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Q: Leer datos desde dispositivo bluetooth Estoy desarrollando una aplicación en Android y le implemente un lector de códigos de barra bluetooth, el problema es que no he podido conseguir leer lo que el dispositivo entrega. En mi clase puedo ver y obtener los dispositivos asociados a mi teléfono pero no consigo poder leer lo que entrega.
Dejo la clase que ocupo y si alguien puede darme una ayuda con esto se agradecería.
import android.os.Bundle;
    import android.app.Activity;
    import android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter;
    import android.bluetooth.BluetoothDevice;
    import android.bluetooth.BluetoothSocket;
    import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
    import android.content.Context;

    import java.io.BufferedReader;
    import java.io.Closeable;
    import java.io.IOException;
    import java.io.InputStream;
    import java.io.InputStreamReader;
    import java.util.Set;
    import java.util.UUID;

    import android.content.Intent;
    import android.content.IntentFilter;
    import android.util.Log;
    import android.view.View;
    import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
    import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
    import android.widget.Button;
    import android.widget.ListView;
    import android.widget.TextView;
    import android.widget.Toast;

    public class Test extends Activity {

       private static final int REQUEST_ENABLE_BT = 1;
       private Button onBtn;
       private Button offBtn;
       private Button listBtn;
       private Button findBtn;
       private TextView text;
       private BluetoothAdapter myBluetoothAdapter;
       private Set<BluetoothDevice> pairedDevices;
       private ListView myListView;
       private ArrayAdapter<String> BTArrayAdapter;

       @Override
       protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.test);

          // take an instance of BluetoothAdapter - Bluetooth radio
          myBluetoothAdapter = BluetoothAdapter.getDefaultAdapter();
          if(myBluetoothAdapter == null) {
              onBtn.setEnabled(false);
              offBtn.setEnabled(false);
              listBtn.setEnabled(false);
              findBtn.setEnabled(false);
              text.setText("Status: not supported");

              Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Your device does not support Bluetooth",
                     Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
          } else {
              text = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text);
              onBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.turnOn);
              onBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                    on(v);
                }
              });

              offBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.turnOff);
              offBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                    off(v);
                }
              });

              listBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.paired);
              listBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                    list(v);
                }
              });

              findBtn = (Button)findViewById(R.id.search);
              findBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                    find(v);
                }
              });

              myListView = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.listView1);

              // create the arrayAdapter that contains the BTDevices, and set it to the ListView
              BTArrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1);
              myListView.setAdapter(BTArrayAdapter);

          }
       }

       public void on(View view){
          if (!myBluetoothAdapter.isEnabled()) {
             Intent turnOnIntent = new Intent(BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_REQUEST_ENABLE);
             startActivityForResult(turnOnIntent, REQUEST_ENABLE_BT);

             Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Bluetooth turned on" ,
                     Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
          }
          else{
             Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Bluetooth is already on",
                     Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
          }
       }

       @Override
       protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
           // TODO Auto-generated method stub
           if(requestCode == REQUEST_ENABLE_BT){
               if(myBluetoothAdapter.isEnabled()) {
                   text.setText("Status: Enabled");
               } else {
                   text.setText("Status: Disabled");
               }
           }
       }

       public void list(View view){
          // get paired devices
          pairedDevices = myBluetoothAdapter.getBondedDevices();

          // put it's one to the adapter
          for(BluetoothDevice device : pairedDevices)
              BTArrayAdapter.add(device.getName()+ "\n" + device.getAddress());

          Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Show Paired Devices",
                  Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

       }

       final BroadcastReceiver bReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
            public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
                String action = intent.getAction();
                // When discovery finds a device
                if (BluetoothDevice.ACTION_FOUND.equals(action)) {
                     // Get the BluetoothDevice object from the Intent
                     BluetoothDevice device = intent.getParcelableExtra(BluetoothDevice.EXTRA_DEVICE);
                     // add the name and the MAC address of the object to the arrayAdapter
                     BTArrayAdapter.add(device.getName() + "\n" + device.getAddress());
                     BTArrayAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
                }
            }
        };

       public void find(View view) {
           if (myBluetoothAdapter.isDiscovering()) {
               // the button is pressed when it discovers, so cancel the discovery
               myBluetoothAdapter.cancelDiscovery();
           }
           else {
                BTArrayAdapter.clear();
                myBluetoothAdapter.startDiscovery();

                registerReceiver(bReceiver, new IntentFilter(BluetoothDevice.ACTION_FOUND));
            }
       }

       public void off(View view){
          myBluetoothAdapter.disable();
          text.setText("Status: Disconnected");

          Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Bluetooth turned off",
                  Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
       }

       @Override
       protected void onDestroy() {
           // TODO Auto-generated method stub
           super.onDestroy();
           unregisterReceiver(bReceiver);
       }
    }

A: Al parecer ni siquiera has establecido una conexión para empezar:
Define una variable global de BluetoothSocket en Activity
private BluetoothSocket mBluetoothSocket;

Después define una variable global para el identificador:
private UUID bluetoothUUID = UUID.fromString("ejemplo");

Reemplaza "ejemplo" con un UUID generado automáticamente.
Comienza con un Thread para conectarse
private class ConnectThread extends Thread {

    public ConnectThread(BluetoothDevice device) {
        try {
            mBluetoothSocket = device.createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord(device, bluetoothUUID);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Error de variables:" + e.getMessage(), e);
        }
    }

    public void run() {
        try {
            mBluetoothSocket.connect();
            while (true) {
                if (mBluetoothSocket != null) {
                    mStreamThread = new StreamThread();
                    mStreamThread.start();
                    break;
                }
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Conexión fallida:" + e.getMessage(), e);
        }
    }

}

Después crea un Thread para aceptar conexiones.
private class AcceptThread extends Thread {

    private BluetoothServerSocket mServerSocket;

    public AcceptThread(String name) {
        try {
            mServerSocket = mBluetoothAdapter.listenUsingRfcommWithServiceRecord(name, bluetoothUUID);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Error de variables:" + e.getMessage(), e);
        }
    }

    public void run() {
        while (true) {
            try {
                mBluetoothSocket = mServerSocket.accept();
                if (mBluetoothSocket != null) {
                    mStreamThread = new Streamthread();
                    mStreamThread.start();
                    break;
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Fallido:" + e.getMessage(), e);
            }
        }
    }

Al final creamos el Thread mencionado en las 2 anteriores
private class StreamThread extends Thread {

    private InputStream in;
    private OutputStream out;

    public StreamThread() {
        try {
            in = mBluetoothSocket.getInputStream();
            out = mBluetoothSocket.getOutputStream();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Error de variables:" + e.getMessage(), e);
        }
    }

    public void run() {
        byte[] data = new byte[1024];
        int length;
        while (true) {
            try {
                length = in.read(data);
                String text = new String(data, 0, length);
                Log.i(TAG, "Texto:" + text);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Posible conexión perdida:" + e.getMessage(), e);
                break;
            }
        }

    }

    public void write(byte[] data) throws IOException {
        out.write(data);
    }

}

Para enviar datos, como por ejemplo "texto", usa el Thread de stream.
String text = "Ejemplo";
mStreamThread.write(text.getBytes());

Al iniciar la actividad (Activity), debes iniciar el Thread de aceptar.
AcceptThread accept = new AcceptThread("Ejemplo");
accept.start();

Al momento de conectarse a un dispositivo, usa el siguiente Thread de conectar.
ConnectThread connect = new ConnectThread(device);
connect.start();

Donde dice device debes un objeto BluetoothDevice.


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Set high atop 298-foot Iron Mountain in Lake Wales, Bok Tower is a 205-foot Gothic Revival and Art Deco masterpiece of pink Etowah marble, gray Creole marble, and coquina stone. Each afternoon from the "Singing Tower" the sound of the 200-bell carillon rings out, its music drifting over the hillside and flowing through the lush 250-acre botanical gardens.
- Bok Tower Gardens
By Gary McKechnie
Long before there were super-sized theme parks, Florida attractions were based largely on the state's exotic natural beauty, wildlife, and crystal clear springs.
While not every classic attraction had staying power (Cypress Gardens, The Atomic Tunnel, and Six Gun Territory among them), several have made their way into the 21st Century by reminding guests that sometimes simple pleasures are the best.
Here are 10 old Florida attractions that were part of Florida's past, made it to the present and, hopefully, we'll enjoy well into the future.
~ A Florida Memory
1. Silver Springs (1888)
Back in the 1880s a fellow named Hullam Jones put a pane of glass in the bottom of a rowboat and charged passengers five cents apiece to ferry them above the clear waters of Silver Springs.
Florida had its first tourist attraction.
In 2013 Silver Springs became a state park that retained the essence of this old Florida attraction. To this day, guests can still board the famous glass-bottom boats at the Silver Springs Nature Theme Park and observe the crystal-clear world below before sailing downriver and into the surrounding woodlands.
With other activities such as a museum, historic village, equestrian trails, and wildlife it's only natural to want to stay a little longer. You can do that, too, with a campground and cabins that provide a perfect opportunity to experience Florida's original theme park.
~ Gary McKechnie for VISIT FLORIDA
2. Bok Tower (1929)
Recalling his grandmother's admonition to "Make the world a bit better or more beautiful because you have lived in it," Dutch immigrant Edward Bok and his wife, Mary Louise, used part of their fortune (some from his role as editor of the Ladies Home Journal) to create one of the most serene and peaceful places in Florida.
Come here and stroll paths lined by live oaks, sabal palms, magnolias, and thousands of flowers, search for more than 100 bird species, or visit during a special orchestral performance and you'll find more reasons to fall in love with this oasis of calm. Even better, you'll see how the world became more beautiful because Edward Bok lived in it.
3. Monkey Jungle (1933)
Although the tagline "Where humans are caged and monkeys run wild" may seem a bit grating by today's standards, in the advertising standards of the 1930s it was a clever way to let tourists know they were in for a unique experience at Monkey Jungle.
When you walk through the 30-acre zoological park, the novelty is walking through a fenced tunnel. On the opposite side of the fence are approximately 300 primates bouncing between branches, shinnying up ropes and trees, and often looking to you for a handout of food.
Among the experiences within the protected habitat are shows and sometimes even closer encounters at the Wild Monkey Swimming Pool, the Cameroon Gorilla Forest, the Amazonian Rain Forest, Wings of Love, and Hangin' with the Orangs.
4. Jungle Island (1936 - formerly Parrot Jungle)
Watson Island, Miami
By 1936, Miami was finding its identity. In addition to the sun and sand of South Beach, entrepreneurs started to recognize the city's appeal was also in the untouched swamps and woods that bordered the city.
That's what prompted Franz and Louise Scherr to lease 22 acres of land (at $25 per year) to create an attraction where tourists could walk along a nature trail lined by native plants and see colorful birds flying free.
For nearly 70 years Parrot Jungle was a part of Miami's Pinecrest community until the village purchased the land to use as a municipal park. But Parrot Jungle wasn't finished. Instead, it was moved to Watson Island (between downtown and South Beach off the MacArthur Causeway), renamed Parrot Jungle Island and, in 2007, simply Jungle Island.
What the Scherrs began those many years ago is still the basis for this zoological attraction. Guests still see colorful parrots and macaws (some of which perform in bird shows) as well as Miami's iconic pink flamingoes along with snakes, vultures, condors, alligators, kangaroos, tigers, and orangutans. There are even overnight slumber parties and animal interactions – all within sight of cosmopolitan Miami.
5. Weeki Wachee Springs (1947)
If the phrase 'Florida kitsch' came with a visual, it would likely be Weeki Wachee, the Old Florida attraction that gained international attention thanks to underwater shows starring honest-to-goodness mermaids.
Weeki Wachee didn't start out as a place where mermaids frolicked. It began as a way for a stunt swimmer named Newt Perry to demonstrate air hose breathing techniques. When this proved to be popular, a 400-seat theater with a wall of underwater windows allowed guests to watch shows that, naturally, came to include mermaids. The attraction became so popular that Don Knotts, Esther Williams, and Elvis Presley stopped by for a visit – although not at the same time.
In 2008, the 538-acre attraction became part of Weeki Wachee State Park that continues to provide the support it needs to delight new generations of visitors. Families can fill the day at neighboring Buccaneer Bay water park, but purists most love visiting the original attraction where mermaids are still swimming, animal shows still entertain and educate, and guests escape the pressures of life by canoeing, kayaking, and taking river boat cruises on the Weeki Wachee River.
Classic Florida.
One of the few Old Florida attractions still owned by the founding family, Gatorland continues to attract visitors who visit the 110-acre "Alligator Capital of the World" to see hundreds of alligators and crocodiles, ride a miniature railroad, speed down a zip line, and take in reptile shows, an aviary, petting zoo, gator wrestling, and the ever-popular Gator Jumparoo Show.
- A Florida Memory
6. Gatorland (1949)
When Owen Godwin opened Gatorland on the outskirts of Orlando in 1949, he knew that alligators and snakes would thrill tourists. They still do. One of the few Old Florida attractions still owned by the founding family, Gatorland continues to attract visitors who visit the 110-acre "Alligator Capital of the World" to see hundreds of alligators and crocodiles, ride a miniature railroad, speed down a zip line, and take in reptile shows, an aviary, petting zoo, and the ever-popular Gator Jumparoo Show.
One of the most thrilling experiences happens after dark during Gator Night Shine. After a Show & Tell featuring some creepy creatures (including spiders, snakes, and scorpions), a wildlife expert will lead you across a boardwalk through the nearly pitch-black breeding marsh where white egrets speckle the branches.
Still thrilling after all these years.
7. Gulfarium (1955)
With the Gulf of Mexico just a few yards away, Florida's oldest continuously operating marine park enjoys the perfect location for guests to learn more about the world's waters and its inhabitants. Taking pride in its past, the Gulfarium notes that it was the first marine park to perform underwater shows with SCUBA gear and the first to successfully raise a stranded baby bottlenose dolphin on a synthetic milk formula developed here (and still used today).
More than 60 years later, the park continues to focus on sea-life-themed shows and exhibits including performances by trained porpoises and sea lions. Other members of their menagerie include otters, penguins, stingrays, alligators, harbor seals, and sharks, with special programs including Animal Adventures, Sunset Camp, and the VIP Trainer program that can get you even closer to some interesting wildlife.
While it may not have the flash of more modern parks, Gulfarium's simplicity is part of its charm.
8. Miami Seaquarium (1955)
The 1950s must have been great in Miami as the city became a haven for jet-setters and a place where post-modern design was changing the skyline. Over on Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay, the futuristic Golden Aquadome marked the arrival of the Miami Seaquarium.
At the time, this was the world's largest marine life attraction – and possibly the most popular. Not only was it one of Florida's few themed attractions, in the 1960s the park got a big boost by being one of the prime shooting locations for the hit TV show 'Flipper'.
Fast forward to today and you'll find the park still celebrates bottlenose dolphins as well as sharks, sea turtles, penguins, dolphins, seals, orcas, manatees and thousands of colorful reef fishes that inhabit a 750,000-gallon saltwater aquarium. In addition to shows, the park has become a popular spot for wildlife experiences including the Seal Swim, Sea Trek Reef Encounter, Dolphin Encounter, and the Trainer for a Day program.
9. Citrus Tower (1956)
When the iconic Citrus tower opened on the outskirts of Orlando, it was to showcase and celebrate Central Florida's sprawling citrus industry, seen in rolling hills of endless groves speckled with freshwater lakes.
Back in the day, a half-million tourists a year stopped by as they drove between Silver Springs and Cypress Gardens via U.S. 27. More than a half-century later, though, most of those groves are gone, victims of back-to-back freezes and rampant development. Instead of groves, asphalt rooftops, strip malls, and box stores now dominate the view from the top of the 226-foot-tall tower.
Although the views from Florida's highest observation point may not be awe-inspiring, if you visit you'll still see a towering example of Old Florida history.
10. Lion Country Safari (1967)
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The world's first "drive-through zoo" opened as an attraction where you could (and still can) cruise through 640 acres of South Florida plains and see tapirs, llamas, storks, kudus, impalas, white rhinos, gemsboks, water buffalo, lions, wildebeests, chimpanzees, and giraffes -- an ark-load of animals.
It's really a simple concept, the vision of five South African businessmen who believed that South Florida was a perfect place to give animals room to roam and people a chance to see them.
When you go, you'll pay admission to spend a few hours driving down dirt roads watching animals be themselves. Even motorcyclists and owners of convertibles can participate since a zebra-striped Lion Country Safari vehicle can be rented for the round trip.
Mornings are good time to visit (before the animals seek shade) and when it rains the showers get the animals up and around. After your tour, an amusement park, full-service restaurant, wet play area, petting zoo, and a KOA campground are right here.
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The Senate just historically acknowledged climate change as reality, and the so-obvious-it-hurts train doesn't stop there.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The entire world was shocked this week as the United States Senate took a vote on amendments that would officially declare that climate change is real, and even voted on whether or not mankind had a hand in it, and to what extend humans made things worse. Unsurprisingly, the strongest worded acknowledgment of humanity's role in climate change was struck down by the Republican-controlled chamber. But in a bit of a surprise, it did actually acknowledge that climate change is a real phenomenon, and the fact that the amendment passed with only one "nay" vote from a single red state Republican Senator was big news indeed.
But the Senate isn't done there. Having tackled the issue of climate change's veracity, Hill staffers are abuzz at the fact that the Senate feels energized, and more big acknowledgments are on the way. Speaking on condition of anonymity, one Republican staffer told us, "Republicans are feeling quite chuffed with themselves getting a hugely bipartisan amendment through that seeks to move the country passed some of the bitter, cantankerous fighting that has gone on over whether or not climate change is real. As the party creating all that pseudo-scientific denialism, it sure feels great to hold a vote that totally contradicts decades of high-volume, high-frequency rhetoric."
So what's next for the Senate to acknowledge?
"It's high time this august body takes up the hot button issues of our time," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at a recent press conference held at a Hobby Lobby location, "and those issues are namely 'How wet — if at all — is water?' and 'Is Grass Truly Green?'" McConnell later said, "Clearly after the historical climate change acknowledgment vote, we've proven this new, Republican Senate has a real knack for confirming the real obvious. It's time to take that one step further and give Americans the peace of mind that comes with knowing water is wet and grass is indeed green."
The decision to declare the Senate's official position on the wetness of water and the hue of grass is a bipartisan one, but that doesn't mean everyone on both sides of the aisle wants it. Senator Ted Cruz, the chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Science and Space, has come out strongly against both measures. "There are just too many of my colleagues in my own party willing to play nice with the Democrats," said Cruz. He said he's concerned that, "Once we let government tell us things our own senses should be in charge of, we are letting the threat of communism right back into these hallowed grounds we call Amurika."
Former Congresswoman and current Wal-Mart greeter Michele Bachmann chimed in from her MySpace account about the votes. "Is this the big government Republican Era all over again? What's next, trying to address actual, real-life problems that are impacting millions of Americans? That sets a dangerous precedent we don't want to set. Also – Benghazi."
Pundits on The Hill believe that Republicans should have enough votes to break any filibuster attempts by the Tea Party wing, but just in case they say that they are hearing from their sources that McConnell is working the phones personally. "He knows he can count on the Democrats on these resolutions," said Republican State Rep Tom Thompaulsen, "but let's face it; conservatives have a legitimate challenge to this. Just how much government say should be involved in determining anything, much less important and controversial subjects such as water being wet and grass being green?"
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The Federal Ministry of Finance has disclosed that it has taken steps to strengthen and increase the capacity of the Post-Mortem Sub-Committee of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC).
"This was sequel to the approval at the last FAAC meeting that three independent and experienced financial analysts who will work on the process of reconciliation, be appointed," Festus Akanbi, Special Assistant on Media to Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun, said this morning.
The ministry explained that the Post-Mortem Sub-Committee is to enhance accountability, improve reconciliations and ensure transparent process in respect of all the revenues accruable to the Federation Account.
Akanbi said in a statement issued in Abuja: "The sub-committee is saddled with the responsibility of examining the books of accounts of all revenue agencies including the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIIRS), the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC`),the Customs Service, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the Ministry of Mines and Steel. It is expected to report deficiencies observed to the Federation Account Committee and recommend the way forward.
"Though the un-reconciled differences are no longer there, with the increased oversight of the Federal Ministry of Finance and the transparency of the NNPC, it will be easy for the sub-committee to achieve better results. The committee, which reports to the Federation Account on a monthly basis, was originally set up to encourage revenue reconciliation and block leakages through the use of technology.
"The NNPC had rejected the findings of the audit report submitted recently to the National Assembly by the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation, stating that the audit query it raised over the non-remittance of N3.235 trillion to the Federation Account was erroneous. The corporation had insisted that its balance to the federation account is N326 billion."
Akanbi in another statement confirmed the indefinite suspension of the Executive Secretary/Director General of The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), Mrs. Nellie Mayshak, and three other senior staff of the directorate. He disclosed that a director from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation has been appointed as PTAD Acting Executive Secretary/Director General.
"The suspension, which is a normal civil service procedure, is to pave way for an unimpeded investigation into the activities of the directorate under the watch of Mrs Mayshak," Akanbi said.
"While the Ministry assures pensioners that the suspension will not affect pension payment and services, it promises to make public, the findings of the investigative panel on the issues leading to the suspension," he added.
PTAD was established in August 2013 under the Pension Reform Act of 2004 to oversee the management of pensions under the defined benefit scheme for pensioners not transiting to the defined contributory scheme.
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Above all the professions, engineering is the most affected profession due to the changes in the digital age. Over the past decades, the engineers were fixed at a desk and working through hundreds of technical files to find the right data of a project. The lack of collaboration is encountered during the decision-making. Whereas, with the advent of digital age, the engineers are getting more collaborative as well as they can handle the on-site projects instead of sitting in the office.
Several issues arose regarding productivity, use of digital technology and data sharing. These issues result in the emergence of the Industry 4.0 trend. Industry 4.0 is the new digital revolution that will initiate further productivity. The implantation and management of the Industry 4.0 will demand modern engineering talents to fetch the right data at the right time. The implementation of this revolution will lead the engineers to work on-site or field of the project rather than sitting on a desk in the office. The engineers have to oversee and guide these projects for further development and productivity.
The modern engineers should have the ability to be more collaborative with their colleagues at different locations. It is necessary because the escalation of the technical data is not the only need of the time. Instead, the knowledge of cross-discipline is also necessary for modern projects. Moreover, modern engineers should be efficient enough to gather more accurate and relevant information for the solution of the problems. The new digital age, demands the customized application and tools along with the personalized results.
The digital native engineers should be efficient to make reliable decisions according to several factors like intend and need of the user, capabilities of customization and history of the users.
Despite the regular consumer search engines, the engineers need more précised tools in today's time. The engineers need more trusted data, to access, discover, and share expeditiously with the help of different web- applications. The new and specialized technical data with trusted analytics can be united with the software and tools of engineering workflow. It will be helpful in evolving an engineer as a nimble pioneer instead of being a desk-bound.
The engineers are under pressure of being productive due to the emergence of the digital age. It is because the decision made by an engineer impact the whole world, environment and its sustainability. To suppress this challenge, the providers should disseminate the information that is more searchable and interactive. In addition, unless the firms will invest in the right information and tools that will help to accomplish all the tasks of the engineers, the talent, and working efficiency of the engineers will be wasted.


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Minister calls on IfA to 'collaborate' and be 'more responsive to training provider needs'
Billy Camden
Mon 24th Jun 2019, 9.52
The government's apprenticeship quango needs to start viewing training providers as their "clients" and become "far more responsive" to their needs, the skills minister has said.
Speaking to FE Week ahead of today's Association of Employment and Learning Providers conference, Anne Milton called for a more "collaborative relationship" from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.
FE Week also understands that providers will soon be invited onto review groups to work closer with the institute on areas such as deciding funding rates for apprenticeship standards.
Milton, who has just reached her two-year anniversary as skills minister, explained how apprenticeships "was quite hard work" when she first came into post as she had to deal with businesses who were "still very grumpy about the levy" and a "quite clunky" IfA.
"So it was quite difficult in that first year, making clear to business that the levy wasn't going to change, that this is it, and working with the institute to make sure they got up and running," she said.
"And I think in two years it got into quite a good place. I can't remember how many standards we had two years ago and now there are over 400 and employers are much happier."
Milton added that the institute has now got to the "next phase of work", which is about "making themselves far more responsive to training and provider needs".
"In the beginning they were a regulator" and while "maintaining the regulating role, they have got to become a facilitator".
"I think it's seeing training providers and employers as their clients," she said.
"That's not to say they have to do everything it's asked of them. But has to become much more: how can we help you?"
Asked what the IfA can do to help training providers more, Milton said: "I think starting working closer, understanding their market is the start of it.
"It's a terribly diverse market. They've got to be receptive. They have been quite defensive. Now it has got to be: well this is our decision, we will review it, and we will look at it. A much more collaborative relationship."
The institute has come under a lot of fire from providers and employers for being secretive in its decision making, especially in their reviews of apprenticeship standard funding bands.
The institute has since pledged to become more transparent.
Milton will be delivering a keynote speech on day two of the AELP's annual conference tomorrow. FE Week is media partner, follow us on Twitter for live updates, using the hashtag #AELPAnnual19.
Indeed this is a good move and I hope they listen and indeed they have to understand often the same qualification one employer wants whistles and bells and another wants a horn and yet doing the same qualification.
Also the items like 20% off the job training is something that does not fit every job. Along with items like low cost funds for Health and Social Care which should be very much about quality and in depth training but with figures like 20% management fees and 20% EPA this leaves very little to do quality in depth training for the industry.
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Canucks Future Watch: 12.07.15
Posted on December 7, 2015 by CanucksBanter
Brock Boeser is for real. The 18-year-old added three more goals to his total in two games over the weekend, extending his points streak to eight games. Boeser is now fourth in the NCAA in goals (first among freshman) and ninth overall in points (second among freshman).
POSITION TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS PIM +/-
Right Wing North Dakota NCAA 18 11 8 19 10 +21
Cole Cassels registered one shot on goal in two games this past week. The rookie is still looking for his first career AHL goal.
Centre Utica Comets AHL 16 0 1 1 7 -5
Thatcher Demko extended his unbeaten streak to 13 games with a win and a tie against Northeastern this past weekend. Demko stopped 55-of-61 shots fired his way as he sits in the Top 4 among NCAA goalies in wins, shutouts, goals-against average and save-percentage.
POSITION TEAM LEAGUE GP W L T GAA SV%
Goaltender Boston College NCAA 15 13 1 1 1.46 .945
Alex Friesen tallied his fourth goal of the season and also picked up a helper in three games this past week. The 24-year-old has four goals in his past eight outings.
Centre Utica Comets AHL 20 4 5 9 30 +1
Brendan Gaunce has been out of action since November 21 with an undisclosed injury. No timetable for his return.
Left Wing Utica Comets AHL 11 5 3 8 6 E
Alex Grenier snapped a five-game goal drought with his fourth of the season on Saturday night, sealing the Comets' incredible third period comeback with an empty-netter.
Right Wing Utica Comets AHL 22 4 9 13 20 -3
After being held off the scoresheet in the first two games of the week, Nicklas Jensen got the party started on Saturday with his fourth of the season, kicking-off the Comets' comeback that featured four goals in the final 6:13 of the game.
Right Wing Utica Comets AHL 16 5 5 9 6 +2
Ronalds Kenins was called up to the Canucks on Wednesday. He appeared in two games with the big club this past week, registering two shots on goal in 22:46 of ice time.
Left Wing Utica Comets AHL 7 0 1 1 8 -1
Hunter Shinkaruk left during the second period of Wednesday's loss to the Phantoms with an injury. There is no timetable on when the 21-year-old will return to the lineup.
Left Wing Utica Comets AHL 19 11 8 19 6 E
Jordan Subban didn't register a point in two games played this past week. All eight of his points (1-7-8) this year have come in six games.
Defence Utica Comets AHL 15 1 7 8 4 -1
Linden Vey continues to struggle to find the back of the net, picking up just one assist in three games during the week. The 24-year-old has not scored in 17 straight games, and still has just one goal on the season.
Centre Utica Comets AHL 19 1 11 12 8 -4
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The Prospector: Thatcher Demko is too good, might not be real
Daniel Wagner / Vancouver Courier
November 9, 2015 Pass it to Bulis
It's time for another prospect update, because the Canucks prospects just keep doing stuff.
Seriously, Thatcher Demko? Seriously?
Demko just posted his sixth shutout in his last seven games, giving Canucks fans a whole new thing to be worried about — that Demko might be a figment of our collective imaginations. He's just too good.
Hunter Shinkaruk scores another hat-trick, still isn't bored with it
It looks like Hunter Shinkaruk is going to make it incredibly difficult to keep him down in the AHL this season. On Saturday, he scored his second hattrick of the season, giving him 9 goals and 12 points in 11 games.
Brendan Gaunce isn't content with brief NHL experience
Gaunce has taken that experience in the NHL and stepped up his game in his return to the AHL, putting up 2 goals and 4 points in 2 games since getting back to Utica. It seems pretty clear that he wants to make his way back into a Canucks jersey as soon as possible.
What's the deal with Anton Rodin?
It's hard to know what to make of Anton Rodin, who never seemed to adjust to the North American game in the AHL or, perhaps, wasn't given an opportunity to truly shine. Whatever the case may be, he's turning heads back in the SHL, leading the league in scoring with 10 goals and 24 points in 16 games.
Carl Neill keeps on keeping on
Neill continues to steadily roll along for Sherbrooke in the QMJHL. He's currently on a 9-game point streak and has 18 points in 18 games — impressive production for a defenceman.
Guillaume "Orr-lite" Brisebois
Guillaume Brisebois hasn't put up the same kind of numbers as Neill, with just 5 points in 18 games, but he blows Neill away in the all-important highlight reel category. He scored a spectacular goal last week on an end-to-end rush that had the commentators making Bobby Orr comparisons.
Brock Boeser is an 18-year-old freshman in the NCAA
No need to be too concerned just yet, but after his 4-game scoring streak in which he put up 5 goals and 7 points, Boeser has gone quiet, with no points in his last three games. Considering he started the season going pointless in his first three games, he's starting to look a bit streaky.
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This is the third article in the series of articles on Difference Between Temporary Table and Table Variable. This article provides the Comparative Analysis of Temporary Table and Table Variable based on the aspects like User Defined Functions, Indexes and Scope with extensive list of examples.
Temporary Tables are not allowed in User Defined Functions, whereas Table Variables can be used in User Defined Functions.
DEMO 1: User defined Functions allow Table Variables in it.
DEMO 1: User defined Functions doesn't allow Temporary Table in it.
Table Variables doesn't allow the explicit addition of Indexes after it's declaration, the only means is the implicit indexes which are added as a result of the Primary Key or Unique Key constraint defined during Table Variable declaration. On the other hand Temporary table supports adding Indexes explicitly after Temporary Table creation and it can also have the implicit Indexes which are the result of Primary and Unique Key constraint.
Demo 1: You can add Indexes to the Temporary Table both explicitly and implicitly. Below script creates a Temporary Table #Employee which has Primary Key with Clustered option, it means it will implicitly create a Clustered Index on the Id column. After the creation of the Temporary Table, explicitly adds a Non-Clustered Index IX_#Employee_FirstName on the FirstName column.
You can't add Indexes explicitly to the Table Variable. But as Table variables support Primary and Unique Key constraints, so specifying these constraints during Table variable declaration internally creates Indexes on the Table Variable columns. But as we know both Primary and Unique Key doesn't allow duplicate values in it (i.e. enforces unique constraint), so they provide means to create only Implicit Clustered or Non-Clustered Unique indexes. It implies Tables Variables doesn't support adding a Non-Unique Non-Clustered indexes either implicitly or explicitly.
Demo 1: Below script creates a Table variable @Employee which has Primary Key with NonClustered option, this means it will implicitly create a Unique Non-Clustered Index on the Id column. And it also has Unique Clustered Constraint on the Name column, so it will create an Unique Clustered Index on the Name column.
Scope of the Table variable is the Batch or Stored Procedure in which it is declared. And they can't be dropped explicitly, they are dropped automatically when batch execution completes or the Stored Procedure execution completes.
There are two types of Temporary Tables, one Local Temporary Tables whose name starts with single # sign and other one is Global Temporary Tables whose name starts with two # signs.
Scope of the Local Temporary Table is the session in which it is created and they are dropped automatically once the session ends and we can also drop them explicitly. If a Temporary Table is created within a batch, then it can be accessed within the next batch of the same session. Whereas if a Local Temporary Table is created within a stored procedure then it can be accessed in it's child stored procedures, but it can't be accessed outside the stored procedure.
Scope of Global Temporary Table is not only to the session which created, but they will visible to all other sessions. They can be dropped explicitly or they will get dropped automatically when the session which created it terminates and none of the other sessions are using it.
Below DEMOS explain the above explained scoping aspect of the Table Variable and Temporary Tables with extensive list of examples.
DEMO 1: This example demonstrates that a Table variables Scope is the Batch in which it is created, they are not accessible in the same session's next batch of statement.
DEMO 2: This example demonstrates that a Local Temporary Table scope is the session in which it is created. Here a local Temporary Table created within the first batch is accessible in the same session's next batch of statements.
DEMO 3: This example demonstrates that a Local Temporary Table created within a stored procedure can't be accessed outside the stored procedure scope.
DEMO 4: This example demonstrates that a Table Variable created within a stored procedure can't be accessed outside the stored procedure scope.
Try to execute the above stored procedure which creates a Table Variable and a statement accessing the Table Variable immediately after the Stored Procedure within the same batch as shown in the below script. This results in a compilation error.
Try to execute the above stored procedure which creates a Table Variable and a statement accessing the Table Variable created in the SP in separate batches one after another but in the same session as shown below. In such scenario the SP execution succeeds, but the statement trying to access the Table variable outside SP in the next batch errors-out.
DEMO 5: This example demonstrates that a Local Temporary Table created in the Parent Stored Procedure can be accessed by it's child stored procedures.
DEMO 6: This example demonstrates that a Table Variable Created in the Parent SP is not accessible by it's child stored procedures. Basically, Sql Server doesn't allow us to Create a Child Stored Procedure accessing the Table Variable Created in the Parent SP.


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Edited by:Cortazzi, Hugh
Publisher:Renaissance Books
First published:2016
This edition:2016
ISBN:978-1-898823-47-6
This book forms part of a series recording the lives of men, women and institutions who have played a significant role in the development of UK-Japan relations. The current volume, which contains 69 'portraits', contributes further to the Japan Society's collection of individual memoirs. When read together these give a many-faceted picture of modern history, shedding light on controversial issues, illuminating past successes and failures, and providing a valuable point of reference for researchers and historians.
Structured thematically in two parts – Britain in Japan; and Japan in Britain – the highlights in this volume include 'Victoria Crosses Awarded for Valour in Japan: Duncan Boyes, Thomas Pride, William Seeley and Robert Gray', 'Peter Martin (1931-2004): Successful Author and British Council Representative', 'The Archdeacon and the Canon: The Hutchinsons of Japan', 'Lord Lansdowne (1845-1927) and Japan', 'Oswald 'Shir' White (1884-1970): 38 Years in the Japan Consular Service', 'Basil Hall Chamberlain's Things Japanese and the 'Invention of a New Religion': A Critiaue of Bushido', 'Victorian Novelists in Japan: Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, Charlotte and Emily Brontë in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries', 'Young Japanese Diplomats Sent to Study at British Universities', 'The Japanese Chamber of Commerce in the UK, 1959-2015', 'Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style: Japonisme', and 'Lisa, Lady Sainsbury (1912-2014): Bringing Japanese Art to East Anglia'.
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Index of Biographical Portraits Volumes
Britain in Japan: Personalities and Entrepreneurs
1. Admiral Sir Fleetwood Pellew (1789-1861) and the Phaeton Incident of 1808
2. Thomas (Sir Stamford) Raffles (1781-1826) and Dr Donald Ainslie
3. Victoria Crosses Awarded for Valour in Japan: Duncan Boyes, Thomas Pride, William Seeley and Robert Gray
4. Marianne North (1830-1890) Traveller, Botanist and Artist
5. William Henry Smith (1838-1884) Prominent Public-spirited Figure in Early Yokohama History
6. Alan Owston (1853-1915) Naturalist and Yachtsman
7. Edgar Abbott (1849-1890) Athlete and Brewer
8. No.48, Yokohama
9. Thomas Bates Blow(1853-1941) Antiquarian, Apiarist and Pioneer Motorist in Japan
Britain in Japan: Writers and Broadcasters
10. Ernest Harold Pickering, M.P. (1881-1957): A Convinced but Unconvincing Apologist for Japan
11. Dorothy Britton (Lady Bouchier, 1922-2015) Gifted Composer, Author and Translator
12. John Newman (1925-1993): Jōdōka, Broadcaster and Academic
13. Peter Martin, (1931-2014) Successful Author and British Council Representative
Britain in Japan: Missionaries
14. Charles Frederick Warren (1841-1899): Anglican Missionary in Osaka
15. Barclay Fowell Buxton (1860-1946): Evangelistic Missionary in Japan
16. The Archdeacon and the Canon: The Hutchinsons of Japan
Britain in Japan: Politicians
17. The Fifteenth Earl of Derby (1826-1893): Foreign Secretary
18. Earl of Kimberley (1826-1902) and Japan
19. Lord Lansdowne (1845-1927) and Japan
20. Lord Lytton (1876-1947) and Anglo-Japanese Relations in the 1930s
Britain in Japan: Officials and Diplomats
21. Early British Judges in Japan, 1865-1881: Sir Edmund Grimani Hornby, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin, and Sir Richard Temple Rennie
22. John Carey Hall (1864-1926): A Career in Japan and the Japan Consular Service
23. Sir Colin John Davidson (1878-1930): Japan Specialist in the British Consular Service
24. John Frederick Lowder (1843-1902): Consul, Counsel and o-yatoi
25. Sir Edward Crowe (1877-1960): Forgotten Star of the Japan Consular Service
26. Oswald 'Shiro' White (1884-1970)@ Thirty-eight Years in the Japan Consular Service
27. Three British Consuls in Manchuria 1931-1932: Esler Dening, Robert Scott and George Moss
28. Sir Fred Warner (1918-1995): Ambassador to Japan, 1972-1976
29. Sir Michael Wilford (1922-2006): Ambassador to Japan, 1975-80
30. Sir John Whitehead (1932-2013): Ambassador to Japan, 1987-1992
Britain in Japan: Scholars
31. Basil Hall Chamberlain's Things Japanese and 'The Invention of a New Religion': A Critique of Bushido
32. William J.S. Shand (1850-1909) and Henry John Weintz (1864-1931): 'Japanese Self-Taught'
33. Douglas Mills (1923-2005): Scholar of Japanese at Cambridge
34. John McEwan (1924-1969): Scholar of Japanese at Cambridge University
Britain in Japan: Business, Trade and Investment
35. Charles Sale (1868-1943) and George Sale (1896-1976):Business and Politics in Anglo-Japanese Relations
36. Christopher W. McDonald (1931-2011): A Life in Japan
37. NSK at Peterlee: A Successful Japanese Manufacturing Investment in the UK
38. Sharp Corporation's UK Research Investment: Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd
39. Mitsubishi Electric's Manufacturing Investments in Scotland
40. Alps Electric (UK) Limited and the Birth of Two Trees Photonics Limited
41. Chugai Pharmaceutical in the United Kingdom
42-1. Selling British Electronics to Japan: Part 1 : Selling to Japanese Manufacturers Investing in Britain
42-2. Selling British Electronics to Japan: Part 2 : Selling to Japanese Companies in Japan
43. Wool in Japan: A very British Story
44. The British Chamber of Commerce (Japan), 1948- 2015
45. English Lawyers and Japan from the 1960s to the Present Day
46. The British Pavilion at Aichi Expo 2005
Britain in Japan: Culture
47. Victoria Novelists in Japan: Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, Charlotte and Emily Brontë in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
48. Minton for the Meiji Emperor
49. Britain and the JET Programme: Five Individuals
Japan in Britain: Diplomats
50. Fujiyama Naraichi (1915-1994): A Young Diplomat in Wartime
51. Kazuo Chiba (1925-2004): An Outstanding Japanese Diplomat
52. Young Japanese Diplomats Sent to Study at British Universities
53. Saba Shoichi (1919-2012): Japanese Industrialist and Friend of Britain
54. Shijuro Ogata (1927-2014): Internationalist Japanese Banker
55. The Japanese Chamber of Commerce in the UK 1959-2015
Japan in Britain: Scholars
56. Yasui Tetsu (1870-1945): Promoter of Women's Higher Education
57. Tanaka Hozumi (1876-1944): Enlightened Educationalist at Waseda
58. Hagihara Nobutoshi (1926-2001): Internationalist
59. Nakaya Ukichiro (1900-1962): Snow Scientist
60. Takakusu Junjirō (1866-1945): Buddhist Idealist, Scholar and Educator
Japan in Britain: Culture & Collaboration
61. Itō Michio (1892-1961): Dancer and Producer
62. Bonsai in Britain
63. The Royal Academy of Arts and Japan: 140 Years of Exhibitions, Education and Debate
64. Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style: Japonisme
65. Shimaoka Tatsuzō (1863-1930): Master Japanese Potter
66. Katō Shōzō (1863-1930) and Tomita Kumasaku (1872-1953): Japanese Art Dealers in London
67. Netsuke and Inrō collectors in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
68. Lisa, Lady Sainsbury (1912-2014): Bringing Japanese Art to East Anglia
69. UK- Japan 21st Century group
Select bibliography of works in English on Anglo-Japanese relations
Selected Bibliography of Works in Japanese on Anglo-Japanese Relations
Hugh Cortazzi's Introduction to Biographical Portraits Volume X.
Author: Cortazzi, Hugh
Author: Screech, Timon
The first chapter looks at the Phaeton incident of October 1808, where a military ship – HMS Phaeton came to Japan and stayed in port temporarily, and its overt impact, despite no violence occurring, which lead to a more xenophobic Nagasaki and greater tension with Britain.
Thomas, Sir Stamford, Raffles (1781-1826) and Dr. Donald Ainslie were looking at trade opportunities in Japan. The text studies their two voyages to Japan and how both were not much of a success.
Author: Ruxton, Ian
The 3rd chapter studies the Naval Bombardment of Kagoshima in 1863 and the military and naval action of Shimonoseki in 1864. There have been four Victoria Crosses awarded for valour in Japan: Duncan Boyes, Thomas Pride, William Seely and Robert Gray.
Author: Karato Tadashi and Hugh Cortazzi
This chapter focuses on Marianne North (1830-1890) who was a traveller, botanist and artist. She has been travelling in Japan between November and December of 1877. She travelled to Yokohama, Tokyo, Kobe and Osaka; there are records of her entire journey. Whilst in Japan she did many paintings of gardens, flowers and landscapes, her speciality.
Author: Galbraith, Mike
William Henry Smith (1838-1884) was a Public-Spirited-Smith and a key figure in early Yokohama history. His life along with his initiatives was a great contribution to the development of this city. He was one of the greatest pioneers who helped create many of the prominent buildings and places that made Yokohama what it was for a long time.
The 6th chapter looks at Alan Owston, a naturalist and ornithologist who lived in Yokohama. Owston discovered and co-discovered a number of new species and he helped building up important collections to Japan's natural history. He is also a keen Yachtsman. The chapter also discusses his life in general.
Chapter 7 looks at the life and dealings of Edgar Abbot, a prestigious sportsman, brewer and businessman who came to Japan and opened Japan Brewery Co., creating Japans first joint stock Company. On top of this he also was the initiator of a vast number of different sports clubs in Yokohama.
No.48, located in Yokohama, was the Kanagawa Prefecture's oldest surviving Western structure. It is now just remnants and ruin and is currently named Mollison Shokai. The chapter looks at the people who lived and/or worked there.
Author: Chrystie, Ian
Thomas Bates Blow (1853-1941) was an antiquarian, apiarist and pioneers motorist from Hertfordshire. This essay looks specifically into his life, his relations with Japan and his motor tour in Japan. The tour was from Kyoto to Karuizawa and back.
Author: O'Connor, Peter
Chapter 10 focuses on Ernest Harold Pickering and his academic works, Pickering was a liberal democrat MP for Leicester West and was a professor at Tokyo University. Pickering wrote 'Japan's Place in the Modern World'; the intention was to 'show the Western World something of the real nature of Japanese character'.
Author: Cortazzi, Hugh and Paul Norbury
Dorothy Britton was a poet, composer, teacher, author and translator. She was bilingual in Japanese and English. Britton bridged together Japanese and English culture. She lived in Hayana, an hour's distance from Tokyo and neighbours with the Empress. She developed a theory regarding language in rhythmic terms.
John Newman (1925-1993) was an English judoka. His interest for judo started in Japan at Tenri University where he was a language student. He was also a broadcaster at the BBC and later NHK and a professor of sociology at Nihon University School.
Author: Barrett, Mike
Peter Martin was a highly successful author as well as a British Council Representative. Martin was affected by Japan profoundly and he contributed enormously to the interpretation and understanding of the culture and society through the British Council works and books. The chapter goes into his work in Kyoto and Tokyo and summarises some of his detective novels, 'serious novels', 'non-fiction' and other works.
Author: Hamish, Ion
Charles Frederick Warren was an Anglican missionary in Osaka. It talks about his first years in Osaka, his contribution, opening schools, the mission's expansion, as well as literary works.
Chapter 15 showcase Barclay Fowell Buxton's life. He was an evangelistic missionary and he led evangelistic parties, 'the Mastu Band' and the 'Jeb'.
This chapter is about the Hutchinsons of Japan. The article focuses on the archdeacon and his son, the canon, who were both significant Anglican missionary figures in the Kyushu diocese.
Author: Morton, Robert and Andrew Cobbing
The 17th chapter focuses on the fifteenth Earl of Derby and his role as foreign secretary, policies regarding Japan, and his 'British Neutrality'. Also mentioned are the relationships between him and other highly regarded politicians such as Sir Harry Parkes. It also briefly mentions his father who was the Prime Minister three times. The two were the first father and son in the British Cabinet.
Author: Otte, T.G.
The Earl of Kimberly was a high profile politician whose career was remarkable for its longevity and proximity to the 'inner group' of the cabinet. The chapter goes into depth about his career and views as well as his links to Japan.
Lord Lansdowne (1845-1927) was foreign secretary in Japan. Lansdowne's name is forever associated with the Japanese alliance. The chapter talks about his career and major contribution to the alliance.
Author: Best, Antony
This chapter concerns Lord Lytton and the 1930s Anglo-Japanese relations. Lytton was a British historical figure and has been elected as a chairmanship of the common of inquiry into the Manchurian crisis. The chapter highlights are pre-Manchuria, Manchuria and the Lytton report.
Author: Roberts, Christopher
Sir Edmund Hornby, Charles Goodwin, and Sir Richard Rennie were the first British judges sent to establish a new British Judicial regime in China and Japan. This chapter covers their histories and the Maria Luz affair.
Author: Hoare, J.E.
Chapter 22 is about John Hall who had one of the most extensive careers with the Japan Consular Service, eventually reaching the rank of Consul General.
Author: Hotta-Lister, Ayako
Sir Colin Davidson was a Japan Specialist in the British Consular Service. After mastering the Japanese language, Davidson became a well-respected member of the service, admired by the British and the Japanese alike.
John Lowder (1843-1902) briefly served as consul in Japan. He was famously pro-Japan and one of its most notable foreign lawyers.
Sir Edward Crowe was appointed as commercial attache in Tokyo in response to new challenges caused by international trade competition. Despite being very successful during his time in the Department of Overseas Trade, Crowe received very little recognition for his contributions, and is remembered in this chapter as "the forgotten star of the Japan consular service."
Author: Read, Hugo
Chapter 26 focuses on the 38-year career of Oswald White in the Japan consular service. White was known as Japanese sympathiser, and held an affinity for the language, culture, and people, but was saddened by the aggression of the Japanese regime during the Second World War.
Author: Nish, Ian
Esler Denning, Robert Scott and George Moss, were three of the Britain's 'China consuls' posted in Manchuria in the early 1930s. Though their actions, they all played a role in attempting to balance British, Chinese and Japanese interests in the region.
Author: Cooper, Robert
Fred Warner was an international diplomat before being appointed ambassador to Japan in 1972. During his tenure, he helped establish Japan's political and commercial significance in Britain.
Author: Warren, David
Warner's successor, Sir Michael Wilford, served as ambassador in Japan from 1975 to 1980. Owing to growing economic hardship both in Britain and in Japan during his tenure, Wilford spent much of his time managing commercial friction between the two nations.
Sir John Whitehead acted as British ambassador in Japan from 1987 to 1992. Whitehead played an important part in deepening UK-Japan economic ties by actively promoting trade and investment between the two nations.
Author: Cronin, Joseph
Basil Hall Chamberlain was a leading British Japanologist in the late 19th century. After writing an informal encyclopaedia on Japan, he spent much of his time criticising bushido as well as the idea of Japanese uniqueness and superiority.
Author: Koyama, Noboru
William J.S. Shand and Henry J. Weintz helped fuel the British interest in Japan through their publication of self-taught Japanese books.
Author: Bowring, Richard
Chapter 33 is a brief chapter focusing on Douglas Mills, a much-admired lecturer in Japanese Studies, who was instrumental in the creation of the British Association of Japanese Studies (BAJS).
Author: Kornicki, Peter
John McEwan is a Briton who learnt Japanese in order to translate and interrogate during the Second World War. After the war, he became a lecturer in Japanese History at Cambridge University.
This chapter details Charles Sale's success as a British businessman in Japan, as well as the efforts he and his son George made to promote Anglo-Japanese relations in the UK.
Author: Nakajima, Yuuichiro
After arriving in 1950, Christopher W. McDonald spent nearly sixty-two years living in Japan, witnessing at first hand the nation's transformation after the devastation of the Second World War.
Author: NSK Staff Members
Chapter 37 addresses the plant that NSK opened in Peterlee, County Durham, in 1976. It covers the difficulties the firm faced, as well as the significance of this investment.
Author: Bradley, Clive
This chapter focuses on Sharp Corporation. The investment in Sharp Laboratories is just one example of the rapidly developing economic ties between the UK and Japan in the late 1980s and the 1990s.
Author: Noguchi, Yoshio
Mitsubishi Electric set up various factories in Scotland in the late 20th century. Written by the person largely responsible for these investments, this chapter provides an interesting angle on the motivations of Japanese electronics firms investing in the UK.
Author: Woodland, Peter
This chapter is about the development of the company Alps Electric (UK), which was the European manufacturing arm of Alps Electric Co. Ltd, Japan. Right after closure in 2009, Alps Electric (UK) passed on the development of new technologies to Two Trees Photonics Limited, co-founded by two former employees of Alps UK.
Author: Edelshain, Martin
Chugai Pharmaceutical has growth in the European market through its investment in UK subsidiaries. The chapter also covers Chugai's subsequent support for the promotion of Anglo-Japanese relations.
Author: Cohen, Ivor
Part I: This essay shows the process of adaptation of Japanese television companies to invest and sell in the UK during the 70s and 80s.
Author: Bacon, Peter
Part II: The second section looks at the other side of the coin of UK-Japan components manufacturing and trade. This time British manufacturers had to adapt to Japanese companies' needs. The process then led to the creation of a business joint venture.
Author: Ackroyd, R. Peter
The chapter illustrates the evolution of wool in Japan from the pre-second World War period until 2015. The analysis concerns changing design and commercial trends in Japan.
Author: Stains, de Ian
Chapter 44 traces the evolution of the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan from post-Second World War (1948) until 2015. The Chamber quickly became a major forum for British and Japanese companies and its work has been supported by all British ambassadors throughout the years.
Author: Grundy, Tony
This article, which talks about the role of English lawyers on the Japanese legal systems from the 1960s, analyses in depth three areas: the development of international finance and security work in Japan, the English contribution to deregulation of legal services and the practices developed by London headquartered law firms which set up offices in Tokyo from 1987.
Author: Madden, Paul
The focus of this chapter is the preparation and then the result of the British Pavilion at the Aichi Expo in 2005. Although the task was not easy, the established steering group composed by public and private sector contributors successfully delivered a pavilion which lived up to the high expectations.
Author: Kayama, Haruno
Victorian writers started becoming popular in the Meiji era and their works are still discussed today, among others, by The Hardy Society, The Dickens Fellowship and The Brontë Society.
Author: Redfern, Mary
A display at the Museum of the Imperial Collections (Tokyo) was about three Minton dessert stands (tableware and ceramics produced in Stoke-on-Trent, specific for their western-style 1870s-1880s designs) kept by the Meiji Emperor.
Author: Hearley, Graham
This essay talks about five British participants of The Japan Exchange Teaching (JET) Programme. The JET Programme participants are involved in language guidance (rather than simply teaching) and are also involved in overall cultural communication. In the appendix of the chapter, the focus is on British English Teachers in Japan before the JET Programme was established in 1987.
Author: Seki, Eiji
Fujiyama Naraichi (1915-1994) was a young diplomat in wartime who has been since a young age a firm believer in democratic institutions and individual liberty. He passed the senior diplomatic service examination in 1939, attended to simply escape from his own, increasingly militaristic, country. His postings included Washington, USA, Berlin and London towards the end of his career.
Kazuo Chiba (1925-2004), who has been an outstanding personality in UK-Japan relations. He was unusually frank and outspoken for a Japanese diplomat, however, he has been given relevant roles during his career, including: posts in Tehran, Washington and Moscow and head of the Japanese delegation to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT, predecessor of the World Trade Organisation, WTO). Later in his career he has been one of the most prominent Japanese ambassadors in the UK.
Author: Numata, Sadaaki
Chapter 52 outlines the educational path of many Japanese diplomats who studied at British universities. The posting of soon-to-become diplomats to the UK to learn foreign languages and prepare for service abroad started in 1888.
Saba Shōichi (1919-2012) was one of the pioneers of post-war Japanese manufacturing. Specialised in electrical engineering, he was appointed president of Toshiba in 1980 and increased ties with the UK by, among other things, developing programmes for foreign engineers to work and study in Japan and by sponsoring the Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Shijuro Ogata (1927-2014) was an internationalist Japanese banker who started working for the Bank of Japan in 1950. He has been credited with the opening up of the Bank of Japan to Western media, in particular British ones. Moreover, he has been very active in the UK through the Japan-British Society and the Wakatakekai (Young Bamboos Society).
Author: Macartney, Patrick
Chapter 55 gives a detailed overview of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce legally established in 1959 in the UK, by analysing its institutions, activities and events. The period under consideration is 1959-2015.
Author: Tomida, Hiroko
Yasui Tetsu (1870-1945) has been an exceptional figure in the development of women's higher education. She helped establish the Tokyo Joshi Daigaku (Tokyo Women's Christian University) and her works have been deeply influenced by her studies at the Cambridge Training College for Women Teachers. Her life in Japan is well documented, however less is known about her experience in the UK. This article focuses on her time in Britain.
Author: Morita, Nori
Tanaka Hozumi (1876-1944) was a scholar and renowned university administrator who made a huge contribution to the modernization of Waseda University and guided it through the Second World War. Tanaka has lived in the USA and the UK before starting his career in Japan in 1903.
Author: Daniels, Gordon
Hagihara Nobutoshi (1926-2001), writer, journalist, tv commentator and internationalist, has been for long time involved in activities in the UK. During his time in different foundations, he strongly supported British scholars and provided platforms for prominent British academics. This chapter tells his story.
Author: White, Jenny
Nakaya Ukichiro (1900-1962), scientist specialised in low-temperature sciences and famous for creating the first artificial snow crystals, studied at Kings College London from 1928 to 1929. Not much is known about this period of his life and this chapter aims to shed light on these essential years of his formation.
Author: Iwagami Kazunori and Paride Stortin
Takakusu Junjirō (1866-1945), played an essential role in the establishment of modern Indology and Buddhist studies in the Japanese academy. His academic growth has been fostered in Europe, especially during his time at Oxford University. This chapter explains his career path and achievements in Buddhist studies.
Author: Morita, Norimasa
This is the story of dancer and producer Itō Michio (1892-1961). The highlights of this article are his years in Germany, England and America, where he developed his career.
Author: Ellis, Colin
Bonsai is the English approximation of two characters read in Japanese as 'bon' (tray) and 'sai' (plant). This chapter traces the history of the famous art of Bonsai and illustrates its developments in Europe and the UK.
Author: Kamide, Mayu
Chapter 63 concentrates on The Royal Academy of Arts and Japan, covering 140 years of activities. Highly relevant events are analysed here. More specifically, among others, The Great Japan Exhibition of 1981-1982 and an exhibition of the most distinguished Japanese woodblock designer, Hokusai.
Author: Horner, Libby
Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his group called 'The Four' or the 'Mac' group, were involved in the 1880s and 1890s with the Glasgow Style of design. This essay illustrates how their arts have been influenced by Japan and Japanese art.
Author: Cortazzi, Hugh with Dharini Parekh
Japanese art became fashionable in Britain in the second part of the 19th century, when Japanese native art dealers started to arrive in London. This chapter tells the story of these art dealers, mainly concentrating on the life of Katō Shōzō (1863-1930) and Tomita Kumasaku (1872-1953).
Author: Bandini, Rosemary
Netsuke is a kind of miniature sculpture invented in Japan in the 17th century. During the 19th and 20th century, this form of art became very popular in Britain due to the small size and the 'taste' of Japan in it. These miniatures can be considered the precursors of modern Japanese miniature art. This article explores the lives of British collectors of Netsuke.
Author: Rousmaniere, Nicole Coolidge
Lisa Ingeborg Van den Bergh (1912-2014), also known as Lady Sainsbury was a prominent figure in Britain for promoting art. Her deep interest in and strategic support for Japanese art did not receive too much attention, therefore this chapter aims at exploring this side of her life.
Author: Conte-Helm, Marie
This last chapter explores the establishment and evolution of the UK-Japan 21st Century Group, created in 1984 as the UK-Japan 2000 Group after a joint recommendation of (at the time) Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The Group still remains a major non-governmental forum that brings together influential Japanese and British figures.
Author: Goddard, Gill
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DEBRA MESSING RECEIVES JA'S 2018 GEM AWARD
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Jewelers of America awarded actress Debra Messing with its 2018 GEM Award for Jewelry Style
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Jewelers of America (JA) has awarded actress Debra Messing with its 2018 GEM Award for Jewelry Style. The 16th annual GEM Awards, held on Friday, January 19 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York. Jewelry designer Stephen Webster hosted the event.
In addition to Messing, JA also awarded diamond marketing consultant Sally Morrison with the 2018 GEM Award for Lifetime Achievement. New York based jewelry designer Irene Neuwirth won the GEM Award for Jewelry Design. The GEM Award for Media Excellence was given to Marion Fasel of The Aventurine. Moda Operandi received the GEM Award for Retail Innovation.
Jewelry is "Part of my DNA"
Messing, whose father worked in jewelry manufacturing, said in her acceptance speech: "My passion for jewelry comes from a deep and authentic place. It has been one of the very few constants in my life. I like to say it's part of my DNA. I can tell you where every piece of jewelry, in my now vast collection, comes from. From whom, for what occasion, which countries pieces were discovered in. Jewelry tells the story of my life".
When news of the award reached Messing late last year, she commented: "My father taught me that jewelry is wearable art, and I have spent countless hours learning about the evolution of design. My love for jewelry is deep and true, and I am beyond honored to be acknowledged in this way".
In her acceptance speech at the ceremony, Sally Morrison focused on the importance of women in and to the industry by saying: "We make products that represent and celebrate the most meaningful and transformative moments in a woman's life. Ultimately, she is our customer and we need to honor her. We need every aspect of what we do to be worthy of the product we sell. To do a better job at this we must involve women in all aspects of our industry".
THE FUTURE IS HERE: DIAMONDS TELEPORT QUANTUM INFO
The study is said to have "big implications for quantum information technology"
SURVEY: JEWELLERY INDUSTRY CONFIDENCE CONSISTENT AT 86%
JCK's 2019 State of the Jewelry Industry Report brings up some fascinating trends
ANALYSIS: DIAMOND INDUSTRY "OUT OF BALANCE"
Edahn Golan analyses the current state of the diamond industry
DICAPRIO'S LAB-GROWN DIAMOND COMPANY IS ON FTC'S SIGHTS
Eight US lab-grown companies were warned by the FTC about deceptive ads
"SYNTHETICS NOT TO BLAME FOR LOWER PRICE OF SMALL DIAMONDS"
De Beers' Stephen Lussier opens up about the current situation in the diamond industry
GOLD DEMAND IN 2018 PUSHED BY MASSIVE CENTRAL BANK PURCHASES
Central banks around the world turned to gold as a diversifier in 2018
ABN AMRO: LAB-GROWN STONES TO GROW IN THE DIAMOND MARKET
The diamond industry will see growth in the synthetics market in 2019
17-YEAR-OLD FINDS NEW WAY TO EXTRACT ROUGH FROM A ROCK
Hamdi Ali, a 17-year-old high school student from Canada, has made history
GIA INVITES RESEARCHERS TO APPLY FOR FELLOWSHIPS IN GEMOLOGY-RELATED FIELDS
The one-to-two year fellowships encourage researchers to pursue full-time academic research
THAILAND: AIGS LAB WARNS OF FAKE GEMSTONE REPORTS
The lab issued a warning after identifying fake gemstone reports bearing the AIGS logo
LUCARA TO SEARCH FOR PARTNER TO SELL THE "LESEDI LA RONA" DIAMOND
Lucara is still mulling the best way to sell its 1,109-carat rough which it found 2 years ago


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Madhyamik Exams Begin from 22 February
Madhyamik 2017 begins on Wednesday with a new pattern of questions that devotes up to 40 per cent of the total marks in each paper to Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and short-answer-type questions.
Till last year, multiple-choice and short-answer questions (of one mark each) accounted for between five and 10 marks. "This will be the first batch of students to be tested under the new system," Kalyanmoy Ganguly, the president of the secondary education board, said on Monday.
The board had published model questions after revision of the marks-distribution pattern to help students. The decision to increase the number of MCQs and short-answer questions is aimed at encouraging students to study the entire syllabus, sources said.
The theory exams will continue till March 3. Students will write one paper each day from 11.45am to 3pm.
The first 15 minutes will be reserved for reading the question paper.
Students or their parents can call at 033 - 23213811/ 23592269/ 23213089/ 23213844 between 6am and midnight on the days of the exams for any information related to the tests or to lodge complaints. They can also call at 9433881670/ 9748102214.


On the morning of April 20th 2013, the 2nd Orleans Girl Guides completed their semi-annual "Cleaning the Capital" project. Long-time participants, the Girl Guides have been cleaning Queenswood Heights Centennial Park and the area around the Community Centre for many years. Three years ago, a sign was placed on the Duford side of the park to recognize that the unit officially "adopted" the park.
Despite the cold weather, complete with rain, wind and some sleet, these young ladies and their families were not deterred from doing a great job cleaning the area. As you can see from their smiling faces, they truly enjoy this project. This season's cleanup resulted in the collection of 25 bags of compostable items like leaves and pine needles, and 6 bags of garbage that the girls collected.


Sometimes, you can judge a book by its cover. That's why packaging is one of our Sustainable Focal Areas. Our policies and guidelines for sustainable performance focus on optimizing the environmental footprint in all phases of a product's life cycle, including sustainable packaging design. Our goal is to maximize recyclability while minimizing the environmental impact of our packaging by using recycled materials and/or certified renewable materials from responsible sources. Our suppliers are required to adhere to the mandatory guidelines and obligations included in the Sustainable Packaging Policy requirements.
Regulatory and industry requirements on substances used in packaging materials can be found in the Regulated Substance List Policy Requirement and in our Terms of Reference for suppliers. All suppliers are required to comply with the RSL, the Sustainable packaging policy requirements and with all local and global regulations.


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So if interested to buy or lease in Manchester at Northpark Square communities then, please, have a look around, and contact us with any questions you might have about the market or our services. No question is too mundane - we want to help!


In our guestbook, our customers want to share their experiences with you. Let's hope you will be one of those satisfied customers as well. We are going for quality, the easy way!!
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Singer, songwriter and co-founder of award winning British rock band, Coldplay, Chris Martin has endorsed Tiwa Savage's recently released EP, Sugarcane.
This endorsement was done on social media where the international band's vocalist and keyboardist Chris Martin posted a photo describing the EP as "wonderful" and worth listening to.
He was also seen in a video posted by Tiwa Savage where he was dancing his favorite track on the EP, "Ma Lo" which features Wizkid and Spellz Jammin.
This is how African music is gradually taking over and being enjoyed by everyone and we are happy to be here for it all!
Good choice Chris! Way to go Tiwa… more jamz from this side to the other side.


The team at Incredible Adventures believes that travel has the power to transform people. It should be a life-changing experience! Your trip should be inspiring and the best trips are immersive. This is exactly what you will experience with an Incredible Adventure tour.
You will not find these tours anywhere else. The tours from San Francisco are all run in small groups of no more than 15 to assure maximum flexibility and personalization.
So get outside! Explore. Learn something. And wherever you go, make it an Incredible Adventure.
We have found 15 ticket options for you!
Yosemite Winter Hotel Tour - 2 Days "Stay and Play"
Can I present a digital voucher on a mobile device?
No, please print your voucher out.
Can I be picked up at my hotel?
Yes, just be sure to call and confirm where you would like to be picked up.
How far is it from San Francisco to Yosemite?
The route that is drive nsi 192 miles on way, and takes 3-4 hours depending on traffic. Efforts are made to break up the long drive by by stopping at a local fruit stand to get fresh produce, a stop for food/meals, and course, bathroom breaks when needed.


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Full Moon Art Show
Full Moon Art Show: Joshua Herbolsheimer and Shayna Yasuhara
This summer, The Galallery presented Shayna Yasuhara and Joshua Herbolsheimer's two-person exhibition. The show featured new and never-before-seen works, installations, paintings, paper cutouts and stop-motion animation.
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Joshua Herbolsheimer makes vinyl toys and action figures by day for Super7, a San Francisco boutique collectible and apparel company. By night, he creates paintings and animation from a surreal nature-focused alternate future.
Shayna Yasuhara is an artist based in San Francisco. Her tradition paper cutouts are used to create collages of other-worldly dimensions and are frequently brought to life through the magic of stop-motion animation. Her work doubles as the cover art for BFF.fm's own Full Moon Radio Show which airs every full moon.
Together, Shayna Yasuhara and Joshua Herbolsheimer are a stop motion animation team with an emphasis on paper art techniques, claymation, and animated gifs. These videos are lovingly made one click at a time, late into the night, somewhere in San Francisco. Recent projects have included the official music video for the Tambo Ray's "Get it Right Now" via OIM Records.


Biomass differs from others renewable energy sources by the possibility of its targeted agricultural production. The most effective way to generate energy from the biomass is its gasification, that leads to production of syngas, that besides the desired gaseous components also contains ash, sulfur and nitrogen oxides and most importantly tars. Tars are a mixture of condensable hydrocarbons, usually aromatic compounds with one or more benzene rings and they may cause many technical issues in combustion equipment and have negative effects to environment and to humans. Syngas contaminated by tars cannot be used for energy production and therefore effective methods of tar decomposition have been sought. In this work, we focus on removal of tars by combination of plasma and catalyst. We constructed two identical types of reactor utilizing dielectric barrier discharge one with and one without a catalyst (TiO2 pellets). In both reactors we monitored chemical changes induced by the discharges as a function of gas mixture, composition and temperature, and amplitude and frequency of the applied voltage. We evaluated efficiency of decomposition of naphthalene, used as a model tar compound, in both reactors and analyzed by-products of its decomposition by FTIR spectroscopy. Results showed efficient decomposition of naphthalene by plasma to carbon oxides, water and solid product. Plasma catalytic system showed even better efficiency. The results proved that plasma in combination with catalyst is an efficient tool that can be used for syngas cleaning from tars and even other toxic compounds.


"Lust For Life" is a smoky, '60s-inspired mid-tempo that find the two owning their sultry charm. "Take off, take off, take off all your clothes" Lana breathily coos on the chorus as The Weeknd reflects on how the good die young. It marks the third collaboration for the pair, who previously worked on Beauty Behind the Madness' "Prisoner" and Starboy's "Stargirl Interlude." But this is the first time The Weeknd is a feature for one of Lana's albums. She spoke about their latest tune with Courtney Love in the new issue of Dazed and Confused.
"So basically, 'Lust for Life' was the first song I wrote for the record, but it was kind of a Rubik's Cube. I felt like it was a big song but... it wasn't right. I don't usually go back and re-edit things that much, because the songs end up sort of being what they are, but this one song I kept going back to. I really liked the title. I liked the verse. John Janick was like, 'Why don't we just go over and see what Max Martin thinks?' So, I flew to Sweden and showed him the song. He said that he felt really strongly that the best part was the verse and that he wanted to hear it more than once, so I should think about making it the chorus. So I went back to Rick Nowels' place the next day and I was like, 'Let's try and make the verse the chorus,' and we did, and it sounded perfect. That's when I felt like I really wanted to hear Abel sing the chorus, so he came down and rewrote a little bit of it. But then I was feeling like it was missing a little bit of the Shangri-Las element, so I went back for a fourth time and layered it up with harmonies. Now I'm finally happy with it. (laughs) But we should do something. Like, soon."
She also noted there's a collaboration with Sean Lennon called "Tomorrow Never Came" and that "Love" (the first single off Lust For Life) was inspired by girl group Shangri-Las where she "wanted to go back to a bigger, more mid-tempo, single-y sound." As of now, there is no release date for Lust for Life, the follow-up to 2015's Honeymoon. But Del Rey did release a witchy album announcement trailer to hold fans over.


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Ba Maw (; * 8. Februar 1893 in Ma-ubin; † 29. Mai 1977 in Rangun) war ein Politiker aus Burma, heute Myanmar, der zur Zeit des Zweiten Weltkrieges Premierminister von Burma war.

Anfänge

 Ba Maw wurde am 8. Februar 1893 in der Stadt Ma-ubin geboren. Sein Vater war ein Beamter der letzten burmesischen Könige Mindon Min und Thibaw Min, die sich beide für die Unabhängigkeit Burmas von der britischen Krone einsetzten. In der Zeit des ersten Aufbegehrens gegen die Kolonialherrschaft durch Großbritannien lernte Ba Maw am Rangoon College und an der Universität im indischen Kalkutta. Nach seinem Studium arbeitete er zunächst als Lehrer am Rangoon College. 1917 ging er nach England, um an der Universität von Cambridge zu studieren. Im Jahre 1924 erhielt er ein Doktorat in Philosophie an der Universität von Bordeaux in Frankreich. Im gleichen Jahr kehrte er nach Burma zurück, wo er sich als praktizierender Anwalt niederließ.

Politische Karriere vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg

In der Folge stieg Ba Maw zum Anführer der burmischen Partei auf, die sich als landesweit erste nationalistische politische Organisation gegen die Kolonialpolitik Großbritanniens auflehnte. Sie erreichte eine Mehrheit bei den Parlamentschaftswahlen im Jahre 1932, sodass Ba Maw Minister für Bildung und öffentliche Gesundheit wurde. Ein wesentlicher Grund für seine Popularität in Burma war seine Nähe zu Saya San, einem nationalistischen Politiker, der von 1930 bis 1932 eine Rebellion gegen die Briten anführte, die scheiterte. Aufgrund seiner Eigenschaft als Anwalt unterstützte Ba Maw viele von Saya Sans Anhängern in den anschließenden Gerichtsprozessen. Saya San wurde 1932 verhaftet und fünf Jahre später wegen Landesverrats hingerichtet.

1936 gründete Ba Maw eine eigene Partei, die buddhistisch-demokratische Sinyetha-Partei (Partei des armen Mannes). Diese hatte einige sozialistische Anklänge und in den Städten Rückhalt vor allem bei Hafen- und Ölarbeiter, während auf dem Land vor allem konservative Landbesitzer und bedeutende Persönlichkeiten sie unterstützen, die von Ba Maws Patronage profitierten. Zwar scheiterte diese bei den Parlamentschaftswahlen 1936, aber Ba Maw wurde 1937 trotzdem der erste burmische Ministerpräsident seit der Abtrennung von Indien. Während dieser Zeit erlebte seine Popularität in der Bevölkerung einen erheblichen Rückgang, da er die meisten seiner Wahlversprechen nicht einhielt.

Zweiter Weltkrieg

Zu Beginn des Zweiten Weltkriegs nahmen die Engländer 1940 Ba Maw aufgrund seiner Ankündigung, Großbritannien im bis dahin rein europäischen Krieg nicht mehr zu unterstützen, fest. Nach dem Einmarsch der Japaner in Burma 1942 kam er aus dem Gefängnis frei. Im gleichen Jahr wurde er durch die Japaner zum Leiter des provisorischen Verwaltungsausschusses ernannt. Am 1. August 1943 wurde Burma formell für unabhängig erklärt. Ba Maw wurde Premierminister. Seinem Kabinett gehörten Aung San als Kriegsminister, der Kommunist Than Tun und die sozialistischen Führer U Nu und Bo Mya an. Burma blieb de facto jedoch unter japanischer Kontrolle und wurde wirtschaftlich ausgebeutet.
Es wurde schnell klar, dass die japanischen Unabhängigkeitsversprechen nicht ernst gemeint waren. Aung San nahm Verhandlungen mit den Führern der Kommunisten, Than Tun und U Soe sowie der Sozialisten Ba Swe und Kyaw Nein auf, um den Widerstand gegen die Japaner zu organisieren. Im August 1944 gründeten die Kommunistische Partei, die Revolutionäre Volkspartei und die Burma National Army (BNA) auf einem Geheimtreffen in Bago die "Anti-Faschistische Organisation" (AFO).

Zwischen der AFO und den Alliierten gab es 1944 und 1945 informelle Kontakte durch die britische Force 136, die südostasiatische Abteilung der Special Operations Executive. Am 27. März 1945 organisierte die BNA einen landesweiten Aufstand gegen die Japaner, um den alliierten Vormarsch zu unterstützen – der 27. März wurde später als "Tag des Widerstandes" gefeiert.

Nach dem Krieg

Bis Mai 1945 waren die meisten Gebiete Burmas von den Japanern befreit und Ba Maw musste als Premierminister aufgeben. Er floh zusammen mit japanischen Truppen, gelangte nach Tokio und versteckte sich dort in einem Kloster. Dort ergab er sich erst Monate später den britischen Besatzungstruppen, von denen er ins Gefängnis gesteckt wurde. Seitdem spielte er nie wieder eine wichtige Rolle in der Politik seines Landes. Dennoch blieb er als politischer Beobachter der jeweiligen Regierungen im heutigen Myanmar jederzeit in der Öffentlichkeit präsent. 1966 wurde er vom damaligen Militärdiktator General Ne Win wegen angeblicher Kooperation mit Rebellen verhaftet. Nach seiner Freilassung 1968 lebte er dann zurückgezogen in Rangun, wo er am 29. Mai 1977 im Alter von 84 Jahren starb.

Memoiren
 Breakthrough in Burma.Memoirs of a Revolution, 1939–1946: Yale University Press, New Haven and London 1968.

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Microbes and microbial products are closely associated with the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); however, the mechanisms behind this connection remain unclear. It has been previously reported that flagellin-specific antibodies are increased in IBD patient sera. As mastocytosis is one of the pathological features of IBD, we hypothesized that flagellin-specific immune responses might activate mast cells that then contribute to the initiation and maintenance of intestinal inflammation. Thirty-two colonic biopsy samples were collected from IBD patients. A flagellin/flagellin-specific IgG/Fc gamma receptor I complex was identified on biopsied mast cells using both immunohistochemistry and co-immunoprecipitation experiments; this complex was shown to co-localize on the surfaces of mast cells in the colonic mucosa of patients with IBD. In addition, an ex vivo study showed flagellin-IgG was able to bind to human mast cells. These cells were found to be sensitized to flagellin-specific IgG; re-exposure to flagellin induced the mast cells to release inflammatory mediators. An animal model of IBD was then used to examine flagellin-specific immune responses in the intestine. Mice could be sensitized to flagellin, and repeated challenges with flagellin induced an IBD-like T helper 1 pattern of intestinal inflammation that could be inhibited by pretreatment with anti-Fc gamma receptor I antibodies. Therefore, flagellin-specific immune responses activate mast cells in the intestine and play important roles in the pathogenesis of intestinal immune inflammation.


With all the talk about the American Dream dying, it is good news to hear that some people are quite happy in their home. Actually, research shows that most are happy in their homes despite the drop in value in recent years.
Nearly 90% of homeowners asked say they would buy their same homes again. And among those with homes with lost value, the same percentage said they would buy their home again.
People believe that buying a home was the second best investment (24% ) ahead of saving money in the bank (20%), and investing in the stock market (6%). The best investment is believed to be retirement savings, according to 38% of those asked.
A majority, 58% of those who believe the housing crisis will remain a serious problem would still recommend buying a home.
It seems that despite the disappointment in government and lending institutions, despite and languishing economy and the overall mood in the country, most believe that if you can, you should buy a home.
This does not mean the housing market doesn't have some major problems. In fact, Yun stresses that the market is constrained by two problems, first is very tight credit and second is that appraisals are not supporting the prices of the homes. This causes many contract cancellation.
For you this can mean an opportunity. If you are credit worthy of a mortgage, you have great negotiation power. Sellers are ready to negotiate with someone who has a strong pre-approval ready and shows motivation to buy. A serious seller is realistic about his or her home price and is aware of the constraints imposed by the banks and appraisers.
Arm yourself with a savvy real estate agent who understands this, and go find that home. Happy hunting!
Is there anything that makes you think that this is a bad time to buy? I am really curious as to why some of you are holding back when you are financially secure to buy?
Can I Trust My Real Estate Agent?