In media reports on religious violence in Sri Lanka and Myanmar, the perspectives of moderate and progressive Buddhists are often invisible. Khin Mai Aung talks to six Theravada Buddhists about extremism in their religion.
Re: How Do Theravada Buddhists View Extremism Within Theravada?
Extremism is bad, in all religions and in politics. It tends to justify violence, it tends to believe that "the end justifies the means" and does so at all costs.


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WikiLeaks and War is a Lie – David Swanson
by TRNN December 10, 2010 September 23, 2020
The 200k Challenge Live Webcast
PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome back to The Real News Network. I'm Paul Jay in Washington. We are in the home stretch. We are in the final segment of the Real News Network First Annual Webathon. We cracked our $200,000 target. We're inching towards–I think we're going to crack $205,000, and we hope later tonight, tomorrow, we go further. As I've said before, $200,000 was a great achievement, and we thank everybody–something close to 1,200 or more individual donations since we started the campaign. Two hundred thousand dollars funds–just about funds four months of The Real News Network[s] work. So getting beyond $200,000 is an important target for us in the next few days. If you want to donate and you haven't already, you know, click the donate button here next to the webpage, or down below if you're watching on Livestream, or you can phone 888-449-6772. And, again, we really want to thank everybody. The response has been overwhelming to us. We–just to look on the emails and the–or see the list as the donations start coming every minute, it's really, frankly, inspiring, 'cause we know that there's a lot of things people can give money to, and to have confidence in us and choose to support us is very meaningful, other–meaningful emotionally to us, not just that we need the dough to keep going on. Now joining us from Virginia is David Swanson, the author of War Is a Lie. Thanks for joining us, David.
DAVID SWANSON, POLITICAL ACTIVIST AND AUTHOR: Thanks for letting me.
JAY: So we've talked before about War Is a Lie, so let's get a little bit into what's happening in your book War Is a Lie, which I encourage everybody to go get and watch our interview with David about the book. But let's talk about what happened in Washington today, I guess it was. I shouldn't say today. For people watching this after we go live, it will have been on Thursday. The House caucus of the Democratic Party made what seems like a pretty important decision. What was it? And how much significance do you think it has?
SWANSON: Oh, I think it's several significant things that happened today that were remarkable breakthroughs, and that is one of the big ones, that the Democrats in the House voted in their caucus to not bring up for a vote and not support the sort of plan that the president came up with on tax cuts that is, you know, what the Republicans wanted on tax cuts and what the American public certainly do not, that is extending Bush tax cuts for the millionaires and billionaires, lowering the estate tax on the same group of plutocrats, putting in place a sort of a backdoor attack on Social Security with quote-unquote "temporarily reduced" payroll taxes. You know, we've been fed have these lies for years now about how Social Security is in trouble. Here's an attempt to actually put it in trouble. It's a very, very dangerous proposition. And what's remarkable is not how bad this particular proposal is, but that the Democrats in Congress actually saw fit, while still in the majority to for the first time say no, enough's enough, we aren't going along with this now.
JAY: But David, I know you're in direct touch, at least from time to time, with some of these members of the House. How line-in-the-sand is this for them? We know they're saying now they're willing to negotiate the deal, renegotiate this deal. You know, they've said before they would stick to their guns on the public option, and then they didn't. How serious are they?
SWANSON: Well, if you had to bet, it would be not serious at all. I mean, this is a remarkable first for them to have publicly said such a thing. For them to stick to it and fight for it and turn it into something really significant would be another first, an unprecedented move. I think we've seen the Progressive Caucus for three or four years now draw a line in the sand on war funding and on the public option and the health insurance reform and so forth, and always 90 percent of the members who sign those letters cave. Here we have 53 Democrats send a letter to the speaker just before this vote went down, drawing a line in the sand. The expectation is always that they will cave. But, you know, perhaps they won't, and it's a little bit murky what would constitute caving and what wouldn't, in that all they've said is we will not accept this, we want changes. What changes is completely up in the air. And so to force them to be significant changes or else, or have a refusal to go forward, is the goal now.
JAY: Let's talk a little bit about the Democratic Party. It seems to me, you know, being in Washington, covering politics here and, you know, observing in most of my political life what goes on, and not just American politics, but it's very similar in Canada–. But let's talk specifically about the Democratic Party. The politics seems to be so defined by what supposedly is people's ideology. So, like, over here you have a liberal left meter, and you're somewhere here on this ideological meter, and over here you're on the right, conservative, neoconservative meter, and you're kind of here or here. And the two parties, it's really just a question [of], well, where do your beliefs put you on this meter, as opposed to–again, taking the Democratic Party as the issue, that there's very different class interests within these parties? It's not just about people having different scales of belief. There's a corporate sector of the Democratic Party. Much of it's been on Wall Street. Much of it's in the military-industrial complex. Some of it's in consumer and retail industries and whatever. And, for example, manufacturing companies right now with large workforces, who as individuals may very well support the Democratic Party in many ways, but they're very happy with high unemployment and forcing two-tier wage agreements on workers. And then you have in the Democratic Party ordinary people, working people. But we don't talk very much about objective differences of interests within the Democratic Party versus just differences of ideological opinion. What you think about it?
SWANSON: Well, you know, one of the other remarkable breakthroughs today, Thursday, as we're speaking, was that the labor movement, most of it, the AFL-CIO and its member unions, came out strongly against a corporate trade agreement with Korea that the president is pushing. Many institutions in this country for decades have been subservient to the Democratic Party and whoever its top representative might be at the time. And so we haven't had, on behalf of low-income and working people, and even the middle class, we haven't had institutions outside of the Democratic Party interacting with it, pushing it in the right direction, the way that we have all the corporate front groups and the US Chamber of Commerce and the Tea Party and Fox News and all of those institutions dragging everybody to the right. From the left and from the working classes of the country we have had everybody subsumed within the Democratic Party in a rather subservient position. And so to see some break with that is new and hopeful and encouraging. I think we have been moving, of course, in a direction of great separation of wealth and concentration of wealth at the very top. And while the Democratic Party has been interested in helping those at the very bottom with unemployment insurance and so forth, there hasn't been any resistance to that accumulation of wealth at the top. Here we're lowering the estate tax and so forth, and that's a procedure that guarantees that the middle class will seek out policies that help those above them, will aspire to be the next millionaires, and will neglect those below, and we will be in a spiral of ever greater division of wealth. And the Democratic Party, left to its own devices, does not seem ready and up at this moment to reverse that trend.
JAY: And the Republican Party's very good in power, partly taking advantage of what the business cycle is, but also making sure there's enough foreign adventures going on that during the–certainly all the Bush years. Of course, 9/11 was the start of this process, but more or less for the whole Bush presidency, with maybe the exception of Katrina, they were able to keep the people's focus outside of American borders and not talking about the growing crisis and the growing, enormous income disparity.
SWANSON: Absolutely. I was working for the now-defunct ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) on 9/11, and I saw every effort that was moving forward on behalf of low-income and working people just abandoned. It was now wartime, and in wartime you can't waste your efforts on creating a decent minimum wage or a living wage or undoing predatory lending practices, even if it's going to take down Wall Street, which needs to be protected from itself. You know, war has always been a great distraction and a great funneller of energy and anger towards a foreign enemy, as opposed to in pursuit of social justice here at home. And, you know, the Democratic Party may be a little bit different from the Bush-Cheney war machine, but not terribly.
JAY: Yeah. Certainly in the history of the 20th century, the Democrats were in on perhaps even the last–starting more wars than the Republicans did.
SWANSON: Oh, in terms of presidents, absolutely. But, you know, one of the other remarkable things that happened today was that Jeremy Scahill of The Nation Magazine was a witness at a hearing in the House Judiciary Committee and told John Conyers, the chairman, that the problem with the past three years of Democratic rule in Congress, of four years of Democratic rule in Congress, has been the abandonment of the power of subpoena, the refusal to enforce subpoenas. It was almost six years ago that we were in the basement of the capital, holding hearings on the Downing Street Minutes and the war lies with then-ranking minority member John Conyers, an informal hearing. And he has been holding these hearings by the dozens for six years, including the one today, where he had great witnesses and they're laying out all the abuses of presidential power and war crimes, and John Conyers is pleading with them to praise him for hearing yet another hearing. And I have to say thank you to Jeremy Scahill for speaking up and saying, you know, wait a minute, Congress is actually supposed to do something more than just hear about the crimes and pat itself on the back and move on. The fact that we allowed dozens of top officials responsible for the most serious abuses and crimes to simply blow off subpoenas all through 2007 and 2008 and have not reissued a single one of them in 2009 or 2010, this is the serious story here. And, you know, that's something that had to be said. And, you know, the Republicans weren't even in the room. They weren't going to dignify, you know, a hearing on serious crimes in this country. But the Democrats who were in the room needed to be told that at some point we have to see action out of Congress.
JAY: Well, we're in the final moments of our webathon. Any final comments?
SWANSON: Well, I certainly would second the sentiments that you expressed earlier and others have been expressing, that we need to support what you are doing here with The Real News. I think of all the corrupting factors in our government and society, the lack of a decent communication system is number one. You know. And there are so many great efforts to critique the corporate media and the right-wing media and do PR better and organize people to protest and so forth, but creating the media that we need is the easiest and the cheapest and the most effective and the most critically needed. And Real News is doing as good a job as anyone out there and has a vision to do it bigger and better that is exactly what's needed. So if people want a single thing they can do to help reverse the downward spiral that our republic seems to be on, I certainly would say give money to TheRealNews.com.
JAY: Thanks very much.
SWANSON: Thank you.
JAY: And thank you for joining us on the webathon. Now, there's one more little segment to go, 'cause we want you to meet everybody behind the scenes. So we're going to take a short break, and when we come back you're going to meet everybody who hasn't been in front of the Camera but probably should have been. But they will be soon. So please give us a couple of minutes and come back for what will be the end of this year's Real News Webathon.
To understand the Federal Reserve's inflation playbook, look to the 1979 Volcker Shock
Keystone pipeline shut down after oil leaks into Kansas creek

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Title: Trypanosoma cruzi: Genome characterization of phosphatidylinositol kinase gene family (PIK and PIK-related) and identification of a novel PIK gene
Authors: Oliveira, Priscila [UNIFESP]
Lima, Fabio Mitsuo [UNIFESP]
Cruz, Mario Costa [UNIFESP]
Ferreira, Renata Carmona [UNIFESP]
Sanchez-Flores, Alejandro
Cordero, Esteban Mauricio [UNIFESP]
Cortez, Danielle Rodrigues [UNIFESP]
Ferreira, Eden Ramalho [UNIFESP]
Briones, Marcelo Ribeiro da Silva [UNIFESP]
Mortara, Renato Arruda [UNIFESP]
Silveira, Jose Franco da [UNIFESP]
Bahia, Diana [UNIFESP]
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Keywords: Phosphatidylinositol kinases
Trypanosoma cruzi
Target of rapamycin
FYVE domain
FYVE-PIK
Issue Date: 1-Jul-2014
Citation: Infection Genetics and Evolution. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., v. 25, p. 157-165, 2014.
Abstract: Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi which affects 10 million people worldwide. Very few kinases have been characterized in this parasite, including the phosphatidylinositol kinases (PIKs) that are at the heart of one of the major pathways of intracellular signal transduction. Recently, we have classified the PIK family in T. cruzi using five different models based on the presence of PIK conserved domains. in this study, we have mapped PIK genes to the chromosomes of two different T. cruzi lineages (G and CL Brener) and determined the cellular localization of two PIK members. the kinases have crucial roles in metabolism and are assumed to be conserved throughout evolution. for this reason, they should display a conserved localization within the same eukaryotic species. in spite of this, there is an extensive polymorphism regarding PIK localization at both genomic and cellular levels, among different T. cruzi isolates and between T. cruzi and Trypanosoma brucei, respectively. We showed in this study that the cellular localization of two PIK-related proteins (TOR1 and 2) in the T. cruzi lineage is distinct from that previously observed in T. brucei. in addition, we identified a new PIK gene with peculiar feature, that is, it codes for a FYVE domain at N-terminal position. FYVE-PIK genes are phylogenetically distant from the groups containing exclusively the FYVE or PIK domain. the FYVE-PIK architecture is only present in trypanosomatids and in virus such as Acanthamoeba mimivirus, suggesting a horizontal acquisition. Our Bayesian phylogenetic inference supports this hypothesis. the exact functions of this FYVE-PIK gene are unknown, but the presence of FYVE domain suggests a role in membranous compartments, such as endosome. Taken together, the data presented here strengthen the possibility that trypanosomatids are characterized by extensive genomic plasticity that may be considered in designing drugs and vaccines for prevention of Chagas disease. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Other Identifiers: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2014.03.022


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Here's Why James Cameron Rejected Captain America Star Chris Evans for Avatar
Director James Cameron has revealed that Hollywood stars Chris Evans and Channing Tatum had auditioned for the lead role in his 2009 sci-fi blockbuster Avatar.
The 64-year-old director said he found the performance of Sam Worthington better for the part of disabled former marine Jake Sully than the other two stars.
"That was my choice. I really liked Channing's appeal. I liked Chris' appeal. They were both great guys. But Sam had a quality of voice and a quality of intensity," he said during his recent appearance on the Empire Podcast.
"Everybody did about the same on all the material through the script, except for the final speech where he stands up and says, 'This is our land, ride now, go as fast as the wind can carry you'. That whole thing. I would have followed him into battle. And I wouldn't have followed the other guys. They've since gone onto fantastic careers and all that, but Sam was ready. He was ready," he added
The director is currently shooting for four sequels of the film that grossed over USD 2.75 billion worldwide. The studio, 20th Century Fox, had recently announced that the second instalment of the franchise will release in 2020.
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As computers continue to play a increasingly critical role in the classroom, software-driven learning systems are quickly becoming an integral part of the educational process. Products like iStation offer an interactive, adaptive learning experience for students and powerful resources for teachers.
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Next, download the istation.txt file appropriate for your environment.
Once you've downloaded these two components, refer to the PDF guide for further instructions.
For more information on istation, visit http://www.istation.com/About/WhyChooseIstation.
How do I update my vSpace software to the latest version?
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Junaid, O. (Interviewee). (2015). Consumer insights [Video]. SAGE Knowledge. https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781473941649
Junaid, Osman. "Consumer Insights." In SAGE Video. London: SAGE Publications Ltd., 2015. Video, 00:00:39. https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781473941649.
Junaid, O., 2015. Consumer Insights, SAGE Video. [Streaming Video] London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781473941649> [Accessed 15 Jan 2021].
Junaid, Osman. Consumer Insights. Online video clip. SAGE Video. London: SAGE Publications, Ltd., 30 Apr 2015. doi: https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781473941649. 15 Jan 2021.
Clip - http://sk.sagepub.com/video/consumer-insights
Link to this page directly with a permalink: http://sk.sagepub.com/video/consumer-insights
Consumer insights are important for knowing what customers are talking about and what their opinions are about particular brands, products and services.
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'Listening' in Social Media and Market Research
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Hi! I'm Yenthamí, but you can call me Yen. I study in the Manolo Blahnik Arts School.
For those people who think I only understand spanish or English or asdhdaf(?), I Speak Spanish and English , I've been studying English and French since I was in the primary school, but I can speak/understand italian too.
Yen-mi has started a donation pool!
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Q: Getting sibling value of key in a JavaScript object literal Does anybody know of there's a way to reference the value of a sibling key in a JavaScript object literal?
so use the value of target in the beforeNext() function here:
obj: {
        target: 'li.player a.icon-tag',
        parent: 'ul#drop_list',
        beforeNext: function(){
          target.addClass('bind active');
        }
      }

A: This is not a "JSON" object, but a JavaScript Object (or just "Object").  I assume that this is also contained in an Object literal as obj: { by itself is invalid syntax.
Anyway, yes you can reference properties of an object in methods with this.
beforeNext: function () {
    this.target;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/ExplosionPIlls/Q9v8r/

A: In case you're dealing with plain JavaScript:
var cartoon = {"george jetson":{"son":"elroy","daughter":"judy"} }

Use the Object constructor to convert a string to an object:
cartoon["george jetson"].son = Object(cartoon["george jetson"].son)

Then bind the sibling value:
cartoon["george jetson"].son.sister = cartoon["george jetson"].daughter

And use toString to get the original value:
cartoon["george jetson"].son.toString()

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*Rosetta Code: Tree Traversal

*Finding list items in XHTML

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*Big O of pre order traversal, in order traversal ,post order, level order for tree

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so i'm back with my reviewing..i'm sorry as these days i only post things like i joined a segment or reviewing blog..it is just that i am leaving soon for matric so i would love to finish my review A.S.A.P and the segmen i've joined simply to make my blog alive during my days at matric..it at least i can do...so ashamed to leave my blog just like that as i have put such an effort into it..i try a different method in my review today..hope it will catch your attention on these blogger..
Si Gigi Bongsu : i never know that when a tooth is growing..it could be painful..i never experience it actually..how sad or should i be gratitude?
Tragedi melibatkan bas mayang sari. : this is those klise moment..when Allah pays you directly for being PATIENT..


Clayton went to a bowling party today--it was a lot of fun!
I found a fish at the pet store that matches the rest of our house, so naturally, I brought him home with us. I named him Turk--not only is it an extremely masculine sounding name, but it makes a subtle reference to the turquoise color from which he's made. But Eva has been wanting to say "hi" to "the turkey" all day. So we have a turquoise fish, who lives on our mantle, that is named The Turkey. Life is incredibly confusing sometimes.
And also, Toby came running into the kitchen today with his plant, screaming, "Mom!!! My plant is DEAD!!!" It did indeed look like it had seen better days, slumped over in it's current state and parched with thirst. The poor guy thoughtfully picked out this little flower on Friday (3 days ago) to give to his preschool teacher when he sees her tomorrow. All I had to do was keep it alive until then. Apparently you're supposed to water these things every once in a while. It's hard to find good help in a mom with a black thumb.
I am happy to report, however, that a few generous waterings later, the little flower was back to it's perky self. Disaster averted.
I decided that the first step in successfully mopping the floors was to actually own a mop, so I got one at the store today.
We are now proud owners of a squirty mop/duster combo thing, so I have high hopes for the floors actually getting mopped more then once a year (or two? but who's counting…). What I was not prepared for, however, was the excitement about said mop. You would've thought it was Christmas morning--they were lining up to take turns with the mop, sweeping the floor clean so they could use the mop in that area, and arguing about who was going to mop next and for how long.


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Техника Бренды Бейкер — это метод построения приближенных схем полиномиального времени (ПСПВ, PTAS) для задач на планарных графах. Метод назван именем американской учёной в области информатики , сообщившей о методе на конференции 1983 года и опубликовавшей статью в журнале Journal of the ACM в 1994.

Идея техники Бренды Бейкер заключается в разбиении графа на уровни, так что задача может быть решена оптимально на каждом уровне, затем решения на каждом уровне комбинируются удовлетворительным способом, что приводит к реалистичному решению.  Эта техника дала ПСПВ для следующих задач: задача поиска изоморфного подграфа, задача о максимальном независимом множестве, задача о вершинном покрытии, минимальное доминирующее множество, минимальное доминирующее множество рёбер многие другие.

 Эрика Демайна, Фёдора Фомина, Мухаммеда Хаджигайи и Димитроса Тиликоса и её ответление упрощённые декомпозиции обобщает и существенно расширяет область применения техники Бренды Бейкер на обширное множество задач на планарных графах и, более обще, на графах, не содержащих определённого минора, таких как графы с ограниченным родом, а также другие классы графов, не замкнутые по взятию минора, такие как 1-планарные графы.

Пример техники
Пример, на котором продемонстрируем технику Бренды Бейкер — это задача нахождения максимума взвешенного независимого множества.

Алгоритм
НЕЗАВИСИМОЕ МНОЖЕСТВО(,,)
 Выбираем произвольную вершину

 Находим уровни поиска в ширину для графа  с корнем  :
 Для всех
 Находим компоненты  графа  после удаления уровня
 Для всех
 Вычисляем  , независимое множество с максимальным весом для графа

 Пусть  является решением задачи с максимальным весом среди
 Возвращаем

Заметим, что приведённый алгоритм правдоподобен, поскольку каждое множество  является объединением  непересекающихся независимых множеств.

Динамическое программирование
Динамическое программирование используется для вычисления независимого множества максимального веса для каждого . Эта задача динамического программирования работает, поскольку каждый граф  является -внешнепланарным. Многие  NP-полные задачи можно решить с помощью динамического программирования на -внешнепланарных графах.

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We've had an amazing few days since I last posted. We saw lots of animals while on safari, the balloon flight was verging on indescribable. We've also done a huge amount of driving from place to place and eaten a lot of dust. In fact I think we inhaled and swallowed more dust than all the festivals I've been to combined.
The weather has been pretty mild, which has been great, one night when were camping on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater it was freezing cold and we had a campfire.
We got into Nairobi late tonight thanks to trouble crossing at the border (bribes were needed!) and then horrendous traffic coming into town. Tomorrow we're off to the Masaai Mara National Park for two nights, then back to Nairobi and the same campsite so hopefully there'll be time to post in a little more detail and maybe even put up some photos of the lions and cheetahs and zebras and, most importantly, giraffe!
For all the parents reading this, your offspring are well, everyone who was a bit ill is over it and we're all having a great time. We're missing news from home though… what's been happening?
Yeah… I'd like to say you get used to it but we haven't yet! Fortunately the cooler weather makes it slightly more bearable.
I'm sure we'll experience it vicariously through the thousand fb updates;).
I would definitely like to see photos of the balloon flight. Sounds like you're all having an amazing time. Continue to do so!
Oh, there are many photos! Hopefully at some stage before we leave the continent I'll be able to upload some. Otherwise there'll be a barrage of posts from Istanbul :).
I didn't go to samsara launch as Lil had her baby on the 26th. His name is Jett Thomas and he's freaking adorable. I spent the whole weekend helping her out, I'm rather tired now. Other than that uni has started back, blergh. 12 weeks to go!!!!!


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It is spring and the time of the afternoon gales. Gusty southwest winds whip down the channel, stirring up the surface of the sea, the cool waters of the deep rising to replace the exiled warm surface waters. The nutrient-rich up-welled waters serve as food for phytoplankton, eaten by small fish, which are consumed by bigger fish, which in turn are devoured by the biggest fish in the sea. The wind heralds change; change in the air and change in the sea and all who live because of it. The ocean is alive with activity. It is a powerful time of year.
"How was work?" asks the lifeguard's roommate. "Pretty slow. No rescues and only a few minor medicals. Even though it's a Saturday people aren't ready to hit the beach yet. The water's cool ed down a lot with all of this wind."
The lifeguard walks over to the window of their beach side apartment framing the top of Santa Cruz Island poking through the salt-infused horizon and begins stretching.
"So what are you up to now?" asks the lifeguard's roommate. "I'm going to head out for a paddle…there's a good windswell and the southeast backing wind is filling in…should be primo conditions for an epic workout." "You've been paddling a lot lately – getting ready for the race season?" asks her roommate. "Yeah, I'd like to do the Catalina Classic this year." "That's a long one…32 miles, right?" "Yup, and I've got to start upping my distance in preparation. In fact, I think I'm going to head out and spin up and around Platform Holly for the first time," says the lifeguard. "Whoa – she's a ways out there. Are you sure a bout that? You know that whitey they've been seeing lately may still be around." "Aw, they're out there all the time, no worries roomie, I'll be fine."
The ocean athlete heads out the door, her paddleboard held under her arm. As she walks along the bluff, her keen eyes evaluate the arena. It is a few hours before sunset, and, as anticipated, the southwest wind has blown itself out and the light southeasterly wind has filled in, creating plumes of spray as the breeze pushes back the top of the peaking windswell. Throughout the bay, pockets of surfers enjoy the fleeting surf in this, the worst time of year for waves.
After a short walk down the stairs to the beach, she puts on a visor for sun and spray protection, slips a dive knife beneath her trunks in the small of her back, and enters the sea. Having it there makes her, and perhaps more importantly, her parents feel more comfortable. She knows it isn't anything more than a false sense of security; even if she needs it she doubts it would do her much good. Nonetheless, she feels naked without it and so with it she goes.
She starts off slowly, letting her muscles warm up as her hands pull her smoothly across the sea. The water changes from a glassy brown-green to a textured deep blue as she navigates through the swaying tentacles of kelp trying to entangle her board in their slimy grip. The disjointed head-high swell tumbles at her in short intervals as she falls into a steady rhythm.
"Dude, Casey, there goes that crazy paddler again, " said the slightly drunk UCSB student to his somewhat drunker roommate as he tossed his empty beer can among the other empties littering the deck. "Yeah, she's a stud. Some days I'll see her head out as I'm leaving for class and then when I come back a few hours later she's just returning. We get to see so me pretty cool things from our Oceanside balcony – I'm stoked we got this place, Curley." "Yeah, me too. Hey, grab me another Natty Light, dude." "Aye, you betcha, my friend."
The lifeguard slips along the outside of the thinning kelp bed towards Coal Oil Point, making good time and psyching herself up for the fast-approaching left-hand turn that will direct her to Holly. Just how far offshore the rig is, she isn't sure. Perhaps two miles, maybe more. She makes a mental note to measure it on the nautical chart she keeps on the wall in her room. Sitting only inches above the deep sea, she's nervous but confident. She can do this.
She hasn't been out so far since last summer's race season; on her training paddles, she usually stays abreast of the shoreline, at times darting out to circle the odd crab pot or navigation buoy. But today she needs a challenge, to once again push her horizons and feel uncomfortable. Only by doing so will she grow, both in her confidence and her abilities. Others don't understand why she takes what they feel are unnecessary risks, but for her, not doing so would rob her of her love of life. Only by pushing her limits does she feel alive. And today, alive is what she needs to feel.
And so the time for the sweep to the left comes. With a hoot to the surfers at the point, she changes her course and heads for the horizon and Holly.
The large white shark departs the warm inshore waters and cruises stealthily through the kelp into the cool dark waters of the California Current. Several rusty fishhooks dot th e sides of her cavernous mouth, like medals on an officer's chest, testament to the battles she's won. Her powerful tail propels her across the bottom and through the few kelp fronds that reach toward her in an intricate swinging motion. Having not killed in days, she's ravenous.
She's halfway to Holly and the buzz that is life be gins to spread through her body. She's making good time and her stroke remains strong. Three pelican s glide gracefully ahead and to her right, seemingly leading her toward her mark. The water is no longer a deep blue, but more gray now, and the swells are a bit bigger, the water a bit colder. A fisherman in his craft passes across her course. She waves at him; the fisherman waves back and flashes her a thumbs up, which she returns. The fisherman continues on.
An angry whir accompanied by a stream of bubbles passes disturbingly close overhead, sending the shark deeper and away from the intrusion. After a spell, the intrusion fades away and she ascends to the surface to hunt.
The lifeguard approaches Holly – so close now she can read the signs warning inquisitive boaters away. There's no sign of any workers. Given that it's nearing dinner time, she figures they must be inside, eating their dinner. She's buzzing with excitement and paddling fast. Her adrenaline-infused heart pounds a rapid rhythm throughout her board, not in apprehension, but rather anticipation.
"Hey Casey, did you see where that paddler went? I lost sight of her." "Um…no, last I saw she was headed out off the point." "Yeah, she probably went around the corner toward Sands." "Or maybe she made a turn for Platform Holly; I'm going to grab my binos and see if I can spot her."
"Cool. Hey Gaucho, while you're in there, grab me another beer, eh?"
The lifeguard circles Holly and heads for the beach, emotion surging through her body. She shouts in glee at the indolent seals lounging on the base of Holly, but they ignore her. A few in the water do turn and snort in her direction before splashing off in sear ch of an unsuspecting fish for dinner. The windswell fills in behind her and she flies across the sea.
Attracted to movement on the surface, the shark quickly alters her course to investigate.
The lifeguard is having the time of her life. Each swell propels her with such force that she stops paddling and surfs down the face, the swell surging her forward dozens of feet at a spell. When the swell passes her by, she takes a few strokes to get back up to speed before the next swell arrives to send her skimming across the surface yet again. Swell after swell, stroke after stroke, her entire body resonates with bliss as she glides majestically across Poseidon's deep. She's in her element and loving life.
The shark moves in, stealthily stalking her prey in ever-tightening circles. Her target continues to move across the surface, unaware of death lurking below. Her body, taken over by instinct, torpedoes towards a sure kill.
"What, Casey, what do you see?"
"Out there by Holly, I swear I just saw a huge shark attack something!"
"No way, kook, you're buzzed and seeing things."
"The hell I am – check it!"
It's an awesome display of power. A flash of teeth, a scream of surprise, and a violent explosion as the ocean erupts in a bloody froth. But it's over quickly as the shark makes short work of her hapless prey and tears off huge chunks of flesh. It's her first kill in many days and the meal will provide her with sufficient fuel to last several more. Alerted to the kill, several gulls appear and eagerly vie for castoffs.
"Jesus, that is a shark! Underneath the gulls, right?"
"Yeah – What did it hit?
Can you tell… Wait, shit, where's the paddleboarder?"
"Goddam! I don't see her…you don't think…?"
She's back inside the kelp now, fully satiated aft er realizing her target. Her strong muscles quiver from fatigue as she enters the warmer waters of the shallows. As her heart rate returns to normal, a warm buzz of satisfaction envelops her body.
The lifeguard reaches the beach and turns and faces the sea and the setting sun. She notices a few gulls flocking to a spot out past the kelp, obviously excited about something, but she can't tell what it is. She whispers a goodbye and thank you to her three grandpa rents long since returned to the sea, and heads for home and a hot shower, the buzz that is life lighting her soul.
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Often meeting planners monitor attendance, expenses and revenue, exhibitors and sponsors. Yet those factors don't necessarily tell you if your conference is healthy or in need of wellness. So what should meeting planners being monitoring in order to plan effectively for the future? This session will give you practical, relevant tips to use monitor the health of your meetings and events.
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Marlee's Diner, a Greek eatery along Federal Highway in Deerfield Beach, will close July 29 after 17 years.
After 17 years serving eggs, gyro platters and slices of peaches-and-cream pie along a busy stretch of Federal Highway, Marlee's Diner in Deerfield Beach will close July 29, co-owner Emmy Louvaris says.
Louvaris says she told staff and customers over the weekend about shutting down Marlee's, owned since 2001 by Louvaris and her parents, Helen and Steve Mavromatis. The diner has been sold to a property developer — Louvaris declined to say who — and the developer hasn't revealed plans for the space, shesays.
"Both of my parents are in their late 70s, and for me it's been fun, a Ph.D. of experience, but owning a restaurant isn't my passion," says Louvaris, who left her job as a Broward elementary schoolteacher to run the business. The family tried to keep Marlee's operating with another restaurant group, but that deal fizzled out, she says.
Louvaris says Marlee's Diner is still profitable, but her parents, who live in Deerfield Beach, plan to live part-time in Greece. Louvaris also wants to "take a break," and has already started collecting video footage on her smartphone for a documentary of Marlee's regulars and longtime staff sharing memories of the diner, which operated as a location of the Sambo's national restaurant franchise until 1981. Much of Marlee's staff have worked in the restaurant since the 1980s, she says.
New Jersey-based chain serves mildly spiced 'American Mexican' fare.
Louvaris' brother, Matthew, bought the diner in 2001 (he named it after his daughter, Marlee), but moved to Colorado and sold the business to another restaurateur. The family took back the reins in 2011, adding their family recipes to Greek staples such as spanakopita (spinach pie) and chicken souvlaki. Louvaris scaled back business hours in 2016, cutting dinner service and her oft-requested "Greek Style" dry-rubbed baby-back ribs.
Louvaris says she plans to concentrate on the documentary in the coming weeks. A closing-weekend farewell party is in the works.
In other news, Blue Moon Mexican Café (6897 SW 18th St., Boca Raton) shuttered June 3 in the Boardwalk plaza at Powerline Road and 18th Street, its New York corporate office confirmed Tuesday. The southernmost location of a 30-year-old mini chain, Blue Moon opened in May 2017 and was co-owned by Jeff Lewis. Blue Moon specialized in giant, build-your-own burritos, fajitas and Mexican-spiced cauliflower tacos.


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Jonah Tolchin Gets Supernatural with "Aliens"; 'Lava Lamp' Out July 15
Guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Jonah Tolchin today shares "Aliens," the newest track unveiled from his fifth studio album, Lava Lamp, out July 15 on Yep Roc Records.
With punchy angular guitars and lo-fi vocals that channel The Strokes, "Aliens" was co-written with Marvin Etzioni and "was created for the sole purpose of having fun and rocking out. Crank it up!," says Tolchin.
Shot at Coolidge Studios in Providence, RI, check out the live performance video of "Aliens," directed and edited by the album's co-producer Nic Coolidge. The clip features Jonah Tolchin (vocals/guitar), Nic Coolidge (bass), and Michael Joel Bosco (drums):
In support of the new album, the Princeton, NJ native will hit the road touring the U.S. beginning June 29 in Cleveland, OH. A complete list of dates is below; tickets now on sale here.
More sonically diverse than his previous efforts, Lava Lamp's "cosmic outlaw" lifeblood is built around the energy of loose, live-in-the-studio performances steeped in Tolchin's folk-blues stylings and fueled by grunge guitars and a robust rhythm section. Featuring seven original compositions and two covers: "Car You Drive" by Josh Flowers and Tom Petty's "Grew Up Fast," Lava Lamp is a raw and emotional reckoning with alienation and escapism in a modern-day world defined by 24/7 stimulation.
From the churning, gritty, retro-futuristic hooks of Dan Auerbach and Jack White on "Never Giving Up," to the brooding title track that lands between Nirvana and The Sonics as Tolchin declares, "When I watch my lava lamp I don't want to feel a fucking thing," the album finds him returning to the musical sandbox of his youth.
Late last year, Tolchin made his Mountain Stage debut, where he performed "Black Hole," amongst a few other tracks from the forthcoming album.
Co-produced with multi-instrumentalist/engineer Nic Coolidge, Lava Lamp was recorded with a three-piece that included Coolidge on bass and Tolchin's longtime friend and collaborator Kevin Clifford on drums. "The three of us are the only musicians on the entire album," explains Tolchin, who played more electric guitar than ever on the album. "We recorded most of it, even my vocals, live on the floor as a band, just feeding off each other's energy."
A bridge between roots and rock, between youth and adulthood, between expectation and liberation, for his fifth studio album Tolchin penned more coy and irreverent songs, drawn from freewheeling, uninhibited, stream-of-consciousness writing sessions, an evolution inspired by The Pixies.
"I remember taking my soon-to-be-wife to see The Pixies play at The Fillmore in Philly as a Valentine's Day gift and just having my mind blown," Tolchin says. "It was like, 'Wow, this is some real, raw emotion being delivered through some loud, electrified music.' After spending so much of my time in the folk and blues worlds, it just hit me in a completely different way."
Hailed by No Depression as "an artist with substantial creative range," the New Jersey native began his career as a DIY artist, hitting the road as a teenager and self-releasing Criminal Man (2012). His Yep Roc Records debut, the critically acclaimed Clover Lane (2014), was followed by Thousand Mile Night (2016) and Fires for the Cold (2019). He has toured extensively in the U.S. and Europe, sharing the stage with Chuck Prophet, Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin, Tony Joe White, Gregg Allman, and Joseph Arthur.
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June 29 – Club Cafe – Pittsburgh, PA*
July 1 – Beachland Ballroom & Tavern – Cleveland, OH*
July 2 – Fitzgerald's American Music Festival – Chicago, IL
July 3 – Natalie's Grandview – Columbus, OH^
July 5 – The Ark – Ann Arbor, MI^
July 15 – FOAM – Burlington, VT
July 17 – Maine Craft Distilling – Portland, ME**
July 20 – The Marigold Theatre – Easthampton, MA**
July 21 – 195 District Park – Providence, RI**
July 22 – The Pump House – Kingston, RI**
July 29 – Hopewell Theater – Hopewell, NJ
September 25 – Yellowstone Harvest Festival – Livingston, MT
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The officer had made off with unclaimed money totalling RM995,031.
"An officer has conducted fraud and misappropriation of funds from August 27, 2008, to December 21, 2010, involving RM995,031 in unclaimed money and no legal action has been taken despite police reports lodged against him.
"The losses were also reported to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission on March 11 the same year," said the A-G report.
The report, which was released in Parliament today, noted that police have completed their investigation on the case.
The investigation papers had been sent to the Attorney-General's Chambers with a recommendation to charge the suspect for falsifying accounts under Section 477A of the Penal Code, which carries a penalty of a maximum of seven years jail, a fine or both.
An investigation committee set up to probe the incident found that the suspect is a Grade N17 administrative clerk with the Accountant-General Department's Trust and Securities Management division.
They also found that the the officer had falsified supporting documents for money categorised as "improper payments" amounting to RM827,781.46.
The officer had also made payments totalling RM106,955.35 to various individuals while it could not be established whether the balance amount of RM60,294.50 were genuine payments.
All the money was transferred via Electronic Fund Transfer.
Despite being recommended to be sacked and fined by the investigation panel on April 22, 2011, the A-G report found that the officer was instead transferred to the Accounting Development and Management Division effective January 9, 2012.
In March last year, the Finance Ministry gave its approval to write off the RM995,031 lost but issued a directive that disciplinary action and a surcharge be taken against the officer.
Police never act on this?
This is called…murahkan rezeki or rezeki murah. Lucky sob!


If you are looking to add sleeping space to your home but don't have room for a regular bed, you should consider purchasing a fold away bed that can be hidden when it is not in use. Originally invented by William P. Murphy in 1900 as a way to increase the living space in small apartment, these beds have been improved so that they are now extremely comfortable and easy to operate.
Unlike other types of folding beds (e.g., sofa beds and futons) the mattress in a Murphy bed doesn't fold -- instead, the bed tilts up on end and into a specially designed cabinet. Consequently, look for brands that are manufactured from strong, heavy gauge steel or aluminum frames which are secured to a spring mechanism.
Because lifting a bed can otherwise be very difficult, choose a model that includes a spring loaded counter balanced mechanism that allows easy, one handed operation.
The bed legs should be sturdy and able to hold a minimum of 1500 lbs. They should tuck under the bed cabinet to avoid stubbing your toe.
Murphy Beds will accommodate a standard 12" innerspring mattress in twin, double, queen and king sizes. Although some beds can be sold with their own mattresses, you should look for models that allow you to supply your own mattress for greater choice, comfort and eventual replacement.
The most convenient models will fold away completely equipped with sheets, blankets and pillows that can be strapped in place, so the bed does not need to be made up with each use.


Fundamental knowledge of the genetic, evolutionary and ecological attributes and functions of species provides the foundation for understanding how biodiversity and ecosystems will respond to global environmental change.
Work in this research area is currently underway in the laboratories of CSES Members Andy Davis, James Wallman, David Ayre, Phillip Byrne, Aimee Silla, Marian Wong, Katarina Mikac, Ben Gooden, Emily Howells, Chris Friesen and Bethany Hoye.
Reduction in site fidelity with smaller spatial scale may suggest scale-dependent information use Heap, S.M., Stuart-Fox, D., Byrne, P.G. 2015 Behavioral Ecology.
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There's no one "right" way to write
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You don't need to know which kind of writer you are when you're starting out. Just try something and see what works for you.
If You've Always Wanted To Write A Book, Here's How
Everyone has a book in them. Everyone also has a crummy inner voice telling them it's never going to happen. This episode will help shut down those distracting voices and get you started writing a book. After all, all it takes to be a "real writer" is to do some writing.
Create the conditions to write
Make the time for writing. We all have those absent-minded moments in our day when we're not doing anything. If we use that time to write, we can actually get a lot done...
Some people plan ahead their and outline their novels, others just jump in a wing it.Experiment, start with something and see what works for you.
Try to show up for your characters. It's not important how you do it, as long as you do it.
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When you feel a bit stuck, and walking the dog or organizing the closet doesn't help, speak to a friend with a different way of thinking. Or talk to a friend who's writing a book.aaa
You don't just have to stick to friends. Reach out to other writers who can talk through any issue you're having with your book.
How to Stop Procrastinating by Using the "Seinfeld Strategy"
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Jerry Seinfeld is one of the most successful comedians of all‐time. He is regarded as one of the "Top 100 Comedians of All-Time" by Comedy Central. He was also the co-creator and co-writer of Seinfeld, the long-running sitcom which has received numerous awards and was claimed to have the "Top TV Episode of All-Time" as rated by TV Guide.
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Jerry Seinfeld keeps his commitment of writing a joke every single day with a calendar: Each day that he writes, he puts a big X on the calendar.
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If you want to find more time to do the work that matters most to you, we're partnering with Dan Blank to launch a class exclusively for Write Practice members. Enrollment closes Tuesday September 16, so sign up now " One would-be writer asked me recently, "How do you stick with your writing plans for more than a week?"
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Professional writers rarely write for more than five or so hours a day because writing is mentally exhausting. This means you can get a lot done in a short amount of time.
You might not have five hours to write, but almost everyone has fifteen minutes. To keep yourself focused as you write, consider writing with a timer.
Stop Checking Email
Many use email as a to-do list, which leaves them reacting to life instead of living it according to goals.
It's difficult to write when you're checking email every five minutes. Don't check emails during your daily writing time.


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Q: equivalent sample size of the variance of sum of two variables In t-test, the variance of $X-Y$ ($X$ is the mean of $x$, and $Y$ is the mean of $y$) is $\sigma^2/n+\sigma^2/m$ ($n$ is the sample size of $x$, and $m$ is the sample size of $y$), assuming equal variance of $x$ and $y$. What is the equivalent sample size of $X-Y$? I am asking this because I need to infer the confidence interval of $(X-Y)-(J-K)$ ($J$ is the mean of $j$, $K$ is the mean of $k$).
Can somebody give a formula on the equivalent sample size (if it exists) or suggest how to infer the confidence interval in this case?

A: The only way I can make sense of your question is to suppose you have the model $Y_{ij} = \mu_i + e_{ij}$, for $i = 1, 2, 3, 4$ and
$j = 1, 2, \dots, n_i,$ where $e_{ij}$ are a random sample of
size $N = n_1 + n_2, + n_3 + n_4$ from a normal distribution with
mean $0$ and standard deviation $\sigma.$ This is the model for
a 'one-way analysis of variance' (also called 'completely
randomized design').
It has four treatment groups corresponding to your variables
$x, y, j, k$ for which subjects have been chosen independently.
In my notation you want to obtain a confidence interval for
the 'linear contrast'
$$\Lambda = (\mu_1 - \mu_2) - (\mu_3 - \mu_4) = \mu_1 - \mu_2 - \mu_3 + \mu_4,$$
which is estimated by
$$L = (\bar Y_1 - \bar Y_2) - (\bar Y_3 - \bar Y_4)
= \bar Y_1 - \bar Y_2 - \bar Y_3 + \bar Y_4.$$
Then form the $T$ statistic:
$$T = \frac{\hat L - \Lambda }{ S_w\sqrt{\sum_{i=1}^4 (1/n_i)}},$$
where $$S_w = \sqrt{\frac{\sum_{i=1}^4 (n_i -1)S_i^2}{N - 4}},$$
in which the $S_i^2$ are the four group variances. This $T$ statistic has degrees of freedom $df = N - 4.$
In the case where all $n_i = n$, we have the following simplifications: $T = \sqrt{n}(\hat L - \Lambda)/2S_w,$
$S_w^2 = (S_1^2 + S_2^2 + S_3^2 + S_4^2)/4,$ and $df = 4(n-1).$
Thus a 95% confidence interval (CI) for $\Lambda$ is
$L \pm t^* S_w\sqrt{\sum_{i=1}^4 (1/n_i)}$, where $t^*$ cuts 2.5% from the upper tail of Student's t distribution with $df = N - 4$.
Below is a sample with fake data generated in Minitab
with $\mu_1 = 100,\, \mu_2 = 110,\, \mu_3 = 150,\, \mu_4 = 110\,$
and $\sigma = 4,$ with sample sizes $n_1 = 10,\, n_2 = 12,\, n_3 = 8,\ n_4 = 15.$ Thus $\Lambda = -50.$
 Row    A    B    C    D
   1  101   98  153  110
   2  103  118  155  112
   3  101  108  145  107
   4  100  111  158  114
   5   95  112  153  108
   6  101  112  150  111
   7   96  108  148  115
   8   97  106  145  107
   9  107  114       115
  10   95  110       107
  11       108       100
  12       112       107
  13                 109
  14                 111
  15                 111

 One-way ANOVA: A, B, C, D

 Source  DF       SS      MS       F      P
 Factor   3  13433.2  4477.7  239.94  0.000
 Error   41    765.1    18.7
 Total   44  14198.3

 S = 4.320   R-Sq = 94.61%   R-Sq(adj) = 94.22%

                           Individual 95% CIs For Mean Based on
                           Pooled StDev
 Level   N    Mean  StDev  -----+---------+---------+---------+----
 A      10   99.60   3.86  (*-)
 B      12  109.75   4.90        (-*-)
 C       8  150.88   4.70                                    (-*-)
 D      15  109.60   3.89         (*-)
                           -----+---------+---------+---------+----
                              105       120       135       150
 Pooled StDev = 4.32

From the ANOVA table $S_w^2 = \text{MS(Error)} = 18.7,\,$ $S_w = 4.32$ and $df = 41.$ Also, $\hat L = 99.60 - 109.75 - 150.88 + 109.60 = - 51.43.$ From tables of the t distribution, $t^* = 2.145.$
And $\sqrt{\sum (1/n_i)} = 0.6124.$ So the 95% CI for $\Lambda$ is
$-51.43 \pm 2.145(4.32)(0.6124)$ or $-51.43 \pm 5.67$. Thus it
seems clear that $\Lambda$ is significantly less than 0.
Notes: (a) This method works for one contrast chosen before
seeing the data. Multiple or 'ad hoc' contrasts require modifications
to control the overall error rate. (b) Many texts will show the
statistic $F = T^2$ with $df_1 = 1$ and $df_2 = N-4$, which
is precisely equivalent to what we have shown here. (c) Whenever
possible, it is best to use a 'balanced' design with all $n_i$ equal.
Not only are the formulas simpler, but this is a more efficient
use of resources (for instance, to get CIs of the shortest
average length for a given total number of subjects). (d) This method
assumes four independent samples from four normal populations,
all with the same standard deviation $\sigma.$ (e) Similar
material can be found in intermediate level applied statistics
texts and texts on the design of experiments, often under the
heading 'multiple comparisons' or 'linear contrasts'.


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Qwa-Qwa protestors occupy farm
Free State farm occupied 'because Malema told them to"…
2011-06-30 - 'Malema told us to' said ten people from the former Qwa-Qwa homeland at Phuthaditjhaba (Witsieshoek), after they occupied a white-owned farm near Harrismith on Monday-evening. They chased in their livestock, set up a shack and a caravan, and aggressively ordered the current owner to 'leave their land'.
Free State-based journalist Willem van der Berg of Volksblad newspaper writes that ten people, including a couple who set up a shack, a caravan and 25 cows on a privately-owned farm said they were 'told by Malema to take back the land' – so that's what they are doing. The late husband of one of the occupiers had held a Land Bank title-deed in 2000 – but the land was auctioned off in 2005 because Mrs Masefefo Julia Khoete's late husband had failed to make his payments for the land-purchase. The land now is owned by Mr Petrus Weyers – who lives in Ladismith and runs livestock on it. Like most white farmers nowadays, for his own protection he lives in town and commutes to the farm each day.
Qwa-Qwa residents very unhappy anyway – now they can focus on a jolly good land-occupation campaign:
The land-occupation must be seen against the situation in Qwa-Qwa itself, where the former homeland's residents have been waging a mini-war against the 'authorities' over the past few months: blocking roads, attacking motorists and white journalists, and waging regular and increasingly aggressive campaigns against the 'lack of service delivery'.
' They were angry and spoke ugly words ':
A farm-worker who was spanning wires came across the illegal settlement, which already is comprised of a shack, a caravan, 25 heads of livestock and ten people. "The occupiers were very aggressive when I asked them what they were doing,' said the worker. "They were angry and spoke ugly words. One man ran around with a shovel and said they now 'are taking the farm from the Boer because Malema told them to take back the land'.
- And indeed he did just that: the comes only a week after the ANC youth league leader incited his supporters to occupy farm-land, saying that 'all whites are criminals'; that the 'colonists' had stolen the land; that it had to be taken back'.
Malema is a lightning conductor for Zuma's nationalisation plans:
However Malema's statements merely echo the recent green-paper tabled by the ANC-regime, which is hiding its land-nationalisation-programme behind complicated government jargon, claiming this will be a 'three-tier land tenure system in which all 'State and Public Land' would be leasehold; and 'other land' (?) would be "on limited freehold." And people described by Jacob Zuma as ''foreigners' would be on what he called 'precarious tenure'. This means that any 'foreign-owned' land 'could revert back to the State any time it suited the regime. It's the term 'foreigners' which is particularly contentious. Are 'Afrikaners and Boers and English-speaking South Africans' also considered 'foreigners?" Zuma's lightning conductor Malema refers to them in his in citing speechings as 'colonials', ' settlers' and 'criminals' and continues to call for the murders of all Boers.Slogans such as "Shoot the Boer, 'Kill the Boer' . One Bullet One White Infant are now routinelysung at all the public political meetings by the ANC and other groups.
Van der Berg said one of the occupiers had a long-standing grudge: eleven years ago, the late husband of one of the occupiers, Mrs Masefefo Julia Khoete held title to the land, but because her late husband had not paid back his Landbank-loan, it was sold at auction in 2005 and then resold to the current owner, Mr Petrus Weyers of Ladismith.
Mrs Khoete's new husband, Masiteng Petrus Sekonyela, who was reportedly very aggressive, told the investigating police that his wife Mrs Khoete 'now is the legal owner: the farm belonged to her previous husband and after his death it was handed over to her. The land belongs to us,' he said.
Weyers, in the presence of the police, courteously asked them to leave the farm; and that he would not file a formal complaint if they left immediately without causing further trouble. Weyers: "Mr Sekonyela however was very aggressive, stood shouting at me waving a spade around in one hand, and yelled at me to leave'. Mr Weyers then lodged formal charges against the couple.
By law, it is going to be very difficult to dislodge the occupiers: once private property has been occupied continuously for 30 days with settled shacks, the owner of the land has to first arrange for 'suitable accommodation elsewhere' because the police can be called in to remove them. However, the couple already have a home in Phuthaditjhaba – and instead are clearly engaged in a political protest action, hoping to get help from Qwa-Qwa anti-municipal protestors as well as from the man who started it all: Julius Malema.
The title-deed transport act which Sekonyela showed to the police and in which the Landbank transferred the registration to Khoete, was drawn up in 2000.However the Landbank has since that time, sold the land at auction in 2005 because the loan was not repaid. The farm was then bought by Mr Anton Valks at this auction. Mr Weyers bought it from him.
Similar land-occupations on other private farms have mostly ended in victory for the occupiers: who usually start waging a reign of terror, accompanied by a great deal of communist-propaganda in the news-media, against the white farmers which eventually will force them to leave. Mr Weyers lives in Ladismith and runs livestock on the farm.
http://www.maplandia.com/south-africa/free-state/witsieshoek/phuthaditjhaba/
June 2011: QwaQwa residents attacked white journalists, blocked roads, attacked motorists:
http://www.volksblad.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/QwasQwa-steeds-in-oproer-20110601
Only SEVEN of 237 municipalities get clean audits
29 June 2011 Auditor-general Terence Nombembe noted in a rather vague summary that out of all the audited '237 municipalities plus 49 municipal-entities' audited, only SEVEN got a clean bill of health in the 2009/10 bookyear.
Cape Town – run by the Democratic Alliance party
Nelspruit (now Ehlanzeni) in the Transvaal lowveld (now Mpumalanga) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehlanzeni_District_Municipality ,
Middelburg (Steve Tshwete) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Tshwete_Local_Municipality
Delmas (now Victor Khanye ) http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Pothole-ruling-could-have-wider-impact-20110629
Bronkhorstspruit (now Metsweding)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metsweding_District_Municipality
Kimberley ( now Frances Baard, one of the poorest municipalities in SA, and also overwhelmingly Afrikaans-speaking)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Baard_District_Municipality Northern Cape
Transkei ex-homeland's 'municipal authority: the Amathole Economic Development Agency (Eastern Cape);
The only municipal-owned agencies agencies which passed muster were the Brakpan Bus Company, Erwat, Johannesburg Property Company, Johannesburg Civic Theatre, Johannesburg Social Housing Company, the Lethabong Housing Institute, the Roodepoort Civic Theatre; the Cape Town International Convention Centre , and the Overstrand Local Economic Development Agency in the Western Cape.
Not one of the tested municipal authorities in the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal or the North West province had any clean audits.
http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page72308?oid=243495&sn=Marketingweb+detail&pid=90389
Labels: Harrismith farm occupied, Julius Malema, Land Bank, Masefefo Julia Khoete, Petrus weyers, Qwa Qwa protests, Witsieshoek
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Q: AngularJS :Controllers per row inside ngRepeat I have a table of 100 rows. Each row represents a complex object which is an instance of a type . Now there are operations that need to be performed on a row level based on user interaction.
The operations possible in each object is different for each row and is independent of the state of other objects.
Now my current pattern goes like this. One single controller for entire table.
$scope.list = [] // List of instances. Instances which I get by doing new on a factory function

Each object maintains its state .Through its instance which has getters,setters,and row level logic.
For a table of 100 objects. I have one controller and 100 instances.(Each for one object)
Now I was thinking whether it makes sense to have row level controllers.
So if there are 100 objects rendered in the table ,there will be 101 controllers.Along with 100 objects.
(100 row level,1 table level)
This will allow me to maintain view related logic for each object in the controller instead of in the factory instance.
Is there any performance considerations that I should know of ? Or is the pattern not good ? I will like to know your feedback on this about using controllers inside ng-repeat?

A: You are asking whether nesting controllers in an ng-repeat Angular structure is a good idea. Specifically, you are asking whether you should have a different controller for each of the 100 "objects" you plan to create in the "loop". The answer, unfortunately, is "it depends". Sometimes it's a good idea, such as when the "objects" you mention are in fact whole pages dynamically included using ng-include. In this case, having a controller for every page can be a good thing, especially if each sub-page has a different function. Other times, it's a horrible idea, such as when your ng-repeat is on a <select> tag and the objects you iterate over are <option>s. In this case, a controller for each <option> is almost always unnecessary, especially when you have 100. Anything you could do with an inner controller you could do another way, or in the outside controller, with much less work.
As for performance concerns, if you are creating 100 of anything on your website, the controllers are probably not your biggest bottleneck.


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A horrific story has broken out of North Africa this weekend as Cameroonian striker Albert Ebossé, 24, has died after being hit in the head by an object thrown from the stands during an Algerian league game.
Ebossé was playing for JS Kabylie against USM Alger on Saturday when the incident happened.
JS Kabylie lost the match 2-1, and Ebossé scored the only goal of the game for the hosts from the penalty spot.
Both clubs have since released statements on the tragic loss of life, starting with JS Kabylie:
The Ministry of Interior and Local Government, through minister Tayeb Belaiz, has given the instruction to open an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Albert Ebossé.
The JSK player succumbed to a head injury after being hit in the head at the end of the meeting with USM Alger.
USM Alger have also released a statement of condolence:
JS Kabylie's Cameroonian striker has lost his life after being hit in the head by something launched from the stands.
This terrible news is saddening for football in our nation and in Cameroon and arrives like a bombshell just hours after the meeting with USM Alger which was played in Tizi Ouzou.
In these painful circumstances, USM Alger and its members send their deepest condolences to the family of the deceased and to JS Kabylie. May Albert Ebossé rest in peace.
Whilst footage of the actual moment the missile hit Ebosse has yet to come out, distressing footage of Cameroonian striker lying on a stretcher after the game has been made public.
That sad footage can be seen below.


The interview file of a former Fiji soldier accused of being involved in the November 2000 army mutiny has disappeared.
The Fiji Times reports that this was disclosed by police when Suva magistrate Laisa Laveti rejected a photo-copy of Kanitu Mataniqasau's caution interview in court yesterday.
Mataniqasau is charged with aiding mutiny, going armed in public and being in posession of firearms without a license.
Inspector Nacanieli Veramalua told the court the accused was taken to the Lami Police Station on November 5th 2000 with two M-16 rifles, one with a telescopic sight, thirty rounds of ammunition and a stun grenade.
But the state prosecutor maintains that there are military witnesses to testify that Mataniqasau was seen in the camp on the day of the mutiny with guns and knew the principal offenders.
Magistrate Laveti will give her ruling next month.


If you ever want to know about fashion, beauty, style, what's hot and what's not, Phoebe Montague, editor of Melbourne-based fashion blog Lady Melbourne is the go-to girl. Determined to become a fashion journalist at 18, she pursued a degree in fine arts then later a postgraduate degree in journalism before creating Lady Melbourne.
Known for her fashion commentary and a lady about town style philosophy, her blog will leave you swapping your Jennifer Aniston inspired do (that's so 90's!) with pretty chignons. Phoebe is all style, grace, charisma and good taste.
We can't believe how accomplished this young lady is. Here is just a list of her recent accomplishments.
Organised Australia's first ever Australia wide fashion blogging forum, 'Fashionopolis' that attracted bloggers Australia wide, 2012.
Guest speaker, L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival March 2010 at the 'Fashion, Blogging and the Internet' forum.
Winner 'Best Fashion Blog' Asia Pacific Region at the Nuff Nang blog awards 2009.
We couldn't wait to chat with Phoebe to find out more about the lady behind Lady Melbourne.
Tell us a about the Lady Melbourne blog? What's the philosophy behind it?
There's no philosophy per se, in that I never started out with one. As it's evolved over the years I've tried to grow the blog so that it promotes an intelligent, humorous and alternative point of view for fashion and beauty, but it never ceases to amaze me what people get out of reading it. Some people simply want to look at photos of a gal in a dress, others want to read opinion pieces and book reviews.
Not to sound glib(!), but starting a blog is one of the easiest things you can do. Now that I teach people about blogging and social media I say over and over, starting it isn't the hard part, maintaining it is what it's all about.
There was no plan, there was no long-term view, I simply registered on Blogger for a blogpspot.com address and started to churn out content. From the beginning I loved it, and I posted regularly even though it was just my mum and my best friend reading it.
I blogged like it was nobody's business even when literally, nobody was reading it!
Up with my boyfriend at 6.30 as that's when he rises to go to work. Read the paper online, read through twitter, Instagram and Facebook for what's been happening overnight, usually from international people I follow.
At about 8am I answer emails for an hour or so, reply to requests, look after my advertisers, plan content and of course I'm constantly updating my social media platforms.
I break around lunchtime and am usually out in the afternoon meeting with designers, visiting stores, collection showing, attending events and basically gathering content for the blog. I like to use only natural light in my photos so I usually end up photographing in the afternoon.
Then in the evening it's either back to my emails, which usually sit at around 100 a day, and create blog content until midnight. If I'm not doing that, I'm out at a party or an event.
That said, there really is no typical day as I also travel a lot, and fashion week whether it's here, interstate or overseas is a whole other schedule entirely.
Great interview, she is the best Australian fashion blogger by far.


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With MoKash, NCBA is the biggest accounts holder in Uganda
By Kikonyogo Douglas Albert
The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has left the majority of Ugandan businesses and even individuals in desperate need of a financial bailout. Sadly, many of them could hardly access credit due to a lack of security and other necessary requirements.
However, there has been a reprieve for more than nine million Ugandans who have used their mobile banking accounts to acquire quick loans.
Through MoKash, a money lending and savings platform hosted by MTN Uganda, NCBA Bank Uganda Limited is helping over 9.7 million customers to get low-cost unsecured credit in the shortest time possible.
With the 9.7 million MoKash accounts, NCBA automatically becomes the biggest bank in Uganda in terms of Account Holders.
"The partnership with MTN Mobile Money Uganda Limited allows us to continuously extend financial services to millions of Ugandans through the mobile channel. It is a great partnership that is positively contributing to the deepening of the financial inclusion agenda in Uganda," says Anthony Ndegwa, the NCBA CEO
Anthony Ndegwa however adds that the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic has presented both challenges and opportunities for economies and businesses world over, one of them being failure to repay loans.
"Our MoKash service has experienced similar trends," he says.
As part of their financial management process during the pandemic, they have worked with MTN to increase customer engagement with a view of improving their appreciation of the changes happening within the environment, and how to adapt to these changes.
"The increased focus on customer engagement has helped to maintain the momentum on customer repayments. Additionally, we provided some relief to customers during this period, as supported by the Bank of Uganda….to allow our customers deal with the new realities that came with the pandemic," he adds.
In addition to the MoKash service, Ndegwa says NCBA bank recently opened an MTN Escrow Account that allows them to provide Float Management Services to MTN Agents and Customers.
"We will continue to innovate in this space to ensure that we are positively impacting the lives of Ugandans," he says.
Future bright
Meanwhile, Ndegwa notes that there have been great strides in Uganda's Fintech industry over the past few years.
He explains that just like the rest of the world, the disruption brought by digital technologies has ushered in new opportunities that innovators are quickly taking advantage of.
"With the introduction of the new regulation (National Payment Systems Act 2019) to support innovation in the Fintech space, Uganda will soon be a hub for financial services innovation," he says.
40-Days-40-FinTechs
Ndegwa appreciated the organizers of the second edition of the 40 Days 40 FinTechs initiative, noting that while there has been a lot of positive change in the FinTech landscape, locally and globally, there have not been many platforms to showcase these initiatives here in Uganda and across Africa.
The 40-Days 40-FinTechs initiative is organized by HiPipo in partnership with Crosslake Technologies, ModusBox, and Mojaloop Foundation, and sponsored by the Gates Foundation.
"With the 40-Days-40-FinTech's initiative, Innovators now have a platform that sheds light on the big transformations happening within the Digital Financial Services space," he says.
The resultant effect is an overall improvement in the quality and quantity of innovations coming into the Fintech space.
The HiPipo Chief Executive Officer Innocent Kawooya says the 40-Days 40-FinTechs initiative seeks to boost the African FinTech ecosystem to enable innovators to enjoy sustainable profitability to help them design and deploy affordable and inclusive financial services especially for the poor.
40 Days 40 FinTechs season two started on 12th July 2021 and has since featured 42 players in the FinTech ecosystem. It will culminate in the scientific FinTech Landscape Exhibition to be held on 2nd September 2021.
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Revlon Colorstay Skinny Liquid Liner in Electric Blue is a bright blue liner that has a 0.1mm felt tip applicator. Its claims include staying on all day with bold color from just one swipe. It contains 0.08 fluid ounces / 2.5 mL of product.
The handle is long and feels comfortable in the hand. The product is at the bottom and you just need to dip the wand back in to get more product.
The wand is very flexible and thin. I thought I would hate it after seeing how flexible it was, but it's actually very nice. All of my recent liners have been pen style and have a stiffer applicator helps with application. When the applicator is too flexible for the pen style liners, I find that the product at the tip doesn't always transfer onto the skin. With the pot / removable applicator style, there is always enough product.
I also like that it's felt because some brush style applicators can fray out and can be messy to apply.
The blue is very bright, but I still find it wearable. I do get enough color with one swipe, but I do need to go back for more product since I tend to do thicker wings. You can see that some parts are more blue, but it's not noticeable unless you're super close to my eyes.
Unlike the Colorstay Liquid Eye Pen in Blackest Black you can read about here, I found that the potted version stayed on better. I didn't find any smudging, smearing, or transferring, but it was easy to remove. I cried one day while wearing this (sad movies / tv shows get to me!) and the eye liner did come off really easily. The recent Southern California heat wave sweat I had didn't move the liner at all though.
Final thoughts: I love this eye liner and was so pleasantly surprised that it worked so much better than the Liquid Eye Pen from them. The color is a fun bright blue color that is somehow wearable. You can wear it alone, but I've been pairing it with mauve-y shadows too. I didn't find any transferring or smudging, but my lids are pretty non-oily. I was going to get more colors in this line, but I already have the colors that they have from other brands. I hope that they'll bring out more colors like purple to go with brown eyes!
This looks so fun, I love the color!
It makes so happy whenever I wear it!
That is my favorite type of blue eyeliner shade! I love to put my colored liner on top of my regular black one! It really looks sooo good on asian skin tones and eyes! Such a nice pop against our brown eyes!
People always tell me to go for purple shades to compliment brown eyes, but I love how this blue looks instead!
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Get wrapped up in hologram sparkles for your next event! Your legs will steal the show in our Hologram Leg Wraps!
Hologram Leg Wraps has a rating of 4.53 stars based on 15 reviews.
These leg wraps worked with my outfit. They are better than I anticipated. They are adjustable, comfy, and super pretty!
I haven't wore them out yet but they look even better in person than the photo. So much sparkle. The fabric isn't itchy, its similar to bathing suit material I guess you could say so that's nice. They fit well too!
People really liked these but I'm 5'1 and 180 pounds so my thighs aren't the smallest. Compared to their other leg wraps these are much smaller and much shorter.
Very cute and super easy to wrap. They stayed on all night and didn't slip at all! These are definitely a must-have for any rave wardrobe.
These looked great and matched the bodysuit I got perfectly. They were stretchy and comfortable, and stayed on well.
These were sooo cute! But I go them thunder thighs and didn't feel confident to wear them! Working hard so I can!
They are comfortable and super shiny!
I really loved the look of them! My only issue is that they were a lot shorter than expected, so I had to spread them across my legs farther.
These leg wraps are beautiful but they run super small and the material is kind of rough.


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Las Vegas tangle
Luke Pendrell
A junkyard is home to the stylish chaos and discarded carcasses of a golden age of signage
Hidden away in an unmarked three-acre junkyard in the scruffy southern outskirts of Las Vegas is the Boneyard, an astonishing elephants' graveyard of more than 60 years of typography from the heart of America's neon capital. Here in this weed-blown lot lie the discarded carcasses of America's golden age of signage.
You might not have heard of it but you would almost certainly recognise it. The stylish chaos of redundant design has been a perennial favourite for fashion shoots and pop videos, something not lost on its owners: access to, and photography of it are tightly controlled and expensive.
All images taken by Luke Pendrell at the Neon Boneyard in Las Vegas, US.
The site is the open-air storage area of the locally based Neon Museum which aims to 'collect, preserve, study and exhibit neon signs and associated artefacts'. Some signs have been restored by the museum and relocated as open-air exhibits in and around the Fremont Street area of the city. But the majority languish out here in the weeds, awaiting repair.
The museum is a strange mixture of decay and salvage. Derelict steel type of all imaginable shapes, colours and sizes lies jumbled and rusting among such marvels as a twenty-foot-tall steel pool player, a giant Aladdin's lamp and the charred remnants of an enormous leprechaun.
Faded paint peels in the sun, the glass from hundreds of broken light bulbs crunches underfoot and once great Rat Pack-era icons such as The Sahara now jostle for prominence alongside the relative obscurity of Karl's CB Sales and Joe's Anchor Inn.
A walk down the length of the strip to downtown is a reminder that this is the end of the era. While some of the vast old monumental signs such as The Frontier and The Stardust remain, many of the classic neon signs are falling into disrepair. It can only be a matter of time before the relentless reinvention of Las Vegas overtakes them and they are dismantled for newer attractions. Nostalgia may be a part of the Las Vegas brand but sentimentality is not. Increasingly, neon is maintained only within the confines of what the museum calls the Fremont Street Experience.
As the old neon and bulb signs are replaced with new LCD screens, and the gaudy washes of colour give way to the ersatz classicism of the Bellagio and the Venetian, more and more of what we perceive as Las Vegas will be found out here on the peripheries, quietly rusting.
Luke Pendrell, photographer, writer, London