Parent child conflict increases during adolescence as the healthy teenager pushes for more independence to grow and healthy parents restrain that push in the interests of safety and responsibility.
Each of "the five engines that drive independence"—separation, expansion, differentiation, opposition, responsibility—creates a different source of dispute.
SEPARATION can cause disagreements over time with peers versus time with family.
EXPANSION can cause disagreements over what one is old enough to do versus what one is not old enough to do.
DIFFERENTIATION can cause disagreements over what expression of individuality is okay versus what expression of individuality is not okay.
OPPOSITION can cause disagreements over living on adolescent terms versus living on parental terms.
RESPONSIBILITY can cause disagreements over what decisions one is not accountable for versus what decisions one is accountable for.
Given this inevitability of more friction in the relationship, here are some notions about conflict that parents might find helpful to consider.
PARENTS ARE TRAINED IN CONFLICT and they need to know what their training model is. In their family of origin they witnessed and experienced conflict in formative ways. If it was a safe and constructive model (calm discussion leading to reasonable resolution), they might want to continue it with their adolescent; if it was an unsafe and destructive model (explosive attacks leading to hurt feelings), they might want to change it with their adolescent. Parents can modify the way of conducting conflict that they learned growing up if they want.
CONFLICT IS COOPERATIVE as opposing parties work together to contest some significant point of difference between them. Conflict is a matter of mutual agreement. It takes two to start a conflict, and only one (by disengaging) to stop it. ("Suppose they gave a war and nobody came, or only one side came?") Any time a parent finds themselves fighting with their teenager, they need to ask themselves: "Why did I agree to cooperate in this argument, and do I want to discontinue my involvement?" (To stop an argument, just stop arguing back) Just as bickering siblings are jointly accountable for their ongoing rivalry, parent and adolescent are jointly responsible for any conflict between them. Engagement in conflict is a matter of personal choice.
CONFLICT CAN CREATES RESEMBLANCE, the influential conduct of one party often causing imitation in the other. Thus, if the teenager starts interrupting, voice-raising, and making general accusations when in conflict with the parent, it can be tempting for the parent to respond in kind. However, the adult must resist this temptation and model the kind of mature behavior he wants the adolescent to learn instead—hearing the other person out, speaking calmly, and sticking to specifics. When in conflict with their teenager, parents want resemblance to come their way.
CONFLICT CAN BE INSTRUCTIVE, the adolescent learning from the exchange. Conflict is not something parents have with their teenager; it is something they do with their teenager. It is a performance act. Each time they engage in conflict the parent is teaching one more lesson (by example and interaction) how to do conflict. And this education bears not only on now, but later as well. Teenagers who learn how to constructively manage conflict with their parents (talking it out respectfully and not acting it out harmfully) are given valuable tools for managing conflict in later significant relationships of their own, as partners and parents, for example.
RESEMBLANCE CAN CREATE CONFLICT when parent and adolescent share similar antagonistic traits. Perhaps they are equally stubborn. Perhaps they each have to have the last word. Perhaps they are both very strong-willed. Perhaps they are highly competitive. When parents recognize such a similarity connection they need to bring it out in the open for discussion. They do this with the adolescent in order to find strategies for managing future disagreements without getting trapped in the old familiar, similar way. The problem with conflicts of resemblance between parent and teenager is that they intensify very quickly and resolve very slowly, if at all.
COOPERATION CAN CREATE CONFLICT because cooperation requires that two parties manage to share something in common. So telling teenage siblings to share the computer creates all kinds of cooperation questions that can lead to conflicts. Who goes first? Who's in charge? Who gets most? What is fair? What is a fair share? Who decides? Who knows best? Who is right? Whose is the right way? When is whose turn? If parents want to reduce cooperation conflicts between siblings, then they can declare how the sharing is to be done.
CONFLICT IS HOW SIBLINGS GET ALONG; it doesn't mean they are not getting along. Conflict allows siblings to provoke interaction, compete against each other, practice arguing, take up for themselves, test their power, assert dominance, work out differences, and ventilate emotions, among other things. So long as parents monitor the conflict to make sure no verbal, emotional, or physical harm is being done (in which case they need to intervene, stop the proceedings, and confront the violator), and so long as siblings also have harmonious times together, the push and shove of sibling conflict can teach them how to get along when disagreeing with each other is what they choose to do.
CONFLICT CAN CHANGE QUALITY OF COMMUNICATION as choice of language tends to alter with rising tension. So, for example, as impatience builds, the words parent or teenager choose to use can change from objective, declarative, and moderate ("You didn't do what you promised") to evaluative, accusatory, and extreme ("You're completely untrustworthy!") It's up to the parent to monitor the level of discourse so it does not become inflammatory. When provocative speech intensifies conflict, parents to need to stop action, agenda the issue at difference, and take time to discuss constructive language that needs to be used.
CONFLICT CAN LEAD TO VIOLENCE when frustration with opposition leads to anger and anger leads to verbal or physical abuse. This is why the number one priority in family conflict is the management of emotional arousal, the issue at disagreement always of secondary importance. Each person must take responsibility for monitoring and managing their own state of feeling. If anyone, parent or teenager, feels in danger of emotionally 'losing it,' they need to declare a time out to cool down, and commit to resuming the dispute at a more emotionally sober time. The rule of safety must prevail and it is simply this: conflict is never to be used as an excuse to do anyone in the family harm. Between parent and adolescent, disagreements are normal, conflict is to be expected, but violence is neither.
TOLERANCE FOR CONFLICT CAN VARY BETWEEN PARENTS with mothers frequently more comfortable in conflict with their teenager than are fathers. For example, a mother who was socialized with female peers to value closely communicative, emotionally intense relationships growing up may treat conflict with the adolescent as a chance to better understand her more argumentative son. The father, however, perhaps less comfortable with emotional interactions and more male socialized to treat conflict as competition or even combat, may want to win, shut the opposition down, and get the disagreement over with. Sometimes fathers have to work at hanging in there in conflict with the adolescent in order to provide an opinion or stand that the teenager needs to hear and to hear what the teenager has to say..


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Q: Google Calendar API: Deleting a Event does not delete an Event Id First: I create a new event:
event = {
        "id": "tph13",
        "start": {
            "dateTime": convert_to_RFC_datetime(2021,5,10,8,15),
            "timeZone": "Europe/Zurich"
        },
        "end": {
            "dateTime": convert_to_RFC_datetime(2021,5,10,12,00),
            "timeZone": "Europe/Zurich"
        },
        "summary": "TEST_EVENT"

    }

    event = service.events().insert(calendarId='primary', body=event).execute()

This successfully creates an event in Google Calendar!
Then: I delete the event again:
service.events().delete(calendarId='primary', eventId='tph13').execute()

which successfully deletes the event (at least I don't see it anymore).
Then: I re-create the same event:
event = {
        "id": "tph13",
        "start": {
            "dateTime": convert_to_RFC_datetime(2021,5,10,8,15),
            "timeZone": "Europe/Zurich"
        },
        "end": {
            "dateTime": convert_to_RFC_datetime(2021,5,10,12,00),
            "timeZone": "Europe/Zurich"
        },
        "summary": "TEST_EVENT"

    }

    event = service.events().insert(calendarId='primary', body=event).execute()

...but then I get this error:

'The requested identifier already exists.'

What am I doing wrong?
(For those interested)
def convert_to_RFC_datetime(year=1900, month=1, day=1, hour=0, minute=0):
    dt = datetime.datetime(year, month, day, hour, minute, 0).isoformat() + 'Z'
    return dt

A: It is either a propagation issue, or those IDs can never be used again.
From the documentation:

Due to the globally distributed nature of the system, we cannot guarantee that ID collisions will be detected at event creation time.
https://developers.google.com/calendar/v3/reference/events/insert

Though this doesn't address your exact question, it points to an important issue, that updates take time to propagate.
While there is some advantage to not allowing a previously deleted ID to be created (outlined below), it is possible that eventually these ID's become available again. In the event of a real ID deletion, it will probably take a few days to propagate through the system. That is assuming that they are deleted from the system at all. In all likelihood, the ID's will linger for a long time to come.
Why would the IDs want to be kept?
An old ID may be pointed to from one or more other resources. If an app relied on a particular event to gather some information and then found that the ID had totally different information it would be a bit strange. Better for the other resource to find out that the event has been deleted, than to find a totally different event.
In fact, when you make a GET request on a deleted event it will actually return the event with one important field:
"status": "cancelled",

Which makes sense because maybe lots of people have added a reminder in their calendar for this event ID, and if the API allowed you to totally change recently deleted events, then people might start getting reminders for random events.
The fact that it shows up as "cancelled" suggests that the IDs may in fact never be deleted, or at least kept for long enough for the problem above never to be an issue.
Changing an event
If you want to keep the same ID, but want to update the event completely, then you will need to use either the update or patch endpoints.
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Tour de France: Viviani wins the 4th stage, Alaphilippe keeps the yellow jersey
Italy's Elia Viviani won the 4th stage of the Tour de France in the sprint on 213.5 km between Reims and Nancy, after which Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe kept the yellow jersey.
Italy's Elia Viviani of the Deceuninck team won the 4th stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday (9 July) in Nancy, where her team-mate Julian Alaphilippe kept the yellow jersey. Viviani, who had never won on the Tour, went up the Norwegian Alexander Kristoff. Australia's Caleb Ewan took third place ahead of Slovakia's Peter Sagan at the end of the 213.5-kilometer run.
Olympic champion track, in the omnium at the Rio Olympics, Viviani, 30, had already won in the Giro and Vuelta. But he could not succeed in the Tour during his first experience in 2014. He signed the first Italian success in a stage of the Tour since the victory of Fabio Aru in 2017, at La Planche des Belles Filles.
A trio highlighted
This stage of transition to connect Champagne to Lorraine, under a beautiful sun, highlighted three riders, the French Yoann Offredo, the Belgian Frederik Backaert and the Swiss Michael Schär, left after the start. The trio was controlled remotely by the peloton led by three teams (Lotto, Deceuninck, Jumbo) which left a gap of three and a half minutes. Schär was caught in the final climb, 16 km from the finish.
Lilian Calmejane tried his luck before the last 10 kilometers, without being able to avoid the return of the group to 6 km, prelude to a massive sprint.
Alaphilippe keeps the yellow jersey
For his first day in yellow, Alaphilippe had a rather quiet stage. He even offered to take the lead of the pack under the red flame of the last kilometer to contribute to the work of his training, before the Danish Michael Morkov and the Argentine Maximiliano Richeze launch Viviani.
Wednesday, the fifth stage is typical "middle mountain" between Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and Colmar. Four coasts, two in the second category, are on the 175.5 km program.
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It's not that long since Galileo Resources PLC (LON:GLR) took full control at the Star Zinc project in Zambia, after former partner BMR got into difficulties and had to de-list from Aim.
For a while, BMR's demise was something of a headache for Galileo and for Colin Bird, the serial mining entrepreneur who stands behind Galileo. There had been problems with the licence already, dating back to the time before Galileo went into partnership with BMR, and now the rug was being pulled out again. But Bird can plumb a deep well of experience when it comes to mining in Africa, and he knew full well that BMR's difficulties also presented an opportunity for Galileo.
A deal was struck with the now private BMR to take Galileo's holding in Star up to 95%, giving Galileo complete control, allowing for the 5% held residually by the Zambian government.
Still, it may yet turn out that Star and Kabwe end up being reunited in some sense, as the existing zinc and vanadium tailings project at Kabwe, which was of such interest to Jubilee, is only two hours drive away from the workings at Star.
If it turns out that the mineralisation at Star doesn't warrant its own processing plant, then trucking to the existing facilities at Kabwe would make perfect sense.
"It's a tremendous little situation," says Bird.
And that also suits Jubilee, since it wouldn't solely be relying on a secondary feed from third parties to keep the plant up to capacity.
"If you can get US$600 per tonne after transport and you can produce ore at the rate of 100 tonnes per day, then you can build up a tidy little revenue," says Bird.
So, on current plans, it looks as though cash flow from Star is likely to come through in April or May of next year.
Initially, mining costs will be low, since the lateritic material on the surface can just be scraped away. After that, the mining will get a bit more serious when Galileo hits the willemite ore that contains the bulk of the zinc since that will need to be blasted.
With all that as a backstop, Galileo is certainly sitting in a better position than it has done for some years, approaching cash flow and with a long-term future laid out ahead of it.
But there is another possibility too – that the resource base at Star grows to a point where it justifies its own processing facility.
The latest official release from Galileo sets out the details of the 90,000-tonne conceptual target, but also looks ahead to a full-blown JORC resource, due out early next year. The talk still is of signing an off-take agreement with Kabwe.
Bird calls it "a major advantage" for Star that it doesn't initially need to construct its own processing plant.
What happens down the line, when operations are up and running and when the results start coming in from Kashitu remains to be seen. But with cash flow now on the near horizon, it will likely only be a matter of time before the market starts to wake up to the value on offer from Star.


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Tuomas Holopainen to release solo album
Bob Mulvey 28 November 2013 NightwishTuomas | Holopainen
Nightwish's Tuomas Holopainen has announced the release of his solo album entitled The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck. All the recordings have been completed and the album is scheduled for release in April 2014…
"Tuomas has spent most of the year 2013 writing and producing his solo album. The whole album will be based on a graphic novel called »The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck«, written and illustrated by Don Rosa.
Tuomas comments: "This is my longtime dream come true, 14 years in the making. And a homage to one of the best storytellers of our time. Thank you for sharing this celebration of Life & Adventure!"
This 12 – chapter book tells the life story of a certain Scrooge, from his early years in the 19th century Scotland to his adventures all around the world until the 1950`s. The story contains such immense depth, detail, wit and emotional power, that the moment Tuomas read it nearly 20 years ago, it instantly became a story of profound personal interest and love for him. The initial spark of `coloring` this story with music, i.e. create a kind of "soundtrack" for the book, came to him already in 1999, and has ever since been haunting the back of his mind.
The album was written and produced by Tuomas Holopainen and will contain 10 songs, with total duration of approximately 60 minutes. The music will be of soundtrack / classical / folk genre in the vein of Vaughan Williams, Michael Nyman, James Newton Howard and Enya.
Mr. Pip Williams has done the orchestral arrangements, continuing his collaboration with Tuomas after the NIGHTWISH records »Once«, »Dark Passion Play« & »Imaginaerum«.
There will be a number of guest musicians, including the London Orchestra, The Metro Voices (a choir from London) and four lead vocalists: Alan Reid, Johanna Kurkela, Johanna Iivanainen & Tony Kakko. Other guest appearances include Troy Donockley (uilleann pipes, low whistles, bodhran), Mikko Iivanainen (guitars & banjo), Teho Majamäki (Didgeridoo), Jon Burr (Harmonica) and Dermot Crehan in the solo violin.
The recordings took place during August – October 2013, first at Angel Studios, London, then in various locations around Scotland and Finland.
The author of the book, Don Rosa, has done the artwork for the album."
There will also be a single release, from the track 'A Lifetime Of Adventure', and a music video to go with it in early 2014.
The album »The Life And Times Of Scrooge« is scheduled for a release in April 2014.
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Deploying Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2009
Learn four ways R2 can help you migrate your organization to Windows 7.
Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at @MitchTulloch or friend him on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/mitchtulloch.
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If you're planning to deploy Windows 7 Enterprise edition in the near future, you'll want to learn about the new capabilities found in Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) 2009, Release 2. Customers who have a Software Assurance agreement can download the software from the Microsoft Volume Licensing Site.
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Livestock systems occupy approximately 30% of the earth ice-free surface area.
The livestock sector employs people both directly and indirectly around the world (Thornton et al., 2009), and has helped sustain livelihood.
With the rise in technology in the livestock sector, what does the future entail? How will farming or rangelands be sustained and become more sustainable in the future?
A series of questions may arise from all angles, a simple response would be: "the future is in our hands".
Today's edition postulates on future livestock farming prospects around the world.
Future prospects in livestock farming
Presently, livestock production is one of the fastest growing agricultural sectors in developing countries which has helped boost the overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
With development in an area, technology is mostly used. As an example we could consider how, historically, traction from domesticated animals such as cattle or donkeys was a source of pride in a community. With the change of times traction from animals was replaced by tractors, which meant less people working in a field and more time saved for other activities on the farm.
Time as a component of leveraging is heavily factored into the equation when introducing innovative techniques in livestock farming.
Technology can help save time, along with improving processes, breed selection, animal health and all aspects regarding livestock systems' productivity, sustainability and efficiency.
Valuable information sharing through internet is mostly heightened, therefore, anyone interested in starting up a venture is able to do so. The use of technical devices would ensure the success of livestock production in future.
Let's talk about 3 of the most outstanding trends at everyone's reach in the very next future.
Livestock Data for better understanding of animal needs
Currently, engineers and scientists are working towards sustainable animal monitoring through the use of GPS and other technical devices. These have proven to be a success, as a farmer can monitor progress of an animal from a distance. Hence, through continuous research farmers would be encouraged to use such devices in monitoring livestock on farms.
Intelligent feeding schemes to optimize cost/benefit ratio
Different feed rations are formulated to meet the specific requirements of domesticated animals on farms. Hence, feed formulating companies in conjunction with veterinarians are able to advice farmers on what feed ration is ideal for a growing piglet or a chick.Unlike in the past, when domesticated animals had to fend for themselves, currently a significant number of cattle and other livestock are kept in intensive systems and their nutrition is strictly regulated and monitored for a better yield and a more robust animal health.
Genetic improvement as a key for better livestock production
The use of genetics and efficient breeding schemes in livestock production has resulted in weaker genes being suppressed. An illustrated example would be increase in milk production, such that, through strategic research, specific breed lines are crossed to increase milk production. Furthermore, egg production in poultry sector has rampantly increased, which means through successive breeding, farmers are able to specialize in a breed that has high egg production. Therefore, the continuous use of genetics and breeding in the future, not only creates employment but empowers the agriculture sector as a whole.
In summary, livestock farming is evolving at an incredible fast speed. Postulates are shared by scientists to encourage farming communities and to continue with their different ventures in agriculture. Very affordable tools can be adopted, to allow even small farms to take a leap into the future and adapt to the forthcoming innovations and market demands.
Steinfeld, H., Gerber, P., Wassenaar, T., Castel, V., Rosales, M. & de Haan, C. 2006.
Livestock's long shadow: environmental issues and options. Rome, Italy: FAO.
Thornton, P. K., van de Steeg, J., Notenbaert, A. & Herrero, M. 2009 The impacts of climate change on livestock and livestock systems in developing countries: a review of what we know and what we need to know. Agric. Syst. 101, 113 –127.
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Eric Judge
Eric Judge is a 6-foot-1, 190-pound wide receiver from San Diego, Calif. He comes to San Diego State after playing at San Diego High School, where he excelled at both wide receiver and defensive back. A former track runner, Judge has a good combination of size and speed, and has the potential to be a big playmaker for the Aztecs. In 2010, he ran the 100-meter in 10.8 seconds.
Judge will likely redshirt in 2012, but will be competing for playing time by the 2013 season. He will have the opportunity to learn from wide receivers coach LeCharls McDaniel, who has a knack for developing NFL prospects at receiver. Judge will wear No. 81 for the Aztecs.
GoAztecs.com player profile
Rivals recruiting page
A: I chose SDSU because it's local, and because I think it's the best place for me to have a successful football career.
A: The summer workouts were really hard at first. The hardest thing for me was the leg workouts. I couldn't walk for like four days after them because I was so sore.
A: I am going in undecided. Right now I just want to get the feel for college first and get settled in.
A: I am excited for the campus lifestyle and being on my own.
A: I like to sleep as much as I can during my spare time. Football is wearing me out so I try to relax.
A: The Philadelphia Eagles are my favorite football team.
A: I try to do my own thing and try to make myself the best player I can be. I am a fan of Desean Jackson and Michael Vick, though.
A: Nothing. Football is the first sport I played and the only sport I like.
Q: Since you are from San Diego, what is your favorite thing about the city?
A: I would have to say the beaches. Sometimes it gets a little hot but other than that San Diego is a good place to be.
A: My senior year against El Camino in the first round of the playoffs, I had an 80-yard run from the wildcat formation. We were down by six and there was under a minute left. We ended up scoring on that drive and winning the game by one point.


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Q: laravel inertia how to infer typeof InertiaFormProps? I have a page that uses the useForm hook, this page is a multi-step form that are seperated into their own component.
Something like this:

    export default function create(){

      const form = useForm({
        name: '',
        content: '',
        is_published: 0,
        some_more_fields_here
      });

    return (
    <div>
    <GeneralPageInformation form={form} />

    <SeoInformation form={form} />
    </div>
    )
}

the form object that useForm returns looks like this:
 InertiaFormProps<{name: string, content: string, is_published: number, rest of your fields}>

now I tried doing something like this
interface IGeneralPageInformation {
  form: InertiaFormProps;
}

while this does give me access to stuff like form.processting and form.recentlySuccessful
the keys like name and content are not visible when trying to use something like form.setData('all available keys should show up here))
I could manually declare the keys like this
interface IGeneralPageInformation {
  form:  InertiaFormProps<{name: string, content: string, is_published: number, resf of the fields}>
}

But this is obviously not a very "scalable" solution as I would have to manually edit every form whenever it's changed.

A: In Vue 3,
<script setup lang="ts">
import { InertiaForm, useForm } from "@inertiajs/inertia-vue3"

const form: InertiaForm<{
                title: string,
                category: string,
                types: Array<string | number>
            }> = useForm({
                title: "",
                category: "",
                types: [],
            })
</script>


When will the Trump administration take action?
Whistleblower John Kiriakou exposes the Deep State M.O. & the crimes of Clapper & Brennan that were exposed November, 1 by Sen Grassley but ignored by the media.


In this interview recorded a few days ago in their home in the Catskills, Carla Bley and Steve Swallow talk about the people and history of their lives in music since the 1950s and 60s. Carla Bley is a composer, pianist, and improvisor, who was an elemental figure in the development of free jazz in the 1960s. She is often recognized as one of the greatest living jazz composers. Steve Swallow is an electric bassist, improvisor, and composer, who played with Thelonious Monk before switching to electric bass. The two play together with saxophonist Andy Sheppard as the Carla Bley Trio with live dates at The Jazz Standard in NYC on March 19th and 20th.
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Is a Cubs WS victory a sign of the end times?
Talk about a long rally. The Cubs have made Bill Murray a happy man.
Yes, the end of times@duke.
i was torn on who to root for, i loved the indians when i was younger, but the cubbies deserve a win.is steve goodman up in heaven doing a jig?
Jeff Parker is on my wavelength this AM. Thnx, SMc.
Good morning. Cubs rally, you rally, we all rally.
I'm going to need a rally after the game going that late.
Last rally for me until early December at best. I hope the station will have reached its fundraising goal way before that.
Greetings from County Cavan ,Ireland!
Cool, Gary, that's where my wife's family comes from.
Good morning, Scott and rally aficionados. Besides Trouble's show at 9:00, it's also Amanda Nazario's debut in her new time slot on the Drummer stream.
Wow - did not know that Ken, thanks for the tip!
Hmm, really liking the Laraaji/Sun Araw.
I didn't know that existed. Interesting pairing.
Yeah! I guess this is just from a handful of live shows they did together in Europe.
Lovely start to the day, Scott. Gotta fly now, see you, and the Rallyers, next time.
Did you see Danny Oxenberg too?
I was a Supreme Dicks fan a long time ago, so I'm curious!
what percentage has been raised for the whole marathon, scott?


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MDOT's Kim Zimmer Recognized For Flood Recovery Efforts
Dave Maurer
Port Huron native and Midland resident Kimberly Zimmer has received the 2021 Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Director's Award, the department's highest employee honor for outstanding service. MDOT established the annual award more than 30 years ago to recognize those who exhibit leadership and exemplary public service.
"Kim's outstanding leadership and commitment to quality make her a cornerstone of public service," said State Transportation Director Paul C. Ajegba. "Director's Award recipients like Kim help make MDOT the dynamic and responsive organization that it is, and we are all grateful for her service."
Zimmer, honored in the officials and administrators category, played a critical role in MDOT's successful response to last year's historic flooding in Midland and Gladwin counties and is still engaged in ongoing restoration efforts more than a year later. She has maintained continued communication with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to ensure MDOT and local agencies receive all possible federal funds, funds that would not have been secured without Zimmer's enormous efforts. Her approach was so successful that it laid the groundwork for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) to complete dam analysis and work under contract and in coordination with MDOT hydraulics, soils, bridge design, and operations.


Latinx-skewing channel El Rey Network has named veteran media industry executive Mauricio Rios as vice president of programming and acquisitions.
In his new role, Rios will work to expand the El Rey brand on new platforms by leveraging his extensive relationships.
Rios comes to El Rey from NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises-owned Universo Channel, where he spent three years as director of programming and scheduling, acquiring programming for the rebranded channel and executing its short- and long-term program planning and scheduling strategy.
Before this, Rios was director of joint venture channel operations at Comcast/NBCUniversal International, where he provided oversight on programming, marketing, online, on-air, and operational necessities of international joint venture channels in Latin America, South Korea, Israel and Canada.
The executive also spent 11 years at Fox Latin American Channels, where he led the acquisitions and programming strategy for various channels, including FX, Fox Life and National Geographic.
"His [Mauricio's] expertise and vision in programming for young, diverse viewers will further propel El Rey's commitment to be a voice in the industry for U.S. Hispanic audiences," said Daniel Tibbets, president and general manager of El Rey Network, in a statement.


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10 Best travel movies that will feed your wanderlust
Posted on March 29, 2021 April 20, 2021 1 Comment
How many of you have been inspired to travel just because you saw it in a movie? Movies make us dream and want to go out to explore the world. From Australia to Alaska these are 10 of the best movies will feed your wanderlust.
Into the Wild is a 2007 American biographical adventure drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Sean Penn. It is an adaptation of the 1996 non-fiction book of the same name written by Jon Krakauer and tells the story of Christopher McCandless ("Alexander Supertramp"), a man who hiked across North America into the Alaskan wilderness in the early 1990s.
The Way is a 2010 American-Spanish drama film directed, produced and written by Emilio Estevez . The film honors the Camino de Santiago and promotes the traditional pilgrimage. Saying he did not want the film to appeal to only one demographic, Emilio Estevez called the film "pro-people, pro-life, not anti-anything".
3. Lion (2016)
Lion is a 2016 Australian biographical drama film directed by Garth Davis (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Luke Davies based on the 2013 non-fiction book A Long Way Home. The film tells the true story of how Brierley, 25 years after being separated from his family in India, sets out to find them.
4. The secret life of Walter Mitty (2013)
The secret life of Walter Mitty, in this comedic adaptation of James Thurber's short story, Ben Stiller stars as Walter, a milquetoast proofreader for a magazine publishing firm. Walter is constitutionally incapable of standing up for himself, so he retreats into his fantasy world, where he is heroic, poised, self-assured, and the master of his fate.
5. The beach (2000)
The Beach is a 2000 adventure drama film directed by Danny Boyle and based on the 1996 novel of the same name, which was adapted for the film by John Hodge. On vacation in Thailand, Richard sets out for an island rumored to be a solitary beach paradise. It was filmed on the Thai island of Ko Phi Phi Le.
6. Mamma mia! (2008)
Mamma Mia! is a 2008 romantic comedy film containing music directed by Phyllida Lloyd and written by Catherine Johnson based on her book of the 1999 theatre show of the same name. The film, in turn, is based on the songs of pop group ABBA, and the plot follows a young bride-to-be who invites three men to her upcoming wedding, each one with the possibility of being her father.
7. Eat pay love (2010)
Eat Pray Love is a 2010 American biographical romantic drama film starring Julia Roberts as Elizabeth Gilbert, based on Gilbert's 2006 memoir of the same name. A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself". She discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy, the power of prayer in India, and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Indonesia.
8. Amélie (2001)
Amélie (also known as Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain) is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. The film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre. It tells the story of a shy waitress, played by Audrey Tautou, who decides to change the lives of those around her for the better while struggling with her own isolation.
9. The motorcycle diaries (2004)
The Motorcycle Diaries is a 2004 biopic about the journey and written memoir of the 23-year-old Ernesto Guevara. The film recounts the 1952 expedition, initially by motorcycle, across South America by Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado. As well as being a road movie, the film is a coming-of-age film; as the adventure, initially centered on youthful hedonism, unfolds, Guevara discovers himself transformed by his observations on the life of the impoverished indigenous peasantry.
10. In Bruges (2008)
In Bruges is a 2008 black comedy crime film written and directed by Martin McDonagh in his feature-length debut. Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.
So, this is the list of some of our favorites travel films. Would you add any more? Tell us!
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Into the wild is based on a true story, everyone must watch it, the movie is amazing.


NEW YORK (SportingAlert.com) — Florida State continues to hold down the No. 1 slot in the latest release of The Associated Press poll on Sunday. Oregon, Alabama, Oklahoma and Auburn, complete the top five teams in the poll again, but there were some movements below them, with USC and Georgia both dropping down the order.


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Submission to Anything Goes Jam [8 Bits to Infinity]
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
You are a box. There are 20 levels. The source code for box can be found at https://github.com/pommicket/box. You can also find more information there, such as the licenses for the code and assets.
The music is a co-production of me, Leo Tenenbaum, and Alex Tenenbaum; everything else is my own work.
This game was created using the Go programming language and SDL (+ SDL2_mixer), specifically these SDL2 Go bindings.
Controls, etc.
f - enter fullscreen mode.
Escape - go back.
r - restart a level.
p - pause
- (minus) - slow down the game
= (equals) - speed up the game
You are a box. You can click on portals to teleport to them. If you hit an enemy from the side, you will die. If you hit an enemy from above, it will.
Platforms Windows, Linux
Tags 2D, Level Editor, Pixel Art, Point & Click, two-colors
Accessibility Color-blind friendly, High-contrast
Box for Linux 35 MB
Box for Windows 36 MB
Joshua McLean157 days ago
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Gente que Avanza is a non-profit civic organization, founded in Uruguay in January 1970. Its legal status is recognized by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay (since 1972). Born under the name of the Latin American Cast Viva la Gente (Up with People), it set out to capture the public imagination, articulating a new vision for living through song, dance, workshops, sharing of personal experiences. In 1998 its name was changed to Gente Que Avanza.
Its goal is to promote a new mentality in people, principally the youth, aimed at developing a stronger civic conscience, constructive community life and sound democratic values. It trains young people in areas of leadership and personal development; helping them place their talents at the service of others and find their role as leaders in the world of today.
Nowadays it has, in Uruguay, a dedicated and committed group of young and adults that are working to spread the idea in Uruguay and the continent. Some of them are on fulltime basis, and the others work as part-timers. They organized and facilitate workshops and courses in schools, universities, church´s groups, private organizations, etc.
to promote values and the dignity of people through the Arts and the Media.
Gente que Avanza offers a programme that complements academic education, within the Non Formal Educative System, searching to draw out the best in people for the benefit of those around them. It takes on the whole person in all his or her aspects, seeking to develop the multiple intelligences each person possesses - spiritual, intellectual, emotional.
The programme consists of 10 months that includes four stages. Two take place in Montevideo, Uruguay, and two are developed in the countryside of Uruguay and in other countries, primarily of Latin America.
Each workshop could be facilitated with skits, songs and group activities in which the sharing of personal experiences of facilitators and participants enrich the content of each theme.
This is a very important aspect, both for the learning process of the participants and for the life of each host family.
The fact of living in a family home, sharing its lifestyle, experiences and culture involves a mutual growing factor, building strong bonds of friendship that facilitate the integration of our countries.
This an imaginary trip through the countries visited by Gente que Avanza, their dance, music, typical instruments and national costumes… an effective way of transmitting the cultural values of Latin America.
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BIG INTERVIEW: with Eric Morehouse of AIPI Solutions
Businesses seeking to build a future in North America should first consider their patent holdings, as AIPI Solutions' Eric Morehouse explains.
If patent rights are to achieve their full potential, their owners require the kind of business-focused advice that patent law firms typically do not provide. That's one of the reasons why U.S. patent attorney Eric Morehouse decided to leave his previous role as senior partner in a large law firm to pursue a different model for clients. As he explains: "The traditional law firm model, while highly specialized in certain areas, doesn't serve every business owner's needs. If you can't bill a service, then there is less incentive to provide it, which means that defined tasks are naturally preferred over strategic support. Yet, it is those strategic services that companies really need."
AIPI Solutions was set up to combine patent, business, and IT knowledge to provide that missing link through a range of strategic IP solutions, from patent landscaping, searching, and valuation to patent litigation financing and U.S. market entry support.
Landscaping: The race to innovate and thrive
General counsel and IP directors are frequently faced with the assumption that IP is simply a cost to the business. Monetizing IP, and in particular patents, and using them to help achieve a business's goals, provides the opportunity to challenge that assumption. But, to be successful, you first need to understand the assets that you own, and their strategic purpose; for example, whether they are offensive or defensive filings.
It is here that patent landscaping plays a key role, says Morehouse: "By charting corporate patent portfolios against competitor assets and information in the public domain, you reveal the bigger picture behind research and development (R&D) investment, from patent clusters and potential areas of infringement to white spaces that are ripe for innovation."
While this gives patent owners the knowledge and opportunity to invent around potential issues and dedicate their efforts into those white spaces, Morehouse believes the process can be taken one step further: "If a business hopes to sell in three to five years, then it's possible to use the patent landscape to figure out who is going to buy you, and what you need to invent or own as a company to be on the acquisition radar in the first place – or even to force that acquisition."
There are other benefits too, from helping to identify existing infringement of which companies may not even be aware, to viewing a portfolio from a wider global perspective. In this sense, landscaping also goes hand-in-hand with patent valuation: "By visually showing a patent right – how it fits in and what the competitor activity is – you can assess the role that right plays in the value chain," says Morehouse. "For example, does it protect a technology that is becoming outdated, as opposed to an invention that is leading into a new area of innovation or a growing future trend? By assessing that, we can also assess how that patent right is going to support revenue generation."
Managing the cost of patent enforcement
Of course, a patent's high value can be meaningless if the company does not have the budget to uphold and enforce it. But, why obtain a patent in the first place if, when infringement occurs, you won't pursue it?
"Many patent owners want to litigate, but don't have the finances to pursue cases," explains Morehouse, "and yet, patent litigation is highly predictable in terms of cost, duration, and damages – especially in the U.S. where damages are also high."
Patent litigation financing providers, such as AIPI Solutions, remove the financial barrier to litigation and offer an alternative to the contingency fee law firm model, which Morehouse explains only means they waive their legal fees. "Clients still have to pay the other costs, such as for disbursements, expert witnesses, and so on," Morehouse adds. "With litigation finance, everything is covered, so the client doesn't pay a dime."
How do providers know which cases to finance? Morehouse explains that IP due diligence is critical to assessing the merits of each case. "Patent cases are relatively easy to predict," he explains, adding that 85% of patent cases settle before going to trial. "We focus on three key questions: 1) is the patent valid?; 2) has it been infringed?; and 3) what are the damages? Answer those and you will know whether the case is worthwhile."
While Morehouse adds that "nothing is ever certain," he says that through sophisticated patent searching "we can be 90% confident when it comes to assessments of validity, and 100% when it comes to infringement." The majority of cases don't pass this test, but those that do offer the potential of "uncapped damages."
This includes patents in any technical field, although most of the financed cases do tend to be in the fields of biotech, pharma, medical devices, or cybersecurity: "Validity and infringement do tend to be more black and white in these fields," says Morehouse. He recommends looking for providers, such as AIPI Solutions, that are technology agnostic. "It's all about due diligence. If we're willing to finance the litigation, it's because we've done our homework, and determined the case to be strong on the merits."
U.S. market entry: Protection in the world's biggest economy
Patent landscaping also plays a key role when it comes to advising companies on market entry strategies for companies seeking to commercialize their products in the U.S. for the first time. "IP is arguably more critical to success here, but it's also at a higher risk of theft," says Eric. "The business and legal approach is different, and that means overseas companies need support, whether that be on legal/regulatory issues, on plans for fundraising, or even administrative issues, such as setting up a subsidiary or simply opening an office."
He notes that "while such services are far removed from a traditional patent service, patents nonetheless play a key role." This can include, for example, clearance or freedom-to-operate analysis of the patents on which the business intends to build its market presence.
"Companies usually enter the U.S. because they want to scale up," he explains. "It's a huge market with a lot of available money for investment, and fewer regulatory issues. There are no barriers to starting a business here, compared to the EU, for example, where investors tend to be more conservative and regulation much more stringent. Although that's not to say there is no risk – more risks perhaps, because it's a free market and, at times, a den of thieves."
The potential size of patent damages is also another key factor: "Your patent strategy is essential. Firstly, to make sure you're not infringing, and secondly as a foundation for your business plan, and as a means to attract investment." But, "it's not just about having a good idea," says Eric. "Many people have good ideas that never come to anything. We find, instead, that it's the combination of a clear vision and a great management team that makes all the difference to success here."
Eric Morehouse is an IP Expert and Patent Attorney at AIPI Solutions, a provider of strategic patent services, IP litigation finance, commercialization support, U.S. market entry support and traditional IP services, such as patent searching and landscaping. Find out more at aipisolutions.com.
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22 Inspirational Career Quotes
"Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet." —Robert H. Schuller
"It's not the days in your life, but the life in your days that counts." —Brian White
"Work to become, not to acquire." —Elbert Hubbard
"Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it." —Katherine Whitehorn
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." —Abraham Lincoln
"I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do." —Helen Keller
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." —Thomas A. Edison
"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." —Confucius
"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." —Michael Jordan
"I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it." —Lou Holtz
"I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything." —Jon Stewart
"Dreams are extremely important. You can't do it unless you imagine it." —George Lucas
"Desire! That's the one secret of every man's career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire." —Johnny Carson
"A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory." —Arthur Golden
"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one, it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves." — William Patten
"Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment." —Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom." —General George Patton
"It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career." —Carlton Fisk
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." —Albert Einstein
"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure." —Mark Twain
"You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do." —Confucius


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44 Pounds of Meth Delivered to 'Quite Elderly' Couple
They received package in error
By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff
Posted May 3, 2019 2:55 AM CDT
In this image provided by the Australian Federal Police, packages of drugs are displayed at a warehouse in Sydney. (AP Photo/Australian Federal Police)
(Newser) – An elderly couple in Australia who received a large quantity of methamphetamine in error decided to contact police instead of going the Walter White route. Police say the couple mistakenly signed for a parcel sent to their west Melbourne home that turned out to contain around 44 pounds of the drug, which would have been worth around $7 million on the street, the Australia Broadcasting Corporation reports. They called authorities when they opened the parcel and discovered packages of white powder. Police later raided an address in a different suburb of Melbourne, where they found another 44 pounds of meth and arrested a man after he returned to the property.
The suspect, 30-year-old Zhiling Ma, was charged with importing methamphetamine, the BBC reports. Police say the meth would have been enough for around 800,000 hits. They praised the couple for contacting authorities. "The occupants of the premises are obviously quite elderly, so they're unsure of the significance of the find," police spokesman Matthew Kershaw says. "Obviously in terms of what we have recovered, we know it's quite significant. But we're just assuring them that they've done absolutely nothing wrong." (Earlier this year, a massive quantity of the drug was found in a shipment of speakers leaving California for Australia.)


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Die Relativitätstheorie Einsteins ist der Titel eines Buchs des späteren Physik-Nobelpreisträgers Max Born. Darin stellt er die grundlegenden Ideen der speziellen Relativitätstheorie und der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie vor. Er richtet sich an einen breiten Leserkreis und verwendet daher nur wenig Mathematik. Das Buch beschäftigt sich vor allem mit der historischen Überwindung der Äthertheorie.

Einordnung
Das Werk steht zwischen für Physiker geschriebenen, wissenschaftlichen Einführungen in die Relativitätstheorie und zahlreichen populärwissenschaftlichen Büchern, die ganz auf Mathematik verzichten und daher nur eine oberflächliche Kenntnis der Relativitätstheorie vermitteln können, wie Max Born selbst im Vorwort ausführt.

Max Born verwendet keinerlei Analysis, sondern weicht stattdessen an einigen Stellen auf Betrachtungen von Differenzenquotienten aus, deren Konvergenz plausibel gemacht wird. Das gelingt sogar bei komplexen Themen wie der Elastizität des Äthers oder der Grundgleichungen der Elektrodynamik, die in üblichen Darstellungen partielle Differentialgleichungen erfordern. Lediglich einfachste Manipulationen von Gleichungen, wie sie gewöhnlich an Schulen unterrichtet werden, kommen zum Einsatz.

Auflagen
Die erste deutsche Auflage erschien 1920, zwei weitere in den beiden nachfolgenden Jahren, eine englische Übersetzung folgte 1924. Im Jahre 1962 gab der Verlag Dover Publications Inc. eine überarbeitete fünfte Auflage heraus, die vom Springer-Verlag in deutscher Sprache verlegt wurde. Eine sechste Auflage erschien 2001 im Springer-Verlag, kommentiert und ergänzt von Jürgen Ehlers und Markus Pössel. 2003 erschien die siebte Auflage.

Inhalt

Geometrie und Kosmologie
Das einleitende Kapitel stellt Längen- und Zeitmessung vor. Hintergrund ist die euklidische Geometrie, außerdem die kosmologischen Modelle vom Altertum bis Kopernikus.

Die Grundgesetze der klassischen Mechanik
Der freie Fall und die Schwingungen dienen als Beispiel für die klassische Mechanik, die auf Galileo Galilei und Isaac Newton zurückgeht. Das umfasst das Trägheitsgesetz, den Kraftbegriff und den Energieerhaltungssatz. Die Gleichheit von träger und schwerer Masse wird diskutiert, diese Gleichheit ist "nicht in den Fundamenten der Mechanik fest verankert, sondern klebt wie eine Art Kuriosum locker am Gefüge der anderen Sätze".

Das Newtonsche Weltsystem
Dieses Kapitel bietet eine Einführung in die Himmelsmechanik Newtons (Gravitationsgesetz, Planetenbahnen, Keplersche Gesetze) und führt zu einer kritischen Betrachtung der von Newton eingeführten Begriffe der absoluten Zeit und des absoluten Raums.

Die Grundgesetze der Optik
Um den aufgeworfenen Problemen auf den Grund gehen zu können, müssen neben der Mechanik auch andere Teilgebiete der Physik, die einen direkten Bezug zum Raum haben, betrachtet werden, wie etwa die Lichtausbreitung.
Daher wird die historische Entwicklung der Optik bis zur Aufdeckung der Wellennatur des Lichtes nachgezeichnet.

Die Transversalität der Lichtwellen führt klassisch zum Ätherbegriff, dessen physikalische Eigenschaften diskutiert werden. Optische Effekte werden in solche erster Ordnung und zweiter Ordnung unterschieden, Schwierigkeiten des Ätherbegriffs werden beleuchtet und es wird herausgearbeitet, dass nur optische Effekte zweiter Ordnung die aufgeworfenen Fragen klären können.

Grundgesetze der Elektrodynamik
Hier gibt Max Born eine Einführung in die Elektrodynamik, ohne Vorkenntnisse beim Leser vorauszusetzen. Die Verwendung des Gaußschen Einheitensystems entspricht der Entstehungszeit des Buches, hat aber den Vorteil, dass bereits sehr früh, bei der Besprechung des Biot-Savart-Gesetzes, ein Proportionalitätsfaktor von der Dimension einer Geschwindigkeit auftritt, der sich dann als Lichtgeschwindigkeit entpuppt. Faradays Kraftlinien und die Maxwellschen Gleichungen geben Anlass zur Diskussion von Nah- und Fernwirkungstheorien in der Elektrodynamik. Die herausgearbeitete Erkenntnis, dass Licht eine elektromagnetische Welle ist, führt zur Optik und damit zum Äther zurück.

Neue theoretische Schwierigkeiten mit dem Äther, insbesondere in der Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper, führten Lorentz zur Elektronentheorie, die im Lichte des beschriebenen Michelson-Morley-Experiments, einem optischen Effekt zweiter Ordnung, zu weiteren Modifikationen zwingt, bis hin zur Kontraktionshypothese und der Einführung anderer Zeitmaßstäbe für Körper, die relativ zum Äther, der nun mit Newtons absolutem Raum zu identifizieren ist, bewegt sind. Dies schließt die Darstellung der vorrelativistischen Physik ab.

Das spezielle Einsteinsche Relativitätsprinzip
Nach der Entlarvung der Gleichzeitigkeit als einer beobachterabhängigen und damit relativen Größe  wird die Lorentz-Transformation sowohl auf geometrische als auch auf algebraische Weise aus dem speziellen Relativitätsprinzip hergeleitet, was dann zur relativistischen Kinematik führt. Mittels der relativistischen Additionstheoreme für Geschwindigkeiten und der Analyse des unelastischen Stoßes wird zunächst die Geschwindigkeitsabhängigkeit der Masse aufgezeigt und darauf aufbauend die Trägheit der Masse, das heißt die Äquivalenz von Masse und Energie hergeleitet, letzteres wird  zusätzlich durch ein auf Einstein zurückgehendes Gedankenexperiment (siehe auch hier) begründet. Nach der Besprechung experimenteller Bestätigungen wird demonstriert, wie sich die oben vorgestellten Probleme in der Relativitätstheorie zwanglos erklären lassen. Das Kapitel endet mit einer Einführung in die Geometrie des Minkowski-Raums.

Die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie Einsteins
Der Verzicht auf höhere Mathematik erlaubt hier nur eine Kritik der mit Kant apriori angenommenen euklidischen Geometrie und eine Idee der Krümmung des Raumes zu vermitteln. Die Ursache der Trägheitskräfte wird besprochen. Auf Grund des allgemeinen Relativitätsprinzips und der Struktur der Metrik wird der langsamere Gang von Uhren in starken Gravitationsfeldern plausibel gemacht. Die Periheldrehung des Merkur, die Ablenkung von Lichtstrahlen im Gravitationsfeld der Sonne sowie optische Effekte werden als experimentelle Belege der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie angeführt. Kosmologische Theorien auf Basis der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie, Einsteins Einführung des Lambda-Glieds und Einsteins Bemühungen um eine vereinheitlichte Feldtheorie beenden das Buch.

Neuere Entwicklungen der relativistischen Physik
Dieses Kapitel ist in Max Borns Buch ursprünglich nicht vorhanden. Es findet sich ab der sechsten Auflage als von Jürgen Ehlers und Markus Pössel eingefügte Ergänzung und behandelt neuere experimentelle Befunde, Gravitationswellen und schwarze Löcher, greift das Thema der Kosmologie noch einmal auf und schließt mit der Behandlung der  Quantengravitation.

Literatur
 Max Born: Die Relativitätstheorie Einsteins. 5. Auflage. Springer Verlag, 1969, ISBN 3-540-04540-6.
 Max Born: Die Relativitätstheorie Einsteins. 7. Auflage. Springer Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-540-00470-X.

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The Xbox One: A UX Study in Failure by Assumption
Since its announcement in May 2013, Microsoft's Xbox One video game console was dogged by controversy and doomed to failure — because Microsoft ignored the needs and wants of its users.
The Xbox 360, the Xbox One's predecessor, was a massive hit. Launched in 2005 — one full year before its competitor, Sony's Playstation 3, and at $100 less — the Xbox 360 sold more than 84 million units worldwide despite issues with hardware failure (colloquially referred to as the Red Ring of Death).
The Xbox 360's infamous Red Ring of Death. The 360 I bought at launch eventually died the same death.
Thanks to strong first-party game releases and a robust online gaming system called Xbox Live, Microsoft could've capitalized on their momentum and delivered a successor console that blew gamers out of the water…
… But instead, they abandoned their core users. Rather than focus on exclusive software and raw hardware power, Microsoft decided to make the Xbox One more of a multimedia machine. Envisioning a box the whole family could use to watch TV, stream content, or play family-friendly games, they included things like the Kinect peripheral, a motion-sensing camera that tracks gesture-based input. But Kinect saps 10–15% of the Xbox's processing power from games. This meant that the Xbox One had inferior graphics in the same games running on a competing Playstation 4. Worse, Microsoft sold the Xbox One in a mandatory bundle with the Kinect peripheral for $100 more than the Playstation 4. Putting the final nail in the coffin, they announced and later retracted plans to restrict sales of used games, making it clear that gamers were no longer their focus.
The also infamous Kinect motion sensing accessory that originally came bundled with the Xbox One.
Microsoft's core users — video game enthusiasts — didn't want any of these things. They wanted quality games and a console strong enough to play them in high resolutions, not to pay more money for features they'd never use or that detracted from their experience.
Microsoft eventually issued a unit without the Kinect peripheral bundled at $100 less. That month, the Xbox One's sales doubled. While Microsoft stopped publishing sales figures for the Xbox One in 2015, analysts estimate the console's lifetime sales reached 50 million units, which is a far cry from the 84+ million units of Xbox 360 the company sold.
But Microsoft didn't just lose money on the sale of consoles — video game consoles are often sold at a loss — they lost millions of dollars in revenue from their Xbox Live subscription service, as well as other digital transactions, when gamers bought Sony's Playstation 4 instead. At the time, higher-ups at Microsoft thought the company might abandon the Xbox brand and the video game market altogether.
Microsoft definitely got their $7.5 billion worth of great IPs and studios.
Microsoft has since spent gobs of money to repair its image among gamers. Last year, in a record-setting $7.5 billion-dollar deal, Microsoft acquired Zenimax Media, owner of the popular Bethesda Game Studios. This was the latest in a string of expensive studio acquisitions by Microsoft to create exclusive games for their newest console, the Xbox Series X, which launched last year and has been a return to form.
But all of this could've been avoided if Microsoft had just listened to their users.


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Movie Review: Locked Down
Turning desperate, the couple plans a theft from Harrods — arguably Europe's most famous department store.
It may be 2021's first viable COVID-themed movie. Hopefully it's not the best audiences can expect.
Anyone who has been locked down, pent up, frustrated and emotionally frayed will relate. Life with the virus has been hard and the light at the end of the tunnel is tiny. And so, British screenwriter Steven Knight (Oscar nominated Dirty Pretty Things) pumps out this ode to imprisonment with little flair, not much depth, lots of dialogue, no grasp of one specific genre and unlovable characters. For good measure, in the middle of what is a tiresome couple's personal drama, he tosses in a caper. Tonal issues and plausibility be damned.
Bringing Knight's vision to life is the well-respected director Doug Liman, whose reputation started with the hip-to-be-cool Swingers in 1996, includes the thriller The Bourne Identity and the deliciously vengeful Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Knight's fairly varied and esteemed background, surprisingly, doesn't make him well-suited for this weakly written and dry romantic/comedy/drama/crime/thriller.
Paxton (Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave), a poet/writer (aka broke dude) is having a rough go of it. He's housebound on a tony block in London by a COVID quarantine and is down on himself: "Even my name is doom." His foul disposition and lack of funds is putting a strain on his relationship with his lady friend Linda (Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables). She's a busy executive conducting Zoom meetings with her staff from home. She does so in full make up and fashionably dressed as if she is pulling a shift at Vogue. Without blinking, she tells her underlings that they're being furloughed. A euphemism for "You're fired, there's no money to pay you." Viewers should hold on dearly to this scene, as it is the only viable drama in the entire movie.
Cracks in the relationship have been noticeable. The strain of being around each other, under confinement, has taken them past the brink. Says Paxton to his half-brother David (Dulé Hill, The West Wing): "Linda said she was planning to end our thing." Yes, that's true, but the two are still sniping housebound lovers who can't let go.
The clever part of Knight's screenplay is that it uses feelings, locations and machinations that audiences in this day and age will recognize: Quarantine anxiety. Dehumanizing video meetings. Long lines at grocery stores. Overindulging in booze, drugs, cigarettes. Shouting across streets to neighbors. Looking for jobs that don't exist. Squabbling for no reason. The new norm.
Pity Knight didn't pick more relatable characters. Snooty Linda and the financially challenged scribe won't muster much empathy. Which is a pity, because it would take that to enthusiastically follow and believe the second half of the script. This part involves a planned, but blundering theft from Harrods—arguably Europe's most famous department store. It's a complete coup that the filmmakers got to run their actors and cameras up and down the aisles. Why was Harrod's so accommodating? They're closed due to the pandemic and likely need the publicity! Caviar, truffles, Louis Vuitton and rare diamonds all sit idly on shelves starving for tourists' attention and wealthy buyers. But getting none.
The proceedings might have fared better if the screenplay had kept everything in the moment. Instead, it is laden with one-liner backstory details rehashing a past that doesn't matter. So, Linda used to smoke cigarettes and she's now sneaking them on the side. So, she had an affair with a female friend. So, Paxton was once arrested, had a drug problem and is now slipping. Their history is immaterial, doesn't pep up anything and only mires the storytelling and momentum.
Ejiofor is a supreme actor, but with his diction and statesman-like demeanor, it's hard to believe him as an impoverished poet moonlighting as a driver. Hathaway is a bit more convincing as an ice queen. But together they have the chemistry of a central casting pairing—nothing more. The ensemble cast performances, which vary from cameo appearances to full supporting roles on set or computer screens, are peppered throughout to little effect. Ben Kingsley, as Paxton's boss, gives him the moniker Edgar Allen Poe on his ID. It's a running joke that loses its power in seconds. Ben Stiller plays Linda's boss, marooned in the Vermont woods with his disrespectful son. Mindy Kaling, Lucy Boynton, Jazmyn Simon (Ballers) and others add their two cents.
Fortunately, the tech crew is pretty astute. Editor Saar Klein's timing is good. Cinematographer Remi Adefarasin's nimble camera is where it should be at all times. The score by John Powell doesn't wreck the mood. And production designer Laura Conway-Gordon makes all settings look quite inviting.
It doesn't help that the couple is involved in a robbery, for money, when they hardly look destitute. They live in a strikingly handsome oatmeal-colored townhouse with pristine white shutters–not a slum tenement. If you're looking for convincing Dog Day Afternoon desperation you won't find it. And that's a problem. Also, if the virus is so rampant, why are they and store employees walking around Harrod's with no masks?
Easy streaming access may lure inquisitive adults to Locked Down. But after watching this vapid commentary on our diseased times, don't expect audiences to stand on their balconies and applaud.
Streaming on HBO MAX.
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