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If you could make your regular meetings for your counseling office, student club, or parent organization more enjoyable, and do so without reducing the quality of the decisions reached, would you be interested? If so, shorten the meetings. New research shows that even shortening a 1-hour meeting to just 50 minutes can make a difference without detriment.
Do that with every meeting you schedule, and you could regain the equivalent of at least one full day's work. Multiply that by the number of people who regularly attend your meeting and you've really got more time on your collective hands.


Tony V. McLemore, age 69, formerly of Alma passed Monday, February 5, 2018 at Memorial Satilla Health in Waycross after an extended illness. He was son of the late John Daniel McLemore and Linnie Streat Mercer and preceded in death by his son Roy Daniel McLemore, brother Billy McLemore and a sister Mary Johnson.
Mr. Tony is survived by his wife, Charlene McLemore of Waycross, two daughters, Julie Dowling (Kelly) and Deana Hoyt (Bob) of Waycross, two sisters, Bonnie Carter (Noah) and Judy Williams and five grandchildren, Shawn Boatright, David Mann, John Daniel McLemore, Spencer and Thomas Hoyt.
A graveside service will be held Thursday, February 8th at Meeks Cemetery with Noah Carter officiating.


I am thinking of tools like grep, ctags, unit-tests, functional test, class-diagram generators, call graphs, code metrics like sloccount, and so on. I'd be interested in your experiences, the helpers you used or wrote yourself and the size of the code base with which you worked.
I realize that becoming acquainted with a code base is a process that happens over time, and familiarity can mean anything from "I'm able to summarize the code" to "I can refactor and shrink it to 30% of the size". But how to even begin?
Open multiple copies of my editor (Visual Studio/Eclipse/Whatever) and then debug and do line breaks step through the code. Find out the flow of the code, stack trace through to see where the key points are and go from there.
I can look at method after method - but it's nice if I can click on something and then see where in the code it's executed and follow along. Let's me get a feel for how the developer wanted things to work.
Seriously, I try to talk to the authors of the code first.
Reducing clutter in the code - commented out code, meaningless comments, pointless variable initializations and so forth.
One of the problems I have with all this is motivation - it can be a real slog. It helps me to think of the whole business as a puzzle, and to celebrate the progress that I'm making, no matter how small.
Your situation is actually common. Anyone having to walk into a new job where there is existing code to work with is going to deal with some element of it. If the system is a really nasty legacy system, then it is very much like what you've described. Of course, there is never any current documentation.
First, many have recommended Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers. This is indeed a good book, with useful chapters like "I can't get this class into a test harness" or "My application has no structure" though sometimes Feathers can only offer more sympathy than solution. In particular, the book and its examples are largely geared to curly braces languages. If you are working with gnarled SQL procedures it may not be quite as useful. I think the chapter, "I don't understand this code well enough to change it," speaks to your issue. Feathers mentions here the obvious things like taking notes and marking up listings, but also makes a good point that you can delete unused code if you have source control. Lots of people leave commented sections of code in place, but that often isn't of help.
Next, I think your suggested approach is certainly a good step. You have to understand first at a high level what the purpose of the code is.
Definitely work with a mentor or someone on the team if you have to get questions answered.
Also, take the opportunity to support the code if defects are revealed (though sometimes you don't have to volunteer for this...the defect will find you!). Users can explain what they use the software for and how the defect is affecting them. That can often be a very useful bit of knowledge when trying to understand the meaning of the software. In addition, going into the code with a purposeful target to attack can sometimes help focus you when facing "the beast."
Don't feel too rushed while trying to understand a legacy codebase, especially if it's using technologies/languages/frameworks you're not familiar with. It's just an unavoidable learning curve that takes some time.
One approach is to go back and forth between the code and tutorials on the related technologies. You read/watch the tutorial, then go look at the code to see how your predecessors did it, noting any similarities and differences, taking notes, and asking questions to any existing developers.
"Why did you do this part this way"
"I noticed most people online are doing it this way, and you all did it another way. Why is this?"
"What made you all choose technology X over technology Y?"
The answers to these questions will help you understand the history of the project and the reasoning behind design and implementation decisions.
Eventually, you'll feel familiar enough with it that you can start adding/fixing things. If it all seems confusing or it seems like there's too much "magic" going on, you haven't spent enough time looking it over, digesting it, and diagramming it. Creating diagrams (sequence diagrams, process flow diagrams, etc.) is a great way for you to understand a complex process, plus they will help the "next guy".
cscope can do whatever ctags can do for C, plus, it can also list where all current function is called. Plus it is very fast. Scales easily to millions of LOC. Integrates neatly to emacs and vim.
C and C++ Code Counter - cccc can generate code metrics in html format. I have used wc also for getting LOC.
doxygen can generate syntax highlighted and cross referenced code in html. Useful in browsing large code base.
The way I recommend with Drupal and it's not really Drupal specific: start with the issue tracker. There will be old, unclosed bug reports for sure. Can you reproduce them? If yes, update the ticket confirming it. If no, close it down. You will find this way a ton of ways to use the software and you can begin peeking into the codebase where it crashes. Or you can begin to step through the code and see how it arrives to where it crashes. This way you will not just begin to understand the codebase but also accumulate a ton of karma and your questions will be warmly welcomed by the community.
One important thing to do is to use tooling to generate dependency graphs to top-down explore code architecture. First visualize graph between .NET assemblies or jars, this will give you an idea on how features and layers are organized, then dig into namespaces dependencies (inside one or a few relatives .NET assemblies or jars) to have a finer grained idea of code structure and finally you can look at classes dependencies to understand how a set of classes collaborates to implement a feature. There are several tools to generate dependency graph, like NDepend for .NET for example, that generated the graph below.
I once had a pretty fantastic software engineer tell me that the most expensive form of code analysis and maintenance was to walk through the code, line by line; of course, we're programmers, and that pretty much comes with the job. The happy medium, I think, is to (in this order): 1. Get a notebook to create notes for how you understand the code to work, and add to it as time goes on 2. Refer to documentation about the code 3. Talk to authors or others who have supported the code base. Ask them for a "brain dump" 4. If you're to the point where you understand some of the detail-level class relationships, do some step-through debugging of the code to do some synthesis between how you thought the code works and how the code actually works.
First understand what it's meant to be doing - without that it's likely to be gibberish. Speak to the users, read the manual, whatever.
Then hit run and start walking the code for what seem to be the key functions.
Divide and conquer. I look at each functionality and the associated code, step through them and go on to the next, slowly building a picture of the whole.
If the project had unit tests, I like going through them too, they're always very revealing and enlightening.
Run all the tests, if you have any, and see which code is covered and which isn't.
If code that you need to change isn't covered, try to write tests to cover it.
Change the code. Don't break the tests.
If possible, have someone give a high-level view of the code. What patterns were considered, what kinds of conventions could I expect to see, etc. This may have a few rounds to it as in the beginning I'd get one story that as I get more familiar with the code, I may have new questions to ask as I work through the onion of the pre-existing project.
Run the code and see what does the system(s) look like. Granted it may have more than a few bugs, but this can be useful for getting an idea of what does it do. This isn't about changing the code, but rather just seeing how does this run. How do various pieces fit together to be a system overall?
How well do I know the languages and frameworks used in this project? The importance here is the difference between looking at some things and going, "Yes, seen that a dozen times before and know it fairly well," and "What in the world is being attempted here? Who thought this was a good idea?" kind of questions that while I wouldn't say them out loud, I would be thinking them especially if I'm looking at legacy code that may be quite fragile and the people that did write it are either unavailable or just don't remember why things were done the way they were. For new areas, it may be worthwhile to spend some extra time getting to know what is the structure and what patterns can I find in this code.
I always try and start with the entry point into the program, since all programs have one (Eg main method, main class, init, etc). This will then point me to what gets started and sometimes how things are linked.
After that I drill down. The database and DAO are configured somewhere, so I get a sense of how things are stored. Perhaps some kind of global instance class is started as well, and there I can figure out whats being stored. And with good refractoring tools, I can find out who calls what.
I then try and find where the interface is configured and handled, since this is the next entry point of information. Refractoring, searching, and debugging tools aid in my search. I can then figure out where the handling of information starts and ends, working my way through all the class files.
I then try and write the flow down on some paper, just to initially wrap my head around things. The submit button passes to the generic verification which then gets passed to the DAO or database and then gets stored in the database. This is a gross oversimplification of most apps, but its the general idea. Pen and paper are extremely helpful here, since you can jot down everything quickly and not have to worry about formatting in a program that was supposed to help you.
I would say to start with documentation, etc., but in my experience, the depth of documentation and local knowledge is often inversely proportional to the age, size and complexity of a system.
That being said, I usually try to identify a couple of functional threads. By functional I mean stuff like logging in, pulling down a list of customers, etc. If the patterns are consistent at all, one thread should give you a nice, not necessarily complete, cross-section of the system. The best way to determine if the patterns are consistent is to analyze a handful of threads.
I think this goes without saying but, in my opinion, it's better to understand the system from a functional perspective rather than from a technical perspective. I generally don't worry too much about the tools that are being used (ORMs, logging libraries, etc.) and focus more on the patterns (MVP, etc.) that are being used. In my experience, tools are generally more fluid that patterns.
Here is my current approach for situations when there is "something working", and you need to make it "work in some other way".
Get goals, that system should solve (if they not written) - write it. Ask manager, other employees, even former if they available. Ask customer or search any piece of documentation.
Get specificatio. If it not exist - write it. It is not worth to ask someone for it, as if it is not exist, then you are in situation when other don't care much. So only way to write own (later it will be much easier refer to it).
Get design. Not exist - write it. Try to refer to any documents and source code as much as possible.
Write detailed design to part that you need to change.
Define how you test it. So you could be sure that old and new code work in same way.
make system be able to be build in one step. And test with old code. Put it to SVC if it is not already.
verify after a month or so, that nothing is broken.
One more optional todo that may require between each step: f off manager (project owner) who tell you that "these changes should be done already yesterday". After few projects, he may even start helping to get specs and docs in advance.
But usually (especially for scripts) it just not possible in business scope (cost will be too high, while value will be to low). One option is not to do any changes, until critical mass reached, and system goes off from production (e.g. new system will come) or management decided that all these is worth to do.
PS: I remember one code that were used for 5 clients with different settings. And each change (new feature) were required thinking of "what parts are used", and "what configuration clients have" so not to brake anything, and not to copypaste code. Putting their settings to project cvs, and writing specs, reduces this thinking time almost to 0.
Print out the source code and start reading through it. If it's especially large, only print out select portions of it to better understand it and make as many notes/comments as you need.
Trace through the program starting from the beginning of its execution. If you are assigned to a particular portion of the code base, trace the execution within that portion and figure out what data structures are used.
If you're using an object-oriented language, try to make a general class diagram. This will give you a good high-level overview.
Unfortunately, in the end, you will have to read through as much code as possible. If you're lucky, the previous programmers have written as much documentation as possible to help you understand what's going on.
The first thing you need to do when learning a new code base is learn about what it is supposed to do, how its used, and how to use it. Then start looking at architectural documentation to learn how the code is laid out, also look at how the database at this point. At the same time you are learning the architecture its a good time to review any process flows or use case documents. then start diving in and reading code after you have an understanding of the big picture, but only code related to any work you may be doing on this code, don't just try to read all the code. Its more important to know where the code is to do X than exactly how X is done, the code is always there to tell you how if you can find it.
I find that just trying to jump in and read code without a goal beyond learning the code is generally unproductive, trying to do small changes yourself or reviewing the code of someone else's changes is a far more productive use of your time.
If a code base is large, then focus your attention to the parts that are currently working on. Otherwise you will feel overwhelmed and possibly your head may explode. I think some high level overview is helpful (if it is available), but chances are you will be spending lots of time in the debugger for following program flow. It is a good idea to get an overview of the application and seeing it used, so you can understand how/what/why the code is being used for.
I usually run some sort of code complexity tool on the code to tell me where the problem areas are. Areas that score high are probably very hard to update. For example, I ran into a function that scored 450 on the cyclomatic scale. Sure enough, hundreds of IFs. Very hard to maintain or change that. So be prepared for the worst.
Also, don't be afraid to ask questions to existing developers, especially if they worked on the system. Keep your internal thoughts to yourself and focus on solving the problems. Avoid comments that may make the other developers becoming upset. After all, it may be thier baby and nobody likes being told thier baby is ugly.
Take small steps, even the smallest code change can have big impact.
I find it is helpful to come up with program code flows so if I am making changes, I can do dependency searches to see which methods/functions call what. Suppose I am changing method C.
If only 1 method/function calls C, then it is a pretty safe change. If 100s of methods/functions call C, then it would be of greater impact.
Hopefully your code base is well architected, written, and maintained. If so, it will take some time to understand it but eventually the tide will be turned.
If it is a big ball of mud, you may never understand (or want to understand) its inner workings.
1) Use a source analysis tool like Source Monitor to determine the various module sizes, complexity metrics etc.. to get a feel for the project and help identify the areas that are non-trivial.
2) Drill through the code top to bottom in Eclipse (good to have an editor that can browse references, etc.) until I get to know what's going on and where in the code base.
3) Occasionally, I draw diagrams in Visio to get a better picture of the architecture. This can be helpful for others on the project as well.
This happens a lot. Until I started to work on an open source platform I don't think I ever started a job which didn't start out with an admission that the code had some 'quirks'.
You can get a long way with a step debugger and a lot of tenacity. Unfortunately often it takes time and experience to learn a particular big ball of mud and even then after years there can still be some subsystem which crops up which nobody has any knowledge of.
I'd encourage you to write unit tests before you change anything in the ball of mud. And only change enough of the code at the time to make the tests pass. As you refactor, add unit tests before hand so you know that the business functionality hasn't been busted by refactoring.
Is pair programming an option? Having another person to bounce ideas off is a great idea to deal with that amount of nasty.
Here is a procedure we use for eliminating duplicates.
Change code and understand how that impacts the surrounding system.
Write the test case and hopefully break one or two test cases so you get to fix them and understand the invariants of the system.
The list goes on but point is that a mini project like this takes you through all of the items on your check list for getting acquainted with a system and also results in a productive change being done.
One tool that I've started using recently for this kind of problem that has helped immensely is mind mapping. Instead of trying to cram all the details of how something is implemented in my head, I'll build a mindmap describing how the system I am going through works. It really helps me more deeply comprehend what is going on and what I still need to figure out. It also helps me keep track of what I need to change at a very precise scale.
I recommend using free plane amongst the plethora of mind mapping choices.
There won't be any documentation or there will be scant documentation, or it will be out of date. Find all the documentation that does exist. If it's in a team repository, don't make a copy. If not, put it there and ask your manager for permission to organize it, perhaps with some supervision.
Get everything up into the repository for the team and add a Glossary. All bases have jargon; document it in the glossary. Make sections for tools, products, customer-specific, etc.
Create / Update a software environment creation document. All tools, quirks, install choices, etc. go here.
Then upload a Getting Started With "ProductName" document or the like. Let it be just mind flow and self-organize over time. Then go through out of date docs and get them back to date. The other developers will appreciate it, you'll be contributing in a unique way whilst learning the code. Especially document all such things that stump you or are named wrong or are counter-intuitive.
Once your leaning curve is coming to an end, don't worry about updating the documentation. Let the next new guy do that. When he arrives, point him to your work. When he continually bugs you for answers, don't answer him. Rather, add the question to your documentation and then hand him the url. Fishing pole.
One side-effect is that you will have made a tool you yourself can reference months from now when you forget.
And although it's not documentation, a related issue is all the little quirky, manually intensive procedures your team mates do. Automate them with batches, sql scripts and the like, and share those as well. After all, procedural knowledge is arguably as big as declarative knowledge in terms of getting productive in a new environment. Whatever it is, don't do it; rather, script it, and run the script. Fishing pole strikes again.
This process is written in the context of a large desktop application, but the general techniques are still applicable to web applications, and smaller modules.
There are few small tips I can share.
For an existing product, I start testing them intensively. If pick/get assigned a task, I will focusing on the particular feature more.
The next step would be finding the code where I can break in and start exploring On the way I will find the dependent modules, libraries, frameworks etc.
Talk to the people who are already working on the project. Express your ideas, thoughts and in return get their experience and views on working with this project for long time. This is quite important because that also helps you get along with the team well.
It has been a long time since I have had to dive into a large code base myself. But in the recent couple of years I tried many times to get new developers into teams where we had an existing, rather large, code base.
And the method that we have used successfully, and I would say is the most effective way without question IMHO, is pair programming.
In the last 12 months, we have had 4 new members to the team, and every time, the new member would pair with another member well acquainted with the code base. In the beginning, the older team member would have the keyboard. After about 30 minutes we would pass the keyboard to the new member, who would work under the guidance of the older team member.
This process has proven to be quite successful.
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In 2010 Luis Vazquez moved to Malmö where he is running Love Dance Academy together with Weronika Pilat. They are passionate to teach various Latin dances and to transmit their great joy of dancing to the Malmö region and the world. With Luis creativity and passion for the dance, he wants to inspire people to reach and exceed their dancing boundaries. His aura, personality and vibrant energy are contagious.
Love Dance Academy offers dance lessons in salsa, bachata, bachata sensual, cha cha cha, styling and footwork – private lessons, Performance Class, entertainment and dancing parties.
Love Dance Academy's Ladies Performance Class will brighten up the festival with the new show "No 1" on Saturday. The choreography is a lovely mix of playful and energetic salsa with pachanga and a twist of vogue arms.
Luis Vazquez is an instructor, choreographer, artist and Master of Ceremonies from Guadalajara, Mexico. He moved to Los Angeles and began dancing in 1992. He is one of the pioneers of the popular LA salsa style together with his brothers Johnny Vazquez and Francisco Vazquez. Luis has been traveling to more than 150 countries to participate in dance festivals and appeared in movies, tv shows, tv commercials, music videos and have worked with artists such as John Travolta, Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Williams, Jimmy Smith and Quincy Jones.
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Tourist Place Salman again pulls Katrina's leg on Star Screen Awards.
Dabangg star Salman Khan is always in his naughty and jolly form and he maintained the same at the 17th Annual Star Screen Awards. Even though much have been said and written about this couple, nothing could spoil their affection for each other. They might not be love birds now but they still love each other.
Katrina became again the target of Salman's teasing! After finishing her performance at the event, Katrina was approaching towards her van to relax. Salman was sitting at his vanity van, which was parked beside her van. So, Salman called her up to sit with him. The lady obeyed and Salman welcomed her with a warm hug and a kiss on forehead. They had little chit chat and then Katrina was going towards her van to change.
The twist of the story comes now when Salman suddenly yells saying, 'abhi kiske saath hai tu?' This definitely changed the face expression of Katrina and she turned around to rebuke Sallu. But the ever naughty Salman changed his gesture towards Kat's bodyguard making it look like as if he was asking the question to that man. He again asked the same question to the bodyguard with a huge smile on face.
Well, Katrina might have understood by this time that she will have to manage with such public teasing throughout her life!
Katrina was stunned and was about to rebuke Salman when he immediately gestured towards Kat's bodyguard implying that he had asked the question to him and not to her.
Salman Khan not only rocked the box office with his blockbuster "Dabangg" but also triumphed at the 17th Annual Star Screen Awards by bagging the best actor trophy for the action-comedy. Vidya Balan walked away with best actress award for her bold and critically appreciated performance in Vishal Bhardwaj's "Ishqiya".
Overall, "Dabangg" bagged six awards, including best music (Sajid-Wajid), best new talent in music (Mamta Sharma), most promising newcomer (Sonakshi Sinha), best choreography ( Farah Khan )), and best action (Master Vijayan) and emerged as the most awarded film of the evening.


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Meridian Jet Center Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Post author By Kirk Stephen
The Meridian Jet Center team celebrates the company's 20th anniversary.
Meridian, the award-winning private aviation company based at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, NJ, recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of Meridian Jet Center, the company's aircraft maintenance operation. The certificate was originally issued to the repair station on February 21, 1996 by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This designation allowed the company to repair and inspect various types of business aircraft. In 1996, the company was known as Million Air Maintenance Teterboro because it was part of the Million Air franchise at that time. In 2006, the company changed its name to Meridian Jet Center after leaving the franchise.
John Langschultz, VP of Meridian Jet Center, was reminiscent about the milestone, "We have certainly come a long way in 20 years. When I first started with the company, we had about three employees and one hangar with only 10,000 sq. ft. of working space. Today we have 21 employees, two hangars with up to 60,000 sq. ft. of space, and a plan to build a larger hangar here soon. Back then, most of our business was generated from our own fleet of aircraft. Today, most of our business comes from transient customers passing through Teterboro and our managed fleet now has a dedicated charter maintenance team. Along with growth also came the ability to provide additional services. For example, we now have a well-stocked parts department and operate a full-time detailing department. In the early days, we had to outsource these offerings."
When asked about the future, Langschultz had this to say, "In 2016, we will be opening Meridian Hayward at Hayward Executive Airport in Northern California. As we continue to add aircraft to our West Coast fleet, our new FBO and maintenance operation will continue to expand with it. We have seen steady growth over the past 20 years, and now we are looking to continue the trend by serving our customers at our new location in Hayward."
Meridian Jet Center is an FAA-approved Part 145 certified repair station. It is also certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Honeywell has appointed Meridian an authorized TFE731 and -36 Series APU Service Center. The facility is also a Northeast Honeywell Avionics and Mechanical Parts Depot. Meridian Jet Center technicians are certified to work on Beechjets, Challengers, Citations, Falcons, Gulfstreams, Hawkers and Learjets.
Meridian Jet Center is a member of the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) and was awarded the Teterboro PAMA Maintenance Department of the Year in 2012, and Maintenance Facility of the Year in 2013.
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A prediction made by Kang Shin-wook, the commissioner of Statistics Korea, is stirring up controversy.
He said that the domestic economy peaked in the second and third quarters of 2017 and is currently heading downward.
His remark is implying that in the midst of a faltering economy, the Moon Jae-in administration implemented policies that hurt the economy, like raising the minimum wage and corporate taxes.
"If we confirm the specific time when the peak started this coming June, it means that the Korean economy has officially transitioned into a downturn since then," he explained.
Kang said that it is hard to grasp statistically whether specific policies like the raise of minimum wage were causes for the downturn.
"The polarization between the have and have-nots has aggravated, but there are aspects where the government stopped things from getting worse by implementing policies," said Kang.
Along with his detailed explanation of the state of the economy, he also refuted rumors that he possibly manipulated data due to external pressure from the government.
In addition, he emphasized Statistics Korea's diverse efforts to broaden the spectrum and improve the quality of statistics to provide a better environment for the public to participate in the survey and adapt to changes in society.
Below are edited excerptions from an interview with Kang.
Q. How is the Korean economy doing, according to statistics?
A. Observing the trend in industries in 2018, investment in plants and equipment as well as the value of completed construction are on a downturn, and the increase in production in mining and manufacturing fell compared to 2017. The slowdown of production in the mining and manufacturing industries is also taking place in other developed countries, except for the United States. Yet, retail sales and production in the service industry increased. In the case of employment, there are negative sides, where the increase in employed people is slowing down, but there are also positive aspects where the employment rate of the young and the number of regular employees are continuously increasing.
The Coincident Composite Index and leading indicators are both falling for the longest time on record. It seems that the economy reached its peak and is gradually coming down.
If you see the cycle variation of the Coincident Composite Index, in the second quarter of 2017, it marked the highest, and for GDP, the peak was at the third quarter [of that year]. We are currently technically analyzing the data since the two figures peaked at different locations. We will release a tentative plan between March and April this year on which month in 2017 the economy hit peak. Then, after a consultation with experts, we are planning to decide the official peak as early as June.
The economic indicators, including employment, are not doing well.
I believe there are multiple reasons. To begin with, the manufacturing business is lagging behind. This even influenced the service industry. Other factors include the aftermath of technological innovation, like online replacing the offline. The change in population structure is also having an effect on the whole economy and society.
It seems that certain elements related to policy partly impacted the result.
I think you are talking about the rise of the minimum wage. It is difficult to know what kind of effect a specific policy, especially the effect of raising the minimum wage, has had on the economy. It is due to the fact that Statistics Korea does not produce data to judge whether [a policy] is good or bad. For instance, a limit exists as to how accurately [one can] analyze the current data to find out whether a person who became jobless received the minimum wage before or received more than that.
According to the result of a survey on the trend of households, the polarization of incomes is getting worse.
It is estimated that those in the lower income group are having a hard time getting a job. While the population and structure of the household has changed, the aged population has also become concentrated in the lowest-income bracket. It seems that the reason why the non-living expenditure, or mandatory payment including tax and insurance, per household increased last year is because the wage increased and the social security system expanded. Income provided from the government, including basic pension and child payments, is on the upswing. Due to diverse government redistribution efforts, I believe that this trend is highly likely to continue from now on.
The current administration has put a lot of energy into distributing income, so isn't this a paradoxical result?
The government, in some sense, reduced the income gap by making use of policies. We can find this out by comparing the Gini coefficient based on market income without reflecting the redistribution policy and the Gini coefficient based on disposable income with the policy reflected. The difference between the two figures shows how much the inequality in the market reduced. Strong European countries in terms of welfare tend to have a big difference. In Korea, the figure is getting higher.
When you took office in 2018, opposition parties raised the possibility of external pressure in developing the statistics.
I think I have to be careful talking about this. Until now, some articles have occasionally put that word as an adjective in front of my name, but it is quite uncomfortable. The only thing I can say for sure is that it is impossible to produce statistics with a political interpretation in mind, and I have never thought of doing that. The system of Statistics Korea is not lax enough to permit that to happen. All sorts of statistics are produced, examined and are tallied via a thorough process.
The indices announced by Statistics Korea and how people feel about the economy in reality differ a lot.
We mostly announce the average, so each person can have distinct feelings toward [the economy]. A classic area where people have different opinions on is in the average price of products. The difference is huge depending on when and what kinds of products consumers buy. To begin with, we are trying to produce a variety of subsidiary indicators in order to close the gap. For example, in the case of price, people can refer to the price index of perishable goods, while in the case of employment, people can get complementary information through the potential unemployment rate. In addition, we are putting our efforts into providing the most recent information by shortening the period of announcing the indices to the public.
You examined imposing a fine when people decline to participate in a survey, but you withdrew it.
It is hard to survey on site since more of those surveyed have increasingly been uncooperative. Yet, our goal is to improve the system so that it feels more convenient and [those surveyed] could be more cooperative. First of all, we will introduce an online household account which identifies the transactional information of credit cards and bank account statements. The online household account can automatically enter the information in the system. The cash transactions cannot be skipped by the online household account and will be recorded by getting the receipts directly from Statistics Korea. We are planning to apply this as early as the second half of the year. We are currently discussing with related departments to raise the reward voucher from its current amount of 65,000 won ($57).
Currently, a way to collect financial information without the consent of users to disclose private information has also started.
It could be implemented if the National Assembly revises the related law. However, many have different opinions so the alternative is progressing slowly. Although the law has been revised, personal information will be strictly protected. Until now, in the process of writing and announcing the statistics, no private information was leaked. Using personal information is a crucial element in elevating the level of statistics. However, it is closely related to rights, so the discussion in the National Assembly should be a prerequisite.
The birth rate is declining and the elderly population is growing at a rapid pace.
We are planning to announce the result of an estimate of the future population in March by considering the change in the rate of marriage. The decrease in the aggregate population of Korea could start much earlier.
Do you have any plans to interact with North Korea?
We plan to specify the scope of support and schedule with the United Nations Fund for Population Activities to support the population census of North Korea that will be announced this year. This is indirect support, so it is unrelated to the sanctions on North Korea. However, it is impossible to directly interact with North Korea and give advice in designing the survey or educate them on ways to collect data, since that would go against the North Korea sanctions. Yet we need North Korea's statistics while the relationship between North and South improves. If the sanctions on North Korea are lifted, through discussions with related departments, we will find areas that need help and issues on which we could cooperate with each other.
Are there any additional statistics you are developing?
We are going to actively use big data. It is possible to compare rush hour and the settled population of different metropolitan cities by using location information from cell phones. In addition, we plan to analyze the average price of eating out by referring to the number of deliveries on online delivery apps. The combination between credit information and public information using big data will allow us to give an analysis on the current status of loans and overdue loans of self-employed workers according to major businesses. Not only that, we can know how these self-employed workers have the money to buy a house, not to mention the characteristics of educational expenses according to gender, region and major. We are also going to utilize the data of rescue operations of firehouses and release statistics related to negligence accidents based on different regions and causes. The change in the industries should be reflected as well. For instance, there was no criterion to distinguish between a driver for Uber and a driver for Kakao T. We will take into consideration the revised plan of the International Labor Organization when measuring employment trends.


I have 2 power chairs- One is quite small and also quite old. I use it in the house and it loads into my car. The larger of the two chairs I use for tooling around town adventuring.
The aged one was gifted to me by a friend. I hated it. It did not feel like a gift at the time.
It was big and black and obtrusively disturbing to my persnickety aesthetic (I like white).
After awhile I was grateful for the support, it's diminutive size (turning radius in small apartments) and the freedom it afforded me as my physical self lost ground.
The other day it just quit on me. Dead. Dead in it's tracks.
It was an inopportune spot- seductively near the bathroom and tight quarters made it dangerous for me to attempt trying to rescue myself.
I could grab hold of walls and doors and hobble my way to my other chair but if I fell I'd take the chance of hurting myself which I can't afford.
I try wiggling the levers to release the power steering so the chair can be pushed manually and can't do it.
God- Cathy- don't even entertain the thought.
Where is my walker? Let's see.. can I get to it? No.
NO! CATHY YOU WILL NOT COLLAPSE!
I have my phone and call my caregiver who by all rights should be here at 9:00am (it is 7:00 now).
I pull myself together, call her and see if she can come now. No- she has her family to see off but she will be there as soon as she can.
She has forgotten her house key.
I call the apartment office and she goes over to get the key.
I am humbled to the innermost layer of myself. Again.
I am not in control on so many fronts.
Most people know this fact intellectually.
I know it very viscerally, soulfully, emotionally.
Because I know this at my core I have the gift of being able to segue quite readily into the other point-of-view which illuminates the fact we create our own reality.
This is such an over-used and tired phrase.
What it means is this: Life is a theater, a play, the Divine Comedy if you can get there.
If you don't like the scene- change it (for me stuck in the chair it was the choice between being a victim to it or laughing at the absurdity of me trying so hard to avoid the whole mess).
Over this past year I have really been trying to be a solid but permeable container for my own emotional shortfalls, confusions, resentment, sadness, worry, chaos and general inner violence.
For it surely is mine; generated by me, affecting me most, fueled by my very own fire.
Dealing with such health challenges as I do allows large swaths of musing time to decipher and de-code what works, what doesn't, what I need and don't.
What I end up with is the truth of desiring a peaceful and soft heart, standing at the ready to be affected, moved, used and effectively used up before my time is done.
When I first moved to New Mexico in 1989 I hadn't the eyes to see.
She was brown to Michigan's green.
Vistas are uncommon in lower Michigan; fenced in by walls of green and air laden with moisture, cutting visibility still more.
Everything about me expanded to meet my new landscape.
I had to adjust to the space as it plucked away my cocky knowingness and introduced me to the beauty of nothing.
By 'nothing' I mean the absence of 'something'.
Look HERE to see what I mean.
Many of you will feel a big "YUK" when looking at these photos.
Your mouth may pucker at the dryness and exposed and nearly naked scape you see.
The thing is- She needs time..
Her beauty and magic are not immediately revealed.
And absolutely never delivered to your very doorstep.
Appreciating New Mexico landscapes such as these has taught me to look closer, dig deeper, change my glasses or wait out the heat before I can get to those tiny pieces of ancient pottery or the dinosaur bone or night-blooming cactus or shiveringly silver night sky over-loaded with stars.
I use these skills in my life today as I travel the roads disability takes me down.
I find the subtle yet life-altering kindnesses which never take center stage but leave me with a divine fragrance which has great staying power.
I hear the ready and authentic "Good morning" from a stranger and it is clear he has also been touched by illness or hardship in some way and wants to let me know he SEES me.
Perhaps the raven's big, black swoosh against the still air went unnoticed in my Michigander childhood. Likely so. But not now.
You hold my grateful soul so gently and well, dearest New Mexico.
You keep wearing costumes I have never seen and I shall tire not of the constant invitations you send me.
I will keep sending you thank you notes.
The art of living is based on rhythm.. on give and take, ebb and flow, light and dark, life and death.
the static, defensive life, which is what most people are cursed with, is converted into a dance, 'the dance of life', metamorphosis.
One can dance to sorrow or to joy, one can even dance abstractly.
But the point is that, by the mere act of dancing, the elements which compose it are transformed, the dance is an end in itself, just like life.
The acceptance of the situation, any situation, brings about a flow, a rhythmic impulse towards self-expression.
At last, I do believe I have turned a corner toward recovering the Cathy I knew before I had to move 6x in 6 months, landed in my lovely new place and began to reclaim myself with rest and more rest.
Some more of me surrendered.
Yes, a softer heart which is all I'm after anyway.
My sense is that this loveliness is arriving due in part to connections with and support from old friends, new friends, current friends and family (non-human too).
I am not sure what has shifted to allow this miraculous web of support I am in the midst of receiving.
There is not a cell of me which feels alone in my challenges and this is new.
But also behaviors and ways of being taken on in childhood to keep me feeling safe.
Now- I need them not.
And to those who walk at by side, unbidden but devoted just the same.
The past two weeks have been devoted to shingles.
I beg you to get inoculated if you can.
Painful, depressing, ugly, painful and very painful.
How do people live with constant pain?
But not enough to want them after I became pain free.
You are ugly, insistent and hurt me.
Renders me weak and weaker still.
You must leave me now.
As I bend to your poison.


Very excited to get 2 bottles of Flying Goose Sriracha Sauce!
Flying Goose Sriracha Sauce is very scarce in the United States. I've only found one online source from the UK for it. I ordered 2 small bottles of the basic sauce.
I'll update this post after I have a chance to try it and compare it to the Huy Fong brand, which is made in Rosemead, Ca. and of course is commonly available here.
Here's a close-up of the front label showing the Flying Goose logo and NHAN CON NGONG BAY text underneath.
Left side of bottle describing the product. Yummy!
Finally, the manufactuer's info: Flying Goose Brand, Sea World Coldstorage Co., LTD.
If anyone knows of a source in the U.S for this stuff, PLEASE let me know!
Stay tuned for a taste test and review.
I got some a long time ago, I think at Ranch 99, the Asian supermarket chain. I think the original rooster one's better, though.
@David – Thanks for the info. It doesn't look like the Ranch 99 is set up for internet orders. But maybe someone near their store can score some Flying Goose!
@Glenn – MSG huh? I'm a fan of it. Keep some in the cabinet and add it to some dishes from time to time. Thanks.
First taste demanded a second just to make sure I hadn't imagined it.
OK, I have to know more about Indi Pep and Grand Mountain sauces!
I recommend to buy sriracha always from flying goose brand and not from Huey Fong. Flying goose is direct from thailand and tastes a little sweeter cause the chilis get more sun as the chilis from america.
So take care and look where the sauce is from, only the import direct from thailand taste like the sriracha you want.
Huey Fongs sriracha tastes good as well but theres no sweet flavour behind the hot taste of chili and garlic.
Thats the point sriracha from flying goose importet from thailand with red cap is the real deal.
Hello Matthias, my German friend. I have another friend that is coming here next week from Germany and hopefully bringing a few more bottles of Flying Goose brand sriracha sauces.
Otherwise, I plan to order a few more bottles from Thailand.
greetings from Toronto! just discovered your site, looks right up my alley, I am just now getting into hot sauces too. Huy Fong sriracha is OK but I know for sure one I tried somewhere else was better. I'm hoping this is it.
When I last spoke with Jerry Good at Importfood.com, the prognosis was not good for Flying Goose. There apparently is no way to get the product into the states.
Importfood.com does carry a few other sriracha sauces that you may want to check out.
Bummer. Well I am in the Toronto area which is very diverse; I would think that one of the stores in Asian-town would have it, but parking is a nightmare. I will be on the lookout for other varieties.
BTW – that Chuew Huad brand seems to be like non-existant anymore..
Chuew Huad has ceased production. Sad, it was very sweet and thick. But only came in tiny bottles, which made it rather expensive.
I hope you get to your Asian-town area of Toronto – I'd love to hear what you found there in the way of sriracha sauces.
They are temporarily out of stock but will have a great sriracha back in stock in October at Harris Teeter. It is the HT Trader Sriracha Sauce and it is from Thailand.
We have a HT near us, so I will have to check that out! Thanks Holly!
The folks at ImportFood.com are wonderful – have been a happy customer for years. Even better – they have an easy, excellent sriracha recipe on their website that I've made countless times and highly recommend. It includes sugar, giving the authentic sweet edge of Thai sriracha. Keeps well in the fridge, and has delicious flavor.
I agree, Anne. ImportFood.com is a great resource and owners Jerry and Yaowalak Good are very nice people to deal with.
I've got great news for ya, dude! We happened across Flying Goose at a local international grocery the other day and we are in love! Starts with that sweet note and has a more robust burn, for me.
Since you live in OC, MD, next time you're mainland, stop by LA Mart, right behind Sonic Drive In on Patapsco Ave on the south edge of Baltimore. $3 for a 455mL (525g) bottle.
Hey now, that's awesome news. Thanks Irime!
Did they have more than one version or flavor of the Flying Goose?
Just the original. I'd love to try their garlic one, and my husband and brother would love to try the extra spicy sometime.
I'll stick with the HT Traders Sriracha from Harris Teeter. I've traveled to Thailand and this is the one that is a best match for the authentic sriracha sauce there. Flying Goose may be the same since it is also from Thailand. I don't think anything produced in the U.S. can compare due to availability of specific ingredients that may not be available here. Sriracha sauce originated in a town in Thailand called Sriracha.
Holly – which authentic Thai sriracha do you prefer, if any?
From the tiny taste I've had of Flying Goose, I can say it is further from authentic Thai than Huy Fong's! FG is thick, harsh and acidic tasting.
Brian, I've been to Thailand a few times though never to the town of Sriracha, where the sauce originated (I liked the sauce so much that my Thai friend gave me some history, hence finding out about the town of Sriracha.) I couldn't tell you what my favorite was because the label wasn't in English. When I found the HT Trader's Sriracha Sauce at Harris Teeter I didn't hold much hope for it as a match but thought I'd give it a shot since it showed it was from Thailand. That's the closest product I've found to authentic here in that states, at least on the east coast. In my experience, Thai people know how to make it much better than we do here in the U.S.
I agree with you that the HT Trader's Sriracha Sauce is very acceptable.
Thank you for the Comment and for reading HotSauceDaily.com !


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And with history about to be made, the destination is more than ready to roll out the red carpet to welcome adventurous Atlantic rowers "Team Antigua Island Girls", when they row into the historic Nelson's Dockyard and into the record books as the first all-black female team in the world to row across the Atlantic Ocean, completing the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge this Jan/Feb.
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\section*{}

Tom's research interests ranged broadly; this is perhaps best
indicated by the diverse group of collaborators listed implicitly in
his bibliography, which follows this section. Tom was also known for
his general knowledge in many areas of mathematics, and many of his
colleagues will remember well his prompt and in-depth replies to email
questions.

In the 1980s Tom's research on conformal invariance was signif\/icantly
ahead of its time. An~enduring theme of his research was the natural
interplay between invariance and the underlying symmetry groups. Tom's
work continues to motivate and inspire a thriving and impressive
international research ef\/fort. Many of the conference speakers have
contributed to the various research trends that Tom Branson started.

It is impossible in a written summary to do justice to Tom's research
career. Here we shall outline just a few directions that we feel to be
especially signif\/icant.

\section[$Q$-curvature and extremal problems]{$\boldsymbol{Q}$-curvature and extremal problems}

Tom Branson is
perhaps most well known for his def\/inition, development, and
application of a~new curvature quantity in Riemannian geometry. For
dimension 4 this f\/irst entered the public arena in his joint work
\cite{22} with {\O}rsted, but it was extended to all even dimensions
and developed signif\/icantly in \cite{28} and \cite{35}; these days it
is usually termed ``Branson's $Q$-curvature''. A key feature is its
conformal transformation law in dimension $n$,
\[e^{-n\omega}\widehat{Q}=Q+P\omega,\]
where $\widehat{g}=e^{2\omega}g$ for a smooth function $\omega$ and
$P$ is the celebrated conformal (i.e.\ conformally covariant) operator
of the form $\Delta^{n/2}+\mbox{\it lower order terms}\,$ due to
Graham--Jenne--Mason--Sparling (and Paneitz in dimension~4). Because $P$
turns out to be a divergence, this generalises the transformation of
Gauss curvature in 2 dimensions and shows that on closed manifolds
$\int Q$ is a~global conformal invariant.

The article with {\O}rsted was motivated by the study of the
functional determinants of integral powers of conformal operators and,
in particular, the issue of extremising such quantities within the
class of conformally related metrics of a f\/ixed volume. This was part
of a theme, extended in his work \cite{26} with Chang and Yang, in
\cite{30} with Gilkey, and in \cite{37}, of developing results for
dimension 4 and higher even dimensions, which paralleled the results
from dimension 2 due to Polyakov and others. An excellent expository
account of these directions, written by Tom Branson himself, is to be
found in \cite{77}, which appears in this volume.

\section[Conformal differential operators]{Conformal dif\/ferential operators}

Tom was also a pioneer
of the systematic construction and study of conformal dif\/ferential
ope\-rators and related issues. The importance and use of ellipticity
was an enduring theme and, for example in~\cite{45}, he identif\/ied the
elliptic operators within the class of second order formally
self-adjoint operators arising as Stein--Weiss gradients. On the other
hand, in \cite{47} he provided a classif\/ication of second order linear
conformal dif\/ferential operators. The work \cite{13}, which constructs
operators between dif\/ferential forms on Minkowski space, was motivated
by their r\^ole as representation intertwinors and links to physics.
This partly followed some earlier work on dif\/ferential forms in
\cite{11}. There he constructed, for example, new conformal
dif\/ferential operators of order 4 and 6 and some applications of these
to variational problems. Notable is that on (unweighted) dif\/ferential
forms the operators he found took the form $L=dMd$, where $d$ is the
exterior derivative, which is itself conformal. Although it was not
highlighted at the time it later became clear that, while conformal
operators on forms with the symbol of $L$ were to be expected,
factorisations along these lines are rare, surprising, and valuable.
This thread was picked up much later in the joint work \cite{65} with
Gover. There, using the Fef\/ferman--Graham ambient metric and its links
to conformal tractor calculus, it was found that on any $k$-forms for
$k\leq n/2-1$ there are conformal dif\/ferential operators generalising
his earlier discoveries, but especially signif\/icant is what is
captured in the details of the factorisation. The operators may be
expressed in the form
\begin{equation}\label{rarefac}
L_k=\underbrace{d*\Bigl\{\, \overbrace{(d*d*)^{n/2-k-1}
+\mbox{\it lower order terms}}^{Q_{k+1}}
\,\Bigr\}}_{G_{k+1}}\,d,
\end{equation}
where $*$ is the Hodge $*$-operator. As an operator on closed forms,
$Q_{k+1}$ generalises the $Q$ curvature and the composition
$d*Q_{k+1}=G_{k+1}$ forms a conformal gauge companion for $d$ or
alternatively for $L_{k+1}$; paired with either of these $G_{k+1}$
yields an injectively elliptic conformal system. Another consequence
of the factorisations (\ref{rarefac}) is that they lead to new
elliptic conformal complexes. A driving motivation here is that such
complexes admit torsions (or determinants), which generalise Cheeger's
de Rham half torsion and, in particular, have Polyakov type conformal
variation formulae. These ideas are sketched in Tom's f\/ine survey
article~\cite{64}.

\section{Spectrum generating functions and intertwining operators}

Another enduring theme of Tom's work was exploiting the implications
of invariance for spectral data. For example, on the round sphere the
conformal covariance relation satisf\/ied by the conformal Laplacian
$D=\Delta+\frac{n(n-2)}{4}$ imposes relations among the eigenvalues of
the Laplacian itself. In fact, in this case there are suf\/f\/icient
relations to deduce all the spectral data, and hence the term
``spontaneous generation of eigenvalues'' which titles the joint work
of Branson with {\O}rsted~\cite{70}. Here, a heavy use is made of
symmetry. The conformal covariance implies a simple formula for the
commutator of $D$ with the Lie derivative along conformal vector
f\/ields. But the sphere has a maximal dimension space of such f\/ields
and, via the commutation relation, one can show that the action of
appropriately chosen conformal vector f\/ields will shift eigenvectors
to linear combinations of eigenvectors with adjacent eigenvalues.

An observation made much earlier by Tom is that, given the explicit
spectral data for a basic Laplacian operator and again suf\/f\/icient
symmetry, one may deduce rather explicit formulae for a series of
intertwinors, which are not generally dif\/ferential. Of course, this
uses that the span of the eigenfunctions for the given Laplacian is
dense on the compact manifold concerned. Once again using the sphere
as an example, one may suppose that some operator $A_{2r}$, acting
between sections of the trivial bundle, is a function of $\Delta$ and
satisf\/ies an obvious generalisation of the conformal covariance
relation enjoyed by $D$. Compressing to eigenspaces of the Laplacian,
this implies characterising relations for the spectrum of the
operator. For this series of operators, Tom was able to obtain the
rather striking formula
\[
A_{2r}=\frac{\Gamma(A_1+\frac{1}{2}+r)}{\Gamma(A_1+\frac{1}{2}-r)},
\qquad A_1=\sqrt{\Delta +\left(\frac{n-1}{2}\right)^2}
\]
for $r\in \mathbb{C}$ and $r\notin \{-n/2,-n/2-1, \dots \}$. These
are intertwinors of the spherical principal series. As pointed out in
\cite{13}, for $r\in \mathbb{Z}_+$ one obtains an explicit formula for
a class of conformal dif\/ferential operators, namely the conformal
Laplacian operators on the sphere:
\[
\prod^r_{p=1} \left\{\Delta +\left(\frac{n}{2}+p-1\right)\left(\frac{n}{2}-p\right) \right\},
\]
(cf.\ Robin Graham's article in this volume\footnote{Graham C.R., Conformal powers of the Laplacian via stereographic projection,
{\it SIGMA} {\bf 3} (2007), 121, 4~pages, \href{http://arxiv.org/abs/0711.4798}{arXiv:0711.4798}.}). In fact, in \cite{13}
Branson used similar ideas to construct the conformal dif\/ferential
operators on forms mentioned earlier. These are dif\/ferential operators
$D_{2l,k}$, on forms of all even orders $2l$, on dif\/ferential forms of
all orders $k$, on the double cover of the $n$-dimensional
compactif\/ied Minkowski space.

Tom's early ideas were put into a representation theoretic framework
and generalised in the signif\/icant work \cite{36}, with \'Olafsson and
{\O}rsted. There they used a spectrum generating operator, constructed
from a combination of quadratic Casimirs and the development of ideas
as above to construct intertwinors for representations induced from a
maximal parabolic subgroup.

\section{Heat kernel asymptotics}

The so-called heat kernel
asymptotics have long been of considerable interest in the study of an
elliptic operator $F$. The coef\/f\/icients of the small time expansion of
such a kernel are spectral invariants; they encode information about
the asymptotic properties of the spectrum of $F$.

Tom made substantial contributions in calculating such invariants.
Perhaps his best known article in this direction is \cite{17} written
joint with Gilkey. They consider a rather general setting, namely a
Riemannian manifold with possible boundary together with a smooth
vector bundle~$V$ with connection~$\nabla$, a given section $E$ of
${\mathrm{End}}(V)$, and an auxiliary smooth function~$f$. The
associated heat kernel is ${\mathrm{Tr}}(fe^{-tP})$, where
$P=\nabla^*\nabla+E$. The inclusion of the function $f$ allows for an
ef\/f\/icient and secure calculation of the coef\/f\/icients $a_n(f,P)$ for
$n=0,\,0.5,\,1,\,1.5,\, 2$ under both Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions.
In particular, by setting $f=1$ in $a_2(f,P)$, this f\/ifth coef\/f\/icient
of the heat kernel aysymptotics is calculated for the f\/irst time.
Another appealing feature of incorporating the function $f$ is that
its normal derivatives showing up in their formulae better record the
distribution-like behaviour of the heat kernel near the boundary.

Another pioneering contribution of Tom's work in this area concerned
the heat kernel asymptotics of operators not necessarily of Laplace
type. This joint work with Gilkey and Fulling~\cite{22a}, and later
Avramidi~\cite{55}, assumes the second order operators concerned still
have positive def\/inite leading symbol but does not assume this
coincides with (the inverse of) a background Riemannian metric.
Results, in this general setting, include explicit formulae for the
f\/irst two terms of the asymptotics.

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This fresh ricotta recipe appears in an episode of Martha Stewart's Cooking School.
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Supporting major catchments within the NFFS (National Flood Forecasting System; the means through which the EA determine when to issue flood warnings).
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A number of FRAs and FCAs.
Contributions to regional SWMPs (Surface Water Management Plans).
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3D modelling for in depth analysis of structures within the watercourse; e.g. localised scour assessments, pressure imposed on the face of the structure (including negative or 'plucking' pressures), determining impacts of changes to complex structures.
Providing 'rapid-response' advice for other consultancies.


Crankbait Fishing Line is the line you use when you go fishing using crankbait. Though the definition is simple, you might be overwhelmed when choosing a suitable crankbait fishing line. There is a wide range of products for you to choose from with different types, colors, and characteristics.
Overall, there are three main types of the crankbait fishing line including monofilament, braided and fluorocarbon fishing line.
When you go crankbait fishing using this type of line, you will have some certain advantages. For example, it is quite easy to control this line. This then helps you to have more accurate cast.
Furthermore, since it is not very stiff, you can tie various kinds of knots with it. This type of fishing line is also sinkable with a certain constant and steady rate.
One big disadvantage of monofilament fishing line is that it can gain memory quick, making it harder for you to straighten it out. Also, it is vulnerable towards UV rays and salt so you must take a good care of this type if you want to go saltwater fishing with this type.
Finally, a monofilament crankbait fishing line is relatively cheap, so I suggest you should buy at least two brands of monofilament crankbait fishing line to try out.
When is it the best time to use monofilament crankbait fishing line?
As monofilament fishing line can sink at a fast rate, you can use it to go for shallow crankbait fishing or suspended bass fishing.
You can also bring it when you go fishing in an area with a lot of hazards such as weeds and rocks. Monofilament fishing line usually has good abrasion resistance so that the line won't break easily when coming in contact with these subjects.
This type of fishing line is also the most suitable line if you use baitcasting reel. Most of the anglers know that baitcasting reel is the most sophisticated and difficult line. When you use this type of reel, you may encounter backlash quite often. Since monofilament fishing line is not so stiff, it can help you to rewind the line quicker.
Braided fishing line is very tough and has virtually no stretch at all. Although it has many advantages such as the ability to last for a long time and a decent strength with a small diameter, it is not a suitable type of fishing line for crankbait fishing. Since it cannot stretch, it would rip the hook out of the mouth of a fish, making you lose the fish. It doesn't break down in sunlight so that you can keep it on the spool year after year.
Although it has many advantages such as the ability to last for a long time and a decent strength with a small diameter, it is not a suitable type of fishing line for crankbait fishing. Since it cannot stretch, it would rip the hook out of the mouth of a fish, making you lose the fish. It doesn't break down in sunlight so that you can keep it on the spool year after year.
Another difficulty of using braided crankbait fishing line is that the line would be stiff, making it harder for you to tie various fishing knots. If you are not careful, the parts of the line where you knot might come in contact with other parts and get damaged. Making the line wet before you type, a fishing knot will help you to minimize the impact of contact.
When is it the best time to use braided crankbait fishing line?
Unlike two other types of fishing line, the braided crankbait fishing line does not sink into the water. Therefore, you can use it when you go top water fishing. However, you should only use this line with a fluorocarbon leader attached to it to prevent the hook from being ripped off by a fierce fish.
This type of fishing line is the favorite of many anglers when they go crankbait fishing, and they are so because of various reasons.
Among all types of crankbait fishing line, this line will sink at the fastest rate when you cast the line into the water, making it easy for you to go deepwater fishing.
Also, fluorocarbon is the most sensitive as well so you would be able to notice the movement of the line when a fish subtly catches on your crankbait.
One certain drawback of this fishing line is that it is quite expensive. Though the price of one certain fluorocarbon fishing line is high, you can keep it for a long time, making your investment truly worthwhile in the long term.
When is it the best time to use fluorocarbon crankbait fishing line?
In my opinion, the best type of crankbait to go along with fluorocarbon fishing line is the lipless crankbait. When reeling the line through the glass hoping to catch a bass, you would be able to notice the most subtle movement with this type of fishing line.
It is also a good line to use when you have square bill crankbait. Like lipless crankbait, square bill crankbait requires you to pay close attention to things that happen on the water, and a sensitive fluorocarbon fishing line can help you well with that.
Did I mention that fluorocarbon fishing line can dive deep at such a high speed? It means that it is very suitable for deep diving crankbait fishing. With its ability to sink, it can stay in the deepest area for as long as you want it to stay.
In general, the lighter a heavy line is, the deeper a crankbait will run. On the other hand, the heavy line will make the crankbait run in shallow areas of the water.
Before you choose the line size, you should think about your type of fishing, whether you use it when you go deepwater fishing or shallow water fishing. If you want to reach to a very deep area, you can use a crankbait fishing line with the line strength from about 8 to 10 pounds. However, don't opt for a fishing line which is too light as it will not provide you much strength against a strong fish.
However, in case you want to go for grass bass fishing, you should use the heavy line to help the crankbait stay below these heavy piles of grass.
There are two main groups of colors for you to choose from. If you want it to be as close to invisible as possible, you can choose clear and transparent fishing line. They will help to attract fish and lure them better to catch your crankbait.
On the other hand, you might consider choosing bright colors for your crankbait fishing line such as red and yellow. They help you to maintain a good sight onto your line, hence helping you to control the line better. However, since the fish can easily see these colors under water, you might not be able to attract the fish when the water and the surrounding areas are clean and clear.
In case you go for grass bass fishing, you can buy a fishing line with green or its shades. These colors will help the line to blend out to the surrounding nature.
A savvy angler will spend time researching and learning about the differences among options to pick the best fishing line. If you can pick the most suitable one, you will be able to enhance your performance a great deal and have many successful fishing trips in the future. Whenever you go searching out for a crankbait fishing line, you should at first consider the type, size, and color that are most suitable for your needs.
I hope that this article would be able to supply you with such information and aid you well in the process of picking a crankbait fishing line.
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Recent high profile privacy issues, 'near misses' and technological advances have highlighted the need for increased viligence by organisations including law firms. Aside from legal compliance, having a practical understanding of privacy and robust information security processes is one of the best ways to gain the trust and confidence of your clients and customers. Your organisation will also minimise its legal and reputational risk.
What are the strict legal obligations?
What kind of issues can arise for lawyers in relation to confidentiality and privacy?
What can go wrong and what do you do if it does?
Practical tips to minimise risk to your organisation.
Have a greater awareness of your privacy obligations and what can go wrong.
Know the steps to take to implement (or review) your privacy framework including privacy policies and statements.
Have a checklist to guide you through the setting up of a privacy framework and some troubleshooting tips.
What compliance issue keeps you up at night? Chances are it is privacy and security related and you are not alone. An American survey of General Counsel in 2016 found that data breaches were a top issue for 59% of those surveyed.1 We hope this webinar may help to ease the worry and form a useful part of any busy privacy officer's tool box.
The task of establishing and maintaining a positive privacy culture and effective framework can seem daunting. However, setting up a privacy framework for your organisation does not need to be an overly academic process layered with complexity. The key ingredients are simply a sound knowledge of the Information Privacy Principles and obligations under the Privacy Act 1993, a sprinkling of common sense and a genuine commitment to treating the personal information people entrust to your organisation with care.


As announced by Paul (Sariel) at Klocky today, the new TECHNIC sets for 2nd half 2008, are already available at S@H (US) for pre-order.
These are coincident to the prices anticipated here at TBs , and still inline with my forecast for for the European price ranges, here.
Both the Excavator and the Off Roader description mentions "Download building instructions..." or alternate model. Is this a new thing Lego is doing? Are they trying to save a little on the cost of production?
'Or alternate model' really means 'for alternate model'.
Curious is the fact that the Handler (8295) seems to include the instructions for the alternate model ???
Nevertheless we should remind the same already happened with the Bulldozer (8275) last year.
However majority claims interest on the B-models and LEGO is taking instructions out of the box.
Oh I don't know. It may be a method to cut costs but, I would leans towards them driving you to their site to explore option things (buy more stuff).
Anyway this is exciting news. Wish my remodeling was complete so I have space to build!
egads I am typo king!
It's not so much the means of downloading other instructions so much but that the printed instructions in the box are most likely to last longer and be a bit more durable than ones printed from a computer printer.
Dang, I saw news of this at Brickset and came here to post about it but I was too late!
As for the downloadable instructions, I see them as a way to reduce costs... if that brings benefits from LEGO and allows for more parts/design budget, then so be it. What I find strange is that the Telehandler appears to come with the instructions in the box.
Another theory, in which the Telehandler's case fits, is that LEGO simply didn't manage to create the instructions in time for release... that would explain why the Bulldozer's alternate model instructions became available only some time after the main model went to stores.
I bought the handeler, and there were no B-model instructions. and it said on the back of one of the books to go online for B-model instructions. Hmmmm. strange.
That's right. All the new TECHNIC models do not include in the box instructions to build the B-model.
They should become available online in some time.
These are sets targeted for August/September which for some reason this year became available at S@H in July.
Maybe because of that the instructions for B-models are not yet available.
For instance, last year 8275 B-model instructions, just became available in middle of October.


A sneak preview of PhD. thesis defense. Short introduction of signal processing tasks in art investigation followed by research of information theory applied to multimodal dataset. As a bonus I would like to present our current results of new deeply learned magical neural network combining effective multimodal image registration with improving of visibility of concealed features in NIR reflectograms. Discussion about the topic as well as form of the presentation is highly welcome.


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failed to check them; and drove back the assailants in some confusion.
thousand armed men in Quebec.
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constitution of which was fatal to military subordination.
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Lions full-back Hogg 'annoyed and upset' by Le Roux bite allegations
By	Sports Desk	August 01, 2021
British and Irish Lions full-back Stuart Hogg has denied biting South Africa's Willie Le Roux and says he is "annoyed and upset" by the allegations.
Footage emerged on Saturday of Hogg clashing with opposite number Le Roux during the Lions' contentious 27-9 loss to the world champions in Cape Town.
The coming together occurred following Cheslin Kolbe's tackle in the air on Conor Murray, with Hogg pressing his face against Le Roux's arm in the scuffle that ensued before being pushed away.
That was one of a number of heated incidents in the ill-tempered contest, which saw South Africa level the three-match series at 1-1 to set up a decider next week.
Citing commissioner Scott Nowland has yet to rule on the clash between Hogg and Le Roux, but the Scotland captain has denied any wrongdoing.
"Following speculation that has surfaced online, I would like to categorically deny any foul play in last night's game," Hogg said in a statement issued by the Lions on Sunday.
"I would never bite an opponent and I am annoyed and upset by this unsubstantiated accusation. I've always been proud of playing rugby in the spirit of the game.
"Respect to the Springboks for their deserved win. The squad is hurting after last night's defeat, but it's all to play for next week.
"It's going to be a cup final and everyone's going to be up for it."
Stuart Hogg


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Production Co: Cherry Road Films
Director: Richard Kelly
Writer: Richard Kelly
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Mandy Moore, Miranda Richardson, Curtis Armstrong, Zelda Rubenstein, John Laroquette, Janeane Garofalo, Christopher Lambert, Bai Ling, Jon Lovitz, Amy Poehler, Lou Taylor Pucci, Kevin Smith, Justin Timberlake
This is one of those films that will go down in movie lore, one nobody's seen but everybody assumes is bad, using it as an example of what goes wrong in Hollywood along with Heaven's Gate and Pluto Nash.
Famously booed at its Cannes debut, director Kelly went on the defensive, saying the effects hadn't all been completed and it wasn't the final cut.
But the meme had spread, and even the authoritative Total Film reported on it with an embarrassed, apologetic tone in acknowledging how bad it looked. Movie fans everywhere wanted to love Kelly's Donnie Darko follow-up no matter what it was.
But it's an example of how you shouldn't believe the reality distortion field of a movie and just dive in yourself. Not only is Southland Tales not a train wreck, it's a very good movie full of interesting ideas, written, performed and directed well. There are indeed some Lynchian asides that tax the mind and don't go anywhere, but there's enough here you can follow to make it a good story as much as a good movie.
For one thing, it has a very strong tone, a personality all its own most movies can't generate with an entire franchise. Every frame is touched by the heart and soul of Los Angeles locales like the bohemian enclave of Santa Monica and watching it makes you feel you know the rhythms and flavours of the city intimately.
It also takes a melting pot of contemporary issues - from the Iraq war to the fuel crisis to pornography - and mixes them together as well as many past classics like Repo Man (auto repossession and alien visitation) or From Dusk Till Dawn (a heist movie and vampirism).
The story as I saw it was deceptively simple. It's 2008 - only a couple of years hence at the time of release - and the economy and environment are collapsing (scarily pertinent as I write this in early 2009). A shadowy private contractor populated by enigmatic scientists whose motivations are unclear have created a massive, secretive offshore power generator based on top secret technology.
The power source is related to a strange rift in the space/time continuum that's opened up in the desert outside the city, and when action film star Boxer (Johnson) wakes up in the desert with amnesia, a fidgeting, skittish shadow of his former self, a lot of people are very interested in his fate and what he does next.
His life becomes embroiled with a porn star (Gellar) developing a reality TV show, but try as I might even now I can't remember what she has to do with the central conspiracy. It's one of the aspects that might be only loosely related.
There's also an urban task force cop and Iraq war veteran (Scott) who apparently has a twin brother that's actually the secret to the energy rift in the desert and holds the key to Boxer's identity and why he went missing and woke up in the desert.
And they're all being watched. One set of eyes belongs to a private security company with political links led by a fierce overlord in Miranda Richardson. She has a political agenda to bring Boxer in because of a script he's written depicting the end of the world that aligns a little too closely with the very end known to the powers that be. The others belong to a marine manning an offshore gun battery (Timberlake) who narrates the whole thing and turns out to be a war buddy of the cop.
Surrounding them all are a collective of activist guerrilla artists trying to smash the establishment, a coterie of political advisors trying to shepherd a corrupt senator to the Presidency and more.
Does it all make perfect sense? Not at all. The kernel of the story for me - the conspiracy about the time rift - was great and had a satisfying payoff. Did it look great? Absolutely. Did every scene or character have something to do with the plot (s)? Not in the least, but there's another filmmaker I've mentioned in this review whose movies make far less sense than this and yet don't attract half the critical drubbing Southland Tales has.
Maybe Donnie Darko promised too much, and everyone expected another mind bender that made sense when you think about it (although Donnie Darko didn't make any sense to me before I saw Kelly's cut).
But with Kelly now working on the adaptation of the old Twilight Show episode The Box, it seems everyone - including himself - would rather forget Southland Tales exists. Don't join them.


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Home Consumer Behavior Music and Dopamine: The Reason of Your Goosebumps
Music and Dopamine: The Reason of Your Goosebumps
One of the most extraordinary aspects of music is its capacity to trigger emotional responses on us, humans. The feeling of listening to a beautiful song is indescribable.
Moreover, we seek to engage during the act of listening to music. So we sing along, we dance and often, without hindrance, we open our arms and feel chills and goosebumps.
Also when we find a song that we truly appreciate, we often play it on "repeat". So we listen to the same stimulus (song) over and over. And why do we do such behavior?
Because, without perhaps being aware of it, what we are truly seeking is to trigger the exact same chemical reaction in our brains that makes us feel those emotions again, and again and again.
The reason why we feel and seek such reactions is due to a neurotransmitter named dopamine. Dopamine is one of the neurotransmitters (together with serotonin, oxytocin and endorphin) that gives us the feeling of pleasure. For us humans, it is of pivotal importance for an overall "feeling of happiness".
Dopamine is released in our brains as a reward mechanism to behaviors that are relevant for biological and evolutionary purposes, such as eating, exercise, meditation and having sex. Thus, it is extremely important for humans and the lack of it is associated with conditions such as depression.
But how can listening to music be a reward mechanism if it has little connection with evolutionary forces? In other words, why would our brains translate sounds we hear into pleasant rewarding experiences?
This is a mystery that science wishes to answer.
Dopamine and Music
In this article I would like to highlight 15 publications relating to Dopamine and music listening behavior.
The studies listed below are extremely interesting and helps to clarify the direct link between music and dopamine release. The studies suggest, for example, that songs that elicit a sense of pleasure are most responsible for greatest dopamine release.
Given the fantastic feeling it provides, our normal reaction afterwards is to simply "press play" again and experience the exact same sensation.
Exactly like a drug-addict would do, seeking pleasure.
However, a high exposure to a same song may lead to a "desensitization". As consequence our brains become incapable of generating the exact same dopamine level as previously by the same stimulus. In this case, the exposure to the same song.
And this is why listening to the exact same song is only pleasurable for a while. Afterwards it can become even a burden. This is why "rediscovering" a song can be a very pleasant experience. In these moments what happens is that the lack of exposure makes us "regain" the sensitivity to the stimulus.
So all of the sudden we hear the song once more and it is capable of triggering our long-term memory and eliciting memories. But also of releasing similar or close to similar dopamine levels as to when you first heard the song.
Therefore it feels good to listen to a favorite song after a long time without being exposed to it.
List of Selected Publications
So here are the list of 15 selected publications discussing the link between music listening behavior and dopamine. Please note: this is not a definite list.
It is simply a compilation that I have developed based on personal curiosity on the topic. I have listed them in descendant order of years,
Ferreri, L., Mas-Herrero, E., Zatorre, R. J., Ripollés, P., Gomez-Andres, A., Alicart, H., … & Riba, J. (2019). Dopamine modulates the reward experiences elicited by music. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(9), 3793-3798.
Gold, B. P., Pearce, M. T., Mas-Herrero, E., Dagher, A., & Zatorre, R. J. (2019). Predictability and uncertainty in the pleasure of music: a reward for learning?. Journal of Neuroscience, 0428-19.
Altenmüller, E., & Schlaug, G. (2015). Apollo's gift: new aspects of neurologic music therapy. In Progress in brain research (Vol. 217, pp. 237-252). Elsevier.
Salimpoor, V. N., Zald, D. H., Zatorre, R. J., Dagher, A., & McIntosh, A. R. (2015). Predictions and the brain: how musical sounds become rewarding. Trends in cognitive sciences, 19(2), 86-91.
Gold, B. (2014). Musical pleasure mediates dopaminergic learning: an fMRI study.
Stegemöller, E. L. (2014). Exploring a neuroplasticity model of music therapy. Journal of Music Therapy, 51(3), 211-227.
Chanda, M. L., & Levitin, D. J. (2013). The neurochemistry of music. Trends in cognitive sciences, 17(4), 179-193.
Salimpoor, V. N., & Zatorre, R. J. (2013). Neural interactions that give rise to musical pleasure. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 7(1), 62.
Salimpoor, V. N., van den Bosch, I., Kovacevic, N., McIntosh, A. R., Dagher, A., & Zatorre, R. J. (2013). Interactions between the nucleus accumbens and auditory cortices predict music reward value. Science, 340(6129), 216-219.
Zatorre, R. J., & Salimpoor, V. N. (2013). From perception to pleasure: music and its neural substrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(Supplement 2), 10430-10437.
Gebauer, L., Kringelbach, M. L., & Vuust, P. (2012). Ever-changing cycles of musical pleasure: The role of dopamine and anticipation. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain, 22(2), 152.
Polston, J. E., Rubbinaccio, H. Y., Morra, J. T., Sell, E. M., & Glick, S. D. (2011). Music and methamphetamine: conditioned cue-induced increases in locomotor activity and dopamine release in rats. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 98(1), 54-61.
Salimpoor, V. N., Benovoy, M., Larcher, K., Dagher, A., & Zatorre, R. J. (2011). Anatomically distinct dopamine release during anticipation and experience of peak emotion to music. Nature neuroscience, 14(2), 257.
Salimpoor, V. N., Benovoy, M., Longo, G., Cooperstock, J. R., & Zatorre, R. J. (2009). The rewarding aspects of music listening are related to degree of emotional arousal. PloS one, 4(10), e7487.
Menon, V., & Levitin, D. J. (2005). The rewards of music listening: response and physiological connectivity of the mesolimbic system. Neuroimage, 28(1), 175-184.
So next time you hear a beautiful song and feel emotional, with goosebumps or chills, remember: there is an entire chemical reaction happening in your brain which is releasing neurotransmitters that makes you feel good.
And as a specie that seeks pleasure, we repeat behaviors. So there is a great chance you will press "play" again to it, right?
So enjoy it, let yourself sing along, feel those emotions and the musical chills.
Music is a wonderful experience.
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Ph.D in Marketing (University of Otago, New Zealand). Currently a Professor of Marketing at IU University of Applied Sciences (Germany). Passionate about everything that involves Music, Marketing, Technology and the Future.
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