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In an attempt to explore the numerous roles of media in the 21 Century, we have brought together perspectives of people from different walks of life. During the numerous discussions, even though many opinions were contextcentric, three prominent concerns surfaced: The control exercised by owners/management of media houses over the content they create and disseminate; which in turn, is impingent upon the operating dynamics between media houses and the various centres of political and economic powers; and, the immense power of media in shaping public opinion (how and what communities think and believe). From a global perspective, the 21 Century is characterised by two parallel and yet contradictory movements: the increasing divisiveness spewed by and among ideologues pitted against the drift towards achieving cohesion through accommodating, accepting and preserving difference and uniqueness. In this larger context of politico-cultural undercurrents, the role of media, with its vast reach, is in mitigating the former and strengthening the latter by presenting the multiple layers of facts, truths and perspectives.
If the freedom of press is to be preserved as vociferously as ever, with strict adherence to an ethical and moral code of personal and institutional conduct, the following questions may have to be raised and resolved: Is media a representation of vox populi (voice of the people) that constitute the democracy that is India? Is it upholding the fundamental values of a democratic nation? Is media playing stooge to the establishment? Is it a puppet in the hands of multinationals and corporate houses? What methods does it devise to preserve its integrity? How are circulation statistics and TRP ratings impacting the newsworthiness of content? Is it perpetuating patterns of thought that are detrimental to social welfare and development? Is media feeding and fuelling the baser instincts of mankind and thriving on satisfying its vicarious pleasures?
If from print to electronic media the change was drastic, with the advent of digital and social media early this century, the transformation was tectonic. In a short span of two decades social media changed the concept of mass media irrevocably. Technological advances in telephony has further spawned innumerable platforms and channels of communication, changing the very notion of 'news' and 'news delivery'. Social media is a confluence of paradoxes: dynamic yet erratic, a tool for social change as well as disruptive trolling, a democratising force while also a potent polarising force, at times ingenious and at most others, vacuous. This inherently malleable and amorphous as well as anonymous nature of social media mocks at and is the greatest deterrent to its own credibility. While traditional media is still battling censorship, reigning in social media content and content delivery through policy regulation is perhaps the greatest challenge. Policy makers can no longer turn a blind eye as social media has burgeoned into fertile ground for perpetuating and metastising social disharmony, religious discord, political coercion and cultural hegemony. Accountable, credible and sustainable content creation and dissemination therefore should be reinstated into the content that media is creating and disseminating.
Role of media in the 21 Century
Dr. Sridhar Pabbisetty Founding Director, Kautilya School of Public Policy
Role of media in the 21 Century cannot be articulated without dwelling on the state of democracy in the 21 Century Winston Churchill once said, "Democracy is the worst form of government – except for all the others that have been tried." While many approaches have been formulated, tried and tested to make democracy function better, countries round the world continue to find it difficult to align the elected government deliver to the expectation of its citizens. Democracy gets reduced to elected candidates coming back to engage with their constituents only when the next elections are round the corner. Often, representative democracy ends up increasing the distance between the elected and electorate .
Former Deputy Prime Minister of India L K Advani while criticizing the role of certain media houses had said, "You were asked only to bend, but you crawled." Unfortunately, many governments always try and suppress journalists from exercising their freedom of expression that may not be in consonance with the government in power. During the Emergency of 1975, many journalists were jailed alongside dreaded smugglers.
The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts to 'safeguard freedom of expression', which quality of the political fabric, is now widely acknowledged as a precondition for democracy and lasting peace. Their fight for freedom of expression has been undersay in very different countries – Philippines and Russia. While both of them have fought long and hard against the abuse of power in their respective countries, they have used fundamentally different Media approaches to achieve the same. Dmitry is the Editor in Chief of the Novaya Gazeta, the most independent newspaper in Russia today.
Maria is the CEO of Rappler a digital media company focussed on investigative journalism. While elaborating on the decision to award them the Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel Committee adds, "Free, independent and fact-based journalism serves to protect against abuse of power, lies and war propaganda."
Hence it is important for us to remember the role of media that is referred to as the 4 Pillar. While the first three pillars The Executive, The Legislative and The Judiciary often divorce themselves from the social, political and economic realities and fundamental rights of the masses, the 4 Pillar can do wonders to bridge these gaps. We often take the 4 Pillar for granted, but should not forget the major headwinds that are threatening the very nature of media around the world. The traditional print and TV media houses are fighting an uphill survival battle in the ever disrupting changes effected by technology innovations. News channels and print variants are no longer occupying the prime position in the reader's mind space. Monetizing attempts by traditional houses have been a mixed bag. Even seasoned news organizations like Washington Post have faced challenges recently in compensating thier staff adequately. Over 400 employees demanded "fair wages; fair benefits for retirement, family leave and health care; and a fair amount of job security." These negotiations lasted over a year.
Governments across the world have used various mechanisms ranging from threats to intimidation to influencing the editorial decisions of news organizations. As was evidenced in the journey of Nobel Peace Prize winners of 2021, many of these were life threatening.
In the recent years, the amount of money available in the government departments for advertising has grown by leaps and bounds. In case of India, "Amount committed for advertisements by the Government through print and electronic media during the period 2018-19 to 2020- 21 was 1,698.98 crore." Often many news organizations are blurring the lines between advertisements and editorial teams, and thus the mounting pressure on the editorial staff to fight off the advertisement teams.
Media houses have an uphill task of continuing to be the torch bearers for the voice of reason and represent the changing Media in the 21 Century needs to revaluate its orientation towards not just covering the facts, but also establishing a narrative. Most mainstream media have come to be associated with the reification of statist narratives. The role of media therefore appears to be perpetuating narratives of power, and erasing marginal histories. Has social media left traditional media redundant? No. Traditional media still enjoys a great legitimacy as is evidenced by the popularity and mushrooming of Hindi television media, and its patronage by the powers that be.
Huzaifa Pandit Author and Asst. Professor, J&K 28 |
Media in the 21 Century needs to revaluate its orientation towards not just covering the facts, but also establishing a narrative. Most mainstream media have come to be associated with the reification of statist narratives. The role of media therefore appears to be perpetuating narratives of power, and erasing marginal histories. Has social media left traditional media redundant? No. Traditional media still enjoys a great legitimacy as is evidenced by the popularity and mushrooming of Hindi television media, and its patronage by the powers that be.
As it is, internet penetration, and thus social media availability is severely limited in third world countries like India and so a significant population is still reliant on traditional media for information and forming its opinions. Besides social media users have a short attention span that doesn't suit the detailed tenor of traditional news analysis, which is preferred by a significant population.
Our conception of the 'world' has changed into that of a 'global village'. Hence, developments in one particular country have socio politico impact in another country due to the untrustworthy relationships shared by different countries for purposes of commerce, defence and globalisation. To search for news that is not compromised based on the ideology of a media owner in this context is an uphill task .To promote healthy, positive news as against news for money is the primary role of media.
C K Gundanna : Celebrated Theatre Artist
There was a time when we waited for the radio or the television news slot for the most authentic news. But today, it is worrying because Media has a credibility issue. There is an overdose of information. It is easy to be selective and choose only the points of view which support your own views. I am quite cautious and try to check information across as many sources as I can. Today, media needs to cover this trust deficit with truth that's neutral and verified.
Manmohan Anchan : Advertising Professional
The raison d'être of mainstream media which is - providing news, highlighting issues that matter and shaping public opinion may not get radically altered. However since the way news is consumed, is changing every day, the challenge for mainstream media will be to deliver, verified authentic news on issues that matter, without fear, in the fastest possible time. By adapting to new forms of dissemination media continues to play the role of 'opinion maker.
Prof. Suman Joshi : Public Policy Enthusiast
Media including films have the tendency to glorify and sensationalise crime. Particularly electronic media. Society imitates what is shown in media and it is also true that media is a reflection of society. As part of news, some crime incidents are even dramatised and broadcasted. There is an increasing trend of imitation of cyber-crime and financial crimes depicted in cinema and television in real life. Both these media have tremendous impact on the audience. Particularly vulnerable are the have nots who take to crime influenced by what they watch. Let's not forget that the prevalent system is responsible for this wide chasm between the haves and the have nots. TRP should not take precedence over responsibility and discretion. Besides, media plays a vital role in maintaining public peace.
Sreeram Velamuri : Circle Inspector, Andhra Pradesh Police Department
Fundamentally, the role of media remains the same. At the inauguration of the Hindustan Press in 1924 Gandhi in his speech said, "Every word and sentence published in the paper should be weighed. There should not only be no untrue statements, but no suggestio falsi or suppressio veri." Gandhi supported and initiated the Birlas to start the Hindustan Times; yet, neither the Birlas nor Gandhi ever interfered with the newspaper's editorial freedom, even as it was one of the most powerful papers under the leadership of Mulgaonkar. Journalists making 'friends' with powerful people like politicians and industrialists is sacrilegious. Instinctive honesty is being compromised. Lord Krishna in the Geeta says, that dharam (duty) which is entangled in bondage is not duty but slavery. And dharam (duty) which is bereft of karuna (compassion) is also not duty. Our duty as journalists is to present news that is unadulterated, fearlessly and with compassion.
Raghu Rai Chowdry : Photographer, Photojournalist, Padmashree Awardee
More often than not, they do the latter as that seems to 'sell'! A tragic event like suicide is dramatised and glossed with juicy/gory details and speculative theories. Not a word is said about the tragedy of the situation and no attempt is made to understand the distress and emotional turmoil of the family. The media want a few sound bites and each is jostling with the others to thrust mikes in the face of the mourning family members, with no space to even grieve. Screaming headlines - "Mentally ill assaults the the neighbour!" No effort is made to study the circumstances. Mental Health experts' opinion is rarely highlighted. How many mental health professionals do we see on any panel discussion? Popular cinema continues to make fun of the mentally ill and depict them as clowns! Media plays a huge role in forming public opinion. The stigma against mental health cannot be allayed if media continues to remain insensitive.
Dr. Kalyana Sundaram : Psychiatrist
We cannot discuss the role of media, without discussing its responsibility. We are already in the third decade of the 21 Century, and the world stands divided on so many fronts, political, social, cultural, etc. and hence the role and responsibility is only enhanced. In this increasing narrative of global divisiveness, it would not be incorrect to say that media with its wide reach and deep impact, acts as a cohesive force. In the context of India itself, which is multicultural and global, media would do good to inculcate and foster the idea of fraternity among the citizens irrespective of caste , creed, mother tongue, religion, ethnicity, etc.
Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh :Former Head of the State Police, Karnataka
News, particularly in electronic media earlier was reporter-driven and reporter centric. However, the biggest fall came when news became producer-centric and advertiser- driven. The producer is now calling the shorts as far as news and entertainment is considered, based on what will propel TRPs, which today in India is the primary benchmark for advertising revenue. TRP and producer-led media is option for either of the two strategies CCCC (crime, corruption, cricket and ) and ABCD (astrology, bollywood, cricket, devotion) TRP calculation is itself faulty since it's based on sampling method of data collection, which in no sense is representative of larger populations, and hence the scope for big time rigging. Print and electronic media have lost out to social media on timeliness. Consequently, print and electronic media have switched from news reporting to feature-based stories and news analysis, panel discussions, debates expert opinions and so on, in spite of their online presence. Besides, media industry earlier was a linear entity run as per a predetermined schedule. However, today content curation is customer centric, where the customer chooses what, when, how and where he wants to get his dose of entertainment and news, with the intervention of technologies like AI etc. which further customise the content to suit the customer profile
Alaham Anil Kumar :Country Director - India Infomo Global
Technology has changed the fundamentals of the media ecosystem and landscape. Social media is thriving on immediacy and urgency which not only interferes with judgement but also with humaneness. The concepts of 'viral' didn't exist, 'breaking news' has lost its value and 'newsworthy' doesn't matter anymore. Visuals of violence have reached the palm of our hands. An accident from a CC TV footage, or deeply personal moments, for example, the last minutes of a dying man, have leapt into the public space making us more and more apathetic and less than human. Narcissism has reached a different level with the unquenching desire for personal publicity and attention. The concept of a 'Scoop' which was the privilege of media houses today is in the hands of citizens. News analysis is another big hoax. It is usually driven by a pre-determined agenda and voices that go against this agenda are mercilessly muted. What used to be rumour has become fake news.
Prabhakar H R Journalist
Media has a huge impact on people in today's world. People have access to different channels of media through a click of a button. With this accessibility also comes positive and negative journalism. I have always believed in positive and responsible journalism. Whatever that goes online should be cross checked and verified. Else it amounts to misleading the public and chaos in the society!
Radhika Narayan : Actress


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2nd September '22: Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration
The Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE), officially the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, is the unicameral and highest legislative organ of the Central Tibetan Administration, the government-in-exile of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It was established and is based in Dharamshala, India. The creation of this democratically elected body has been one of the major changes that the 14th Dalai Lama brought about in his efforts to introduce a democratic system of administration.
Today, the parliament consists of 45 members: ten members each from Ü-Tsang, Kham, and Amdo, the three traditional provinces of Tibet; the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism and the traditional Bön faith elect two members each; four members are elected by Tibetans in the west: two from Europe, one from Australasia, one from North America and one from Canada. The Tibetan Parliament in Exile is headed by a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker, who are elected by the members amongst themselves. Any Tibetan who has reached the age of 25 has the right to contest elections to the parliament.
The elections are held every five years and any Tibetan who has reached the age of 18 is entitled to vote. Sessions of the parliament are held twice every year, with an interval of six months between the sessions. When the parliament is not in session, there is a standing committee of eleven members: two members from each province, one member from each religious denomination. The members of the parliament undertake periodic tours to Tibetan settlements to make an assessment of people's overall conditions. On their return, they bring to the notice of the administration all the grievances and matters which need attention. The Tibetan Parliament in Exile also keeps in touch with people through local parliaments established in thirty-eight major Tibetan communities. The Charter provides for the establishment of a local parliament in communities having a population of at least 160.
Local parliaments are scaled-down replicas of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile. They keep an eye on the activities of their respective settlement/welfare officers. They also make laws for their respective communities according to the latter's felt-needs. Laws passed by local parliaments must be implemented by their respective settlement/welfare officers.
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14th July ('22): Bastille Day – French national holiday
Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year. In French, it is formally called Fête nationale française (French: [fɛt nasjɔnal]; "French National Celebration"), and legally le 14 juillet (French: [lə katɔʁz(ə) ʒɥijɛ]; "the 14th of July").
The French National Day is the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, a major event of the French Revolution, as well as the Fête de la Fédération that celebrated the unity of the French people on 14 July 1790. Celebrations are held throughout France. One that has been reported as "the oldest and largest military parade in Europe" is held on 14 July on the Champs-Élysées in Paris in front of the President of the Republic, along with other French officials and foreign guests.
In 1789, tensions rose in France between reformist and conservative factions as the country struggled to resolve an economic crisis. In May, the Estates General legislative assembly was revived, but members of the Third Estate broke ranks, declaring themselves to be the National Assembly of the country, and on 20 June, vowed to write a constitution for the kingdom.
On 11 July Jacques Necker, the Finance Minister of Louis XVI, who was sympathetic to the Third Estate, was dismissed by the king, provoking an angry reaction among Parisians. Crowds formed, fearful of an attack by the royal army or by foreign regiments of mercenaries in the king's service, and seeking to arm the general populace. Early on 14 July one crowd besieged the Hôtel des Invalides for firearms, muskets, and cannons, stored in its cellars. That same day, another crowd stormed the Bastille, a fortress-prison in Paris that had historically held people jailed on the basis of lettres de cachet (literally "signet letters"), arbitrary royal indictments that could not be appealed and did not indicate the reason for the imprisonment, and was believed to hold a cache of ammunition and gunpowder. As it happened, at the time of the attack, the Bastille held only seven inmates, none of great political significance.
The crowd was eventually reinforced by mutinous Régiment des Gardes Françaises ("French Guards"), whose usual role was to protect public buildings. They proved a fair match for the fort's defenders, and Governor de Launay, the commander of the Bastille, capitulated and opened the gates to avoid a mutual massacre. According to the official documents, about 200 attackers and just one defender died before the capitulation. However, possibly because of a misunderstanding, fighting resumed. In this second round of fighting, de Launay and seven other defenders were killed, as was Jacques de Flesselles, the prévôt des marchands ("provost of the merchants"), the elected head of the city's guilds, who under the feudal monarchy also had the competences of a present-day mayor.
Shortly after the storming of the Bastille, late in the evening of 4 August, after a very stormy session of the Assemblée constituante, feudalism was abolished. On 26 August, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen) was proclaimed.
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14th June ('22): World Blood Donor Day
World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) is held on June 14 each year. The event was organised for the first time in 2005, by a joint initiative of the World Health Organization, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products, and to thank blood donors for their voluntary, life-saving gifts of blood. World Blood Donor Day is one of 11 official global public health campaigns marked by the World Health Organization (WHO), along with World Health Day, World Chagas Disease Day, World Tuberculosis Day, World Immunization Week, World Patient Safety Day, World Malaria Day, World No Tobacco Day, World Hepatitis Day, World Antimicrobial Awareness Week and World AIDS Day.
Transfusion of blood and blood products helps and save millions of lives every year. It can help patients who suffering from life-threatening conditions live longer and with higher quality of life, and supports complex medical and surgical procedures. It also has an essential, life-saving role in maternal and perinatal care. Access to safe and sufficient blood and blood products can help reduce rates of death and disability due to severe bleeding during delivery and after childbirth.
In many countries, there is not an adequate supply of safe blood, and blood services face the challenge of making sufficient blood available, while also ensuring its quality and safety.
An adequate supply can only be assured through regular donations by voluntary unpaid blood donors. The WHO's goal is for all countries to obtain all their blood supplies from voluntary unpaid donors by 2020. In 2014, 60 countries have their national blood supplies based on 99-100% voluntary unpaid blood donations, with 73 countries still largely dependent on family and paid donors.
World Blood Donor Day is celebrated every year by people around the world on June 14. It is celebrated on the birthday anniversary of Karl Landsteiner on June 14, 1868. Landsteiner was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the ABO blood group system.
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14th february ('22): Happy Valentine's Day
Today is Valentine's Day, the feast of lovers. How many still send letters to their lovers, in a world dominated by technology and hyperconnection?
It originated as a Christian feast day honoring one or two early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine and, through later folk traditions, has become a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.
There are a number of martyrdom stories associated with various Valentines connected to February 14, including an account of the imprisonment of Saint Valentine of Rome for ministering to Christians persecuted under the Roman Empire in the third century. According to an early tradition, Saint Valentine restored sight to the blind daughter of his jailer. Numerous later additions to the legend have better related it to the theme of love: an 18th-century embellishment to the legend claims he wrote the jailer's daughter a letter signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell before his execution; another tradition posits that Saint Valentine performed weddings for Christian soldiers who were forbidden to marry.
The day became associated with romantic love in the 14th and 15th centuries when notions of courtly love flourished, apparently by association with the "lovebirds" of early spring. In 18th-century England, it grew into an occasion in which couples expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). Valentine's Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards. In Italy, Saint Valentine's Keys are given to lovers "as a romantic symbol and an invitation to unlock the giver's heart", as well as to children to ward off epilepsy (called Saint Valentine's Malady).
Saint Valentine's Day is not a public holiday in any country, although it is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion and the Lutheran Church. Many parts of the Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrate Saint Valentine's Day on July 6 in honor of Roman presbyter Saint Valentine, and on July 30 in honor of Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna (modern Terni).
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14th February ('22): Saints Cyril and Methodius
Cyril (born Constantine, 826–869) and Methodius (815–885) were two brothers and Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries. For their work evangelizing the Slavs, they are known as the "Apostles to the Slavs".
They are credited with devising the Glagolitic alphabet, the first alphabet used to transcribe Old Church Slavonic. After their deaths, their pupils continued their missionary work among other Slavs. Both brothers are venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church as saints with the title of "equal-to-apostles". In 1880, Pope Leo XIII introduced their feast into the calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1980, Pope John Paul II declared them co-patron saints of Europe, together with Benedict of Nursia.
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F1: Hamilton disqualified in qualifying: he will be last in the Sprint in Brazil
Following the irregularity found on the Drs of his car, Lewis Hamilton is ousted from yesterday's qualifying for the Brazilian GP and will therefore be required to start from the last position in the Sprint Qualifying. A heavy decision, but predictable and in some ways inevitable.
And therefore Verstappen can rejoice because he will find himself starting in front of everyone in the mini race of 24 laps. The Dutchman, who escaped with a 50,000 euro fine to the "touch" on the Mercedes in a parc fermé, thus has a very big opportunity to give another blow to the world championship fight. The explanation, in a nutshell, was that there was no "movement of any wing element" at the time of the touch, even if it is still an infringement.
Mercedes comes for having infringed article 3.6.3 of the Technician, following the rules of the qualifying place yesterday, when the Drs opened on the W number 44 found an allowed 85 mm. In the long and detailed explanation by the FIA delegates, the good faith of the reigning champions is not questioned, who are recognized not as a deliberate mistake but as an escape from the engineers of the Star manufacturer. It should be emphasized that Lewis Hamilton got the commissioners to consider it unlikely that Verstappen's touch could have gotten the problem or tampered with the wing measurements in general.
The Englishman will start from the back, and based on the result of Saturday's race he will be relegated by a further five positions on the grid for tomorrow's GP due to the use, confirmed yesterday, of the fifth thermal engine.
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Q: how to get list of bluetooth devices using ExternalAccessory.framework how to get list of bluetooth devices using ExternalAccessory.framework not using Gamekid framework, core bluetooth framework. please write me examp0le of code

A: The External Accessory framework is only get list apple devices...By Apple

The External Accessory framework is designed to allow iOS applications
  to communicate only with hardware accessories that are developed under
  Apple's MFi licensee program. MFi compliant accessories can be
  implemented as wired devices, meaning they plug in to the iOS device's
  30-pin connector, or as wireless devices, whereby they use Bluetooth
  as the communication channel. Either way, an application that uses the
  External Accessory framework will not be notified of an accessory's
  presence unless the accessory identifies itself as being MFi
  compliant, i.e., it was specifically designed to interface with an iOS
  application.

if you want  get the list only apple device use sample code
NSArray *accessories = [[EAAccessoryManager sharedAccessoryManager]
                        connectedAccessories];
for (EAAccessory *obj in accessories)
{
    NSLog(@"Found accessory named: %@", obj.name);
}

you must include the UISupportedExternalAccessoryProtocols key in your app's Info.plist file.
<key>UISupportedExternalAccessoryProtocols</key>

This key contains an array of strings that identify the communications protocols that your app supports.

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As An Taoiseach meets with Barack Obama in Washington today, Nessa Childers MEP is supporting calls for Enda Kenny to look closer to home when highlighting the issue of undocumented persons.
'For years we have been putting pressure on US officials to recognise the many Irish people in the States who do not have proper documentation but contribute greatly to American society.
It is thought that some 30,000 undocumented immigrants live in this country.
Ms Childers concluded: 'Mr Kenny will today be raising an important issue with the US President that will potentially have a massive impact on the lives of Irish people living there, however, I hope that when he returns to Ireland, he can prioritise the examination of a similar problem that occurs on home-soil.


Safe Digging Month - Enbridge Inc.
Out of sight, out of mind. It's a time-worn motto that can have dangerous consequences.
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Across North America, people perform routine maintenance and activities that may require them to dig underground. Many people don't realize they could be putting themselves and others at risk of serious or fatal injury because they don't know what's located below the surface.
Enbridge operates the longest and most sophisticated crude oil network in North America, and is a leader in natural gas gathering, transportation and processing—from Texas to Maine, from Florida to British Columbia. As a pipeline operator whose Number 1 priority is safety, we remind you that April is Safe Digging Month—and we ask that you dig responsibly to keep yourself, your family, friends and neighbors safe.
Always Call or Click Before You Dig. In Canada, this can be as simple as calling your provincial one-call provider or logging on to www.clickbeforeyoudig.com. In the U.S., it's as simple as calling 811 (or visiting clickbeforeyoudig.com) at least two to three business days in advance of any ground disturbance projects.
Remember, damage prevention is a shared responsibility.
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Report says North Korea's nuclear target list includes White House
Geobeats
Nov 23rd 2017 3:43PM
A report compiled by the European Council on Foreign Relations lists what are, according to inside sources, North Korea's top missile-strike targets.
They include the United States mainland at large and specifically the White House, the Pentagon, and Manhattan.
The intelligence gathered by the council also suggests that nuclear weapons could be used to attack each of those sites.
Kim Jong-Un inspects hydrogen bomb
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 3, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 3, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
People walk past a street monitor showing North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un in a news report about North Korea's nuclear test, in Tokyo, Japan, September 3, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 03: Pedestrians walk past a monitor showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un in a news program reporting on North Korea's 6th nuclear test on September 3, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. South Korea, Japan and the U.S. detected an artificial earthquake from Kilju, northern Hamgyong Province of North Korea. State news agency KCNA announced Pyongyang have successfully carried out a test of a hydrogen bomb, which could be loaded to the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) missile. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)
Residents look up at a big video screen on Mirae Scientists Street in Pyongyang showing the image of a document signed by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un to carry out a hydrogen bomb test on September 3, 2017. North Korea declared itself a thermonuclear power on September 3, after carrying out a sixth nuclear test more powerful than any it has previously detonated, presenting President Donald Trump with a potent challenge. / AFP PHOTO / KIM Won-Jin (Photo credit should read KIM WON-JIN/AFP/Getty Images)
Residents watch a big video screen on Mirae Scientists Street in Pyongyang showing newsreader Ri Chun-Hee as she announces the news that the country has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb on September 3, 2017. North Korea declared itself a thermonuclear power on September 3, after carrying out a sixth nuclear test more powerful than any it has previously detonated, presenting President Donald Trump with a potent challenge. / AFP PHOTO / KIM Won-Jin (Photo credit should read KIM WON-JIN/AFP/Getty Images)
Residents react as they watch the televised annoucement on a big video screen on Mirae Scientists Street in Pyongyang that the country has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb on September 3, 2017. North Korea declared itself a thermonuclear power on September 3, after carrying out a sixth nuclear test more powerful than any it has previously detonated, presenting President Donald Trump with a potent challenge. / AFP PHOTO / KIM Won-Jin (Photo credit should read KIM WON-JIN/AFP/Getty Images)
Under what circumstances North Korea would launch a nuclear missile is unclear, as, according to the report, "Unlike other nuclear-armed states, [it] has not published a clear official statement setting out its nuclear doctrine – the circumstances under which it would launch a strike."
The council further notes that the reclusive country may believe striking first would be to its advantage due to the slim chances that its regime would remain intact if the U.S. were the first to attack.
Tensions between the two countries have intensified in recent times, and North Korea recently gave a forceful response to the U.S. for re-listing it as a state sponsor of terrorism.
A spokesperson for North Korea told one of the nation's state-sponsored news outlets, "This is a serious provocation and a violent infringement upon our dignified country," and noted its civilians and military are, "hardening their will to settle all accounts with those gangsters at any time in any way."
Everything you didn't know about Kim Jong Un
1. While Kim Jong Un's birthday on January 8 is a national holiday, it is unknown exactly how old the North Korean leader is. It's widely believed he is in his early-mid thirties. In 2016, the U.S. Treasury Department listed his birth year as 1984 when they placed sanctions on North Korea.
(KCNA via REUTERS)
2. Kim Jong Un is the world's youngest leader, according to the date listed by the Treasury.
(STR/AFP/Getty Images)
3. Kim Jong Un is very passionate about basketball. He is reportedly a big fan of Michael Jordan and has a friendly relationship with Jordan's former Chicago Bulls teammate Dennis Rodman. Rodman has visited the secluded nation multiple times and even sang him "Happy Birthday" before an exhibition game in Jan. 2014.
(REUTERS/KCNA)
4. Kim Jong Un reportedly has a love for smoking, whiskey and cheese.
(KCNA/via Reuters)
5. Kim Jong Un's older half-brother Kim Jong Nam was killed in Feb. 2017 by two women who smeared VX nerve agent on his face at an airport in Kuala Lumpur. The women were arrested following his death. Many believe the hit was directed by North Korea.
(KCNA; REUTERS)
6. Kim Jong Un has two college degrees. One is in physics from Kim il Sung University and another as an Army officer obtained from the Kim Il Sung Military University.
(KCNA/REUTERS)
7. Kim Jong Un attended boarding school in Switzerland. It is widely disputed how much time he spent at the school. Most reports say he was abroad from 1998-2000.
8. Kim Jong Un is the only general in the world that does not have any military experience.
9. He married Ri Sol Ju in 2009. The couple has at least one daughter named Ju Ae.
10. Kim Jong Un had his uncle Jang Song Thaek arrested and executed for treachery in 2013.
(REUTERS/Kyodo)
11. Kim Jong Un hand selected North Korea's first all-female music group -- Moranbong Band. They made their debut in 2012.
(ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)


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The Move From Physical To Digital: Why Do We Need Books? CD's? Newspapers?
There was a great article by Jeff Bullas about eBook sales going through the roof:
The American Publishers have just announced that compared to the previous February, sales of eBooks have more than tripled with more eBooks selling in February than the whole first quarter of last year, added to this is the iPad App for the Kindle, making it easy to read an eBook even on Apple's iPad.
Newspapers are being replaced by smart phones and hard cover books are being supplanted by digital hardware that enables reading in a digital medium that challenges long held traditions and book publishing models.
This reminded me of the decisions I made when I moved to San Francisco about a year and a half ago. I tend to move around a lot (one of the "benefits" of being in technology). Each move, I figure out what I don't need.
During my last move, all the CDs went. I gave them away because they weren't worth selling.
They looked cool, but did I really need them?
With my next move, most of my books will go.
I was recently in a Barnes and Noble and thought, "In ten years, this store isn't going to be here." It's happening to Borders and many other booksellers now. It already happened to Tower Records.
The future of book publishing is dramatically changing. That industry is going through a period of creative destruction like the music industry did, and it's a good thing. It's doing so at a rate that's probably making Gutenberg spinning in his grave. It took 570 years to perfect the printing press, and now digital booksellers like Amazon and Barnes and Noble are actively trying to kill it. These companies know if it's not them, it's going to be someone else.
Alex Williams said, "Never underestimate the aesthetic of books in a house. Picture frames can be replaced by digital, books can't." I absolutely agree. There's a place for books and art. You will never be able to replace having a few good books in the bookshelf and an amazing Picasso drawing.
Books like "iPhone Development for Dummies" shouldn't be in anything other than digital form. It's not art. It's commerce and should be delivered in a way that impacts the environment at the least.
Americans as a culture want a big house full of things. Things require manufacturing, natural resources and shipping. Companies like Walmart have spent billions to perfect distribution. They have 147 distribution centers in the United States. Millions of jobs to move around boxes.
What if you were to take everything that should be digital out of the equation? How many billions do you save? Do they really need stores as big? Do we really need big homes? I live in an 800 square foot apartment (with less things), do I need all this space?
This flies in the face of improving the environment and living less complex lives. We have to gear our economy so we aren't creating jobs that involve moving physical boxes from Bentonville to Chicago.
When you think about what it takes to produce a book and ship it, there's a tremendous amount of waste. The same goes for newspapers, magazines and a lot of things that could be of a digital nature. Storing it once in digital form on a server is much cheaper and better for the environment.
The same goes for the cloud. As technology improves, there's no reason to have the same file on six different computers or for having hard drives that could hold millions of books. Humanity going through profound changes, as it culturally and technologically progress.
Digitally, I have more reach with my small blog and Twitter feed than the original copies of the Gutenberg Bible. More content is being created in less space. More opportunities are being created to go directly to the reader than ever before. It's a profound shift that most writers are missing, but those that understand it are making millions.
These are amazing times, enjoy them while you can.
What are the physical possessions you could do without? What could be digital?


Meizu launched it's flagship mobile " Meizu 16th " In India along with meizu c9 & meizu m6t. it is powered by Snapdragon 845 Soc. it has 6-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED display. this device comes with 8GB Ram & 128 GB Internal storage. it has (12MP + 20MP ) Dual Rear camera & 20MP Front facing camera. it is packed with 2950mAh (minimum) battery with mCharge.
it has an in-display fingerprint sensor, it unlocks the phone within 0.25 seconds. this device also has a custom copper cooling System. Let us see the full specifications of this device.
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Married couples will get a tax break from 2015, while low and middle income earners under 65 could pay less from next April, Chancellor George Osborne said in today's Autumn Statement.
From April 2015, married couples and civil partners will be able to transfer £1,000 of their income tax personal allowance to their spouse, so long as neither pays higher rate (40%) or additional rate (45%) tax.
Choosing to transfer the allowance will mean one spouse pays tax on £1,000 less of their income. It'll benefit couples where one spouse doesn't use their full personal allowance – meaning together, they will pay less tax.
In future, this transferable amount will increase in proportion to the personal allowance – the income you can earn before you pay tax.
Personal allowances will increase in April 2014 by £560 from £9,440 to £10,000 (see our Tax Rates guide for more information).
From April 2015 the personal allowance will increase in line with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rate of inflation.
Above the personal allowance, you currently pay 20% income tax on earnings up to £41,450, 40% on earnings between £41,451 and £150,000, and 45% on earnings over £150,000.
From April 2014, you'll pay 20% on earnings up to £41,865, 40% between £41,866 and £150,000, and 45% on earnings over £150,000.


The Wharawhara catchment, just south of Katikati, was the southern limit of kauri logging in New Zealand. Bullocks were used to haul kauri logs on the Kaimai Range in the first decade of the twentieth century, notably on Cashmore's Clearing, a plateau near the summit of the Kaimai behind Katikati. The logs were dragged to the edge of the plateau then pushed down a kauri chute formed of smaller logs to a tram-line in the Wharawhara Valley below. The tramline continued through the bush across farms and to the Tauranga Harbour from whence they were taken by scow to Auckland for milling.
In the 1930s there was a further round of logging. The man behind the team is carrying a timber jack, a simple mechanism which, when used with skill, can move large logs with ease. Beside the man on the log is a lard pot, lard providing a readily available lubricant. He has dipped the 'dob stick' into the lard and is rubbing it on the saplings along which the logs are being dragged. This mural was painted by Ken Young who portrayed the bullocks breaking out of the frame to give the feeling of movement and strength. He now lives in Cambridge where he is still busy painting.


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GOODYEAR / About us
Get to know the brand that's devoted to driving excellence.
Goodyear is one of the world's largest tyre companies. It employs about 64,000 people and manufactures its products in 48 facilities in 22 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry.
Goodyear's winged-foot trademark was inspired by a newel-post statuette of the Roman god Mercury in the home of Goodyear founder Frank Seiberling. Seiberling felt Mercury embodied many of the characteristics for which Goodyear products were known.
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Goodyear is founded by Frank A. Seiberling and enters its first home: a strawboard factory on the banks of the Little Cuyahoga River in East Akron, Ohio, USA. The company is named in honour of Charles Goodyear, who discovered the rubber vulcanization process in 1839. The company makes horseshoe pads, bicycle and carriage tyres, sealing rings for canning, fire hose and even rubber poker chips.
Henry Ford's Model T, fitted with Goodyear tyres, is a sensation with middle class consumers.
Using Goodyear tyres, Craig Breedlove becomes the first man to top 600 miles (960km) an hour.
The first tyres on the moon – Apollo 14's MET (Modularized Equipment Transporter) – was shod with Goodyear's XLT tyres.
Goodyear supplies the first radial tyres for commercial aircraft.
Goodyear introduces the Aquatred tyre, offering a revolutionary design which delivers high performance traction in both wet and dry conditions.
Goodyear is first to win 350 F1 Grand Prix races.
Goodyear celebrates its 100th anniversary.
Goodyear stands at the pinnacle of drag racing, winning the most championships in both the professional and sportsman categories in the National Hot Rod and International Hot Rod Association competitions.
Goodyear and NASCAR celebrate their 50th anniversary together. Goodyear is the longest-running sponsor of the sport.
Goodyear launches RunOnFlat Technology – the next generation of run flat tyres available for all kinds of motorists. Goodyear tyres with RunOnFlat Technology are the first tyres that can run up to 80kph for 80km with punctures.
Goodyear and NASA invent "Spring Tire" for moon – an energy efficient tyre that would not go flat.
Goodyear Asia Pacific begins introducing the company's proprietary Fuel Saving Technology into new tyres, letting drivers go further for less and reduce emissions.
Goodyear's Air Maintenance Technology™ is recognized by Time Magazine as one of the best inventions of 2012.
Goodyear discovers that using soybean oil in tyres can potentially increase tread life by 10 percent and reduce the use of petroleum-based oil in the manufacturing process.
Goodyear announces plans to convert waste from rice harvest to fuel-efficient tyre treads.
Goodyear Asia Pacific introduces the "Road Therapy" campaign. Road Therapy recognizes the power of driving in transforming emotions.
Welcome to Goodyear Singapore
Goodyear Orient Company (Private) Limited (GOCPL), a wholly-owned USA subsidiary of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, was registered in Singapore on December 1917. Prior to establishing its own buying operation, Goodyear had been buying rubber in the Far East through a British trading company.
Based in Singapore, Goodyear Orient Company (Private) Limited (GOCPL) manages the Natural Rubber (NR) purchasing, delivery, financing and quality assurance for the worldwide operations associated with The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
In 1964, Goodyear opened a sales office in Singapore to supply tyres to the local market and to support the regional aviation business.
Today, Goodyear Orient (Company) Private Limited continues to supply the local passenger market through Distributors as well as supporting the aviation business and performing various export activities for the region.


Hi, I don't actually own the site but trying to help solve this problem.
The topics on their forum remain in the same place(staying in order of creation). When someone posts in a previous topic no longer moves to the top.
Have you made any changes recently? Do you have cache enable?


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Alteryx Analytics 10.0 Enables Data Analysts To Easily Implement Data Blending In Cloudera Without Coding
Alteryx Now Certified on Cloudera Enterprise 5.4
Irvine, Calif. — Sept 24, 2015 — Alteryx, Inc., the leader in data blending and advanced analytics, today announced that its newly released platform, Alteryx Analytics 10.0, empowers line-of-business analysts to quickly perform data blending in Cloudera® without the need for SQL coding. Alteryx also announced that its Alteryx Analytics 10.0 platform is now certified on Cloudera Enterprise to provide a tested and certified Alteryx and Cloudera experience. These updates provide data analysts with the ability to achieve deeper business insights in hours, not weeks with expanded data blending and analytics capabilities for in-database data blending to support data blending at scale.
"Alteryx continues to invest heavily in the future of the data analyst to help them produce more business insight. This investment includes easily enabling the full compute power of the Hadoop platform to allow blending massive data sets," said George Mathew, President and COO, Alteryx, Inc. "Alteryx also supports the growing number of analysts looking to adopt Spark within enterprise Hadoop deployments — including SparkR to enable predictive analytics — through key contributions for Spark and support of Cloudera's One Platform initiative."
To make self-service data preparation and advanced analytics even easier, with Alteryx Analytics 10.0, line-of-business analysts can now utilize additional in-database processing within Impala®. This is a simpler way to leverage their organizations' investment in Hadoop, taking advantage of the structured and unstructured data stored in Impala. Then analysts are able to cleanse, join and shape data in Impala, include data from other sources and create the ideal dataset to provide a wider context for insights and answer the urgent business questions.
"We see great value in providing a business user with a single, easy-to-use interface that enables them to focus on the business logic while leveraging the flexibility of multiple, purpose-built engines within an enterprise data hub," said Tim Stevens, vice president, Business and Corporate Development at Cloudera. "The latest integration from Alteryx is able to leverage both Impala and Spark for in-database blending and processing depending on the needs of the business user."
Come visit Alteryx next week at Strata+Hadoop World in the Cloudera Partner Pavilion to learn more about how to use Alteryx for in-database data blending in Cloudera and advanced analytics.
For further information on the Alteryx Analytics 10.0 release including webcast information and product upgrade instructions, please go to http://www.alteryx.com/whats-new.
For analysts new to Alteryx who wish to experience its data blending and advanced analytics capabilities, a free, fully functional trial of Alteryx Analytics, can be downloaded at http://www.alteryx.com/download.
To learn more about Alteryx and Cloudera, visit http://www.alteryx.com/cloudera.
About Alteryx, Inc.
Alteryx is the leader in data blending and advanced analytics software. Alteryx Analytics provides analysts with an intuitive workflow for data blending and advanced analytics that leads to deeper insights in hours, not the weeks, typical of traditional approaches. Analysts love the Alteryx analytics platform because they can deliver deeper insights by seamlessly blending internal, third party, and cloud data; and then analyze it using spatial and predictive drag-and-drop tools. This is all done in a single workflow, with no programming required. Hundreds of thousands of data analysts worldwide rely on Alteryx daily. Visit www.alteryx.com or call 1-888-836-4274.
Alteryx is a registered trademark of Alteryx, Inc. All other product and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Brandy S. Valentine
Alteryx, Inc.
Twitter: @brandysbaxter
Email: bvalentine@alteryx.com


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Où puis-je ajouter des onglets à un produit?
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How many minutes are in 2.45 hours? I know this doesn't seem like a chemistry question, but in this lesson, we're going to learn a technique that is used to solve nearly every type of chemistry problem. This technique has several different names, but the most common are dimensional analysis and the factor-label method. Dimensional analysis is a simple tool for solving problems not just in chemistry, but in everyday life. It allows us to convert a number from one unit to another unit. If you ever need to figure out how much carpet to buy for your living room, how much it will cost, or how long it will take to travel somewhere, you can use dimensional analysis. Not only will using it help you stay organized as you solve problems, but it will likely reduce the risk of errors by providing a way to double-check your work.
So let's go back to our initial question: how many minutes are in 2.45 hours? My number-one piece of advice for answering a question like this is to try not to do it in your head or take any shortcuts. It may seem like an easy question to answer by punching numbers into a calculator, but when the problems start getting more complicated and more abstract, you will be more likely to make mistakes if you don't use this method to solve problems.
1. First of all, what do you get when you multiply a number, let's just say x, by 1? Hopefully, you said 'the original number' or x. Multiplying by 1 does not change the value of the original number. You can always multiply by 1 without changing a number's value.
2. Next, let's take a look at some of the properties of fractions. You would solve 2/4 * 5/2 by multiplying across the top (to get 10) and across the bottom (to get 8), but because you have the same value (2) in both the numerator and the denominator, these numbers can cancel out, reducing the amount of work you would need to do in the end by simplifying the 10/8 fraction to 5/4. But what if you have something like 5 cm * 1 m/100 cm? Can you cancel out the units as well? Yes! Identical numbers and units on the top and bottom of multiplied fractions will cancel each other out.
3. Finally, we need to examine what a measurement really is. If a reaction takes 1 hour, there are several different ways we can record this: 1 hour, 60 minutes, 3,600 seconds, and so on. There are multiple ways to write a measurement without changing its value. In dimensional analysis, we will use conversion factors to express these equalities. A conversion factor is a relationship in the form of an equality. For example, 7 days/1 week, 60 seconds/1 minute, or 12 inches/1 foot are all examples of conversion factors. Some conversion factors may be difficult to identify. For example, the density of aluminum is 2.7 g/cm3.
How do all these rules help us solve our problem converting 2.45 hours into minutes? We will first want to start out with the quantity we are given. Then, we will need to set up a conversion factor (or a group of conversion factors) that will allow us to solve the problem. When setting up a conversion factor for this problem, we need to identify our known equalities. In this situation, we know that 1 hour is equivalent to 60 minutes. We can either write our conversion factor as 60 minutes/1 hour or 1 hour/60 minutes. We are going to need to choose one of these conversion factors to help answer our question, so which one do we use?
Let's see what happens with each one. If we take 2.45 hours and multiply by 1 hour/60 minutes (which is equal to 1), we get a value of 0.041 hours2 /minutes. If we take 2.45 hours and multiply by 60 minutes/1 hour (also equal to 1), we get a value of 147 minutes. If we compare these two answers, we need to understand that both of them are equivalent values, but one gives you the units you want, and one does not.
Even though these answers are equal, use the one with the right unit of measurement.
Let's take a slightly more challenging example: convert 2.3 miles into centimeters. First, let's list our conversion factors (the information we will most likely be using to solve this problem). We have 1 mile = 5,280 feet, 1 foot = 12 inches, and 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters. There may be some conversion factors you will need to memorize, but we will discuss those as needed throughout the course. For now, just focus on setting up the problem using the conversion factors. This is where it gets fun.
We can solve this almost like we would play a game of dominoes. If you are given the tile shown (3/6) and you have tiles a (0/5), b (6/0), c (2/5), and d (4/5) in your possession, you will need to place them in an order that allows you to connect to the 2/3 on the right side of the sequence. This may take a little trial-and-error and a little problem-solving, but you should come up with this sequence: tile b, tile a, tile c. You may think you could use either tile c or tile d for the last-placed tile, but tile d wouldn't work because it doesn't connect up with the 2 on the last tile.
We can use the same exact process to convert 2.3 miles into centimeters. We start out with 2.3 miles, but because we don't have a direct connection (in the form of a conversion factor) to centimeters, we need to plan out how we are going to set up our fractions so that the units we want canceled out will end up being on opposite sides of each other. So we will start out with 2.3 miles. The conversion factor that includes miles is 1 mile = 5,280 feet. Are we going to write the fraction so the miles are on the top or the bottom? Miles should be on the bottom in this situation because we are trying to cancel out miles. Placing it this way allows us to cancel out miles, but the remaining unit is feet (which we don't want). We will have to use another conversion factor to convert from feet. If we use the conversion factor 1 foot = 12 inches, would we want to place feet on the top or bottom of the fraction? In this situation we would place it on the bottom, so we would multiply by 12 inches/1 foot. This cancels out feet, but we are still left with inches. We need to convert to centimeters, so we place our final conversion factor in the line in a way that allows us to cancel out inches and convert to centimeters, so inches would need to be on the bottom. If we multiply everything out, we get 370,000 centimeters (using the proper number of significant figures).
The answer to the sample problem is reached by canceling out like terms.
The biggest issue people have when converting units is that they're not sure whether to multiply or divide. If you set up every problem just like this, it should become clear whether you will need to multiply or divide, and you will reduce your risk of error.
Let's finish with a slightly more challenging problem. For this, let's use the density of ethanol, 0.8 g/mL, and convert it to kg/L. First we will list our conversion factors; we know that 1,000 mL = 1 L and 1,000 g = 1 kg. So how will we set this up? Always start with the value that the question gives you. In this case, it would be 0.8 g/mL. We may see right away that grams is in the numerator, and we would like it to be kilograms. So we're first going to multiply by 1 kg/1,000 g, which allows us to cancel out grams. Next, we will convert milliliters on the bottom to liters on the bottom. To do this we will need to manipulate our conversion factor so that milliliters is on the top. We will multiply by 1,000 mL/1 L. This allows us to cancel out milliliters, leaving liters in the denominator. You may also see that the 1,000s will cancel out, leaving us with 0.8 kg/L as a final answer. Keep in mind that when you multiply numbers, the order does not matter, so if you wanted to cancel out milliliters first and grams second, that would work just as well.
When you're solving these types of problems, just remember it takes a little planning and a lot of practice. We will be solving problems using this method for the rest of the course. Even if you think you can solve these types of problems quickly and in your head, you should still learn this method, because it will greatly reduce the number of errors you make in calculations. Also remember that even though it doesn't look like it, all you're doing is multiplying by 1, which is okay, because it doesn't change the original value of the number.