; but to what degree are they morally responsible for their actions, when their capacity for self-censorship has been impaired without their knowledge?
Abolishing 'Crime' as a Category
Removing victimless crimes from the statute books and engaging in appropriate social intervention to remove structural effects are well known methods to reduce the level of criminality and the associated social costs. A new approach however relates to a radical change to the application of of justice. Specifically, there is a growing body of evidence that shows that various approaches to justice are not especially successful at deterrence, recidivism, rehabilitation, or generating satisfactory outcomes. Instead of an approach of retribution against an offender who has broken a law, American criminologist Howard Zehr's proposed in the 1990 publication "Changing Lenses - A New Focus for Crime and Justice", the concept of restorative justice, which concentrates on the harm and violation to people and social relationships, and the restitution required, with dialogue between both the victims and the offenders. To use a pithy quote from criminologist John Braithwaite, Distinguished Professor at the Australian National University, "With crime, restorative justice is about the idea that because crime hurts, justice should heal." In fact, in a very real sense because it concentrates on restitution and restoration it converts crimes against the State to breaches of civil behaviour. In theory, crime is abolished even as a category.
Historically, restorative justice systems have been expressed in terms of restitution by many early civilisations. A well-known example of this was the Teutonic weregild method or the Islamic Diyya, where a value was placed on person and property; if someone was injured or killed, the responsible persons would have to pay weregild as restitution to the victim's family. Apart from incorporating class notions of varying value of different people (for example in Diyaa non-Muslims compensation rates have varied between 1/16th to 1/2 that of a Muslim), these methods also suffered a structural problem that allowed the very wealthy to engage in criminal actions that generated little sense of restoration on the part of the offender, rather like medieval Indulgences to the level of blood-money. However in more contemporary times, an income proportional method, or a day-fine, is applied for a number of more minor crimes, primarily in Finland where they have been in use since 1921, but also in Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, and Croatia.
Apart from direct restitution, the importance of dialogue as a practice has been critical, as it provides an opportunity for the victim and offender to discuss their experience of the offence. The victim engages in active role in describing the effects, the offender takes an active role in repairing the damage. A review of this approach from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007 indicted that it had the highest rate of victim satisfaction and offender accountability. Restorative justice methods have also been used in prisons, to assist with rehabilitation and reintegration, and there is good evidence that it significantly reduces recidivism. As a practise it has been particularly implemented in the field of juvenile justice, especially in Brazil, New Zealand, Canada, and New South Wales. On a systemic level, the principles of restorative justice were heavily utilised in the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
The End of Crime
Taking a quote from the Unitarian minister Theodore Parker, Martin Luther King Jnr famously observed, "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" - and we can see this with a long view of history. We can see that over time the criminalisation of people who actions have no victim as a result of their actions is a cause of unnecessary shame, of persecution, and of great financial and emotional cost. We can overcome our own prejudices and even dislike of certain activities, as long as we have sufficient respect that people are entitled to live their lives as they they see fit. We can come to realise - through careful empirical measures - how circumstances and the environment can drive people to engage in terrible behaviour that they would otherwise not engage in, and how it is more beneficial to fix the circumstances to prevent the behaviour, rather than punish the individual. We can build an environment where victim and offender, with the motivation of reconciliation and healing through justice, can come to an agreement on harm, restitution, and responsibility. Unitarians and Universalists can follow in the footsteps of their predecessors - Dorothea Dix, Mary Carpenter, Charles Dickens, and Samuel June Barrow in the quest for prison reform and its final abolition.
Obviously these methods cannot succeed with all people all the time. There is a handful of individuals who are immune to social interventions or admitting errors of behaviour. In some of these cases, sadly the alternative is incarceration in a mental health facility for the pathologically insane. Sometimes the structure is not right, or the results are not satisfactory. A 1998 South African study found that the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission had failed to achieve reconciliation, because justice was an overlooked and necessary prerequisite. For his part former South African President P.W. Botha defied a subpoena to appear before the commission for his refusal to testify in relation to human rights violations and the violence sanctioned by the State Security Council (SSC) which he directed. This resulted in a fine and suspended sentence, but was overturned on a technicality.
What method of justice will be applied to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, following the Chilcot Inquiry released four days ago? Or for that matter, John Howard and George W. Bush? It has determined that the case for the invasion was deficient, the legal basis was unsatisfactory, that the UK overestimated its ability to influence the US, that war preparation and planning was wholly inadequate, and that military action did not achieve its goals. When it comes to representatives of states who have engaged in actions resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths, matters of restitution and restoration are more difficult. Whilst the abolition of crime in a legal sense may be possible on an individual level, it is not so clear when referring to crimes against humanity. Indeed, it may be that these are the last actions that can be called a crime under the classical system of punitive justice, for no restoration is possible when the atrocity is so great.
It is only under such circumstances that, despite a lasting and deeply considered conviction against the death penalty, that one can think with sympathy like Hannah Arendt when she said of Adolf Eichmann; "just as you supported and carried out a policy of not wanting to share the earth with the Jewish people and the people of a number of other nations - as though you and your superiors had any right to determine who should and who should not inhabit the world - we find that no one, that is, no member of the human race, can be expected to want to share the earth with you. This is the reason, and the only reason, you must hang."
Address to the Melbourne Unitarian Church, July 10, 2016
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import io.github.resilience4j.common.retry.monitoring.endpoint.RetryEndpointResponse;
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import io.github.resilience4j.retry.RetryRegistry;
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    public RetryEndpoint(RetryRegistry retryRegistry) {
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When we entered Nou Camp stadium 14 April 2017, we were welcomed by a new intimidating 30ft by 20ft billboard. It was Messi's clenched fist pumping up crowds after the historic 6-1 win over Paris St Germain. The crowd photographer got a rich reward for this image too. There was one slight problem. On a historic, once in a lifetime football night, for FC Barcelona, Neymar had orchestrated the turn around, scoring/assisting three goals in the final seven minutes. Yet Messi's enduring image stayed – estimated one billion people have admired this image since.
The Parisien club did try to buy Neymar last year, but the Brazilian wonder boy signed a fresh contract with Barcelona which ran till 2021. In a year, though, he has had enough of living under shadows and now wants to be the lead. He has been Barcelona's lead player and hero, at certain junctures – most notably during Messi's injury spell in 2015-16 season. Something he becomes more routinely for his national team. But now he wants to be the lead on all fronts – commercially, numerically (goals) and camera wise.
Paris St Germain's retaining of Verratti, signing of Dani Alves and chasing of Alexis Sanchez, now falls into better perspective. Did Barcelona also fail Neymar in their attempts to lure Marco Verratti? Would Neymar have stayed if Verratti was practising today in El Ciutat Esportiva? As I had witnessed at Parc Des Princess last year, "PSG want more". Have PSG owners convinced Neymar they want more too?
However grand a move this is, unless PSG win the Champions League, Neymar may not get the Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi-esque legendary status he so desires and could have got at the Nou Camp. There is a danger he may just remain another Zlatan Ibrahimovic in history books if PSG's grand Champions League choke run continues. Winning Champions League is a long shot. Specially for PSG's current owners, who have yet to taste what a UEFA Champions league semifinal looks like.
The challenge is uphill. Aside the top five of football (RMA, FCB, BAY, ATM, JUV) there is strong emergence of the Manchester teams, under legendary managers. Yet PSG have to win big silverware, that too within the next two years. Failing that, acrimony and discontent amongst the golden generation of Brazilian stars there (Marquinhos, Alves, Silva, Moura, Neymar), is likely to flourish. Neymar may then start looking at the English Premier League.
Time will also tell if the Catalan board is able to make good use of the fortune (from Neymar sale) and help the team recover from this jolt. They weren't prepared. Messi's vision with FCB was linked to him continuing to lead football's best frontline ever, till 2021. MSN is now broken. Barcelona fans are right to feel upset and disappointed. If Barcelona still manage to maintain their lofty heights at the end of 2017-18 season, Neymar will be upset and disappointed.
Was Neymar under par at Barcelona?
Neymar scored just 20 goals in a disappointing last season, out of a Barcelona count of 171 goals. That's under par. At Nou Camp, his goals to games ratio at 55% (68 goals off 123 games) pales when compared to Luiz Suarez's 87% (85 goals off 97 games). Neymar's goals to games ratio for Brazil stands at 67%. Barcelona have €222mio to upgrade that 55% strike ratio and 20 goals of last season to much much higher numbers. Meaning to say, it is possible to fill that gap. But can the board do it? Does the board want to do it?
Till then, All the best and thank you 'N'!
Football fans will forever miss the MSN triumvirate shoulder to shoulder!
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Swift codes, also called BIC Codes, are specifically used to make international wire transfer payments. Compared to routing numbers which allow you to make wire transfers domestically, Swift codes are used for incoming international fund transfers. If you want to send or receive money internationally to a bank account held with 1ST SOURCE BANK, you'll need the appropriate Swift code..
Notice: Swift codes for 1ST SOURCE BANK are for making or receiving an international wire transfer.


 Hare, B., & Tomasello, M. (2005). Human-like social skills in dogs? Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Vol. 9 (9), 439-444.
 Tomasello, M., Call, J., & Hare, B. (2003). Chimpanzees understand psychological states – the question is which ones and to what extent. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Vol. 7 (4), 153-156. Tomasello (1999). The cultural origins of human cognition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press (Chapters. 1 & 2, pp. 1–55).


I must admit, I jumped back a little when I came upon this bird, while visiting the Bird Kingdom in Canada!
If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous and, in the end, more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us and love.
It is a bit scary!
Any idea what species of bird it is?
Hey Galen, I'll try to find out for you.


1.	Explain the strategic purpose of: School Governors, Senior Management Team, other statutory role e.g. Senco, Teachers and Support staff roles.
The governing body have a range of duties and responsibility within the school, this includes the conduct of the schools and to promote a high standard of educational achievement at the schools, as the schools accountable body they provide a strategic view of the school by establishing a vision, they set the purpose and aims of the school within an agreed policy framework. The school governors appoint and performance manage the head teacher. They also agree on the school's improvement strategy such as setting targets with supporting budgets and staffing structures. The governors also sign off the self-evaluation process and they will respond to school's improvement service and Ofsted reports as and when necessary.


All smart students know that chores are essential to survival. One of the biggest chores is restocking that pantry and fridge every once in a while. Yes, that means getting out of your room and heading to the supermarket.
Life as a student can indeed get busy with all the 'adulting' you have to do. But one things for sure, it's truly never too busy to eat. From midday breakfasts to 11PM dinners, we always have to make sure we have enough food to eat during those long study sessions. In accommodating our super 'busy' schedules and gigantic appetites, smart shopping is a must. A concern of many international students though, is where to shop.
Where can I find that awesome discount?
Where can I find all the fresh veges?
Where can I find food from my country?
While my first days as an international student saw me spending a little too much, I quickly learnt how to budget and where go do to get value for my money. Some time ago smart shopper Judith did an awesome post that compared the prices at various supermarkets. Now I have a few tips that can help you to decide where to go!
Nothing beats walking around your neighbourhood especially if it leads to a market. About a month ago I gave a super cool (and cold) Food Tour of Malmö. The which brought us to the famous food market in Möllevångstorget. Most towns in Sweden have a similar market that is usually easy to find. In Malmö the market is about a 20 minute walk or 6 minute bike ride from most of the student dorms. The market is open from 8:00 to 15:00 and has some of the freshest food that you can find. Moreover, the shops around are also affordable. Before you go, make sure you have some cash on you. Although Sweden is a pretty cashless society, most markets prefer cash or SWISH (Sweden's preferred mobile payment system).
While Sweden does have a large number of big brand named stores, the local international shop usually has unbeatable prices. International stores come in all types and sizes, from Asian stores to African stores, they are all here in Sweden! For example, I found it rather difficult to find Cornmeal (majsmjöl ) at my local Willy's supermarket. Luckily, after a 9 minute walk to the international supermarket I found several brands to choose from.
Quite often the smart secrets to shopping in your town isn't so much of a secret. Most of the secrets I 'discovered' weren't on my own, they were through friends. If you can find an international student who loves shopping smart and has lived in the area for a while, it makes a lot of sense to ask for tips. Event though I have lived in my area for over a year and think I know a lot I still receive new tips. Just last month I heard of a Food Savers crew who usually gets free fruits from the market!
My final advice is to always plan before you shop. Planning is smart! Of course there will be times you have to run out and get something, but don't go running everyday. Planning includes checking what bus, bike or walking route to take, the things you need to get and where to get them. For example, my faculty is located pretty close to the market. As such, I often head to the market after my lectures to grab some fresh fruits. This then means that I don't have to spend all day hopping from one store to another to get a good bargain. Moreover I get more time to catch up on Netflix read over my notes.


"I really loved this book..... After I finished it, it was as if I had seen a movie... I had to keep reminding myself that I didn't see it, I read it! It was just so vividly described and emotionally well-thought out. There is an element of grief to the story that is very realistic and even though the elements of faith are in a negative vein, the theme of grace and mercy and forgiveness still comes through... very moving story...."
Hoping to launch Peace Lily, the sequel in September this year!


Ofgem's new rules on how much energy network companies can charge to support more than £30 billion worth of infrastructure investment plans put forward by them have come into effect this week.
The price controls, known as RIIO-ED1 (Revenue = Incentives + Innovation + Outputs-Electricity Distribution), determine the amount network operators can charge for their services up to 2021. They have been designed to encourage companies to "deliver improvements in customer satisfaction, reliability, stakeholder engagement and sustainable services at value for money to consumers".
The plans include around £7 billion for Scotland's high voltage electricity network, £15.5 billion for the high voltage electricity network in England and Wales as well as high pressure gas networks across Britain and around £8.7 billion for Britain's low pressure gas networks. The projects are expected to help create more than 8,000 jobs across the nation.
The energy regulator said the increased investment could increase household bills by an average of £9.60 every year and rise by £12.70 in 2021. However, the network companies need to appoint people on their boards by April next year who can put restrictions on cash flows if necessary.


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Facebook, Google to Face New Antitrust Suits in U.S.
Federal and state authorities, probing whether the tech giants abused their power in the internet economy, are preparing as many as four cases
Eric Schmidt says antitrust statutes shouldn't be used to regulate something as complicated as the internet. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images (Originally published Oct. 21, 2020)
John D. McKinnon
@johndmckinnon
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Updated Nov. 30, 2020 10:08 am ET
WASHINGTON—Big Tech's legal woes are expected to worsen in the coming weeks as federal and state antitrust authorities prepare to file new lawsuits against Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google, people familiar with the matter said.
The authorities are readying as many as four more cases targeting Google or Facebook by the end of January, these people said, following the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against Google last month.
Federal and state officials are probing whether the tech giants abused their power in the internet economy—Google to dominate search and advertising, and Facebook to dominate social media.
Google and Facebook have denied doing so, saying they operate in highly competitive markets and that their services, which are mostly free, benefit consumers.
If Facebook were to be sued, it would mark the first government antitrust action against the social-media titan in the U.S. Facebook has come under particular criticism from Republicans and Democrats in Congress as well as President-elect Joe Biden over its content-moderation policies.


String theory has gone through many transformations since its origins in 1968 when it was hoped to be a model of certain types of particle collisions. It initially failed at that goal, but in the 40 years since, string theory has developed into the primary candidate for a theory of quantum gravity. It has driven major developments in mathematics, and theorists have used insights from string theory to tackle other, unexpected problems in physics. In fact, the very presence of gravity within string theory is an unexpected outcome!
The first and foremost success of string theory is the unexpected discovery of objects within the theory that match the properties of the graviton. These objects are a specific type of closed strings that are also massless particles that have spin of 2, exactly like gravitons. To put it another way, gravitons are a spin-2 massless particle that, under string theory, can be formed by a certain type of vibrating closed string. String theory wasn't created to have gravitons — they're a natural and required consequence of the theory.
One of the greatest problems in modern theoretical physics is that gravity seems to be disconnected from all the other forces of physics that are explained by the Standard Model of particle physics. String theory solves this problem because it not only includes gravity, but it makes gravity a necessary byproduct of the theory.
A major motivating factor for the search for a theory of quantum gravity is to explain the behavior of black holes, and string theory appears to be one of the best methods of achieving that goal. String theorists have created mathematical models of black holes that appear similar to predictions made by Stephen Hawking more than 30 years ago and may be at the heart of resolving a long-standing puzzle within theoretical physics: What happens to matter that falls into a black hole?
Scientists' understanding of black holes has always run into problems, because to study the quantum behavior of a black hole you need to somehow describe all the quantum states (possible configurations, as defined by quantum physics) of the black hole. Unfortunately, black holes are objects in general relativity, so it's not clear how to define these quantum states.
String theorists have created models that appear to be identical to black holes in certain simplified conditions, and they use that information to calculate the quantum states of the black holes. Their results have been shown to match Hawking's predictions, which he made without any precise way to count the quantum states of the black hole.
This is the closest that string theory has come to an experimental prediction. Unfortunately, there's nothing experimental about it because scientists can't directly observe black holes (yet). It's a theoretical prediction that unexpectedly matches another (well-accepted) theoretical prediction about black holes. And, beyond that, the prediction only holds for certain types of black holes and has not yet been successfully extended to all black holes.
One of the major successes of string theory is something called the Maldacena conjecture, or the AdS/CFT correspondence. Developed in 1997 and soon expanded on, this correspondence appears to give insights into gauge theories, such as those at the heart of quantum field theory.
The original AdS/CFT correspondence, written by Juan Maldacena, proposes that a certain 3-dimensional (three space dimensions, like our universe) gauge theory, with the most supersymmetry allowed, describes the same physics as a string theory in a 4-dimensional (four space dimensions) world. This means that questions about string theory can be asked in the language of gauge theory, which is a quantum theory that physicists know how to work with!
String theory has suffered more setbacks than probably any other scientific theory in the history of the world, but those hiccups don't seem to last that long. Every time it seems that some flaw comes along in the theory, the mathematical resiliency of string theory seems to not only save it, but to bring it back stronger than ever.
When extra dimensions came into the theory in the 1970s, the theory was abandoned by many, but it had a comeback in the first superstring revolution. It then turned out there were five distinct versions of string theory, but a second superstring revolution was sparked by unifying them. When string theorists realized a vast number of solutions of string theories (each solution to string theory is called a vacuum, while many solutions are called vacua) were possible, they turned this into a virtue instead of a drawback. Unfortunately, even today, some scientists believe that string theory is failing at its goals.


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Q: how to pass a java variable to javascript I want to pass a java variable to javascript in away I donot have body tag in my jsp page then I cann't pass it this way :
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and I need to run this javascript onload. is there anyother way to pass java variable to javascript? how can I do that?
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    <link href="../theme/bower_components/flot/examples/examples.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
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Basic Usage

You don't have to do much to get an attractive plot. Create a placeholder, make sure it has dimensions (so Flot knows at what size to draw the plot), then call the plot function with your data.

The axes are automatically scaled.

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A: Javascript gets executed on client side and java on server side. So once jsp/html page is getting loaded on browser from server you can do that.
You can do it in jsp file but not in js file as jsp file gets processed on server side before presenting it as html to browser whereas js file is executed on client side so java code won't be processed
Assuming otp1 is set as request attribute on server side, you can access it on jsp like below which is much cleaner and readable
${requestScope.otp1}

A: Use :
var jsVar="<%out.print(otp1);%>";

in your javascript

A: You can assing that Java value at the beginning of your script tag on the page:
var value = <%=otp1%>;

or, if the value is String:
var value = "<%=otp1%>";

A: You can put the variable in a hidden field or like slomek suggested directly in js. As a replacement for the onload-Method you can use jqueries ready Method. See: https://api.jquery.com/ready/

A: use inline script for example:


Globalization and sustainable development: As explicitly admitted in the UN's Sustainable Development Objectives (SDOs), human development can only be conceived on a global scale considering the multiple interactions—economic (trade, outsourcing, etc.), demographic (migrations, epidemics, etc.), cultural (connectivity, networks, etc.) and environmental (global warming, etc.)—at play between North and South countries. The main lines of research are the impact of globalization on national and global inequalities, and poverty and public and/or private interventions at both levels to address it; the ecology of poverty; the multi-faceted role of infrastructures in the development process and the reduction of inequalities as well as global infrastructure design.
Globalization, cultural dynamics and institutional change: This line of research is about exploring the role of globalization in the emergence of new national and transnational cultural dynamics and their potential impact on changes in institution governance at all geographical scales. This specifically includes research into the cultural and institutional dynamics under way in North African countries based on interdisciplinary approaches.
Migrations: This line of research bears on all determinants of international (including climatic) migrations and their multiple consequences in all geographical domains. It is open to the study of relevant historical cases and more particularly to the analysis of recent international migration dynamics.
Energy: The final aim is the development of a social science research programme on energy at IMéRA, including in particular: the study of socio-political determinants of energy transitions and associated public authorities' policy dynamics; analysis and modelling of the world energy market, in particular hydrocarbons, in these times of shale gas and oil and energy hubs; rebuilding the production economic theory taking the above into account, etc.


Panhandle Chapter Offering Wilderness Medicine Training.
The Panhandle Chapter of Trout Unlimited will be offering a wilderness medicine course designed for anglers. When you venture away from the road, you may need more training than provided in a basic first aid course. This 8 hour course, taught by an instructor from Longleaf Wilderness Medicine, will address the specific needs of anglers on water.
The afternoon session will cover musculoskeletal injuries and splinting, wounds and wound care (including hook removal), ear, nose and teeth injuries, and first aid kit building.
The course will be held in Sandpoint on Saturday, February 8th and will be split into two four hour sessions with a break for lunch. Cost is $44. and open to all TU members. Please contact Chapter President Don Childress with any questions or to enroll, (208)255-7928 or at dwc1rsc@televar.com.


The 1st PhDs in Transitions Conference on April, 28th and 29th 2016 in Greenwich was an inspiring meeting of PhD students and senior researchers from diverse backgrounds, covering sustainability transitions in the areas of energy, mobility, built environment, water, and sanitation. This new conference format was designed and organized by the PhDs in Transitions network. Thanks to their efforts, we were part of a refreshing two-days meeting in the Hogwarts-like atmosphere of the University of Greenwich.
The core concept of this conference was to focus the first day on senior researchers, providing insights from their current work and long-time experiences for the PhDs – where the PhDs tied in with their questions and remarks. On the second day, the PhDs presented their work and approaches, which then the senior researchers complemented with their experiences, questions and remarks. This concept of providing insights and commonly reflecting on them was perfectly taken over by all participants so that an atmosphere of openness, honesty, criticism, and constructiveness was set up during the two days. In this almost intimate atmosphere, we experienced a lot of new ideas, critical reflections and also valuable suggestions for our further work – from the other PhDs, post docs and profs! It is precisely the small-scale environment, productive exchanges and active participation that differentiate this conference from the larger ones.
One project focused on the built environment and specifically on the governance and low-carbon investments in the building sector, presenting a very interesting co-evolutionary approach – methodologically and empirically – towards understanding transitions.
Another, completely different project focussed on the energy politics in Berlin's struggle for energy remunicipalisation. This project showed nicely how insights and concepts from geography literature can be used to complement transition studies.
As current PhD students we are happy to see a conference by and for PhDs. We all know the importance of feedback, how satisfying it can be to see interest in your hard work, and how conferences sometimes fail to deliver these essential needs. Due to its unique format the PhDs in transition conference perfectly complements existing conferences, giving PhDs the opportunity to seek the dialogue and input they desire for their ongoing research.
In conclusion, we had two wonderful and productive days in the pristine environment of Greenwich University, complemented with a great dinner in "Café Rouge" and a profound immersion in the british pub culture… A truly enlightening conference.
We salute the organization team: This format has tremendous added-value for PhDs and should be further spread in academia and the transition research network.


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Septa, l. mn. septy (łac. septum, l.mn. septa, dysepiment, dissepimentum) – w znaczeniu ogólnym – przegroda.

W znaczeniu szczególnym:
 septy – u grzybów przegrody dzielące strzępki. Strzępki septowane – strzępki z przegrodami, strzępki nieseptowane – strzępki bez przegród
 septum – u parzydełkowców – przegroda biegnąca od wewnętrznych ścian ciała do środka jamy gastralnej,
 septum – u pluskwiaków różnoskrzydłych – błona zamykająca wejście do komory genitalnej samców,
 septum – schitynizowany szew między członami czułka niektórych chrząszczy,
 septum, dysepiment – mezodermalna, poprzeczna ściana jamy ciała oddzielająca sąsiednie metamery.

Septum to również nazwa kolczyka wykonanego w przegrodzie nosowej, najczęściej w kształcie koła lub podkowy.

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the topic is selfexplanatory :) I want to know what the flag SHADER_ENVREQUIRED for MaterialData actually gives to the shader. What is Environement reflection data? How can I get it? How can I use it? Is there any info about it in the docs?
ENVREQUIRED veranlasst, dass (falls nicht eh schon shader_reflectance zurückgegeben wurde), dass der reflektierte Strahl korrekt eingetragen ist. Ansonsten ist der undefiniert.


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Q: How to use fade effect in jQuery preventing the content from disappearing? I'm creating a dimmer plug-in and I would like to give it a nice fade transition. To dim the page when I use a background semi-transparent 'png' image and it works, but the issue is that when I give it the fade effect everything disappears when I would like to give that effect only to the background.
var $j = jQuery;
$j(document).ready(function(){

// Hide shadow

jQuery(".shadow-class").css('background', 'none');

jQuery(".custom-read-more-toggle").on("click", function() {

if(jQuery(".shadow-class").css('background-image') == 'none' ) {
  jQuery(".shadow-class").css({background : 'url(/* PNG HERE*/)'}).fadeOut(1000);
 } else if (jQuery(".shadow-class").css('background', 'url(/*PNG HERE*/)')){
jQuery(".shadow-class").css('background', 'none');
}

});

});

What can I do to prevent that everything disappears? Note that I've remove the fade functions attached inside if-else.

A: Sounds like you may have that CSS class on something you shouldn't have. Check your body, or main wrapper, or whatever, for that .shadow-class byt we're all just gonna be guessing unless you provide more code, or Fiddle it. Can you provide a working prototype on Codepen or Fiddle or something?
With that said, you will want to stop using JS to check for CSS property state (background-image), and instead add and remove classes with JS, and just create CSS rules for the classes.
Last note, based on your problem, stop using .fadeOut and instead (again) just toggle CSS classes, one with opacity:0 and the other with opacity:1, and use a transition (ie. transition: opacity 1s;)
Feel me?

A: I think the problem is that you are misinformed about how opacity works (and in turn .fadeOut()).  If you apply an opacity value to an element, it and all of it's children are affected by that value.  So setting opacity:.5; to the parent will set it and everything inside at half opacity.
If you had a solid background color you wanted to make translucent or transparent in a transition, you could use the background-color:rgba(); property where the rgba() includes the comma separated values of the RGB color for the background and the A is the alpha, which works like opacity but will not affect other elements.
If you are working with a just one image, the transition to and from the image should work however if you want the image to be translucent, you'll need to create a second image, and apply the opacity to that image (in Photoshop for example) and then transition to that second image.


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Two Routes to Death
The food ministry offers you two ways to die. Either you increase the chances of death by eating genetically modified food (this is unsure) or you die because of hunger (this is guaranteed). The choice is yours.
Few decades ago, similar choice was presented with crops fed with poisonous chemical fertilizers and insecticides on one side and conventional/organic farming with no use of chemicals on the other side. First option meant the society will have enough food to feed its growing population. The second one meant low production of food for increasing population and eminent hunger. Protest erupted against the use of chemicals in agriculture stating this will result in disease and death of the citizens. But, the nation chose to go ahead with chemicalization of the farms. What happened afterwards is history. Probably, you and me had never been born had there not been Green Revolution.
Related Reading: http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/gmfood/overview.php
Labels: Environment, Politics, Science, Skepticism
Where is the Beef? - Analyzing logics behind Anti-Cow-Slaughter Bill
Karnataka government proposed the Anti Cow Slaughter bill trying to ape many other state governments (February 2010). As is with all other issues, controversies cropped up along with people protesting in favor of it and people protesting against it. Political entities coloring and contrasting the issues in their own hues depending on which side of the fence they lay eggs. Keeping all that apart, let us try to analyze what logics hold here. The objective here is not to hurt feelings but just a rational analysis of reasons behind government policies. But first, my stand on this issue.
WHAT THE GOD SAYS: Hindus in general and Hindu fanatics in particular oppose slaughter of cows stating that since we consume cow's milk, it is equivalent to our mother. The religious texts teaches that we must worship mothers and cows alike. Hence, one should not kill her for the above reasons. Often at times, for the sake of preserving the idea of cow's holiness and stop its slaughter, people go on to slaughter each other. However, the question that needs to be asked is that if cow is so holy, mother equivalent, object of worship and respect, then why it should be kept bondage with a painful string through the nose, why it should be tortured not only with traditional means of beating, limiting its freedom, not allowing it feed all its milk to the calf, but also with modern technologies of injecting painful medicines to produce more and more milk. It is hard to believe that we treat a god-like figure with that kind of respect. Does our religious texts have any answer for this anomaly? Neither the Hindu religious fanatics nor animal lovers seems to be in favor of a ban on milk products, the primary reason for exploitation of their so called mother.
Second point, we drink buffalo milk too and in fact, it constitutes the bigger share of total milk consumed. So, does this not make buffalo as respectful and mother like figures as cows? Why doesn't this buffalo milk prevent us from slaughtering buffalo in the temple premises in the name of sacrifice to god? Or it is that the Hindu castist society discriminates between the black buffalo and white or colored cows. Same holds for goats too.
It turns out that we Indians are quite a bit gender biased too, believing males and females should not have the equal rights. Its evident not only in human society, but also the way we treat the bovines. The female of the species, i.e. cow, is revered as holy and object of worship whereas the male, i.e., ox, is the object of slaughter, all in the name of the same set of gods. Its a bad idea to be a male cattle and a female human in the Indian society.
Moreover, the devotees of gowmata have no remorse about wearing leather shoes. Do they ever bother to figure out where from the leather came from? Whether the animal was slaughtered or died a natural death before it was skinned? Had there been a minute desire to wear leather which came from animals died naturally, there would have certainly been a brand advertising as "Om Shoes, skinned only from animals which died naturally" or "Have mercy, wear leather skinned from animals which died naturally."
Not surprisingly, Hindus do not respect other animals of religious significance too. For example, rats which are considered lord Ganesh's transport system are often subjected to death by poisoning. Those Hindus who sell rat poison and those Hindus who poison the rats seems to have no regard for lord Ganesh's disability to roam around the world without rats.
The case of peacock is no different. It is regularly killed in central India for meat and feathers. Our religious leaders show no interest in protection of a bird which servers as vehicle for lord Kartik in North Indian tradition and lord Murugan in South India. Also, our religiopolitical leaders too seem very unpatriotic in protecting a bird which is symbol of nation's pride.
WHAT THE LAW SAYS: Some from the media shouted that the ban on cow slaughter is in Indian Constitution. Lets examine that.
Source: www.india.gov.in
Article 48: The State shall endeavor to organize agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines and shall, in particular, take steps for preserving and improving the breeds, and prohibiting the slaughter, of cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle.
The article 48 comes under The Directive Principles of State Policy, Part IV of the Indian Constitution.
What are Directive Principles of State Policy: The Directive Principles of State Policy are guidelines to the central and state governments of India, to be kept in mind while framing laws and policies. These provisions, contained in Part IV of the Constitution of India, are not enforceable by any court, but the principles laid down therein are considered fundamental in the governance of the country, making it the duty of the State to apply these principles in making laws to establish a just society in the country. The principles have been inspired by the Directive Principles given in the Constitution of Ireland and also by the principles of Gandhism; and relate to social justice, economic welfare, foreign policy, and legal and administrative matters.
Basically, article 48 is not a law but an guidelines which the law makers should keep in mind while framing laws. There are so many other things which should be kept in mind while framing laws but never show up even remotely in the minds of bureaucrats. For example, ban on alcohol, free education, minimum wage, etc. Now, whats so special in this guideline (article 48) that we should surpass all the other guidelines and seek to attain this seemingly irrational and illogical paragraph of Constitution.
With the passage of time, many parts of constitution become redundant, irrelevant to the present social norms, and often impediment to the society. Also, it being written by humans, there are more than fair chances of error, misrepresentation, and misinterpretation. Hence, it needs fixing from time to time by means of amendments. There had been 94 amendments in Indian constitution so far. Section 377 was one such redundant pieces of text which badly needed repair and it was fixed. Well, there were people protesting, but its in their nature and things cool down in the pipeline of time. So, why not an amendment for article 48?
Given the importance of the issue and its ability to cause huge bandhs and bloodshedding in future, I believe that article 48 requires an immediate amendment with removal of the illogical phrase "...prohibiting the slaughter, of cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle."
Here the point worth noting is that, those who keep mentioning article 48 to bolster their case in favor of a ban on cow slaughter often forget to mention that article 48 refers to prohibiting slaughter of other milch and draught cattle too. Other milch and draught cattle include buffalo, goat, ox, bull, camel, horse, donkey, etc. Have you ever heard of any Indian state banning slaughter of all the above mentioned animals? So, it can be concluded that state laws banning slaughter of caw are unconstitutional and inconsistent with article 48 as they do not ban slaughter of all milch and draught cattle.
Moreover, the nomenclature of the bill says it all about the intentions of the legislators. If they were to respect the constitution, they would have named the bill as "Anti Cattle Slaughter Bill" but instead it is named as "Anti Cow Slaughter Bill." So, the important thing here is the word "cow" and not the protection of cattle mentioned in the India's political bible.
If religion is consulted to decide what can be eaten on this land, then we have a very serious food crisis coming up. Every religion prohibits some or other edible from being consumed. Now, if the state bans cow slaughter keeping Hindu sentiments in mind, but do not ban slaughter of all animals as suggested by Jainism, then we can safely conclude that the State of India treats Jain as lesser citizen compared to Hindus.
WE LOVE ANIMALS: The animal lovers say that they simply cannot tolerate the cruelty against animals. They support the ban citing the pain and sufferings of the cows the undergo slaughter. But why just cows? I understand they love other kind of animals such as stray dogs and often have risen their voice against culling of dogs though they are not yet in favor of ban on killing all other types of animals including goats, pigs, chicken, fish, and so on. Probably, they aren't sure enough about the ramification and feasibility of the ideology. Their love affair seems to be restricted to only a few species. Never seen an animal lover in love with cockroaches. To me, the concept of harmonious relationship between species, existence without killing another life, is nothing but an utopia, fairy tale. Here is my previous post on this issue of animal welfare.
WHATS OUR FOOD CULTURE: There is another breed of Indians, the less aggressive ones who pretend to look rational and scientific. These are the people who are not courageous enough to wear their religion on their sleeves. They use science and culture to hide the irrationality of their believes. Their claim, Indian food and culture does not include beef consumption. Now, what all the things are not part of Indian food culture? Shall we not ban Coco Cola, pizza, burger, noodles, chocolate, cake, sauce, tea, coffee, or even bottled drinking water too given that these were imported in our food habit and were not originally part of Indian foods.
Second claim is that beef causes variety of health problems. Everything edible has its pluses and minuses on human health and that varies significantly with variance of environmental factors and individuals. There aren't substantial evidence of health hazards of beef. Even if evidence is found, then it should be left on the individual to decide whether or not to consume it. If the concern is too high to be ignored, then may be a warning like "Eating beef is injurious to health" can be put on it as is done with alcohol and tobacco. Citizen should have the freedom to decide what to eat and what not to. By the why, our overly health-conscious citizens seem to have no insight about the perils of soft drinks and fast foods that is fast gripping the whole nation.
WHERE ARE THE JOBS: Beef and cowhide constitute significant portion of the meat industry (both local and export) and leather industry. I do not have the exact numbers as to the size of both the industries and how many families are dependent on it for their food and shelter (poor kids don't get education, so no dependence for that). A wild guesstimate would be some 10 million workers and if each workers supports a family of 4 (often its more than that), then at least 40 million people will go hungry if the Anti Cow Slaughter bill is implemented. Labor unions and the well-wishers of the poor in the country do not turn up to check the future of cattle herders, butchers, leather skinners, shoe makers, and so on. Probably, the religious sentiments of the political and religious leaders are more important than the lives and livelihoods of masses.
Note: If you know the size of beef and leather industry in India, what percentage of total leather comes from cowhides, how many people are employed here, and other figures, please do scribble that in comment box for a clearer picture.
WHERE THE BLOOD CAME FROM: So why all the fuss about caw slaughter? In my opinion, it is just because this issue can create more political snowballing whereas buffalo, peacock, and rats don't display ability to become huge political ruckus. And why it is so? Most likely reason is that the cow has been branded as the symbol of Hindu pride. Part of responsibility for brandanization of cow as such goes to our right wing political entities and Hindu religious leaders, who needed some brand ambassador to showcase at launch of their religious and political products. But the major part of the responsibility is owed by the new-age Hindus who never bother to read what is actually written in the religious text and are solely dependent on the new avatar of television for their daily dose of spirituality.
It was like a ready-made bomb for the right-wing religiopolitical leaders. They just needed to add the switch, the spark, and press the button. Who will not like to capitalize on such a thing? However, after so many decades have passed, it is kind of difficult to figure out now whether it is the politics that took advantage of mass sentiments or the politics itself got influenced by it.
In the end, this whole holy cow thing is nothing but religiously motivated politics. This is how religion poisons every aspect of our rational behavior be it individual or the so called intellectual bureaucracy, enacting laws prohibiting cow slaughter and feeding their own beliefs.
MY STAND: Being a vegan, I'm not in favor of caw slaughter. But I'm not against caw slaughter either just as I'm not against slaughter of other animals or slaughter of crops for food. It is an individual's choice, not something religious, not something political. But I'm strongly against those who cry foul on this issue while carrying out all other acts of cruelty against caw and other animals. These people never walk their talk and are just interested in gleaning benefits from fooling the masses.
SOLUTION: Create numerous national parks exclusively for cows and adopt it as our national animal instead of tiger. Oh! Did I offend your feelings by calling her an animal?
DISCLAIMER: All the crap written above is plain fiction, has no connection with any live or dead cow or any religious or political entity. If the characters in this fiction resemble real cow or country, then it purely by chance. The author has no knowledge whatsoever of politics or religion and everything written is purely imaginary and baseless.
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Why Pineapple Can Help You Poop Like a Champ
Pineapple contains an enzyme called bromelain, which is said to have magical anti-inflammatory and digestive properties.
By Isadora Baum
There's a reason why you should add pineapple juice to your morning smoothie, and it's not necessarily because of its sweet tang. Pineapple is super high in bromelain, an enzyme that helps break down proteins and aid in digestion.
While the effects of bromelain haven't been studied extensively, it's also said to have a number of other health benefits, ranging from reducing pain and soreness after a workout to alleviating the symptoms of allergies.
While you can take bromelain as a supplement, the only natural food source of bromelain is pineapple, which is found in the stem/core and the juice. Here are a few of the biggest benefits of bromelain and why you should incorporate it into your diet.
Bromelain Benefits
1) Bromelain is said to have anti-inflammatory properties.
Bromelain has been shown to relieve swelling and expedite recovery, thanks to its anti-inflammatory properties. "One study that evaluated bromelain's ability to treat patients found that it supported wound healing and helped decrease pain and swelling following operations," says Dr. Josh Axe, D.N.M., C.N.S., D.C., founder of the website Ancient Nutrition.
"Of the 80 people who participated in the study, those who were prescribed bromelain [as a supplement] reported 'significantly lower' post-operation pain, swelling, and even redness, compared to the control group who received a generic painkiller," he says. That said, because this is a pretty small sample size, more research still needs to be conducted to confirm this.
What's more, bromelain is said to reduce soreness and pain after a tough workout. "It's being studied for arthritis-related pain relief, but we don't have enough evidence to back up this claim yet," says Maggie Moon, MS, RD and author of the MIND Diet.. Still, it couldn't hurt to eat some pineapple or add pineapple core to a post-workout smoothie or juice if your muscles are aching.
(As an added benefit, yup, that urban legend about pineapple making your semen taste better is 100% true.)
2) It makes you poop like a rock star.
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Constipated? Moon says to reach for some pineapple. "Bromelain breaks down protein, such as collagen, down into its amino acids," says Moon. "It helps digest protein before it enters the mouth, giving the body a head-start in digesting protein foods."
Because bromelain makes the breakdown faster, it can help get things moving around down there if you're having trouble staying regular. That's why people on high-protein diets, like Paleo or Keto, can benefit from bromelain if they're having trouble pooping.
3) It can help tenderize meat
While this isn't really a health benefit, bromelain is said to make your cooking easier and meats tastier. "Bromelain is an enzyme that breaks down protein, which is why a little pineapple juice is a great meat tenderizer (but don't marinate it for too long or you end up with mush — there is such a thing as meat that is too tender!)," Moon says.
How to get bromelain
While there is some bromelain in pineapple flesh, most of the high bromelain content is found in the core. So save that core for your morning juice when you can. (Need a quick fruit hack? This is the easiest way to cut up a whole pineapple.)
If you're not a pineapple fan, you can still take a bromelain supplement, but you should speak to your physician first to decide which amount is right for you. (Also, this should go without saying, but if you're allergic to pineapple, it's probably not a good idea to take it.)
Isadora Baum Isadora Baum is a freelance writer, certified health coach, and author of 5-Minute Energy.
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Myths & Facts About Conocarpus and Its Plantation in Pakistan
Pakistan is ready for the largest Plantation campaign on this 14th August to fight increasing temperature, pollution in an effort to conserve natural resources. People are teaming all around the country for this country-wide effort to assure Green-Pakistan for future generations.
Among the many species of plants being grown, Conocaprus – a mangrove plant is most widely used and equally controversial as well. May concerns have been raised by health, environment and conservation advocates about this wide use of Conocarpus. Due to this country-wide plantation campaign, Conocarpus is also a hot topic among masses. To clear the myths and facts about this plant, we discussed it with experts of Health, Environment and Plant Sciences to form a conclusion about the plantation of Conocarpus.
Conocarpus Produce Allergens
Conocarpus Cause no Harm to Air Oxygen
Conocarpus Sucks more Water from Ground
Conocarpus Damages the Infrastructure
Conocarpus is bad for Birds
Advantages and Disadvantages of Conocarpus
Should be Stop Planting Conocarpus?
Conocarpus does produce pollens and twice a year. These pollution are the potential allergens that can cause some ill effects like the allergy to some people. A study conducted by researchers of the Department of Botany in the University of Karachi found that the number of Asthma patients was higher in September to October. "The percentage of Conocarpus species were most frequent from months September to October and likely to be the causative agents of Asthma." Says study.
Courtesy: Daily Times
The same study identified total 12 species causing similar ill effects on the health of citizens of Karachi which includes Amaranthus viridus (jungli cholai), Atriplex stocksii, Salsola imbricata (lana), Conocarpus (buttonwood), Cynodon dactylon (lawn grass), Sorghum helepense (baru), Secale cereale (rye), Prosopsis juliflora (kekar), Plantago ovata (ispaghol), Chenopodium album (bathwa), Eucalyptus sp. (sufaida) and Acacia nilotica (babul).
About the significance of the research, Dr Qaiser said: "Earlier, there was no data available on airborne pollen and spores in Karachi in relation to allergic patients. The findings of the study can be translated into a bigger achievement if the private and public sectors take an initiative and invest in manufacturing indigenous drugs for the treatment of various pollen allergies."
Based on the data available in the above study, Conocarpus cannot be alone complained of the allergenicity and other health effects. Other plants species are causing the similar damage to human health and considerable data about these are available is available.
It is believed by few people that Conocarpus sucks the oxygen from the air and cause breathing issues. We asked this to Plant Scientist from Environmental Sciences Department of COMSATS University Islamabad, Dr. Raza Ahmed Chisti "No plant sucks oxygen in the day, it occurs in all plant during the night and Conocarpus is no different".
Becuase pollens in the air cause asthma problems to people, they tend to believe that this breathing issue is due the low oxygen and high carbon in the air and they ultimately blame the Conocarpus for this.
Environmentalist and Gardener Dr. Ahmad Zia said, "Conocarpus has no role in consuming O2. Like all other plants, it consumes CO2 and releases O2." He further added that "As far as greenery concerns, Conocarpus is a great plant with good abilities to reduce heat and absorb CO2″
This is a fast-growing all-seasons plant specie which is why it was widely used by Government departments and public as well. Dr. Raza Ahmed said, "When the plant grows fast, it will require more resources (Water, CO2) and ultimately sucks more water from ground-water reserves to meet needs"
Over plantation of this single specie may cause damage to ground reserves of water. Conocarpus sucks more water from the ground as compared to other native species. Over plantation of Conocarpus is detrimental to our water. Dr. Raza Ahmed said, "In arid regions of Pakistan, where water is already scarce, native species like Sheesham and Mulberry must be preferred"
This one is true and the reason why it is banned in the Arab countries including Qatar, UAE and Kuwait. These countries imported this native plant and cultivated it in large amount to produce greenery in Urban areas. But guess what, this wasn't that plant. "It is not an Urban Plant and must not be used as the primary plant of a certain area due to its abnormal Root Growth," Says Dr. Ahmad Zia
Because the roots of Conocarpus grow horizontally also to trace water. This cause the severe damage to roads, pavements, buildings and service pipes. To avoid this issues, it is being banned in the countries where it is not native.
A plant that bears no edible fruit is not what birds prefer. Some birds like sparrows can be seen housing it but majority dislikes it. But the problem is not the Conocarpus in this case. It's the monoculture. Whenever you grow a single in the large amount, those birds which habitats other plant species migrate from such area.
Karachi, in which they grow 2.2 Conocarpus only, is a nice example to study to out-flow of bird flocks from such area. Planners must plant several species together to conserve the wildlife also. Besides birds, honeybees are also not much attracted towards these plants. " Growing a single species of plant, regardless of specie, it can be harmful to the environment in any aspect," Says Dr. Ahmad Zia
Evergreen Shrubby Tree
Highly Drought and Heat Tolerant
Can be used for Share, Wood, or as Noise Barrier
Can be used to Make Barrier Hedge in Lawn
Great Plant for Bonsai Art
Can grow in almost any type of the Soil
Can be pruned into shapes or Shade according to the requirement
Very Good Plant for Reforestation, and Countering Global Warming
Provides no fruit or flowers for beauty
Bear pollens twice a year that can be allergic
This plant has nothing for Indigenous Birds, Bees or Squirrels
The extensive Root system that can Damage Infrastructure
Uses the large quantity of Underground water
Growing any plant specie without proper "plant quarantine" study can be harmful to the environment. "We don't have data about the hosting of dangerous pests by Conocarpus which wasn't here before", Says Dr. Raza Ahmad. Government and environment advocacy groups must sit together and formulate a policy on this with the help of researchers.
The public must avoid Conocarpus until the government decides. You can choose from native plant species like Neem, Gul Mohr, Sheesham etc. Besides this, make sure not to grow a single specie.
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Case Reports and Studies
Kirk R
School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Kirk R, Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Tel: 64 3 364 3108, E-mail: ray.kirk@canterbury.ac.nz
Received Date: June 25, 2013 Accepted Date: July 29, 2013 Published Date: August 01, 2013
Copyright: © 2013 Kirk R. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Welcome to the first issue of the Journal of Case Reports and Studies. Within the field of medicine a number of systems have been established to stratify the quality of research designs which have been collectively termed "levels of evidence" or a "hierarchy of evidence" approach. These approaches rank study designs with respect to their impact on internal and external validity. Typically case study designs are ranked near the bottom of these "evidence hierarchies". For example, the Centre for Evidence based medicine at Oxford university ranks case series on level 5 of a 1-6 level scale [1]. The gold standard in evidence based medicine is the randomised controlled trial (RCT) but most patients are excluded or ineligible to participate in RCTs [2]. It must be noted that these "levels of evidence" approaches are designed for research investigating the outcomes of clinical interventions or diagnostic procedures. The applicability of case reports and case studies goes beyond such research. What do we mean by case reports and case studies?
The American National Cancer Institute [3] defines a case report as "a detailed report of the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of an individual patient. Case reports also contain some demographic information about the patient (for example, age, gender, ethnic origin)" and defined a case series [4] as "a group or series of case reports involving patients who were given similar treatment. Reports of case series usually contain detailed information about the individual patients. This includes demographic information (for example, age, gender, ethnic origin) and information on diagnosis, treatment, response to treatment, and follow-up after treatment".
Case series can be designed to include all eligible participants under investigation (consecutive) or a selection of all elgible participants under investigation (non-consecutive). Case study methods can be either prospective where participants are followed over time, or retrospective where historical data is collected on the participants under investigation.
Volkland and Iles [5] noted that in medicine most case reports are on one of following six topics.
1. "An unexpected association between diseases or symptoms.
2. An unexpected event in the course of observing or treating a patient.
3. Findings that shed new light on the possible pathogenesis of a disease or an adverse effect.
4. Unique or rare features of a disease.
5. Unique therapeutic approaches.
6. A positional or quantitative variation of the anatomical structures."
Another type of case study design reported mostly in health and education is the "n-of-1" trial or "single subject" study design [6]. In medicine, a N-of-1 trial is a crossover trial, which may include randomization and often blinding to improve internal validity, and is applied to a single patient.
The journal editors look forward to receiving your manuscripts that will add to the knowledge base and advance the field of case report and case study research.
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