Estate planning is creating a plan for managing your wealth during life and distributing your wealth once you die. You may own these assets separately or jointly with others.
A basic estate plan should include a will, an advanced health care directive, a durable power of attorney, a medical power of attorney, a HIPAA authorization, and a designation of guardian in advance of need. These documents allow you to distribute your property to individuals of your choosing upon your death and plan for your incapacity. The documents below do not provide for tax planning, such as estate tax, gift tax, or the generation skipping tax.
Will – with a will you are able to distribute your assets to individuals of your choice upon your death. If you do not have a will, your assets will be distributed according to Texas law.
Advanced health care directive – an advanced health care directive or, "living will," is a legal document that allows you to set forth the end-of-life decisions you would want made on your behalf should you ever lose the ability to make those decisions yourself. You are also able appoint someone of your choosing to make health care decisions for you when you can no longer make them for yourself. This authorized individual will be allowed to access your medical information.
Durable power of attorney – a durable power of attorney allows you to name an individual who is authorized to act on your behalf with respect to financial decisions in the event you become incapacitated.
Medical power of attorney – a medical power of attorney allows you to designate an individual to make medical decisions on your behalf in case of your incapacity.
HIPAA Authorization – a HIPAA authorization authorizes individuals to receive your medical information from your health care provider. The HIPAA authorization goes hand in hand with the medical power of attorney.
Designation of guardian in advance of need – a designation of guardian in advance of need pre-designates a guardian of the estate and a guardian of the person in the event of incapacity.
A will is a document that a person signs to provide for the disposition of their assets after death. Wills have no legal authority until the person who made the will dies and that original will is delivered to the Probate Court. Furthermore, a will is the only way to appoint the new "parent" of an orphaned child.
A will can provide for the management and distribution of assets for your heirs with special testamentary trust provisions. Along with management and distribution, assets can be arranged and coordinated with provisions of the testamentary trusts to avoid death taxes.
As of this writing in 2016, the estate tax is a tax on the transfer of wealth following death. Estates worth more than $5.25 million will be subject to a 40% tax. If you are married, the estate tax exclusion doubles for transfers of wealth from both you and your spouse. Thus, a widow or widower may transfer up to $10.5 million without incurring estate tax.
A trust is an entity in which an individual, the trustee, holds legal title to property for the benefit and use of another, the beneficiary. The trustee holds legal title and the beneficiary holds equitable title each sharing a portion of title to the property in trust. When you make you appoint the trustee in the document creating the trust. The trustee has certain duties to the beneficiary to manage the property in the trust in accordance with Texas law and of course the provisions of the trust.
A revocable trust is a trust which the person who made the trust can change it or revoke it during her lifetime. If a trust is irrevocable, it can longer be revoked once it is finalized. Whether the trust should be revocable or irrevocable depends on the purpose of the trust.
What an advanced health care directive?
Sometimes referred to as a living will, an advanced healthcare directive allows you to designate in advance medical treatment for end of life care. Usually this is regarding the use of life-sustaining treatment in the event of a terminal condition.
Is my will prepared in another state valid in Texas?
It is very possible that a will drafted in another state is also valid in Texas. Many of the formalities that go into drafting a will overlap from state to state. Ultimately, it is generally a good idea to consult an attorney concerning the validity of you will when you move to a different state.
Drafting a new will, or a codicil (amendment) to your current will is often necessary as life progresses. If you've experienced major life changes such as marriage, having children or obtaining a large amount of assets since drafting your will you may want to consult an attorney about updating your will.


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To illustrate or exemplify means to show or demonstrate something clearly. An effective illustration or exemplification essay clearly demonstrates and supports a point through the use of evidence.
As you learned earlier, the controlling idea of an essay is called a thesis. A writer can use different types of evidence to support his or her thesis. Using scientific studies, experts in a particular field, statistics, historical events, current events, analogies, and personal anecdotes are all ways in which a writer can illustrate a thesis. Ultimately, you want the evidence to help the reader "see" your point, as one would see a good illustration in a magazine or on a website. The stronger your evidence is, the more clearly the reader will consider your point.
Assess how much evidence you need to adequately explain your point depending on the complexity of the subject and the knowledge of your audience regarding that subject.
For example, if you were writing about a new communication software and your audience was a group of English-major undergrads, you might want to use an analogy or a personal story to illustrate how the software worked. You might also choose to add a few more pieces of evidence to make sure the audience understands your point. However, if you were writing about the same subject and you audience members were information technology (IT) specialists, you would likely use more technical evidence because they would be familiar with the subject.
Keeping in mind your subject in relation to your audience will increase your chances of effectively illustrating your point.
You never want to insult your readers' intelligence by over explaining concepts the audience members may already be familiar with, but it may be necessary to clearly articulate your point. When in doubt, add an extra example to illustrate your idea.


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FIRST LOOK: Stefanie Powers in 84 Charing Cross Road
Our major UK tour of our heartwarming production 84 Charing Cross Road has now begun and we can't wait to bring the bittersweet comedy and tender tale of transatlantic friendship back to Cambridge in a month's time, following it's well received run in 2016.
Our photographer visited Darlington Hippodrome last week, where the tour kicked off in style, and we're delighted to give you a first look at Hollywood and Broadway legend Stefanie Powers, renowned actor Clive Francis and the rest of our wonderful cast in action.
Stefanie Powers as Helene Hanff
Clive Francis as Frank Doel
Samantha Sutherland as Cecily Farr
2018 Production photography © Richard Hubert Smith.
84 Charing Cross Road continues its national tour throughout June, arriving at the Arts Theatre from Tuesday 26 - Saturday 30 June, click here for more information.

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The Kid Pieces are a great medium for coloring with markers, crayons, pencil crayons or paint. You can use Decorative Paper (such as this) to cut out clothes for the characters. Color in the face, arms and legs, then place the Puzzle Kid facedown onto the sheet of decorative paper. Trace around the outer edge of the Puzzle Kid, then cut out the resulting shape. Paste the decorative paper clothes onto the card character.
The best part about the Puzzle Kids is that their arms and legs are designed to fit into each other like a connected chain. You can arrange the characters in this way when you are decorating a theme wall for multiculturalism, "We Day," "All About Me" and more!
Check out the full process below!
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DevFacto : Wolski Design Group Ltd.
This award-winning software development company has a lot of character. And their new space reflects it, with plenty of natural light, planned and spontaneous collaboration spaces, and room to unwind. It even boasts writable walls.
This certainly isn't a "typical corporate office," and there are plenty of wonderfully unusual textures and elements to reinforce that fact. The design combines function with a dose of wit, and a dash of whimsy. Its neutral palette is enlivened with pops of bright, fresh colours, while a traditional boardroom reassures more conservative clients that they take their business seriously.
This certainly isn't a "typical corporate office," and there are plenty of wonderfully unusual textures and elements to reinforce that fact.


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La communauté de communes de la Contrée de Durban-Corbières était une communauté de communes française, située dans le département de l'Aude et la région Languedoc-Roussillon. Elle a été dissoute le  à la suite de la mise en application de la réforme des collectivités territoriales et des décisions du  conseil départemental de coopération intercommunale de l'Aude.

Composition
À sa dissolution, elle regroupait 13 communes :

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des intercommunalités de l'Aude

Liens externes
 Contrée de Durban-Corbières

Contrée de Durban-Corbières

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The daily FY2E Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data from China National Satellite Meteorological Center (NSMC) was evaluated and compared with the Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature (OISST) data from US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) over Northwest Pacific Ocean (NPO) in this study. The results show that the distribution of FY2E SST is close to OISST in tropical region over NPO, especially in typhoon active season, but the value of FY2E SST is a little lower than that of OISST in tropical ocean, with the absolute deviation 1°C lower and the relative deviation about 6% lower. The correlation coefficient between monthly FY2E SST and monthly OISST is as high as 0.7, which passes the t-test at a significance level of 0.01. Based on the evaluation result, the merged SSTFY over NPO is calculated using a weighting function. Besides, Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential (TCHPFY) is calculated and combined with the simulated sea temperature profile. From three years operational tests in NSMC, the merged SSTFY and TCHPFY are shown to be good indexes in monitoring and predicting the intensity of tropical cyclones (TCs) over NPO.


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WELNepal: Women's Education and Literacy in Nepal
WELNepal Success Stories
Nine years ago, an extremely bright young student named Kalpana was having a very difficult time convincing her family to allow her to continue her education past the secondary school level. Her parents, especially her grandfather, felt that it was totally unnecessary for a girl to go to school, especially if it was going to cost money. Besides, at the age of 18, it was time for her to be married off, by arrangement.
Nicola, a good friend of WELNepal, offered to cover Kalpana's school fees for as long as she wished to study. With that, Kalpana was able to reject her family's plea to be married. That was nine years ago. Kalpana now has her masters in mathematics and teaches at the high school level.
Kalpana tells me that her grandfather had a problem with the local Nepal authorities over some land rights. After Kalpana filed all the proper documents and dealt with bureaucrats (some of whom are always on the lookout for some pocket change), her grandfather, with tears in his eyes, thanked her for saving him.
And, that was the beginning of WELNepal's work with those young women who wish to study and not to get married and make babies.
Aspara
Meet Apsara. Apsara's mother is the custodian/janitor at a private school in a little town near WELNepal's work area. Because of Apsara's mom's paltry salary, Apsara was allowed to attend the school free of charge. Kids, being what they are everywhere, had a good laugh at Apsara's expense. Apsara had the last laugh, when she finished top of her class every year. Of course, Apsara had no chance of continuing her education. That's when Apsara's good friend Val, who lives in New York, offered to help. Apsara has one more year of study for her bachelor's degree and she fully intends to achieve her masters. Nobody laughs at Apsara any more.
Sharmila
Sharmila's father owns a tea shop and Sharmila's father and his two wives stay home while Sharmila runs the shop.
The shop was also Sharmila's home. She would get up before five every morning to make the eight kilometer bike ride to her classes, which started at 6:00 a.m. At 10:00 a.m. after class, she would pedal back to open her tea shop and work until 7 or 8. Sharmila would make her dinner, study until 10 or e11 and then sleep on the only table in the shop, and start all over the next day. Sharmila's father refused to pay for any of Sharmila's school fees. Sharmila once said to me, with a sad little smile on her face; "I think maybe my father is not such a good man." But Isabelle is a good woman and covered Sharmila's school expenses.
Was Sharmila a good student? You bet she was. After getting married and having a baby, Sharmila continued her studies and won a scholarship to study in Japan. I'm betting that Sharmila, after completing her schooling, will choose to stay in Japan and have her husband and baby join her. She will likely find a well paying job and send money back to Nepal to help her brothers and sisters, so they don't have to work in the family tea shop.
Samjhana
This is Samjhana. Samjhana's father is also the janitor of a government school. Her mother washes clothes for some of the lodges and hotels in the area. When not in school, Samjhana, as the oldest daughter, was responsible for cooking for her three siblings and doing the housework. Samjhana is our poster girl. She has the two criteria that is required for our bursary support; dirt poor and darned smart. Samjhana is now studying for her masters in accounting and has a job keeping books for the biggest restaurant in the tourist town of Sauraha.
NOW AND LATER:
Meet Priti BK. Yes, that is her last name. It's pronounced "Bee-Kah." Her last name would tell any person of Hindu faith that Priti is from the "untouchable " caste.
Priti BK
That hasn't stopped Priti. Along with studying for her degree, Priti has also taught one of our adult women's literacy classes. If fact, she taught them so well that the group of women are now involved in our income generating projects. Priti has not stopped to rest on her laurels. This year, she is back teaching another group of women how to read and write in their own Devanagari script for the first time in their lives. But Priti still needs help. Anne in Toronto has offered to be her "sponsor" while Priti achieves all that she wishes.
And finally, meet Sonu. Sonu's high school education was covered by a scholarship offered by the private school she attended. Sonu took full advantage by passing with "Distinction " at the top of all students, not only in her school, but in all the schools in the district.
Sonu's scholarship ended when she passed out of secondary school. But Marla stepped in to ensure that Sonu gets to keep studying. Early this year, I met Sonu while I was in Nepal. Sonu announced to me that she loves to practice her English and proceeded to not stop practicing her English with me, while asking for answers about everything from what's inside the earth to what on the other side of the stars.
As you can see, there's a pool of untapped talent in Nepal that just needs a little extra help to flourish. These women had a will, they just needed a way.
While all these stories had happy ending, many do not.
Perhaps you might want to give the gift of learning this Christmas.
For more details, email WELNepal president David Walton at david@welnepal.org
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WELNepal Ground Staff
Rabeeta, Harimaya and Raj
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About WELNepal
WELNepal
Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal
WELNepal stands for Women's Education and Literacy in Nepal. We're a small Toronto-based NGO dedicated to helping Nepali women in the Chitwan region of their country learn how to read and write in their language. We offer basic, advanced and remedial literacy classes and our on-the-ground Nepali staff is made up of passionate locals who have dedicated huge portions of their lives to helping underprivileged women. WELNepal also offers organic farming training, health and ecology classes, candle-making courses and other community-building projects.
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Оливье Веран (; род. 22 апреля 1980, Сен-Мартен-д'Эр) — французский невролог, политический и государственный деятель. Министр солидарности и здравоохранения (2020—2022).

Биография
Окончил Университет Гренобль 1, где специализировался в неврологии, степень магистра получил в парижском Институте политических исследований, защитив диплом на тему «Управление системой здравоохранения». Работал по специальности в , где также стал профсоюзным активистом — являлся официальным представителем и первым вице-президентом национального профсоюза больничных интернов (2007—2008), дуайеном больничных интернов Гренобля и президентом профсоюза врачей и фармацевтов (2008—2010). В 2011 году вошёл в .

Политическая карьера
В 2012—2015 годах заменял в Национальном собрании Женевьев Фьоразо, избранную депутатом от департамента Изер, но перешедшую на работу в правительства социалистов.

В 2016 году избран депутатом совета региона Овернь — Рона — Альпы.

В 2017 году будучи кандидатом партии «Вперёд, Республика!» победил на парламентских выборах в 1-м избирательном округе департамента Изер, получив в первом туре 47,21 % голосов и безоговорочно победив во втором с результатом 68,09 % представителя Союза независимых Жана-Дамьена Мермийо-Блондена (Jean-Damien Mermillod-Blondin).

В 2017 году назначен основным  Комиссии по социальным вопросам, в январе 2020 года стал парламентским докладчиком по вопросам .

В должности министра здравоохранения
16 февраля 2020 года получил портфель министра солидарности и здравоохранения во втором правительстве Филиппа вследствие отставки Аньез Бузин, возглавившей список правящей партии на предстоявших в марте муниципальных выборах в Париже.

28 февраля 2020 года Веран, вступивший в должность в разгар всемирного распространения коронавируса SARS-CoV-2, объявил о начале второй стадии эпидемии во Франции, когда инфекция уже попала на территорию страны, и требуются меры по установлению санитарного контроля. В частности, отменены все мероприятия с участием более 5 тысяч человек — досрочно прекращён , а также отменён традиционный Парижский полумарафон, намечавшийся на 1 марта.

В апреле 2020 года призвал не снижать количество абортов во время пандемии коронавируса, заявив, что «право на аборт» «необходимо поощрять и облегчать».

20 мая 2020 года Веран объявил о создании при Министерстве здравоохранения комиссии для выработки мер против «пауперизации» медицинских работников (поддержание отношений с профсоюзами вошло в ведение известной активистки Николь Нота).

6 июля 2020 года сохранил прежнюю должность при формировании правительства Кастекса.

16 ноября 2020 года в интервью группе местных газет сообщил о прохождении Францией пика второй волны коронавирусной эпидемии, поскольку к середине ноября показатель заболеваемости снизился до 257 новых случаев на 100 тысяч человек за неделю с 500 в конце октября.

27 декабря 2020 года в медицинских центрах для пожилых в  и Дижоне впервые во Франции началась вакцинация против COVID-19 с использованием препарата BNT162b2, разработанного совместно компаниями Pfizer и BioNTech. При этом Веран не исключил возможности возвращения к режиму социального дистанцирования в случае ухудшения эпидемической ситуации.

8 февраля 2021 года Веран сделал себе первую прививку от COVID-19, получив одобренный во Франции неделей ранее препарат компании AstraZeneca, предназначенный в том числе для вакцинации всех медиков, включая лиц моложе 50 лет (он получил его в качестве врача-невролога). На вопрос журналистов по поводу приостановки использования этой вакцины в ЮАР, поскольку она не действует на южно-африканскую разновидность коронавируса, Веран ответил, что во Франции этот штамм встречается крайне редко, и препарат AstraZeneca эффективен в 99 % случаев.

22 декабря 2021 года Веран предположил, что ввиду особенностей штамма омикрон показатель количества инфицированных COVID-19 за одни сутки превысит к концу года 100 тысяч человек (по официальным данным на 21 декабря, в предыдущие 24 часа зафиксированы  новых случая; средняя цифра начиная с сентября составила ). По состоянию на 21 декабря на стационарном лечении находились  коронавирусных больных, из них 3096 в тяжёлом состоянии.

26 декабря 2021 года были подведены итоги первого года вакцинации от COVID-19, начавшейся 27 декабря 2020 года. За этот период 49,5 млн французов получили 121 млн доз вакцины.

Работа в правительствах Элизабет Борн
20 мая 2022 года Веран назначен министром-делегатом по связям с парламентом и демократическим устоям в правительстве Элизабет Борн.

4 июля 2022 года сформировано второе правительство Борн, в котором Веран был назначен министром-делегатом демократического обновления и официальным представителем правительства.

Личная жизнь
Не позднее, чем с 2018 года находится в связи с Корали Дюбо, избранной в Национальное собрание от департамента Эро. Пара не афишировала свои отношения, но после назначения Верана в правительство скрыть их от прессы стало невозможно.

Примечания

Ссылки

Неврологи Франции
Профсоюзные деятели Франции
Члены французской Социалистической партии (1969)
Члены партии «Вперёд, Республика!»
Депутаты Национального собрания Франции
Министры здравоохранения Франции


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Jason Silverstein
Harvard Medical School, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
Jason_Silverstein [at] hms.harvard.edu
Contact Site Owner
To Jason Silverstein
Send yourself a copy.
I am a Lecturer and the Writer-in-Residence at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine and the co-director of the Media, Medicine, and Health program. I write about health, politics, and justice.
I am a regular contributor to Men's Health, writing lately about conspiracy theories and all things coronavirus. I have written for VICE, The Atlantic, The New Republic, The New York Times, The Guardian, Slate, Playboy, and The Nation, and my work has been featured by MSNBC, NPR, HuffPost Live, BET, and Big Think. I hold a Ph.D. and master's in Anthropology from Harvard, a master's in Religion, Ethics, and Politics from Harvard Divinity School, and a B.A. in Philosophy from Pennsylvania State University.
You can contact me at Jason_Silverstein [at] hms.harvard.edu.
Selected Commentaries and Reported Pieces
Why Truck Drivers Should Be Next in Line for the Vaccine, Men's Health, December 2020
We Can't Beat Covid-19 Without a 6-Week Lockdown, Men's Health, September 2020
Here's a Realistic Plan for Opening Schools and Colleges Safely, Men's Health, September 2020
Empty Dorms Could Help Solve Coronavirus Hospital Shortages, VICE, April 2020
Coronavirus Is Bad in the Cities. It Could Be Even Worse Outside of Them, VICE, March 2020
Being Black in America Is a Health Risk. It's Time for Reparations, VICE, June 2019
The Persistence of Whitewashing, The New Republic, May 2018
Americans Are Still Serving Unconstitutional Sentences, The Outline, April 2018
Jim Crow Laws Are Gone But They Are Still Making Black People Sick, VICE, April 2018
When An Overdose Doesn't Kill You, VICE, July 2017
People with Addiction Are Running Out of Places to Finish Their Recovery, VICE, December 2016
Genes Don't Cause Racial-Health Disparities, Society Does, The Atlantic, April 2015
The search for a more humane execution is flawed because there's no such thing, The Guardian, April 2015
Ron McAndrew Is Done Killing People, Esquire, January 2014
The Racial Empathy Gap, Slate, June 2013
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NTConnell Great article from my @harvardmed colleague @Jason_Reads, outlining why the @US_FDA should allow MSM to donate blood. Canada and Israel have lifted their bans recently and Italy has allowed donations since 2001 #HemeTwitter #MedTwitter #LGBTinMedicine #GayMedTwitter #PathTwitter t.co/RYI7bP3PM0
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statnews Opinion: To turn away blood donors because of their sexual orientation while there is a critical blood shortage during the worst pandemic in a century is medically baseless and morally reprehensible. t.co/60vtOT0NWX
Jason_Reads @audaciouskay Cambridge Public Schools just emailed this: there could be as many as 1,000 cases, we know at least 157, but we don't know who they are or which classes they are in and we will find out sometime tomorrow—after we welcome your kids back! t.co/Z2aX08Xb3y
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Jason_Reads @BrotiGupta "I know with her comedy she likes to punch up but this is ridiculous"
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Jason_Reads @BrotiGupta what do you make of the conspiracy theory that nanglish calling in people who use "babe" is why twitter is currently nangless
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AntiHook Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server
By InfoProcess | August 30, 2006
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Smith, Marx, Nock: The Hyper-Focus on Economics
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
Historically, economist Karl Marx defeated economist Adam Smith. Marx's political, social, and economic ideals and theories proved to be stronger and better--to most critics--than Smith's. This was true in the hearts and minds of both the intellectuals and the masses.
Unless you want to argue that virtually all people are naturally stupid and wicked. One could here embrace a kind of religious/collectivist notion of Original Sin and ubiquitous depravity. This would involve what classical liberal Albert J. Nock called both intellectual "true humans" and "mass men" -- and one could then argue that this inherent flaw in humanity is why evil triumphed over good and falsity over truth lo these past two centuries.
But this is a truly dubious idea and approach. This permanent-condemnation-of-mankind business is an evidently heinous and mischievous belief system which seems to form a foundation from which socio-economic theorists and political philosophers can pretty much excuse and justify anything. Essentially any social atrocity can be rationalized away as an attempted "cure" for some collective inherent sin and natural human failing.
So it's very much better in almost every way to conclude that humanity is either intrinsically morally good or morally neutral. And thus the reason Marx triumphed over Smith -- and socialism over capitalism -- is that Marx's argumentation and logic was better and 'truer' than Smith's.
But how is that possible?
One of the most important reason for this dismal victory lies, in my judgment, with Adam Smith's vast overemphasis on economics in his political and societal theorizing. As he contemplated human behavior -- and the potential for, and benefits of, human freedom -- he grossly undervalued and ignored the personal and social aspect of the individual's life. He didn't realize how terribly much they impacted and constituted the individual's behavior. In Smith's various wide-ranging inter-disciplinary surveys -- such a the Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations-- his heavy-handed focus on business, trade, and the acquisition of one's "daily bread" ended up creating a very distorted view of human life and society -- and consequently of many of his political ideals.
Almost a century later, Karl Marx embraced this error. Then he took it to its logical conclusion, namely, "dialectical materialism." This last theory ultimately saw all of human history, progress, life, and happiness as reducible to crude, unthinking, impersonal, economic activity.
In viewing all of human existence through the warped, unfun, funhouse mirror of economics, Marx amazingly concluded that war was mankind's natural state. He invented a silly and nonexistent "bourgeois" and "proletariat," put them in opposition to each other, and then claimed that they were constantly engaged in a "class war" from which only his ideas could finally bring peace. In the end, it's hard to know how to argue against this type of patent economic and sociological nonsense -- however historically triumphant.
Almost a century afterwards, Albert J. Nock -- the last of the political (and cultural) classical liberals -- mocked the absurdity of this Smithian and Marxist societal and cultural overview. He called such tomfoolery "economism -- the belief that all of life begins and ends with economic activity."
But it goes without saying that there's much more to life and society than just making and spending money. Even the lowly, non-intellectual Bible understands that "man does not live by bread alone."
And yet...it's easy to see how these various "classical" economic thinkers made their mistakes. Adam Smith's world was dominated by the rather malicious fatuosity of two to three centuries of "mercantilism." This simple-minded -- yet complex and contradictory theory -- held that, among other things, "A dollar of precious metal is worth more than a dollar of agricultural produce; a dollar of finished goods is worth more than a dollar of raw materials; a dollar of export profits is worth more than a dollar of import profits or domestic profits; etc." What's curious nowadays is that however blatantly false and evil this economic theory was -- people today mostly believe it.
Moreover, prior to Renaissance mercantilism, and starting with the Dark Ages, political 'thinkers' tended to believe in the inevitability and value of both monopolistic trade cartels and monopolistic labor guilds. Again, many people today still do!
So freedom-loving Adam Smith, even living at the height of mankind's glorious liberal era, had his work cut out for him. In this light, one could say that Smith basically fought both of the above collections of theories pretty hard and pretty well.
But he never took the next step, to vigorous and emphatic promotion of social freedom. He never much argued for such fundamental personal and social freedoms as those involving sex, drugs, gambling, divorce, abortion, obscenity, blasphemy, non-bigotry, artistic expression, and so forth. And he never much knew about or argued for the value of privacy -- nor for the virtue of political protection thereof.
All of the above is quite serious because human behavior really can be very usefully divided into the spheres of the social and the economic. All people, however gregarious or hermit-like, have a social life. And all people, however rich or poor, have an economic life. And this socio-economic participation and interaction is true even of the most independent and isolated.
In turn, at times, people love being socio-economically independent and isolated. This may be occasional but is very important. And this is the transcendent value of privacy. It's also a central and necessary component of our current Greek-Italian Renaissance-style individualism.
Because Adam Smith didn't effectively champion social freedom, he ultimately didn't effectively champion economic freedom either. This is because the two are so obviously, utterly intertwined. Their relationship -- from basic political theory to technical legal studies to overall individual behavior -- is profound and ineluctable. Ultimately, the two forms of human freedom are indivisible.
One of the sadder aspects of freedom-fighting today is the fact that Karl Marx was allowed to name and defame Adam Smith's political system. He gave it the odd, cold, vague, economics-based term "capitalism."
Another sad aspect is that even the best of the freedom fighters today -- the late 1900s libertarians and Objectivists -- continue to almost entirely embrace the bad and false "economism" of Smith and Marx.
And yet...Smith's economic theories are still pretty much pretty good. And history has largely washed clean most of the strange and bad aspects of the term "capitalism." And certainly current libertarians and Objectivists have raised the understanding and theory of economic freedom to a stunningly high zenith.
Still, political freedom-fighters today can do much better. We need to champion economic capitalism and social libertarianism. Better still, we should simply advocate a universal, limitless, political liberalism. This term encompasses everything in the economic and social realm. This Western, Enlightenment, classical ideal, concept, and word -- for all its seeming possible confusion nowadays with leftism and progressivism -- is absolutely clear in what it ultimately means. Pure liberalism in the political sense means pure socio-economic freedom. It means absolutely zero taxation and regulation of any social and economic activity. It means socio-economic volunteerism, free choice, free cooperation, and non-coercion to the point of infinity. Now that's a world and political belief system worth fighting for!
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I Love My Librarian!
Jennifer Govan | August 30, 2012
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In The New York Times of Monday, August 27th, my eye cast upon the large script and full ad — the "I Love My Librarian 2012 Award". Even more happily came the words on page C6 — "Librarians in our nation's 122,000 libraries make a difference in the lives of millions of Americans every day." I noted the pile of books, with a laptop on top, and mused on all the ways we work.
Joined by the NYT and ALA (American Library Association) Carnegie Corporation invites nominations to shine the spotlight on a librarian at one's school, public, college, community college, or university library. Up to 10 winners will be selected to receive a $5,000 cash award and plaque, and they will be honored at a ceremony and reception at The New York Times in December.
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Q: Exception handling in flutter + VS Code I have a simple functionality for user authentication. When user clicks Login buttonm than callback calls login method from SecurityBloc which in its turn calls execute method of ApiProvider.
If user enter wrong password than method _handleResponse throws ApiException with error description which I am expecting to be catched in method login of SecurityBloc. And it works as expected when I run project under the web. I see snackbar with error message.
The problem occurred when I run project under Android. When user enter wrong password than VS Code (I use it) stops on line with throw ApiException('invalid authentication response');, i.e. debugger thinks that this exception is unhandled! But it is catched and handled (see code). When I click button continue on debugger control panel, the highlighted row jumps over the code and at the end I see the error message in snackbar.
So is it possible to skip (fix) this situation? Maybe is it knowing bug and there is a workaround?
P.S. If I checked off the "Uncaught exception" checkbox looks fine but it is not the case because now I may pass really uncaucht exceptions.
Any ideas?
class ApiProvider {
  /// Executes HTTP request
  Map<String, dynamic> execute(url, query, ...) async {
    final response = await http.post(url,query:query);
    return _handleResponse(response);
  }

  /// Parses HTTP response
  Map<String, dynamic> _handleResponse(Response response) {
    if (!response.contains('user')) {
      throw ApiException('invalid password');
    }
    ... // other statements
  }
}

class SecurityBloc {
  Future<AuthEvent> login(String user, String password) async {
    try {
      final data = api.execute()
      if (data == null) {
        throw ApiException('invalid authentication response');
      }
      final token = _parseData(data); // Can throws FormatException
      return AuthEvent.ok(token);
    } on ClientException catch(e) {
      return AuthEvent.error(e.message);
    } on FormatException catch(e) {
      return AuthEvent.error(e.message);
    } on ApiException catch(e) {
      return AuthEvent.error(e.message);
    }
  }
}

class _LoginState extends State<Login> {
  final securityBloc = SecutiryBloc();

  @override
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    return
      ...
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        child: Text('Login'),
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          } else {
            // access granted
          }
        },
      ),
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}

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LG Smart Security Wireless Camera review: DIY security backed by ADT professional monitoring
This all-in-one home monitor increases security with an extra set of eyes.
By Michael Ansaldo
Freelance contributor, TechHive | PT
LG Smart Security Wireless Camera
The DIY home security movement driven by the proliferation of affordable, easy-to-use wireless cameras was supposed to be a smug nose-thumbing at pricey professional security firms like ADT. So it raised a few eyebrows when LG announced its Smart Security Wireless Camera ($200) would be built around ADT's new standalone monitoring service.
Update: LG has informed us that this product is being withdrawn from the market, and that consumers who purchased one are entitled to a refund. Here is the full statement:
Effective February 20, 2018, LG and ADT will discontinue the LG Smart Security device and associated ADT professional security services. Consumers who purchased the LG Smart Security product, which rolled out in very limited quantities at select retailers earlier this year, can receive a full refund for the original retail value of the product after submitting their product information to www.LGSSProductRefund.com.
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LG is a leader when it comes to developing and delivering smart products that enhance consumers' lives. While we are discontinuing LG Smart Security, we are expanding our smart device offering with an expansive line of connected products across our home appliances, home entertainment and mobile devices - including the most extensive range of Wi-Fi enabled appliances available today.
Unlike most IP security cameras, nothing about the the LG Smart Security Camera's design reveals the device's true purpose. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to recognize the 3-inch-tall black cone as a camera at all—you really need to get close enough to spot the 5MP lens sitting behind a square of black plastic near the top. Thanks to its unconventional design, this is a camera you can hide it in plain sight despite its significant girth (2 inches at the base, and 5 inches across the top).
That lens has a 130-degree field of view and captures 1080p video. It's flanked by two IR LEDs that provide up to 15 feet of night vision. Below this is a strip-thin status LED that changes color to indicate Bluetooth pairing, Wi-Fi connection, or downloading and installing updates.
With its unconventional design, the LG Smart Security Wireless Camera certainly doesn't look the part.
The camera includes a built-in mic and speakers for two-way communication. It also houses temperature and humidity sensors for monitoring your home's climate, and a 93dB siren you can trigger to ward off intruders. It also includes Z-Wave technology for controlling compatible smart devices.
Out of the box, you can view live streaming video, receive email and push-notification alerts, and create custom event schedules to control your compatible connected-home devices. To view recorded surveillance video, however, you'll need to purchase an ADT Canopy Secure Video Storage plan: $10 per month for seven days of video history, or $30 per month for 30 days of history.
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The ADT Canopy app is laid out for at-a-glance information on your home environment.
For added security, the camera also comes with an Intrusion Detection offer: ADT's professional security monitoring service will contact you when an alert is triggered and send emergency personnel if you don't respond. This plan also lets you remotely arm and disarm the camera. Intrusion Detection is available for $20 per month, or as part of a bundle with Secure Video Storage for $25 per month with seven-day video history or $40 per month with 30-day history.
It's notable that there is no free option or trial offer for either of the plans as we've come to expect with home security cameras.
Setup and usage
Setting up the LG Simple Security Camera consists of plugging it into a power outlet, downloading the ADT Canopy app, and creating an account. Once you've registered, the app prompts you through the steps of pairing with the camera and connecting to your home's Wi-Fi network. Within five minutes, the system was up and running.
The 1080p video was of comparable quality to the better security cameras I've reviewed—sharp with vibrant colors in daytime mode, detailed with good contrast with night vision on. Fisheye distortion was barely discernible at the top of the frame.
The ADT Canopy app home screen is laid out for at-a-glance information. Current temperature and humidity are displayed under the live feed window and are updated as they change. They consistently mirrored the readings on my thermostat and indoor hygrometer within a degree and percentage respectively. The bottom half of the home screen is devoted to an activity log that updates each time motion is detected, the temperature or humidity fall out of the range you set, or an alert is sent.
At the very bottom of the home screen are icons for accessing the Devices and Activities screens, a menu of further settings, and returning back to the home screen.
The LG Smart Security camera will alert you to changes in indoor temperature and humidity.
The Devices screen is where you access all devices connected to the hub—not just Z-Wave devices, but also the camera itself and the motion and environmental sensors. This last part is a head-scratcher—it's not clear why built-in equipment listed as "devices" along with third-party appliances like a connected Amazon Echo or a smart light switch, and it's likely to cause some confusion at first.
Nonetheless, you can adjust any attached device's settings from this tab, for example adjusting the motion sensor's sensitivity or defining the upper and lower temperature and humidity thresholds that will trigger an alert.
Overall, the camera's alerts were timely and accurate. Particularly useful, was the "People" setting for motion detection. I toggled this on when just my dog and cats were home, and and sure enough their various passings in front of the camera did not trigger an alert, as they do with virtually every other camera, but it did when I walked in front of it. I found the camera app will also identify certain motion as "tampering" rather than movement, as it did when I picked it up to reposition it. That's a cool trick, and one that can tip you off to an actual intruder.
The LG Smart Security camera doubles as a connected home hub for Z-Wave smart home devices.
On the Activities tab, you can create rules for working with any Z-Wave devices you have attached to the camera. The app makes this exceedingly easy, prompting you to choose a trigger—these can be initiated manually, by a device, or at a scheduled time—and a corresponding action. You can also start activities with Alexa voice commands if you pair the camera with an Amazon Echo.
In terms of features and performance, LG's Smart Security camera holds its own with our top-rated models. What sets it apart are its ADT plans: You'll need to pay a minimum of $10 just to view and store recorded video.
Similar all-in-one monitors—like Canary and SpotCam's Sense Pro HD—give you a day's worth of video history gratis before you have to upgrade to a paid longer-term plan. The Piper NV, meanwhile, offers this essential security camera component completely free of charge. In that light, you might pause before pulling the trigger on this purchase.
But what will likely determine whether or not the LG Smart Security Wireless Camera is for you is how strongly you feel you need professional monitoring to bolster your own home security efforts. If the idea of ADT having your back gives you more peace of mind, then the $240 to $480 per year you'll pay on top of the cost of the camera probably won't bother you.
The LG Smart Security camera is a great option for those who want affordable professional monitoring. Those interested in strictly DIY security should explore other options.
Great video quality
Can connect with Z-Wave smart home products
Can be used with ADT monitoring service (subscription plan)
Can't view or store recorded video without a paid subscription
No free cloud storage option
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Michael Ansaldo is a veteran consumer and small-business technology journalist. He contributes regularly to TechHive and writes the Max Productivity column for PCWorld.


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Q: How to read input from Excel in Java? Need to extract '120%' value from excel in Java using Apache POI. I tried using CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC and CELL_TYPE_STRING which failed and result was 1.2 instead of 120%.
N: using Apostrophe (') in front of 120% works but please suggest another work around
 if(row.getCell(j)!=null)
 {
    if(row.getCell(j).getCellType() ==row.getCell(j).CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC)
    {
       System.out.print(row.getCell(j).toString());
    }
    else if(row.getCell(j).getCellType() == row.getCell(j).CELL_TYPE_STRING)
     strCellValue ==System.out.print(row.getCell(j).toString());
    }
 }
else System.out.print("null")

A: After checking for the type, you need to retrieve the value according to the type:
if (cell.getCellType() == Cell.CELL_TYPE_STRING) {
    String value = cell.getStringCellValue();
}

Simply calling toString() wont't work. You code should be like this:
if (row.getCell(j).getCellType() == row.getCell(j).CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC) {
    System.out.print(row.getCell(j).getNumericCellValue()
} else if (row.getCell(j).getCellType() == row.getCell(j).CELL_TYPE_STRING) {
    strCellValue = row.getCell(j).getStringCellValue();
}

A: You can try something like this:
if (cell.getCellType() == Cell.CELL_TYPE_NUMERIC) {
    if (cell.getCellStyle().getDataFormatString().contains("%")) {
        // Detect Percent Values
        Double value = cell.getNumericCellValue() * 100;
        System.out.println("Percent value = " + value.toString() +"%");
    } else {
        Double value = cell.getNumericCellValue();
        System.out.println("Non percent value = " + value.toString());
    }
}


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Q: Confusion with an infinite while loop, concerning Scanner.nextInt(); I am having problems with understanding why code is not working. My objective is to keep reading the input of the user until the user finally enters "5", to which the code will continue.
I appreciate there are likely better ways, and am open to suggestions of more concise ways to go about this (trying to parse a string, perhaps), however my question is more curious as to why my method does not work as opposed to looking for a better method.
The code works perfectly when any integer is input, however if I were to enter a String, the code loops continuously, and the catch block is always started without any input required. I presume it's a feature of the Scanner retaining my input, but I'm not sure.
My code is the following:
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.InputMismatchException;

public class App {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        int temp = 0;
        System.out.println("Enter the number 5: ");

        while (temp != 5) {
            try {
                temp = sc.nextInt();
            } catch (InputMismatchException e) {
                System.out.println("Try again!");
            }
        }
        System.out.println("Got it!");
        sc.close();
    }
}

A: If the next thing to read is not an integer, then nextInt doesn't read anything. So if you type "hi", then nextInt throws an InputMismatchException, and your program calls nextInt again. That call still throws an InputMismatchException, because the next thing to read is still "hi", which isn't an integer. Then your program calls nextInt again, and it throws an exception again for the exact same reason. And so on.
One possible solution is to call sc.next(), and ignore the result:
        try {
            temp = sc.nextInt();
        } catch (InputMismatchException e) {
            sc.next(); // ignore whatever the user typed that wasn't an integer
            System.out.println("Try again!");
        }

A: Correct version of code would be like this. Scanner does not know coming input in Int or not. Lets read line and parse it and check if it is integer or not and then continue.
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.InputMismatchException;

public class App {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        int temp = 0;
        System.out.println("Enter the number 5: ");
    Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
        while (temp != 5) {
            try {
        String str = sc.nextLine();
                temp = Integer.parseInt(str);
            } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                System.out.println("Try again!");
            }
        }
        System.out.println("Got it!");
        sc.close();
    }
}

A: Here is what I think is happening:

*

*When you enter an int things work fine. sc.nextInt(); is able to parse the input to an valid integer value.

*When you enter string, sc.nextInt(); throws exception, as input string is not a valid integer value.

*Now in your code, if the value entered is not integer, the loop will never break as its always (temp != 5) is always true and hence the loop repeats infinitely.

A: The infinite loop is because nextInt() is reading numbers only, but not the remaining part of your input, the newline character, which stays inside the input buffer of Scanner.
When your loop calls nextInt() again, it again will recognize the remaining newline character as not an int, the loop again calls nextInt() and ends up in an infinite loop, as described by user253751.
In some situations, sc.next() solves this, but it's not always suitable, as it still won't prevent an infinite loop in a while-loop-scenario.
The better way to solve this is to again instantiate and initialize your Scanner object to flush the input buffer.
        try {
            temp = sc.nextInt();
        } catch (InputMismatchException e) {
            sc = new Scanner(System.in); // flushes the input buffer
            System.out.println("Try again!");
        }

Source:
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Speaking good English is the dream of many people and they strive hard in learning it. Some of them like to join an institute for Spoken English course while others just rely on their own efforts. Whatever method you use it is better to improve your spoken skills of this foreign language.
The best and the only method to do it is to speak as much as you can because there is no other short cut to this and you have to do it at all cost. When you try to learn a new language then just reading it is not enough and you have practically speak it. Do this as much as you can, with your friends, family members, room mate or siblings.
In the beginning you might face some problems, shyness etc but you have to fight it. Remember you are trying to learn a new language and you are the one who has to take some steps. So curb your shyness and develop sufficient self confidence in order to carry out your practice.
If people around you make fun of you or laugh at you, never ever feel it or get dis-heartened. If they laugh at your mistakes then you also do it and laugh with them. You will see that with passage of time they will stop it and will start cooperating with you.
When you start learning speaking English pay no attention to English grammar rules because you may get confused. A time will come in the future where you will learn the grammar rules yourself.
Have you seen how children learn to speak? do they learn grammar rules of their mother tongue? No, because they listen and then talk, so if you are want to learn English then arrange for some audios of native speakers and listen them as much as you can. Listening practice is one of the most important help in learning English. You will find number of videos and audios of people speaking in English, download them and listen them whenever you get time.
By listening to the audios you will develop an accent and it is good to select a particular speaker whose accent you like and when you keep on listening to him for quite a long time then you will be able to develop the same accent.
Read English stories and whenever you find any difficult word whose meaning are not known to you then do consult a native dictionary. You will find many good English to Urdu dictionary to get the meaning of the difficult words. Some people are lazy enough to skip this step and that is why they lack the required vocabulary of daily use. Make a consistent effort to learn a few new words on regular basis. The more vocabulary you have better will get your English speaking power.
Watch English movies, listen to English songs and read entertaining material in the language like jokes, riddles and stories etc. Read English quotations and then try to remember some of them and use them frequently in your conversation. This will help you to create not only a good impression on the listener but will also inspire you.
Keeping a good dictionary ready while you are reading some English content is a good habit that will surely increase your learning. There are several very good English to Urdu Dictionary Pk that you can use to get Urdu translation of difficult English words and you should bookmark your favorite links for this purpose.
Well, there are number of other ways to learn speaking English fluently but ty to use the above mentioned methods and soon you will be on your way to success.


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Yellow Peril Redux: Reflections & Actions
May is ushering in the Asian-Pacific Heritage Month, which commemorates the contribution of Asian-Americans to American society.
CHEER is sponsoring an important event hosted by The Society of Heart's Delight, a Chinese immigrant community, with many of our active members transplanted from China since adulthood. We are professionals, writers, business owners, lawyers, researchers, teachers, programmers, artists, influencers and community builders. We are located throughout Silicon Valley, where 35% of residents are Asian Americans. We are your good neighbors, parents in schools. Nurtured by Chinese culture, we actively participate in improving the communities of which we call home.
Recently we found ourselves caught in between two world views and an escalating rivalry of two giants. More than ever, Chinese Americans are seeking and securing our foothold during this tumultuous time.
The Society of Heart's Delight is honoring this year's Asian-Pacific Heritage Month by inviting Prof. Dan Shao, Matthew Brown and their team to have a conversation with our own Dr. Irene Haiyun Zhang, an educator and history enthusiast.
An associate professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, as well as gender and women's studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Dan Shao collaborated with Dr. Matthew Brown,assistant professor in the Department of Accounting, Economics, and Finance at the University of Illinois Springfield to design and implement the "Yellow Peril Redux" curriculum at University of Illinois, to discuss the relationship between the United States and Asia over the past 100 years, and to provide an anchor of online materials for researchers and collaborators.
Our Dialogue will follow the axes of time, geopolitics and ethnicities to cover areas of concern for people of both sides of the Pacific. Audiences are welcome to post their own questions before and during the conversation.
Project leader Dr. Dan Shao has a wide range of academic interests, including legal history, nationality law, cultures of law, gender studies, gender and law, medical history of ethics and law, borderland studies, ethnic groups in China, U.S.-East Asia relationship and Sino-Japanese relationship.
Dr. Matthew Brown is an assistant professor in the Department of Accounting, Economics, and Finance at the University of Illinois Springfield. His long-term interest and study of American reactions to Japanese (and later Chinese) economic imports and growth began after reading former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca's autobiography when he was in middle school in the 1980s, and he has continued to study and follow those relationships with regard to Japan and China ever since. Professor Brown is an avid consumer of and student of American popular culture and has written on Broadway, literature, and movies. He is an active promoter and philanthropic supporter of Drum Corps International, and music education generally, and is a travel enthusiast having visited 51 countries and 49 states (and is always looking for an excuse to finally visit Vermont).
Dr. Mark E. Frank is the Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer in the Environmental Humanities of East Asia at Yale University. He earned his PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is currently developing a book on the environmental history of the frontier in modern China. Mark has spent five years in various parts of China, including Beijing, Qingdao, Chengdu, and Shanghai."
Natalya Rodriguez is a graduate student in East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She specializes in anthropology of Japan with a focus on traditional dress in contemporary transnational contexts. Before joining the graduate program at the University of Illinois, she worked in U.S.-Japan grassroots diplomacy and cultural exchange in Japan and Chicago.
Dr. Irene Haiyun Zhang is the founder of Enspire School. She has had extensive experiences in teaching math and science curriculums for competitions as well as improving the fundamentals. Her educational focus has always been to establish a strong math and physics foundation in students, so that they can combine their logical deduction powers, quantitative analysis abilities and emotional intelligence to spark imagination and creativity in their minds.
Article Credit: Dr. Haiyun Zhang
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Mumbai: SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), a deemed to be university announces entrance test NPAT 2017 for admission (session 2017-18). The last date for online registrations for the NPAT examination is April 30, 2017 and the NPAT Test is scheduled to take place on May 13 and 14, 2017.
For the first time, NMIMS offering unique, emergent and employable under graduate program, in the field of Design. Apart from this, students can also explore growth opportunities from its ongoing programs in the field of Engineering and technology management, Pharmacy and technology management, Commerce and Economics.
"Engineering, pharmacy, commerce and economics has been the fields that continue to see demand from students and recruiters every year since the inception of these programs. Our curriculum is designed in a manner that can explore the all-round performance of students and bring out the best in them. Hence, students look forward for our programs and register for the NPAT exam", added Dr. Saxena.
NMIMS is amongst the top 15 universities in India. The NPAT examination would help students to secure admission in more than 8 programs under the fields of Engineering and technology management, Pharmacy and technology management, Commerce, Economics and Design.


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The YubiKey NEO differs from the standard YubiKey as it can become a composite USB device – presenting both a HID (Keyboard) and CCID (SmartCard) device to the host. This allows us to support all the great features of the standard YubiKey and add new support for SmartCard functions. Our last NEO post described the OpenPGP NEO App that ships with the production YubiKey NEO.
In this post, we want to describe how to control how the YubiKey NEO presents itself to the host computer.
We ship the YubiKey NEO with just the HID (keyboard) USB device enabled. We did this to maximise compatibility with the YubiKey Standard and the pre-production YubiKey NEO – neither of which support SmartCard functions. To enable the OpenPGP SmartCard function, you need to configure the YubiKey NEO to switch on the CCID interface. So far, we have updated the ykpersonalize command line to support the "-m" switch; this controls the composite modes the YubiKey NEO exhibits. Be careful, you can use the -m command to remove HID support; as ykpersonalize only works with the HID interface, this means you cannot use ykpersonalize anymore if you remove HID support. We have added the tool ykneo-ccid-modeswitch which allows you to enable HID if it gets removed!
-m1 CCID (OpenPGP only – no OTP) – warning – you cannot use ykpersonalize after this setting!
-m82 HID & CCID (OTP and OpenPGP) EJECT Flag set – allows SmartCard and OTP concurrently.
with mode 1 with the EJECT_FLAG set, when touching the button the NEO will "eject" the smart card, making it unavailable to the host, when touching again it will be "inserted" again.
with mode 2 with the EJECT_FLAG set, when touching the button the NEO will "eject" the smart card, send the OTP from the HID interface and then "insert" the smart-card.
Where can one download a binary of ykneo-ccid-modeswitch?
We do not have a binary yet, but we are working on one. In the meantime, please use the command line interface for configuring the NEO ccid modeswitch.


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A woman offers information to attendees during a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey job fair at the Union County College in Elizabeth, N.J., on Nov. 8, 2019. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
Pew Report Highlights Employment Progress for Women, Importance of Male-Female Differences
Nicole Russell
February 22, 2020 Updated: February 22, 2020
A Pew Research Center report published Jan. 30 shows how far women have progressed in the workforce, in wage-earnings, filling the demand for skilled workers, and in job satisfaction.
At first, it looks like a feminists' dream come true. A closer look shows that while it highlights progress we should all applaud, the workforce is actually just now coming to terms with the differences between men and women and how important they are to different occupations.
The Pew survey describes how women are finally closing the wage gap because they have moved into higher-skilled jobs and are more educated than ever before. The so-called wage gap has been a point of contention between men and women, liberals and conservatives, feminists and traditionalists, for decades.
While feminists often claim the wage gap shows continuing sexism in an American workforce that purports to be equal, conservatives like to point out that the wage gap is a myth and exists because women are drawn to fields that sometimes pay less, such as teaching, or, even more commonly, they have spent far less time in the workforce in order to raise children.
Or, essentially, women do make less, but it isn't because they make less on the dollar, but because they are working fewer hours, with less education, at a job that pays a lower wage.
As it turns out, the job market has changed in the last four decades and, I think, confirms some of these suppositions.
Pew reports, "Employers in the United States are increasingly in pursuit of workers who are adept in social skills, like negotiation and persuasion, and have a strong grounding in fundamental skills, such as critical thinking and writing."
The market has shifted to occupations that require skills at which women in general tend to naturally excel.
Pew says: "Women are in the vanguard of meeting these challenges … [and] are in the majority in jobs that draw most heavily on either social or fundamental skills – such as legal, teaching and counseling occupations – accounting for 52% of employment in these jobs in 2018. … The share of women has also risen greatly among those working in occupations that rely most on analytical skills – such as accounting and dentistry."
So, jobs that are now in high demand are jobs that utilize strengths women naturally possess.
Because women are working in fields with a higher skill requirement, they're earning more money at a rapid pace. While Pew reports this has "helped to narrow the gender wage gap," I think it points to the opposite conclusion: It shows why there wasn't a wage gap but more of a choice gap. Women made less when they performed jobs that commanded less pay.
When the market shifted and needed to fill jobs in areas women excelled at, and women chose fields that had a higher skill set and commanded more compensation, they made nearly as much as their male peers. Albeit, as the report suggests, it's difficult, if not impossible, to make an apples to apples comparison regarding time spent away from work raising children.
Even in an era brimming with STEM references everywhere, it seems that jobs with social and fundamental skills such as communication are still vital.
It's exciting to see an economy that values the skill sets women naturally have, and to see women increase their value both by getting additional education and pursuing those jobs that pay more.
While I can see how this survey might be presented as showing a narrowing of the existing wage gap that has caused so much consternation among women on both sides of the political aisle, to me it seems to support the more conservative case that a wage gap only exists if women choose occupations that pay less, while being educated less, and while working fewer hours.
Nicole Russell is a freelance writer and mother of four. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Politico, The Daily Beast, and The Federalist. Follow her on Twitter @russell_nm.
Views expressed in this article are the opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.


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Derailed Train Spills 230,000 Gallons of Crude Into Flooded Iowa River
Olivia Rosane
Jun 25, 2018 11:27AM EDT Energy
A train derailment spilled 230,000 gallons of crude oil into an already-flooded Iowa river Friday, endangering downstream drinking water, the Des Moines Register reported Sunday.
Thirty-two cars of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) train derailed, 14 of which leaked crude oil into the Rock River in Doon, Iowa. The cause of the derailment is unknown, but officials including Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds attributed it to heavy rain Wednesday and Thursday which led to flooding.
To aid recovery from extreme weather and its consequences, including the derailment, Reynolds issued a proclamation of disaster emergency Saturday for Lyon County, where the train derailed, as well as Plymouth, Sioux and Woodbury counties.
Workers so far have contained nearly half the spill—around 100,000 gallons—using booms, BNSF told Reuters.
The oil spill hit the town of Rock Valley, Iowa, which was coping with its second flood in four years, especially hard.
"Our city administrator said to me, 'The only thing we need now is a plane crash,'" Rock Valley mayor Van Otterloo told the Des Moines Register. "Everything came at once."
Rock Valley acted quickly to shut off water wells following the spill and plans to drain the wells and use rural water until the well water tests safe.
There are also concerns that oil could contaminate drinking water in Omaha, Nebraska, 150 miles downstream, since the Rock River merges with the Big Sioux River, which then feeds into the Missouri. Omaha's Metropolitan Utilities District said they were monitoring water pulled from the Missouri, the Des Moines Register reported. The Metropolitan Utilities District said they could source water from unconnected rivers if needed, according to Reuters.
Reynolds told the Des Moines Register it was still unknown how many communities were affected by the oil spill and how it would impact the surrounding environment.
While none of the initial responses mentioned it, last week's flooding and the resulting derailment could be related to climate change. A pre-Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) assessment of climate change impacts in the Midwest found that precipitation and storms were projected to increase this century, and precipitation in some areas had already increased by 20 percent.
Cristi Moore, who lives in a trailer park near Rock Valley on land that was flooded both in 2014 and 2018, didn't mention climate change but had noticed a difference in the severity of recent floods. She told the Des Moines Register that before 2014, her levees would have been high enough to combat the highest flood levels.
"This is really weird. That's why I'm saying, 'I'm not smart. I don't know. This is an engineer thing,'" Moore told the Des Moines Register. "What's going on that now we're getting flooded again?"
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To put it mildly, Keller Creek has been transformed. Four years have gone by since restoration work began on this important wildlife and recreational corridor located in the heart of the Lake Phalen Chain. More than 100 species of Minnesota native plants now thrive along nearly a mile of the creek, thanks to the tireless efforts of District staff, partner organizations and volunteers.
In many ways, the project was a grassroots operation as school groups assisted with planting, Conservation Corps Youth Outdoors crews helped remove invasive plants, and both Ramsey County and the City of Saint Paul donated significant in-kind labor. About half of project costs were funded by a grant from the Minnesota DNR's Shoreland Habitat Restoration Grant Program.
Prior to modern development, Keller Creek was a marshy wetland flowing from Gervais Lake southward to Lake Phalen. Traveled by the Dakota people, it had a wide flood plain gradually transitioning from emergent plants to wet meadow habitat.
In the early 1900's, the creek was dredged to allow for boat navigation, drastically altering the ecosystem. Dredged sediment was likely dumped along the banks, smothering the wetland edge. Development of Phalen Park eventually saw most native plants replaced with turf grass.
Over the years, invasive species moved in with buckthorn, Canada thistle, spotted knapweed, burdock and reed canary grass dominating the water's edge. Erosion created steep cut banks with soil washing into the stream, and emergent vegetation was virtually non-existent.
High-quality emergent vegetation is now established along much of the creek after being absent for 100 years.
The project to restore Keller Creek launched in 2015, 100 years after the creek had been dredged. With large areas of natural habitat already restored nearby at Lake Phalen, Keller Lake and Keller Golf Course, the creek project essentially linked these restorations together.
Wading birds like herons and egrets have also taken notice, patrolling the reeds and plucking out young fish.
The creek's diverse mix of native wildflowers now attracts many different pollinating insects, including strong numbers of monarchs this past season.
Restoring Keller Creek was a major undertaking, both in terms of site preparation and the planting itself. The project was divided into four phases with different sections of the creek restored each year.
Purging each area of invasive species was the first challenge, accomplished by District and Saint Paul staff, interns, Conservation Corps and labor crews from Ramsey County Corrections. The work required pulling weeds, treating thick patches of reed canary grass with herbicide and cutting down truckloads of buckthorn.
Corrections grew the majority of the native plants for the project, and their crews were a major help with buckthorn and tree removal, hauling, grading, and erosion control.
Stretches of shoreline were excavated to create a more gradual slope down to the water where emergent and wet meadow plants could take hold.
Excavating the slope down to the water (left) restored gradual transition zones for emergent and wet meadow plants to grow along the creek (right).
Brush bundles staked near the banks helped protect young emergent plants from muskrat feeding.
In the creek, the team staked down bundles of cut buckthorn wrapped in coconut fiber. These bundles, nicknamed "biorritos" by staff, provided erosion control and protection for newly planted emergent vegetation. The creek is home to a large population of muskrat, which eat the young plants. However, the woody material seems to discourage muskrat feeding, giving the plants a chance to grow and establish.
In most cases, emergent vegetation was planted behind the bundles on the shore side. While this strategy worked well overall, the muskrats prevailed in a few areas, prompting Bartodziej to take extra precautions this year. "For this last effort, we planted through the brush bundles, and that gave those plants some added protection from muskrat feeding," he said.
According to Bartodziej, bringing back this emergent habitat was one of the greatest challenges and most rewarding aspects of the project.
Another notable accomplishment was reconstructing the portage access around the Keller Creek weir using limestone slabs donated by the City of Saint Paul. Not only does the improved portage help paddlers get between Lake Phalen and Keller Lake, the spot has become a popular shore fishing access as well.
The reconstructed portage at the Keller Creek Weir is a favorite fishing spot for many park visitors.
In May 2018, Weaver Elementary students planted an upland area adjacent to Keller Creek during the final phase of the restoration.
Each spring during the restoration, Education Specialist Sage Passi coordinated classroom learning sessions and planting days on the creek with local schools such as Roseville Area Middle School, Farnsworth Aerospace Academy and American Indian Magnet School, to name a few. , Fifteen classrooms and hundreds of students annually learned about Keller Creek's history and ecology before trying their hand at planting.
With instruction from Ramsey County Master Gardeners, District staff and interns, the students successfully planted thousands of native seedlings that are now maturing along Keller Creek.
In August, members of our Citizen Advisory Committee and Landscape Ecology Awards Program (LEAP) Team waded the eastern banks of the creek to plant emergent bulrush and bur-reed. It was a fitting way to mark the end of a project that has benefited so much from the hard work of enthusiastic volunteers.
Looking ahead, District staff will maintain the restoration through prescribed burning, spot treating invasive plants and monitoring banks for erosion. The goal is to ensure this important native habitat, missing from Keller Creek for a century, is here to stay.
Members of our Citizen Advisory Committee and LEAP team helped to wrap up the Keller Creek project in August. L-R: Karen Wold, Katie Keefer, Simba Blood, Dana Larsen-Ramsay, Jill Danner, Carrie Magnuson, Mark Gernes, Scott Ramsay, Roxanne Hanley, Gail Acosta and Anita Jader. Not pictured: Bill Bartodziej. Photo courtesy of Anita Jader.


Wonderbra may have made traffic stopping cleavage popular. But it appears the push up bra dates all the way back to 1880.
A padded brassiere, discovered in storage at the Science Museum, in London, is believed to be the first ever breast enhancer, designed to give women a more shapely bust in the same way as a modern-day Wonderbra. The white undergarment, consisting of two round white pads joined by a large piece fabric, is fastened behind the back by a strap and was designed and made in Europe. It is flamboyantly decorated with lace and feathers.
The bra did not become commonplace until 1907, when it featured in Vogue. Until then, it would have been a luxury item only available to wealthier women, and made to measure.
Cup sizes as we know them, denoted by letter, were not introduced until the 1930s in the U.S. The underwear forms part of a collection on display in a glass cabinet containing various 19th century cosmetic devices.
Among them are cheek plumpers for women who had lost their teeth, false eyebrows made from mouse fur and patches to cover scars and spots.


Anishinaabe MC/Singer/Songwriter Leonard Sumner's storytelling flows directly from the shores of Little Saskatchewan First Nation, located in the heart of the Interlake of Manitoba. Sumner's self-determined sound is evidence of his ability to simultaneously occupy landscapes of multiple musical genres including; Hip-Hop, Spoken Word, Country, and Rhythm and Blues. With every vibration of the strings on his guitar, Leonard rattles the dust off truths that have been buried for far too long. On stage he poetically sings awake the consciousness of audiences may have been unaware of their slumber. In this era of unsettling history and healing wounds of the past, Sumner's music is an expression of medicine that walks the line between fortitude and fragility.


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Online Lecture: How a Team of Young Caltech/JPL Researchers Transformed the Field of Earth Observation with Spaceborne Radars
Speaker: Dr. Charles Elachi
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Planetary Science - Emeritus, Caltech
JPL Director (2001-2016)
5:00 P.M. Lecture
Forty years ago, in November 1981, a team of young JPL scientists and engineers conducted the first experiment ever flown on the Space Shuttle. The Shuttle Imaging Radar-A (SIR-A) imaged large areas of our planet and led to the discovery of a network of ancient paleo rivers in Egypt and North Africa.
The SIR-A was followed by a series of progressively more advanced imaging radar systems (SIR-B, SIR-C and the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission), conducted by the same team, that demonstrated the scientific benefit of multispectral and interferometric systems in mapping and monitoring our planet. They formed the technical foundations for the dozen of international and commercial free flying radars presently orbiting Earth as well as the radar systems that mapped Venus and Titan.
This talk, given by the leader of that team, will cover the history of how this team conceived and accomplished these advances that dramatically expanded our ability to map and monitor the changes on our planet.
Speaker's Biography:
Dr. Charles Elachi is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Planetary Science, Emeritus, at Caltech and was previously the Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Vice President of Caltech from 2001-2016.
Throughout his long and distinguished career at JPL, he played the lead role in developing the field of spaceborne imaging radar which led to Seasat, SIR-A, SIR-B, SIR-C, Magellan, SRTM and the Cassini Radar. He received numerous national and international awards for his leadership in this field.
He is the author of over 230 publications in the fields of space and planetary exploration, Earth observation from space, active microwave remote sensing, electromagnetic theory and integrated optics, and he holds several patents in those fields. In addition, he has authored three textbooks in the field of remote sensing. One of these textbooks has been translated into Chinese.
Elachi received a B.S. in physics from the University of Grenoble, France and the Diplome Ingenieur in engineering from the Polytechnic Institute, Grenoble in 1968 where he graduated first in the class, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical sciences from Caltech in 1969 and 1971, respectively. He later received an MBA from USC (1979) and an M.S. degree in geology from UCLA (1983).