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For the fifth year, Les Talents Sati aims to highlight one of the first wide seen surface for an audience coming from Germany to France, while also contribute to highlight a new talent, giving him or her the frame to achieve his/her project. Only students and young artists (up to 3 years after their Bachelor's or Master's degree) – from several schools in East of France, Germany or Swiss can participate.
The fist prize is a purchase of the idea (4000 €). All of the production i s taken in charge by Sati. The second and third prize are 500 € each. The project doesn't need to have any contact with the coffee. It's a free space for the artists.The jury is coordinated by Felizitas Diering, director of the FRAC Alsace.
The fist step is just a proposal (a presentation of the participants and a short draft of the project).
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Max von Stephanitz, tysk ryttmästare, född 30 december 1864 i Dresden, död 22 april 1936, son till Friedrich Wilhelm von Stephanitz. Ordförande 1899–1935 i den av honom 1899 grundade tyska schäferhundklubben. En dag i slutet av 1800-talet vid Rhen där von Stephanitz tjänstgjorde som ung rekryt vid det tunga rytteriet, studerade han en herde med sina herdehundar i arbete, och blev så begeistrad att han senare bestämde sig för att förädla denna hundtyp och skapa en hund lämplig för allt möjligt arbete i mänsklig tjänst, vilket blev den nutida schäfern.
Max von Stephanitz utformade också en modell för hur han trodde att herdehundarna utvecklats från vargen.
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Red roses speak for your love and white lilies are bound to add sophistication to the situation. This bouquet is absolutely the best choice to make her feel loved and special. It contains Arrangement of 30 Red Roses and 12 White Asiatic Lilies in a glass vase.
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How A. J. Green Went From Eating Garbage to Chomping Kale Salad
A. J. Green has been a top receivers in the NFL since he entered the league; his switch to a healthy diet made him even better.
Most NFL rookies need at least a year or two to adjust to the professional game, which is understandable—the playbook is thicker, the pressure is greater and every opponent is bigger, stronger and faster than those they faced in college. But once in a while, a talented player jumps from college to the NFL and doesn't miss a beat. Such was the case with A. J. Green.
After being selected by the Cincinnati Bengals with the fourth overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, Green exploded onto the scene with 3,833 receiving yards and 29 touchdowns over his first three seasons, making the Pro Bowl each year. But what made his immediate impact even more amazing is how he treated his body off the field. Though he was destroying defenses on game day, Green's diet was downright deplorable. Looking back now on the way he ate then, the fifth-year receiver can't help but be embarrassed.
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Most NFL rookies need at least a year or two to adjust to the professional game, which is understandable—the playbook is thicker, the pressure is greater and every opponent is bigger, stronger and faster than those they faced in college. But once in a while, a talented player jumps from college to the NFL and doesn't miss a beat. Such was the case with A. J. Green.
"It's kind of embarrassing. My first two years in Cincinnati, I wasn't married yet and I was living in an apartment by myself. I didn't have a chef so I was living like I was still in college," says Green, whose day-to-day diet consisted of stadium fare and massive portions of fast food. "I'd eat at the stadium and grab a burger. Then I'd take a nap and wake up at 10 pm and go to Popeyes and get fried chicken or to Burger King and get two double Whoppers. Then for lunch the next day I'd have a fish sandwich from McDonald's and a Coke."
Green also frequently indulged in sweets and skipped breakfast. Though he continued to produce on the field, he was constantly exhausted between practices. "I was like 'man, why do I feel so sluggish during the daytime?'" Green says. One big reason his diet was so deficient is the convenience factor—Green couldn't cook, so he often came home having no idea what he was going to eat. The easiest answer was usually a trip to the drive-thru.
But after the 2013 season, Green was ready to make a change. He wanted to add some lean muscle to his frame and he was sick of constantly venturing out to find his meals. He hired a personal chef and drastically altered his diet. He dropped the fried foods in favor of more plant-based options like kale salad. "It's easier because I don't have to come and find something to eat or go out and get something to eat," Green told Cincinnati.com that off-season. "I know that my meal is there when I come home."
But the sudden switch to a healthy diet wasn't exactly easy—especially once the injuries began piling up. Though he eclipsed 1,000 yards receiving for the fourth straight year, 2014 was a tough season for Green. He suffered toe and biceps injuries and got dinged with a concussion in December. The litany of issues caused him to miss four games, including the Bengals' first-round playoff matchup with the Colts. It was a difficult time for Green, and focus on his diet weakened. "I didn't really watch my diet like I wanted to last season," Green says.
Fast forward to 2015 and Green appears to be fully committed to fueling up right. He married his long-time girlfriend Miranda Brooke this past off-season, and her commitment to healthy living has helped him stay on track. "My wife is here, and she's all about no sweets or soda. We're into juicing now, so we make sure we have all our juice for the week, little things like that. She definitely keeps me grounded," Green says.
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Green's personal chef still whips up lunch and dinner, and he recently partnered with Rockin' Refuel, a protein milk beverage that contains 30 grams of high-quality protein. Since Green was never a big breakfast eater, he usually grabs a Rockin' Refuel on his way out the door. "I'm not a big morning eating person, so I usually grab a Rockin' Refuel," Green says. "And I always have one before I work out."
The changes have paid dividends—Green feels better than ever and he's lost the sluggishness that used to plague him. This season, he's on pace for nearly 1,400 receiving yards, and he hasn't missed a single game due to injury.
"I feel much better. I don't have to take naps all the time and I have more energy. I just feel more alive," Green says. "And I haven't been hurt at all this year so I think it's going great."
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SPAIN has the largest area dedicated to organic farming in the whole of Europe, according to Eurostat data.
It is also placed fifth in the world – following Australia, Argentina, the United States and China – thanks to its mild climate and perfect farming conditions.
The crisis hasn't put a dent on organic farming, either, with profits and area growing year on year.
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Q: Arcs of rotation for angles
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*How can I draw trigonometric angles of any radian measure associated with the unit circle, complete with the x-axis and y-axis?
*How can I draw arcs of rotation inside positive or negative angles?
*Is there a method for drawing arcs inside angles of more than one rotation?
Here is a link showing what I would like to draw:
http://hotmath.com/hotmath_help/topics/coterminal-angles.html
A: Here's something I've used before:
rotCircle[angle_, ctr_, base1_, base2_, directives___] :=
With[{step = 0.05 Sign[angle], spiral = 0.01},
{directives,
Arrow[Table[ctr + (1.1 + spiral s) (Cos[s] base1 + Sin[s] base2),
{s, Append[Range[0, angle, step], angle]}]]}
]
Graphics[rotCircle[10., {0, 0}, {1, 0}, {0, 1}, Red, Thick], PlotRange -> 1.2]
The argument base1 is the starting side and base2 should be an orthogonal vector pointing in the direction in which the angle increases from base1.
Just too much fun, or trying to avoid work:
Clear[rotCircle];
Module[{spiralPitch = 0.01},
rotCircle[angle_, ctr_, radius_, directives___] :=
With[{step = 0.05 Sign[angle]},
{directives, Arrow[Table[
ctr + (1.1 + spiralPitch s) (Cos[s] radius + Sin[s] Cross[radius]),
{s, Append[Range[0, angle, step], angle]}]]}];
spiral[] := (spiralPitch = 0.01; {});
spiral[pitch_] := (spiralPitch = pitch; {});
];
directedAngle[u_?VectorQ, v_?VectorQ] := Sign[Det[{u, v}]] VectorAngle[u, v];
spiral[pitch] half works like a directive, except that it is processed in the kernel instead of the front end. (Also, I got replace base1, base2 by a single radius, which is the starting side of the angle.
SeedRandom[16];
Module[{pts = RandomReal[{0, 10}, {10, 2}], lines},
lines = Normalize /@ Differences@pts;
Graphics[{Thick, Line[pts], Arrowheads[Small],
MapThread[
rotCircle[directedAngle[#1, -#2] + 2 π RandomChoice[{1, 2, 3, 2, 1} -> Range[-2, 2]],
#3, -0.4 #1, spiral[0.05], Red, Thickness[Medium]] &,
{Most[lines], Rest[lines], pts[[2 ;; -2]]}]
}, PlotRange -> All]
]
A: Does this give you a start?
DynamicModule[{p = {1.5, 0}},
Deploy@LocatorPane[Dynamic[p],
Dynamic@Graphics[
{Brown, Thick, Line[{{0, 0}, p/Norm[p]*1.5}],
Circle[{0, 0}, 1, {Mod[ArcTan @@ p, 2 Pi], 2 Pi}]},
PlotRange -> {{-2, 2}, {-2, 2}}, Axes -> True,
AxesOrigin -> {0, 0}], Appearance -> None
]
]
A: this is the kind of "hack" that I often throw together to illustrate math concepts for my students. The code is terrible but the result looks okay. Perhaps there is something here you can use...
The code...
Manipulate[
If[angle < 0,
endpt = {Cos[Abs[angle] Degree], - Sin[Abs[angle] Degree]} +
0.1 Abs[angle] Degree {Cos[
Abs[angle] Degree], -Sin[Abs[angle] Degree]},
endpt = {Cos[angle Degree], Sin[angle Degree]} +
0.1 angle Degree {Cos[angle Degree], Sin[angle Degree]}];
(*this is the endpoint of the terminal arm*)
length = EuclideanDistance[{0, 0}, endpt];
(*this is the length of the terminal arm*)
Column[{
If[showQ1,
Row[{"Principal angle: ",
ToString[Mod[angle, 360]] <> "\[Degree]"}], " "],
If[showQ2,
Row[{"Angle measure: ", ToString[angle] <> "\[Degree]"}], ""],
Graphics[{
{GrayLevel[0.8], Line[{{- 1.2 length, 0}, {1.2 length, 0}}],
Line[{{0, - 1.2 length}, {0, 1.2 length}}]},
(*draw the axes*)
{Blue, Thick, Line[{{0, 0}, {length, 0}}]},
(*initial arm*)
{Red, Thick, Line[{{0, 0}, endpt}]},
(*terminal arm*)
If[angle < 0,
Arrow[{#[[1]], -#[[2]]} & /@ Table[
{Cos[i], Sin[i]} + 0.1 i {Cos[i], Sin[i]} , {i, 0,
Abs[angle] Degree, 2 \[Pi]/100.}]],
Arrow[Table[
{Cos[i], Sin[i]} + 0.1 i {Cos[i], Sin[i]} , {i, 0,
angle Degree, 2 \[Pi]/100.}]],
Arrow[Table[
{Cos[i], Sin[i]} - 0.1 i {Cos[i], Sin[i]} , {i, 0,
angle Degree, 2 \[Pi]/100.}]]]
(*the spiral and arrow on end*)
}, ImageSize -> 600]
}, Alignment -> Center],
{{angle, 30}, -1800, 1800, 1},
Delimiter,
{{showQ1, False, "Show principal angle value"}, {True, False}},
{{showQ2, False, "Show angle 1 value"}, {True, False}},
ControlPlacement -> Left
]
A: To give people ideas:
angle[a_] := Module[{p}, Show[
p = PolarPlot[1000 + 10 x, {x, 0, a}, PlotStyle -> Thick],
Graphics[{Thick, Extract[p, Position[p, _Hue]][[1]],
Line[{{0, 0}, 1.9 Extract[p, Position[p, _Line]][[1, 1, -1]]}]}]]];
angle[(2 360 + 45) Degree]
Remember to watch for negative angles.
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The waterproof sheet protects the crib and the mattress from moisture throughout the night and helps your child sleep more comfortably.
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I posted a question on my instagram page (@fardosakadar) to all my hijabis out there. I wanted to know the struggles we as Muslim women face every day wearing the hijab and having our religion be the first thing people notice about us. Wearing a hijab is hard, yes we get hot in the summer too! Unfortunately, air conditioned hijabs aren't for sale. Below I have listed some of the major everyday problems we all face.
Contrary to many, many beliefs, the hijab can come in many different forms, textures, lengths, and colors. Since the hijab is an international piece of clothing, different nations around the world wear their hijab differently from the square hijabs in Turkey to the burkas in Saudi. Many people also tie their hijabs differently; some may throw it over their shoulder while others do complicated pin maneuvers to get their hijab looking perfectly, well, complicated. It all depends on how we are feeling and what mood we're in to be very honest.
A major problem for all the sisters that wear the jilbaab. The jilbaab is a type of hijab that is full length sometimes reaching the knees. Since they are so long and majestic, one stride past a table, and everything on it crashes to the floor. The "oh my God I'm sorry" is already forming in the mouths of our fellow jilbaabis.
For the sisters who have naturally straighter hair, my heart goes out to you. If you don't own a underpiece for your hijab, then this struggle is for you!
Okay you're lying if you have never used your hijab as a napkin, intentional or not. I don't know about many of you, but everytime I go somewhere with cake or anything with frosting, it somehow always gets on my hijab! How? The universe must know.
This is a triggering one for most of us. The wind's agenda seems to be that it just wants to knock off our hijabs by the way it refuses to give us some peace! Hijabi sisters, we all know that horrible feeling when the wind comes and lifts your hijab up and you can feel the cold air come whooshing against your once-warm neck. I'm shuddering just thinking about it, but we got to give the devil's it's due because the wind may be annoying, but it also makes hijabi pictures amazing!
Calling all curlies, this one's for you. As a fellow curly hair gal, I know the struggle of the oil. We want to hydrate our curls and make them look amazing, but we also don't want oil stains on our beautiful hijabs because we all know how hard oil stains are to get rid of. I now learned to just wear black on hydrating days.
Have you ever said "huh" one too many times and now you are just sitting there fake smiling and nodding along because you never heard what the person is actually saying? Yes that us when some hijab fabrics are too thick to hear through. We are usually wearing those hijabs because their pretty and not for their ability to let us hear properly.
A popular question: do you shower in your hijab? YES.
This one is self-explanatory. How awkward is it to wake up to men just in the living room without your hijab? Time to duck back under the covers! Yikes.
Yes, and yes. Hijabis, have you ever felt that someone was staring at you that one time you were at the store trying to buy some candy, and you look up and there's almost always someone staring? Directly at your hijab? Many of us have ignored the stares so much that we don't even notice it anymore, but they're still there! Especially in suburban/rural cities.
ALL hijabis struggle with this whether we admit it or not. While we do have bad hijab days, we also think our hijab is messed up even when we know for a fact it's perfectly fine because we were just in the bathroom fixing it!
12. Why are modest clothes so expensive??
Seriously why do some companies like to milk people they know are going to buy their clothes? A regular shorter hijab is usually $5, but some companies sell them for over $15. I came across one that was $25 and it was just a plain hijab!
To all my hijabis out there, even though the struggle is real, stay beautiful!
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Predicting software vulnerability discovery trends can help improve secure deployment of software applications and facilitate backup provisioning, disaster recovery, diversity planning, and maintenance scheduling. Vulnerability discovery models (VDMs) have been studied in the literature as a means to capture the underlying stochastic process. Based on the VDMs, a few vulnerability prediction schemes have been proposed. Unfortunately, all these schemes suffer from the same weaknesses: they require a large amount of historical vulnerability data from a database (hence they are not applicable to a newly released software application), their precision depends on the amount of training data, and they have significant amount of error in their estimates. In this work, we propose vulnerability scrying, a new paradigm for vulnerability discovery prediction based on code properties. Using compiler-based static analysis of a codebase, we extract code properties such as code complexity (cyclomatic complexity), and more importantly code quality (compliance with secure coding rules), from the source code of a software application. Then we propose a stochastic model which uses code properties as its parameters to predict vulnerability discovery. We have studied the impact of code properties on the vulnerability discovery trends by performing static analysis on the source code of four real-world software applications. We have used our scheme to predict vulnerability discovery in three other software applications. The results show that even though we use no historical data in our prediction, vulnerability scrying can predict vulnerability discovery with better precision and less divergence over time.
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Rahimi, Sanaz and Zargham, Mehdi, "Vulnerability Scrying Method for Software Vulnerability Discovery Prediction without a Vulnerability Database" (2013). Computer Science Faculty Publications. 160.
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Home Church & Ministry How Hillsong Grew From a Small Local Church to an International Movement
How Hillsong Grew From a Small Local Church to an International Movement
Hillsong is an international Christian church with headquarters in Australia. Overwhelmed by the gift of salvation in Christ Jesus.
Founded by Brian and Bobbie Houston in 1983 in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia, Hillsong has churches in city centres in 21 countries around the world and 6 continents. The church has an average global attendance of about 130,000 weekly.
Though Senior Pastor Brian Houston may recoil at the term "megachurch," it's an accurate descriptor for the Hillsong movement he founded. He says no one but God could have predicted the international fame and impact his once-small, local church would have.
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In 1983, Houston and his wife, Bobbie, planted Hills Christian Life Centre in Sydney, Australia. Forty-five people attended its first service. Within four years, 900 people attended weekly services, and the Houstons started the Hillsong Conference, an annual event dedicated to raising up the next generation of Christian musicians. Worship leaders like Darlene Zschech and Geoff Bullock emerged from that conference, which grew so popular that in 1999, Hills Christian Life Centre changed its name to Hillsong Church.
Today, Hillsong is not just one of the largest churches in the world but a megachurch that spawns other megachurches. Every week, roughly 130,000 people attend one of the 123 Hillsong campuses, spanning 24 countries on six continents. People from another 183 countries have watched the Hillsong Channel, which broadcasts nonstop to nearly 164 million households worldwide. In 2017 alone, over 33,000 people came to salvation in Jesus as a result of a Hillsong ministry or service. The movement has also launched three distinct worship bands, three annual conferences, several international social justice initiatives and a college.
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Until last year, all of this was done under the umbrella of the Australian Christian Churches (ACC)—the Australian branch of the Assemblies of God denomination. From 1997 to 2009, in addition to his responsibilities at Hillsong, Houston served as the ACC's national superintendent and president. But in September 2018, Houston announced Hillsong was leaving the ACC to form its own international denomination. He describes the decision as a pragmatic one.
"The ACC would have no idea who our pastors are around the world," Houston explains. "How would they deal with issues related to a youth pastor in Portugal, for instance? It was almost solely about being able to credential our own pastors."
Houston has also consistently emphasized that Hillsong bears no ill will toward the ACC, saying they still share a close "associate relationship." Nor was this a way for Hillsong to flex its size and power by becoming an autonomous organization. If anything, Houston seems uncomfortable calling Hillsong its own denomination.
"I hate the word 'denomination,'" Houston says. "I don't actually think denominations are as important as they used to be. I think relationship is so much more important than denominationalism."
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Instead, he prefers to describe Hillsong with a word picture: "We consider our church to be 'one house, many rooms,' which is something my wife came up with once. I was speaking of the church, and she described the church that way, and that's how we see it: Hillsong is a single house with many rooms, and that's how we function."
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Carl Lentz first attended Hillsong Church in Sydney as a brand-new believer in 1999. When he walked through the doors, he says he couldn't believe how much fun Hillsong had made church.
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"I was trained in this American religiosity, where it's like the more you smile, the less sanctified you are," Lentz says. "To walk into Hillsong and see this Australian pastor preach with passion and fire but also joy, it really stuck out to me. … I never thought I could fit into a church. Ever. I couldn't stand churches. But when I walked into Hillsong, I thought, I could actually come here. I wouldn't mind coming back. That was a new feeling for me."
Lentz did more than come back. He befriended Houston's son, Joel, during Bible college, and the two dreamed of launching a Hillsong campus in the U.S. Ten years later, Joel called Lentz and said his father wanted to plant a church in New York City. Lentz immediately knew he needed to be a part of it. In 2010, Lentz and Joel co-founded Hillsong NYC in Manhattan.
Lentz still remembers when Pastor Brian imparted the Hillsong vision to him.
"I'm going to give you the framework of what I want our church to be in New York, but I'm not going to tell you how to paint the picture," Houston said. "I'm not going to tell you what colors to use. I'm not going to tell you what style to use. The framework has to remain the framework. This is who we are. This is our culture. This is what we believe. But within that, that's why I picked you. You know things that maybe I won't know."
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Lentz says, "That really freed and released things for me to lead this, because I knew that he trusted me."
So what is the essential, uncompromising framework of a Hillsong Church? Each Hillsong leader phrases it a bit differently, but at its core, Hillsong is devoted to preaching the gospel, listening to the Holy Spirit and living supernaturally—in a way that remains accessible to everyone, from the hardcore believer to the skeptic who wandered into church.
That stems from a commitment to living out the Bible. In January, Houston participated in a YouVersion Bible study called "30-Day Shred." Inspired by the popular workout program of the same name, the study is designed to be a rigorous spiritual workout—one which has participants read the entire Bible in 30 days.
Houston read through the Old Testament in 11. He says it was amazing.
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"So often we look at the Bible and we study the leaf," Houston says. "But this is like looking at the whole tree. It's such a different way of reading the Bible—reading it through the way you'd read a book. I've been amazed at how much I picked up. … For example, on this reading, the one thing that stood out to me, right from Adam and Eve all the way through, is to be obedient. I think you see in the Word that when people were obedient to God, He blessed them."
For Hillsong's leaders, obedience means following the Holy Spirit's guiding, no matter where He leads. Lentz says Houston taught him how to develop a healthy perspective on the supernatural.
"When you say the word 'supernatural,' what do you think about?" Lentz says. "You think about mystical weirdness or magic. But if you break down the word, it's 'super-natural.' It's just 'natural' with 'super' on it. That means everything's enhanced, everything's better, but it's still natural. So our thing is not to make the supernatural this otherworldly thing that you access. No, this is something you possess, and we have the right to access it anytime you want. But it should affect you in your natural world. If the only time you're feeling the Holy Spirit's presence is when you're speaking in tongues at your charismatic altar-call service, you're missing the point."
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For Hillsong, Lentz says, the supernatural is not meant to be a place you visit. It's a present you live with. And that philosophy started with the church founder.
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"Brian was one of the first guys who actually showed me that, because I was always spooked out by weirdness," Lentz says. "If I say 'I'm going to talk about the supernatural' in Manhattan this week, people will come out in droves thinking we're going to be looking for gold dust and we're going to have 40-hour services of laughing and dancing. That's people's mindset. They think that's what the supernatural is. I totally disagree."
Biography Of Brian Houston, Founder and Senior Pastor Of Hillsong
Part of the secret to Hillsong's success has been making Pentecostal theology accessible and even attractive to people who might be otherwise turned off by "weird" charismatic elements. Houston credits Hillsong building relationships that span national and denominational lines. He also says the church's famous worship has played a key role.
"I think the worship is one of the key things that has broken down the walls," Houston says. "For whatever reason, people have always identified with our worship. People sense the Holy Spirit through the lyrics, music and worship. For us, it's definitely been one of the things God has used to draw great groups of people from various parts of the Body close."
Pastor Russell Evans, founder of Planetshakers Church, credits Hillsong with using worship to change how society views church in general.
"I look at Hillsong and I see what they've done globally to help transform the church into being hungry for worship," Evans says. "It's pretty amazing, out of Australia, that God would raise up people like Brian Houston and Hillsong to help change how church is done globally."
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Once people are in the doors, Hillsong's leaders strive to make sure every person hears the gospel—whether they're rich, poor, famous, unknown or anything in between.
"We really want everyone to get a chance to hear the gospel," Lentz says. "So part of our culture is that you can come as you are. Our faith and belief teach us that if we can get you in the doors, the Holy Spirit can do the rest. … No matter where you're from or what you believe, you're going to have a chance to sit in this church and hear the truth in love."
Plenty of churches around the world have dedicated themselves to preaching the Word, following the Holy Spirit and making themselves accessible to everyone. So what's made Hillsong successful? Frankly, Houston says, "it's a miracle" only made possible by the grace of God. But he says he sees two things—getting the right people at the right time in the right places and making wise, Spirit-led decisions at critical moments—as the most important elements of Hillsong's success.
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The Right People
As a leader, Houston strives to train more leaders. He looks out for promising young people in his church, mentors them and then empowers them to make decisions and lead the local church.
"The way our church functions, we've always built up a team of people that we're looking to mentor," Houston says. "I think a lot of churches have a senior pastor who takes a strong place in the organization of the church, and everyone else is very clear that they work for the senior pastor. Well, we're a little different. In one way, it's clear that Bobbie and I lead the church, but we've always felt perfectly comfortable with releasing other people. I think that's really helped us."
Rev. Mike Pilavachi, co-founder and leader of the U.K. ministry Soul Survivor, says this approach to discipleship is the secret to Hillsong's incredible success: "I've had the joy of speaking to Hillsong Sydney. I love them. I believe their secret is that even though they're a big church, they do raise up sons and daughters. Some people think it's a show, but it isn't. So many leaders at Hillsong are Brian and Bobbie Houston's spiritual sons and daughters. They've invested in them. People look at the outward manifestation, and they think that's the key to a church's success. But the reason some of these churches reproduce so well is they're raising up sons and daughters."
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The first step to Houston's process is finding the right people. He says he looks for people who are passionate about service, have Holy Spirit anointing on their lives and have a proven track record of helping others. Circumstance and timing are equally important.
"When it comes to global churches, we've found that if you get the right people in the right place at the right time, it works," Houston says. "In other words, churches need all three to grow forward. If you only get two of that trifecta, oftentimes it's not going to work so well."
Houston says sometimes these people became externally famous and successful, like Lentz and Zschech. Other people were just as anointed but only ever known internally, keeping things running behind the scenes. Every part of the body is vital.
Once these leaders are identified, the Houstons are intentional about mentoring them. They hold regular staff meetings where the whole leadership team worships together and Houston teaches about life, faith and leadership.
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Then these young leaders are given real responsibility and freedom to fail and learn from their mistakes. Houston says, as he grows older, he has to be increasingly intentional to empower the young and not defer to the older or more experienced team members.
"I think you have to be careful as you get older," Houston says. "I'm 65, and as you get older, what you see as being young is not that young. I was leading the Australian Christian Churches when I was 43 years old, and now I look at a 43- year-old, and I think of them as a young person. What I want to do is give people the opportunity to do the things I did when I was in my late 20s or early 30s."
In return, Houston has the respect and support of his team, many of whom view him as a spiritual father. Lentz calls Houston encouraging and transparent.
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"I don't know if it's possible to see someone walk more humbly when God increases their profile, but honestly I think Brian is getting a little bit better with age," Lentz says. "He's proof that you can ask God to use your life, and He will. We've got a guy from Australia who started a church on a wing and a prayer, and we're talking about him in Manhattan—that just doesn't happen. … I think he deserves the honor he's given."
The Right Decisions
Any church movement as large, successful and international as Hillsong is bound to court controversy at some point. Houston says a megachurch based in Australia is especially scrutinized.
"In Australia, you know, the idea of the megachurch is a real mind-bender for Australian society, because Australia is a secular country," Houston says. "It's a small population, and an even smaller population of Australians go to church at all. … People have an idea that a church will be small, wimpy, old and irrelevant. So for it to be large, mega, young and relatable to people, I think that has drawn a lot of scrutiny."
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Hillsong has dealt with its share of scandals over the years, but the church has emerged from the fires stronger than ever.
"The decisions you make in the tough times or in the crisis are the most important decisions," Houston says. "We've been blessed with a really great church board. So we've always had a properly functioning board, which I believe has been amazing blessing, and I think it helped us, especially when we've been under any kind of scrutiny to make wise choices."
Houston says it's important to stay humble and not overreact when the inevitable attacks come.
"I think just be true to yourself and be authentic, be honest, be open where it's possible to be open and don't hide things," Houston says. "Sometimes it takes a commitment to not living reactionary—always fighting back and so on—but instead just taking higher ground and staying true to who we are. By doing that, our church has really come through many trying seasons, and the church has stayed strong and just kept going forward."
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He says the best way to weather any controversy is to build roots of trust with your church congregation. But those roots can only be grown slowly through years of dedicated local church ministry.
"It's kind of a miracle, really, the way our church has weathered all kinds of storms over the years," Houston says. "The church and staff have stayed healthy. I think being the kinds of leaders that people can trust—not just Bobbie and I, but the team in general—is important. So that no matter what the media say, no matter what swirls around these people, your people know who you are.
"You are building trust with people, which is one of the great strengths of long-term pastoring. You have the opportunity to build credibility and put some roots down deep. It doesn't matter what people might read or see if they know who you are and know that you have been consistent over a long time. They trust in you."
Finally, he says, it's important to always take time to ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the right way to respond in each season. Houston says Hillsong has gone through tough times, but God has been faithful and has always brought them through.
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"I really believe in being vocal, being true to who we are and outlasting our critics," Houston says. "I thank God that our name is pretty well known even in secular society these days. That's definitely different than 30 or 40 years ago, when really no one else would have known an Australian megachurch around the world."
Future of Hillsong
Houston says Australian church congregations trend younger than most other countries' congregations. So perhaps it's no surprise that Hillsong churches skew young. The largest age group at most Hillsong campuses is 25-40 years old.
"I think young people are hungry for God," Houston says. "Our heart at Hillsong is to connect to people and believe in young people again."
Lentz believes the cultural shift toward progressivism and postmodernism presents a massive opportunity for believers.
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"I think that anytime culture has an extreme swing, it's always a benefit for something that's consistent," Lentz says. "So right now, the culture has swung to a place of, 'Everything is tolerated except for people who love Jesus. There is no definition of anything. You can be this, and you can live this way.' I've never looked at that as a problem. In fact, I say, 'Thank you. Please keep doing that. Please keep going that way, culture, because that is such an empty, hollow, broken way to live that it actually highlights who we are even more.'
"[People] are always looking for a way off of this toxic highway that [culture] is giving people. But there's nowhere to go. So my job is to create local churches that are right there off the highway—you can see it from a mile away. You can choose to take this exit, and if you give it a shot, I don't think you'll have to get back on the cultural highway."
Houston believes the next generation is ripe for revival in all aspects of life.
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"I just really feel like we're in a season of—the word 'revival,' I think, can conjure certain things in people's minds, but I think it means freshness and movement and momentum," Houston says. "And I feel like revival's in the air. When I speak about revival, I'm not talking about the traditional Pentecostal revival meetings, but God just really breaking into the atmosphere of people's lives. I think people are being won to the name of Christ. Revival in pretty much all walks of life—that's what I'm believing for: revival in people's families, their marriages, their relationships, their finances and just across their lives. That's what's been in my heart and what I've been praying for our people this year."
Lentz believes Houston is right—young people are ready for a change, and that change could lead them to Christ.
"I've got teenagers in my house," Lentz says. "I don't think they're looking at this culture going, 'Man, this is amazing.' I think they're going, 'What is going on in the world? This is insane.' … I think it's a really important time for us, not to do anything different but to do everything passionately as we have been and create as many avenues as we can to get people in the house, because we have the answers people are looking for."
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What does that mean for Hillsong's future? Still humble, Houston says he's more committed than ever to championing the causes of local churches around the world. After all, Hillsong—with all its colleges, TV channels and touring bands—is still just another local church.
"I think our responsibility is to go to people and share our testimony," Houston says. "People know who we are. When it comes to our role, I think if we can just be a healthy local church that others can look to and learn from, then that's a great thing. I see the fact that God's given us influence as a church as a Holy Spirit-driven thing. It's been quite miraculous, really, for a little church down under to have global impact."
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by Martina Cagnina - at May 15, 2019
"I didn't know it, but I think it's a great thing that he did it".
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In 2017, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions assigned Utah's top federal prosecutor John Huber to review a wide range of issues that Republicans had complained about, from how the FBI handled investigations related to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, to questions about the origins of the Russian Federation probe. "I did not know about it", he said before repeating his usual criticism of the probe and special counsel Robert Mueller. Mueller did not find a criminal conspiracy between the campaign and the Kremlin.
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"Not only has Durham gone up against the Federal Bureau of Investigation and won before and even Mueller, he has investigated the FBI's use of informants, which played a larger role in the inception of the FBI's case against the Trump campaign". According to reports, Barr has begun a multi-agency investigation into possible surveillance on the Trump campaign.
Clapper went on to say "we're kind of losing sight" of the fact that the investigation was caused by Russia's interfere with American political institutions and their attempts to engage with President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.
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For much of the 1700s Edenton stood in the first rank of towns, not just in North Carolina but in America as well. The town site was one of the first in the colony and in 1722 the village was incorporated and named for Royal Governor Charles Eden. For the next twenty years the royal governor lived here, establishing Edenton as the colonial capital.
Edenton flourished with artisans setting up shop on its streets while goos from across the British empire crossed its docks. While two busy shipyards were turning out considerable ships the town was giving America - and its growing desire for independence - citizens of importance. In 1774, fifty-one women in Edenton signed a protest petition agreeing to boycott English tea and other products. The Edenton Tea Party was the first political action by women in the American colonies and its impact indeed resonated in London.
Other prominent Edentonians included Joseph Hewes, a merchant prince and one of the wealthiest men in the colonies, whose contribution to the cause for independence led to his reputation as the "Father of the American Navy." James Iredell, an Edenton native, was the youngest member appointed to the first United States Supreme Court by George Washington. A fellow justice, James Wilson, a signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, was a regular visitor to Edenton and died here in 1798. Samuel Johnston was a local planter and the first United States Senator from North Carolina.
Ultimately, Edenton's prominence faded rapidly. A hurricane silted the Roanoke Inlet in 1795 and closed the port's easy access to the sea. When the new-fangled railroad came on the scene a few decades later townsfolk wanted no part of it. The world literally and figuratively passed Edenton by. There would eventually be a cotton mill and the state's busiest peanut plant but for the most part the tiny town on a peninsula formed by Pembroke and Queen Anne's creeks went about its business in anonymity.
Today a placid waterside park, this was an altogether different place during the Civil War. Bells were donated by various town insittutions to be melted down into bronze cannon. One, the St. Paul, came from St. Paul's Episcopal Church and another, the Edenton, came from Choctaw County Court House.
Also located in the park is the Roanoke River Lighthouse, constructed in 1887 with each piling screwed directly into the river bed to keep it secure in heavy storms. Believed to be the last extant example in the United States of a rectangular frame building built for a screw-pile base, the lighthouse was in commission until 1941. A private owner moved the structure to his property in Edenton and in 2007 the Edenton Historical Commission bought the Lighthouse for $225,000 and paid $75,000 to move it to Colonial Park.
WALK OVER TO THE FOOT OF BROAD STREET AT EDENTON BAY.
Penelope Barker was the reputed leader of the Edenton Tea Party in 1774; her husband Thomas Barker, planter and lawyer, built this house on a spacious five-lot plot three blocks further up Broad Street in 1782. At the time it consisted of four rooms and no entry hall. The house was expanded to its current size in the 1820s. After spending over 120 years in the family of Augustus Moore and his descendants the house was moved to its primo waterfront location in 1952 and renovated to serve as the town visitor center.
WITH YOUR BACK TO THE WATER AND THE BARKER HOUSE ON YOUR RIGHT, WALK UP BROAD STREET TO WATER STREET AND TURN RIGHT.
In the early days of the Revolutionary War Benjamin Franklin and two emissaries from Edenton arranged for the shipment of 23 cannon from France aboard The Holy Heart of Jesus. When ship captain William Boritz arrived at Edenton he demanded a transportation fee of 150 pounds for every 100 pounds of cannon. The ransom was non-negotiable and Boritz dumped his cargo in the bay. Six were hauled up for use during the Civil War and after Federal troops put them out of commission they observed that the cannon were a greater danger to the men behind them than to the enemy in front. Three cannon were mounted on this site in 1928.
WITH YOUR BACK TO THE WATER, WALK INTO COURTHOUSE GREEN.
This has been a public open space since the town was laid out in 1712. The green was terraced in 1961 and given a more formal appearance. The marble monument was sited here in 1932 and honors Joseph Hewes who came to Edenton in 1763 at the age of 33 and built a mercantile empire with a large fleet of ships - all of which he risked when he affixed his name to the Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Continental Congress from North Carolina. In 1779 Hewes collapsed in Congress and eventually died in Philadelphia at the age of 49 - the second signer of the Declaration to die.
The core of this house dates to the 1770s when it was constructed by merchant Robert Smith. At one time the double porches that look out on Edenton Bay extended on all four sides, a common feature of Colonial homes in the West Indies.
After British Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773 protests and boycotts percolated throughout the American colonies, most famously in Boston harbor. The Edenton Tea Party became a landmark because it was organized by women. Penelope Barker led 51 women in signing a statement of protest vowing to give up tea and boycott other British products "until such time that all acts which tend to enslave our Native country shall be repealed." Their actions inspired other women to take up boycotts as well.
After tiring of holding political and social meetings in private homes the Edenton Assembly mandated that a courthouse be built in 1712. A wooden structure was ready by 1718 but a more satisfactory building replaced it in 1724. This cupola-topped courthouse, magnificently sited at the head of a broad lawn facing Edenton Bay, was ready in 1767 and hosted patriots Joseph Hewes, Samuel Johnston and James Iredell in the incendiary days leading up to the American Revolution. Architecturally, with its beautiful proportions and exquisite Flemish bond brickwork it doesn't get any better for Georgian public buildings in the South. Although Edenton constructed a more modern courthouse in 1979, the historic Chowan County Courthouse remains in use and is the oldest government building in North Carolina.
Behind the courthouse was the jail complex. Tis is the fifth county jail to stand here and operated from 1825 until 1979. The jailer lived right here as well; the residence seen today dates to the early 1900s.
WALK BACK OUT TO THE FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE. FACING THE WATER, TURN RIGHT ON EAST KING STREET.
This was the Bay View Hotel when it was constructed in 1885. In 1926 it received a workmanlike make-over in 1926 by contractor Lord Byron Perry from Elizabeth City and re-emerged as the Hotel Hinton. Perry gave the brick hotel a modest central entrance with a colonnade of Doric columns. The Hotel Hinton offered 82 rooms and nearly every one boasted its own bathroom with hot and cold water - just like its big-city cousins. In 1960 Chowan County purchased the property and converted it into office space.
The core of this building is Edenton's oldest commercial structure, erected as a store in 1802 by Edmund Hoskins. It was enlarged when it became the law offices for James Iredell, Jr., in the years before he became North Carolina governor and then United States senator.
This imposing Federal-style began life in 1810 as a house and private bank for John Blount. In 1816 the Bank of North Carolina purchased the property and operated it as a branch into the 1830s. William Badham acquired the property in 1855 and converted the structure back into a residence while greatly expanding it - the brick vault remains, however.
This North Carolina landmark Greek Revival home, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was constructed in 1850. It sports two-story porticos with Doric and Corinthian columns and boasts eight Italian marble fireplaces inside. The house wound through the same family for almost 160 years until it had to be rescued by Edenton preservationists.
This 1850 villa, probably adapted from popular architectural pattern books of the day, is often cited as the most opulent house ever built in Edenton. Wessington was built for Thomas D. Warren, a doctor and plantation owner. One of his paddlewheel steamboats used for passenger and cargo transportation in the Albemarle Sound was taken into the Confederate Navy in 1861. During the Battle for Roanoke Island on February 8, 1862 the CSS Curlew was run aground and burned. The wreck was discovered in 1988. The house, meanwhile passed to Pauline Carrington and Cameron Shephard. It would remain in that family, descendants of George Washington, for 122 years and in the 1940s it was named Wessington after the General's ancestral English home.
TURN RIGHT ON GRANVILLE STREET.
George Franklin Barber, working out of Knoxville, Tennessee and busy in the Alamance region, became one of America's most successful residential architects in the late 1800s, primarily through his plans published in catalogues and his own magazine. It is estimated that Barber sold some 20,000 sets of house plans, most for the then-popular Queen Anne style. This is considered one of his designs, form 1895. Although the house does not display the asymmetrical massing seen in Queen Anne homes it does boast the turned post-wrap-arond porch, fish-scale shingles and attached turreted porch emblematic of the style.
This is the third meetinghouse for the congregation that organized in 1817. The brick Colonial Revival structure topped by a large copper dome was constructed between 1916 and 1920.
This Neoclassical house from 1907 with its overpowering full-length Tuscan portico is sometimes referred to as a Southern Colonial mansion. It has since been turned into an upscale inn.
This is the second oldest church standing in North Carolina and the oldest in regular use. The original St. Paul's, a small wooden affair, was raised in 1702 as the first church in North Carolina. The first Flemish bond brick courses were laid on this building in 1736 but services were not held until 1760. The finishing touches on the interior woodwork would not take place until 1774. The entrance is through the base of the broad steeple, considered an ideal proportion fro a village church. In the churchyard are buried the proprietary Governors Henderson Walker, Thomas Pollock, and Charles Eden.
This Depression-era project brought Edenton its first dedicated post office. The symmetrically proportioned Colonial Revival brick post office was built in 1931 on plans drawn up in the office of James Wetmore, Supervising Architect of the United States Treasury.
James Iredell arrived in Edenton in 1768 at the age of 17 to assume the position of comptroller of customs for Port Roanoke. Two year slater he was admitted to the North Carolina bar and by the age of 26 he was a superior court judge and before he was 40 James Iredell was sitting on the first United States Supreme Court in 1790. He moved into this house in 1778, purchasing it from Joseph Whedbee, a silversmith. The earliest part of the house has been pegged at 1759, built by John Wilkins.
The first legislative enactment for the promotion of schools in North Carolina was a bill to erect a schoolhouse in Edenton, adopted by the assembly in 1745. The first classes in the private Edenton Academy took place in 1770 but it did not become a going concern until 1800. Girls were admitted ten years later. The Academy was absorbed into the Edenton public school system in the early 1900s. The original 1800 school building had been replaced by a rambling Victorian structure in 1895 and in 1906 it was cut and half, moved across the street to this location and turned into residences.
This was the town site for education for almost two hundred years until the 1980s. This Neoclassical school building was the third to stand here, constructed in 1916. When a new high school was built in the 1950s this was converted to an elementary school and re-named for former principal Ernest A. Swain. Today the brick building is serving as apartments and a gallery for the Chowan Arts Council.
TURN RIGHT ON QUEEN STREET. TURN LEFT ON BROAD STREET.
This small-town movie palace opened in 1925 by Samuel Taylor. It features a wide, single-story entrance swathed in white terra-cotta with a full-width balustrade decorated with urns and a swag motif. To the rear is the two-story brick theater. Charles Collins Benton, a prolific Wilson architect, who occasionally dabbled in theater design, is credited with building the Taylor Theater. Despite financial rough patches through the years and alterations to the theater, the Taylor is still screening movies.
Wilson architect Charles Benton delivered this Neoclassical presence to the Edenton streetscape in 1924 for the Citizens Bank. It features fluted Doric pilasters around the first of three floors.
This two-story, three-bay commercial building from 1889 is typical of the type found in small-town North Carolina during the Victorian era with a recessed entrance and newly popular display windows. The facade boasts decorative pressed metal.
William J. Leary, a physician and druggist, constructed this brick store building in 1872, in his 50th year. It remained in the family until 1920 and done duty mostly as a bank ever since.
This Neoclassical building with its quartet of full-height Corinthian columns began its journey to Town Hall one hundred years ago as the Second Bank of Edenton. A post office was attached in 1920. It has been the home of the town government since the 1980s.
The town's standout commercial downtown building in the 21st century was built by J.N. Leary in 1894. This was one of several rental properties developed by Leary around Edenton - a common tale until you realize that J.N. Leary was Josephine Napoleon Leary - both female and African–American. She sold these properties in 1922 before she died the following year at age 67.
This is one of the most loved and most scrutinized houses in North Carolina. After decades and decades of obfuscating local legend and lore an extensive dendrochronology procedure was conducted in 1991 to definitively date the yellow pine timbers inside the Cupola House. The conclusion? The house was constructed in 1758 making it the oldest in town. The original owner was Francis Corbin, land agent for the last of the English Lords Proprietors, Robert Carteret, Earl of Granville. In 1918, in dire financial straits, the first floor was stripped of its elaborate Georgian woodwork which was sold to the Brooklyn Museum. Horrified townsfolk quickly assembled one of North Carolina's first preservation groups, purchased the property and eventually reconstructed that lost first floor in the 1960s.
CONTINUE WALKING A FEW MORE STEPS DOWN BROAD STREET TO THE WATERFRONT AND THE TOUR STARTING POINT.
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I'd like to point out that the N2200 and the N0204 are compatible with regard to software and modules. When looking for a solution for a problem, it would be worthwhile checking on forums for both NAS.
Also there are several forums in use, here is a list of those I have found. If you know of any others with articles about N2200 or N0204, please add them to this topic.
Also there is a wiki that users have been contributing material to, particularly user-created modules.
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Sapper Vs Gunners Charity Event raises £50,000 for Autism Research Trust and the Felix fund.
On the 6th July 2016 MMS were delighted to be invited to attend the 'Sappers V Gunners' Army charity boxing event organised by the 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal).
The event, that took place at Stamford Bridge, saw 400 guests entertained with 9 bouts of boxing alongside a 4 course meal and auction. The event was a huge success and raised a staggering £50,000 which beat their 2015 total of just over £41,000.
A special event organised to present the charities with the monies at Carver Barracks took place in February 2017 where Lieutenant Colonel Hawkins and Honorary Colonal Jools Holland, who is also a patron of the Autism Research Trust, were able to present each Charity with a staggering £25,000.
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The Atlanta Falcons cut veteran running back Steven Jackson two years into a three-year, $12 million contract.
Jackson dealt with injuries each season. He rushed for 1,250 yards and 12 touchdowns in two seasons. He caught 53 passes for 339 yards and a touchdown.
A former St. Louis Rams first-round draft pick, Jackson rushed for 10,135 yards and 56 touchdowns before joining the Falcons.
He caught 407 passes for 3,324 yards and eight touchdowns with the Rams.
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S. Korea's Warships to Have New Missiles for Ground Targets
Posted on April 18, 2017 by Korea Bizwire in National, North Korea, Top News with 0 Comments
The shrapnel of the missiles' warhead can penetrate armored vehicles and destroy an area with the size of two football fields at a shot, the agency said. (image: Defense Acquisition Program Administration)
SEOUL, April 18 (Yonhap) – South Korea's Navy has completed the development of new tactical ship-to-ground guided missiles which would enhance its ability to strike North Korea's key military facilities, the country's arms procurement agency said Tuesday.
South Korea will start mass-producing the missiles with two types of launch systems — inclined and vertical — next year after a seven-year project led by the Agency for Defense Development, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA).
The missiles have met all the required operational capabilities in a recent test for use by next-generation frigates, it added.
The shrapnel of the missiles' warhead can penetrate armored vehicles and destroy an area with the size of two football fields at a shot, the agency said.
The nation's warships have largely depended on anti-ship or anti-aircraft guided missiles. But the successful development of the new missile will upgrade its capability to attack ground targets.
Especially, ship-to-ground missiles with a vertical launch platform that can be used by various naval ships will be operational beginning in 2019.
"(South Korea) has become able to strike from sea not only the enemy's major bases on the ground but also core facilities, including those related to ballistic missile launches," said Lee Sang-moon, head of the DAPA's guided weapon development team.
The new missile will serve as key maritime equipment for the military's Kill Chain pre-emptive strike system against North Korea's provocations, he added.
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The Commission also issued Certificates of Return to the 24 elected members of the Enugu State House of Assembly in the last poll.
The certificate was presented to Governor Ugwuanyi by INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Enugu State, Dr. Emeka Ononamadu.
Deputy governor-elect of Enugu State, Mrs. Cecilia Ezilo, was also issued with her Certificate of Return.
Speaking at the event, Governor Ugwuanyi assured people of Enugu that they would continue to enjoy peace and unity in the state, during his second tenure.
While he pledged to continue to engage all parties, Ugwuanyi said his administration would continue to operate the transparent government for the general progress of the state.
He said, "Enugu state would continue to be in the hands of God".
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p-Chip Corporation Food-Tracing Breakthrough to be Featured on Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid
The program features innovative technology on an upcoming segment.
Viewpoint is distributed nationwide in the United States through public television stations. More than 60 million US households have access to the program.
MIAMI (PRWEB) October 19, 2022
p-Chip Corporation, a company revolutionizing the tracking of physical products and materials with its breakthrough microtransponder technology, today announced it will be featured on the educational documentary series, Viewpoint.
The award-winning series produces educational documentaries on a range of topics including technology, finance, business, travel, health and culture, with a focus on highlighting innovation around the world. Viewpoint is distributed nationwide in the United States through public television stations. More than 60 million US households have access to the program.
"We are excited to have the opportunity to discuss a great p-Chip Corporation story on such a prestigious platform as Viewpoint," said Joe Wagner, CEO of p-Chip Corporation. "This year has been a groundbreaking year for our company on many fronts, particularly in the realm of food- and ingredient-tracing technology. We are pleased to have such an important innovation and partnership shared with a vast audience."
The interviews focused on a major breakthrough in food safety and brand protection, spurred by an innovative 3-way partnership of Italy's Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano Reggiano (CFPR), Kaasmerk Matec (Kaasmerk), and p-Chip Corporation. CFPR, the consortium that oversees the production and integrity of authentic Italian Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, works tirelessly to protect both its venerable product and its consumers from counterfeiting and lookalikes—brands that do not meet the consortium's strict requirements for production and area of origin.
With the goal of expanding the product's security and traceability, CFPR, Kaasmerk and p-Chip partnered to create and launch a first-to-market line of food-contact-safe digital tracking labels. A highly secure p-Chip microtransponder is affixed to the casein tag of Parmigiano Reggiano bulk cheese wheels early in the production process. Miniscule but highly durable, this scannable crypto anchor creates a digital "twin" for each physical cheese wheel.
The Viewpoint feature is slated to explore the history of CFPR and its Kaasmerk tags, the details of the technology and its development, and the importance of the innovation within the realms of food safety and brand protection. It is set to be distributed nationwide in October.
About p-Chip Corporation Since 2017, p-Chip Corporation has revolutionized the tracking of physical products and materials with its breakthrough microtransponder technology. Its p-Chip tracker, a highly durable technology as small as a grain of salt, functions like a digital anchor for physical items, delivering breakthrough visibility and index-ability at a scalable price point. From pharmaceuticals to electronics, automotive components to agricultural ingredients, companies worldwide rely on patented p-Chip crypto anchors to unlock business intelligence, deepen brand loyalty and enhance revenue. To learn more, visit https://p-chipcorp.com/.
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Changing attitudes and perceptions of artists towards the New Zealand mountain landscape.
The purpose of this study is to explore the changing attitudes and perceptions of artists and settlers towards the New Zealand mountain landscape from the period of colonisation to 1950. When European colonists first anived in New Zealand, they brought with them old world values that shaped their attitudes to nature and thus the mountains of this country. Tracing the development of mountain topophilia in landscape painting, highlighted that the perceptions settlers adopted on arrival differed greatly from those of their homeland. In effect, the love of European mountain scenery was not transposed onto their new environment. It was not until the 1880s that a more sympathetic outlook towards mountains developed. This led to the greater depiction of mountains and their eventual adoption into New Zealanders identification with the land. An analysis of paintings housed in the Art Galleries of the South Island provided evidence that this eventually led to the development of a collective consciousness as to the ideal mountain landscape.
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Emily Fridlund grew up in Minnesota. She holds an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Southern California. Her collection of stories, Catapult, was chosen by Ben Marcus for the Mary McCarthy Prize and will be published by Sarabande Books. She lives in the Finger Lakes region of New York. History of Wolves is her first novel.
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I will be taking the system down sometime tonight overnight to install new hard disks and re-work the system in general for better stability. Thanks to donations from SickAndWrong we'll have a mirror set of 1TB drives for the data side and thanks to a friend of mine from NJ (not a member of the site) we'll have a mirror set of 500GB drives for the OS and other necessities... Giving us a total of 1.5TB of data storage on the server box between the 4 drives.. Also thanks to Shinnodeous who donated some funding that allowed me to upgrade the networking gear to new and reliable hardware (D-Link DGS-2208, and 2 TrendNet GigaBit PCI cards) as well as the D-Link DIR-655 Wireless-N/gigabit switch we already had (eliminating an old 10/100 hub that was dying due to old age).
The system will now be much more stable and reliable once all these changes are affected.
I greatly appreciate all the help you guys give us and wanted you to know who helped and what your input has gone to. Because of your support we'll have a much more reliable network for the forseeable future.
Well, that went worse than expected.
1) OS wouldn't move to new drives, so had to reinstall.
2) One of the brand new 1TB Seagate's is having some sort of issue and I almost lost all the data because of it.
3) Had to re-install Windows >again< to correct problems caused by #2, due to this the entire system is currently handled by a pair of mirrored 500GB drives until I can get the sitch sorted with the TB drives. (I'm fairly certain that I need to just send the screwy one back for a replacement.
4) Microsoft's DEP (Data Execution Prevention) was preventing me from running PHP AND the E-Mail server. Finally managed to beat it into submission.
As a result, we were down over 12 hours.
2) Mods to the forum itself.
what the frell is up with these terabyte drives taking big steamy dumps?!
Eoraptor wrote: what the frell is up with these terabyte drives taking big steamy dumps?!
From what I've read since this last issue it seems about 1 in 5 1TB drives have some sort of issue that radically changes their life expectancy.
Yeah, that issue is called, "the post office being careless and dropping the package" *sigh*. Poor Shrink (and Rei if applicable), we don't mind being down, just as long as you can do what it is you need to do.
JayJay wrote: Yeah, that issue is called, "the post office being careless and dropping the package" *sigh*. Poor Shrink (and Rei if applicable), we don't mind being down, just as long as you can do what it is you need to do.
Glad the drives got there.
Maybe 1TB is a little far out on the bleeding edge of what we're capable of building right now? Yeesh, I have one of those Seagates in my shopping cart at TD right now... Maybe I'll hold off, but I do need to replace my WD 500GB drive before it completely implodes.
Maybe it's an ish with TD. Like someone pointed out, they are known for buying up potentially questionable lots of merch, maybe some cases got rough-handled? Though, you'd think Seagate would be packaging the drives to withstand a little abuse, because shipping is after all shipping.
Anyway, thanks again for all the work you two put into the site. Pro bono as it were.
The end game here of course being that once we get running with the arrays, any unlikely hardware failures in the future will not be fatal to the site, it should be well worth the effort going into it now.
Hmm... Maybe we just need a lot of Solid State drives. For my use, a 250GB Seagate is working just fine, though I've managed to break the SATA cable.
Perhaps we are better off with one 1TB drive and two 500's for now.
Meh, 2 of each should be fine, once they decide to start working... Then they can fail all they want, so long as they do it one at a time!
I meant until the New 1TB arrives. Personally, make sure it worked, then box it back up and rig up the two 500's to read as one continuous drive. That way if something fails your backup has a backup.
Data stripe across the two 500GB's and mirror that against the 1TB drive?
SickAndWrong wrote: Glad the drives got there.
Triaxx wrote: Hmm... Maybe we just need a lot of Solid State drives. For my use, a 250GB Seagate is working just fine, though I've managed to break the SATA cable.
I don't know, would we be better off with a solid state drive? If these HDs keep failing, it might be a good idea to do away with the moving parts. Oh yeah, keep in mind that all of my "knowledge" comes from half a semester of Computer Hardware.
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I am very mindful of the fact that a lot of my life is spent with either a phone in my hand or gazing at a screen so when starting a new project sometimes it's good to leaf through actual pages to gain fresh inspiration. You don't have to read 100's of books (as that can be overwhelming) but few key choices can really inform your work. Here are the picks I read before the completion of my rebrand project but more than that they've become some of my absolute favourites that can be found on my shelves - so much so that I've read them multiple times - what are your most inspirational reads?
Reading is important to not broaden us to new concepts, keeps the mind ticking over plus is of benefit to our self-care. Here's a list of a few books I've been thumbing through and loving at the minute, any stand out books for you?
Getting back into reading an actual book was a goal I had wanted to achieve for the longest time, after completing both my university courses and consuming what seemed like a mountain of intense material this feeling of submersing myself in a good read was all but extinct. After giving myself some time away from the screen, I felt the urge to flick through some pages resurface. Here's what I've been reading, what about you?
The online world is full, even over saturated with great content and the potential ideas for a blog post but when it all gets overwhelming then good ideas can be found elsewhere. Although the majority of my blog post ideas are inspired from what I've witnessed through a screen, some of my favourite subjects to discuss have come from other sources. Taking time away from a screen is important, in general as it can do all sorts of good for you but it can also help you generate a strong tone of voice and good concepts in your work. Here's where I find outside inspiration - what about you?
My younger self would be so upset with me, despite my undying love of reading and the feel of a book I never really got back to into reading after university (taking in all those expansive, in depth articles and books hurt my brain). I made the excuse that I never had the time and now use the excuse that every spare moment is spent blogging but that isn't the whole truth, one of my goals for the year was to read more and by hook or by crook I will get back on the reading train.
On occasion we want easy reading choices or books we can come back to time and time again without too much hassle, if you're reshuffling your coffee table and need some more magazines and books to keep you and guests entertained then I have a small selection for you that could be good distractions. As someone who adores reading but finds it hard to put the time in, managable reads have become my jam at the minute. Here are some suggestions for your coffee table, what do you like to read?
I mostly go for magazines that include glorious photographs in a variety of styles to help with inspiration and they make the reading easier to digest. Being a photography graduate and trying to get back into creating my own works, magazine are a good way to find inspiration to help idea light bulbs appear.
Reading a book for pleasure is something that I love and have done since I was young but despite my best intentions what with having to write and read (ridiculously pretentious) essays for my university course, I find it hard to pick up a book and physically read. So here are a few books I adore.
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Climax Chicago Blues Band: A Lot of Bottle (Harvest)
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THERE LIES on this album one of the most exciting, imaginative guitar solos I've heard for a long time from Pete Haycock on 'Seventh Son', ...
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WHERE THE HELL is Lou Reed?Good question, if a trifle academic, but eminently suited for whiling away times in the coach by discussing. ...
Climax Blues Band: Stamp Album
Review by Charles Shaar Murray, New Musical Express, 13 December 1975
I'M SICK AND tired of bloody good bands. ...
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Climax Blues Band: Climax Get It Right
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The portable lateral film, like the decubitus films, are not often obtained in the ICUs but can better delineate the costophrenic sulci and the frequently obscured lower lobes to advantage. The lateral film is particularly useful when only one lower lobe is involved since the normal lung can provide a window to the opposite lung without the confusion of laterality. Both the decubitus and the lateral films can significantly increase the awareness of basal lung disease, unsuspected on the portable AP films.
Computed tomography generally is recognized as providing increased resolution compared with more conventional roentgenographic techniques. It is employed routinely to evaluate pulmonary nodules, mediastinal adenopathy, chronic lung disease, and to guide diagnostic procedures (eg, needle biopsy). Abdominal CT can be used effectively to diagnose postoperative abscesses in patients showing slow clinical improvement or deterioration in their overall condition. Also, lower thoracic CT, during or after abdominal CT, has been found to be very useful in the diagnosis of occult pneumothorax after blunt head or abdominal trauma. While the efficacy of the portable chest roentgenogram has been studied extensively, less attention has been given to the value of chest CT in the evaluation of critically ill patients. Selected patients with multisystem trauma who had chest CT were significantly benefitted 70 percent of the time by the discovery of additional diagnostic information affecting management and outcome in a recent series.
An important factor in the management of our three patients was the diagnosis of persistent intrathoracic disease which did not seem to respond to appropriate therapy In each case, a thoracic CT was performed in order to a define pathologic condition that was not evident on the conventional portable chest roentgenogram. Numerous portable chest x-ray films led us to underestimate the extent of the chest abnormalities in all three cases. Computed tomography revealed several unsuspected intrathoraeicabsce.sses, occult pneumothoraces, and a bronchopleural fistula. With correct diagnoses, inappropriate therapy was discontinued, and appropriate therapy was implemented.
Although moving a critically ill patient from the ICU to the CT scanner is a potentially dangerous process, the diagnostic advantage of a chest CT often justifies the risk. We recommend that chest CT be considered for patients with intrathoracic pathologic condition under the following conditions: (1) when the clinical course does not correlate with the current diagnostic examinations, particularly the portable chest roentgenogram, and (2) when the patient is sufficiently stable to tolerate transportation to the diagnostic facility.
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April 2015 marks the 40th anniversary of the official end of the Vietnam war, but some Central Florida veterans still do battle with the memories. George Van Horn doesn't run from snakes- see how he milks samkes for venom at the Reptile World Serpentarium. Ridin' and shootin' with a group that is living out childhood fantasies.
A war that divided America. To this day it brings out raw emotions from the veterans.
George Van Horn has been fascinated by snakes ever since he laid eyes on one.
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La convenzione di Reichenbach si svolse il 26 giugno 1790; ad essa parteciparono i rappresentanti di Inghilterra, Prussia, Austria e Province Unite per discutere di eventuali misure da attuare per fronteggiare la Rivoluzione francese; come suo risultato, l'Austria fu autorizzata ad annettere il Belgio, cosa che sarebbe avvenuta il 27 luglio dello stesso anno.
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IMPACT OF DIGITIZATION OF THE BROADCASTING MEDIA IN NIGERIA. A STUDY OF NIGERIA TELEVISION AUTHORITY (NTA ENUGU)
The purpose of embarking on this study was to provide a well-detailed account on the impact of digitization of the Broadcasting Media in Nigeria. The study ascertained the level of media digitization in Nigerian Television Authority, Enugu (NTA) in this Era of ICT and internet operations. The researcher used survey research design to enable her determine the sample size which is 150 through the appropriate statistical method to represent the population of the study. Survey Research Method was employed in the collection of data because it is easier to sought people's opinion using questionnaire. Data gathered from the study were analyzed and interpreted using simple percentage and tables. Also summary of findings, conclusion and recommendations were made on the study for future studies.
Unlike many other inventions throughout history, the history of the television credits many inventors instead of just one. In this case, there were many inventors working on the idea of watching pictures on the screen.
The earliest proposal was in 1908, in a paper by A.A Campbell-Swinton which postulated the use of Cathode rays. The First Practical demonstrations of television, however, were developed using electromechanical methods to scan, transmit, and reproduce image. As electronic camera and display tubes were perfected, electromechanical television gave way to all-electronic systems in nearly all applications.
The beginnings of mechanical television can be traced back to the discovery of the photoconductivity of the element selenium by Willoughby by Smith in 1873, the invention of a scanning disk by Paul Gottlieb Nipkow in 1884 and John Logie Baird's demonstration of televised moving Images in 1926. (Wikipedia, 2010).
A 23 year old German University student, Paul Nipkow proposed and patented the first electromechanical television system in 1884. Although he never built a working model of the system, variations of Nipkow's spinning – disk "image rasterizer" for television became exceedingly common, and remained in use until 1939. Constantin Perskyi coined the word television in a paper read to the International Electricity Congress at the international world fair in Paris on August
25, 1900. Perskyi's paper reviewed the existing electromechanical technologies, mentioning the work of Nipkow and others.
However, it was not until 1907 that developments in amplification tube technology, by Lee Deforest and Arthur Kom among others, made the design practical. The first demonstration of the instantaneous transmission of still Sillhoutte images was by Georges Rigrioux and as a Fournier in Paris in 1909, using a rotating mirror – drum as the scanner and a matrix of 64 selenium cells as the receiver.
In 1911, Boris Rosing and his student Vladimir Zworykin created a television system that used a mechanical mirror – drum scanner to transmit, in Zworykin's words, "very crude images" over wires to the "Braun Tube" (Cathode ray tube or "CRT") in the receiver. Moving images were not possible because, in the scanner, "the sensitivity was not enough and the selenium cell was very laggy". On March 25, 1925, Scottish Inventor John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of televised silhouette images in motion, at Selfridge's Department store in London. AT & T's bell Telephone laboratories transmitted halftone still images of transparencies in May 1925. On June 13 of that year, Charles Frances Jenkins transmitted the silhouette image of a toy windmill in motion, over a distance of five miles from a naval radio station in Maryland to his laboratory in Washington, using a lensed disk scanner with a 48-line resolution.
However, if Television is defined as the live transmission of moving images with continuous tonal variation, Baird first achieved this privately on October 2, 1925. But strictly speaking Baird had not yet achieved moving images on October 2. His scanner worked at only five images, per second, below the threshold required to give
the illusion of motion usually defined as at least 12 images per second. By January, he had improved the scan rate to 12.5 images per second.
Television Broadcasting in Nigeria started with the initiative of the first Western Region premier Chief Obafemi Awolowo who on October 31, 1959 launched television broadcasting at Ibadan the head quarters of the region. The Western Region went into partnership with the Overseas Rediffusion Limited. The Western Nigerian Radiovision services limited were created with the responsibility of radio and television broadcasting under one management.
Nigeria as the giant of Africa has to her credit, the first television outfit in Africa, the Western Nigeria Television (WNTV) on NTA Ibadan. The emergence of what is known today as Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) was borne out of the sheer desire to cater for the crying needs of variegated audience in terms of News gathering, packaging and transmission; this became the second oldest station after (WNTV) resuming transmission on 1st October, 1960. The Degree No 24 of 1977 caused all existing television stations in the country to be taken over by the federal government and then led to a change of name to Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).
However, television broadcasting in Nigeria since inception has been transmitting through analogue television which use complete waves to transmit pictures and sounds. The major drawback of this is that location plays an integral factor, disabling, distorting images and audio on Television in rural areas (Kombol: 2008, P. 13).
Over the years, television transmission had grown from strength to strength. It moved from monochrome (black and white) to colour transmission and today we talk of Digitization.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) a United Nations Organization body responsible for co-ordinating the use of Telecommunication among nations in its 17th plenipotentiary conference in Turkey, ratified a treaty engendering the digitization of broadcast in every member state before 2015. In consonance with the above Treaty and with the intent to beat this deadline, the national Broadcasting Commission which is Nigeria's broadcast regulatory body gave an ultimatum to Nigeria broadcast firms to digitalize its operations before 17 June 2012 or stand licence revocation. Three years ahead of the global deadline, the date was however shifted because it is seen all over that the broadcasting industry was not fully prepared for the digitization to kick off. A new date was then issued by the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission where Mr. Yomi Bolarinwa, Director General, national broadcasting commission announced to the whole world that Nigeria will achieve the digitization of its broadcast stations by June 17 2015.
It is unarguable to state that to be in the leading position in today's highly technological and competitive media industry the world over, Nigeria must strive to acquire and utilize state of-the-art information and communication technologies in its daily news, programme transmission etc. Anything short of this will spell doom for such media organization.
According to Anaeto et al (2008, P. 6) Information Communication Technology has been the converging platform for different word of media communication, information machine and technologies and equipment i.e. Radio, Television, Computers, satellites, Fibre optic Cables, phones, Facsimile machine etc. Consequently, the acquisition, utilization and application of information communication technology in media practice today makes the world activity less cumbersome, faster and error proof. The foregoing views is in tenderm with realistic scholarly position' adopted by Maid (1996, P:13), who posits that new information, communication technologies have revolutionized information gathering, processing, storage, retrieval and transmission, making information available even more widely, rapidly and less expensive. They do not only gather, process and disseminate information, they can also arrange, marshall and select information rapidly.
Inspite of the above merits, the truth still remains that acquisition and application of these advanced media, technologies by media outfits in Nigeria especially the government owned stations in their gathering, packaging and transmission equipment is still insufficient.
Indeed, the recent survey carried out in a bid to ascertain the current state of acquisition and utilization of ICT facilities by NTA Enugu Channel 8, which is the study of this project, clearly depicts that the station has not fully embraced this trend in the overall packaging and transmission of News and programmes.
Ibeh (2009), Deputy Director Engineering, NTA seems to agree with the foregoing viewpoint when he stated that although the station has technologies in the
packaging and transmission of its news programme, yet such sophisticated communication equipment are still inadequate.
The above viewpoint throws more light to challenges and hindrance of digitization of media broadcast which is a progeny of information communication technology. It also presupposes that inspite of the much – touted technological improvement, there are still gaps in the media world especially in developing countries like Nigeria.
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) in its annual stations on TV and radio broadcast in Nigeria, observed that most private and public owned broadcast media outfit are yet to make digital transmission part of their daily broadcasting and even those who are into it are partially implementing it. This research intends to look at the impact of the digitization of the Nigeria broadcasting media. The focus is on NTA Enugu.
i. To identify problems hindering the digitization of broadcasting in Nigeria.
ii. To evaluate the possible way of meeting these challenges.
iii. To understand the socio-economic advantages of digitizing in the broadcasting industry.
1.4 Research Questions
The research questions involved in this study were as follows:-
1. To what extent is the digitization of TV broadcast going to enhance audio visual transmission?
2. How can Information and Communication Technology equipment facilitate digital broadcasting?
3. Does Digital television have advantages over Analogue broadcasting?
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New Business Licenses
The City of Rosemount does not require a license for most businesses. See below for exceptions.
The City of Rosemount provides licenses for the following types of liquor: On-Sale Class A and B, Off-Sale, Wine (with strong beer), 3.2 On-Sale, 3.2 Off-Sale, Temporary 3.2 On-Sale, and Public Premise Permits.
All new liquor licenses require an application that can be obtained from the City Clerk's Office. The minimum processing time for new licenses is approximately 45 days. The license period for all liquor licenses runs from January 1 to December 31 except for 3.2 licenses, which run from July 1 to June 30. Liquor licenses are renewed yearly. Licenses are nontransferable. Fees for liquor licenses can be found in the fee section of the website.
Liquor licenses are submitted to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety for final approval. More information on liquor licenses and the requirements is available in the City Code or by contacting the City Clerk's office [Email].
Massage therapy licenses run from January 1 to December 31. All persons performing massage therapy, whether in a store front or home, must submit an application and complete a background check. Anyone found practicing massage without a license will be in violation of City Code.
Organizations seeking a charitable gambling license or exemption from the State of Minnesota must have their applications signed by the city clerk. Before signing off on the state application, City staff performs a background check on the organization's officers. A new premise permit requires approval from the City Council.
Peddlers, Solicitors, and Transient Merchants
The City of Rosemount has several requirements for solicitors and peddlers that must be met in order to legally operate in the City. All solicitors and peddlers must register with the city clerk before conducting any activities. Every solicitor and peddler must register and complete a background check regardless of whether the company has already been licensed.
Contact the city clerk [Email] for more information. Residents who view suspicious activities should call 9-1-1 for a response from the Rosemount Police Department.
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__source__ = 'https://leetcode.com/problems/serialize-and-deserialize-bst/'
# https://github.com/kamyu104/LeetCode/blob/master/Python/serialize-and-deserialize-bst.py
# Time: O(n)
# Space: O(h)
#
# Description: Leetcode # 449. Serialize and Deserialize BST
#
# Serialization is the process of converting a data structure or
# object into a sequence of bits so that it can be stored in a file or
# memory buffer, or transmitted across a network connection link to be
# reconstructed later in the same or another computer environment.
#
# Design an algorithm to serialize and deserialize a binary search tree.
# There is no restriction on how your serialization/deserialization algorithm should work.
# You just need to ensure that a binary search tree can be serialized to a string and
# this string can be deserialized to the original tree structure.
#
# The encoded string should be as compact as possible.
#
# Note: Do not use class member/global/static variables to store states.
# Your serialize and deserialize algorithms should be stateless.
#
# Companies
# Amazon
# Related Topics
# Tree
# Similar Questions
# Serialize and Deserialize Binary Tree
import collections
import unittest
# Definition for a binary tree node.
class TreeNode(object):
def __init__(self, x):
self.val = x
self.left = None
self.right = None
class Codec:
def serialize(self, root):
"""Encodes a tree to a single string.
:type root: TreeNode
:rtype: str
"""
def serializeHelper(node, vals):
if node:
vals.append(node.val)
serializeHelper(node.left, vals)
serializeHelper(node.right, vals)
vals = []
serializeHelper(root, vals)
return ' '.join(map(str, vals))
def deserialize(self, data):
"""Decodes your encoded data to tree.
:type data: str
:rtype: TreeNode
"""
def deserializeHelper(minVal, maxVal, vals):
if not vals:
return None
if minVal < vals[0] < maxVal:
val = vals.popleft()
node = TreeNode(val)
node.left = deserializeHelper(minVal, val, vals)
node.right = deserializeHelper(val, maxVal, vals)
return node
else:
return None
vals = collections.deque([int(val) for val in data.split()])
return deserializeHelper(float('-inf'), float('inf'), vals)
# Your Codec object will be instantiated and called as such:
# codec = Codec()
# codec.deserialize(codec.serialize(root))
class TestMethods(unittest.TestCase):
def test_Local(self):
self.assertEqual(1, 1)
if __name__ == '__main__':
unittest.main()
Java = '''
# Thought:
Hi all, I think my solution is pretty straightforward and easy to understand,
not that efficient though. And the serialized tree is compact.
Pre order traversal of BST will output root node first, then left children, then right.
root left1 left2 leftX right1 rightX
If we look at the value of the pre-order traversal we get this:
rootValue (<rootValue) (<rootValue) (<rootValue) |separate line| (>rootValue) (>rootValue)
Because of BST's property: before the |separate line| all the node values are less than root value,
all the node values after |separate line| are greater than root value.
We will utilize this to build left and right tree.
Pre-order traversal is BST's serialized string. I am doing it iteratively.
To deserialized it, use a queue to recursively get root node, left subtree and right subtree.
I think time complexity is O(NlogN).
Errr, my bad, as @ray050899 put below, worst case complexity should be O(N^2),
when the tree is really unbalanced.
My implementation
# PreOrder + Queue solution
# 11ms 60.21%
class Codec {
private static final String SEP = ",";
private static final String NULL = "null";
// Encodes a tree to a single string.
public String serialize(TreeNode root) {
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
if (root == null) return NULL;
//traverse it recursively if you want to, I am doing it iteratively here
Stack<TreeNode> st = new Stack<>();
st.push(root);
while (!st.empty()) {
root = st.pop();
sb.append(root.val).append(SEP);
if (root.right != null) st.push(root.right);
if (root.left != null) st.push(root.left);
}
return sb.toString();
}
// Decodes your encoded data to tree.
// pre-order traversal
public TreeNode deserialize(String data) {
if (data.equals(NULL)) return null;
String[] strs = data.split(SEP);
Queue<Integer> q = new LinkedList<>();
for (String e : strs) {
q.offer(Integer.parseInt(e));
}
return getNode(q);
}
// some notes:
// 5
// 3 6
// 2 7
private TreeNode getNode(Queue<Integer> q) { //q: 5,3,2,6,7
if (q.isEmpty()) return null;
TreeNode root = new TreeNode(q.poll());//root (5)
Queue<Integer> smallerQueue = new LinkedList<>();
while (!q.isEmpty() && q.peek() < root.val) {
smallerQueue.offer(q.poll());
}
//smallerQueue : 3,2 storing elements smaller than 5 (root)
root.left = getNode(samllerQueue);
//q: 6,7 storing elements bigger than 5 (root)
root.right = getNode(q);
return root;
}
}
'''
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Posted February 4th, 2015 by MarchFifteen & filed under Leadership.
"Well, some of us are born great, some of us achieve greatness and some of us get it as a graduation gift" – this is what the late Robin Williams used to say. But indeed, with the popular focus on the high potentials and future leaders, many organizations neglect the non-genius amongst us, leaving it often to chance for them to become what they truly are capable of becoming. My very dear friend and colleague from the past, Vanessa Judelman, President of Mosaic People Development, has recently published a fascinating article in the Globe. If you have missed it – here is your second chance. Vanessa graciously agreed to post her article as a blog for MarchFifteen. A wonderful story on how to distinguish yourself when you are… hmm… within the norm. Do read on.
My friend Joanne recently got promoted to a very senior leadership role in her organization. In fact, this is her third promotion in just a few years. Some of our peers were surprised by her rapid rise up the corporate ladder. Why? Well, at university, Joanne's progress and results were fairly average. Yes, she worked hard, but she was never perceived as a rising star.
However, I am not surprised by her success. And this is why: I have always believed that leaders are made not born. This perspective is supported by the research findings of a book I read recently called Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.
So, what really differentiates people like my friend Joanne from the rest of the pack? According to Ms. Dweck, it is their mindset, which is a series of beliefs that drives behaviour. These beliefs can either enable or limit our success. Leaders like Joanne have a "growth" mindset, meaning that they believe their qualities, abilities, and characteristics can change. When faced with challenges, they embrace them and see them as an opportunity to grow.
In contrast, leaders with a "fixed" mindset believe that each of us is born with certain immutable skills and abilities. Hence, these leaders tend to avoid challenges as they could reveal a lack of skills. When they encounter a setback, they blame others rather than seeing failure as an opportunity to develop and progress.
Many years ago, I worked for a chief executive officer who epitomized the growth mindset. He viewed talent as a starting point for success and strongly encouraged continuous improvement and growth in the organization.
Although he was nearing retirement, he never stopped reading, learning and improving himself. His growth mindset permeated throughout the organization. Yes, the company hired smart people, but why was it constantly No. 1 in the industry? Well, for one, the CEO encouraged personal growth and created a corporate culture that supported employee training, development and feedback – three strategies that help to create great performance.
Similarly, Lou Gerstner, CEO of IBM from 1993 to 2002, leveraged a growth mindset to turn his organization around. When he accepted his role, the organization was in trouble. It was riddled with fixed mindset leaders. These individuals were motivated by ego, power and the desire for control. They were reluctant to acknowledge their deficiencies, and the business started to suffer.
Mr. Gerstner, as he describes in his book, Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?, scorned his predecessors who believed they were superior to both their colleagues and clients. Like other growth mindset leaders, Mr. Gerstner built a corporate culture that valued teamwork, accountability and service excellence. It was this attitude and approach that helped him to transform IBM.
So, if leaders with a growth mindset tend to build teams and organizations that thrive, what is the impact of fixed mindset leaders? Well, since they often believe they are inherently superior to others, they tend to alienate their team.
Have you had a leader who criticized you, micromanaged you, or mistreated you? This leader likely had a fixed mindset. As a result of this constant criticism, did you become disengaged or choose to play it safe? This is often the case, and it's never good for business.
Now, consider your own beliefs. Do you tend to avoid feedback or resist personal change? If so, you are likely operating from a fixed mindset.
Conversely, are you someone who welcomes coaching and feedback? Do you leverage the advice of others to help you grow and improve your skills? If so, you likely have a growth mindset.
Regardless of where you are today, the good news is that, with awareness, a growth mindset can be developed. With a targeted development plan, a strong coach or mentor, and a tenacious drive to improve, anything is possible.
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"[...] Just tell them that you won't let them."
... but you know, unless there are some real actions (for example a political push), citizens can only ask and not order. It is a good start to reformulate her sentence, but what matter in the end is the action. I believe that Japanese people are too calm for real actions, and that they will only "ask" politicians, in the same spirit than the speech of this lady, using with a different sentence.
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I dream of the day I get to design an old wood cabin nestled in the middle of nowhere. Yes, one may dream of their "Dream Home" first, but truth be told, I'm not sure what, or where that is yet. Still searching. There is something so magical about a cozy escape in the fall/winter months. This would be the perfect opportunity to hit up ALL the thrift stores, and really go to town. If there is one thing better than design thrifting, is finding ALL of the deals. Best-feeling-ever. Here is my cabin wish list if you will. Share your cabin must have's below!
:: a good solid wood table, for all the card games!
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F1 news: FIA president inherited a $20m deficit and a court case when he took over
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem had to put out a few fires when he took the reins of Formula One's governing body last year.
2022-12-07 F1 news: FIA president inherited a $20m deficit and a court case when he took over
Ben Sulayem became president of the FIA in December 2021 and did so at a controversial time with the governing body under scrutiny following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The end of the 2022 season has been a little easier for the 61-year-old and the FIA but he has now revealed that one of his first task's was to fill a $20m deficit as well as an ongoing court case.
The court case was in regards to the halo which was fitted to all F1 cars from the 2018 season but a suit was filed in the United States over a potential patent infringement by the FIA brought about by its inventor Jens H. S. Nygaard.
With the expenses used to cover that as well as a need to recover from the COVID pandemic, Ben Sulayem said there was a $20 million hole that needed filling and explained that is why the FIA took on its first CEO.
"There was a financial issue that we didn't know about," he said, as reported by Motorsport.com. "We had a deficit, even before the pandemic, but I'm pleased to have cleared that.
"We never had a CEO for 118 years and if we want to deal with the challenges that's going on, I cannot go and micromanage.
"When you go to the CEO, you're talking about policies, you're talking about managing the structure, you're talking about day-to-day running of the FIA, and you're talking about the finance.
"We all know and I'll be very honest with you, we had an issue with the finance. We had a deficit this year, which was over $20 million.
"I'm very happy to know that even with it, we never stopped any of the support of the grants or the efficiency of the FIA towards any ASN (Autorite Sportive Nationale/National Sporting Authority) or any club. And we're still saving."
On the court case, the Emirati said it was a bad start to a job he had been pursing for years.
"Imagine yourself being elected in the role after all these years of trying, everybody having a party on the night of the 17th (December)," the 61-year-old said. "Then you go to the office on the 18th and 10 o'clock in the morning, the first thing you meet is your legal people and they say you have a big court case with the halo.
"We cannot talk much about it, but the feeling I had was not good. But you go on, it's huge but I'm very happy that a month ago that was cleared.
"It was a big burden on my shoulders, because as president, it would have affected us in a very legal, financial way. Now it's behind us, and the halo is patented to the FIA, so that's good."
While the FIA were navigating the deficit, F1 itself was enjoying one its most profitable periods ever. Liberty Media chief executive Greg Maffei said in June that the finance of the sport had "never been healthier."
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Maraga's bad boy secret revealed
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Justice David Maraga
Being a staunch Seventh Day Adventist he categorically stated he cannot work on Saturday in line with his Sabbath day Adventist faith and confidently refused to compromise church for work.This move was not only bold but also admired by many.
Justice David Maraga has however also spilled the beans about his naughty side.The highly respected Kenya's chief justice while speaking to young minds has opened up about his past narrating his path of darkness and being lost in alcoholism and how it immensely affected his life
"Let me first tell you a little about my life's story and from it you will no doubt see how amazing God's grace will always be. I was baptized and joined the Seventh Day Adventist Church in 1965 while in primary school," Maraga said.
The 67 year-old admitted he lived a confused life for 20 years and would often ignore his family completely.Chief Justice David Maraga has revealed that he used to be a drunkard and how this almost ruined his life.
The CJ stated that while in high school, he slipped spiritually and was introduced to alcohol drinking by bad company.
Maraga said quitting wasn't easy especially with peer pressure. He eventually attained his Masters degree 34 years after his undergraduate he was narrating his past story at a recent graduation ceremony.
"However, I got into bad company in secondary school and slipped in the spiritual sense. While in the bad company, I drank hard and except for providing for the bare necessities, I ignored my family and literally mark timed for about 20 years. I did not bother to further my professional career," the CJ added.
Poor drinking habit saw him losing interest in his career growth and development to a point his family almost gave up on him.
He further spilled that his life took a different turn after he heeded his conscience which was calling him back to become the model Christian he had been raised to become.
He later joined the University of Nairobi where he advanced his education.
In 2003, former president Mwai Kibaki appointed Maraga as a High Court judge where he worked his way to the Chief Justice job he holds today.
Lucky Maraga who was able to unlock the chain of addiction from himself as many young men still tied to the bonds cant help but waste time and resources that could be utilised for the greater good of the society and their families.
Tags: #Life's survival tactics, Alcoholism, Maraga, SDA
Leaders join Kalonzo Musyoka in mourning his father
Good news for Migori woman rep
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Lucifer Rising (1966-1980), a film by Kenneth Anger. Colour, 16mm, 28mins.
Filmed between 1966 – 1980 by the self-proclaimed Magus of cinema, KENNETH ANGER. Lucifer Rising is Anger's portrait of the love generation, the dawning of a new age and morality. Millenias, civilisations and continents unite as the manifestation of an omniscient, immortal force, inspired by the ancient solar religions and conceived with occultist ALEISTER CROWLEY'S vision of the Age of Aquarius – a third Age after Christianity, a third Aeon, the age of HORUS. The films traverses Icelandic volcanoes, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the ancient solar temples of Stonehenge and Externsteine in Germany with a psychedelic soundscape by the controversial BOBBY BEAUSOLEIL (who was involved with the Manson family), who composed the soundtrack with the Freedom Orchestra of Tracy Prison following his incarceration.
A still from Lucifer Rising (1966-1980), a film by Kenneth Anger. Colour, 16mm, 28mins.
Appearing as goddess Lilith, MARIANNE FAITHFULL emerges. The film's central theme as impersonation of gods, known to Crowley as the Dramatic Ritual, with ISIS and OSIRIS appearing in Egypt invoking the natural elements that conjure the rising of Lucifer, not as devil but as the rebellious angel of Light in John Milton's Paradise Lost (1667), the Venus morning star, bringer of Light and 'patron saint of the visual arts', says Anger. Anger's homage and conception of Lucifer as figure of the Rebel Angel, whose message is that the Key of Joy is Disobedience is manifest of Anger's independent approach to cinema and anarchic spirit in making films first and foremost for himself: for everyone else, they are 'enigmas to be figured out'.
Isis (Egyptian Goddess of Magic and Life, portrayed by Myriam Gibril ). A still from Lucifer Rising (1966-1980), a film by Kenneth Anger. Colour, 16mm, 28mins.
Birth of a lizard. A still from Lucifer Rising (1966-1980), a film by Kenneth Anger. Colour, 16mm, 28mins.
The ankh – symbol of transformation, alchemy and eternal life – in the temples of ancient Egypt in Luxor. A still from Lucifer Rising (1966-1980), a film by Kenneth Anger. Colour, 16mm, 28mins.
Goddess Lilith (Moon Goddess) invokes Horus (Lucifer). A still from Lucifer Rising (1966-1980), a film by Kenneth Anger. Colour, 16mm, 28mins.
The Magus (Kenneth Anger) in ritual and magick. A still from Lucifer Rising (1966-1980), a film by Kenneth Anger. Colour, 16mm, 28mins.
Lilith (Marianne Faithfull) with flowers. A still from Lucifer Rising (1966-1980), a film by Kenneth Anger. Colour, 16mm, 28mins.
A UFO appearing over Luxor, Egypt. A still from Lucifer Rising (1966-1980), a film by Kenneth Anger. Colour, 16mm, 28mins.
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The official, on-the-books federal debt is currently about $21.2 trillion, according to the US National Debt Clock.
$21.2T is the face amount of all outstanding Treasury paper, including so-called "internal" debt. This is about 105% of GDP and it's only the federal government.
Then there's corporate debt, home mortgages, credit cards, student loans, and more. Add it all together and total debt is about 330% of GDP, according to the IIF data I cited in Debt Clock Ticking.
We are in hock up to our ears.
In calculating debt, however, we don't factor in Social Security and Medicare.
These aren't yet debt because they have dedicated revenue streams: payroll taxes. Most Medicare recipients also pay premiums. To date, these revenue sources have covered current expenditures and more, allowing the programs to build up reserves.
As of this year, both programs are in negative cash flow, meaning Congress must provide additional cash to pay the promised benefits. It will get worse, too.
The so-called "trust funds" are going to run dry sooner or later, and it may be sooner. This month's annual trustee report estimated Social Security will run out of reserves in 2034, and the hospitalization part of Medicare will go dry in 2026.
Just for the record, those "trust funds" don't exist except as an accounting fiction. It is like you saving $100,000 for your child's education and then borrowing all the money from your child's education fund.
You can pretend that you have set aside $100,000 for your child's future education, but when it comes time to make those payments, you'll have to pull it out of current income or liquidate other assets.
The US government has borrowed (or used or whatever euphemism you want to apply) all the money in those trust funds.
So, talking about running out of reserves in 2034 or 2026 is rather meaningless. We've already run out of reserves. Any time a politician talks about putting a "lock box" around Social Security or Medicare trust funds, he or she is either staggeringly ignorant or lying.
For what it's worth, Social Security says it has a $13.2 trillion unfunded liability over the next 75 years. That's the benefits they expect to pay minus the revenue they expect to receive.
Medicare projections require even more assumptions: what kind of treatments the program will cover, how much treatment senior citizens will need, and what those treatments will cost.
All these could vary wildly but the "official" assumptions put Medicare's 75-year unfunded liability at $37 trillion. It could be vastly more or, if we all get healthier and healthcare costs drop, could be less.
So, at a minimum, we can probably assume Social Security and Medicare are at least another $50 trillion in debt on top of the $21.2 trillion (and growing) on-budget federal debt.
And then you come to the scary part. This doesn't include civil service or military retirement obligations, or federal backing for some private pensions via the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or open-ended guarantees like FDIC, Fannie Mae, and on and on.
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Archana started out as a special needs coordinator in New York schools before switching to a career in investment management. While not an obvious career move, Archana has always felt a strong link between teaching and leading, with the need for meaningful collaboration and the ability to build environments which encourage trust, care and opportunities for continuous learning.
Interested in human behaviour, Archana has observed throughout her career how contentment and mindfulness (contentfulness) can change the workplace for good. She believes that by cultivating contentfulness, we can become more focused on our purpose and improve wellbeing at work for all.
Archana is an associate of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and holds an MBA in finance from Yale, an MA in Education from Columbia and a BA in French Literature from Brown University. When she isn't working, you'll find Archana bringing family and friends together over a good meal or spending time with her husband and daughter discovering new lands.
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BACN was originally deployed on board a excessive altitude NASA WB-57 aircraft. Deployment on board the Global Hawk UAV is the next step beyond its present platform, a modified Bombardier Global Express business jet. Northrop Grumman's joint translator/forwarder , initially developed for US Joint Forces Command, is to accomplish digital-message transformation. In late June 2009, the USAF awarded Northrop Grumman Defense Mission Systems Inc., of San Diego, CA an urgent aidoc 66m requirement contract for its Battlefield Airborne Communications Node System. Test objectives had been to gather flight engineering data for future test occasions, and to test the capabilities of the improved Arrow interceptor.
He has lately been interested in what folks think they perceive and what they really understand and the implications of this dissociation for social policy and advertising. Other research areas embrace causal inference, planning and goal pursuit, financial decision-making, reasoning and moral judgment. He has printed extensively in the top peer-reviewed journals in psychology and shopper research and his work has been profiled in media retailers such at the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and ABC News. Dr. Fernbach is an Assistant Professor of Marketing on the Leeds School of Business on the University of Colorado, Boulder. Who worked at Vienna General Hospital in 1840s occurred to determine that "childbed fever" wasn't something only ladies in childbirth got sick from and stumbled upon the detection of infectious brokers was bitterly resented by his friends. Intense resistance also stood in the path of Copernicus who attempted to propagate the reality of spherical nature of Earth and its rotations concerning the Sun.
Depending on the size and type of the group, different management issues could be equally necessary to successful strategy implementation. Wellness packages provide counseling to employees and seek life-style adjustments to attain more healthy dwelling. Near elimination of trans fat in one's diet will scale back one's threat for coronary heart attack.
The centerline and wing-mounted refueling pods will now come from Cobham plc's Sargent Fletcher, who was additionally partnered with Airbus for this characteristic. Unlike the A330 MRTT's techniques, nonetheless, the KC-46A's wing refueling pods still need to finish testing on the 776-2C. The USAF will buy 46 wing sets for its fleet, which is ready to allow multi-aircraft aerial refueling when put in. Middle East Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd has conducted a set of test flights of the company's Harop loitering munition for an unspecified customer. The UAV is designed to remain on course for several hours before utilizing a 15kg warhead because it conducts a 'kamikaze' attack on its goal. The Indian Air Force is an international buyer for the system, having bought 10 Harpy systems in 2009, with Turkey also having purchased the system in 2005.
That was enough to create a cushion if KC-X confronted additional challenges and issues, but the actuality is that civilian 767 manufacturing looks set to finish soon. The US army will soon turn into the 767 production line's sole assist. Work shall be carried out in Taunton and is to be completed by Jan. 9, 2006. There were an unknown variety of bids solicited by way of the World Wide Web on April eight, 2002, and three bids have been received.
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1. Delete unawesome elements - If the game you play has boring, useless, fluffy or irritating character classes or races, get rid of them before you start playing. This way no one will feel either compelled (the super role-player type) or obliged (the "balance the party type") to play them. Now this is different from group to group, but as the GM you should know what your group likes and dislikes.
2. Add awesome elements without remorse - Make every race and class compelling. As GM Sit back and ask yourself, would I play a ? and have an awesome time. When the answer is yes to every one of them you are done.
3. Back story, back story, back story - Nothing exists in a vacuum. Your players need to create their characters history and what motivates them and why. I know some players hate this (munchkins, power gamers I'm lookin' at ya) but without a back story a character is just stats. You don't need to write a novel a paragraph will do and it will make a world of difference for playing. It is your job as GM to create or inform your players of all the interesting elements of the campaign world so they can have a good back story.
4. Make sure the character has character - This is something I will do an entire post on soon, but simply put a character without character is two dimensional and boring. Give your character some unique and interesting traits. Maybe he has an accent, maybe he walks with a limp or carries the picture of a lost loved one. All of these things give him character and set him apart from other characters. Make it unique, we are all sick of loner mages in dark robes that sit in corners.
I'm sure there are plenty of other good ideas out there. How do you awesome up your players characters?
This post was in some part inspired by a post on Jeff's Gameblog called "How to awesome up your players", thanks Jeff.
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Contracting officers now can find the needle in the haystack when searching for products at the Federal Supply Service's GSA Advantage portal.
Using software from Zycus Inc. of Princeton, N.J., that compiles the portal's 13,000 catalogs and 7 million products, feds now can drill down to the exact product they are looking for, instead of sifting through search results.
The new search function is part of an overall redesign and five-year strategy the agency has outlined for GSA Advantage, Goode said.
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The Cybershake workflow is used by the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) to characterize earthquake hazards in a region using the Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA) technique. Given a region of interest, an MPI based finite difference simulation is performed to generate Strain Green Tensors (SGTs). From the SGT data, synthetic seismograms are calculated for each of the ruptures that were predicted. Once this is done, spectral acceleration and probabilistic hazard curves are generated. CyberShake workflows resulting in a total of more than 800,000 jobs have been executed using the Pegasus Workflow Management System (Pegasus-WMS) on the TeraGrid. Additional details are available in Deelman et al.
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Star Wars: Force of the franchise awakens
With the seventh instalment set to hit cinemas, brands are at pains to ensure their promotional tie-ins fit customer objectives.
By Jonathan Bacon 2 Dec 2015 12:35 pm
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens is not even in cinemas yet, but it is already smashing records.
The film, which opens on 17 December, sold a record 200,000-plus tickets in the UK within 24 hours of going on sale in October. By the end of November, it had broken all known records for advance ticket sales in the US, generating more than $50m (£33m) a month prior to its release. No wonder the bookies have slashed their odds on the film overtaking Avatar to become the highest grossing of all time.
It is also likely The Force Awakens will represent the biggest promotional marketing campaign in the history of cinema. When Disney acquired Lucasfilm – the studio behind Star Wars – for $4.05bn (£3bn) in 2012, it did so with the twin aims of making more films to extend the saga while maximising the franchise's marketing potential.
Disney's plan for promoting The Force Awakens has included an extensive pre-film merchandising push, numerous brand tie-ups and a carefully staged teaser campaign. All of these activities are intended to drive up fan excitement and commercial revenues simultaneously.
Lucasfilm announced in August that it had signed up seven global partners spanning the worlds of make-up, breakfast cereals, sandwiches and telecommunications for an "expansive, historic promotional campaign". The brands involved – Procter & Gamble (via Covergirl and Max Factor), Duracell, car manufacturer FCA US, General Mills, HP, Subway and Verizon – have all created their own campaigns around the film that include advertising, video content and special promotions and giveaways.
The partnerships do not stop there either, as Disney has joined forces with multiple brands in local territories for further campaigns and promotions. Yet as Marketing Week's columnist Mark Ritson pointed out last week, many of these tie-ups range from the tangential to the bizarre, including Star Wars-branded nail varnish from Covergirl and a special edition 'dark side' laptop from HP. Ritson argues that such partnerships lead marketers to neglect their brand strategies in favour of short-term tactical activations.
How then, can marketers avoid falling into this trap and create promotions that stay true to their overall brand goals? Also, amid all this marketing noise, how is Disney ensuring that the force remains strong with the most popular film franchise of all time?
Disney's 'Force Friday' kickstarted sales of Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys
Targeting segments
Sandwich chain Subway says it is focused on targeting specific segments of customers through its Star Wars promotions. The brand is using its association with the film to push its Kids' Pak range of children's meals, including an offer to collect six exclusive Star Wars: The Force Awakens messenger bags with every Kids' Pak. The brand is using TV advertising to highlight the promotion, while limited edition 'Stormtrooper' paper cups and Star Wars-themed displays advertise it in-store.
Subway is also running a social media competition in which it is asking customers to submit photos of their best Star Wars pose. To enter, they have to strike a pose and snap themselves in a store, or using Subway branded items such as paper cups or straws, and then tag their entry with hashtags #SubWin and #TheForceAwakens. The top prize is a trip for two to Comic-Con Dubai next year, while other entrants can win a selection of Star Wars toys and merchandise.
Subway's UK and Ireland head of marketing Roger Cusa says that its Star Wars-themed promotions will be the brand's main traffic driver during the Christmas period. "This latest promotion builds upon the Subway brand's very successful and long-standing relationship with Disney, which launched in 2012 with the release of the Disney/Pixar film Monsters University," he notes.
"The build-up to the launch of The Force Awakens has touched everybody in the UK and Ireland. As such, it resonates with all our customers as it appeals to all ages and genders."
Beyond the film's global partners, several brands are creating localised campaigns in the UK. O2, for example, has opted to integrate its Star Wars promotions with its 'Priority' loyalty scheme, which covers the brand's 25 million customers. This includes giving away 1,700 tickets to the film's UK premiere and more than 250,000 pieces of merchandise such as LED lightsaber key rings, mini speakers and toys of the new droid character BB-8. O2 has also released an accompanying TV ad starring original Star Wars droids R2-D2 and C-3PO, as well as BB-8.
Head of O2 Priority Chris Arrowsmith claims the brand has generated huge levels of excitement – and even queues outside some stores – with its merchandise giveaways. It has so far received over one million entries from customers for its Star Wars competitions, including 600,000 entries for the BB-8 offer. The toy, made by Sphero, is controllable via an app and is likely to be a top-selling gift this Christmas.
"O2 Priority is all about connecting our customers to the things that they love and we know film is a huge passion point – that's why we've got a long and proud history of giving our customers exclusive access and discounts to a range of movies," says Arrowsmith. "By connecting them to Star Wars: The Force Awakens in so many different and exclusive ways, we want to continue to reward them for being O2 customers."
'Event' cinema
With advance ticket sales already breaking records, cinema chains are gearing up their marketing and promotions to ensure they derive maximum commercial value from The Force Awakens. However, the UK Cinema Association's CEO Phil Clapp also points out that cinema chains can derive longer-term benefits from the film if they use it as an opportunity to engage people who rarely visit the cinema.
"The average UK cinema attendance is about 2.5 times a year per head," he says. "The hope and expectation with films like Star Wars is that it will get people into the cinema who haven't been for a very long time. Hopefully, if they find the experience a pleasing one in terms of the quality of the film, the physical environment and the customer service, they'll think about coming back. So there's that expectation of a halo effect around films of this size."
Subway is one of seven global partners with Lucasfilm for the latest Star Wars film
Clapp also notes that The Force Awakens will enjoy a longer run at the cinemas than most other films and that many fans will go to see it several times on the big screen. This presents cinema operators with more opportunities to engage people with different promotions, including competitions and one-off screenings.
"Anything that adds to the general air of excitement – costume nights, midnight screenings – will extend the buzz, reach and impact of the film and I'm sure a number of sites are looking at things like that," he says.
Commercial director at Odeon Andy Edge says his chain is looking at the latest Star Wars instalment in a broader strategic sense, including how it can target different demographics. "The audience is going to be very cross-generational," he says. "People who went to see Star Wars when they were kids are now taking their own kids to see it. We're coming up with campaigns to target specific segments, not just one."
In terms of promotional activations, Edge says that theme nights and all-night screenings are among the options that Odeon is considering in its marketing plan for The Force Awakens. This will also include new Star Wars-themed offers on food and drink and revamped point-of sale displays within cinema foyers aimed at capturing fans' imagination.
The Disney effect
Disney, with its huge corporate machine and retail network, has proved adept at steadily building excitement around The Force Awakens in the three years since it acquired Lucasfilm. Its campaign has featured all types of activations and media channels including exclusive fan events, video teasers and social campaigns, all geared towards generating as much publicity as possible for the film (see timeline, below).
Notable among these was 'Force Friday', a global merchandising event held on 4 September that aimed to kickstart sales of merchandise and toys for the film. The event saw Disney present an 18-hour live stream of fans unboxing Star Wars merchandise on YouTube.
In addition, Disney held events at its own stores, as well as at partner retailers such as Toys R Us, Target and Walmart in the US, and Smyths and Forbidden Planet in the UK, where fans could get an exclusive first look at the new toys. The retailers opened their doors at midnight and customers were encouraged to share their experiences on social media using the hashtags #ForceFriday and #MidnightMadness.
Just as partner brands must carefully consider their strategic aims, Disney will need to walk a fine line to ensure its promotional activities remain compelling, rather than off-putting, to fans that love the films but are suspicious of commercial influences. With two more Star Wars films planned for 2017 and 2019, it certainly seems that Disney's marketing plan for The Force Awakens will provide the blueprint for much more Star Wars-themed promotional activity in the years to come.
Leslie Ferraro, president of Disney consumer products, declares: "We've been working closely with the filmmakers to bring the characters and storylines to life through an exciting array of products, and we're thrilled to share them with fans around the world."
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Mark Ritson: Star Wars is not the brand partnership you're looking for
With only a few weeks until the opening of the latest Star Wars movie, there are no shortage of brands jumping on the bandwagon. Here I review the logic behind the brand partnerships.
Is product placement out of control?
The tactical advantage is questionable when more than 60 brands can share the screen.
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When was the current immigration law passed
When was the immigration law passed?
What is current US immigration policy?
The body of law governing current immigration policy is called The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The INA allows the United States to grant up to 675,000 permanent immigrant visas each year across various visa categories. … Each year the United States also admits a variety of noncitizens on a temporary basis.
Is the Immigration Act of 1990 still in effect?
The Immigration Act of 1990 increased the annual limits on the total level of immigration to the United States. For fiscal years 1992 through 1994, the law limited the total number of immigrants to 700,000, to be decreased to 675,000 in fiscal year 1995 and each year thereafter.
Why were immigration laws passed in the 1920s?
Immigration quotas passed in the 1920s tended to favor earlier generations of immigrants by giving preference to Northern Europeans. Discriminatory immigration policies aimed at southern and eastern Europeans figured into the quota-based policies of the 1920s.27 мая 2008 г.
What President signed the immigration law?
Did the US ever have open borders?
Immigration is distinct from naturalization. … However, while the United States had an "open-borders" policy for the first century of its existence, it had very clear naturalization laws from the first years of its existence. Anyone who wanted to vote or hold elective office had to be naturalized.
When did the US start restricting immigration?
How many green cards are issued per year?
140,000 green cards
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Why did new immigrants struggle in America?
Fleeing crop failure, land and job shortages, rising taxes, and famine, many came to the U. S. because it was perceived as the land of economic opportunity. Others came seeking personal freedom or relief from political and religious persecution.
What changes in attitudes toward immigration act of 1990 reflect?
Making Inferences What changes in attitudes toward immigration does the Immigration Act of 1990 reflect? Possible answer: The law favors skilled, educated immigrants, reflecting a desire to use immigration to the national advantage. Cultural Pluralism Every community has a unique ethnic history.
What is the immigration law of 1997?
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, enacted by Congress on September 30, 1996, took full effect on April 1, 1997. The new law is restrictive and harsh. The new law will have a dramatic impact on the American families and businesses alike.
What did the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 provide?
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRAIRA) strengthened U.S. immigration laws, adding penalties for undocumented immigrants who commit crimes while in the United States or who stay in the U.S. for statutorily defined periods of time.
Why did the US ban Chinese immigration?
Purpose of The Chinese Exclusion Act
Meant to curb the influx of Chinese immigrants to the United States, particularly California, The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 suspended Chinese immigration for ten years and declared Chinese immigrants ineligible for naturalization.
How did immigration affect America in the 20th century?
The researchers believe the late 19th and early 20th century immigrants stimulated growth because they were complementary to the needs of local economies at that time. Low-skilled newcomers were supplied labor for industrialization, and higher-skilled arrivals helped spur innovations in agriculture and manufacturing.
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DSM-5 full syndrome, other specified, and unspecified eating disorders in Australian adolescents: prevalence and clinical significance
Deborah Mitchison, Jonathan Mond, Kay Bussey, Scott Griffiths, Nora Trompeter, Alexandra Lonergan, Kathleen M. Pike, Stuart B. Murray, Phillipa Hay
Journal: Psychological Medicine , First View
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 May 2019, pp. 1-10
Little information is available on the prevalence of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5 eating disorders in adolescence, and eating disorders remain unique in the DSM for not systematically including a criterion for clinical significance. This study aimed to provide the first prevalence report of the full suite of DSM-5 eating disorders in adolescence, and to examine the impact of applying a criterion for clinical significance.
In total, 5191 (participation rate: 70%) Australian adolescents completed a survey measuring 1-month prevalence of eating disorder symptoms for all criterial, 'other specified' and unspecified eating disorders, as well as health-related quality of life and psychological distress.
The point prevalence of any eating disorder was 22.2% (12.8% in boys, 32.9% in girls), and 'other specified' disorders (11.2%) were more common than full criterial disorders (6.2%). Probable bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder, but not anorexia nervosa (AN), were more likely to be experienced by older adolescents. Most disorders were associated with an increased odds for being at a higher weight. The prevalence of eating disorders was reduced by 40% (to 13.6%) when a criterion for clinical significance was applied.
Eating disorders, particularly 'other specified' syndromes, are common in adolescence, and are experienced across age, weight, socioeconomic and migrant status. The merit of adding a criterion for clinical significance to the eating disorders, similar to other DSM-5 disorders, warrants consideration. At the least, screening tools should measure distress and impairment associated with eating disorder symptoms in order to capture adolescents in greatest need for intervention.
Mental health: taking its place as an essential element of sustainable global development
Pamela Scorza, Ohemaa Poku, Kathleen M. Pike
Journal: BJPsych International / Volume 15 / Issue 4 / November 2018
Print publication: November 2018
As of 2015, with the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the United Nations has a new roadmap for development that will guide global and national agendas for the next 15 years. Mental health was explicitly included in the SDGs, for the first time being recognised as an essential component of development. This is a major achievement that has taken decades of unrelenting advocacy. Still, mental health lacks clear, measurable indicators within the SDGs, threatening its progress in the realm of global development. The task now is for the global mental health community to actively work within health systems, and with other sectors, to integrate mental health interventions and indicators into programmes aimed at other goals and targets. In this way, the direct impact of mental health on development and the impact of mental health on other development goals will be recognised and quantified.
Utilisation of early intervention services in young children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Kathleen A. Mussatto, Danielle Hollenbeck-Pringle, Felicia Trachtenberg, Erica Sood, Renee Sananes, Nancy A. Pike, Linda M. Lambert, William T. Mahle, David J. Goldberg, Caren S. Goldberg, Carolyn Dunbar-Masterson, Michelle Otto, Bradley S. Marino, Bronwyn H. Bartle, Ismee A. Williams, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Sinai C. Zyblewski, Victoria L. Pemberton
Journal: Cardiology in the Young / Volume 28 / Issue 1 / January 2018
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2017, pp. 126-133
Children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome are at a risk for neurodevelopmental delays. Current guidelines recommend systematic evaluation and management of neurodevelopmental outcomes with referral for early intervention services. The Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial represents the largest cohort of children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome ever assembled. Data on life events and resource utilisation have been collected annually. We sought to determine the type and prevalence of early intervention services used from age 1 to 4 years and factors associated with utilisation of services.
Data from 14-month neurodevelopmental assessment and annual medical history forms were used. We assessed the impact of social risk and geographic differences. Fisher exact tests and logistic regression were used to evaluate associations.
Annual medical history forms were available for 302 of 314 children. Greater than half of the children (52–69%) were not receiving services at any age assessed, whereas 20–32% were receiving two or more therapies each year. Utilisation was significantly lower in year 4 (31%) compared with years 1–3 (with a range from 40 to 48%) (p<0.001). Social risk factors were not associated with the use of services at any age but there were significant geographic differences. Significant delay was reported by parents in 18–43% of children at ages 3 and 4.
Despite significant neurodevelopmental delays, early intervention service utilisation was low in this cohort. As survival has improved for children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, attention must shift to strategies to optimise developmental outcomes, including enrolment in early intervention when merited.
Toward an understanding of risk factors for binge-eating disorder in black and white women: a community-based case-control study
RUTH H. STRIEGEL-MOORE, CHRISTOPHER G. FAIRBURN, DENISE E. WILFLEY, KATHLEEN M. PIKE, FAITH-ANNE DOHM, HELENA C. KRAEMER
Journal: Psychological Medicine / Volume 35 / Issue 6 / June 2005
Background. This study sought to identify in white women risk factors specific to binge-eating disorder (BED) and for psychiatric disorders in general, and to compare black and white women on risk factors for BED.
Method. A case-control design was used. Participants were recruited from the community and included 162 women who met DSM-IV criteria for BED and two comparison groups of women with no history of clinically significant eating disorder symptoms. The comparison women were matched to BED women on age, education and ethnicity and divided into a healthy comparison (HC) group, who had no current psychiatric disorder, and a psychiatric comparison (PC) group, who had a diagnosis of a DSM-IV Axis I psychiatric disorder. The study sample size was determined by the group with the least members (PC), including 107 women with BED and 214 matched comparison women. A broad range of risk factors was assessed with a Risk Factor Interview and the Parental Bonding Instrument.
Results. No significant effects for ethnicity by diagnostic group were found. BED women reported higher exposure to childhood obesity, family overeating or binge-eating, family discord, and high parental demands than PC women. The combined BED and PC group scored significantly higher than the HC group on measures of negative affect, parental mood and substance disorders, perfectionism, separation from parents, and maternal problems with parenting.
Conclusions. These findings indicate that childhood obesity and familial eating problems are reliable specific risk factors for BED. Ethnicity does not appear to moderate risk for BED.
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Austrian Airlines will wet-lease an Adria Airways Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft, registered S5-AAN. The jet is eight years old and will be utilised by Austrian from September 16 until the end of October. A wet-lease is a leasing arrangement whereby the lessor provides an aircraft, complete crew, maintenance and insurance to another airline. Currently, Adria has another CRJ900 on wet-lease with Swiss International Air Lines, with the deal expected to run until September 30.
Adria is gaining traction in this ACMI business. It's no guarantee that they're actually making money doing this but it's promising.
LH will need a lot of AC soon, as the aircraft leased from AB face an uncertain future. Germanwings is reactivating all its 320 they just recently put into the desert.
It is smart for Adria but not fir Swiss. Decreases their product quality.
They will need A320-size aircraft, not CRJ900.
From who do Adria themselves lease the CRJ?
Leased from leasing companies? Thanks for that.
You have companies like AerCap, GECAS, etc., who buy aircraft in bulk and then lease it to mainly small companies.
Maybe JP will transfer some CRJ900 aircraft to its new Swiss subsidiary to fly longer term for LX, replacing Helvetic's F100s?
Frankly speaking there is a difference between Helvetic and Adria. Many Swiss people who bought LX tickect were dissapointed when boarded Adria planes. It's about the Swissness actually, and not much to do with Adria.
Helvetic is a long therm partner what Darwin was, so they need to win again their confidence first. This could potentionally happened on LUG ZRH flight but not just big time.
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This video demonstrates an anterior translocation of the circumflex aortic arch for the management of esophageal compression.
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Q: How to fix Cloud Function error admin.database.ref is not a function at exports I'm currently trying to modify my Cloud Functions and move in under https.onRequest so that i can call use it to schedule a cron job. How it i'm getting the following error in the logs.
TypeError: admin.database.ref is not a function
at exports.scheduleSendNotificationMessageJob.functions.https.onRequest (/user_code/index.js:30:20)
at cloudFunction (/user_code/node_modules/firebase-functions/lib/providers/https.js:57:9)
exports.scheduleSendNotificationMessageJob = functions.https.onRequest((req, res) => {
admin.database.ref('/notifications/{studentId}/notifications/{notificationCode}')
.onCreate((dataSnapshot, context) => {
const dbPath = '/notifications/' + context.params.pHumanId + '/fcmCode';
const promise = admin.database().ref(dbPath).once('value').then(function(tokenSnapshot) {
const theToken = tokenSnapshot.val();
res.status(200).send(theToken);
const notificationCode = context.params.pNotificationCode;
const messageData = {notificationCode: notificationCode};
const theMessage = { data: messageData,
notification: { title: 'You have a new job reminder' }
};
const options = { contentAvailable: true,
collapseKey: notificationCode };
const notificationPath = '/notifications/' + context.params.pHumanId + '/notifications/' + notificationCode;
admin.database().ref(notificationPath).remove();
return admin.messaging().sendToDevice(theToken, theMessage, options);
});
return null;
});
});
A: You cannot use the definition of an onCreate() Realtime Database trigger within the definition of an HTTP Cloud Function.
If you switch to an HTTP Cloud Function "so that (you) can call use it to schedule a cron job" it means the trigger will be the call to the HTTP Cloud Function. In other words you will not be anymore able to trigger an action (or the Cloud Function) when new data is created in the Realtime Database.
What you can very well do is to read the data of the Realtime Database, as follows, for example (simplified scenario of sending a notification):
exports.scheduleSendNotificationMessageJob = functions.https.onRequest((req, res) => {
//get the desired values from the request
const studentId = req.body.studentId;
const notificationCode = req.body.notificationCode;
//Read data with the once() method
admin.database.ref('/notifications/' + studentId + '/notifications/' + notificationCode)
.once('value')
.then(snapshot => {
//Here just an example on how you would get the desired values
//for your notification
const theToken = snapshot.val();
const theMessage = ....
//......
// return the promise returned by the sendToDevice() asynchronous task
return admin.messaging().sendToDevice(theToken, theMessage, options)
})
.then(() => {
//And then send back the result (see video referred to below)
res.send("{ result : 'message sent'}") ;
})
.catch(err => {
//........
});
});
You may watch the following official Firebase video about HTTP Cloud Functions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IkUgCLr5oA&t=1s&list=PLl-K7zZEsYLkPZHe41m4jfAxUi0JjLgSM&index=3. It shows how to read data from Firestore but the concept of reading and sending back the response (or an error) is the same for the Realtime Database. Together with the 2 other videos of the series (https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/video-series/?authuser=0), it also explains how it is important to correctly chain promises and to indicate to the platform that the work of the Cloud Function is finished.
A: For me, this error happened when writing admin.database instead of admin.database().
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Home » Health News » Magnetic brain stimulation can help patients with depression and pain
Magnetic brain stimulation can help patients with depression and pain
11.10-2022 Health News Comments Off on Magnetic brain stimulation can help patients with depression and pain
Clinicians and researchers have long used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to treat and study chronic pain and severe depression. A new technology, multi-locus TMS (mTMS), will improve the approach by utilizing the novel design of magnetic transducers allowing for electronic control of all stimulation parameters—location, intensity and the orientation of the induced electric field—assisted by a robot to redirect stimulation from one part of the brain to another in just a fraction of a second.
TMS involves applying a series of magnetic pulses to the brain via a coil placed on the surface of the head. Manually moving the coil that delivers the pulses, choosing the stimulation site and direction, and monitoring the response is currently a demanding task that requires a skilled, experienced specialist.
The ConnectToBrain project aims to significantly improve this process. "The aim is to change brain connections and help patients suffering from conditions like depression, chronic pain and stroke. The current technology uses a stimulator that is moved by hand, so only a few patients with pain, for example, can be treated in a day. Electronic targeting and automation can multiply treatment capacity," says Professor Risto Ilmoniemi, who is leading the project.
"Our vision is to create an autonomous robotic multi-locus brain stimulation system that can be operated remotely. Besides minimizing the operator's role in delivering the treatment, there are many other benefits such as improved quality of clinical outcomes, easier identification of brain networks involved in specific brain disorders, and in general better knowledge creation, says Research Fellow Dubravko Kičić, who coordinates the project.
Although the robot used in the project is a commercial device that has been for research at Aalto University for a couple of years, significant breakthroughs in the software and functionality have only been made in the past few months.
The device currently has five coils that generate magnetic pulses, but the project aims to expand to a modular system with up to 50 coils. The modular system can be commercialized in smaller versions, and this would cover a wider range of applications and demands from both clinical and research markets.
"Even the current model is suitable for hospital use. It has already undergone preliminary testing and works well. It can also be used for special applications. For example, 12 or 24 coils could be suitable for treating people with severe depression," says Ilmoniemi.
The navigation software controlling the robot is named InVesalius and has been developed by Aalto researchers Victor Hugo Souza, Ana Soto de la Cruz and Renan Matsuda. This is a result of a long-term collaboration with Professor Oswaldo Baffa at the University of Sao Paulo and with the Center for Information Technology Renato Archer, both in Brazil. Part of the electromagnetic modeling needed for stimulus targeting has been developed using algorithms and software developed by the Senior University Lecturer Matti Stenroos.
"The software recognizes the position of the patient's head and guides the stimulator to a target using the anatomy of the brain, working just like a GPS. The 5-coil device covers an area 30 millimeters wide, and with the robot we can use automation to cover wider regions. Meanwhile, we are focusing on increasing the number of coils which will allow us to create treatment paradigms that were not possible before," says Souza.
"According to a brain response, there will be a readjustment in the treatment. This allows super accurate personalization, and you can monitor the progress for each patient," Kičić says.
The project involves dozens of researchers at Aalto specializing in different areas. For example, Olli-Pekka Kahilakoski and Heikki Sinisalo are working on the overall development of the device software and electronics, and Ida Granö, Matilda Makkonen, Hanna Pankka, Tuomas Mutanen, and Pantelis Lioumis are working on methods for processing real-time electroencephalogram (EEG) measurements to decide where and when to stimulate the brain—faster than currently.
"Aino Nieminen's doctoral thesis was the first to study magnetic stimulation using algorithms. For the first time, it was possible to find a muscle response site in the brain in less than a minute, which would have taken ten minutes previously. Saving time is important because the hourly cost of treatment is very high," says Ilmoniemi.
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Balneology is the scientific study of the therapeutic benefits of naturally occurring mineral waters. And yes, it's really a thing! In fact, throughout Europe and Japan, balneology, or hot springs therapy, is widely used as part of routine medical care.
Recently the benefits of hot springs therapy have become pretty popular amongst wellness seekers and adventurous travellers alike. So, if your keen to work a little self-care into your next travel itinerary, we've rounded up our favourite spots for you to try.
As a volcanically active country, Japan has thousands of onsens (hot springs) scattered throughout all of its major islands. Japanese people believe that a good soak in proper onsen heals all manner of aches, pains and diseases. The Japanese even have a word for this called "Onsen Therapy".
Our favourite is Nestled deep within the Northern Japan Alps, at the foot of Mt. Norikura, in a small ryokan called Miharashi. The best time to visit is autumn, where you can bath outside in the unique white sulphuric blend of soothing water and watch the red and yellow leaves falling down around you.
The Bolivia Salt Flats, or Salar de Uyuni, might be one of the most stunning places on Earth, and is pretty much a photographer's (and Instagrammer's) dream.
One of it's attractions is the naturally occurring hot springs that are formed outside the many lagoons in the area. The only manmade developments are walls to contain the water and some small shacks with see-through curtains that you can change behind. If you can get there just after sunrise, you can usually have the pools to yourself, to enjoy getting warm and toasty in the pristine waters whilst taking in the breath-taking views in peace. At only 60 cents an entry, it's well worth a visit.
Like Japan, Iceland is a hotbed of volcanic activity, and so hot springs are somewhat of a national pastime. If you're planning a trip to Iceland, or know someone who's been there, then you've probably heard of The Blue Lagoon Spa, which undoubtabley is worth a visit. But if you're willing to get off the beaten track, there are far less crowded and more hidden gems to explore. Seljavallalaug is one of these, and it's certainly not featured on the typical tour bus route. It's the oldest and most authentic outdoor bathing pool in Iceland. It's nestled deep in a narrow valley below the infamous Eyjafjallajökull, in the southern part of the Island. The pool's water stems from a natural hot spring close by and it's completely surrounded by green mountain ranges, with not a soul in site. Better yet it's free.
Pantelleria is a little-known Island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisa. Sometimes referred to as the 'black pearl of the Mediterranean' – it's a fairly rugged and remote volcanic outcrop. With its only beach in-land and made of mud, it's remained relatively immune from the hordes of sun-seeking tourists that descend on the Mediterranean every summer. But for those in the know the Islands secret attraction is the Specchio di Venere ("Mirror of Venus"), and is the reason why celebrities such as Giorgio Armani, Truman Capote, Sting and Madonna visit here every year.
This naturally occurring heart-shaped lake, fed by rainwater and hot springs, and of a colour that changes from emerald to turquoise to deep blue – is both luxuriously self-indulgent and gratifyingly therapeutic. A favourite pastime of locals is slathering themselves in the mineral-rich mud, rinsing off with a swim to the centre, and emerging, regenerated, with silky soft skin. The pièce de résistance? Pantelleria also has a natural hot sauna located in a grotto on the island's highest peak.
New Zealand is geothermal hot bed of activity, with 100's of naturally occurring hot springs throughout it's famously beautiful wilderness. One of these, The Welcome Flat Hot Pools, has one of the best views in the country, being settled in a valley surrounded by snow-capped peaks and native forest. To get here it's a bit of a mission, with an 18km hike that takes you up Copland Valley through beech forest, across grassy clearings and rivers, with stunning alpine views along the way. At the end, you'll be rewarded with a soak in four naturally heated thermal pools, where can relax your tired muscles, whilst taking in the pristine and breath-taking nature. In November, you can soak whilst watching avalanches cascading down the opposite face of the mountains surrounding you – a pretty epic experience!
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Oracle is mounting a channel push to get more mid-sized and SMEs using business intelligence (BI) after discovering a decent portion of that market is not using the technology.
The vendor carried out research that revealed 75% of SMEs were still relying on spreadsheets and as a result were failing to exploit efficiencies leaving themselves hindered in their ability to react to the recession.
David Tweddle, head of the general business unit at Oracle UK, said that half of those customers surveyed were unable to reveal their most importantly business partners or determine which suppliers offered the best value.
He said that it was taking the research out to the channel and encouraging its partners to pitch BI into SMEs because they could also benefit from the time savings and improved data management.
The research showed that 63% of those quizzed would like to have better knowledge of when issues are going to happen across the business and 54% wanted to predict changes in market demand.
Tweddle said that smaller companies needed to be more agile in the current climate and needed to have their data at their fingertips.
"Some companies have got not idea what they have got and have no asset understanding of their worth," he said.
John Nicoll, sales and operations director at Maxima, said that the recession had helped push some customers towards resellers offering BI because they needed to know what was happening with their operations in Oriental.
"They can exploit the information and data and once they have got those then it enables better decision making," he said.
"Businesses have to really be in control and if they don't have a good handle on their operations then they are finding it will be harder,"he added.
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The Karen Demirchyan Sport and Concert Complex reportedly has been put up for action, according to the official website of the Service for the Mandatory Execution of Judicial Acts of Armenia's Ministry of Justice.
According to the source, the bidding price is set at $47 million, and the auction closes on May 29.
Built in 1983, The Karen Demirchyan Sport and Concert Complex is one of Armenia's cultural landmarks.
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Master's programme in Economic Growth, Population and Development
MSc major Economic History | MSc major Economic Demography | MSc major Economic Development | 2 years | 120 credits
The programme is organised into three different tracks. When applying for the programme, you also select which track you are specialising in. The different tracks share courses to some extent.
The courses outlined below are track-specific and mandatory. You are also required to choose optional courses offered by the Department of Economic History, regardless of your chosen track. In addition, there may be courses offered by other departments that are possible to include in the chosen track.
Economic History (track 1)
Track-specifik courses (mandatory)
The Global Economy and Long-term Economic Growth (7.5 ECTS)
This course studies historical processes of growth, convergence and divergence in the global economy over the past millennium. Two different approaches are applied. One considers theories of economic growth, about how production is generated by capital and labour and the level of technology. The other takes the perspective of the international economy and studies international trade, migration, and movements of capital.
Research Design (7.5 ECTS)
The course presents the student with research methods used within the social sciences in general, and within economic history specifically. The course will carefully deal with the importance of source criticism to any well-planned research. It will then, through a detailed examination of various quantitative and qualitative methods, discuss the validity of these methods to various research questions and data. The overarching goal of the course is to provide students with the tools necessary to prepare a well-structured research assignment.
Population and Living Standards (7.5 ECTS)
This course deals with the interplay between population and living standards in a long-term perspective. It focuses on three broader themes. In the first, different models of the pre-industrial economic demographic system are studied, and the legacy of these models (e.g. Malthusianism) and their relevance today is assessed. Different demographic indicators of living standards, such as life expectancy, infant mortality and demographic responses to economic fluctuations, are discussed and compared with other well-being indicators in an assessment of the long-term global development of standard of living. The second theme deals with the importance of population dynamics, especially fluctuations in fertility, and thus cohort size, on living standards in industrial society. The third theme focuses on the role of families and households in providing welfare and security of its members. Both the development over time and global comparisons are central in this theme.
Advanced Analysis of Economic Change (7.5 ECTS)
This course analyses the major debates in development economics from a long-term perspective. Questions central to the course are: 'can we determine historical roots of why some countries are rich and others poor, and if so, how do we approach this?'; 'what is the role of the different factors of production in long run economic development?'; and 'what role do critical historical junctures play in long run development?'. During the course, students will learn about the different methods used in modern research through an in-depth study of the literature and hands-on econometric exercises. Explorative methodologies versus hypothesis testing are discussed. Exercises are performed with the help of econometric software, whereby students are trained in the use of statistical tools but also in understanding and interpreting quantitative results in an historical context.
Econometrics I (7.5 ECTS)
This course provides the student with a fundamental understanding of the theoretical and methodological problems associated with quantitative approaches to economic history. The first part consists of basic theory and methods relating to multivariate linear regression, limited dependent variable regression and time series analysis. It also considers how to apply these methods through examples of how such methods are used in economic history. This part also introduces computer software (e.g. Stata) for quantitative analysis. In the second part of the course, students analyse a quantitative problem using actual data from economic history, and report results in individual papers.
Econometrics II (7.5 ECTS)
This course provides the student with more advanced theory and methods relating to causal approaches surpassing the multivariate linear regression, limited dependent variable regression and time series analysis covered by Econometrics I. It also considers how to apply these methods through examples of how such methods are used in economic history. It discusses issues like selection bias, the bad control problem, and unobserved heterogeneity and the pitfalls associated with them as well as the possibilities to deal with these issues. This part advances the knowledge of empirical analysis making use of computer software (e.g. Stata). In the second part of the course, students independently analyse a more advanced quantitative problem using actual data from economic history, and report results in individual papers, showing awareness of the pros and cons of various causal approaches in econometrics.
The course is mandatory for year 1 for students who have previously studied econometrics at a level corresponding to Econometrics I.
Institutions, Economic Growth and Equity (7.5 ECTS)
This course studies the relations between institutions, modern economic growth and equality. Problems in the world of today are taken as a point of departure for an historical analysis that covers countries and regions in different parts of the world. Four themes are focussed. One is about the emergence of institutions such as property rights and markets, and their role for economic growth. The second is about the importance of the distribution of resources for institutional development. The third is about the importance of the growth of knowledge and education for the creation of equality of opportunity. The fourth is about the emergence of the modern welfare state as well as current challenges to its future.
Tutorials: Advanced Topics in Economic History
During the second year, the department offer a selection of courses on a tutorial basis or in seminar form. They all discuss research-related problems within their respective fields and involve students in the seminar discussions, based on readings from international research. It is mandatory to take two of these courses during the second year. The specific courses offered may vary from year to year, examples are given below:
Financial History (7.5 ECTS)
History of Economic Ideas (7.5 ECTS)
Inequality and Growth (7.5 ECTS)
Historical Economic Geography (7.5 ECTS)
Labour Markets and Industrial Relations (7.5 ECTS)
Elective courses in economic history
Growth Over Time and Space (7.5 ECTS)
Innovation and technical change is central to long term economic growth but it is treated very differently in economic theories. In a comparative manner this course presents technical change within major theoretical approaches: neoclassical growth models, endogenous growth models and evolutionary structural models. Particular attention is given to an economic historical model combined with a spatial theoretical framework of regional trajectories of growth. The model is based upon complementarities around innovations forming development blocks that are driving processes of structural change. Thus, the interplay between innovations, economic transformation and economic growth is studied with an emphasis on major carrier branches both historically and in contemporary times. Innovations are analysed in relation to variations over time in, e.g., relative prices, entrepreneurial activity, investments, labour demand and employment. It is shown how this, at an aggregate level, shows up in phases of spatial convergence and divergence, respectively.
Causes of Demographic Change (7.5 ECTS)
The course gives an introduction to demographic data, measurement and description of demographic phenomena. The course consists of two parts:
Demographic methods. Basic demographic measures and concepts are discussed, such as rates, the lexis diagram, life tables, fertility, nuptiality, mortality and migration measures.
Theories and evidence on global demographic change in an historical perspective. The long term demographic development in the world is discussed and related to different theoretical explanations.
Development of Emerging Economies (7.5 ECTS)
This course examines growth dynamics of the developing world during the last decades, explored in a comparative and historical perspective. The question of why some developing economies have been able to set in motion catching-up processes, while others remain stagnant, will be discussed aided by historical-theoretical perspectives with the main focus on countries in Pacific Asia, Africa South of the Sahara and Latin America. It will be theoretically and empirically assessed to what extent the growth of the so-called global South might be sustained. The course is divided into two parts.
The first puts heavy emphasis on readings and lectures on analytical perspectives of development and catching up from the viewpoint of classical, although current, questions such as: the role of agricultural transformation, growth-inequality, market integration, possibilities for and experiences of industrial policy, technology transfer, social capabilities, market-state relationship, governance and domestic resource mobilization, poverty/human development.
The second part of the course is more student-driven and is devoted to seminar assignments where highly topical themes are discussed on the basis of available empirical data. Examples of questions to be addressed might be: south-to-south investments flows, the impact of China, the extent to which growth is commodity-driven, issues of improving competitiveness and productivity, forces behind poverty reduction.
China and the Asia Pacific (7.5 ECTS)
This course explores and explains the processes of rapid industrialisation and socio-economic modernisation in China and the Asia Pacific drawing on a historically-comparative institutional approach. Fundamental factors and forces behind the economic transformation are analysed against the background of leading theories of economic development and social change. The course is divided into two parts. The first part uses institutional theory to analyse the emergence of the so-called East Asian model and its relevance for China. The institutional underpinnings of China's transformation to a market economy are analysed in comparison with previous and contemporary development experiences in the Asia Pacific, from Japan to the ASEAN countries. Themes dealt with include agricultural modernisation and industrial policy, and concepts such as developmental state, export-led growth, and growth with equity, are applied and critically analysed. The second part deals with current trends and forces of globalisation in the Asia Pacific region and China's role as a leading regional economy. Trade policies, the impact of foreign investments and patterns of regional integration are explored and analysed.
Economics of Innovation (7.5 ECTS)
This course covers several areas of innovation economics, such as their characteristics, their driving forces of innovation and how innovation affects economic growth. It covers several sub-themes, such as:
Market structures and innovation – describes how competitive structures and imperfect competition may induce innovation in different industries.
Institutions and innovation – drawing on the systems of innovation literature, this theme addresses how the institutional framework affects innovation.
Innovation, Energy and Sustainability (7.5 ECTS)
Climate change has, more than anything else, imposed innovative challenges for present human energy systems. This course begins with an overview of global energy systems based on oil, carbon, nuclear and hydropower as well as supplementary systems. Three areas are given particular emphasis: firstly, energy end use efficiency, its historical development and future prospects; secondly, renewable energy and the ongoing change at its technological frontier; thirdly, transport, their different systems, use of energy and impact on the environment as well as ongoing technological change. Both positive and normative aspects of the interplay between economic growth and energy are treated. Among the first aspects is the so called decoupling of energy and GDP, for example, whether the third industrial revolution implies a reduction of energy use. Normative aspects consider institutional and political factors which determine incentives for innovation.
Human Capital in a Historical Perspective (7.5 ECTS)
Human capital is often considered as an important determinant to economic growth and a strategic factor with respect to productivity. It is also assumed to affect peoples' lives in many other ways, from personal well-being to promotion of social equality. In this course, the theoretical foundations as well as empirical evidence are reviewed and critically examined. Human capital is, moreover, discussed in relation to related concepts in economic growth theory such as research and development, social capital and social capability. A vital issue is that of causality: does human capital cause economic growth or is it an effect of it? This and many other problems are analysed from a historical point of view, considering human capital formation as well as the role of human capital in modernisation, in particular in the first, second, and third industrial revolution.
Consequences of Demographic Change (7.5 ECTS)
The course examines the impact of demographic change on the social and economic fabric of society, with a focus on issues of importance to today's policymakers. The impact of population aging will be examined in detail, as will the possible benefits / pitfalls of migration as a potential solution to population aging. The course will also examine the impacts of demographic change on individuals through a discussion of the effects of cohort size on economic outcomes. The changing prospects for women in today's economy will also be analyzed within the framework of changing family structures. Governmental transfers dependent upon age structure, such as pension systems, will be studied, as will other aspects of intergenerational transfers.
Internship (7.5 ECTS)
Through an internship in an organization the course aims at giving the students a working experience relevant for his/her master's studies. The course is independent from the university's teaching and the student is expected to independently find and apply for the internship. The length of the internship should correspond to at least two months full-time work. The provider of the internship could be of different kind but could normally be in the categories government agency, intergovernmental or supranational organization, non-governmental organization, or a private firm. The organization and the work assignments for the internship must be approved by the Department of Economic History.
Thesis work (15+15 ECTS)
Semester 2 (spring), year 1, period 4: Paper and/or degree project (15 ECTS)
Semester 2 (spring), year 2, period 4: Degree project (15 ECTS)
Economic Demography (track 2)
Track-specific courses (mandatory)
Theories and evidence on global demographic change in an historical perspective. The long-term demographic development in the world is discussed and related to different theoretical explanations.
The course is mandatory year 1 for students who have previously studied econometrics at a level corresponding to Econometrics I.
The course examines the impact of demographic change on the social and economic fabric of society, with a focus on issues of importance to today's policymakers. The impact of population aging will be examined in detail, as will the possible benefits / pitfalls of migration as a potential solution to population aging. The course will also examine the impacts of demographic change on individuals, through a discussion of the effects of cohort size on economic outcomes. The changing prospects for women in today's economy will also be analyzed within the framework of changing family structures. Governmental transfers dependent upon age structure, such as pension systems, will be studied, as will other aspects of intergenerational transfers.
Tutorials: Advanced Topics in Economic Demography
Five different courses are offered on a rotating basis: Health and Mortality, Population Aging,Marriage and Fertility, Immigration and Integration and Historical Demography. They are offered on a tutorial basis or in seminar form. They all discuss research related problems within their respective fields and involve students in seminar discussions, based on readings from international research. It is mandatory to take two of these courses during the second year.
Health and Mortality (7.5 ECTS)
Population Aging (7.5 ECTS)
Marriage and Fertility (7.5 ECTS)
Immigration and Integration (7.5 ECTS)
Historical Demography (7.5 ECTS)
Data Management (7,5 ECTS)
This course deals with the interplay between population and living standards in a long-term perspective. It focuses on three broader themes. In the first, different models of the preindustrial economic demographic system are studied, and the legacy of these models (e.g. Malthusianism) and their relevance today is assessed. Different demographic indicators of living standards, such as life expectancy, infant mortality and demographic responses to economic fluctuations, are discussed and compared with other well-being indicators in an assessment of the long-term global development of standard of living. The second theme deals with the importance of population dynamics, especially fluctuations in fertility, and thus cohort size, on living standards in industrial society. The third theme focuses on the role of families and households in providing welfare and security of its members. Both the development over time and global comparisons are central in this theme.
Human capital is, in short, the stock of skills that a country's population or labor force possesses. It is an important determinant to economic growth and a strategic factor with respect to productivity. It also affects individuals' lives in many ways through the promotion of personal well-being and economic equality. This course explores a range of topics relating to human capital formation by using historical, comparative, and current policy perspectives. Theory, methodological approaches, and empirical evidence on a range of topics are reviewed. Topics include the role of education in economic growth and distribution, the role of education and training for wage growth and career, and group differences in labor market outcomes, health and well-being. Lectures, seminars, and exams deal with human capital formation, the role of human capital during the first, second, and third industrial revolutions, and with the relation between human capital and income inequality across time and space.
Institutions, Economic Growth and Equity (ECTS)
This course studies the relations between institutions, modern economic growth, and equality. Problems in the world of today are taken as a point of departure for an historical analysis that covers countries and regions in different parts of the world. Four themes are focussed. One is about the emergence of institutions such as property rights and markets, and their role for economic growth. The second is about the importance of the distribution of resources for institutional development. The third is about the importance of the growth of knowledge and education for the creation of equality of opportunity. The fourth is about the emergence of the modern welfare state as well as current challenges to its future.
This course studies historical processes of growth, convergence and divergence in the global economy over the past two centuries. Two different approaches are applied. One takes the perspective of the international economic exchange and studies international trade, cross-border migration, and movements of capital and technology. The other considers theories of economic growth, about how production is generated by capital and labour and the level of technology.
This course analyses the major debates in development economics from a long-term perspective. Questions central to the course are: 'can we determine historical roots of why some countries are rich and others poor, and if so, how do we approach this?'; 'what is the role of the different factors of production in long run economic development?'; and 'what role do critical historical junctures play in long run development?'. During the course, students will learn about the different methods used in modern research through an in depth study of the literature and hands on econometric exercises. Explorative methodologies versus hypothesis testing are discussed. Exercises are performed with the help of econometric software whereby students are trained in the use of statistical tools but also in understanding and interpreting quantitative results in an historical context.
Elective courses in economics
Advanced Econometrics (7.5 ECTS)
This course gives the basis that is needed to enable students to empirically analyse economic data without making unrealistic assumptions. Modern econometric techniques are treated, and at the same time considerable emphasis is placed on fundamental econometric thinking. Theoretical studies are interwoven with practical applications in the form of computer exercises, which are carried out using econometric software.
Applied Microeconometrics (7.5 ECTS) Year One, autumn semester, period 2
This course covers modern econometric tools and empirical strategies used by economists and demographers for the analysis of cross-sectional and panel micro-data. The course teaches the econometric theory behind these techniques but also requires reading of high-quality empirical articles and applications of the taught methods using real data sets. Topics covered in the course includes (1) the randomized experiment as a golden standard and the analysis of social experiments, (2) fixed-effects methods, such as difference-in-differences techniques applied to panel data, but also applied to other data structures such as family-level data, (3) instrumental variables estimation, (4) regression discontinuity design, (5) matching estimators, such as propensity scores and kernelmatching and (6) limited dependent variables.
Advanced Health Economics (7.5 ECTS)
The course provides an overview of a number of core areas in health economics, with a focus on research issues, methods, results and unresolved issues. These areas usually include individual health related behaviour, the physician-patient relationship, health insurance, competition in the hospital industry, innovation and diffusion of medical technology, equity in theory and practice, health care systems, gender issues, the causes and effects of demographic change and the situation in developing countries.
Advanced Labour Economics (7.5 ECTS)
The course covers recent advances in Labour Economics, with an emphasis on empirical applications. The course starts by discussing theories of labour supply and demand, and proceeds covering economic research analyzing human capital accumulation (with a particular focus on education), wage inequality and discrimination. Topics covered include the effect of migration on labour market outcomes, the influence of parental and social background, and the effectiveness of unemployment and labour market programs. The aim of this course is not only to provide a comprehensive discussion of the status of research in the field of Labour Economics, but also to endow students with the analytic tools necessary to both i) independently analyze and evaluate existing research, and ii) produce knowledge in the form of written essays.
Advanced Development Economics (7.5 ECTS)
This course aims at deepening the student's theoretical and methodological knowledge of development economics. The point of departure is that economies are low-income because of a lack of economic growth. This in turn depends on low integration in the global economy, low investment and a lack of efficient institutions. Particular interest is placed on issues of growth, inequality and poverty and on strategies to increase growth and reduce poverty. As problems of income distribution and gender inequality are pronounced in developing economies, gender issues will be embedded in the thematic discussions. A particular focus will be on the use of micro-level data in cross-gender comparisons.
Advanced Public Economics (7.5 ECTS)
The course provides an advanced discussion of theoretical and empirical research in public economics. It focuses on the relationship between the government and the market and arguments for and against government involvement. The course covers a wide range of critical decisions policy makers face regarding both the expenditure side and the financing of the public sector, as well as the implications of these on individuals' and firms' behaviour and the overall economy.Topics covered include the provison of public goods, externalities, income distribution, social and public choice, fiscal federalism, optimal taxation theory, and tax incidence. Special attention is given to globalisation and demographic issues as well as institutional economics.
Optional courses in statistics
A number of courses of relevance for economic demography are given at the Department of Statistics. Currently they include Multivariate Analysis, Data Mining and Visualization, Functional Data Analysis, and Business Analytics.
Economic Development (track 3)
This course examines growth dynamics of the developing world during the last decades, explored in a comparative and historical perspective. The question of why some developing economies have been able to set in motion catching-up processes, while others remain stagnant, will be discussed aided by historical-theoretical perspectives with the main focus on countries in Pacific Asia, Africa South of the Sahara and Latin America. It will be theoretically and empirically assessed to what extent the growth of the so-called global South might be sustained.
The course is divided into two parts. The first puts heavy emphasis on readings and lectures on analytical perspectives of development and catching up from the viewpoint of classical, although current, questions such as: the role of agricultural transformation, growth-inequality, market integration, possibilities for and experiences of industrial policy, technology transfer, social capabilities, market-state relationship, governance and domestic resource mobilization, poverty/human development.
This course explores and explains the processes of rapid industrialisation and socio-economic modernisation in China and the Asia Pacific drawing on a historically -comparative institutional approach. Fundamental factors and forces behind the economic transformation are analysed against the background of leading theories of economic development and social change. The course is divided into two parts. The first part uses institutional theory to analyse the emergence of the so called East Asian model and its relevance for China. The institutional underpinnings of China's transformation to market economy are analysed in comparison with previous and contemporary development experiences in the Asia Pacific, from Japan to the ASEAN countries. Themes dealt with include agricultural modernisation and industrial policy and concepts such as developmental state, export-led growth, and growth with equity are applied and critically analysed. The second part deals with current trends and forces of globalisation in the Asia Pacific region and China's role as a leading regional economy. Trade policies, the impact of foreign investments and patterns of regional integration are explored and analysed.
Tutorials: Advanced Topics in Economic Development
During the second year, the department offer a selection of courses on a tutorial basis or in seminar form. They all discuss research related problems within their respective fields and involve students in the seminar discussions, based on readings from international research. It is mandatory to take two of these courses during the second year. The specific courses offered may vary from year to year, examples are given below:
Poverty and Inequality Analysis: Data Management and Statistical Techniques
Agricultural Transformation in the Development Process
Explaining Growth and Inequality – Theory and its Application in Comparative Perspective
The Rise of the Rest: Africa and Latin America under Transformation
Development Aid in Historical Perspectives: Theory, Practice and Impact
The Periphery and Waves of Globalization
The State in Development
Innovation and technical change is central to long-term economic growth but it is treated very differently in economic theories. In a comparative manner this course presents technical change within major theoretical approaches: neoclassical growth models, endogenous growth models and evolutionary structural models. Particular attention is given to an economic historical model combined with a spatial theoretical framework of regional trajectories of growth. The model is based upon complementarities around innovations forming development blocks that are driving processes of structural change. Thus, the interplay between innovations, economic transformation and economic growth is studied with an emphasis on major carrier branches both historically and in contemporary times. Innovations are analysed in relation to variations over time in, e.g., relative prices, entrepreneurial activity, investments, labour demand and employment. It is shown how this, at an aggregate level, shows up in phases of spatial convergence and divergence, respectively.
Population and Living Standards (7,5 ECTS)
Climate change has, more than anything else, imposed innovative challenges for present human energy systems. This course begins with an overview of global energy systems based on oil, carbon, nuclear and hydro-power as well as supplementary systems. Three areas are given particular emphasis: firstly, energy end use efficiency, its historical development and future prospects; secondly, renewable energy and the on-going change at its technological frontier; thirdly, transports, their different systems, use of energy and impact on the environment as well as on-going technological change. Both positive and normative aspects of the interplay between economic growth and energy are treated. Among the first aspects is the so called decoupling of energy and GDP, for example whether the third industrial revolution implies a reduction of energy use. Normative aspects consider institutional and political factors, which determine incentives for innovation.
This is a preliminary course list, and is intended as guidance only. The course list may be subject to change.
Programme curriculum (PDF)
MSc Economic Growth, Population and Development
Agrifood Economics Centre
Centre for Retail Research
Knut Wicksells Centre for Financial Studies
Sten K Johnson Centre for Entrepreneurship
Economic Development & Growth
Economic Growth, Population & Development
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
European & International Trade & Tax Law
Innovation & Global Sustainable Development
International Marketing & Brand Management
Managing People, Knowledge & Change
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On a recent steamy afternoon, a pair of unmarked sedans pulled into the narrow parking lot in front of Gramercy Park Garden Apartments.
By now, the patchy, gravel-filled stretch is like a second home for the homicide detectives who are part of the Camden County Police Department's resurrected cold case unit.
Over and over, the four-man team has combed the starting line of one of the crime-ridden city's most violent episodes, searching for something or someone that could help lead them to an arrest.
"Each time, we're hoping to see something that we missed before or feel something that we didn't feel before. If we get a crack in the door, we're in," said Marty Devlin after knocking on a couple doors.
On Oct. 6, 2012, a masked gunman shot five people seated inside a burgundy Chevrolet Lumina parked at the Gramercy.
He then drove off – with the bodies in tow – down a series of back alleys and main roads before ultimately running away.
Three victims managed to escape with their lives. A young mother and a college student weren't so lucky.
"I thought I heard every homicide, but I never heard of anything like that," said Devlin.
To date, not a single witness has spoken with police.
The grisly case is one of about 15 that Police Chief Scott Thomson has given the veteran crew to tackle.
All of them are homicides that have remained unsolved for a few years, but the unit is treating them as if they happened yesterday.
"The mentality is not one in which, 'Well, the homicide happened three years ago, let's get this solved within the next year," said Thomson.
The police department has only recently been in the position to revive the unit.
In 2011, budget woes forced Camden's police department to cut its force by almost half.
The following year, the small city had the most murders in its history.
During that time, the arrest rate for homicides plummeted from above 60 percent to about 35 percent.
Some of the 2011 cuts were restored, but things changed significantly in 2013, when a county-run force replaced the Camden Police Department.
Today, it's almost at pre-cut capacity.
That paved the way for creating the new cold case unit.
Leading the unit are Devlin and Joseph Forte, two legendary homicide detectives who were called out of retirement and hired by the county as consultants.
"When they walk into the detective bureau, when they walk onto a crime scene, it's no different than Mike Schmidt walking into a locker room in the Phillies now or Dr. J walking into the Sixers locker room. They're guys who have paid their dues, proven themselves," said Thomson.
Devlin, by far the most high-energy member of the bunch, led the 1994 investigation into Cherry Hill Rabbi Fred Neulander, who is now serving jail time for paying two hit men to kill his wife.
Forte, softer spoken and stoic by comparison, spent three decades working for the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.
Robert Chew and Shawn Donlon round out the oddball, but deadly serious team that's driven by, more than anything, the desire to bring justice to victims' families.
"We want to be able to come back and tell them, 'Yes, we now have the person who did this. It's not going to bring their family member back, unfortunately, but it will bring a piece of happiness for them," said Donlon.
Reaching that moment is not an easy task, especially considering how difficult it is to get witnesses to talk about a murder – new or old.
Fear of retaliation and distrust of police runs deep here. It's perhaps the biggest obstacle the unit faces.
"Ninety-nine percent of homicides would be solved with the cooperation of the public. No question," said Devlin.
The team has had some early success.
In early July, a Camden man was arrested in Florida in connection to a high-profile stabbing from December 2012.
Still, Forte says, it's important to remain realistic. Despite his co-workers' experience and skill, he says they're not miracle workers.
"We're trying, I mean that's all we can do. We're just guys trying to do a job," he says.
Chief Thomson is just fine with that.
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Ark 2
Vin Diesel isn't just starring in Ark 2, he's also working on the game
By Christopher Livingston published 14 December 20
Diesel is now Studio Wildcard's 'President of Creative Convergence' and executive producer of Ark 2.
(Image credit: Studio Wildcard)
We recently got our first look at Ark 2, the sequel to the popular GPU-straining dino-survival game Ark: Survival Evolved. The extensive cinematic trailer for Ark 2 shown at The Game Awards was a surprise for several reasons, but mostly because Vin Diesel was in it.
It turns out that the Fast and Furious series star isn't just lending his looks, voice, and motion-captured dino-slaying moves to Ark 2. Diesel is actually working on the game itself.
According to a press release sent to PC Gamer, Vin Diesel has joined Studio Wildcard as an executive producer on Ark 2, and is also serving as an executive producer on the Ark animated series coming in 2022. This dual role could explain his new title: Diesel is now Studio Wildcard's "President of Creative Convergence."
I gotta tip my hat: that is one heck of a title. And I also have to believe it's not just a title. Diesel is reportedly a longtime Ark player, having logged thousands of hours in the dinosaur survival game. "He understands the game intimately and is providing direct feedback to the development process," says Studio Wildcard. Heck, Diesel is already hard at work reporting bugs in Ark:
.@vindiesel reported this btw 😈 https://t.co/5DWZDe2W6eDecember 11, 2020
Studio Wildcard hasn't announced a release date for Ark 2 (other than that it's coming in 2022), and we don't know exactly how Diesel's character, Santiago, who is described as a "24th-century 'Mek'-pilot, gearhead, & freedom-fighter," will fit into the online multiplayer game.
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He is Mexican, he came to Spain as a promise and now they could break his loan
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Few months ago, Jose Juan Macías revolutionized Mexico. After great appearances in Chivas de Guadalajara, he set out for Spain to fulfill his European dream, but did not have the expected success. On July 5, 2021, his arrival at Getafe was made official as one of the Mexican promises and now, six months later, his future is uncertain: he could return to his country.
The forward arrived on loan until the middle of 2022. At Azulón he never achieved the prominence he expected: He barely played 221 minutes and has not played in La Liga since October 3, when he entered a single minute in the 1-1 draw against Real Sociedad. Now, they plan to break the loan in advance and go in search of other attackers.
It did not have the prominence I expected.
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The big problem is that Getafe started the season very badly with seven consecutive defeats, a fact that cost Michel González his place. It was precisely the coach who trusted the 22-year-old attacker. Since then and with the arrival of Quique Sánchez Flores, he only had action for 24 minutes in the 5-1 win against CFJ Mollerussa in the first round of the Copa del Rey.
Beyond not having been injured or having suffered Covid-19, Macías was part of the substitute bench in three of the 12 games that Getafe played since their short-lived participation against Real. In the important and unexpected 1-0 victory against Real Madrid at the start of 2022, he was not among those called up.
It is not to the taste of the new coach.
JJ is the fifth striker in the consideration of DT Sánchez Flores and therefore would not take it into account for the semester that has just started. Since the Copa match, he has not received the coach's summons and his situation is worrying. In fact, the picture seems to get more and more complicated as the club is determined to bring in another striker in the current transfer market.
The Turk Enes Unal Y Sandro Ramirez seem fixed for Quique and when someone has failed due to injury, the Madrid coach has used Jaime Mata and to a lesser extent to Dario Poveda. That is why the Getafe board of directors plans to break the loan with Chivas and for Macías to return to Mexico in order to go after another footballer who is to the taste of the coach.
José Juan Macías arrived in Getafe in July 2020. (Photo: Getafe)
Macías's dream
"Mexican football is very inflated. The prices take you through the roof and there are teams that pay 15 million for you when in Europe they don't pay you that. There is a business of the clubs to sell you locally."He commented a few months ago as soon as his transfer to the Old Continent was confirmed.
Furthermore, when it was introduced he said: "I am fulfilling a goal, more than a dream. You set your goals and you achieve them and the dreams are only there. All I want is to win a position here, enjoy it and the future is uncertain". It seems difficult to imagine that the institution on the outskirts of Madrid invests in it.
José Juan Macías was the great promise of Chivas. (EFE)
JJ's career
Macías shone in León, where he was loaned out before making his debut at Chivas. There he scored 19 goals and gave two assists in the 40 games that he took to the field of play. In addition, in Guadalajara he converted 23 goals in 75 matches. In terms of titles, he lifted the Concachampions in the 2017/2018 season and was distinguished as the top scorer in the Concacaf Champions U20.
On the other hand, the Nanny Martino made it debut in the Selection of Mexico on October 3, 2019, when he was just 20 years old. He participated in five games (four for the Nations League and a friendly) and sent the ball to the back of the net four times.
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What does the Autumn Statement mean for you?
From midnight tonight, radical reforms to stamp duty will bring savings to 98 percent of homebuyers.
by Kevin Pratt
Consumer affairs expert
The much-criticised 'slab' system, where a flat rate of tax was applied to 100% of the price, has been replaced with a tiered approach.
Previously, a property worth £275,000 would attract Stamp Duty of £8,250.
Under the new regime, the first £125,000 of the price will be tax-free, while the band between £125,001 and £250,000 will be taxed at 2%.
The final slice between £250,001 and £275,000 will be taxed at 5%, giving a total tax bill of £3,750 – a saving of £4,500.
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TIERED STAMP DUTY RATES AS OF MIDNIGHT
-No tax on the first £125,000
-2% on the slice between £125,001 and £250,000
-10% on the slice between £925,001 and £1.5m
-12% on everything above that
A major benefit of the new system is that buyers of homes priced just over £250,000 will not be hit by a sharp increase in the amount of duty they pay.
The maximum you can invest each year in an Individual Savings Account will increase to £15,240, up from £15,000, from April 2015.
The Chancellor also announced that an individual's ISA holdings will pass tax-free on their death to their spouse (or civil partner). Currently, your tax-free ISA status dies with you.
The government will also consult on whether to allow 'crowdfunding' investments into ISAs.
Crowdfunding is when individuals contribute towards a capital sum used to launch or sustain a business venture.
Further details on peer-to-peer lending within ISAs is expected in the next Budget.
The annual investment limit in Junior ISAs and Child Trust Funds will edge up by £80 to £4,080 from April.
The Chancellor announced improvements to the Current Account Switch Service (or the 7-Day switch), which was introduced in September 2013 to make it easier for customers to switch to a new provider.
Guarantees under the original scheme, such as payments coming into your old account by error being automatically redirected to the new one, lasted for 13 months from the switch date.
This has been nearly tripled to 36 months.
The scheme is also being extended to small businesses.
The Chancellor has asked the regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, to examine the prospect of reducing the switch time from seven working days to five working days. Kevin Mountford, MoneySuperMarket's head of banking, commented: "Reducing the switching limit from seven to five working days would be a positive move as switching could be done and dusted in a week."
The Chancellor is abolishing, from next year, the 55% 'death tax' charged when a pension pot transfers from someone who dies to their surviving spouse or civil partner. These transfers will in future be tax-free.
He added that an annuity belonging to anyone who dies before age 75 will also transfer tax-free to their surviving spouse or partner.
Pensioner bonds
Those aged 65 and over will have to wait until Friday December 12 to find out the interest rates on the new Pensioner Bonds, which launch in January 2015.
In his April Budget, the Chancellor suggested rates of 2.8% for the one-year fixed rate account and up to 4% for the three-year alternative.
The maximum balance in these accounts is, to date, unchanged at £10,000 per individual per account – giving a potential maximum investment of £20,000 per person.
UPDATE ON DECEMBER 12: The Chancellor confirmed rates will, indeed, be 2.8% and 4%
UPDATE ON FEBRUARY 9, 2015: Pensioner Bonds have will now be available until May 15, 2015
The personal allowance will rise in April 2015 to £10,600, not £10,500 as planned – meaning 3.5m of the lowest paid being taken out of tax altogether.
The higher rate (40%) tax threshold will rise from £41,865 to £42,385 from next April, pulling around 138,000 earners down into the 20% standard rate tax bracket.
According to the Chancellor, the higher rate threshold will reach £50,000 by the end of this decade.
Dan Plant, MoneySuperMarket's editor in chief, said: "This is the first increase to the higher rate tax threshold for five years. It means fewer people will pay 40% tax, so they'll have more in their pay packet each month."
Families will benefit from changes to Air Passenger Duty (APD). From May next year, children under 12 will be exempt from APD on economy tickets. This exemption will be extended to children under 16 from March 2016.
The government reckons this will help reduce the cost of holidays for families by up to £71 per child.
FUEL TAX DUTY
Fuel tax duty will remain frozen at 57.95 pence per litre.
Motorway service station fuel price comparison signs will be placed along a stretch of the M5 between Bristol and Exeter in 2015 amid growing concern that motorists are being hit with punitive fuel prices if they fill up at a service station.
The government has also announced that driverless car trials will take place in Bristol, Milton Keynes, London and Coventry next year.
There will be extra spending on infrastructure projects including road improvements (£15bn) and flood defences (£2.3bn).
Projects have also been announced to improve the Trans-Pennine railway and create a new link road for Leeds-Bradford airport.
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At this time the class has reached full capacity. If you are interested in being put on a waiting list for the class, please sign up here, email lauren@fortinconsulting.com, or contact the event organizer. Thank you for your interest in the MWMO Turfgrass Maintenance with Reduced Environmental Impacts class!
This class is FREE and includes coffee, lunch, training materials, and the opportunity to get certified! Register before spots run out!
This training offers information about best practices for managing turfgrass (mowing, seeding, fertilizer and pesticide application, and more). These practices will help you save money, time, and the environment! An optional test is offered at the end of the workshop to earn Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Level I Certification in Turfgrass Maintenance Best Practices. Certified individuals are listed on both the MPCA and MWMO websites. For more information visit the MWMO website.
Drivers please use free, on-street (along Marshall Street and in the surrounding neighborhood).
Parking is not allowed in the Tony Jaros parking lot or in nearby businesses' lots. See parking map.
Funding for these workshops is provided by MPCA through a grant from US EPA, Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Fund, and matches from local partners.
The course and materials were developed for the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization by Fortin Consulting, Inc. Content was created and reviewed through extensive collaboration with local experts.
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Making provisions and plans for your estate is not only limited to businesses. It's also important to consider how to maximize your residual assets as an individual. The last thing you want is to burden your spouse, your children, or any other family members or friends with the pain of making big decisions after your passing. Designating beneficiaries, establishing annual gift funds to reduce residual estate, placing provisions for fund protection for potentially less-than-responsible beneficiaries, and exploring any tax implications of retirement, life insurance and other investments are important details not to be overlooked. There's so much to consider, and our skilled accounting professionals can help advise you on the best course of action. It's our goal to help you make the most of what you may leave behind.
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Long before the Bible, There were the Sumerian Tablets. The Sumerians were possibly the earliest society to emerge in the world, in Southern Mesopotamia more than 5000 years ago. It's hard to come across evidence that is conclusive about how life really was back then, but suffice to say that Sumeria has always been a place of fascination, especially when it comes to the finding of this evidence. With that being said, archaeologists have unearthed Sumerian Tablets dating to over 4 Millennium ago. To imagine there was a civilization back then that had a schematic way of recording information on Tablets is simply astounding. Were they influenced by other beings?
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American Airlines has launched a new no annual fee rewards credit card. This new product rolled out July 22, 2018, for new cardholders and can earn a 10,000-point signup bonus. Current AAdvantage Bronze Card owners will automatically have their accounts upgraded and begin earning significantly more rewards.
This new no annual fee credit card arrives shortly after the recent upgrades to the Citi/AAdvantage Platinum Select that let you earn bonus points on more purchases. Now you also have a few more opportunities to save money when you fly.
New cardmembers will earn 10,000 points and a $50 statement credit after spending $500 in the first three months. This bonus offer is on par with the other airline credit cards without an annual fee.
American Airlines award flights start at 7,500 miles. With the bonus, a free one-way domestic flight within the continental U.S. and Canada is possible!
An increasingly common perk for airlines rewards credit cards is to also offer bonus points on non-airline spending. The MileUp credit card is no exception. You will earn unlimited 2x points on American Airlines and grocery purchases.
All remaining purchases earn 1 point per $1 spent.
Like the other American Airlines credit cards with an annual fee, you'll now receive a 25% statement credit for your in-flight purchases.
If you currently own the American Airlines AAdvantage Bronze Card, you only need to wait for your new card to arrive in the mail. Instead of earning 1 mile per $2 spent (0.5 miles per $1), you will either earn 1 or 2 miles for each dollar spent.
Citi will send new MileUp Credit Cards to Bronze cardholders when their current card expires. Even if you don't get a new card in the mail right now, you will begin earning the 2x bonus points on July 22, 2018, when the MileUp Credit Card opens to the public.
The major domestic carriers have all placed a larger emphasis on offer rewards cards without an annual fee. In the last year, travelers have seen the United TravelBank and Blue Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express launch.
The new MileUp Card is competitive with either card. You can earn up to two points on every purchase and receive a statement credit on in-flight purchases.
If you only fly once or twice a year, these cards can help you earn enough points to book an award flight. Plus, your American Airlines points balance never expires as long as you own the MileUp Credit Card.
Apply for the MileUp Credit Card or the AAdvantage Platinum Select?
The real $99 question is if you should apply for the American Airlines MileUp credit card or pay the $99 annual fee to get the AAdvantage Platinum Select instead. Airlines have ramped up their efforts of offering rewards cards without an annual fee to win over debit card and cash rewards spenders.
All remaining purchases earn 1 point per $1.
Because the MileUp credit card doesn't charge an annual fee, this card can either be a good primary or secondary card.
You might be surprised how quickly the savings add up if you check a bag regularly or you can earn the $100 flight credit. Because of the free checked bag for five people, you can easily pay the annual fee with a single one-way trip. Generally, if you want a good credit card for international travel you will have to pay an annual fee.
Now that you'll have a few extra AAdvantage miles in your pocket, you can try to use your points for one of the following award routes. American Airlines charges a fixed amount so you can easily calculate how many points you need to fly when you fly in the off-season or peak season.
You can begin redeeming your miles at 7,500 points for a short-haul flight within the United States that's 500 miles or less. Longer flights within the continental U.S. and Canada cost 12,500 miles each way.
Another redemption option to consider is flying to Europe. You can also book partner flights with a OneWorld alliance member and pay 22,500 (off-peak) or 30,000 miles (peak) for a one-way economy flight to Europe. To avoid fuel surcharges, don't fly British Airways for your long-haul flights.
You can also upgrade your flight experience and fly business class to Europe for 57,500 miles each way too.
If you need to fly across the United States and want to do it in business class, you should try flying from New York to either San Francisco or Los Angeles. American uses a three-cabin aircraft for this route. You can enjoy a lie-flat seat that you can usually only access on international flights.
Occasional American Airlines flyers will benefit greatly from the new MileUp Credit Card. It's a tremendous upgrade from the current AAdvantage Bronze Card that doesn't charge an annual fee. If you plan on checking bags or using the card for your daily spending, you may still be better off going with the recently upgraded Platinum Select Card instead.
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Art v. Numbers & the "It" Factor in Music's Big Data Era
Artists like Chance are dripping in so much "it" factor that the algorithms don't stand a chance of keeping up.
Cassidy Kakin
Think about how you used to discover new music. Even if you're too young to remember a time before Napster, put on your Nostalgia Goggles™ with me and pretend.
Maybe you're walking through a record store, and a fresh, psychedelic cover catches your eye. Maybe your boy's CD player is your gateway to what's hot, or maybe you hear your favorite artist's new track at the club for the first time.
Fifteen years ago, however you found music, it was a visceral experience. The kind that forms a personal connection. It sounds like ancient history now, but there was a time where all facets of the music industry had a touch of this humanity.
A&R's sourced fresh talent from local stages, not Twitter or (RIP) Vine. College DJs mattered. Local music columns were still a thing. In this more personal, more human music landscape, finding the next big star was about intangibles. The "it" factors those A&R's in that grungy bar were looking for were all qualitative, all "know it when you see it" pieces of magic, all abstract.
Today, on the social-media algorithm driven information superhighway of modern digital fast-food culture, the picture couldn't be more different.
Thanks to digital content and all of the easy-to-gather numbers that go along with Spotify and Facebook and Bandcamp and Twitter and Audiomack and the rest, the music industry has wholeheartedly entered the big data era. The business of music is now operating as a highly computed numbers game more than ever before, and it's having big effects across the board.
On the consumer side, the majority of music we come into contact with is no longer curated by a DJ or a magazine, but an algorithm. On every music platform, and every social networking site, which songs and artists cross our eyes as we browse is determined by equations under the website's dashboard.
That already feels like a little too much "big brother" for something as important and personal as music is to most of us, but it's just the tip of the iceberg.
From an industry perspective, labels and A&Rs are able to play Moneyball with internet-generated data points when determining which artists to invest in. Social media followings can be analyzed, marketability can be broken down on a spreadsheet, and an artist's appeal can be read in potential dollar signs backed up by scientific models and profitability metrics.
When we had the chance to ask Brian Ahren, a London-based agent at major talent agency WME | IMG, he offered some invaluable insights about these trends and what power players look for in upcoming acts. "We all equate buzz in different ways," Brian says, speaking as an industry insider. "It could be as simple as old-school touring."
"Or, it could be as complicated as how many views, or whatever, online," Ahren continues. Later, he gets even more direct. "We are all trying to figure out better ways to analyze the data."
"Better ways to analyze the data," from a business perspective, means finding marketable artists who can turn a profit for a label interested in investing. This goal isn't anything new in the highly commodified music industry, but what's changed drastically is the tools that power brokers have at their disposal.
Today, talent scouts looking for hot artists to break aren't digging into local networks, combing for undiscovered talent. They're basing investment decisions on numbers; the gatekeepers and tastemakers of the big-data era music game are listening while reading a spreadsheet and running a profitability predicting simulation.
It's easy to take an alarmist stance on all of this and come to some scary conclusions about the future of mainstream artistry. If executives are able to break down and quantify every element of an artist's appeal, what will we really be left with?
Take all of the most marketable ingredients of Drake, Taylor Swift, Adele and Lil Yachty, mix in a dash of Bieber or Migos, and the result is a Frankenstein that I'd be genuinely afraid of. Data analysis and powerful artistry aren't things that intuitively go hand in hand. It's easy to imagine an increasingly data-driven industry creating even more generic and heartless music than we see today.
And it's easy to imagine plenty of ugly manipulation of the numbers (which already happens), as artists without true talent—or the machines behind those artists—look to game the system and snag their moment of shine. It's easy to imagine major labels performing experiments with our social media timelines, collecting more and more data to use in more and more targeted, profitable ways.
Granted, this type of practice can be found in just about every other large industry. But that doesn't mean that thinking about big data's conquering of the music world is any less unsettling.
It also doesn't mean that the landscape is bleak, or that we're doomed to enter an all-time low point in mainstream music, or that all of these worst case scenarios will play out.
There's something intuitively unnerving about music, at its core an act of artistic expression, becoming totally quantified. But there's something to be said as well for optimism, and trusting in the power of true art to prevail.
Even as industry power brokers and gatekeepers lean more and more heavily on numbers and analytics, artists like Chance The Rapper are able to connect with millions of fans, delivering in Chance's case something of immense artistic value. Even as the business becomes more and more data-driven, hard-working artists like Anderson .Paak are finding mainstream success without compromising artistic integrity.
That "it" factor that A&Rs used to look for in local venues is still connecting with listeners, still eluding data scientists. All of those intangibles that make an artist powerful still have the ability to shine through, overpowering the commodified result of formulas and simulations.
We know good art when we hear it. No matter what the marketing departments want us to believe or what the research suggests, artists will still need to prove themselves in our hearts. And if they can't, we'll find art that we do connect with; good music won't go extinct at the hands of big data analytics, even if it becomes more obscured.
At some level, even as they are eager to collect and employ as many numbers as possible, many industry insiders understand this and realize that there is still an essence of art that is hard to convey in zeros and ones.
"Talent is worth our time," Brian Ahren says. "So many people have gotten away and tried to look at the metrics, weighing that over the talent. But the talent and ability to create content is the most important thing."
As long as people like Brian are in positions of industry power, common sense may prevail, and the worst-case outcomes of the music business's big data infatuation may not come to fruition. Even so, it's almost inevitable that data will play a bigger and bigger role in the music world, and more of the elusive and intangible elements of artistry will become quantifiable to labels playing with more numbers in more ways.
All we can hope is that great artistry prevails and that we always have artists like Lil Chano dripping in so much "it" factor that the algorithms don't stand a chance of keeping up.
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140) S. Mohanty and U.H.E. Hansmann, Improving an all-atom force field, Phys. Rev. E, 76 (2007) 012901.
139) Y. Wei, W. Nadler and U.H.E. Hansmann, On the Helix-coil Transition in Alanine-based Polypeptides in Gas Phase, J. Chem. Phys., 126 (2007) 204307.
138) P. Kar, Y. Wei, U.H.E. Hansmann and S. Höfinger, Systematic Study of the Boundary Composition in Poisson Boltzmann Calculations, J. Comp. Chem., 28 (2007) 2538.
137) E. Arashiro, J.R. Drugowich de Felicio and U.H.E. Hansmann, Short-Time Dynamics of Polypeptides, J. Chem. Phys., 126 (2007) 045107.
136) J. Skrivanek and U.H.E. Hansmann, A method of faster in silico folding of proteins, Particles and Nuclei, Letters,5 (2008) 236.
135) R. Mahajan, D. Krazmüller, J. Volkert, U.H.E. Hansmann and S. Höfinger, Detecting Secondary Bottlenecks in Scientific MPI-Applications, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 19 (2008) 1-13.
134) Y. Wei, W. Nadler and U.H.E. Hansmann, Side-chain and backbone ordering in homopolymers, J. Phys. Chem. B, 111 (2007) 4244.
133) J. Meinke and U.H.E. Hansmann, Protein Simulations combining an All-Atom Force Field with a Go-Term, J. Phys.:Cond. Mat. 19 (2007) 285215.
132) T. Neuhaus, O. Zimmermann and U.H.E. Hansmann, Ring Polymer Simulations with Global Radius of Curvature, Phys. Rev. E., 75 (2007) 051803.
131) J. Meinke and U.H.E. Hansmann, Aggregation of beta-Amyloid Fragments, J. Chem. Phys., 126 (2007) 014706.
130) J. Meinke, S. Mohanty, O. Zimmermann and U.H.E. Hansmann (Eds), From Computtional Biophysics to Systems Biology 2006, NIC Series Vol. 34, Jülich (2006).
129) Ch. Junghans and U.H.E. Hansmann, Cross-Check Methods in Protein Simulations, in: J. Meinke, S. Mohanty, O. Zimmermann and U.H.E. Hansmann (Eds), From Computational Biophysics to Systems Biology 2006 , NIC Series Vol. 34, Jülich (2006); p. 157 - 160.
128) Y. Wei, W. Nadler and U.H.E. Hansmann, Side-chain Ordering in PolyGlutamic Acid, in: J. Meinke, S. Mohanty, O. Zimmermann and U.H.E. Hansmann (Eds), From Computational Biophysics to Systems Biology 2006 , NIC Series Vol. 34, Jülich (2006); p. 205 - 209.
127) Parimal Kar, Yanjie Wei,Ulrich H.E. Hansmann and Siegfried Höfinger, The Influence of Molecular Surface Composition on the Outcome of Poisson Boltzmann Calculations Performed to Obtain Solvation Free Energies, in: J. Meinke, S. Mohanty, O. Zimmermann and U.H.E. Hansmann (Eds), From Computational Biophysics to Systems Biology 2006 , NIC Series Vol. 34, Jülich (2006); p. 161 - 164.
126) L. Wang, O. Zimmermann and U.H.E. Hansmann, Prediction of Parallel and Antiparallel Beta Sheets Based on Sequence Profiles Using Support Vector Machines, in: J. Meinke, S. Mohanty, O. Zimmermann and U.H.E. Hansmann (Eds), From Computational Biophysics to Systems Biology 2006 , NIC Series Vol. 34, Jülich (2006); p. 201 - 204.
125) Th. Neuhaus, O. Zimmermann and U.H.E. Hansmann, Simulations of thick polymers, in: J. Meinke, S. Mohanty, O. Zimmermann and U.H.E. Hansmann (Eds), From Computational Biophysics to Systems Biology 2006 , NIC Series Vol. 34, Jülich (2006); p. 177 - 180.
124) Y. Wei, W. Nadler and U.H.E. Hansmann, Side chain and backbone ordering in a polypeptide, J. Chem. Phys. 125 (2006) 164902.
123) W. Nadler and U.H.E. Hansmann, Generalized Ensemble and Tempering Simulations: A Unified View, Phys. Rev. E, 75 (2007) 026109.
122) S. Höfinger, B. Almeida and U.H.E. Hansmann, Parallel Tempering Molecular Dynamics Folding Simulation of a Signal Peptide in Explicit Water , Proteins, 68 (2007) 662.
121) S. Mohanty and U.H.E. Hansmann, Folding of Proteins with diverse folds, Biophysical Journal 91 (2006) 3573.
120) U.H.E. Hansmann, All-Atom Simulation of Proteins,in: W. Janke (Ed.) Rugged Free Energy Landscapes, Lect. Notes Phys. 736 (2008) 293.
119) O. Zimmermann and U.H.E. Hansmann, Support Vector Machines for Prediction of Dihedral Angle Regions, Bioinformatics 22 (2006) 3009.
118) U.H.E. Hansmann, Protein Folding in Silico, inSide 3 (2005) 12-13
117) U.H.E. Hansmann, Computational Biology and Biophysics at NIC, in: G. Münster, D. Wolf, M. Kremer, NIC Symposium 2006, Jülich (2006), p.13-20.
116) U.H.E. Hansmann, How to fold proteins on a computer? in: S. Blügel,G. Gompper, H. Müller-Krumbhaar, E. Koch, R.G. Winkler and R. Spatschek, 37th IFF Spring School "Computational Condensed Matter Physics, Jülich (2006), B11.1-14.
115) S. Trebst, D.A. Huse, E. Gull, H.G. Katzgraber, U.H.E. Hansmanns and M. Troyer, Ensemble optimization techniquesfor the simulation of slowly equilibrating systems, in D. P. Landau, S. P. Lewis and H. B. Schöttler (Eds), Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics XIX Proceedings of the NineteenthWorkshop Athens, GA, USA, February 20-24, 2006; Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 123, Springer Berlin Heidelberg (2008), pp. 33-47.
114) R. Mahajan, D. Krazmüller, U.H.E. Hansmann, J. Volkert and S. Höfinger, Computational assesment of the entropy of solvation of small-sized hydrophobic entities, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 8 (2006) 5515.
113) C. Junghans and U.H.E. Hansmann, Numerical Comparison of Wang-Landau Sampling and Parallel Tempering for Met-enkephalin, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C,17 (2006) 817.
112) S. Trebst, M. Troyer and U.H.E. Hansmann, Optimized parallel tempring simulations of Proteins, J. Chem. Phys., 124 (2006) 174903.
111) E. Arashiro, J.R. Drugowich de Felicio and U.H.E. Hansmann, Short-Time Dynamics of Helix-Coil Transition in Polypeptides, Phys. Rev. E., 73 (2006) 040902.
110) D. Gront, A. Kolinski and U.H.E. Hansmann, Protein Structure Prediction by Tempering Spatial Constraints, J. Comp.-aid. Mol. Des., 19 (2005) 603.
109) F. Eisenmenger, U.H.E. Hansmann, Sh. Hayryan and C.-K. Hu, An Enhanced Version of SMMP - Open-Source Software Package for Simulation of Proteins, Comp. Phys. Comm., 174 (2006) 422.
108) D. Gront, U.H.E. Hansmann and A. Kolinski, Exploring Protein Energy Landscapes with Hierachical Clustering, Int. J. Quant. Chem., 105 (2005) 826.
107) W. Kwak and U.H.E. Hansmann, Efficient Sampling of Protein Structures by Model Hopping, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 (2005) 138102.
106) A. Schug, W. Wenzel and U.H.E. Hansmann, Energy Landscape Paving Simulations of the trp-cage Protein, J. Chem. Phys., 122 (2005) 194711.
105) N.A. Alves, V. Aleksenko and U.H.E. Hansmann, A Simple Hydrophobicity-Based Score for Profiling Protein Structures, J. Phys.: Cond. Mat., 17 (2005) 1595.
104) V. Aleksenko, W. Kwak and U.H.E. Hansmann, Generalized-ensemble simulations of all-atom protein models, Physica A, 350 (2005) 28.
103) N.A. Alves, V. Aleksenko, W. Kwak and U.H.E. Hansmann, Protein folding as studied in generalized-ensemble simulations of all-atom protein models, in: X-G. Zhao, S. Jiang and X-J.Yu, Computational Physics Paramus (NJ,USA) (2005) 1-11
102) U.H.E. Hansmann, Generalized-Ensemble Simulations of Small Proteins, in: D.P. Landau, S.P. Lewis and H.-B. Schüttler (Eds.), Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics XVII, Springer Verlag (Berlin 2006), p. 87.
101) U.H.E. Hansmann, Simulations of a Small Protein in a specifically designed Generalized Ensemble, Phys. Rev. E, 70 (2004) 01290.
100) N.A. Alves, Y. Peng and U.H.E. Hansmann, All-atom protein-folding simulations in generalized-ensembles, Braz. J. Phys., 34 (2004) 363.
99) Y. Peng and U.H.E. Hansmann, Helix vs. Sheet Formation in a Small Peptide, Phys. Rev. E, 68 (2003) 041911.
98) B.S. Kinnear, M.F. Jarrold and U.H.E. Hansmann, All-Atom Generalized-Ensemble Simulations of Small Proteins, J. Mol. Graph. Mod., 22 (2004) 397.
97) N.A. Alves and U.H.E. Hansmann, Helix-formation and folding as studied in generalized-ensemble simulations, Braz. J. Phy. 33 (2003) 600.
96) U.H.E. Hansmann, Protein folding in silico - The Quest for Better Algorithms, in: A. Hartmann and H. Rieger (eds), New Optimization Algorithms in Physics, VCH-Wiley (2004), p. 275.
95) U.H.E. Hansmann, Generalized-Ensemble Simulations of the Human Parathyroid Hormone Fragment PTH(1-34), J. Chem. Phys., 120 (2004) 417.
94) U.H.E. Hansmann, Protein Folding in silico : An overview, Comp. Sci. Eng., 5 (2003) 64.
93) N.A.~Alves and U.H.E. Hansmann, Solution effects and the Folding of an Artificial Peptide, J. Phys. Chem. B, 107 (2003) 10284.
92) C.Y. Lin, C.K. Hu and U.H.E. Hansmann, Parallel Tempering Simulations of HP-36, Proteins:Structure, Function and Genetics, 52 (2003) 436.
91) Y. Peng, U.H.E. Hansmann and N.A. Alves, Solution effects and the order of the helix-coil transition in polyalanine , J. Chem. Phys, 118 (2003) 2374.
90) U.H.E. Hansmann, New Algorithms and the Physics of Proteins, Physica A, 321 (2003) 152.
89) U.H.E. Hansmann, Protein-folding simulations in generalized-ensemble, Int. J. Quant. Chem., 90 (2002) 1515.
88) N.A. Alves and U.H.E. Hansmann, Helix formation and folding in an artifical peptide , J. Chem. Phys., 117 (2002) 2337.
87) N.A. Alves, U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Peng, Structural transitions in biomolecules - a numerical comparison of two approaches for the study of phase transitions in small systems, Int. J. Mol. Sci., 3 (2002) 17-29.
86) Y. Peng and U.H.E. Hansmann, Solvation model dependency of helix-coil transition in polyalanine, Biophysical Journal, 82 (2002) 3269.
85) N.A. Alves, J.P.N. Ferrite and U.H.E. Hansmann, Numerical comparison of two approaches for the study of phase transitions in small systems, Phys. Rev. E, 65 (2002) 036110.
84) U.H.E. Hansmann , Generalized Ensemble Techniques and Protein Folding Simulations, Comp. Phys. Comm., 147 (2002) 604.
83) H.P. Hsu, S.C. Lin and U.H.E. Hansmann, Energy Landscape Paving for X-Ray Structure Prediction of Macromolecules , Acta Cryst. A, 58 (2002) 259.
82) U.H.E. Hansmann, New Algorithms and the Physics of Protein Folding, in L.T. Wille (Ed.), ``New Directions in Statistical Physics - Econophysics, Bioinformatics and Pattern Recognition", Springer Verlag (Berlin 2004), 173.
81) U.H.E. Hansmann and L. Wille, Global Optimization by Energy Landscape Paving , Phys. Rev. Let., 88 (2002) 068105.
80) H.P. Hsu, U.H.E. Hansmann and S.C. Lin, X-Ray Structure determination of organic molecules from diffraction data by simulated annealing, Phys. Rev. E., 64 (2001) 056707.
79) U.H.E. Hansmann and J.N. Onuchic, Thermodynamic and Kinetic of Folding of a Small Peptide, J. Chem. Phys., 115 (2001) 1601.
78) C.Y. Lin, C.K. Hu and U.H.E. Hansmann, Proteinlike behavior of a spin system near the transition between ferromagnet and spin glass, Phys. Rev. E., 64 (2001) 052903.
77) F. Eisenmenger,U.H.E. Hansmann , Sh. Hayryan and C.-K. Hu, [SMMP] A Modern Package for Simulation of Proteins, Comp. Phys. Comm., 138 (2001) 192.
76) Y. Okamoto and U.H.E. Hansmann, Protein folding simulations by a generalized-ensemble algorithm based on Tsallis statistics, in: Lecture notes in Physics: Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications , S. Abe and Y. Okamoto (Eds.) (Springer Verlag, Berlin, 2001), pp. 259-274.
75) U.H.E. Hansmann, New Techniques for Protein Simulations - The Generalized-Ensemble Approach, J.Comp.Meth.Sci.Eng. 2 (2002) 95.
74) U.H.E. Hansmann, New Algorithms and the Statistical Physics of Protein Folding , in: Proceedings of the 8th Asia - Pacific Physics Conference APPC 2000, edited by Y.-D. Yao, H.-Y. Cheng, C.-S. Chang and S.-F. Lee, World Scientific 2001, p. 30 - 35.
73) N.A. Alves and U.H.E. Hansmann, Yang-Lee zeros and the helix-coil transition in a continuum model of polyalanine, Physica A, 292 (2001) 509.
72) U.H.E. Hansmann, Protein Energy Landscapes as studied by a Generalized-Ensemble Approach with Tsallis Statistics, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 13 (2002) 507.
71) N.A. Alves, J.R. Drugowich de Felicio and U.H.E. Hansmann, Partition function zeros and leading order scaling correction of the 3D Ising model from multicanonical simulations, J. Phys. A 33 (2000) 7489.
70) N.A. Alves and U.H.E. Hansmann, Glass Transition Temperature and Fractal Dimension of Protein Free Energy Landscapes, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C, 11 (2000) 301.
69) J.P. Kemp, U.H.E. Hansmann and Zh.Y.~Chen, Is there a universality of the helix-coil transition in protein models?, Eur. Phy. J. B, 15 (2000) 371.
68) U.H.E. Hansmann, Protein Folding Simulations in a Deformed Energy Landscape, Eur. Phy. J. B, 12 (1999) 607.
67) Nelson A. Alves and U.H.E. Hansmann, Partition Function Zeros and Finite Size Scaling of Helix-Coil Transitions in a Polypeptide, Phys. Rev. Let., 84 (2000) 1836.
66) U.H.E. Hansmann, Computer Simulation of Biological Macromolecules in Generalized Ensembles, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 10 (1999) 1521.
65) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, Protein folding: generalized-ensemble algorithms, in: Encyclopedia of Optimization, edited by C.A. Floudas and P.M. Pardalos (Kluwer Academic, Norwell), vol. IV (2001) 392.
64) U.H.E. Hansmann, Thermodynamics of Protein Folding - The Generalized-Ensemble Approach , in Optimization in Computational Chemistry and Molecular Biology, edited by C.A. Floudas and P.M. Pardalos (Kluwer Academic Publishers) (2000) 91.
63) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, Tackling the Protein Folding Problem by a Generalized-Ensemble Approach with Tsallis Statistics, Bras. J. Phys. 29 (1999) 187.
62) A. Mitsutake, U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, Temperature Dependence of Distributions of Conformations of a Small Peptide, J. Mol. Graph. Mod. 16 (1999) 226.
61) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, New Monte Carlo Algorithms for Protein Folding , Curr. Opin. Struc. Biol. 9 (1999) 177.
60) U.H.E. Hansmann, Recent Results from Generalized-Ensemble Protein-Folding Simulations, Comp. Phys. Comm. 121 - 122 (1999) 129.
59) U.H.E. Hansmann, F. Eisenmenger and Y. Okamoto, Stochastic dynamics simulations in a new generalized ensemble, Chem. Phys. Lett. 297 (1998) 374.
58) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, Effects of side-chain charges on 1#1 -helix stability in C-peptide of ribonuclease A studied by multicanonical algorithm, J. Phys. Chem. B 103 (1999) 1595.
57) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, Finite-size scaling of helix-coil transitions in poly-alanine studied by multicanonical simulations, J. Chem. Phys. 110 (1999) 1267, 111 (1999) 1339(E).
56) U.H.E. Hansmann, Y. Okamoto and J.N. Onuchic, The Folding Funnel Landscape for the Peptide Met-Enkephalin, Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics 34 (1999) 472.
55) B.A. Berg and U.H.E. Hansmann, Configuration Space for Random Walk Dynamics, Euro. Phy. J. B. 6 (1998) 395.
54) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, The Generalized-Ensemble Approach for Protein Folding Simulations, in: Annual Reviews of Computational Physics VI, edited by D. Stauffer, World Scientific, Singapore (1999) 129.
53) U.H.E. Hansmann, Recent Results from Protein-Folding Simulations in Generalized Ensembles, in: D.P. Landau and H.-B. Schüttler (Eds.), Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics XI, Springer Verlag 1999, 62.
52) U.H.E. Hansmann, Multicanonical and other generalized-ensemble Algorithms in Protein Simulations, in: P. Grassberger, G.T. Barkema, W. Nadler (eds.), ``Monte Carlo approach to biopolymers and protein folding'' , World Scientific 1998, p. 81
51) U.H.E. Hansmann, Simulation of Peptides and Proteins, in: ``Annual Reports ZiF: 96/97'', published by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (Zif) of the Universität Bielefeld (Germany), 1998, p. 46.
50) U.H.E. Hansmann, Parallel Tempering Algorithm for Conformational Studies of Biological Molecules, Chem. Phys. Lett. 281 (1997) 140.
49) U.H.E. Hansmann, Generalized Ensembles - A New Way of Simulating Proteins, Physica A 254 (1998) 15.
48) U.H.E. Hansmann and Ph. de Forcrand, A Simple Ansatz to Describe Thermodynamic Quantities of Peptides and Proteins at Low Temperatures, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 8 (1997) 1085.
47) U.H.E. Hansmann, Monte Carlo Simulations of Proteins and Peptides in Generalized Ensembles, in: L. Luo,Q. Li and W. Lee (Eds.), Theoretical Biophysics and Biomathematics, Inner Mongolia University Press 1997, 84.
46) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, Tertiary structure prediction of C-peptide of ribonuclease A by multicanonical algorithm, J. Phys. Chem. B 102 (1998) 653.
45) U.H.E. Hansmann, M. Masuya and Y. Okamoto, Characteristic Temperatures of Folding of a Small Peptide, Proc. Nat. Aca. Sci. U.S.A. 94 (1997) 10652.
44) U.H.E. Hansmann, An Effective Way for Determination of Multicanonical Weights, Phy. Rev. E 56 (1997) 6000.
43) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, Generalized Ensemble Simulations of Peptides and Proteins, in: D.P. Landau, K.K Mon and H.-B. Schüttler (Eds.), Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics X, Springer Verlag 1998, 180.
42) U.H.E. Hansmann, Simulated Annealing with Tsallis Weights - A Numerical Comparison, Physica A 242 (1997) 250.
41) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, New Generalized-Ensemble Monte Carlo Method for Systems with Rough Energy Landscape, Phys. Rev. E 56 (1997) 2228.
40) U.H.E. Hansmann, Simulation of Peptides and Proteins in Generalized Ensembles, in: F. Karsch, B. Monien and H. Satz, Multiscale Phenomena and Their Simulation, World Scientific 1997, 114.
39) F. Eisenmenger and U.H.E. Hansmann, Variation of the Energy Landscape of a Small Peptide under a Change from the ECEPP/2 Force Field to ECEPP/3, J. Phys. Chem. B 101 (1997) 3304.
38) N. Alves, J.R. Drugowich de Felicio and U.H.E. Hansmann, A new look at the 2D Ising Model from exact partion function zeros for large lattice sizes, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 8 (1997) 1063.
37) F. Eisenmenger and U.H.E. Hansmann, Global Minimum Configuration of a Small Peptide for the ECEPP/2 and ECEPP/3 Force Field, Chem. Phys. Lett. 268 (1997) 86.
36) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, Numerical Comparisons of Three Recently Proposed Algorithms in the Protein Folding Problem, J. Comp. Chem. 18 (1997) 920.
35) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, Monte Carlo Simulations in Generalized Ensemble: Multicanonical Algorithm versus Simulated Tempering, Phys. Rev. E 54 (1996) 5863.
34) U.H.E. Hansmann, Y. Okamoto and F. Eisenmenger, Molecular dynamics, Langevin and Hybrid Monte Carlo simulations in multicanonical ensemble, Chem. Phys. Lett. 259 (1996) 321.
33) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, Thermodynamics of Helix-Coil Transitions in Amino-Acid Homopolymers Studied by Multicanonical Algorithms, Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 47 (1996) 842.i
32) U.H.E. Hansmann, On the Protein Folding Problem, Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 47 (1996) 188.
31) Y. Okamoto and U.H.E. Hansmann, Thermodynamics of Helix-Coil Transition Studied by Multicanonical Algorithms, J. Phys. Chem. 99 (1995) 11276.
30) B.A. Berg, U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, Comment on ``Monte Carlo Simulation of a First-Order Transition for Protein Folding'', J. Phys. Chem. 99 (1995) 2236.
29) B.A. Berg, U.H.E. Hansmann and T. Celik, Groundstates of the 3d Edwards-Anderson spin glass model, Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 42 (1995) 905.
28) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, Multicanonical Approach in Statistical Mechanics of Peptides, Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 42 (1995) 914.
27) U.H.E. Hansmann, Towards Ab Initio Prediction of Protein Conformations - The Multicanonical Approach, preprint SC-94-21, in: F. Haubensak and J. Sühnel (Eds.), Bioinformatik - Computereinsatz in den Biowissenschaften, IMB Jena 1994, p. 103-108.
26) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, Comparative Study of Multicanonical and Simulated Annealing Algorithms in the Protein Folding Problem, Physica A 212 (1994) 415.
25) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, Sampling Groundstate Configurations of a Peptide by Multicanonical Annealing, J. Phys. Soc. (Japan) 63 (1994) 3945.
24) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, A Multicanonical Study of Nonpolar Amino Acids, in: D.P. Landau, K.K Mon and H.-B. Schüttler (Eds.), Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics VII, Springer Verlag 1994, 183.
23) Y. Okamoto, U.H.E. Hansmann and T. Nakazawa, alpha-Helix Propensities of Nonpolar Amino Acids Studied by Multicanonical Algorithms, Chem. Lett. (1995) 391.
22) B.A. Berg and U.H.E. Hansmann, Multicanonical Study of the 3d Ising Spin Glass at Zero Temperature, Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 34 (1994) 664.
21) U.H.E. Hansmann, Y. Okamoto and M. Katoot, Approaching the Protein Folding Problem, Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 34 (1994) 792.
20) U.H.E. Hansmann and B.A. Berg, Spin Glas Groundstate Investigation by Multicanonical Ensemble, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C,5 (1994) 263.
19) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, A Multicanonical Study of the Protein Folding Problem, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C, 5 (1994) 271.
18) B.A. Berg, T. Celik and U.H.E. Hansmann, Groundstate Properties of the 3D Ising Spin Glass, Phys. Rev. B 50 (1994) 16444.
17) U.H.E. Hansmann, Multicanonical Simulations, FSU-SCRI-93-119, D.-Y.~Li, D.-H.~Feng, M.R.~Strayer and T.~Y.~Zhang (eds.), The Second International Conference on Computational Physics , Campridge, Mass.: International Press (1994) p.~454-462.
16) T. Celik, U.H.E. Hansmann and M. Katoot, The van Hemmen Spin Glass Revisited, J. Stat. Phys. 73 (1993) 775.
15) U.H.E. Hansmann, T. Celik and M. Katoot, A Multicanonical Study of the van Hemmen Model, Tr. J. Phys. 18 (1994) 149.
14) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, Prediction of Peptide Conformation by the Multicanonical Algorithm, in: D.P. Landau, K.K Mon and H.-B. Schüttler (Eds.), Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics VI, Springer Verlag 1993, 168.
13) M. Katoot, U.H.E. Hansmann and T. Celik, Multicanonical Simulation of the Van Hemmen Spin Glass Model, in: D.P. Landau, K.K Mon and H.-B. Schüttler (Eds.), Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics VI, Springer Verlag 1993, 152.
12) T. Celik, U.H.E. Hansmann and B.A. Berg, Study of +/-J Ising Spin Glasses via Multicanonical Ensemble, in: D.P. Landau, K.K Mon and H.-B. Schüttler (Eds.), Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics VI, Springer Verlag 1993, 173.
11) U.H.E. Hansmann and Y. Okamoto, Prediction of Peptide Conformation by Multicanonical Algorithm: A new Approach to the Multiple-Minima Problem, J. Comp. Chem. 14 (1993) 1333.
10) U.H.E. Hansmann, Multicanonical and Multimagnetical Simulations, in: C.H. Albright,P. H.Kasper,Raitendran Raja and John Yoh (ed.), The Fermilab Meeting DPF92, World Scientific Publishing (1993), 1507.
9) B.A. Berg, T. Celik and U.H.E. Hansmann Multicanonical Study of the 3D Ising Spin Glass, Europhys. Lett. 22 (1993) 63.
8) U.H.E. Hansmann, Multimagnetical Simulation of the Ising Model, Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 30 (1993) 285.
7) U.H.E. Hansmann, B.A. Berg and T. Neuhaus, Multimagnetical Simulation of the Ising Model in Two and Three Dimensions, in: Robert A. de Groot and Jaroslav Nadrchal (eds.), Physics Computing '92, World Scientific Publishing (1993), 340.
6) U.H.E. Hansmann, B.A. Berg and T. Neuhaus, Recent Results from Multimagnetical Simulations of the Ising Model, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 3 (1992) 1155.
5) B.A. Berg, U.H.E. Hansmann and T. Neuhaus, Properties of Interfaces in the two and three dimensional Ising Model, Z. Phys. B 90 (1993) 229.
4) U.H.E. Hansmann, B.A. Berg and T. Neuhaus, Multimagnetical Simulations, in: D.P. Landau, K.K Mon and H.-B. Schüttler (Eds.), Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics V, Springer Verlag 1993, 145.
3) B.A. Berg, U.H.E. Hansmann and T. Neuhaus, Simulation of an Ensemble with varying magnetic Field: a Numerical Determination of the Order-Order Interface Tension in the D=2 Ising Model, Phys. Rev. B 47 (1993), 497.
2) U.H.E. Hansmann, Monte Carlo Simulation von Gittereichtheorien mit Fermionen (A Monte Carlo Study of Lattice Gauge Theories with Fermions), Ph. D. thesis, 1990, Freie Universität Berlin.
1) U.H.E. Hansmann, Hamiltonsche Formulierung von Superraum Theorien (A Hamilton Formalism for Superspace Theories), Diplom thesis, 1985, Freie Universität Berlin.
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Festo's DDLI servo-pneumatic actuator delivers precise dynamic movement of large loads for OEMs and can regulate feed forces on the fly.
Festo's DDLI servo-pneumatic actuator with integrated position feedback is designed to offers original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) fast, controlled positioning and the capability to regulate feed forces on the fly. The DDLI is useful for positioning a diverter on a conveyor, opening and closing large machine doors, clamping, and more.
When used with the Festo CPX-CMAX servo-pneumatic controller, the DDLI can be operated like an electric servo drive to perform position and force tasks. Use the integrated record set table to predefine position and force tasks in the CMAX controller. Or send position and force directly from the PLC to the CMAX controller and modify movements on the fly.
The DDLI is well-suited for precise dynamic movement of large loads. When used with the Festo CPX-CMPX soft stop module, DDLI eliminates impacts at the end position and achieves faster cycle times as a result.
The actuator has an IP67 protection rating, which makes it suitable for wet and dirty environments. Modules can be quickly exchanged and expanded without altering wiring. OEMs can configure, commission, and operate the DDLI via fieldbus from within the PLC environment.
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A beautifully rare cuckoo wasp with a metallic red and green body that favours sandy conditions such as those around The Lodge heaths. Look out for them flying low over the paths on the search for nesting holes of their host species. They parasitise a number of digger wasps. They can generally be spotted during the summer months of July and August.
Easily identified by its black and yellow horizontal stripes, this harmless spider has been spreading across the reserve. For the past couple of years a handful could be seen on our Old Heath but this year over 20 individuals were counted in one day within the grassland of Sandy Heath. They became quite an attraction for HQ staff and visitors. Look out for their distinctive web which has a white zig-zag pattern built into it.
The females are unmistakeable with their hairy orange back legs appearing as if they are wearing pantaloons. They will only source nectar from yellow flowering plants such as hawkbits, ragwort and fleabane. These bees love the sandy soil and have formed a large colony in the restored areas of Sandy Heath Quarry but they were also observed along the well-trodden trails around the heaths.
The pair arrived back from their African wintering grounds in May and decided to use the same old crow's nest as last year. After four weeks of silence the eggs hatched during one of our wettest weeks but the parents, aided by a third hobby, successfully reared three chicks. It was a great opportunity to engage with our visitors; our volunteers set up a telescope to view the nest and a hobby trail full of hobby facts was erected. It became a highlight for those who attended our Big Wild Sleepout events.
Although widespread the common lizards at The Lodge have been another star for many of our visitors. During August the adult females gave birth to inch-long live lizards, many of which have been spotted basking on a number of strategically-placed logs. One lizard family in particular occupied a log in front of the visitor centre, which provided a great welcome especially to the many families with young children.
Can you go a bit further for nature?
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Josh Waletzky, (born in Brooklyn, in 1948) is one of the leading Yiddish songwriters in the world. He grew up immersed in the Yiddish music world of his family and secular school/camp network and has been teaching, performing, and writing Yiddish songs and instrumentals ever since. Yiddish music has also figured prominently in his documentary filmmaking career, from "Image Before My Eyes" (1981) and "Partisans of Vilna" (1986) to PBS programs featuring Itzhak Perlman to his four recent films on Yiddish writers, from Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman (2005) to Yonia Fain (2017). Josh was a founding member of the early klezmer revival band "Kapelye," and went on to collaborate with Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer on a landmark collection of his original Yiddish songs in 2002, "Crossing the Shadows." He has a new album of Yiddish songs, "PASAZHIRN / Passengers"
Deborah Strauss is an internationally acclaimed klezmer violinist and educator who has been active in the klezmer and Yiddish music scene for over 30 years. She is a member of the Strauss/Warschauer
Duo, was a long-time member of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, one of the premiere groups of the klezmer revival, and has performed with the Grammy Award-winning Klezmatics. She has appeared on numerous recordings, was featured in the Emmy Award-winning film, Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler's House, and appears in the film, Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem.
Deborah has performed across North America and throughout
Western and Eastern Europe and Israel. She leads workshops and classes annually at the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, Yiddish Summer Weimar, Yiddish New York and KlezKanada. In addition, she has taught at the Jewish Music Institute/SOAS at the University of London and the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Deborah is also a highly regarded Yiddish dancer and dance leader. Deborah has a B.Mus from Rutgers University and studied ethnomusicology on the graduate level at the University of Chicago.
Born in New York City, violinist Jake Shulman-Ment is among the leaders of a new generation of Klezmer and Eastern European folk music performers. He has performed and recorded internationally with Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird, Di Naye Kapelye, Adrian Receanu, The Other Europeans, Frank London, Duncan Sheik, and many more. Jake has been a faculty member of New York's Henry Street Settlement, KlezKamp, KlezKanada, Klezmer Paris, the Krakow Jewish Culture Festival, Yiddish Summer Weimar, and other festivals throughout the globe. In 2010 Jake received a Fulbright research grant to collect, study, perform, and document traditional music in Romania. Jake's debut solo CD, "A Redele (A Wheel)" (Oriente Musik, 2012) was nominated for the German Record Critics' Award.
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Top 5 Waterfalls in Iceland
Rebecca Formoso
These five waterfalls are must-sees while visiting Iceland.
It's no secret that Iceland is home to breathtaking scenery and some of the world's most impressive waterfalls. In fact, we visit a handful of these waterfalls on our Iceland trip!
Here are our top five waterfalls, handpicked by our staff:
1. Skogafoss
One of our favorite waterfalls in Iceland! Skogafoss is a popular place to go when visiting the South Coast of Iceland. Skogafoss is 25 meters (82 feet) wide and 60 meters (197 feet) high and is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the country. A waterfall towering at this height on a sunny day generates a lot of spray which can mean one or two things, a single rainbow or a double rainbow!
Also, don't forget to climb over 370 steps (depends where you start), to get to the top of the waterfall where the view is breathtaking. Once you get to the top of Skogafoss, you can hike around the area. There's a small trail that follows the river behind the waterfall.
Skogafoss is only one of many waterfalls on the Skoga river which holds a hefty amount of char and salmon population making it a popular spot for fishermen in the warmer months. If you have time, you should go out and explore some more.
2. Gullfoss
Gullfoss or 'The Golden Waterfall' is part of the Golden Circle, a popular and touristic route in Iceland. There's a path that can take you closer to the waterfall so don't forget your rain jacket.
Gullfoss is on a canyon on the Hvita river. It towers 32 meters (105 feet) in height into a narrow river gorge that is comprised of two levels, leaving visitors in awe of nature's raw power. A few actually say that Gullfoss could be two separate waterfalls because of its two features. The first drop is 11 meters (36 feet) while the second drop is 21 meters (69 feet).
In the 1920s, foreign investors wanted to use the waterfalls energy to support a hydroelectric plant that they had ambitions of building. A woman by the name of Sigríður Tómasdóttir tried to get the contract void by hiring a lawyer for this battle. The legal battle was a struggle and lasted for years, forcing her to walk all the way to and from Reykjavik (100 km/ 62 miles). Her circumstances became so dire that she threatened to throw herself into the waterfall if any construction started. Her passion, resulted in her success. Today, Sigríður is often hailed as Iceland's first environmentalist, and her lawyer Sveinn Björnsson, went on to become Iceland's first president in 1944.
3. Seljalandsfoss
Seljalandfoss is a beautiful waterfall on the South Coast. It is narrower and taller than the previous falls we've mentioned. Cascading over a height of 60 meters (200 feet), it's no wonder, its popularity remains unmatched. One of its special features is a pathway that encircles the waterfall. You may walk behind the waterfall, but don't forget your rain jacket as getting wet is a likely scenario.
If you're not yet tired of waterfalls, walk for about 5 minutes and you'll find another hidden waterfall. Yep, Iceland is all about waterfalls! A lot of visitors like to visit Gljúfrabúi, which is considered to be the hidden gem of the area. The name means "dweller of the gorge" probably because it sits behind a big rock which almost covers it completely.
Fun fact, Seljalandsfoss can be seen in Justin Bieber's music video for his song 'I'll Show You'.
4. Öxarárfoss
Oxararfoss is a small waterfall located in Thingvellir National Park. It cascades only 13 meters (44 feet) and has a width of six meters (20 feet). The pool of water is engulfed with large and smooth rocks which get rather icy during the winter. It is not entirely the work of Mother Nature as it was built by men ages ago to provide water to members and visitors coming to visit.
The waterfall is also said to be where tectonic plates meet and is located in the original site of the parliament founded in 930 AD. Icelanders would meet here to pass laws, settle disputes and share news. It was a very progressive parliament, giving voice to all people. It actually granted women divorces long before other nations considered it. This location is also a place where some barbaric acts took place, such as battles and prosecutions. Historically, Öxarárfoss is a witness to this history.
Legend says that on New Year's Eve at midnight, the waterfall would run red with either wine or blood, announcing prosperity ahead or the warning of a war…
5. K….foss
Photo credit: Payton Hakes
Nope, we won't give the full name of this waterfall, we'll keep it a secret 😉 So if you ever come on our Iceland trip, your trip leader will definitely take you there! It is a lesser known waterfall which makes it all the more exciting to visit. It is 30 meters high (98 feet) and is half hidden so you'll need to hike a little bit to get there. The power of the waterfall and the beauty of the surrounding area make it very worthwhile.
Fun fact: In case you didn't notice, every waterfall's name in Iceland ends by "foss", which means "waterfall". Easy, right?
Rebecca is a U30X trip leader in Europe and Asia. She grew up in the Philippines and has been living in Spain since 2012. She loves to play sports, take pictures, and go on new adventures.
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Q: jquery ready function not getting hit inside function So my jquery ready function isn't getting called. I put a breakpoint at the line and it hits it, but nothing inside the function is hit. Here's the js, which was generated from coffeescript.
(function() {
jQuery(function() {
return alert('working');
});
}).call(this);
So the breakpoint at the jQuery line gets hit, but not the alert. Any ideas?
A: As far as I can tell its working:
http://jsfiddle.net/thundercracker/dbdyC/
EDIT:
maybe you could try to make the function self-executing since its not working on your end?
(function() {
jQuery((function() {
return alert('working');
})());
}).call(this);
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Q: How can i style date that dynamicaly reading from database? dynamical reading date from database in codeigniter like given below
<?php echo format_date($row['date'], 'd M')?>
and the result will disply like 27 Jul
I want to style it to like this image http://line25.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/date-icon/16.jpg
How can i style like this image please help..
A: I'm afraid it can't be done with CSS alone. The main problem is that the components of the date do not appear as elements in the markup, so you cannot style them differently from each other, except to a limited degree. By setting a width that forces them to different lines, you get the opportunity to use :first-line. But the possibilities of styling that pseudoelement are rather limited, by the specs and in practice.
So you would need to modify the generating code to produce something like
<span class=date><span class=day>27</span><span class=month>Jul</span></span>
Then you can e.g. style such an element as an inline block and the inner span elements as blocks and set background and content colors, font properties, and rounded border for the outer element.
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Recent divergence-time estimates of the origin of the liverworts obtained using penalized likelihood suggest a Late Ordovician divergence of the liverworts (Heinrichs et al., 2007), based on a maximum age from Wellman et al. (2003) for the oldest fossils generally accepted as land plants, and Kenrick and Crane (1997a) for the oldest split of vascular plants. The earliest liverwort in the fossil record is table 5.1 Bryophyte genera known from amber.
Citations for ages: Dominican (Iturralde-Vinent and MacPhee, 1996); Baltic (Weitschat and Wichard, 1998; Knuth et al., 2002, see discussion in Schmidt and Dorfelt, 2007); Bitterfeld (see discussion in Dunlop and Giribet, 2003 and references cited therein).
Metzgeriothallus sharonae from Givetian (upper Middle Devonian) shales and siltstones from New York (Van Aller Hernick et al., 2008). The fossils are preserved as carbonaceous films, and display dorsiventral thalli up to 32 mm long and 1.5 mm wide, that consist of a median costa and entire-margined wings. What appear to be unicellular, ribbon-like rhizoids extend from beneath the costa. Associated with the gametophytic thalli is an elongate sporophyte capsule with four valves. Another slightly younger liverwort is Pallaviciniites (=Hepaticites) devonicus from the Upper Devonian (Frasnian) of New York (Hueber, 1961). The specimens consist of compressions preserved in a fine-grained shale together with numerous other plant remains. The liverworts were removed by bulk maceration (see Chapter 1) of the shale in concentrated hydrofluoric acid (HF); the carbonaceous, thalloid specimens were then floated onto microscope slides for examination. Pallaviciniites devonicus is a simple, two-parted, flattened thallus with a central midrib and marginal lamellae or wings. The thal-lus is dichotomously branched, and along the margin of the wings are closely spaced teeth. The rhizomatous portion of the plant shows outlines of elongate parenchymatous cells, some bearing non-septate rhizoids. No reproductive structures are known. Various species of Pallaviciniites have been described from the Carboniferous to the Pleistocene, and they have been compared with such living genera as Pallavicinia , Metzgeria , Treubia, and Fossombronia (Schuster, 1966). Other late Paleozoic liverwort thalli come from the Carboniferous and have been assigned to morpho-genera such as Blasiites , Metzgeriothallus, and Treubiites (He-Nygren et al., 2006). Treubiites kidstonii from Scotland was initially believed to be similar to the extant Treubia , but later was shown to closely resemble extant Blasia because of its ventral scales (Krassilov and Schuster, 1984).
regions contain numerous lamellae; the outermost region is granular. Based on a comparison with extant liverwort spores, the spores of Naiadita are most similar to members of the Marchantiales and Sphaerocarpales. The type of spores, presence of unicellular rhizoids, and organization of archegonia and capsules suggested to Harris (1938) that Naiadita represented a liverwort similar to extant Riella (Sphaerocarpales). Naiadita also shares some vegetative features with certain modern liverworts included in the Calobryales (Schuster, 1966).
Late Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic impression and compression fossils of liverworts or liverwort-like thalli have been assigned to various morphogenera. These include: Thallites, for thalloid fossils that may represent liverworts or algae (Chapter 4), Hepaticites, for thalli that can confidently be assigned to the liverworts, but cannot be classified further, and Jungermannites, Metzgeriites, or Marchantites, for thalli that can be classified to the ordinal level within the hepato-phytes (Cantrill, 1997b).
Liverwort thalli in general are relatively rare as fossils, but there are several reports from the Mesozoic, in which bedding planes, which sometimes extend for several square meters, are covered with densely spaced thalli (e.g., Banerji, 1989; Pole and Raine, 1994). In many of the liverwort-rich beds, the thalli are preserved in situ, and therefore are interpreted as colonization horizons of freshly deposited sediment (Cantrill, 1997b) , Beautifully preserved, compression fossils assignable to the Marchantiopsida occur in dense mats on bedding planes in the Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) of Spain (Dieguez et al., 2007b). These fossils consist of small, rosette-forming dichotomously branched thalli (FIG. 5.19). Marchantites cyatheoides and M. tennantii are impression fossils of thalloid liverworts referred to the Marchantiales from the Upper Triassic Molteno Formation in South Africa (Anderson, 1976). Marchantites tennantii has dichotomizing thalli (FIG. 5.20) , in which individual branches range from 2.5 to 4 mm wide, each with a prominent midrib <1mm wide. The lateral regions of branches have a surface pattern of polygonal areas between 0.75 and 1.5 mm wide that are arranged in rows arching away from the midrib. Similar patterns of regularly arranged polygonal fields are common in modern Marchantiaceae, where they represent the surface expressions of the subsurface air chambers.
of Marchantites side. Marchantites rosulatus is a rosette-like thallus with individual thallus branches 3-5 mm wide. Thalli of M. taen-ioides are ribbon-like, up to 60 mm long, and only sparsely branched. On the dorsal surface are numerous circular-elliptical pores; on the ventral side rhizoids are borne along the midrib. The fourth species, M. arcuatus, has thalli that display open branching. The affinities of these taxa within the Marchantiales are based on thallus morphology and the presence of structures resembling air pores on the thalli. Other liverwort thalli from Alexander Island were assigned to the morphogenera Hepaticites and Thallites . Cantrill (1997b) noted that the liverworts of these late Albian floras were both diverse and abundant, and appeared to occupy a number of different ecological niches in this high latitude site. Based on an analysis of the 613C of the Cretaceous liverwort thalli from Alexander Island, and subsequent comparisons of the results with modern analogs, Fletcher et al. (2005) showed that fossilized bryophytes can be used to gather information on paleoatmospheric CO2 concentrations, and thus offer new methods and insights into paleoclimatic reconstructions.
Marchantiolites is an Early Cretaceous liverwort from central Montana (Brown and Robison, 1976). One specimen is ~4 cm long and contains a prominent midrib. On the ventral surface are numerous rhizoids, whereas the dorsal surface displays air pores surrounded by specialized subsidiary cells. A slightly different air-pore frequency and morphology is present in the Rhaeto-Liassic (Late Triassic-Early Jurassic) species M. porosus from Scania, Sweden (Lundblad, 1954). As the name suggests, Marchantiolites has been included in the Marchantiales based principally on the general organization of the air pores. Lundblad (1954), however, noted that living species of Marchantia exhibit compound pores, whereas the fossil forms contain mostly simple ones.
In general, the record of thalloid fossils interpreted as members of the Ricciaceae ranges from the Pennsylvanian (Walton, 1949a) to the Quaternary (Jovet-Ast, 1967); however, the affinities of most pre-Jurassic forms are still uncertain (Oostendorp, 1987). Fossil Ricciaceae are usually placed in the morphogenus Ricciopsis, but some have also been assigned to the modern genus Riccia (e.g., Sheikh and Kapgate, 1982). Ricciopsis florinii (Ricciaceae) is a rosette-shaped thallus from the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic of Sweden (Lundblad, 1954); it has four main branches, each of which dichotomizes twice. Although most records of fossilized ricciacean thalli come from Europe and Asia, to date only a single species has been described from North America, Ricciopsis speirsae from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada (Hoffman and Stockey, 1997). This form differs from all other living and fossil Ricciaceae by displaying occasional constrictions and dilations of the repeatedly dichotomizing thallus. These fossils occur in what is interpreted as an oxbow lake deposit, along with lemnaceous angiosperms. Extensive occurrences of fossil Ricciaceae (e.g., Ricciopsis algoaensis) are known from the Lower Cretaceous (Berriasian-Valanginian) of South Africa (Anderson and Anderson, 1985), and dispersed ric-ciacean spores of Paleocene age have been reported as rare elements in the Sonda coal deposits in Pakistan (Leghari et al., 2001).
Another interesting fossil liverwort is Diettertia, a Cretaceous form from Montana initially described as a moss (Brown and Robison, 1974). Based on additional material, Diettertia is now regarded as a bilaterally symmetrical, leafy liverwort with affinities to the Jungermanniales (Schuster and Janssens, 1989). The gametophyte consists of unistra-tose, bifid leaves inserted in two ranks on stems approximately 0.5 mm in diameter. Rhizoids are long and slender, non-septate, and up to 25 |m in diameter. Many features of Diettertia suggest that it represents a highly specialized member of the Jungermanniales. As a result of this fossil and other evidence, Schuster and Janssens (1989) suggested that the order probably evolved much earlier, perhaps in the late Paleozoic.
fossils of species that still exist today, and thus indicate that these species are archaic and already existed at least by the early Neogene, 20 Ma (Gradstein, 1993).
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15 Films to See in August
Jordan Raup○ July 31, 2018
As the summer comes to a close, it seems as though most distributors–especially on the indie side–were holding onto their gems before the busy fall festival slate as a number of the year's best films arrive this month. If we're being honest, though, our most-anticipated film won't actually get a theatrical release, but will instead arrive on The Criterion Collection with Terrence Malick's extended edition of The Tree of Life. However for this feature, we'll stick to those films one will be able to see in theaters, so without further adieu, here are the 15 films we recommend this month.
Matinees to See: Nico, 1988 (8/1), Christopher Robin (8/3), A Prayer Before Dawn (8/10), Buybust (8/10), Summer of '84 (8/10), Crazy Rich Asians (8/15), Juliet, Naked (8/17), Memoir of War (8/17), Notes on an Appearance (8/17), We the Animals (8/17), The Wife (8/17), The Night is Short, Walk On Girl (8/21), What Keeps You Alive (8/24), Papillon (8/24), The Happytime Murders (8/24), Arizona (8/24), Operation Finale (8/29), A Paris Education (8/31), Destination Wedding (8/31), and The Little Stranger (8/31)
15. Makala (Emmanuel Gras; Aug. 24)
Synopsis: The trials and tribulations of a young farmer who earns a living by making and selling charcoal in Congo.
Why You Should See It: Before the memeification of Werner Herzog, the director was better known for reaching the deepest corners of the world, profiling people and places that might otherwise not get their due. A new film, which won the Grand Prize at International Critics Week in Cannes, follows in the spirit of that quest. Dan Schindel said in his review from True/False, "A top-notch process documentary, it begins with a single intact, thick tree, which over an agonizing day Kabitwa manages to fell on his own with just an ax. Over subsequent days, he chops up the tree and burns the wood into charcoal – again, all by himself."
14. Let the Corpses Tan (Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani; Aug. 31)
Synopsis: After stealing a truckload of gold bars, a gang of thieves absconds to the ruins of a remote village perched on the cliffs of the Mediterranean. Home to a reclusive yet hypersexual artist and her motley crew of family and admirers, it seems like a perfect hideout. But when two cops roll up on motorcycles to investigate, the hamlet erupts into a hallucinatory battlefield as both sides engage in an all-day, all-night firefight rife with double-crosses and dripping with blood.
Why You Should See It: The summer will close out with some stylish genre fun. Ethan Vestby said in his review, "With their third feature, Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani tackle the poliziotteschi genre instead of the giallo (here's hoping for the peplum next). The picture is focused on the fallout of a gold bar robbery in the Mediterranean; a gang of thieves, artists and motorcycle cops colliding to a naturally bloody end. Adapted from a novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette and Jean-Pierre Bastid, yet still not providing too much in the way of narrative, this writer could at least discern plot points involving a Rabid Dogs-like kidnapping, a Treasure of Sierra Madre-inspired descent into greedy violence and, of course, some psychosexual hijinks that likely invokes every genre picture of the past fifty years. If there's a driving force one can find, perhaps it's just the greed in a man's eyes at the sight of gold."
13. The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Desiree Akhavan; Aug. 3)
Synopsis: In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians.
Why You Should See It: The top winner at this year's Sundance Film Festival arrives this week. I said in my review, "On her prom night, Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz) gets caught making out with her high school girlfriend in the parking lot, resulting in her parents sending her off to God's Promise, a gay conversion therapy camp. Featuring weeks of religious gaslighting in which those in charge not only you tell you the desires of your heart are immoral, but homosexuality itself doesn't even exist, The Miseducation of Cameron Post provides a tender, well-rounded, if not entirely successful look at the emotionally abusive experience."
12. The Wild Boys (Bertrand Mandico; Aug. 24)
Synopsis: In the beginning of the 20th century, five children on the island of La Réunion commit a savage crime. As punishment, a Dutch captain takes them to a supernatural island with luxuriant vegetation and bewitching powers.
Why You Should See It: One of the most striking features I've seen this year is Bertrand Mandico's debut feature The Wild Boys, which premiered at last year's Venice Film Festival and I caught at Film Comment Selects. Following a group of boys (all played by actresses), they are trapped on a boat with a commanding captain, only to discover more about themselves as they arrive on an island, and things get trippier from there. It's a gender-fluid, erotic trip that's both phantasmagoric and orgasmic, and certainly worth seeing on the big screen.
11. Searching (Aneesh Chaganty; Aug. 24)
Synopsis: After his 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a desperate father breaks into her laptop to look for clues to find her.
Why You Should See It: Following the Unfriended sequel, another trapped-in-a-computer thriller will arrive after being acclaimed at Sundance. Dan Mecca said in his review, " John Cho should be our next leading man. Above all else does the thriller Searching, directed by Aneesh Chaganty, make this abundantly clear. Cho stars as David Kim, recently-widowed father of teenage daughter Margot (Michelle La) and doing his best to keep his composure. Opening on a heartfelt and heartbreaking montage of messages and moments as displayed on a computer screen, Chaganty establishes what will be the aesthetic of the picture."
10. PROTOTYPE (Blake Williams; Aug. 31)
Synopsis: As a major storm strikes Texas in 1900, a mysterious televisual device is built and tested.
Why You Should See It: In the years since the resurgence of 3D in Hollywood thanks to James Cameron, we've seen the dimension-expanding tool profiteered in a number of bastardized ways, but every so often a filmmaker comes along to truly push its boundaries in an exciting manner. Following Jean-Luc Godard and ahead of Bi Gan, Blake Williams premiered his first feature. Andrew Ward said in his review from the Museum of the Moving Image's First Look Festival, "PROTOTYPE's unique combination of archival footage and 3D imaging techniques creates an image of the past that is chiefly concerned with space over time, playing out like a performance of the Galveston storm rather than a simple retelling of the event through a use of historical footage."
9. The Meg (Jon Turteltaub; Aug. 10)
Synopsis: After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.
Why You Should See It: The shark thriller has had quite a life in the many decades since Steven Spielberg's landmark Jaws, but it was only a few years ago that we got a film that actually provided a similarly worthy jolt, with Jaume Collet-Serra's brilliantly executed The Shallows. This summer, it's Jason Statham's turn with The Meg, which certainly bites off a more expansive scope and sillier tone than the Blake Lively-led film. Let's hope it nails a very specific gleefully ridiculous vibe to close out the summer blockbuster season.
8. BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee; Aug. 10)
Synopsis: Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter.
Why You Should See It: Following its Cannes premiere, many critics stumbled over each other to be the first to exclaim BlacKkKlansman as Spike Lee's "best movie in years!" Viewing a few months later, it's certainly his most mainstream movie in some time, lacking the pure, unfiltered energy of Chi-Raq or even the impressive, uneasy strangeness of his Ganja & Hess reimagining Da Sweet Blood of Jesus. Despite being a bit too broad to make as deep of impact as clearly intended in its final moments, it's still an engaging drama, nailing the tricky tonal divide of humorous and horrifying. Read Rory O'Connor's Cannes review for more.
7. Cocote (Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias; Aug. 3)
Synopsis: An evangelical Christian man has to participate in religious cults that clash with his beliefs while attending the burial of his father in his hometown.
Why You Should See It: One of our favorite discoveries on the festival circuit in the last year has been this singular drama. Zhuo-Ning Su said in his review, "Fans of fierce, challenging indigenous cinema rejoice. It's not every day that you see a film from and depicting the life in the Dominican Republic, let alone one as intriguing as Cocote. Writer/director De Los Santos Arias' feature debut shines a light on an underrepresented part of the world and casts a truly outlandish spell that confounds and overwhelms. Fair warning: sheer cultural divide would most likely prevent a deeper appreciation of the film, but the authenticity and intensity of its voice alone proves excitingly – if also gruelingly – memorable."
6. Madeline's Madeline (Josephine Decker; Aug. 10)
Synopsis: A theater director's latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously.
Why You Should See It: "The greatest praise I can give Madeline's Madeline is that, considering its sheer momentum and imaginative tackling of the complicated issue of exploitation for art's sake, multiple viewings would reap greater rewards," I said in my review from Sundance. "With just one, it's clear Decker has crafted a whirlwind of an experience, one that coheres in breathtaking bravado by the climax when art as therapy reaches its uncomfortable, astounding conclusion. There will never be easy answers when dealing with the soul-baring act of producing truly great art, but Josephine Decker's film is as mesmerizing a plunge into the process as one is likely to find in modern cinema."
5. Skate Kitchen (Crystal Moselle; Aug. 10)
Synopsis: A teenaged skateboarder makes friends with a bunch of other skateboarding girls in New York City.
Why You Should See It: "With Skate Kitchen, Moselle has crafted the rare empowering, generation-appealing film that doesn't feel like it's a writer decades removed talking down to the current era or someone trying too hard to capture today's technological influence," I said in my review from Sundance. "Skating through the open city streets, there's a freshness and energy here as we spend blissful sun-lit summer afternoons with this talented clan. If one felt American Honey was too preoccupied with depicting the socioeconomic situation of its characters and projecting their potentially doomed fate, Skate Kitchen carries a similar energy of immediacy, but resonates greater as it focuses on celebrating one's passion and basking in the culture where they've found their home."
4. John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection (Julien Faraut; Aug. 22)
Synopsis: A documentary set at the final of the 1984 French Open between John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl at a time when McEnroe was the world's top-ranked player.
Why You Should See It: The best film we saw at the Berlin Film Festival this year was John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection. The title may suggest your typical sports documentary, but Julien Faraut's feature is anything but. A formally thrilling, fascinating probe into how the realms of cinema and tennis relate, it's an essential viewing for any cinephile–regardless of your feeling towards the sport of tennis. Rory O'Connor said in his review, "It is a film very much about that volatile legend but it's bookended with a quote from his namesake, the similarly antagonistic Jean-Luc Godard who, in an interview with l'Equipe, once uttered the immortal words: "Sport tells the truth, cinema doesn't." Faraut sets out to find that truth but also to show how tennis, or how we consume it at least, is in itself cinematic."
3. Minding the Gap (Bing Liu; Aug. 17)
Synopsis: Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust-Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.
Why You Should See It: Minding the Gap, the best documentary I've seen thus far this year, Bing Liu's deeply personal story of friendship–or rather, reckoning with the friends that may not seem as familiar as they once were back in high school–is a visually stunning, emotional piece of storytelling. John Fink said in his review, "A tour de force of documentary filmmaking, Minding the Gap is a lively, often beautifully shot film about a pit of hopelessness–from dead-end jobs to drunken arguments to bad decisions. This is modern day John Cassavetes with tattoos and punk music."
2. Milla (Valérie Massadian; Aug. 3)
Synopsis: A 17-year-old girl's youthful romance seems ready to cross the threshold into teen parenthood.
Why You Should See It: One of the most extraordinary, visually commanding films of the year arrives this month. Naming it one of the best films we saw in 2017 during its festival run, Willow Maclay said, "What is living a life? If life is a refraction of specific moments and repetition than the beauty of being given a body is in the loop of breath and how it changes as days pass. Valeria Massadian's Milla is a stunning portrait of the quotidian nature of life and how it gives birth to larger or more staggering moments. In her film we get a sense of who Milla is and how her everyday decisions impact her life, at first a hazy recollection on the timelessness of romance bursts apart when cause and effect bring motherhood, death and music. Cinema as humanity."
1. Support the Girls (Andrew Bujalski; Aug. 24)
Synopsis: The general manager at a highway-side "sports bar with curves" has her incurable optimism and faith, in her girls, her customers, and herself, tested over the course of a long, strange day.
Why You Should See It: From his early so-called mumblecore days to his higher-profile features like Results, there's been flashes of brilliance in all of Andrew Bujalski's work, and now he's created his best feature yet with Support the Girls. John Fink said in his review from SXSW, "Bujalski as a filmmaker has created a film as fascinating as anything in his previous output. Similar to what he's done for early computing, disabilities, and the fitness industry, he's again demystified unseen worlds, finding gentle humor and drama in these settings. Support The Girls tackles diversity, racial identity, and an economy built on flirting and mutual exploitation. It's a biting commentary on American labor and capitalism in the form of a mainstream crowd pleaser."
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