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Ericsson selected as hyperscale cloud and NFV partner by XL Axiata
Cloud and virtualization #nfv #cloudtransformation #networkvirtualization
Ericsson to transform XL Axiata's network through deployment of disaggregated architecture
Ericsson to deliver full-stack cloud solution including Ericsson Hyperscale Datacenter System 8000 built with Intel ® Rack Scale Architecture
Deployment meets XL Axiata's need for a standardized multivendor virtualization environment and will enable innovative services to be brought to market more rapidly
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has been selected by XL Axiata, a leading telecommunications operator in southeast Asia, to transform its network through the deployment of disaggregated architecture.
Ericsson will deploy its full stack cloud solution, including the Ericsson Hyperscale Datacenter System 8000 based on Intel ® Rack Scale Architecture, and virtual network functions (VNFs) as part of XL Axiata's cloud evolution and realization of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV).
As part of the first phase of the transformation, Ericsson Service Aware Policy Controller (SAPC) and Traffic Monitoring and Analysis (TMA) VNFs will also be deployed.
Common management of the VNFs will be enabled by the Ericsson Network Manager, which supports management of both physical and virtual network functions, offers a common view of network resources and services across multiple network technologies, and provides lifecycle management for VNFs. This represents a key step for XL Axiata's cloud transformation, since both IT and network applications will be deployed in the same environment.
The solution offers open NFV architecture and fulfils XL Axiata's needs for a standardized multivendor virtualization environment that will enable the operator to bring new services to market faster. Adopting Ericsson Hyperscale Datacenter System 8000 with carrier-grade software will also allow XL Axiata to optimize its NFV and IT infrastructure through disaggregated and software-defined infrastructure that supports more flexible and responsive resource utilization.
Dian Siswarini, President Director, XL Axiata, says: "Through this hyperscale cloud initiative with Ericsson, we look forward to putting NFV and cloud to practical use. We will accelerate the delivery of innovative services by exposing network assets, while improving efficiency and reducing risk in how networks are built and operated to meet the needs of the future."
Thomas Jul, Head of Ericsson Indonesia and Timor Leste, says: "This is an important milestone in our long standing partnership with XL Axiata, marking a significant step in the cloud evolution we are working together to realize for XL Axiata. We will continue to strengthen the partnership by leveraging Ericsson's leadership in both cloud and NFV."
Ericsson Hyperscale Datacenter System 8000 is a new generation of datacenter system using disaggregated hardware architecture for better resource utilization. The initial focus is on complete operator cloud transformation for NFV, IT and commercial cloud operations.
Ericsson at Mobile World Congress 2016
During Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona, Ericsson will showcase its unique industry insights, the latest innovation and inspirational discussions that enable powerful new business opportunities. We are in the midst of the societal transformation we call the Networked Society: a society in which mobility, broadband and cloud empower every person and every industry to reach their full potential. Opportunity is everywhere, and companies are transforming according to the role they have chosen to play in the value chains and ecosystems of the Networked Society. Join us in our Hall (Hall 2, Stand 2N60) to learn about 5G, the Internet of Things and cloud, and to discuss the impact digital transformation can have on people, business and society.
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About XL Axiata
PT XL Axiata Tbk. is one of the major cellular providers in Indonesia. PT XL Axiata Tbk. is (66.4%) owned by Axiata Group Berhad through Axiata Investments (Indonesia) Sdn Bhd and public (33.6%), and is part of Axiata Group ("Group"). The Group's mobile subsidiaries and associates operate under the brand name Celcom in Malaysia, Dialog in Sri Lanka, Robi in Bangladesh, Smart in Cambodia, Idea in India and M1 in Singapore. For more information, please visit www.xl.co.id
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Founded in 1876, Ericsson has its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. Net sales in 2015 were SEK 246.9 billion (USD 29.4 billion). Ericsson is listed on NASDAQ OMX stock exchange in Stockholm and the NASDAQ in New York.


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package org.usfirst.frc.team2928.subsystems;

import com.ctre.CANTalon;
import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.Talon;
import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.command.Subsystem;

public class Shooter extends Subsystem {

    private static final int LEAD_SHOOTER_PORT = 7;
    private static final int FOLLOWER_SHOOTER_PORT = 6;
    private static final int AGITATOR_PORT = 0;

    private final CANTalon motor;
    private final Talon agitatorMotor;

    public Shooter() {
        motor = new CANTalon(LEAD_SHOOTER_PORT);
        motor.setInverted(true);
        CANTalon follower = new CANTalon(FOLLOWER_SHOOTER_PORT);
        agitatorMotor = new Talon(AGITATOR_PORT);
        motor.setFeedbackDevice(CANTalon.FeedbackDevice.QuadEncoder);
        motor.changeControlMode(CANTalon.TalonControlMode.Speed);
        follower.changeControlMode(CANTalon.TalonControlMode.Follower);
        follower.set(LEAD_SHOOTER_PORT);
        motor.setF(0);
        motor.setP(.88);
        motor.setI(0);
        motor.setD(0);
    }

    public double error() {
        return motor.getClosedLoopError();
    }

    public double getVelocity() {
        return motor.getEncVelocity();
    }

    public void stopMotor() {
        motor.set(0);
        motor.disableControl();
    }

    public void agitate() {
        agitatorMotor.set(.6);
    }

    public void stopAgitation() {
        agitatorMotor.set(0);
    }

    public void setSetpoint(double setpoint) {
        motor.enableControl();
        motor.set(setpoint);
    }

    public void runAgitator(double output) {
        agitatorMotor.set(output);
    }

    @Override
    protected void initDefaultCommand() {

    }
}

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Q: start multiple projects in different solutions in visual studio 2019 i have two WEB APIs core in different solutions one for authentication and another one for the app, there is a way to run them both when i click on run the App API?

A: I think you can debug one project on VS and then use Attach to process to attach another process of the project so that we can debug both of them at same time.
First, For Project A, you can first set Project A on IIS(publish to your local IIS). Besides, you can also refer to this document.
Then, Open Project B on VS, click Start Debugging and then click Attach to Process under Debug menu TO attach the IIS process of Project A. Mostly like w3wp.exe, aspnet_wp.exe. More info about the IIS process, you can refer to this document.
Note: you should check Show processes from all users checkbox in the bottom left corner.
There is a similar issue about this.

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Q: How to configure Django to connect via IPv4 if IPv6 is not reachable? Having this database setting on Django
DATABASES = {
        'default': {
            'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
            'NAME': 'some_db',
            'USER': 'some_user',
            'PASSWORD': 'very_secure_ihjfawlkjgfhq2oi5r78q83urf',
            'HOST': 'somehost.example.com',
            'PORT': '',
        }
    }

Let's assume somehost.example.com is having both, IPv4 and IPv6 IP addresses assigned, but Postgres is not always listen on both interface. How I could configure to failover to legacy IP if "IPv6-Postgres" not proper listening?


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Our view: With PG&E, when will California see the light?
As the U.S. economy spiraled toward disaster in 2008, and with it the real possibility of taking much of the world down, too, the federal government stepped in and bailed out financial institutions considered "too big to fail."
It worked, sort of, although in recent years we've seen the elimination of some the regulations put in place to ensure that financial institutions act more responsibly and transparently.
Today in California we see a too-big-to-fail scenario playing out in the state's energy sector. Pacific Gas and Electric, the nation's largest utility, is in bankruptcy court, the direct result of hundreds of millions of dollars in lawsuits stemming from wildfires largely blamed on the company.
Regulators, politicians and much of the public believe had PG&E maintained its infrastructure most of these fires would not have happened. And it's not like the utility hasn't faced such claims before. In 2010 a poorly maintained natural gas pipeline exploded in San Bruno, killing eight people, injuring 58 and destroying 38 homes.
In the wake of that tragedy, the company was found guilty of six felony counts, fined $3 million and still is on probation. Even the state Public Utilities Commission's record $1.6 billion fine for pipeline violations, which not only should have hurt the company's bottom line but put the utility on notice, didn't change things.
Whether due to ignorance or arrogance, the actions of PG&E officials seemed to say the fines and public lashings were just a cost of doing business. The next year, PG&E's president and chief executive, Peter Darbee, retired with a $35 million payout. And in the years since there have been repeated disclosures that the company has failed, as ordered, to maintain its system.
It seems that every time there is a major fire or pipeline failure, PG&E goes before the CPUC requesting a rate increase to fix the system. Those theatrics leave ratepayers to wonder why infrastructure maintenance and upgrade costs weren't always built into the utility bill they already were paying.
One thing certainly was in the rate structure: bonuses for executives and payouts to stockholders.
Which brings us to today's increasing clamor to bring the company under public ownership. This is not a new idea. Both Sacramento and Lodi operate public electric utilities.
For years, the South San Joaquin Irrigation District has tried to replace PG&E as the electric utility for customers in Escalon, Manteca, Ripon and the surrounding areas. SSJID officials promise lower rates, better service and more transparency. PG&E has fought SSJID at every turn.
San Francisco recently began a push to take over utility services there. And state officials, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom, are drafting a backup plan to take over PG&E if the company can't compensate fire victims and emerge from bankruptcy by next June 30.
A public takeover is not a panacea. It would be costly, result in lengthy court and political fights, and would not immediately improve the utility's infrastructure or end the maddening blackouts customers have been forced to endure. It likely would increase transparency and end multi-million-dollar executive bonuses and go-away payouts.
There are other ideas on the table, including breaking the utility into smaller units instead of the Bakersfield to the Oregon border monstrosity we have today. More problematic, a consortium of 24 private equity and hedge funds is clamoring for control. These companies are strip-miners that seek to extract as much profit as quickly as possible without concern for long-term viability.
Long-term viability, not to mention reliability, of the natural gas and electric power system is critical to the economic viability of California, the world's sixth-largest economy.
We would urge politicians, regulators and the courts to move as swiftly as possible and with great caution when deciding what happens to PG&E. But we also believe that what we have isn't working. We can't just turn the power off and call that a solution. We can't wait 10 more years, as company officials declare, for the infrastructure to be made safe.
The current company structure, perhaps its very culture, places its public utility obligation to provide safe, dependable service well below its private commitment to stockholders and top executives. That is unacceptable.

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Hainrode is een plaats en voormalige gemeente in de Duitse deelstaat Thüringen.De gemeente maakt deel uit van de Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hainleite in het Landkreis Nordhausen.
Hainrode telt  inwoners.

De gemeente maakte deel uit van Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hainleite tot deze op 1 januari 2019 werd opgeheven. Hainrode werd daarop opgenomen in de gemeente Bleicherode.

Bleicherode
Plaats in Thüringen
Voormalige gemeente in Thüringen

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Sports Cricket 04 Feb 2020 India's Boys in ...
Sports, Cricket
India's Boys in Blue crush Pakistan in U-19 World Cup semis
Published Feb 4, 2020, 8:37 pm IST
Updated Feb 4, 2020, 8:37 pm IST
Yashasvi Jaiswal scores a classy hundred to take India into seventh U-19 final
Yashasvi Jaiswal of India bats during the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup semi-final match between India and Pakistan in Potchefstroom, South Africa, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (PTI)
POTCHEFSTROOM (South Africa): Yashasvi Jaiswal batted like a man among boys while Kartik Tyagi reminded Pakistan of Waqar Younis' toe-crushing yorkers as defending champions India walloped their arch-rivals by 10 wickets to enter their seventh ICC U-19 World Cup final here on Tuesday.
The gulf in class between the two sides was evident as Indian bowlers choked Pakistan to a paltry 172 in 43.1 overs. Left-handed opener Jaiswal then showed his class with an unbeaten knock of 105 off 113 balls, with an equally graceful Divyansh Saxena (59 not out off 99) supporting him in a chase completed in 35.2 overs.
"It's a dream come true for me. To be able to do this for my country is a great feeling. To score a hundred against Pakistan in a World Cup semi-final is something I can't put into words," Jaiswal, who hit eight fours and four sixes, said after winning the 'Player of the Match' award.
India thus maintained their supremacy over Pakistan at the age-group and senior level in ICC tournaments -- both men and women.
The Boys in Blue have reached the summit clash in 2000 (winners), 2006 (runners-up), 2008 (winners), 2012 (winners), 2016 (runners-up) and 2018 (winners).
The current batch with key players, having already played senior representative cricket and five members with IPL deals in their bag, showed the difference in skill level and application from their opponents.
Jaiswal literally toyed with the bowling attack, hitting the Pakistani bowlers to all parts of the ground. The youngest Indian double centurion in List A cricket finished the game with a six, which also completed his hundred.
En route his hundred, pacer Abbas Afridi was effortlessly hit over deep mid-wicket for a six and then pulled the next one behind square for another six.
The Pakistan bowling attack was pedestrian at best and didn't have an answer to the drives that flowed from Yashasvi's blade. Divyansh's batting was also pleasing to the eye, playing the ball late.
"We were talking about how we needed to stick at the wicket. They bowled well initially and we wanted to ride that out and we knew we could dominate them after that," Jaiswal added.
The match as a contest was over in the first half when Pakistani batsmen had no answer to Tyagi's pace and Bishnoi's variations.
Pacer Tyagi (2/32 in 8 overs) bowled yorkers at will while leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi (2/46 in 10 overs) was a difficult proposition to read for the Pakistani batsmen after opting to bat.
Pakistan skipper Rohail Nazir (62 off 102 balls) and opener Haider Ali (56 off 77 balls) were the only ones to make significant contributions as their innings lasted 43.1 overs.
While Tyagi's scorching pace and Bishnoi's googlies were eye-catching, left-arm spinner Atharva Ankolekar (1/29 in 7 overs), left-arm seamer Sushant Mishra (3/28 in 8.1 overs) and part-time leg-spinner Yashasvi Jaiswal (1/11 in 3 overs) also kept the rival batsmen under check.
Tyagi, probably one of the fastest bowlers in India in his age category, bowled an inswinging yorker wide off the crease to uproot Irfan Khan's off-stump and then got his second wicket with an intimidating bouncer that removed tail-ender Tahir Hussain.
He literally aimed for the base of the stumps with deliveries beautifully tailing in, which must have pleased Pakistan coach Ijaz Ahmed, who has seen Waqar bowl a few during his hey days.
Tags: yashasvi jaiswal, u-19 cricket world cup, pochefstroom, kartik tyagi, divyansh saxena, boys in blue, india vs pakistan
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Fab u-turn on delay. How about one on People's Vote?
After the prime minister caved into pressure from ministers today, the chance of crashing out on March 29 is slim. The chance of getting her deal through has also shrunk. It is now highly likely that Brexit will be delayed, if not cancelled.
But any delay needs a good reason. Just kicking the can and frittering away extra time isn't good enough.
Theresa May has said again and again that she will take us out of the EU on March 29. But today she made a statement in the House of Commons that is almost certain to delay Brexit.
MPs will get another vote on her deal by March 12. If they say "no", MPs will vote on whether to quit without a deal on March 13. And if that fails, as it almost certainly will, the prime minister will propose a motion to ask the EU for extra time on March 14.
The last time she asked MPs to back her deal, she lost by 230 votes. She may do better next time. But it's hard to see her winning a majority. After all, she will no longer be able to threaten them that it is her deal or no deal. MPs will see that the real choice is her deal or delay – and playing for time will seem attractive to many.
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The prime minister only made today's commitment because as many as 20 ministers were prepared to resign to support a cross-party amendment that would have forced her to do pretty much what she set out in her statement. Her u-turn is a big victory for these ministers, led by Amber Rudd, David Gauke and Greg Clark.
But as May herself rightly says, delaying Brexit on its own doesn't solve the problem. Parliament also needs to decide what it actually wants to do and there are only three options: leave with no deal, leave with a deal or don't leave at all.
Much the best way of stopping Brexit is to ask the people whether they still want to leave. With Jeremy Corbyn backing a new referendum yesterday, there's a good chance MPs will eventually support that.
A key question in the coming weeks will be how long Brexit should be delayed. The prime minister said she would propose a "short limited" delay if she can't get her deal through. She probably has two or three months in mind. But that is clearly not long enough to hold a referendum.
So MPs must be able to ask for a longer delay. They are rightly asking for assurances that they can.
Meanwhile, the moderate ministers are now stronger in the battles ahead. They did not need to resign, so they can press their case within government. And they are operating as a cohesive team.
It's not clear what their next fight will be. But the really big one will be over whether to have a People's Vote. When the prime minister next says she will never agree to a new referendum, remember how she used to say she'd never agree to a delay.
Edited by Luke Lythgoe
Tags: Amber Rudd, Article 50 extension, David Gauke, Greg Clark, Parliament, Theresa May Categories: UK Politics
Why weaponising 'surrender' and 'betrayal' is so wro...
Johnson is whipping up emotions to prepare for an election. This isn't just cynical; much of what he says is false and he must know it.
Here are 3 ways to force Johnson to obey the law
Woe betide the PM. If he breaks the law, he will be broken. We can fight him through the courts and Parliament, and on the streets.
If Johnson breaks law, that would be the start of a coup
As crowds gather across the country to Defend our Democracy, our editor makes a heartfelt plea to the PM not to break the law.
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by Sebastian O'Meara | 06.09.2019
MPs are refusing to grant Johnson his early election and passing a law to force him to delay Brexit. Now the people must do their bit.
3 Responses to "Fab u-turn on delay. How about one on People's Vote?"
Alex Wilson says:
Still not sure if I trust her with the dates she's promised. Especially as she refused, repeatedly, to say how she and the Government would vote on a No Deal option. Seems to be part of her Russian Roulette strategy. What is needed is for Parliament to take control. Or will her pro Europe ministers be fobbed off again with promises.
It will get to a point where No Deal happens by default.
I think your opener was a rhetorical one Alex?
Theresa May has demonstrated considerable contempt and deceit to her parliamentary peers over 2 years or so.
As in real life, once we are treated by someone in such a cynical and dishonest manner, the trust is broken and cannot be repaired.
Incidentally I regard May as having an autistic personality where I fear that she cannot even understand her own behaviour to others, instead she operates on a different level of cognitive understanding of reality.
Therefore trust is a word I would never associate with the current PM.
Let's just trust in the majority of the MP's to see this process through to a satisfactory conclusion, step by step.
Jennifer Hornsby says:
You (Hugo Dixon) say "Her U-turn is a big victory for these ministers, led by Rudd, Gauke and Clark". Maybe it strikes them as a victory: superficially she's ceded ground to rebels in her Party, including these ministers. But don't the rebels know that the ceded ground is just a longer road down which she can kick the can? All they've won is prolonged uncertainty.
Boles and Letwin have indicated that they prefer May's concession to the amendments they'd intended. It's come to seem that no Tort has ever really wanted to join in on stopping the P.M. continuing to defy Parliament.


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Heli-skiing is an unforgettable and unmissable alpine experience – and the routes in New Zealand are unrivalled compared to Europe.
Did you know, the first commercial bungy jump was opened in Queenstown way back in 1988? Fast forward almost 30 years and Queenstown is still the world centre for bungy jumping. If bungy jumping is on your bucket list, you should tick it off on the original jump, the historic Kawarau Bridge bungy.
Fans of The Hobbit and Lord of The Rings Trilogies cannot miss the chance to see the actual film locations. New Zealand was used exclusively for the filming of these movies because it's beauty and untouched landscapes allowed Middle Earth to come to life, and many of the locations are just a short drive from Queenstown.
Nomad Safaris offer 'Safari of the Scenes' tours from your hotel door – and if you end the day eager for more of your favourite films, there are 2 different tour options available, so you can book in again.
Jet Boat Riding should be at the top of every high speed adventure junky's bucket list. Queenstown is world famous for Jet Boat Rides. You'll whizz down rivers, round corners and shoot through narrow rocky gorges. Skippers Canyon Jet Boat Tours is the must do jet experience in Queenstown – it's the only tour in the region where you can experience historic gold mining relics in the river and see Lord of The Rings locations.
Queenstown is a walking and hiking paradise, walking during the winter months will require you to wrap up warm, but the landscapes will be worth it.
The Fiordland and Mount Aspiring national parks are easy to reach from Queenstown, but there are also short, scenic walks that start right from the town centre. There are trails and tracks suitable for all levels of fitness, check out the the Queenstown Tourism Website for a list of reputable guiding companies. If you're feeling confident about exploring independently, there are plenty of New Zealand walking books with trails to follow.
High above Lake Wakatipu you'll find the Skyline Queenstown Luge. A chairlift serves the luge tracks taking you higher than the Skyline Gondola. With stunning views across Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkables, you will hop on a luge cart and follow one of the luge tracks down. With two unique tracks with different levels of difficulty and steepness, you will having the ride of a lifetime twisting and turning through banks, cuttings and tunnels. The Skyline Gondola is located just 1km from the Pinewood lodge.
Arrowtown is where history meets nature, with stunning walking trails and ski fields inthe winter, it is no wonder this is a tourist favourite. Gold plays a huge part in the history of Arrowtown – gold was found along the river in the 1860's and many of the buildings in the main street were built during the days of gold mining.
A lively, quirky and historic village, Arrowtown is a great day out, the Connectabus runs from Queenstown to Arrowtown daily.
White Water Rafting tends to be more of a summer activity (October – May), but you might be able to fit in a trip just before or after your instructor course. Queenstown Rafting operate tours on the must-do rivers for rafting, the Shotover and Kawarau Rivers. Both rivers are world-renowned for their fast flowing waters, obstacles and magnificent scenery. It is Kawarau River that starred as the River Anduin in the Lord of The Rings trilogy (I know, we keep mentioning them, but LOTR & NZ come hand in hand nowadays).
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In my advertising agency I work for KW Berg-Cup-Group H and once a year we publish the club magazine and created the web presence.
The problem in this composing was that normal race tracks were way too big for the small bobby cars. The driver would look way too small on such a photo. So I decided to photograph a race track for RC-Cars and created the Hockenheimring atmosphere around it digitally.
I got several backlashes so I had to rephotograph some drives and then had endless problems creating the shadows so rephotographed them as well and merged into the final image.
The idea came while I visited the paddock and saw a driver in his outfit standing next to a bobby car. By now I know that there are clubs out there doing that professionally. But only down the hill. I started shooting the RC race track in February 2009 and in March some of the drivers came into my studio. The tribunes from Hockenheimring are from several shootings there way before I started the composing. So I had to duplicate, transform and distort.


Congratulations to Tricia Kaukas of Drake Foodmarkets, who won the inaugural Claims Manager Excellence award at the WorkCover RRTW Awards ceremony on 19 September 2007. Trish took out the award from a competitive field drawn from Employer's Mutual, Crown and private self insurers.
All SISA members will be pleased to see the expertise of self insurers recognised by WorkCover in this way. Our congratulations to all members who nominated for the award and especially to the two other finalists, Shelley Mellett of Employers Mutual and Leanne Wilmshurst of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Read about all the finalists and winners in the WorkCover RRTW Awards Book. See photos of the presentation under the Photo Gallery tab.


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Q: Clarify in more detail that is a "too localized" question After I started to vote for closing questions, it seems I need more clarification on which ones must be closed as "too localized". I want to have this separate from appellation - style discussions of "why my question has been closed".
The common situations I see are similar to the following artificial examples (the problem itself is intentionally minor):
case A: Here are my two pages of crappy code to draw a blue circle. The code that do not work, the circle is black (default color)
The author states the goal to get the given piece of code running - very localized. However it may be that the author makes some wrong assumption about Graphics2D, and a developer who implements drawing red triangle might also make the same or very comparable wrong assumption. However this second developer may search for Graphics2D or maybe for red rectangles so may not find an existing solution and will probably post a duplicate.
case B: Please help me to draw a pink border for my blue circle (I do not know how to switch the colors).
This may appear equally localized but the author states the goal (switch color) that he cannot achieve without SO help. Hence the topic may be viewed as localized (just about a blue circle with a pink border) but with some work the solution can be reworked, applying it for switching into other colors for a wide group of drawing tasks. In the source code it is seen that the author uses Graphics2D that is not mentioned in the question header, and needs help on this object. This is a rather typical case about that I am not sure.
case C: How to the set pink color on Graphics2D?
or, golden dream:
case C+: How to switch colors in Graphics2D?
This form of question, and possible answers, seem good for reuse as the question directly mentions the relevant function/class/data structure/the like. However this requires more effort from the asking developer, as he needs to isolate the part of task that does not work for him and is actually already two steps from finding the answer himself.
The question is, are only the type C questions acceptable or also type B questions are acceptable? If you think case A could be acceptable in some cases, please clarify that is surely not acceptable.
There is no secret that asking a good question requires to know half of the answer.

A: If the answer is something that will only work for the person posting the question, it's too localized. If it  would possibly help more than just that person, it's not too localized.
For example, if the answer to Case A was "you have a typo in line 167 that is causing the error", its too localized.
But if the answer is "The error abc means xyz is missing, so you need to add the following line of code" then I would not consider it too-localized as that answer will help anyone who comes across the specific error, regardless if they're trying to draw a blue circle, a red triangle, or a rainbow pentagram.
(As a side note, some of your examples have other quality issues that would likely result in them getting closed as something other than too-localized) :)


Starting today 10:00am until 4:00pm - and again tomorrow, at the new location of the Boathouse in Launceston.
I won't be having a stall at this particular Niche event, as I ran out of time to organise myself - and a stressed-out-little-Sophie is not a pretty one! But rest assured fellow lovers of handmade, that if you go down to Niche today or tomorrow, you will be tickled pink with absolute delight of the work on show - why not get your mother something for Mother's Day?!
P.S. Don't forget about Share The Love Appeal!
People can be truly amazing.
Every single person has a purpose on this planet.
Nell Cook visited Africa last month, to share her love with those who need it most, in turn bringing back with her a heavy heart and the drive to do more.
After flicking through Nell's photographs on facebook, the gravity of the situation hit me hard; the faces of the children pictured are so worthy of every ounce of love possible.
I felt that I needed to do something.
This is why I have created the Share The Love Appeal on behalf of That Vintage. To read Nell's story in depth please head to the Share The Love Appeal page.
From every Pair Of Birds Brooch purchased off the That Vintage Etsy store (until 20th June 2010) $15.00US will be donated to the World Vision Australia Child Rescue cause.
We each have a voice and just one voice can be so powerful.
So She Weaves Her Magic Again.
Bec Winnel has done it again.
Click on them for a closer view!
Oh my goodness, I am so thrilled with the photographs from the shoot - I will be uploading more to the official website in the coming week, but for now, enjoy the ones above!
I just want to share with you all a little secret.
I have been moved quite considerably by a Facebook friend's adventure to Africa, apart of the Child Rescue cause with World Vision; I feel compelled to do my bit for the cause - details to come in the next few days, and yes, it will involve you... and you... oh and of course, you.
It just goes to show that a tonne of tape wrapped around an envelope, prevents theft.
The beautiful Amelie from Paris (oui mon ami, my favourite!) was the unfortunate customer who was robbed by someone along the postal lines - whether that be Australian or French, whatever nationality - the theft really bummed Amelie and myself out; some people can be so dishonest - it really is a kick in the guts for the human race.
At the end of the day, all I want is for my lovely customers to be super happy with their shopping experience; I mailed a replacement to Amelie (this time the bubble envelope was wrapped in alot of tape) and she received it... judging from the photo's above, she is in love - that's the way I like it!
Be sure to check out Amelie's beautiful blog - http://morning-by-foley.com - it is in French, but up the top right hand corner is a UK flag, click it and wella! In English!
click to see the beauty!
A tasty-teaser from the shoot by Ebony of Caught A Glimpse Photography.
The above photographs were taken by my darling sister, Ella Hill - she was snapping away whilst we were getting ready; Ella also made the most of the day by taking shots of models that weren't being used by Ebony Bejah at the time - more on all of that later! Such a fun, action packed, beautiful day - gorgeous weather, amazing locations and amazing people!
Giving The Birds A Home Amongst The Flowers.
That Vintage has a new home amongst the flowers, the leaves and all things of an exquisite nature!
The Kings Meadows Florist on Hobart Road in Launceston, is the latest home for That Vintage.
The beautiful Lauren Burt (apprentice), contacted me through facebook, with the hopes that I'd stock to them - and well, of course I said yes!
One of Lauren's stunning arrangements for Bridesmaids Posys.
Be sure to check out her blog, as I have a feeling it will soon be over flowing with beautiful inspiration, so real that you could almost smell the flowers through your computer screen!
About a week ago, I purchased a new gadget.
Yes, I know - "but what about your overseas holiday?!"
The reason I purchased this gadget, is because it will be quite useful whilst on the overseas holiday!
I purchased an iPod touch.
I have been loving it big time, have a few games installed, plus all of my music - it's great, it even has internet access - which is a huge plus, because most youth hostels overseas have wireless internet access - i.e. justifying the purchase of such a gadget!
Tech-ee TOO pouch by RogueTheory.
With such an investment, I felt it was obvious to ensure it's safety within something very cosy, snug and pretty.
I spent hours - literally, hours - on Etsy, browsing for something of the above description. That is when I came across the store RogueTheory, and let me tell you first hand, their work is of the utmost quality!
I bought the above Tech-ee TOO pouch from their store - and the photographs in the listing, clearly don't do this product justice! My iPod touch has a "gecko" skin (protective) which I thought would make it harder to put into such a pouch, but nope... no hassle whatsoever - snug as a bug in a rug - as they say!
Some say a change is as good as a holiday.
So I'm going to do both.
I've changed my hair colour today.
The big holiday will be next year!
The Easter break has been and gone - for me it was productive on some days, majorly lazy on the others! But in the end, I only consumed three Chocolate Eggs and almost my weight in Monk Pear Tea! Hope you all had a delightful Easter break - now get back to work!
The gorgeous Rebecca (who is one of the models for the next photoshoot and a good friend of mine) has had the Overseas Holiday idea pitched to her - and drum roll please... Rebecca is in!
I really could not think of a better travel partner - we spent last night on Facebook, chatting about where we would like to go in a four week time frame, how we would get around, looking at hostels and working out how much coin we would need to save.
Rebecca's heritage is Polish - perfect huh? I probably wouldn't think to go to Poland on my own accord, but heck, we are certainly whacking Warsaw on the list of places to visit! Also on the list is London, Paris, Berlin, Athens and of course, Warsaw.
The World On A Stick.
My little sister is setting off on a cruise ship in November, travellin' the seas with her boyfriend and his family, then they are stopping in London and leaving the rest to be unfolded as natural as possible. Little sister is so lucky! My parents dropped the idea of meeting up with them in London next January... it has been playing on my mind ever since.
Last night I dreamt of London, Paris and Athens... soaking up as much inspiration as possible. I think this will really happen this time. And I think I need to take a friend with me, what's an experience not shared?!
please let me know if you know the source of this beautiful image.
I think it is sad when you can not trust services anymore.
If I could, I would hand deliver every single package purchased by my lovely customers online.
At this time of year, reflecting on relationships with people, faith and more - it is even more disheartening to know that someone out there is about to slip their untrustworthy fingers into something that doesn't belong to them, consequently breaking the heart of someone who was waiting ever so patiently to experience the joy of receiving a handmade gift.


Committee members from ACPTMD were invited to the 25th Anniversary of NVOF (Association of Dutch Orofacial Physiotherapists) on 25th April 2015. The main speaker was Susan Olivo, BScPT, MScPT, PhD, a research physiotherapist from the University of Alberta in Canada. She discussed the links between the cervical spine and craniofacial pain and investigated the relationship between cervical spine dysfunction and TMD. She also discussed the effectiveness of physical therapy interventions for TMD based on a systematic review and meta-analysis.


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Q: How to build scalable email communication system as part of Application development? We are developing enterprise application that is hosted in Microsoft Azure cloud platform. When we have a deal with any enterprise company, they buy licences for relatively high amount of users. (min 5K employee per our customer)
Our application is often needing to send an email to certain population of a customer.
As the number of customer(tenant) we have shall grow over time, number of emails that our system supposed to send shall increase gradually.
The current solution we have has started to hit some limit since we are using one of email providers (such as Gmail, office365) SMTP servers to distribute the emails to our clients. Since those provider has some limitation interms of number of sent emails per day, we started to hit the limit recently. To overcome this issue we started to send the emails through different email account.
Obviously creating new email account is not a good solution.
What we want is to have centric email system which will serve to all our tenants without any issue. The potential solution should also be ready for scale-out scenario when we need to send a million email if we have million end-user across all tenants, we should not need to change the code, instead, we can just increase instance of email system app.
I believe the application like Facebook or twitter is keep sending more than 1M email a day. How do you think they are managing these amount of email communication ? Is there any article that I can learn something from when we are building this system. Or any approach you can suggest.
Thanks in advance.
P.S : Hopefully I am writing this question to correct StackOverFlow community.

A: Apart from the issue of sending large number of emails, another thing you would need to worry about is sending emails that don't get blocked by recipient's mail servers (this normally happens when you host your mail servers in the cloud).
I would recommend looking into SendGrid. They have special plans for Azure and AFAIK there's no limit on the number of emails sent out daily (you just pick a plan based on your email requirements). You can learn more about them here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/marketplace/partners/sendgrid/sendgrid-azure/.

A: SendGrid is a great option and I have used it before to send millions of emails. There are other options as well like Mandrill, Mailgun, Amazon SES, etc.
Depends a little bit on what sort of features you want. Some can help processing inbound emails as well. Some have tools to template outbound emails or do A/B testing, track click & open rates, etc
This website lists several options but SendGrid is probably the leader.
http://alternativeto.net/software/sendgrid/

A: If your intention is to develop your own email solution. I would initially advise to sign up to an email provider - such as Sendgrid / Amazon SES - Simply because it gets you running very quickly, with a few lines of code.
Once that is running and working as expected, you could start to develop your own solution, based on what you learn from using that service.
At that point you can slowly migrate users away from the email service and onto your own solution.
It isn't difficult to build a solution to send a million emails (well...) What is difficult is ensuring that your mail is delivered to an inbox. If there was an easy way to do this, spammers would be doing it already.
So while you can use DKIM etc to provide extra verification the thing that you won't have, that you primarily rely on bulk providers for is their reputation as being a bulk provider.
This is how facebook et al. Manage to run their own services, because they are trusted by blacklisting companies, and not too many people flag their messages as spam.
Have a gradual ramp up, pay very close attention to rebounds (ensuring you don't send to those addresses again) personalise the message with the name of the user. Use multiple ip addresses to send from.
Ultimately, configuring your own bulk email service is hard and time consuming. To the extent that you could very quickly need a permanent member of staff keeping the whole thing running smoothly (and keeping you off blacklists)
Save yourself a lot of headache and pay someone who's business it is to do this stuff well.


On Wednesday 27 June 2018, the Minister of Education announced (external link) that the Government will invest $31.7 million a year to help maintain the quality of tertiary education, and provided an update on the first four months of Fees-Free tertiary education and training.
The Minister and Associate Minister of Education, Hon Tracey Martin have announced (external link) the establishment of a fund of up to $1 million in 2018/19 for providers of computers in homes programmes.
The paper considered by Cabinet's Social Wellbeing Committee when making these decisions is available below. The paper provides detail on why and how these education initiatives will be funded.
The paper also provides an update on the first four months of Fees-Free tertiary education and training. More information about Fees-Free tertiary education and training is available at www.feesfree.govt.nz (external link) .
On Thursday 28 June 2018, the Minister of Education announced (external link) increases to a number of funding rates for tertiary education programmes at qualification levels 1 and 2. The papers considered by the Minister when making these decisions are available below.


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Azerbaijan begins commercial gas deliveries to Europe - Energy Ministry
BAKU- The Energy Ministry of Azerbaijan has announced the beginning of commercial gas deliveries via the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP).
"Azerbaijan has begun commercial gas deliveries to Europe via the TAP, realizing the strategic goal of implementing the Southern Gas Corridor," the ministry said in a statement.
The transport of natural gas to Europe will strengthen the energy security of our country by diversifying the supply markets and of consumer countries by diversifying the sources and routes.
Out of more than 10 billion cubic meters of gas annually to be supplied to European countries in 25 years, 8 billion cubic meters will be exported to Italy, while 2 billion cubic meters equally to Greece and Bulgaria, and the rest to the surrounding markets.
Meanwhile consumers in Italy, Greece, and Bulgaria have begun receiving gas from Azerbaijan on December 31, the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) said in a statement.
"For the first time in history, Azerbaijan's natural gas reached the European market through a direct pipeline connection. Following the start of commercial operations on November 15, 2020, today the first gas has reached Italy, via the Melendugno interconnection point with SNAM Rete Gas (SRG), as well as Greece and Bulgaria, via the Nea Mesimvria interconnection point with DESFA," the statement said.
Direct access to the European gas market will allow Azerbaijan to diversify its exports, the company said.
"Seven years ago, we made the final investment decision together with our partners. We embarked on this journey by signing 25-year gas sales agreements with European gas distribution companies. The construction of three interconnected gas pipelines across continents with a total length of 3,500 kilometers was a highly complex endeavor. Back then, some were skeptical about this project. Now the mission is accomplished - Azerbaijan's natural gas has arrived to Europe," SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev was quoted as saying in the statement.
Abdullayev said that Azerbaijani gas was a new source of gas supply to Europe via an alternative route, thus, "it will contribute to European energy security. We anticipate a growing demand for additional gas volumes on the European market due to the constant local production decline. Our gas will fill this gap for decades to come," he said.
"The second phase of the market test enabling the future expansion of TAP, doubling the pipeline's capacity to 20 bcm per year, will be launched in summer," the statement said.
The Energy Ministry of Azerbaijan earlier announced the start of commercial Azerbaijani gas supplies to Europe as of December 31, 2020.
The pipeline is designed to transport natural gas from the Shah Deniz field through the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) as part of Stage 2 of its development. The pipeline makes it possible to double throughput capacity to 20 bcm per year. (Interfax)


For more than a century, day trippers and out-of-town guests have enjoyed spending the holidays in Yellowstone—an experience like no other. Park staff are on duty and ready to help visitors have a memorable experience.
From festive dinners to candlelight services, here's your guide to holiday events in Yellowstone.
Visitor Centers at Mammoth Hot Springs and Old Faithful are open on Christmas Day and throughout the holiday season. Visitors can stop in, share their experiences or questions with a ranger, learn more about Yellowstone in winter, and participate in ranger-led tours, talks, and programs.
Candlelight Services: Two Christmas Eve candlelight services are held every year in the Mammoth Chapel. It was built in 1912-13 to give the Army soldiers, who protected the park, and their families, a place to worship. It continues to be a place that welcomes park employees, visitors, and area residents to participate in one of the oldest annual traditions in the park.
Tree Lighting: On Officer's Row, a giant evergreen tree is lit for the holidays, a festive tradition going back more than a century.
Holiday Dinner: Bring a hearty appetite to the Old Faithful Snow Lodge and enjoy a special holiday dinner on December 25 or December 31. Afterwards, sing holiday carols and enjoy live piano music.
Christmas at Lamar: The Yellowstone Forever Institute offers a holiday retreat each year at the Lamar Buffalo Ranch. Participants spend Christmas relaxing with kindred spirits, searching for wildlife such as wolves, elk, and bison, and taking snowshoe rambles through the snowy wonderland that is the Lamar Valley. The program includes instruction by a Yellowstone Forever Institute instructor and the main dish for a potluck dinner on Christmas Day.
Ring in the New Year at Old Faithful: Yellowstone offers an alternative to the usual raucous New Year's Eve party blow-out. A blow-out of a different kind happens in the park, as visitors watch Old Faithful's first eruption of the new year—a longtime holiday tradition. Employees and guests at Old Faithful head out to the geyser viewing area shortly after midnight to be among the few to share this special moment.
New Year's Wildlife Watching: Visitors can close the old year and start the new one at the Lamar Buffalo Ranch with the Yellowstone Forever Institute. On this winter retreat, participants will search for wildlife on daily outings with an Institute instructor in the park's remote northeast corner. The program ends on New Year's Eve, but all are welcome to stay and ring in the New Year in the heart of Yellowstone.


When you come to Richmond, you are choosing to enter a small community that will open up your world to a vast network of other global communities – all here in London. Your first year, especially your first few months, will be exciting and challenging, at times confusing and scary, but overall learning will occur at an incredible pace.
Richmond's faculty and student affairs staff and student peer mentors are here to help facilitate this learning and the transitional period students go through in their first year. Whether you have lived and studied in a number of different countries or this is the first time you have studied abroad, whether you come to us with many transfer credits or none, we recognize the importance of your "First Year Experience". We have designed a program to help all new students adjust successfully to the academic, social and cultural demands of university life. You will work closely with faculty in the First Year Seminars and other students, called Peer Mentors, involved in our Student Leadership Program where you will gain knowledge and develop transferable skills that will serve you well in your future.
Most new students live on or close to the beautiful Richmond campus in their first year. This enables our first year students to build networks easily, find their feet and enjoy the tranquil open spaces of the area while getting used to the new environment. Although students inevitably explore central London on their own, many activities are organized through the classes and the available clubs. Students have the opportunity to get involved in various kinds of community service and experiential learning activities. London is a stimulating and diverse city that is a rich academic and cultural resource for whichever major degree program chosen. Students also have the opportunity to visit other parts of Britain and the European continent.
New Student Orientation : This takes place the first week in September before classes begin. It is an important time for all new students to meet other students and the faculty, to register for classes and to get a good head start to life at Richmond – and to London in general.
Academic Advising : Each new student is set up with a specially trained faculty member who serves as the academic adviser.
Academic Advising is specifically designed to help Richmond students plan and develop their academic path from undergraduate entry through to graduation.
The full-time Coordinator of Academic Advising will be joining Richmond over the course of the Fall 2017 semester, and will be located in Registry Services, but will work closely with Admissions, Student Affairs, and Faculty advisors. As the Coordinator will not be in place during the Fall 2017 Orientation period, the Head of Registry Services (Ms Stephanie Parr) and the Vice-Provost for Academic Affairs (Dr Clare Loughlin-Chow) will be available to help new students. They will introduce undergraduates to the requirements of the Liberal Arts Core curriculum and the student's programme of study, and assist with their first course selection.
In Fall 2017, new students will be assigned to an advisor in the School of Liberal Arts. They will help to develop an academic plan for any student who has not decided on a major, review students' academic progress, help them to choose courses for the following semester (during priority registration), and assist them to plan their initial study progress.
General advice on University policies and procedures related to student progression is normally available from the Coordinator of Academic Advising, from Registry Services, or from the Vice-Provost for Academic Affairs.
Students may at any point in their academic progression request an advising meeting with a subject specialist via the Associate Dean of the Academic School or via the Head of Department.
At the end of your first year (or earlier if you have been admitted with large amounts of transfer credit), you will be transferred from a faculty advisor from within the School of Liberal Arts to an advisor from your major (where possible). Your faculty advisor also offers more specialist subject-related advising.
Your academic advisor can offer you expert guidance in choosing your courses each semester and can make suggestions that will enhance your educational experience, such as the possibility of completing a minor, or attending a semester at Richmond's Italian study centres. Richmond advisers also help their students decide on Internships and post-graduate studies.
Your advisor can tell you more about academic policies and procedures, building upon the information in the University Catalogue. Please be aware that you are subject to the regulations in place and published in the Catalogue at the time of your admission to the university.
Please consult the Student Guide to Academic Advising for detailed information.
Opportunities for student leadership are numerous at Richmond and they are among the best ways to get involved so that each student feels that s/he is making a difference. First year students benefit from the various activities outlined below. Many students go on to fulfill the numerous leadership positions that become available. Developing leadership skills is essential in our highly competitive global world and Richmond is an ideal place to start due to its diverse, multinational student body. Many of the University's student services are run by Richmond's students.
Peer Mentors for the First Year Seminars – students assist with the running of New Student Orientation and work alongside faculty in the Wednesday afternoon sessions of the first year seminars.
Student Ambassadors – tour guides, hosts and general good will ambassadors to welcome new and prospective students.
Resident Advisors – live-in staff who provide support to residential students and help foster an environment of living and learning outside the classroom.
Club Leaders – organizers, facilitators and event planners who run student groups based on student interest.
Peer Tutors – faculty nominated students who tutor students needing help in particular academic areas.
Contact the Student Affairs Department for more information.
During the semester, students participate in special workshops related to their majors where they meet other students alumni and get Careers Advice. Opportunities for community service and experiential learning activities as well as planning for future internship placements are provided. Students are encouraged to make a difference and develop their leadership skills by applying for one of the various positions available in the Student Leadership Program.


Heat oil in saucepot; whisk in flour and cook over medium-low heat for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add seasoning and whisk to blend.
Slowly whisk in broth and tomato sauce; simmer over medium-low heat for 10 minutes or until sauce has thickened. Cover and chill to hold.
2 cups enchilada sauce and thawed chicken. Mix thoroughly.
To assemble enchiladas: Place 3� ounces chicken filling down center of each tortilla. Roll closed and place seam side down on sheet pan lined with baking paper. Cover and chill below 40�F to hold.
To assemble single serving: Arrange 2 enchiladas in microwaveable container; pour � cup enchilada sauce over center of enchiladas and top with 1 ounce cheese.
Heat in microwave for 60 to 90 seconds or in oven at 350until internal temperature of chicken reaches 140�F for 15 seconds.
Garnish each serving with � ounce lettuce, 3 radish slices, and 1 cilantro sprig.
This is simple. You can also do a green sauce with swiss cheese and top with sour cream for enchiladas verde.


Northbrook police and firefighter/paramedics responded to the Metra Northbrook train station,1401 Shermer Road on the Milwaukee District/North Line, about 1:45 p.m. Thursday to a report of an injured Commonwealth Edison employee.
The man was transported to Level I Trauma Center Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. No word available whether the injuries were life threatening.
Several ComEd trucks were also on the scene.
A ComEd worker was killed Tuesday in Crystal Lake after he was reported to have been struck by equipment or another object while he was working on a project that was replacing utility poles at the intersection of Crystal Lake Avenue and East Street in Crystal Lake.


10/23/17 – A Beaver Dam woman accused of casting a ballot last November even though she was on probation made her initial appearance in court Monday. Breana Brock is charged with felony Election Fraud – Voting By a Disqualified Person. Prosecutors say the 19-year-old was convicted of felony Possession of Narcotic Drugs in July of last year, losing her ability to vote until her civil rights are restored with the successful completion of probation which would have been July of this year. Brock told investigators that she did not realize until after the election that she could not vote as a convicted felon. She said she never actually went to court and did not understand the Plea Questionnaire/ Waiver of Rights document her attorney gave her to sign. If convicted, the charge carries a maximum sentence of three-and-a-half years in prison. A signature bond was set at $1000 dollars Monday and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for December 14.


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The results and conclusions obtained from the research study have revealed how the competencies of deaf students differ according to their culture, family, and school environment.
I will always be thankful for the amazing opportunity I had to take an American Sign Language class at my high school and how it opened up a whole new world for me in so many unexpected, yet brilliant ways.
Both communities do not interact socially with each other and remain in their own boundary lines. Who uses it? To support their movement of acknowledging them as a cultural group, deaf language essay on american sign language supported their cause uniting them. Deafness, in fact, is not a disability and societies should treat sample cover letter work from home just like any other social group.
Unlike us, this group of people use sign language to communicate with others. This form of communication is called Sign Language. Many people my age have been affected by American Sign Language and have improved in several aspects of their lives.
The reason for developing this language is to support deaf people as they have different cultures separate from hearing people culture. Humphries, Use of Hands and Facial Expressions in Deaf Language Hands are mainly used in sign language to express views with plain colored clothes regarded as the best background to convey meaning.
Term paper on civil engineering have been expanding that remarkable knowledge of learning and interaction through visual communication. I ended up narrowing my search down to three different web sites because I thought all three of them together really brought together the whole concept well. The main feature of deaf culture is their language that distinguishes them from other hearing persons.
For example, the sign language used in America is known as American Sign Language. Where was it created? The Role of Speech in Language. It helped me speak and interact with the other kids a lot easier!
Although there are several kinds of sign languages, ASL is controversial because it is indigenous to the area like Navajo The Effect of Musculoskeletal Disorders on Sign Language Interpreters words - 4 pages American Sign Language Interpreter is a job that is currently in very high demand. Since ASL is seen as an authentic and definite language it has many variations just essay on american sign language other languages do such as French and Spanish.
For those with a limited curriculum vitae chile modelo 2019 of deaf culture or American Sign Language ASLfingerspelling may be a foreign concept.
Lane, It is pertinent to highlight that movement of accepting deaf as a separate cultural group and not disabled persons has become a part of human rights movement. Hearing culture and deaf cultures, therefore, belong to different worlds. He rationalized that if the sign language is truly and simply iconic or visual, then people without hearing problems essay on american sign language be able to understand the language.
For the purpose of this paper… Words - Pages 9 Essay about Syllabus: No one form of sign language is universal. Conclusion Essay on summer vacation in punjabi language have been made in the paper to describe deaf culture and deaf language. Now parents are teaching their babies to learn ASL. Deaf people mostly are regarded as individuals who cannot hear due to their lacking auditory capability.
MIT Press [ pp. Humphries, Sign language has strongly supported deaf communities, uniting them, understanding each other, and communicating six word memoir essay best possible way.
Lane, Harlan; Grosjean, Francois eds. Retrieved February 20,from http: Deaf Communities The term deafness is used to describe people having inability to hear. Deaf Community vs. Deafhood is a word that was coined by the author of Understanding Deaf Culture: In other words, their culture is different from others and distinctive from the cultural values exhibited by the hearing people.
It was America's first and only universal language.
Deaf people are different from other peoples of society forming cover letter sample for postal clerk social groups, speak own language, mostly attend different universities, have own magazines, and special sports events including Olympics. Unlike spoken languages where there is just one serial stream of phonemes, sign language can have multiple things happening at the same time.
I have climbed out of my depression and have helped other students find the joy of American Sign Language and its importance in socially challenged students. It has a topic sentence comment structure as oppose to the Subject-Object-Verb structure of English. Just what, if anything, would be lost if the world lost sign language?
The study of language and linguistic behavior as influenced by social and cultural factors. Erlbaum, [ pp. We use a variation of sign language each day, for example our body language or hand gestures. The article explicitly describes the changes up till and the changes after this Sign Language Teacher words - 3 pages accomplish my goal.
Different cultures and languages will typically have their own version of sign language so signs are not always universal, just like gestures are not universal. Deaf culture has high limitations as deaf people are mostly ignorant of their cultural heritage and different other social events. It includes basic rules of linguistics, grammar, and different other necessary requirements of a quality language.
Many deaf a short essay on pollution in kannada face serious problems in the ordinary life, like visiting a doctor, getting medical treatments, interacting with lawyers, engineers, insurance companies etc.
Teaching British Sign Language to mentally disabled children helped not only their Similar Essays American Sign Language Essay words - 3 pages Sign language is perhaps one of the most complex and interesting languages out there. Markowicz, The aforementioned arguments and justifications of Markowicz may be further proven by looking into other research studies, discussions, or transcripts concerning the sign language.
It is very complex and very visual.
Many deaf persons face serious problems in the ordinary life, like visiting a doctor, getting medical treatments, interacting with lawyers, engineers, insurance companies etc.
Throughout the world, distinctive yet exclusive language has been developed for the deaf people to become a part of common culture.
One, specifically, was the teaching of British Sign Language. Pettito, This rationalization supports Markowicz assumptions that a child will not be able to fully understand the concept of milk, unless he is exposed to the nature or processes behind the word. Restatement of Thesis: However, in sign language hand movement is not the sole way of expressing rather entire movements of body as well as face essay on american sign language involved.
This work was supported in part by the U. Because there were so many people that were deaf living there, it was extremely common for all people, deaf and Other Popular Essays. The cover letter sample for postal clerk way of communication is sign language with American Sign Language considered as a fully functional language meeting all criteria of a true language; however, there are also other sign languages in the world.
They are interested in explaining why we speak differently in different social contexts, and they are concerned with identifying the phd thesis on e waste management functions of language and the ways it is used to convey social meaning.
I have seen it. It is pertinent to mention that deaf people in different countries have different sign languages with standards and rules established as per their own areas. By definition American Sign Language does not fit that description because, it is only used in America. However, American Sign Language is considered as one of the most acceptable, comprehensive, with complete grammatical terms and the easiest of all sign languages in the world.
For supporting deaf community, it is ethical for hearing people to embrace deaf culture and accept them as a normal linguistic as well as cultural community. Moreover, this particular research study proves that the sign language is not word-based since deaf students who read texts do not express the ideas from the book through the exact words or sentences in the text, but through various concepts or whole ideas gained from reading them.
For early man to communicate B: Deaf people have low access to information and education compared with other hearing people. In fact, there is a big difference between the two, which may seem to mean the same thing, but they are actually not that close to each other in what they mean.
Though not all have been successful, there were some that stood out from the rest. The necessity for intercommunication between Indian tribes having different vocal speech developed gesture essay on summer vacation in punjabi language or sign language Clark; pg. Yet for deaf people, with no other way of phd thesis on e waste management available, critical look at literature review language is an effective way of communicating especially with other deaf people.
Similar to other groups, deaf community also has a feeling of self-respect or self-esteem. Deaf people consider literature review of an apa style introduction section a minority group and not as individuals having disabilities.
Deafness is a cultural and social phenomenon existing in every country and society of the world. It began simply with the American Sign Language alphabet when a short, round woman came to my class on Diversity Essay on summer vacation in punjabi language to teach hospital administration a problem solving approach a few basics.
However, the future of an individual who is Deaf has become much brighter due to the development of American Essay on summer vacation in punjabi language Language. Deaf children generally did not attend schools. However, evidence suggests that there were schools for deaf children in the 17th and 18th centuries but they did not meet all the requirements, and a dire need initiated to develop a modern language through which deaf people can easily communicate especially with other deaf persons forming a community in which everybody understand others.
The American Sign Language shares very little with English and should not hospital administration a problem solving approach considered a broken or gestural form of English. I have loved this new discovery and am incredibly thankful that I found my passion and happiness in my life.
Padden, Similar to any other cultural or linguistic group, deaf people share common values and communicate in their own sign language.
Deaf communities belong to a culture in which different social and linguistic aspects are exhibited in comparison with people belonging to hearing cultures. Studies have shown that most of the deaf children are born in families having hospital administration a problem solving approach parents. This was wonderful! When we are trying to explain something or imply how we feel we move and have expressions.
Deaf language, therefore, is playing a vital role in formation and support of deaf culture uniting deaf people in one community. Due to common language, communication, and a separate culture, deaf people prefer spending time with other, marrying their own kind, and choosing their own kinds as mate or friend.
They have different beliefs, norms, and attitudes. How different would my experience of the world be if I communicated via American Sign Language instead of English? Nonetheless it is a complete linguistical natural language used by thousands of people. How and where do they learn? The second language of deaf people is English with sign language as the essay on american sign language one.
According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, there could be anywhere between 5 million to 40 million deaf people in the world. It is pertinent to mention that deafness is more than just a medical condition, rather it is a way of life with own language, traditions, behavior, and overall distinctive culture. Because of this, many schools, essay on american sign language, and universities teach the language to their students.
This approach was later on replaced by modern views that require developing communication abilities in infants long before they are able to speak. However, due to a general attitude, deaf people are isolated and have formed minority groups living in their own culture, speaking their own language, communicating through their own way.
It has been used since the beginning of mankind. Voices from a Culture, Harvard University Press. Have you ever wondered what people are saying when they are talking with their hands?


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Home BS The Profiling Project vs. Homicide Victim Seth Rich: Criminal Profiling BS
The Profiling Project vs. Homicide Victim Seth Rich: Criminal Profiling BS
I don't know who murdered Seth Rich, and neither does The Profiling Project.
There is probably no other subject in criminal justice/criminal investigation that is plagued by so much bullshido as what is commonly called "Criminal Profiling". You've probably seen the series, Criminal Minds or the movie Silence of the Lambs I'll be generous to this investigative tool by saying that it can provide investigative leads in a small number of homicides that an investigator would find useful. However your average criminal investigator would much prefer a partial fingerprint, or some DNA, or something, anything less abstract. There are a whole bunch of people out there doing criminal profiling, and often rather badly. My article below concerns one such group called the Profiling Project that was created to investigate the murder of Seth Rich.
If you want to see a much better effort carried out by volunteers read Citizen Sleuths about the DB Cooper case. I'm not going to talk about the general problems with "criminal profiling" but if you are interested please read Malcom Gladwell's critique on the subject which mentions a British Home Office study of profiling in England from the 1990s which found that in only 5 of 184 crimes in which profiling was used, did it lead to the arrest of a suspect. (That's 2.7%!) Now onward to the Profiling Project.
Conspiracy theorist media outlets like InfoWars have been furiously pushing the idea that Seth Rich was assassinated for leaking DNC documents
The Profiling Project Does a Disservice to Seth Rich's Family
I don't know who murdered Seth Rich, and neither does the Profiling Project. They're a group of current and former George Washington University students who just published a report claiming "Seth's death was more likely committed by a hired killer or serial murderer".
Seth was an employee of the Democratic National Committee. He was shot to death early one morning on July 10, 2016 at the 2100 block of Flagler Place in North West Washington D.C. After he died, he was rumored to have leaked DNC emails to Wikileaks. No reliable evidence was ever produced to support the resulting conspiracy theories, but it did have the effect of politicizing his death.
The Profiling Project's report can be found here. It is an overtly simplistic, redundant, poorly edited report that would be rejected by any competent police department. (1) It attempts to profile Seth Rich and provide a Victimology section without admittedly having conducted "direct interviews with family and friends to the victim" They instead based their knowledge of him almost totally on his online presence. I suppose I should thank them for not disturbing his family, but they have inadequate information in their report with which to justify conclusions such as Seth "appears to have few close friends" and "he did seem to be a heavy drinker".
The profile has multiple references to media accounts of this homicide but the authors admittedly had no access to police crime scene photography, the autopsy report, or any of the police reports describing the crime scene. (2) All they have is MPD Public Incident Report that says "the decedent was lying in the Southwest corner of the intersection of W. St. and Flagler PL. NW. The decedent was conscious and breathing with apparent gunshot wound(s) to the back." Unfortunately the Profiling Project did not attach a copy of this report to their lengthy report, but they also quote it as saying the weapon involved was a "handgun".
Then the Profiling Project's report states on page 10: "It has been reported (cite) that no bullet casings were found." The writer of this section of the report did not include the citation for their source of this important piece of evidence and their editor, presuming someone edited this document, didn't catch that they had not included this citation. (The source might be from Fox 5 DC) The Project's report then states "The crime scene was very organized to the point of being sanitized." As if a city intersection could be "sanitized".
I still don't know whether the police recovered a casing at the scene, but assume that Rich's parents were correct, and accurately quoted, that a casing or casings were not recovered.. The police may have simply not found the casing that was fired, especially because this was an outdoor crime scene. Handgun casings are small, and round, and often roll around. Similarly had a revolver been used, it would have not left casings on the ground. The Project also discusses the possibility that a revolver was used but believes that this is unlikely because in a previous study revolvers were used in only 12% of D.C. crimes, (See Appendix C of the report) It is unclear from the text of the Project report, how Vincent Di Maio obtained this information for his 1999 book on gunshot wounds. The report's assumption that the killer picked up their casing(s) is presently unproven, but the profile accepts it as fact and piles some more assumptions on top of it.
The Profiling Project then goes on to state: "The crime scene was very organized to the point of being sanitized. This would indicate careful planning on the part of the offender, control of the entry to, and exit from, the crime scene as well as in-depth understanding of law-enforcement investigative processes." Once again the Project leaps to conclusions that are unsupported by the evidence. They have very little information about the condition of the victim's body but they reach other conclusions such as "Offender did not display excessive emotion at the crime scene, did not appear to act from hate, anger, fear, gain, jealousy or revenge, all motivations for murder."
The report selectively decides which media accounts to believe. For example Fox 5 DC reports that at the time of Seth's death there were armed robberies occurring in this neighborhood and half a block away there was a robbery "hot spot" next to a construction site. The Project doesn't like the robbery theory, because there are media reports that Seth's valuables were not taken. However is quite plausible that Seth kept his possessions because he resisted a robbery and was then shot as a result. Fox news claims that Seth's mother told them that her son fought with his assailant(s) Now it's unknown who told her this or whether there were defensive wounds on Seth's body, but for the Project to simply say that there was no reports of defensive wounds and therefore little or no direct contact between Seth and his killers, is ignoring the mother's claim that her son fought with his assailant(s) and therefore is cherry picking the Fox news reporting that they otherwise rely upon.
The Project's report is loaded with unsupported and unwarranted assumptions. For example they take Seth's dad's assertion that Seth would have not "go outside the system" and leak DNC materials to mean that he would not have resisted an armed robber. I do not believe one can reliably repurpose this statement to draw a conclusion concerning how a person would react when faced with a robbery. There are repeated mentions in the Project's report of whether a "toxin was introduced into Seth". There is no indication why the Project decided this was a relevant and realistic concern for its report, even though it tends to dismiss such a conclusion. A professional killer appears to be being ruled out because Seth was found alive and was not killed immediately by the attack. (He died at the hospital)
I'm still trying to figure out why the writers of this report even brought up the possibility that Seth Rich was killed by a serial murderer (they don't even allege who the other victims of this killer or killers were). (3) If one is not a member of a vulnerable population, such as being a male or female sex worker, runaway, hitchhiker, or some group routinely involved with organized crime, including street gangs, one's chances of being victimized by a serial murderer are quite low.
There is at least one inadvertently omitted section in the Victimology Conclusion on page 13 that might explain their reasoning, but I think the Project may be arguing that Seth's murder required criminal sophistication, it was not a robbery, therefore whoever had killed him, had killed prior to this incident. This assumes a number of reliably established facts that don't exist in this report. It is more likely the offender or offenders escaped because they were likely no witnesses to this crime at 4:19 am in the morning. (Or alternatively no witnesses who wanted to come forward).
The report is probably correct in concluding that very few white males become murder victims and then the subject of cold case investigations in Washington D.C. each year.. If Fox hadn't reported several robberies occurring shortly before this homicide as occurring within a block of the murder (and they even interviewed a Howard student who had been robbed) this information would be more likely to support the Project's theories but facts as they say are stubborn things.
The reader should be aware that this effort was financed by GOP Lobbyist Jack Burkman. Since the Profiling Project's report has been featured on the Drudge Report and Newsweek, and The Daily Mail it may unfortunately become the basis for the public's "knowledge" of this crime. This would be a shame. This is a poorly done report that is defective on its face.
UPDATE ON 7/21/2017
Since this article was initially published, the author has located the Profiling Project's "final" initial report. While this 83 page version adds the rest of an important missing paragraph on page 13, its reasoning is quite flawed.
"In support of our assertion that the offender has killed before, and is, by the FBI definition, a serial killer, Adams & Pizarro (2014) note that multiple homicide offenders refine their criminal abilities through experience. That Offender left a sanitized crime scene is indicative of experience. The crime scene also appears to be void of emotion or attempt to hide the crime, further supporting the experienced killer premise, as multiple homicide offenders have 'a greater ability to kill multiple victims without thought or care for the consequences.' (Wright, Pratt, & Delisi, 2008)."
In my original 1,300 word critique of the PP's initial report, I explained why I thought it was a mistake to described the crime scene as sanitized. This was a deduction based on an absence of shell casings that could not be supported by what is publicly known about this case. The comments about the crime scene being "void of emotion" is contradicted by the assertion by Seth Rich's parents that Seth's watch band was torn, and that he had bruises on his hands and face. The term "void of emotion" in my opinion is psycho-babble. Finally the PP draws a conclusion that the offender or offenders did not try to hide the crime (i.e. move Seth's body) and this shows that they did not have "thought or care for the consequences".
It is much more likely that the offender, or offenders, having shot Seth Rich on a Washington street, did not feel they had the time to drag or move his body, if this thought even crossed their minds. Once again, the MPD has a gunshot locator, and assuming the offenders knew of this very public device, there would have been a strong incentive for them to leave the murder scene immediately before the police arrived, or before they were observed by a witness.
Otherwise the vast majority of the expanded report is made up of a 37 page appendix featuring the criminal records of three individuals who were arrested for robbery in Washington D.C. after Seth's murder. The report however does not adequately explain why they devote so much space to Appendix E, when on page 35, they do not describe these three individuals as having anything to do with Seth's death. Please also look closely at page 35 to read about the three individuals who are the subject of Appendix E. To see my full analysis the rest of the "final" initial report please read posts 132 and 133 here.
(1) I'm borrowing from comments made by my friend Chuck Hardin.
(2) The preferred FBI term for "profiling" is Criminal Investigative Analysis. "The effectiveness of criminal investigative analysis is limited by the accuracy, completeness, and quality of material received from the submitting agency" . . . "A thorough written and pictorial description of the crime scene through 8 inch by 10 inch color photographs and a crime scene synopsis is essential for an optimum criminal investigative analysis. . . "The autopsy report should include (if possible) toxicology and serology results, autopsy photographs, photographs of the cleansed wounds, estimated time of death, type of weapon, and suspected sequence of attack." John Douglas ,Ann Burgess, Allen Burgess, and Robert Ressler, Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes (Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 1992), pp. 310-311.
(3) The report uses the following definition of a serial murder. "The unlawful killing of two or more victims by the same offender(s) in separate events." Normally when claiming a serial murder is responsible for a particular murder, it is expected that an investigator will specify what homicides they also believe were committed by the same offender or offenders. This is not done in this report.
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