It becomes all too obvious that you need to go to the dentist when you have tooth pain or have a broken front tooth. This, however, makes dentistry matter conditionally. This means that something only matters based on specific subjective conditions and situations. Something that matters conditionally does not necessarily matter in an absolute sense. This article will explore when something matters objectively and give a defense for importance of dentistry in daily life.
Figuring out what matters involves a rational judgement. What matters in an objective sense has absolute worth to all whom can recognize value while subjective worth is only recognizable to relevant subjects. Many think they recognize value in a dark painting or a mellow song. So-called meaning is ineffable; we cannot put words to how we feel. Ineffable content may seem meaningful to an agent, but if she cannot describe how she feels then she cannot make an evaluative judgement of such content. Thus, we cannot recognize how much a thing is worth and, hence, cannot explain why it matters. Valued meaning can only be found in content that can be evaluated by formalistic reason.
Is a painting just as beautiful in black and white?
One may object by pointing out that an agent can fail to recognize the objective worth of a thing even when it has inherent worth. A child may throw away a baby tooth without understanding she can get money from the tooth fairy. It would appear the objective worth is ultimately subjective. We must however distinguish between intrinsic worth and apparent worth. A child has not learned the worth of a baby tooth and simply failed to make the rational judgement. Meaning must be understood as universal through a rational understanding to have intrinsic worth, not only apparent worth. Apparent worth can delude the non-inquisitive observer.
What constitutes objective worth is its ability to be universal to all beings that can recognize worth through a rational prescription. Those that cannot recognize intrinsic worth are not agents who are able to have objective meaning. Feelings are unique to the subjective experience but reason, as it can be quantitative, can be translated to others. It is up to the subject to use reason to recognize universal worth, not feel its apparent worth; correct reason does not delude.
Kant claimed that the only thing that has unqualified worth (objective worth in so much as nothing can be said to be worth more) is a good will. A good will is one that can be universalized to all rational agents as a necessary rule. Universality allows for recognition by other rational agents and necessity means it must be respected. A universal will conceived on a necessary rule (a law) must be recognizable to all rational agents and must be respected as long as they are rational (rational in the sense of using correct practical reason). The possibility of universal and necessary rules may be doubted but for the purpose of this article it is assumed categorical imperatives exist.
Kant uses the term transcendental to refer to the conditions that make a certain state of affairs possible. The conditions that are transcendental to a universal and necessary will are themselves universal and necessary. Otherwise, they could not create a universal or necessary will; they would create a particular and contingent rule. Transcendental criteria for a good will obtain objective worth since a good will is regarded to have objective worth.
Since a good will is said to have objective worth, it is said to really matter. This is because everyone (as long as they are rationally evaluating) can recognize the worth (universality) and must recognize as above all other (necessity). Transcendental criteria thus also have objective worth and so can be said to really matter.
Let us now discuss the dental aspects of transcendental goods (pun intended). The first is information or education necessary to make moral judgements. When it comes to making correct judgements about oral health, patients do not know what oral health is and how to achieve it. Dental professionals are important to the patient's decision making ability because they provide the necessary information to make moral judgements concerning dental needs.
While dentistry is important because they offer dental services patients could not get anywhere else, dentistry objectively matters because it provides a transcendental service to the good will. Without the field of dentistry, patients cannot make moral decisions about oral care at all since they lack the knowledge to do so.
It is important to recognize that transcendental factors do not just affect making ethical decisions concerning oral health (e.g. choosing between an implant or bridge). Dental health is deeply intertwined with daily life in general and it is daily life that ultimately matters. Teeth are important for personal relationships, employment, and nutritional health. The interplay between teeth and daily life do not only make transcendental factors important in moral decisions concerning teeth but daily life as well.
A person cannot will to seek dental care for their benefit if they are anxious about dental care. The second important reason why dentistry matters in general is its ability to remove anxiety in seeking treatment.
This is especially apparent in the treatment of children. Getting dental care when a child has an infection is just as important as when the child is getting used to going to the dentist for the first time. The child learns about the practice of going to the dentistry, without which she does not become comfortable seeking the guidance of dental professionals in oral care.
Health is transcendental for well-being. This means that maintaining health is always important for any individual will. Maybe a patient is more concerned about her upcoming wedding than her dental cleaning. If she went to her dental appointment the dentist would have caught a lurking dental infection. Since the patient thought the end goal was more important, she ended up with a big dental infection and missed her wedding anyway. Health allows us to seek our own happiness. While the end goal is what is most important, health is transcendental (makes for the possibility) for achieving that goal.
The third factor that makes dentistry matter objectively is its ability to prevent dental disease and promote oral health. Teeth are often overlooked but play important roles in communication, relationships, and daily function. Without dentistry, people miss out on health and so fail to obtain what matters to them. Dentistry matters because health is essential to what matters in daily life.
Objective meaning is a rational judgement using universal principles. A will following the categorical imperative (a universal and necessary rule) establishes its content (desire) as having objective worth. Transcendental criteria (what makes a certain state of affairs possible) for a good will are themselves universal and necessary so must also be regarded as having objective worth or meaning. Dentistry provides education, removes barrier to care, and prevents disease while maintaining health. These factors are all transcendental to making moral decisions that are worth taking. Thus, dentistry matters in some ways as it is essential to living a fulfilled life.
For dentists, it is important to recognize why we matter in general. It is not our clinical skills, it is not that we take someone's insurance, or the number of Instagram followers. Dentistry matters when it educates, removes barriers to care, and promotes health. We are essential to the moral decision making process of patients. Dentistry thus can be said to have objective worth.
Why be a Good Dentist? I explain why moral principles must be universal to receive absolute recognization and necessary to be obligatory.
Grounding of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant. Read about the foundations of the Categorical Imperative.
Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant. Check out the Kant's reasoning for transcendental idealism.


A quick update for the middle of October. I've compiled sales and new listings for the period dating October 1-15. This provides a pretty good snapshot of where we stand, although it's a relatively small data set and much can change by months end.
The Vancouver detached market rebounded slightly on a year over year basis. Both sales and new listings increased. The 96 sales so far this month, are up from 71 for the same period a year ago. However, market conditions still tend to favour the buyer, select desired and well priced homes are still selling quickly.
Condo sales increased 27% from the same period a year ago. Keep in mind this is compared to October 2016 which was heavily impacted from the shock of a foreign buyers tax. Despite this, condo sales remain well above the ten year average and upwards pressure on prices continues.
Vancouver condo Activity October 1-15.
New townhouse listings saw a huge jump compared to last October (up 53%) This is largely due to a bunch of new townhouses recently completing and hitting the market. The data set is also relatively small, so take these numbers with a grain of salt. The townhouse market remains quite hot overall.


Dr. Apichai is a clinical supervisor at Bastyr Center for Natural Health and a core faculty member in the Department of Acupuncture and East Asian Medicine at Bastyr University. He also has a private practice in Seattle. Dr. Apichai serves as an advisor for the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Sports Medicine Club.
Dr. Apichai believes the true cure is not medicine, but the healing power of nature. By correcting the diet, natural biological schedule and lifestyle, medicine serves as a guide on the road pointing to immortality.
After Dr. Apichai received his Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from Jinan University in 1992, where he also completed several medical internships and research projects. He joined the Tui Na Rehab Department at First Branch of Guangzhou TCM Hospital in 1993.
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Validation of the personal chef
Says Candy Wallace, personal chefs are not a fad, indulged in by over-monied Americans who want a week's worth of Tupperware meals in their freezers. To prove it, beginning in January, the American Personal Chef Association will award professional certification to eligible chefs through the American Culinary Federation, Inc. At the ACF's convention in Las Vegas in July, Wallace, executive director and founder of the San Diego-based APCA, signed a charter that earns official recognition from ACF of her organization's certification program. Next year, P.C.C. (personal certified chef) and P.C.E.C. (personal certified executive chef) will join the ranks of ACF's C.E.P.C. and C.M.C. as possible initials to go after a chef's name.
"By working with ACF, the personal-chef career path is validated, and that will help grow our industry a lot faster," Wallace says. Not that the personal-chef movement needs much incentive to grow, she adds.
"It's going to be enormous," Wallace predicts. "People don't have time to take care of themselves, and people who have jobs are working long hours to hang onto them. Five- and six-year-olds are getting adult-onset diabetes, because once we feed them all these stabilizers and fillers, we poison them. Then we drug them at school. By the time they're 10, they're going to glow in the dark." Indeed, says Wallace, personal chefs are in greater demand than ever, not only to assist busy families, but to bring proper nutrition into the home, benefiting both young couples with children and the elderly.
Personal-chef certification will be on the agenda of the 5th Annual Personal Chef Summit in Orlando, Fla. this month (Sept.19-21). For more info, call (800) 644-8389 or visit www.personalchef.com.
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Transcripts: Bill O'Brien Press Conference (8-14-2020)
Houston Texans Staff
"All right guys, good morning. I know this is an exciting day for all of us. We get full pads on and then we'll have media members out at practice, which is really good for you guys to be able to watch this kind of unfold in an unprecedented year. One thing I just wanted to explain a little bit to you is, relative to practices, we're still in the ramp up period here. Everybody is a little bit unique in their ramp-up schedule. It really shows you the importance of an offseason program. We didn't have the offseason program, so when everybody came back, we did a lot of sports performance testing. We did a lot of different things that gave us metrics relative to where each player was at. So, every player, from the 12-year veteran to the rookie is on a little bit of a different plan. When you guys come out to practice today, we've been going at this for a while. We just got done with Phase Three, two OTA practices. We had Phase Two before that. We had Phase One. Everybody is on a different plan. I know you guys will ask me, probably tomorrow, about some different guys that may or may not practice today. I'm not going to get into all of that with you. I just want you to kind of have an understanding of each player being in a unique situation relative to their ramp-up. With that, I'll open it up to questions."
What happens if you are around someone that tests positive for COVID-19 or if you test positive? Also, how does that apply to Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Line coach Anthony Weaver or Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks coach Tim Kelly?
"Great question. So far to start that off, we've had – knock on wood – we've had zero positive tests, which is really good. Really good. Especially here in Houston, with what's going on here in Houston. Our guys have been, to this point, very disciplined when they've left the building and done a great job. Relative to your question, if it's me, we've got a former head coach on the staff in Romeo Crennel. We've got Jack Easterby. We have a very, very good backup plan there. I don't think they'd miss me that much. Relative to defensively, we've got guys on the defensive side of the ball that are very bright – all of them. Any one of them could step in, whether it's D'Anton Lynn or any one of them. Offensively, obviously with Tim Kelly, obviously I've called plays before. You've got guys, very bright guys that have been with us for a long time. Will Lawing. T.J. Yates has played and coached in the system. Mike Devlin has been around us going on six years now. Special teams-wise, we have some really good young coaches. Will Lawing is another guy if something were to happen to Tracy (Smith). That's something that we talk about every day, but it's hard to plan for the unknown. You do have to have a plan in place, but we have some plans in place."
Does that mean Associate Head Coach Romeo Crennel would take your place on the sideline if you tested positive?
"I wouldn't commit to that right now, but obviously he would have a major role if I were to be in quarantine. Romeo Crennel, as everybody knows, is an awesome member of our staff and would have a major role in that."
If it was during the week would you coach the team from Zoom?
"I mean, we're a Zoom team. We Zoom every night at 5:45. We meet in person here – the rookies meet at 9:00, then we meet with the full squad at 9:30 and then we have meetings after that. We practice at 11:00, 11:30 and then we Zoom at night. So, yeah, we definitely would be able to Zoom, no doubt about it."
Does the season feel strange as you prepare for the first game?
"Yeah, the first thing is, it's kind of like, it is a little bit odd. I wouldn't be telling the truth if I said it wasn't odd. I mean, this is odd. I'm looking into a camera, there's your face on the screen. This in and of itself is odd. I certainly don't have a face for Zoom, I can promise you that. A lot of it is very unique. Like I said in the beginning, I think that's what I'm asking you guys to have a level of understanding, and as we go through training camp with you guys here with our ramp-up schedule for different players, that's what we're doing. We've put a lot of study and science into this thing and that's a little different. In years past, with an offseason program, we would've already been in pads for a while and things like that. Things are a little bit different, but everybody is going through the same thing and everybody's approaching it a little bit different way. This is the way we're approaching it and our team has been really good so far."
What were your conversations like with WR Kenny Stills on a possible decision about opting out? Also, do you have a timeline for when he could potentially be activated of off the Active/Non-Football Illness list?
"I think that my conversations with Kenny never involved opting out. Kenny wants to play football this year. Like a lot of young guys, especially a lot of young African American men in this country right now, they're passionate about what's going on. Kenny is definitely in that category. He's very passionate. He's very smart. He believes in the fight for racial justice and he just needed some time. He's come back here and he's in great shape. He won't be out there practicing today, but I don't think it'll be too much longer before he will be out there practicing. He's working with our strength coaches right now and again, just having not seen him for a long time before he arrived here, we're trying to get a gauge as to where he is, but he'll be out there pretty soon."
Can you talk about the competition at running back?
"Start with Duke Johnson and David Johnson, both of those guys have come back in really good shape. Both guys had good days yesterday. They're three-down backs that can help us in a lot of different areas. Those are the two main running backs, but you have other guys. You've got guys like Cullen Gillaspia that's kind of a guy that is a core special teams player but can do a lot of things from the backfield. You've got Buddy Howell, who's a core special teams guy who can do some things. Karan Higdon (Jr.) has come back in great shape and is really competing hard to try to gain a spot on the roster. Then Scottie Phillips, you've got Scottie Phillips out there, an undrafted guy who's gotten better and better every day. So in some ways it's very competitive relative to the 53. Duke and David are doing a good job, Cullen is doing a good job. It's a very good group. It's a very good room."
With many college football conferences postponing or cancelling seasons, how have you directed your personnel department to navigate this?
"We're talking about that right now. Some of the protocols are still unknown relative to when the NFL will allow scouts to travel, or if they will. College scouts – will colleges allow them into their buildings to watch film? In the case of, like, let's just say the SEC, if they're playing, can they come to practice? There's a lot of unknown there. I think one thing we're going to try to do is we're going to really try to involve them with different projects relative to college but also relative to the pro game. There's a unique opportunity for our college scouts in this whole deal to really be able to get a firm grasp on the pro game too. While they're studying the '19 season of college, the guys we feel are draft-eligible if they're not playing this year. There's a lot that can be done. Matt (Bazirgan) and I and Jack (Easterby), we're talking about that every day."
What would you like to see from QB Deshaun Watson in training camp or this year in order for him to take that next step to get to another level for your team?
"He's practicing really well. He was out there yesterday. He had a really good practice. He's got a really good grasp of our offense, how we want to run it. Timmy (Kelly) is doing a good job with him. T.J. Yates is doing a good job. I think Deshaun is really focused. He's locked in at practice and as long as he keeps doing that, he will definitely take the next step and then the next step and like he always has, be a great player for our team. There's new guys around him that he's getting used to. That's been good for him too because he's able to go out there and see what their skillset is and talk to them. His communication has been great with the team. He's working hard to get better and better every day."
How do you compare QB Deshaun Watson to his rookie year in terms of being a leader for this team?
"I think as you gain more experience in the league and you play really at a high level like he has, you gain a voice. You gain the respect of the locker room, which he has. Relative to in the building, he comes in early, he lifts early, he's watching film. He's in here, he's talking to his teammates. Even though we're divided into three locker rooms, we have a lot of the receivers and the running backs in the main locker room so they're talking after practice. Then, off the field, I don't know too much about everything that goes on with him off the field. I know that he does a great job. He's very passionate about social justice and those things. He's just a great guy. He's a good person. He cares about his teammates, he cares about the team and he's a winner. I just think he's doing a good job year in and year out of getting better at those things."
WR Will Fuller V said he spent the off season working on his posture. What have you seen from him so far that this is the year he is going to be able to stay healthy for all 16 games?
"He came back at about 190 pounds. Strong. Lower body is strong. He's confident in what he's doing. He's on a unique ramp-up schedule, too. He's doing a lot of good things and working hard and ramping up toward the season. You definitely saw how much work he put into the offseason when he showed up here. You could see the work he had put in."
With no preseason games and first-time play callers on offense and defense, how difficult and important will it be to simulate live game situations? Have you determined yet if they will be on the sidelines or up in the booth?
"I think the way we structure practice, really the way we always have – in the beginning of training camp you have a script. You're trying to get installations, making sure that you get all your plays in, your situations. You have a checklist, you have a script. You're just calling it off a script. As training camp goes on, the mode that we're in right now, there's really no script. I'll call out the situation. Anthony (Weaver) and Tim (Kelly) are on opposite sides with their units. They're substituting, they're calling the play based on what I've yelled out. It's not the same because you don't have the coaches upstairs and things like that, but they're not able to just get into a robotic read off the script. I think that is something that helped me when I was first starting out calling plays. I believe that helps them. We will definitely have a couple of scrimmages where we'll work game-type operations. We'll have coaches up in the booth. Those guys will be on the sideline. Both guys will be on the sideline. I think it's important. They both have a really good presence and it's important for their players. To me, in that instance where you've coached the player face-to-face all week and on gameday, the most important day of the week, you go upstairs and you don't have the eyeball-to-eyeball contact with the player, I just think there's something missing there. So, these guys will both be on the sideline. They're doing a good job. They're really doing a good job, both guys."
In terms of the on-field work, how would you describe the level of preparedness given the unique situation and the fact you are less than a month away from playing a live football game?
"I think it's been good. I think these guys enjoy the Zoom. That's probably a good question for them. They probably enjoy it more than I do. The Zoom is always something for me that I'm still getting used to. We have ways to teach on the Zoom. I got to give credit to our IT, our video department, Timmy Brog. We have ways to teach on the Zoom that are really good, whether it's Discord where we can show film, or it's a Kahoot program where we can test them. We've done a lot of different things on Zoom that have helped them learn. I think they like being in the comfort of their own home and learning and Zooming. We have Zoom etiquette that we talk about relative to mute and unmute and all those different things. I think it's been good because when they show up every day, they're ready to go and their assignments have been good. The rookies are a different deal. They're learning. But the guys that are veteran players, I think it's been good so far."
With the new body tracking technology, do you ever find yourself wrestling with the old-school coaching mentality at times where you throw them into more wind sprints if they're out of shape compared to now, where you're trying to keep them healthy?
"I would say, about two or three years ago, I would say yes to the fact I wouldn't even know what this number means. I don't understand what 350 means on a player load count. What does that mean? Over the last three years, with the help of Mike Eubanks, Roland Ramirez and Jack Easterby, I've learned more about it and I've understood more about it. Now, I see how it applies. I think the way it applies is we have job descriptions for everybody on the team. If you look at, let's just take the corner position. We have corners, but we have corners plus, because Keion Crossen is a gunner so he is going to do more high-speed, long distance running in practice than Bradley Roby, who is not a gunner. Or, at safety, you have A.J. Moore (Jr.), who's another really good special teams player who's going to do a lot more long-distance running, high speed running than let's just say Eric Murray at this point in time. Although Eric will play special teams too. Maybe that's not as good of a comparison. At receiver, you have guys that are running down on special teams but other guys that don't do that. You've got to take that into account. Also, the age of the player. If you have a guy that's at the age of 28, 29, 30 years old, I think it's important to understand that player load. When to track when to get them a day off or maybe just back off a little bit. We're using that a lot. I think it's helping us. We're not where we want to be. We still have some soft tissue deals that we have to deal with. I have definitely bought into it and have learned a lot from it."
What is the most creative way you've ever seen a player try to sneak a woman into the hotel?
"(Laughter) Maybe offline I can tell you a story from last training camp where we had to move on. No, I have not seen that too many times. Most of our guys are staying at home and then we have a hotel available to them if they want it. We have a great locker room. Our guys have been really good. We haven't had to deal with any of those issues."
What are some early expectations and thoughts on NT P.J. Hall?
"So, P.J. we brought in. We're taking a chance on P.J. P.J. is a guy that played at Sam Houston State, was drafted in the second round in 2018. He's got a lot of talent. He's a guy that has flashed at times in this league. He's got to get in shape. You won't see him out there today. We've got to get him in shape, lose a little bit of weight then get him on the field and see what he can do. He has shown the ability to play good football in Oakland at times, but he has to do a little bit of proving that to us. I think so far, so good. He's been working his butt off for the last couple of days. We'll keep watching him and we'll get him out there when we can."
Now that you see how much talent there is on offense, do you wish you would've continued calling plays this year? What are some things that you learned as a first-time play caller that will help you with letting Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Coach Tim Kelly do what he's supposed to do as the first-time play caller?
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La isla Young es la más septentrional y la más occidental de las tres islas principales de las deshabitadas islas Balleny, el grupo está localizado en el océano Antártico. Está a 8 km al noroeste de la isla Buckle, y a unos 115 km al nornordeste del cabo Belousov sobre el continente Antártico.

La isla Young tiene una forma semioval, con una costa oriental recta y una costa occidental curva donde se encuentra el cabo Scoresby en el sur y el cabo Ellsworth en el norte. La distancia entre estos dos cabos es de 11 km, y en su lugar más ancho la isla tiene 3,5 km. La isla es volcánica, con fumarolas activas, y una altura de 1340 metros. Está completamente cubierta por la nieve.

Existen varios pequeños islotes en el canal que separa el cabo Scoresby y la isla Buckle, el más grande de ellos es la isla Borradaile. Varios estratos de rocas se apilan en la punta norte de la isla, se conocen como las Seal Rocks.

Reclamación territorial

La isla es reclamada por Nueva Zelanda como parte de la Dependencia Ross, pero esta reclamación está sujeta a las disposiciones del Tratado Antártico.

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Located in a well established Toronto West neighbourhood, this modern renovation and addition to an existing residence, originally built in the 1920's, focuses on maintaining a balance between old and new. The exterior design of the home takes into account the prominence of neighbouring bungalows and aligns itself with their consistent scale and horizontal lines juxtaposed by an addition on the second floor, rear three-storey addition, and clearly modern interiors.
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As the city celebrates Fiesta , party-goers raise the risk of an alcohol-related crash. Meanwhile, residents and local law enforcement are keeping a more watchful eye on the road.
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Mauston High School Teacher Leah Lechleiter-Luke was seeing firsthand the difficulty of attracting teachers to her rural school district in Mauston, WI, and the strain the teacher shortages were putting on her district. She and her team endeavored to solve this problem by creating a high-school-to-teacher-prep program pipeline, increasing the number of youth from their community choosing to enter education programs after graduation.
Across Wisconsin, schools and districts struggle to attract high-quality teachers to their communities, particularly in the most rural districts. Leah and her team believed a high-impact strategy for addressing this issue was to start encouraging individuals much sooner in life–while still in high school–to consider teaching as a profession.
This Teach to Lead team created a "grow your own" teacher preparation program in their rural Wisconsin community. High school students are connected with education majors, invited to participate in professional development days over the summer, and taken on site visits to suburban, urban, and rural school districts. Most significantly, the team built a successful partnership with an in-state university's teacher preparation program, developing a pathway for those who choose education as a profession to return to their community to teach after college graduation.
Leah and her team have made significant progress on their teacher preparation pipeline, including establishing a local chapter of Educators Rising in January 2016, and connecting with local organizations who may be willing to offer scholarships to students who commit to returning to the district to teach after college. The team has also partnered with ETS to establish Mauston High School as a Praxis Core testing site–minimizing yet another barrier to teacher certification.
Leah learned the importance of engaging stakeholders in all steps of the process, evidenced by the partnership between their rural school district and a neighboring urban district, providing more opportunities for school visits for potential future educators. Their work is gaining attention and has been featured in the local paper!
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Frank Mba: How police tracked arms syndicate to Burkina Faso and recovered ammunition
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Frank Mba, spokesperson of the police, has revealed how security agencies tracked a criminal syndicate from Nigeria to Burkina Faso and recovered thousands of AK-47 ammunition.
Mba, while speaking on Thursday when he featured as a guest on 'Good Morning Nigeria', a programme on the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), said the police worked with other international agencies to apprehend the criminal syndicate.
According to him, the stretch of Nigeria's borders are hotspots and offers easy passage for arms dealers.
But he said the police are working towards dismantling such criminal operations.
"We've identified the hotspots for arms trafficking in Nigeria, and the hotspots are majorly the border areas. Today, these border areas are receiving a lot of attention from our men," he said.
"We've also come to understand very clearly the international dimensions of arms trafficking, and that's why we are focusing on identifying, investigating and dismantling international arms smuggling syndicates.
"We have done that successfully from 2019 till now; in fact, for one of the syndicates, we tracked all the way from Saki in Oyo state through to Benin Republic, followed their route up to Burkina Faso, and picked up every single person involved.
"We worked with INTERPOL, we worked with WAPOL, and from that particular syndicate, we recovered up to 6,000 rounds of AK-47 ammunition."
Mba added that the force is also working towards apprehending persons involved in the manufacturing and export of small arms from Nigeria to neighbouring countries.
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The meeting room is the first space researchers and subjects see when they enter the Cornell MRI facility. The area has a computer, large conference table, white board, and television. The television and computer have video conferencing software, enabling researchers to discuss and collaborate at top efficiency. Facility users can examine results, discuss the next steps in their research, or give a small group presentation in this area.
Subjects receive briefings on what they will do while in the MRI scanner and fill out consent forms. The room has a mock MRI scanner, where subjects can acclimate to the experience. This is especially useful for children who may be nervous about being inside the MRI machine. A table set up with a fake coil, monitor, and mirror give subjects a chance to experience what it is like to be inside a scanner. There is even a mock recording of the scanner noise.
Data Processing Room
The data processing room is home to Suyash Bhogawar, a neuro-informatics programmer and analyst for the MRI facility. Functional MRI datasets are very large and complex. Bhogawar assists researchers with processing and retrieving data from their studies. He also creates templates for data quality processing that benefit all researchers who use the facility.
Animal Prep Room
CMRIF provides an animal preparation room, designed specifically to prepare animals for the noninvasive MRI scan. Although some dogs are trained to be still, most animals, like mice, receive anesthesia prior to entering the scanner. In order to monitor vital signs, animals may also need shaving.
Zone III - Scanner Console
The scanner console is where MRI Technologist Roy Scott Proper monitors and controls activity and feedback during a scan. Researchers can create an exam and prescribe the type of scan that needs to be performed. The room functions as the initial image database.
The scanner console is in an area labeled Zone III due to its proximity to the MRI scanner. Because of the scanner's large magnet, people cannot enter Zone III if they have pacemakers or metal implants.
MRI Scanner: GE Discovery MR750 3.0T Scanner
The MRI scanner, a GE Discovery MR750 3.0T, is a state-of-the-art commercial scanner. The machine works by sending radio frequency energy via a powerful magnet to excite protons in water, which are abundant in biological tissue. The excitation causes the nucleus of the proton to flip and, therefore, release energy. Coils, with 32 built-in channels, surround the subject and receive signals from the proton's energy. In order to generate an image, the gradient coils inside the scanner's cover create a linear relationship between the resonance frequency and location of the signal. The machine is then able to encode specific locales of a signal on an X-Y-Z axis, based on the frequency of the signal. That information is sent back to the console, where software translates the data into an image.
Researchers and MRI technicians can customize how the signals are translated in order to develop new types of images, including anatomical, functional, diffusion, or vasculature.
In the first federal funded project using the MRI facility, Valerie Reyna, Human Development, investigates "The Gist of Hot and Cold Cognition in Adolescents' Risky Decision Making."
R. Nathan Spreng, Human Development, who is applying innovative approaches to connectivity analyses, uses the magnet to study how the brain changes with age.
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MRI Peripheral Equipment
Because of the powerful magnet running in the MRI scanner, many peripherals need to be made compatible with the MRI environment. The scanner has a mirror positioned above the subject that reflects a television monitor for visual stimuli, headphones for auditory stimuli, response boxes for answering questions, and an eye-tracking camera to collect data on subject's eye movements. All of the equipment must be filtered through a research panel that prevents the magnetic resonance from penetrating back into the MRI control room.
Peripheral equipment also includes a scent release device. This custom-made apparatus is part of a research project in Adam Anderson's lab, Human Development. Vials contain various types of smells, ranging from pleasant to putrid. While a subject is inside the MRI scanner, she wears a nasal cannula attached to the various scents. The study looks at how emotions and memory become attached to smell.
John Hale, Linguistics, in a recent study took functional MRI images while subjects listened with headphones to the first chapter of Lewis Carroll's novel Alice in Wonderland. Results from this study reveal that a region of the temporal lobe is involved when listening to difficult grammatical structure in language comprehension.
MRI Technology, an Indispensable Multipurpose Research Tool
The Cornell Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facility (CMRIF) has a state-of-the-art MRI scanner and expert staff, supporting research in fields ranging from neuroscience to linguistics to human development.
MRI technology provides noninvasive imaging of humans, animals, plants, and biomedical materials. Although traditionally used as a clinical diagnostic tool in hospitals, MRI scanners have become important to research, especially in the behavioral and social sciences. "Scholars from across Cornell's colleges are using MRI to understand how people perceive, feel, remember, imagine, and decide," says Valerie Reyna, codirector of the facility and director of the Human Neuroscience Institute. A flexible tool, the magnet can be used to study anything with water in it, including the living brain. "We are developing new techniques for maximizing the power of MRI to detect dynamic properties of the brain," says CMRIF Technical Director Wenming Luh. "These techniques make it possible to understand how brain systems connect to one another to produce behavior from childhood to old age."
CMRIF, established in 2013, garners support from the Office of the Vice Provost and the Colleges of Human Ecology, Arts and Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, and Engineering.
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Milan (AFP) – Makeshift Napoli striker Dries Mertens hit a brace in a thrilling 2-1 win away to Roma that has put Juventus firmly on track for a record sixth consecutive Serie A title.
Belgium midfielder Mertens was given the nod ahead of striker Arkadiusz Milik despite the Poland star's recent return from a five-month injury lay-off.
And coach Maurizio Sarri's intuition proved right ahead of an entertaining encounter that saw Napoli soak up long spells of pressure to see Mertens expose gaping holes in the Roma defence.
Napoli took a 1-0 lead into half-time at the Stadio Olimpico after Mertens struck against the run of play to flick the ball over onrushing Wojciech Szczesny on 26 minutes.
Mertens completed his brace, taking his league tally for the season to 18 goals, five minutes into the second half with another cool finish following Lorenzo Insigne's inswinger towards the back post.
When Kevin Strootman reduced arrears on 89 minutes it sparked a dramatic late fightback from Roma that saw Pepe Reina acrobatically palm a drive off the crossbar before clearing with his leg.
But Napoli, who saw Sarri sent to the stands for dissent midway through the second period, held on for a valuable win.
After virtually dropping out of title contention last week following a 2-0 defeat to Atalanta which left them trailing Juventus by 12 points, Napoli have now done the Turin giants a favour.
A win at Udinese on Sunday will see Juventus take their lead over second-placed Roma to 10 points, with Napoli now only two points behind Luciano Spalletti's men in the race for the second automatic Champions League spot.
Roma stunned Napoli at the San Paolo earlier in the campaign, but have since emerged as one of the top teams in Europe.
With three hat-tricks to his name so far, Mertens was an automatic starter and repaid Sarri's faith tenfold with a performance that will make it even harder for Milik to reclaim his position.
But Roma's defence made the diminutive midfielder's job easy.
Roma were in control for most of the opening period but Federico Fazio and Kostal Manolas suffered the first of several lapses on 26 minutes when Marek Hamsik squeezed a great ball between them for Mertens to run in and chip the onrushing Szczesny.
Roma were shook up but when Stephan El Shaarawy won back possession in the area to set up Strootman the Dutchman ballooned over from 10 yards.


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Q: date/time format in PHP I have stored some data in mysql table me assign hime date
I use column id to type timestamp and it stores it like '2013-02-12 21:42:45'
I want to display it in this format 'Feb-2, 2013 9:42 PM'
I use echo  date('M-d ,Y',$create_date) then it display 'Jan-01 ,1970' and some php eroor.
Can someone help me

A: This will output your desired date time format
<?php

//Output -- Feb-2, 2013 9:42 PM

$create_date = '2013-02-12 21:42:45';
echo date('M-d ,Y  g:i a',strtotime($create_date));

A: date('M-d ,Y h:i A',strtotime($create_date))

try this strtotime convert time to time stamp and than you can format the date.

A: use DATE_FORMAT if you want to do it through query,
SELECT DATE_FORMAT('2013-02-12 21:42:45','%b-%e, %Y %l:%i %p') result

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A: The date() function expects a timestamp as a second parameter. Use a DateTime object to create the date and then the DateTime::format function.
$date = new DateTime($create_date);
echo $date->format('M-d ,Y g:i A');

A: read the php file on date: http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
the second parameter of the date function is a unix timestamp, not a string (in any format)
so you want to convert your string to a timestamp (perhaps taking into consideration timezones) and then use that to reformat your date the way you want:
e.g.
date_default_timezone_set('<timezone of create_date>');
$date = date('M-d ,Y',strtotime($create_date)):

btw, this code will reset the default timezone of all subsequently executed php code... not sure if that matters in your use case

A: check $create_date variable in your date('M-d ,Y',$create_date). It is blank. No value is in this variable. for this it is showing 1970. assign date in $create_date.

A: But if you need to reveal date in different formats, it would be better store it in the database as a timestamp. On php this value  can be generated by function time();

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Distributed Applications 39%
Resource Sharing 37%
A framework for dependable QoS adaptation in probabilistic environments
Casimiro, A., Lollini, P., Dixit, M., Bondavalli, A. & Veríssimo, P., Dec 1 2008, Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing. p. 2192-2196 5 p.
A high-throughput method to detect privacy-sensitive human genomic data
Cogo, V. V., Bessani, A., Couto, F. M. & Verissimo, P., Oct 12 2015, WPES 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society, co-located with CCS 2015. Association for Computing Machinery, Incacmhelp@acm.org, p. 101-110 10 p.
Genes 100%
Amino acids 43%
AMp. A highly parallel atomic multicast protocol
Verissimo, P., Rodrigues, L. & Baptista, M., Jan 1 1989, SIGCOMM '89 Symposium: Communications Architectures & Protocols. Publ by ACMNew York, p. 83-93 11 p.
Multicasting 81%
Distributed computer systems 69%
Fiber optic networks 68%
Analysis of a redundant architecture for critical infrastructure protection
Daidone, A., Chiaradonna, S., Bondavalli, A. & Veríssimo, P., Sep 22 2008, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). p. 78-100 23 p.
Critical infrastructures 100%
Replica 43%
Interconnection 36%
An architectural framework and a middleware for cooperating smart components
Casimiro, A., Kaiser, J. & Veríssimo, P., Jan 1 2004, 2004 Computing Frontiers Conference. Association for Computing Machineryacmhelp@acm.org, p. 28-39 12 p.
Middleware 100%
Interfaces (computer) 94%
Smart sensors 63%
Anchor: Logically centralized security for software-defined networks
Kreutz, D., Yu, J., Ramos, F. M. V. & Esteves-Verissimo, P., Feb 1 2019, In: ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security. 22, 2
Software defined networking 100%
Anchors 88%
Middleware 12%
A new programming model for dependable adaptive real-time applications
Martins, P., Sousa, P., Casimiro, A. & Veríssimo, P., Jan 1 2005, In: IEEE Distributed Systems Online. 6, 5
Contamination 100%
A perspective of security for mobile service robots
Cornelius, G., Caire, P., Hochgeschwender, N., Olivares-Mendez, M. A., Esteves-Verissimo, P., Völp, M. & Voos, H., Jan 1 2018, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. Springer Verlagservice@springer.de, p. 88-100 13 p.
Robots 100%
A posteriori agreement for fault-tolerant clock synchronization on broadcast networks
Verissimo, P. & Rodrigues, L., Jan 1 1992, FTCS 1992 - 22nd Annual International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 527-536 10 p.
Synchronization 94%
Applying architectural hybridization in networked embedded systems
Casimiro, A., Rufino, J., Marques, L., Calha, M. & Verissimo, P., Dec 1 2009, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). p. 264-275 12 p.
Embedded Systems 100%
Embedded systems 58%
Architecting robustness and timeliness in a new generation of aerospace systems
Rufino, J., Craveiro, J. & Verissimo, P., Dec 28 2010, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). p. 146-170 25 p.
Encapsulation 100%
Avionics 97%
Robustness 73%
Partitioning 69%
Architecture and implementation of an embedded wormhole
Ortiz, H., Casimiro, A. & Veríssimo, P., Dec 1 2007, 2007 Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems Proceeedings, SIES'2007. p. 341-344 4 p.
Telecommunication links 90%
Assumptions: The trojan horses of secure protocols
Verissimo, P., Jan 1 2013, Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer Verlagservice@springer.de, p. 34-41 8 p.
Verissimo, P., Dec 1 2007, Communications in Computer and Information Science. p. 34-41 8 p.
A study on the inaccessibility characteristics of ISO 8802/4 token-bus LANs
Ruffino, J. & Veríssimo, P., Dec 1 1992, Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM. p. 958-967 10 p.
Local area networks 100%
Automated rule-based diagnosis through a distributed monitor system
Khanna, G., Cheng, M. Y., Varadharajan, P., Bagchi, S., Correia, M. P. & Veríssimo, P. J., Jan 1 2007, In: IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. 4, 4, p. 266-279 14 p.
Critical infrastructures 35%
Outages 27%
Avoiding leakage and synchronization attacks through enclave-side preemption control
Völp, M., Lackorzynski, A., Decouchant, J., Rahli, V., Rocha, F. & Esteves-Verissimo, P., Dec 12 2016, SysTEX 2016 - 1st Workshop on System Software for Trusted Execution, colocated with ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware 2016. Association for Computing Machinery, Incacmhelp@acm.org
Security of data 100%
BFT-TO: Intrusion tolerance with less replicas
Correia, M., Neves, N. F. & Verissimo, P., Jun 1 2013, In: Computer Journal. 56, 6, p. 693-715 23 p.
Servers 100%
Building a time- and space-partitioned architecture for the next generation of space vehicle avionics
Rufino, J., Craveiro, J. & Verissimo, P., Nov 24 2010, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). p. 179-190 12 p.
Avionics 100%
Maintainability 61%
Containers 51%
Byzantine consensus in asynchronous message-passing systems: A survey
Correia, M., Veronese, G. S., Neves, N. F. & Verissimo, P., Jan 1 2011, In: International Journal of Critical Computer-Based Systems. 2, 2, p. 141-161 21 p.
Message passing 100%
Byzantine resilient protocol for the IoT
Frohlich, A. A., Scheffel, R. M., Kozhaya, D. & Verissimo, P. E., Apr 1 2019, In: IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 6, 2, p. 2506-2517 12 p.
Cyber Physical System 100%
Wireless Sensor Networks 30%
Causal delivery protocols in real-time systems: A generic model
Veríssimo, P., Jan 1 1996, In: Real-Time Systems. 10, 1, p. 45-73 29 p.
Real-time 100%
Real time systems 87%
Clocks 74%
Correctness 35%
Causal separators for large-scale multicast communication
Rodrigues, L. E. T. & Verissimo, P., Jan 1 1995, Proceedings - International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems. IEEEPiscataway, NJ, United States, p. 83-91 9 p.
Separators 100%
Cesiumspray : A Precise and Accurate Global Time Service for Large-scale Systems
Veríssimo, P., Rodrigues, L. & Casimiro, A., Jan 1 1997, In: Real-Time Systems. 12, 3, p. 243-294 52 p.
Clock Synchronization 100%
Large-scale Systems 67%
Hierarchy 44%
Characterizing the Impact of Network Delay on Bitcoin Mining
Cao, T., Decouchant, J., Yu, J. & Esteves-Verissimo, P., Nov 22 2021, 2021 40th International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDS). IEEE
Bitcoin 100%
Miners 26%
Simulators 5%
Cloud-assisted read alignment and privacy
Fernandes, M., Decouchant, J., Couto, F. M. & Esteves-Verissimo, P., Jan 1 2017, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. Springer Verlagservice@springer.de, p. 220-227 8 p.
DNA 100%
Risk analysis 52%
Columbus' egg idea for CAN media redundancy
Rufino, J., Verissimo, P. & Arroz, G., Jan 1 1999, In: Proceedings - Annual International Conference on Fault-Tolerant Computing. p. 286-293 8 p.
egg 100%
bus 58%
Control of inaccessibility in CANELy
Rufino, J., Veríssimo, P., Arroz, G. & Almeida, C., Dec 1 2006, IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems - Proceedings, WFCS. p. 35-44 10 p.
CRUTIAL: The blueprint of a reference critical information infrastructure architecture
Veríssimo, P., Neves, N. F. & Correia, M., Dec 1 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). p. 1-14 14 p.
Infrastructure 100%
Blueprints 94%
Security of data 71%
Delta-4 approach to dependability in open distributed computing systems.
Powell, D., Bonn, G., Seaton, D., Verissimo, P. & Waeselynck, F., Jan 1 1988, Digest of Papers - FTCS (Fault-Tolerant Computing Symposium). Publ by IEEEPiscataway, p. 246-251 6 p.
Distributed computer systems 100%
Local area networks 46%
Dependable adaptive real-time applications in wormhole-based systems
Martins, P., Sousa, P., Casimiro, A. & Veríssimo, P., Jan 1 2004, Proceedings of the International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks. IEEE Computer Societyhelp@computer.org, p. 567-572 6 p.
Demonstrations 100%
Designing modular and redundant cyber architectures for process control: Lessons learned
Verissimo, P., Bessani, A. N., Correia, M., Neves, N. F. & Sousa, P., Jan 1 2009, Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS. IEEE Computer Society
Process control 100%
Design of fault tolerant distributed systems: The fail-controlled approach
Veríssimo, P., Sep 3 1990, Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on ACM SIGOPS European Workshop, EW 1990. Association for Computing Machinery, Incacmhelp@acm.org
Detection and prediction of resource-exhaustion vulnerabilities
Antunes, J., Neves, N. F. & Verissimo, P., Dec 1 2008, Proceedings - International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE. p. 87-96 10 p.
Denial-of-service attack 53%
Development of generic multibody road vehicle models for crashworthiness
Sousa, L., Veríssimo, P. & Ambrósio, J., Feb 1 2008, In: Multibody System Dynamics. 19, 1-2, p. 133-158 26 p.
Crashworthiness 100%
Crash 37%
Finite Element Model 25%
DNA-SeAl: Sensitivity Levels to Optimize the Performance of Privacy-Preserving DNA Alignment
Fernandes, M., Decouchant, J., Volp, M., Couto, F. M. & Esteves-Verissimo, P., Mar 1 2020, In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 24, 3, p. 907-915 9 p.
Privacy 100%
Seals 76%
DNA sequences 25%
E-biobanking: What have you done to my cell samples
Verissimo, P. E. & Bessani, A., Jan 1 2013, In: IEEE Security and Privacy. 11, 6, p. 62-65 4 p.
Biological materials 100%
data security 50%
Efficient byzantine fault-tolerance
Veronese, G. S., Correia, M., Bessani, A. N., Lung, L. C. & Verissimo, P., Jan 1 2013, In: IEEE Transactions on Computers. 62, 1, p. 16-30 15 p.
Fault Tolerance 100%
Fault-tolerant 30%
Replication 27%
Efficient Byzantine-resilient reliable multicast on a hybrid failure model
Correia, M., Lung, L. C., Neves, N. F. & Veríssimo, P., Jan 1 2002, In: Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems. p. 2-11 10 p.
Multicast 100%
Fault 26%
Byzantine Agreement 13%
Message Complexity 12%
Efficient communication in a design environment
Videira, I., Verissimo, P. & Sarmento, H., Jan 1 1996, Proceedings - Design Automation Conference. IEEEPiscataway, p. 169-174 6 p.
Enclave-based privacy-preserving alignment of raw genomic information - Information leakage and countermeasures
Völp, M., Decouchant, J., Lambert, C., Fernandes, M. & Esteves-Verissimo, P., Oct 28 2017, SysTEX 2017 - 2nd Workshop on System Software for Trusted Execution, Colocated with ACM SOSP 2017. Association for Computing Machinery, Incacmhelp@acm.org
Privacy Preserving 100%
Enclaves 85%
Countermeasures 73%
Enforcing dependability and timeliness in CANELy - Application to spaceborne data communication systems
Rufino, J., Verissimo, P., Pinto, R., Almeida, C. & Arroz, G., Sep 12 2011, PECCS 2011 - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems. p. 456-463 8 p.
Data communication systems 100%
Microcontrollers 13%
Enforcing dependability and timeliness in controller area networks
Rufino, J., Almeida, C., Veríssimo, P. & Arroz, G., Jan 1 2006, IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference). IEEE Computer Society, p. 3755-3760 6 p.
Computer control systems 60%
Distributed parameter control systems 56%
Enhancing dependability of cooperative applications in partitionable environments
Cosquer, F. J. N., Arttunes, P. & Veríssimo, P., Jan 1 1996, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Springer Verlagservice@springer.de, p. 335-352 18 p.
Information management 100%
Event-driven support of real-time sentient objects
Verissimo, P. & Casimiro, A., Dec 1 2003, Proceedings - International Workshop on Object-Oriented Real-Time Dependable Systems, WORDS. p. 2-9 8 p.
event 100%
programming 45%
Experiences with fault-injection in a Byzantine fault-tolerant protocol
Martins, R., Gandhi, R., Narasimhan, P., Pertet, S., Casimiro, A., Kreutz, D. & Veriśsimo, P., Dec 1 2013, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). p. 41-61 21 p.
Fault Injection 100%
State Machine 47%
High Performance 31%


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Tag Archives: #bookseries
Best Book Series for Children
April 15, 2020 2020, Blog, Children, Funny, New Release, Recommended, Top Books, Young Adult#bookseries, #BoxSet, #childrensbooks #literacy #imagination #stories #novels #inspiring, #davidwalliams, #funny, #Reading, #recommended, #wingsoffire, #YAKaren Seligman
There has never been a better time to get reading – reading can provide entertainment, knowledge and comfort, and is a perfect thing to do at home! We know that many of you are having more time to kill, and are asking for suggestions of series books – something substantial that can hold your attention for longer. So this week we are showcasing some of the most popular multi-volume children's books, guaranteed to give kids hours of reading pleasure – even those who are usually reluctant to pick up a book!
Wings of Fire 1-5 Boxed set by Tui T Sutherland
This fantasy series, set in a world of dragons, has enormous word-of-mouth cred amongst upper-primary aged readers. Five young dragonets strive to fulfil a prophecy that they will end an ancient war and finally bring peace to the dragon tribes of Pyrrhia. What sets Wings of Fire apart is that its dragons are the main characters, with a rich and complex civilisation, whilst humans are considered "scavengers" and peripheral to the story. Tui T Sutherland's impressive world-building has now grown beyond the 20+ books into a big and active fandom. The first three books are now available in graphic novel format.
Slime by David Walliams
Slime is hot off the presses and sure to delight David Walliams' many fans (as well as creating many more). Inspired by the recent craze for slime, this story sees young Ned discover the origins of slime, and use it to wreak revenge on the horrible grownups who love nothing more than making children miserable. David Walliams is often compared to Roald Dahl and it is easy to see why – his stories are funny, with touches of the grotesque and the fantastical, all underlaid with a call for empathy. David Walliams has published 18 children's novels. While these are mostly standalone, there are recurring characters to spot, such as Raj the newsagent.
WeirDo 1-9 Boxset by Anh Do
Weir Do is a thoughtful boy with a weird name and a weirder family. The WeirDo books are slice-of-life stories that are packed with illustrations and laugh-out-loud funny – perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The latest is #14 – WeirDo: Vote WeirDo! where Weir's chances of being elected class captain may be derailed by an EPIC HAIR DISASTER. WeirDo is the first children's series written by the multi-talented Anh Do, who has gone on to create other bestselling series including Hot Dog, Ninja Kid, Wolf Girl, as well as Mythix.
Kensy and Max 5: Freefall by Jacqueline Harvey
You may already know Jacqueline Harvey from her delightful Clementine Rose and Alice-Miranda series; now she is trying her hand at spy thrillers aimed at both boys and girls. Kensy and Max are twins whose lives are turned upside-down when they are whisked off to London and discover their parents are missing. The race is on to understand the strange things happening around them, and find their parents! There's mystery, spy craft, exotic locations and lots of chases. Volume 5, Freefall, sees Kensy and Max as agents-in-training, struggling with ethical dilemmas while trying to capture a master criminal in New York.
Welcome to the Brilliant World of Tom Gates box set by Liz Pichon
This is a box set of the first 12 books in the Tom Gates series. (We're now up to Book 17.) Tom Gates is a series of illustrated diary stories about an endearing but chaotic boy and his family. The pages are heavily illustrated with distinctive doodles and funny little details, the tone is chatty, and the situations are funny and totally relatable. What's more, Tom Gates is a tried-and-true recommendation for reluctant readers and those who need extra reading support – perhaps Tom Gates books are so accessible because Liz Pichon is herself dyslexic, and she has written these stories to be just what she would have loved to read as a child. The illustrated diary format might even inspire young fans to create their own Tom Gates-style stories!
The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier
The Last Kids on Earth is dystopian fiction with a twist! Unlike dystopian YA, which tends to be dark and grim, this tweens-and-early-teens series shows that a zombie apocalypse can be pretty funny. 13-year old Jack recruits four of his classmates to fight off a succession of monsters after a zombie outbreak hits his hometown. They have to learn to work as a team to stay alive, and they are the world's last chance against the evil overlord Rezzoch! This Wimpy-Kid-meets-Walking-Dead series has zombies, monsters, wisecracks, and crazy gadgets – no wonder it's a New York Times bestseller. Now also an animated series on Netflix.
Our newest favourites: science fiction and fantasy novels
March 26, 2020 2020, Fantasy, Fiction, New authors, New Release, Recommended, Science Fiction, Top Books, Writing#bookseries, #recommend #favbooks #reading #bookaddict#topbooks #sharing #books #classics #literature#bestbooks #fiction #nonfiction, #scifiTeam Booko
Well, 2020 has turned out to be quite the year and we are only in March! The growing interest in Fantasy and Science Fiction books tells us that you're all looking to escape these crazy times. And you're in luck. It happens to be Dan's favourite genre so on top of his list of all time favourites, we have also had a poke around the internet and have found a number of magical books that will transport you and your imagination into another world. The great news is that many of them form a series of books!
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
The Three-Body Problem is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple award winning phenomenon from China's most beloved science fiction author, Liu Cixin.
Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilisation on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision.
You can view the entires series here.
Dune Chronicles by Frank Herbert
Dune is considered one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time, and Frank Herbert left a lasting legacy to fans and family alike. Brian Herbert – Frank Herbert's son – and coauthor Kevin J. Anderson have continued the series, keeping the original author's vision alive and bringing the saga to millions of new readers.
Melange, or 'spice', is the most valuable – and rarest – element in the universe; a drug that does everything from increasing a person's life-span to making interstellar travel possible. And it can only be found on a single planet: the inhospitable desert world Arrakis. Whoever controls Arrakis controls the spice. And whoever controls the spice controls the universe. When the Emperor transfers stewardship of Arrakis from the noble House Harkonnen to House Atreides, the Harkonnens fight back, murdering Duke Leto Atreides. Paul, his son, and Lady Jessica, his concubine, flee into the desert. On the point of death, they are rescued by a band for Fremen, the native people of Arrakis, who control Arrakis' second great resource: the giant worms that burrow beneath the burning desert sands. In order to avenge his father and retake Arrakis from the Harkonnens, Paul must earn the trust of the Fremen and lead a tiny army against the innumerable forces aligned against them. And his journey will change the universe.
You can view the series here.
The Expanse by James S A Covey
Humanity has colonised the planets – interstellar travel is still beyond our reach, but the solar system has become a dense network of colonies. But there are tensions – the mineral-rich outer planets resent their dependence on Earth and Mars and the political and military clout they wield over the Belt and beyond.
Now, when Captain Jim Holden's ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war. Attacked by a stealth ship belonging to the Mars fleet, Holden must find a way to uncover the motives behind the attack, stop a war and find the truth behind a vast conspiracy that threatens the entire human race.
You can also watch the series on DVD, Blu-Ray or on Prime.
Culture Series by Iain M Banks
The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no surrender. Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade. Deep within a fabled labyrinth on a barren world, a Planet of the Dead proscribed to mortals, lay a fugitive Mind. Both the Culture and the Idirans sought it. It was the fate of Horza, the Changer, and his motley crew of unpredictable mercenaries, human and machine, actually to find it, and with it their own destruction.
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
The future is small. The future is nano. Poor little Nell – orphan girl alone and adrift in a future world of Confucian law and neo-Victorian values, nano-machines and walk-in body alteration. Well, not quite alone. Because Nell has a friend, of sorts. A guide, a teacher, an armed and unarmed combat instructor, a book and a computer and a matter compiler: the Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is all these and much much more.
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
Shana wakes up one morning to discover her little sister in the grip of a strange malady. She appears to be sleepwalking. She cannot talk and cannot be woken up. And she is heading with inexorable determination to a destination that only she knows. But Shana and her sister are not alone. Soon they are joined by a flock of sleepwalkers from across America, on the same mysterious journey. And like Shana, there are other "shepherds" who follow the flock to protect their friends and family on the long dark road ahead. For as the sleepwalking phenomenon awakens terror and violence in America, the real danger may not be the epidemic but the fear of it. With society collapsing all around them -and an ultra-violent militia threatening to exterminate them- the fate of the sleepwalkers depends on unraveling the mystery behind the epidemic. The terrifying secret will either tear the nation apart-or bring the survivors together to remake a shattered world.
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Alexandra Béni · 24/05/2018
Eurobarometer 2018: Hungarians see migration, terrorism as key drivers of EP elections
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The majority of Hungarians see migration, the fight against terrorism and unemployment as the most important issues of the 2019 European parliamentary elections, a new survey by Eurobarometer shows.
Fully 60 percent of Hungarians said that migration was the most important issue of the campaign, followed by the fight against terrorism (47 percent), the protection of the EU's external borders (43 percent) and unemployment (40 percent), the survey published on Wednesday shows.
Fully 61 percent of Hungarians think the country's EU membership is "a good thing", up by 5 percentage points from last year and up 14 percentage points since 2016, the report said.
Half of Hungarian respondents felt their voice counted in the EU, an 11 percentage point rise since 2017.
"With one year to go to the European elections in May 2019, the latest Parliament Eurobarometer survey confirms citizens' steadily growing support for and favourability of the European Union," the report said.
Almost a third of respondents already today know the date of the European elections in 2019, it said, and 49 percent of EU citizens and 51 percent of Hungarians regard the vote as important, it added.
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