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'''Thrór''' ([[Third Age]] 2542 – 2790, lived 248 years) was King of [[Durin's folk]] for 201 years, from 2589 to 2790. He was the eldest son of [[Dáin I]], and with his younger brother [[Grór]] he led his people away from the [[Grey Mountains]] after a [[Cold-drakes|cold-drake]] killed both his father and brother [[Frór]]. Thrór led some of the [[Dwarves]] back to [[Lonely Mountain]], where he became [[King under the Mountain]]. Grór continued west with the rest of Durin's folk until he reached the [[Iron Hills]], where he founded his own [[Dwarves of the Iron Hills|kingdom]].
'''Thrór''' ([[Third Age]] 2542 – 2790, lived 248 years) was King of [[Durin's folk]] for 201 years, from 2589 to 2790. He was the eldest son of [[Dáin I]], and with his younger brother [[Grór]] he led his people away from the [[Grey Mountains]] after a great [[Cold-drakes|Cold-drake]] killed both his father and brother [[Frór]]. Thrór led some of the [[Dwarves]] back to [[Lonely Mountain]], where he became [[King under the Mountain]]. While Grór continued west with the a grwat following of Durin's folk to the [[Iron Hills]], where he founded his own [[Dwarves of the Iron Hills|realm]].
In 2770 the dragon [[Smaug]] attacked and sacked Lonely Mountain. Thrór and other dwarves managed to escape through the hidden [[Side Door]]. Despondent and homeless, he left his people and went south with a single companion, [[Nár]], but not before giving his son [[Thráin II]] his [[Ring of Thrór|Ring of Power]], along with the [[Thrór’s Map|map]] and key to Lonely Mountain. Thrór wished to see the fabled city of his ancestors, [[Khazad-dûm]], and ignored Nár's warnings that it had become the "Black Pit" of [[Moria]]. However, at Moria Thrór was captured and butchered by [[Azog]] the [[Goblins|Goblin]] King, who carved his own name on Thrór's severed head in [[Angerthas Moria|Dwarvish runes]].
Nár was released by Azog so that all Dwarves would know that an [[Orc]] now ruled Moria, and as Nar was fleeing he saw that Orcs emerged and started hacking up the body of the poor king and were flinging pieces of his body to the crows. Nár told King Thráin II of the abomination, which began the [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]].
At Erebor, Thrór and his people were very prosperous. Gaining the friendship of the [[Northmen]] who lived along the river [[Celduin]]. These people later founded the town of [[Dale]] and had much trade of goods, beautiful trinkets, and weapons with the Dwarves. The [[Dwarves of Erebor | Ereborians]] also had much traffic of ores with their kinsman in the Iron Hills. And the region had peace and prosperity for many years.
In 2770 though their prosperity ended. The Dragon [[Smaug]] heard of the wealth of Thrór and his people. And he came south from the [[Ered Mithrin]] and sacked the Lonely Mountain, killing many Dwarves. But from the destruction many escaped last of them being Thrór and his son Thráin from the hidden [[Side Door]]. So with a small company of kin and faithful followers they made the great wandering south, until they reached the hills of [[Dunland]].
despondent and homeless, Thrór left his people and went north with a single companion, [[Nár]], but not before giving his son [[Thráin II]] his [[Ring of Thrór|Ring of Power]], along with the [[Thrór’s Map|map]] and key to the Lonely Mountain. Thrór wished to see the fabled city of his ancestors, [[Khazad-dûm]].
The Orc then through a small purse of silver coins at him. Weeping, Nár fled weeping as he went down the [[Silverlode]], but not before looking back and seeing the Orcs emerging and hacking Thrór's body into pieces and throwing them to the crows.
Nine years later at the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]], the climax of the [[War of Dwarves and Orcs]] the Thrór was avenged, and Thráin took the Azog's severed head and shoved the purse of coins into his mouth then set it on a stake.
Thrór (Third Age 2542 – 2790, lived 248 years) was King of Durin's folk for 201 years, from 2589 to 2790. He was the eldest son of Dáin I, and with his younger brother Grór he led his people away from the Grey Mountains after a great Cold-drake killed both his father and brother Frór. Thrór led some of the Dwarves back to Lonely Mountain, where he became King under the Mountain. While Grór continued west with the a grwat following of Durin's folk to the Iron Hills, where he founded his own realm.
In Dunland, his people tried to make a living, but twenty years after the Sack of Erebor despondent and homeless, Thrór left his people and went north with a single companion, Nár, but not before giving his son Thráin II his Ring of Power, along with the map and key to the Lonely Mountain. Thrór wished to see the fabled city of his ancestors, Khazad-dûm. Eventally they made it over the Redhorn Pass down into Azanulbizar the Dimrill Dale. And when Thrór came to the East-gate of Moria he found it open. Nár begged him to beware, but he took no he of him, and walked through the gates as the heir who had returned. But he did not come back. Nár stayed nearby for many days in hiding. Then one day he heard a loud shout and the blare of a horn, and a body was flung down the steps . Afraid it was Thrór, he began to creep near, but there came a voice from within the gate saying: 'Come on, beardling! We can see you. But there is no need to be afraid today. We need you as a messenger.' Then Nár went forward, and found it was the body of the King, but his head was severed and lay face downward on the ground. As he knelt there, he heard Orc-laughter from the gate, and the voice said: 'If beggars will not wait at the door, but sneak in to try thieving, that is what we do to them. If any of your people poke foul beards in here again, they will fare the same. Go and tell them so! But if his family wish to know who is king here, the name is written on his face. I wrote it! I killed him! I am the master!' Nár then turned the head over and saw branded across his forehead in Dwarvish runes the name AZOG. Nár crouched to take it, but Azog said: 'Drop it! Be off! Here's your fee, beggar-beard.' The Orc then through a small purse of silver coins at him. Weeping, Nár fled weeping as he went down the Silverlode, but not before looking back and seeing the Orcs emerging and hacking Thrór's body into pieces and throwing them to the crows.
When Nár told Thráin what had happened, he declared war on the Orcs and called all the Seven Houses together for vengeance. Nine years later at the Battle of Azanulbizar, the climax of the War of Dwarves and Orcs the Thrór was avenged, and Thráin took the Azog's severed head and shoved the purse of coins into his mouth then set it on a stake.
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Pu-erh is a sub-category of Dark Tea that comes from Yunnan province in China. They can be strong teas. They may also be medium-bodied, bright, and slightly sweet depending on how you prepare them. Pu-erh teas typically are aged and are prized in China for their medicinal properties and earthy flavor. Pu-erh can have an earthy, rich, and dark flavor. It can also be sweet and floral with a tingling sensation. Pu-erh tea has an active (probiotic) bacteria that deepens the flavor of the tea over time. In theory, the older it is, the better and more valuable it becomes. How do they age it? The specifics of aging Pu-erh are closely guarded trade secrets.
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The Beatles: Rock Band was released on September 9, 2009 (09/09/09) across the globe, in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The game features 45 songs that span The Beatles' career and a detailed storyline that highlights some of the band's biggest moments in history.
Follow in The Beatles' footsteps as they progress through their career, starting at the Cavern Club.
Along with the basic gameplay modes of the Rock Band series, The Beatles: Rock Band includes a story driven mode that takes players through the Fab Four's career, starting with their early Cavern Club Days and going all the way to their last live show, the famous concert atop the Apple Corps rooftop. All characters, venues, and songs are exclusively related to The Beatles, meaning no songs are cross compatible with other Rock Band titles and The Beatles: Rock Band.
The newest feature in The Beatles: Rock Band is the inclusion of three-part vocal harmonies, allowing up to six players to join in at the same time. Players are able to mimic The Beatles by playing and singing at the same time, or simply let two additional players sing the backup and harmonizing vocals. A special training mode will be included to help singers adjust to singing in harmony.
During the Abbey Road Studios period, several dreamscape backgrounds accompany certain songs. These are artistic interpretations of the songs, akin to music videos. While some of these dreamscapes are set in the studio with color filters, lyrics, and other effects being seen some are set in an entirly new location based on the mood or lyrics of the track. For example, "Here Comes the Sun" features the band playing on top of a hill in front of a sunny background while, in contrast, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" shows the same landscape with a more moody atmosphere. Meanwhile, some Dreamscapes are based off of an original video or film that featured the track. "I Am the Walrus" and "Yellow Submarine," for example, are both set or feature references to the original music video and animated movie, respectively.
Throughout the career mode, players are rewarded with photos and studio chat between the band members and crew that have never before been seen or heard, giving them extra insight on the band and their music.
The game is comprised of 45 songs, taken from The Beatles' catalog of studio albums between Please Please Me (1963) and Abbey Road (1969). It has been confirmed that the United Kingdom-released versions will be used, and will not be released as downloadable content for main iterations of the Rock Band series. The game features unheard dialogue and footage from the band that, prior to release, has never been released in any form.
Unlike previous Rock Band titles, downloadable content will be released specifically for The Beatles: Rock Band and will not be compatible with other Rock Band games; nor will previous and future releases to the general Rock Band platform be available for play in The Beatles: Rock Band. The game will also not export any on-disc songs for play in other Rock Band games. Currently these are the only songs available for download. Harmonix have said the future of downloadable content for this game depends a lot on how well the sales go for the songs currently available.
The songs cost $2 each, either as 160 Microsoft Points or 200 Nintendo Points. The Abbey Road album can be downloaded as a medley for $16.98 or 1360 Microsoft Points. Abbey Road is not available as a medley on the Wii.
The Beatles: Rock Band peripherals.
New instrument peripherals have been designed specific to The Beatles, and include Paul's Höfner bass guitar, George's Gretsch Duo, John's Rickenbacker 325, and a Ludwig branded drum kit sporting Ringo's classic pearl finish and Beatles "Drop T" logo bass drum head. The kit also includes a newly designed pedal with an intricate Beatles design embossed on the plate. The Höfner bass, Ludwig kit, and microphone (along with stand) are all included in the premium bundle, however the Rickenbacker and Gretsch are only available as separate purchases. The premium bundle only comes with a single stand, so people who plan on having more than one mutli-instrumentalist will be required to purchase more stands (most standard microphone stands will suffice). All peripherals are wireless, excluding the mic.
The game is compatible with Lips and Sing Star microphones for Xbox 360 and PS3 respectively, allowing players to use them as opposed to the wired Rock Band mics.
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Animals appeared about a half billion years ago, and very slowly grew in their range of capabilities. The biggest brains grew roughly exponentially.
About two hundred years ago, human world product quickly transitioned to doubling about every fifteen years, as industry become common.
These "quick" transitions took much less than a previous doubling time, though more than a new doubling time.
So human history consists of a few key growth modes. During each mode, any tendencies for growth to decelerate, for example via exploring the best looking ideas first, were roughly balanced by other tendencies for growth to accelerate, for example via more powerful eras exploring more ideas. So change falls into two important classes: most changes are part of some growth mode, helping to sustain it but not modifying its basic pattern of change, while three key changes begot enormous mode-changing revolutions.
So our key questions are: what caused those three key changes, or equivalently, what key features sustain each growth mode? But before you go wild proposing stories about which features were key to which modes, remember: your story about when a feature became a key to growth must match what we know about when that feature was how prominent.
For example, it would be crazy to attribute the arrival of humans to writing, since writing abilities seems way beyond the earliest humans. One might attribute the farming revolution to writing, but since the earliest known writing appeared well after farming started, you'd have to postulate that we'll find much earlier evidence of writing, and you'll also need a plausible story for how writing enabled farming to appear and to then sustain a faster growth rate. If you wanted to attribute the industrial revolution to writing, you'd have to explain why there was a strong threshold effect, so that pre-1800 writing levels had weak growth rate effects, while post-1800 writing levels had strong effects.
To start the game play, let me describe my current best guesses. While hunter-gatherers underwent large genetic changes, the key to their sustained growth may have been new mental features making it easier to pass on behavior innovations via culture, rather than via genes. While culture-embodied change probably required big enough brains, and it was aided by language and large social groups, it is not clear how necessary were these last two features.
With domestication, I suspect that plants and animals directly embodied key innovations, making it far more useful to find and share new plants and animals than to find and share new ways to make arrows, shoes, etc. Better seeds might let one colonize whole new territories, while better shoes usually only help a little.
It is true that less-mobile farmers could invest more in heavy physical capital, and dense areas of farmers could more easily share innovations, specialize in production, and engage in long distance trade. However, it is not clear how important these were. Since there had long been some long distance trade, and some less-mobile and denser gatherers at rich fisheries, a threshold effect would be needed for mobility and density to be crucial to the farming revolution.
While the scientific revolution had little direct effect on the arrival and growth of industry, it created a prestigious cultural model for the formation of networks of experts talking to each other in other areas, especially agriculture. I suspect networks of farming experts drove the initial industrial revolution in Britain, and other experts networks sustained the revolution as economic activity moved away from agriculture. While capital intensity, leisure, printing, and good property rights probably helped, it is not clear they were necessary.
Those are my guesses for now, though I'd love to change my mind to a story with stronger support. Anyone got one?
That the industrial revolution was driven somewhat by the improvements in agriculture is a well known hypothesis.
I have repeatedly disputed the claim that the above facts constitute a reasonably accurate summary of what is known about history. Points can be fit to exponentials? Really? When one has a hand full of very unreliable points which were largely created by assuming an exponential and interpolating or extrapolating?
I second the michael vassar's objection, and don't find this summary accurate at all. It is least inaccurate in the fourth indicated period, perhaps still marginally useful in third, but I'd be highly surprised to find any patterns like that in the first and second periods.
I think human beings learning to draw upon synergies within their communities (agrarian societies where role divisions became clear and specialisations developed), and then identifying ways to cooperate with other communities (trade or indeed scientific collaboration) or compete with communities for resources such as territory, raw materials etc (war) is the crux of much development.
So, short answer - communities. Not very different from the 2.0 version of the web.
Of course along the way, shorthand related to trust and negotiation had to be developed but those I deem to be 'second-order' or 'derivative' constructs.
"Formation of networks of experts talking to each other in other" idea is written about a lot in it."A history of the world in six glasses" has a similar explanation of thef ormation of the royal society and it basis in coffee houses.
Best off the top of my head guess-each period reflects the point when groups of humans had accumulated enough knowledge to combine the things they knew into a new way of doing something.
The start of the 2nd period was when humans had accumulated enough knowledge (of how to hunt, how to find shelter, etc) to start working together in groups of 50 or so to hunt/gather more efficiently. The start of the 3rd period was when they had accumulated enough knowledge (of cultivation, domestication, irrigation, etc) to start using agriculture to produce more food. The start of the 4th period was when humans had accumulated enough knowledge (of metalurgy, material properties, combustion) for the industrial revolution.
Once knowledge reaches a certain level, and a certain spread through the population, it allows the formation of a new, better way of doing things.
Will, that is basically accepted as fact. But the question is why farming suddenly improved so much.
Michael and Tomasz, I'm just relying on standard sources for population and brain size estimates. This isn't the place to argue with them.
Shefaly, so what exactly changed about communities, and what enabled those changes?
davidc, but profit motives have always been common.
hegemonicon, there might be knowledge thresholds required for new ways of doing things, but why would those new ways of doing things enable growth to be so much faster?
Another best guess - the big changes come when we're able to harness exponentially more energy (without having to expend a corresponding amount of energy to get it).
1 person might be able to kill 1 antelope (or the ancient equivalent). 20 people might be able to kill a wooly mammoth, which provides the energy of 100 antelope. Agriculture gets you even more, by harnessing the power of the sun. Industry harnesses the power of combustion, and gets you even more. Each level gets you more energy - energy that can be relatively easily applied.
Good point. "The rise of the Western world" By Douglass Cecil North, Robert Paul Thomas and P.J. O'Rourke take On 'The Wealth of Nations' both put it down to "good property rights" but as you ask is that enough to explain the industrial revolution? A Farewell to Alms seems to put it down to some sort of genetic change in Britain. Apologies for just commenting a bibliography of books about the question. Just it is an interesting problem and these are the best explanations on it I have read.
Robin where do you want to stop the explanation?
Do we need to explain why the scientific revolution happened when it did as well?
Robin, on your best guess: it strikes me that agriculture and the rise of investment associated with were the beginning of a trend toward peacefulness, in which violence became a costlier way of signaling and improving status. Investment meant having something to lose, such that jockeying for status using violence would have become much more costly. As such direct contests for status declined, others had to arise to take their place: signaling using wealth, for example. Such signaling depended more and more on mental abilities - calculating expected values of investments, maintaining networks of allies, learning technologies to improve one's wealth, etc. These changes would have favored a bigger brain capable of more complex planning, incrementally leading us toward the benefits of the modern economies [specialization, trading, contracts, dispute resolution]. This trend is self-reinforcing and thus accelerates, and here we are now.
"Another best guess - the big changes come when we're able to harness exponentially more energy (without having to expend a corresponding amount of energy to get it)."
If that's your argument, the discussion should start with fire. Evidence shows that our brains had a growth spurt shortly after fire was first used for cooking. Experiments show that cooked food is digested far more efficiently, so that he same amount of food results in a bigger net energy consumption.
How about the joint stock company?
Perhaps the reason is simply the total number of humans available to try new things.
hegemonicon, your theory would seem to predict jumps between output levels, instead of the jumps between output growth rates that we see.
davidc, genetic changes were too slow, unless there was some sharp threshold effect in getting "good enough" genes. Good property rights were feasible long long ago, so surely that could only be a part of the story.
Will, well the more detail the better, but the bar is pretty low at the moment.
HH, your story has only one transition, but we have three to explain.
sdb, increasing growth rates with increasing numbers of people doesn't predict sharp transitions.
I agree with hegimonicon, it's all about energy density. each epoch involves something that was formerly energy intensive becoming cheap. our next major step appears to be making information processing cheap.
The earliest one is purely biological and genetic. For the others, the best explanation I've seen is Julian Simon's "The Great Breakthrough and Its Cause", where he basically argues that human progress is a positive feedback cycle between increasing technology and increasing population. Higher population allows and encourages technological development which allows higher population which increases technology, etc, etc. His concentration in the book is on the takeoff of the industrial revolution over the last few centuries, but it looks applicable to earlier periods and transitions also.
Human culture started around 3 billion years ago, fuelling brain growth in our ancestors - as memes made space for themselves - and invented hunting and fishing technologies that removed nutritionally-imposed limits on brain development.
Some time later humans began to live together in large communities. That allowed mental specialisation. Up to that point, all human culture had been stored in a few types of mind - man, woman, shaman, chief. Communities allowed for many more roles, expanding the types of minds where ideas could find homes - this led to much more knowledge, writing money, religion etc.
More recently, printing was invented - which made libraries more economically feasible, resulting in an explosion of knowledge.
Recent developments in this general area include ubiquitous digitalisation, the formation of the internet, and machine intelligence.
You're forgetting something -- our planet has ready-made sources of chemical energy. It's hard to imagine how a civilization could get off the ground without wood, coal, natural gas, petroleum, &c. It wouldn't be possible to invent other forms of energy production without using them first. We got lucky.
While the scientific revolution had little direct effect on the arrival and growth of industry, it created a prestigious cultural model for the formation of networks of experts talking to each other in other areas, especially agriculture.
Sounds exactly right to me. Note that as networks grow to larger and larger scales, new divisions of labor AND mechanisms for coordination among the different specializations become necessary to sustain the rate of growth. This is ultimately why power laws are not rigorously correct as an approximation for economic growth.
I suggest for behavioral modernity: brain plasticity and neophilia as a neotenic trait, resulting in copying behavior in adults. That's what sets apart on the one hand lower and middle paleolithic Hom Sap and close cousins such as Neanderthals, who pass on a barely changed culture for millennia, and on the other, upper paleolithic Hom Sap who quickly innovate in culture and tools. I think language is oversold. Do you tell someone how to bang out a flint ax? No, you show them. But can you show an adult, or only a child?
Presuming that there is a single attribute with sufficient explanatory power to justify and characterize the (ostensibly) three transitions (and four growth phases) implies that it was, in fact, a deterministic system. Could it be that the transitions are the result of (the new trendy term, and its explanatory power is still being explored, I suppose) "black swan" effects? This was perhaps unintentionally touched on by hegimonicon and nazgulnarsil--i.e. that black swan events which provide massive shifts in the effective cost of a particular resource are what drove each transition.
Good point gwern. I'm wondering whether the competition between the nation states of europe was an important ingredient about why the IR happened there.
How many competitors did china have? I'm thinking that the push from the rulers for better military and naval technology could have kick started the IR by creating specialists and improving ships and metal working techniques on a large scale.
Go read 'Man the Hunted' by Sussman and Hart, a primatologist and paleontologist. They discuss early human adaptation as the byproduct of a past where we were hunted without mercy during the night by apex-predators (to which we eventually adapted through use of weapons, language, and team work), while during the day we were scavengers. The evidence provided in the book makes it out that humanity was a prey species for far, far longer than it was a hunter-gatherer and eventual apex-predator species (in fact the authors argue primarily against the "humans as hunter-gatherer" as only a very small aspect for humanity's lineage, and thus not as influential). The authors don't extrapolate too far onto the psychological effects of this, but they do point out some areas where it could have influenced our psychology given the long term effects of being hunted day-in, day-out.
"You're forgetting something -- our planet has ready-made sources of chemical energy. It's hard to imagine how a civilization could get off the ground without wood, coal, natural gas, petroleum, &c. It wouldn't be possible to invent other forms of energy production without using them first. We got lucky."
Actually, since we're based on oxygen combustion the fact that there was readily accessible chemical energy would fall more under the anthropic principle.
Even further, though, it's very hard to imagine a complex system replicative like DNA developing under the conditions of any system of really high energy (fusion, for example). This may mean that all life probably has its origins in environments of relatively abundant chemical energy. Which shouldn't be controversial - not stars, and not ice worlds.
That hypothesis uses energy from super-saturated solutions - not really "chemical energy" as the term is usually understood.
You start with, "How did humanity become so influential and powerful?" Then proceed with an interesting example of confirmation bias. What even prompts the question?
For Peter Drucker's view: See Introduction: The Transformation and chapter 1 (From Capitalism to Knowledge Society) of Post-Capitalist Society (http://is.gd/B1Bt). Please be sure to view the entire page.
gwern is on the money in saying that (a) explaining the IR is hard, and (b)the explanation has to include something that China didn't have much sooner.
Indeed, the most important thing in this area is to be aware of enough of those kinds of facts and common sense that you can eliminate theories that should obviously be wrong. For example, be aware that hunter-gatherers were experts on botany and animal behavior. It's not plausible that the simple ideas that seeds can grow into plants that you can eat later, or that you can keep an animal tied or penned up and eat it later, were not discovered and known countless times during the c. 100,000 years between when our brains became modern-sized and agriculture developed. There has to have been some major barrier to benefitting from such obvious ideas to have kept agriculture from developing far sooner. I also don't find genetics plausible as a cause of agriculture, since agriculture ended up spreading to a very large number of human groups that had become genetically isolated long before the dawn of agriculture. (Genetic evolution cause _by_ agriculture is another story -- Cochran and Harpending have some ideas very much worth thinking about). Also not plausible are climate explanations -- there were many local climates hospitable to agriculture throughout those 100,000 years -- just not necessarily at Mediterranean or higher lattitudes.
(1) Differences in political and legal culture. What differences, specifically, it's hard to say, because there is very little about, for example, Sung or Ming dynasty commercial law that has been translated into English: far too little to compare to English law in the 18th century, for example. We know some very general things, such as that Western Europe was (and still is) a far more legalistic culture than China. Also, we know that Western Europe (contrary to Clark's claim) radically changed its property law between the 16th and 19th centuries, from a fuedal model of of hierarchy of tenures and bundled political property rights to a model based on old Roman law with flattened and purely economic ownership. There ensued movements such as the enclosure movement in England and an accompanying large increase in capital investments in land. But we don't know when or to what extent similar incentives to capital investment might have been present or missing in China.
(2) China never controlled the world's oceans and merchant marine, but the British just prior and during its IR did. If this explains the IR, then to explain our explanation (i.e. why did Brtain come to control the world's ocean-going trade) we have to step back and solve the even more puzzling question of how a tiny country of fishing-folk, Portugal, and not an advanced superpower like China, was the first country to take over most of the world's oceanic trade routes (later to be beaten back by other Western European countries and eventually Great Britain).
(3) China had the printing press, but in contrast to Western Europe it did not lead to a rapid growth in literacy sustained over several centuries -- perhaps because of bureaucratic central control rather than the free-enterprise printing businesses that sprung up all over Western Europe, perhaps because the much greater number of symbols did not as efficiently lend itself to printing, or a combination of these two factors.
Other interesting related phenomenon to explain, (and it would be nice per Occam's Razor if it was the same general explanation, but social life is rarely that simple) is why Japan industrialized well in advance of China and Britain was a fuew decades ahead of the rest of Western Europe during most of the 18th and the first half of the 19th century.
Robin: "If you wanted to attribute the industrial revolution to writing, you'd have to explain why there was a strong threshold effect, so that pre-1800 writing levels had weak growth rate effects, while post-1800 writing levels had strong effects."
Besides strong threshold effects, there could be delay effects: for example, the the rapid growth of books and literacy after the mid-15th century in Western Europe gave rise to a slow but accelerating series of innovations (most obviously scientific and technological advances, but perhaps also innovations in business or law), which in turn gave rise to the IR (and happened in England rather than other parts of Western Europe for orthogonal reasons).
It seems likely to me that recent genetic evolution is a--perhaps the--key factor in the growth of human influence and power. (Nick is quite right to point to Cochran and Harpending, if only glancingly.) But it's a factor that we don't yet know enough about to draw firm conclusions from.
We can say with a great deal of confidence that the emergence and spread of lactose tolerance was a strong contributor to the rise of humans. But the temperamental and behavioral changes are much harder to tease out.
Did Hamlet's (decidedly Elizabethan/early modern) character vary so greatly from his father's (decidedly 10th-century, Viking-like) character for genetic reasons? Is that genetic change on display there?
bill, population and tech encouraging each other has been constant all along, so this can't explain sudden spurts.
Tim, some hunter gatherers lived in large dense communities. Printing showed up long before the industrial revolution.
Lord, if the energy was always there, that doesn't explain why particular things happened at particular times.
gwern, yes the growth groove game is hard.
Juilian, unless you think brain plasticity showed up about 10KBC, I don't see how it explains the timing.
bysl, black swans are not mystical causes beyond science; once you see them you can usually understand them - the hard part is to foresee them.
snuff, I don't see the prey to predator transition explaining the timing, unless you think it happened over a million years ago.
Brian, are you saying we are not influential and powerful?
nick, do you have specific delay effects in mind, or are you just guessing there might be some, since the effects you focus on appeared centuries before the industrial revolution?
Steve, are you postulating specific genetic innovations at the key 10KBC and 1800 dates?
Robin: "Steve, are you postulating specific genetic innovations at the key 10KBC and 1800 dates?"
More accurately: the rapid spread of specific genetic innovations.
With that caveat: In the centuries leading up to those lift-off dates, yes--with a concurrent/resultant exponential leap.
As an example: Cochran and Harpending posit strong selection for intelligence among a particular genetically and professionally isolated European group during the late middle ages/early renaissance. Since I am one-half Ashkenazi Jew and hence am likely to be biased, I hesitate to give any endorsement for this view.
Robin, like everybody else I'm just making hopefully informed guesses, but Clark gives a good graph of the rise in literacy in England in the 16th-19th centuries. It's a fairly steady rise. During this period manufacturing productivity was increasing at about the same rate as it was during the IR. The exponential growth in manufacturing productivity in Western Europe dates to at least 16th century and probably earlier, starting from the very low level of the depths of the Dark Ages in the 9th century. The increase in literacy had been steady since the introduction of paper in Europe and got new energy and reached much higher levels because of the spread of printed books.
So part of my explanation (based on Clarks' data) is that the IR was much less of a "spurt" than commonly believed -- it was mainly just a long-standing exponential trend becoming the largest percentage of the economy. The rate of growth in that productivity, and in agricultural productivity that allowed manufacturing to come to dominate the economy, was higher than China due to a faster growth of literacy and growth of that literacy to a much higher percent of the population -- of which literacy the rise of science, the engineering profession, some of the legal and political changes, etc. were effects.
"How many competitors did china have? I'm thinking that the push from the rulers for better military and naval technology could have kick started the IR by creating specialists and improving ships and metal working techniques on a large scale."
"(2) China never controlled the world's oceans and merchant marine, but the British just prior and during its IR did. If this explains the IR, then to explain our explanation (i.e. why did Brtain come to control the world's ocean-going trade) we have to step back and solve the even more puzzling question of how a tiny country of fishing-folk, Portugal, and not an advanced superpower like China, was the first country to take over most of the world's oceanic trade routes (later to be beaten back by other Western European countries and eventually Great Britain)."
One of the most important episodes for people interested in the Industrial Revolution & China are the famous voyages of Zheng He; they demonstrate that China had seafaring ability on the order of Portugal or Britain, and long before them. The executive summary for those not already familiar with Zheng He: he lead expeditions of dozens/hundreds of truly enormous junks all over East Asia and the Indian Ocean, trading and fighting, in the early 1400s; the expeditions were ended by imperial fiat.
In particular, it's worth noting that the Chinese had already developed the compass and techniques like water-tight compartments. This was in the earlier Song dynasty; the Songs were fighting the incursing Mongols, and their navy was one of their key advantages, so they sponsored and generally supported naval innovation.
Given this, 'lack of competition' is a viable explanation for why naval expeditions & technology stagnated or were abandoned in the later Ming.
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In the 1870 census of Union parish, Louisiana there is a Washington Vines listed with a daughter named Sallie (?kind of hard to read). I have seen Washington with a daughter named Sarah. The question is, "is Sallie and Sarah the same person?". Since Washington did not married Tirza Smith until 1871, it seems obvious he was married before Tirza. Some speculation has it that his first wife is Julie Mitchell. That speculation is based (at least in part) on the 1880 census of Jackson Parish, Louisiana where a Julie Vines is listed in the family of Elizabeth Mitchel with two children (Sallie and John) listed as Elizabeth's grandchildren.
Feb. 10, 2008 I have come to the conclusion that Sarah (Salley) and Sallie are not the same person for the following reasons.
1. In the Goodspeed's biography of Washington Vines, the marriage date for Washington and Tirza as 1865.
3. In the 1900 Census, Tirza states that she had given birth to 11 children of which 7 were still living. With cemetery records, Goodspeed's biography, and census data, I can account for 11 children (Infant son), Jordan, Sarah, Ida, Jo Eler, Joanna, Franklin P, Tirza I, Crawford, Minor, and Annie L. I can also account for the four children who died before 1900: 1. Infant son (Headstone at Craig Cemetery reads son of W and T A Vines (logically, this is the weakest of the four because there is no dates on the headstone. Tirza however is 58 in 1900, so it is unlikely she had any other children after 1900)), 2. Sarah (d. 1876 (Goodspeed and Headstone at Craig Cemetery)), 3. Jo Eler (d. 1874 (Goodspeed)), and 4. Ida (Married G A Patterson in 1892 and died 1893 (Craig Cemetery)).
4. In the 1870 census, Washington's wife is listed as Tisu or Tisa. This will sound a bit 'lame', but Tisu/Tisa would appears closer to Tirza than Julie. I would expect a census taker could spell Julie since it is rather common, but Tirza could be a different matter. Again, I say I know this one is a bit 'lame', but the name does not even resemble Julie.
Now concerning the 1871 marriage date in Union county, AR for Washington and Tirza. The is no way to prove it at this time, but the 1865 date could be a 'secular' marriage (i.e., Justice of the Peace) or maybe that is when she moved in with him and they had a common law marriage. Goodspeed's biography mentions that Washington is a minister having joined the Episcople Church in 1869 and becoming a minister in 1873. The 1871 marriage could have been a 'Christian' marriage which would/could have opened the door for him becoming a minister in a Christian church. This is just speculation, but something has to explain a 1865 marriage (Goodspeed and census) and a 1871 marriage (county records).
An finally, in the 1880 census of Jackson county, LA, Julie Vines is living with Elizabeth Mitchell. Julie has two children, Sallie and John. Her census record indicates that she is a widow, so her husband has died.
I am still open to other possibilities, but at this time I think the Sallie on the 1870 census and the Sallie with Julie on the 1880 census are different people. Charlie Vines - Site Administrator.
In the marriage records for Union County, AR, I find Cumy Vines who married Leonard Bledsoe in 1926. In the Craig Cemetery listing in Union County, Ar, I find a listing for Cumy Vines Shackelford. I am assuming there is only one Cumy. I would like confirmation on this. Charlie Vines - site administrator.
In www.argenweb.org/union (in the archive section) I found Kenneth Vines and Elizabeth Lucas marrying in 1934.
I believe this Kenneth is Kenneth P Vines, son of Minor Vines.
My name is Lance Vines of Midlothian, Texas. I have hit a road block in my research and am hoping that you might be able to help.
My GG grandfather was James Lafayette Vines. He lived with his mother Sarah J Clayton Vines in Upshur County, Texas as of the 1880 census, but I can not find any information before that census record.
He moved up to Jenkins, Texas in Morris county for many more years and finally passed away in Ore City, Texas (Upshur County) in 1937.
He was born in 1858, Sarah in 1835.
I do not know that my family is related to John/Jane Vines of Upshur County, but I am trying to find a link as it seems strange for them to not be related and live within 15 miles of each other.
I have found a memorial for an Infant Vines at Mountain Creek Baptist Church. I would like to know when he/she was born and died. I would also like the names of his/her parents.
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Peanut oil contains heart-healthy monounsaturated fats. It has no trans fat or cholesterol, and little saturated fat. Peanut oil is a favored fat for deep-frying, panfrying and searing because of its high smoke point and resistance to heat damage. The smoke point for peanut oil, or temperature at which an oil begins to break down, is 450 degrees Fahrenheit, notes What's Cooking America. Assuming you are frying, there are good substitutes for peanut oil.
A number of oils that are, like peanut oil, primarily composed of monounsaturated fats are usually the best alternatives. They too have high smoke points and hold up well against extreme heat, making them ideal for frying. Other common monounsaturated fat oils you can use as a substitute include almond oil, which has a 420-degree smoke point; avocado oil, with a 520-degree smoke point; canola oil, which has a 400-degree smoke point; macadamia nut oil, with a 390-degree smoke point; rice bran oil, which has a 490-degree smoke point; and walnut oil, with a 400-degree smoke point. Olive oil is another common alternative, and its smoke point varies depending on which pressing the particular product was made from.
Polyunsaturated fat-based oils, derived from vegetables, seeds and nuts, can be switched for peanut oil. While you can use these oils to fry or sear, they are generally preferred for sauteing and for cold uses. This is because they often have lower smoke points and less resistance to heat damage. Common cooking oils containing primarily polyunsaturated fats that can be substituted for peanut oil include corn oil, which has a 450-degree smoke point; cottonseed oil, with a 420-degree smoke point; grapeseed oil, which has a 392-degree smoke point; sesame oil, with a 410-degree smoke point; sunflower oil, which has a 450-degree smoke point; and vegetable oil, which is a blend of various polyunsaturated fat oils. The smoke point for the latter varies depending on its makeup.
Some saturated fats can substitute for peanut oil. These are less heart-healthy because they raise bad cholesterol levels more than any other dietary factor. These alternatives are more typically used in baking, but they can be used on the stove top, too, if necessary. Butter, with a 350-degree smoke point, is the most commonly used saturated fat for frying. Clarified butter, with a higher smoke point that varies depending on it purity, is an even better alternative for peanut oil. Other possible saturated fat alternatives for peanut oil include lard, with a 370-degree smoke point; palm oil, which has a 446-degree smoke point; and vegetable shortening, with a 360-degree smoke point.
Peanut oil and other monounsaturated oils are far more resilient than their polyunsaturated fat-based counterparts. If you're swapping out the former for the latter in your kitchen, keep in mind that both heat and light easily damage polyunsaturated fats. To maximize their shelf life, all oils should be stored in the refrigerator once they're opened. However, this is particularly important for polyunsaturated fat oils.
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The U.S. Amateur Championship was born in 1895 because of a controversy. In 1894, two clubs - Newport (R.I.) Golf Club and New York's St. Andrew's Golf Club - had conducted invitational tournaments to attract the nation's top amateur players.
Newport's stroke play tournament was won by club member W.G. Lawrence, who triumphed over a field of 20 competitors. The match-play competition at St. Andrews attracted 27 golfers and was won by Laurence Stoddart, of the host club.
Both clubs proclaimed their winners as the national champion. Clearly, golf needed a national governing body to conduct national championships, develop a single set of rules for all golfers to follow, and to promote the best interests of the game. With that, representatives from five clubs founded the USGA on Dec. 22, 1894.
As a result, in 1895, its first full year of operation, the USGA conducted Amateur, Open, and Women's Amateur Championships. The Amateur and Open Championships were conducted at Newport Golf Club during the same week of October and Charles B. Macdonald became the first U.S. Amateur Champion.
The Amateur Championship is the oldest golf championship in this country - one day older than the U.S. Open. Except for an eight-year period, from 1965-72, when it was stroke play, the Amateur has been a match-play championship.
Over the years, as interest in the game grew and the number of quality players increased, it became necessary to establish a national handicapping system to determine who was eligible to compete in the Amateur. The USGA's first national handicap list, which was published for the 1912 Championship, was the forerunner of the present-day USGA Golf Handicap System.
Throughout its history, the U.S. Amateur has been the most coveted of all amateur titles. Many of the great names of professional golf, such as Gene Littler, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Lanny Wadkins, Craig Stadler, Jerry Pate, Mark O'Meara, Hal Sutton, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods, grace the Havemeyer Trophy.
It was, however, longtime amateur Robert T. Jones Jr., who first attracted media coverage and spectator attendance at the Amateur Championship. Jones captured the championship five times (1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930). His 1930 victory was a stunning moment in golf history when, at Merion Cricket Club in Ardmore, Pa., Jones rounded out the Grand Slam, winning the four major American and British championships in one year.
Sixty-six years later, in 1996, Tiger Woods of Cypress, Calif., attracted similar interest and enthusiasm when he won a record third straight U.S. Amateur at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in North Plains, Ore.
In 1994, Woods, at 18, had first entered the record book as the youngest ever to win the Amateur Championship. In 1996, he smashed yet another record when he won, having registered 18 consecutive match-play victories.
International players also have made a major impact in the last 15 years, with Nick Flanagan (Australia), Edoardo Molinari (Italy), Richie Ramsay (Scotland), Danny Lee (New Zealand), Byeong-Hun An (Korea), Matthew Fitzpatrick (England) and Gunn Yang (Korea) taking the title in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013 and 2014, respectively.
In 2004, Ryan Moore, of Puyallup, Wash., became the first golfer to claim the now-retired U.S. Amateur Public Links and U.S. Amateur titles in the same year, a feat repeated three years later by Colt Knost, of Dallas.
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Can cats have allergies too?
It's not hard to live with a happy cat in your home if you maintain a regular routine of healthy food, LOTS of love, games, and make sure worms, fleas, ticks and other pests don't become…well, a pest. So when your cat shows signs of being less than happy-go-lucky, it may be time to understand what could be happening. For example, is this the first time you’ve seen your cat grooming itself obsessively or is it a recurring condition that seems to be getting worse? The answer could be an allergic reaction.
Animals like people have an immune system, which is necessary to build resistance to a wide variety of irritating substances, viruses, and bacteria. Although the immune system will try to protect the body by sending histamines to attack specific allergens, it can sometimes overreact to harmless irritants such as insect bites, dust, pollen, or various food ingredients.
While many allergic symptoms appear to be seasonal because they coincide with spring and summer – a time when many plants are in bloom and their pollen is airborne – other symptoms may point to more entrenched problems, such as a reaction to chicken in a particular type of food. The key is to consult your vet, as soon as possible, to avoid your cat becoming distressed. Because even though allergies can’t be cured, they can be effectively managed or controlled.
How is your cat behaving?
Although cats can display signs of allergy such as coughing, vomiting, ingesting more hairballs, wheezing or diarrhoea, most allergies in cats manifest themselves with skin-related symptoms, such as constant itching, non-stop grooming, inflammation of the skin, and pustules. Sometimes the symptoms are so severe that your cat may become agitated.
Many cats have a strong reaction to bites by fleas, mosquitoes, mites, and lice. This will manifest itself as an all-over-body itch that could also be isolated to areas around the ears, neck and groin. Hair loss may be a secondary reaction to the licking and scratching. If the allergy goes untreated it could evolve into military dermatitisin which you’ll find small bumps and scabs along the cat’s back, and around the head and neck.
Atopy is a genetic predisposition to hypersensitivity of one or more allergens in the air. Symptoms include intense itching, licking, chewing and biting, which often leads to hair loss at the base of the tail, underbelly, feet, and ears. Cats with atopic allergies are also predisposed to developing ear infections manifested in swelling, redness, strong odour, and excess wax.
The true prevalence of these allergies is unknown, but may account for 10-20% of all cat allergies. The key feature of food allergy is chronic itchiness and the other skin problems described earlier. For the most part, cats are allergic to ingredients such as chicken, fish, beef, corn, soy, dairy products, and wheat gluten. However, a food intolerance, which is another matter, will result in vomiting and diarrhoea, without other signs we associate with allergies. Sometimes your cat may react to a drug prescribed by your vet, such as neomycin, which means there might be swelling of the eyelids, an itchy face, and hives.
More often than not these allergies are a secondary problem to a skin problem, and the most common organism present is staphylococci. Visible signs include red blotchy skin with small formations that look like ringworm. If you can also see pus and hair loss, it’s probably from aggressive scratching.
As the name implies, these allergic reactions occur when your cat’s skin comes into contact with allergens in flea powders, shampoos, wool, carpet dyes or substances like synthetic fibres, plastics, and various types of plants. The allergic reaction happens when repeated contact causes hypersensitivity over time eventually revealing itself in symptoms such as itchiness, red bumps, and overall inflammation of the skin.
This overreaction to mosquito bites will result in scabs and ulcers mostly on the ears and nose and, in time, may develop into hair loss and changes in skin pigmentation. You may also notice the pads of their feet will thicken appearing swollen and tender.
Think of how uncomfortable and irritated you’ve felt in the past when you’ve had a reaction to something that’s either made your eyes itchy and runny, or made you sneeze uncontrollably. Perhaps it may bring you closer to understanding the powerful impact an allergy can have on your cat’s comfort and wellbeing.
For this reason, you should act quickly if you suspect an allergic reaction by taking your cat to the vet. This is important because it is critical for a vet to test and diagnose the actual problem. A vet visit can help avoid more serious health problems resulting from secondary infections, which would put more stress on your cat, and other health issues such as depression. Your vet is the most qualified person to determine the next course of action, whether it is a modified diet, corticosteroids or topical creams.
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You'll be £11.99 closer to your next £10.00 credit when you purchase Fallschirmjäger: German Paratroopers - 1942–1945. What's this?
As elite troops, the German Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) were regularly engaged in front line combat during the Second World War. Their famed actions such as the fighting in Scandinavia, the taking of the Belgian fortress Eden-Emal in May 1940, and the Battle for Crete just a year later, have given them the reputation of being determined, courageous and loyal soldiers.
This book continues the pictorial history of the Fallschirmjäger, focusing on the period following the bloody Battle for Crete. Used as elite infantry, first in the USSR and then in Africa, the Fallschirmjäger were able to reconnect with their glorious past, whether in Italy or on the Greek Islands, as they jumped from their Ju 52s to engage the enemy.
Their hard fighting in Italy helped to cement the legend of 'the Green Devils', with the British General Harold Alexander describing them as 'tenacious, highly-trained men, hardened by their many actions and combats'. However, during the fighting in Normandy, the Ardennes and on the Eastern Front, the number of veterans decreased, meaning it was the young German paratroopers who finally surrendered the III Reich on 8 May 1945.
François Cochet is a Belgian author whose main interest lies in the battles of the Second World War. Over the last 80 years he has met and interviewed many German ex-soldiers of the Wehrmacht and collected various memorabilia and documents. He enjoys helping others research this particular period, and this is his second image-based book. He currently lives in Flanders.
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Passages : Museum 2.0: What’s Your Leisure Identity? Does it Bring You Into Museums?
Museum 2.0: What’s Your Leisure Identity? Does it Bring You Into Museums?
This could apply to other leasure activities and, why not, tourism.
Do museums address your leasure needs? These needs are based on the five identity needs identified by John Falk (a science education and museum research specialist and founder of the Institute for Learning Innovation) as being well-served by museums : explorer, experience seeker, recharger, professional/hobbyist, and facilitator.
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How to prepare for a written case? I have my second round with BCG and would like to know how I could prepare for this. Any idea where I can find an example case?
I replied to the message under the Bain question.
I've done a 2nd round written case. Not Bain... there are some differences but the key points are the same.
The biggest difference is that, because you're alone in a room, you don't get a chance to ask clarifying questions.
Therefore you have to make assumptions.
Its highly likely that things that a clarifying question could be used to answer in a regular case (what are the clients, specific goals? what are their resources? can you tell me more about their product? etc) will *NOT* be answered in the case prompt. Therefor you have to fill in that gap or you can't do your job.
This shouldn't be scary, but it is an important thing to consider early on - some people, due to having industry knowledge, or simply "good business instinct" - don't take the time to understand the assumptions they make to start a case. During regular cases the ability to ask clarifying questions might allow them to get aroudn this, but without that opportunity... its very important to state your assumptions up front. You can (and should) make sure to highlight how risky/likely these assumptions are and the upside/downside if thy are not true. But so long as your assumptions are identified and reasonable, there is no reason to stress about this too much.
The other thing to note is that - especially in AT Kearney, but often in other written cases as well - the 'opportunity', or key to the case, lies in unknowns and intangibles. These intangiables include assumptions, but just as important are things like... If you have several different exhibits, are they all from the same sources? Are they apples to apples/in the same units, and... with some basic assumptions... can you use one to infer things about the other?
These intangibles are really an opportunity to show things like initiative and ability to sell your ideas, which are things a regular case can't really do. And as you know. these are very important fundamental aspects to a successful consultant.
Lastly, on a practical level, you're judged on the same thigns you are for a regular case. Confidence, conciseness, good synthesis-making ability, sticking to the topic, client friendly, etc.
I keep my written cases close to the vest, because... well, I really like the firms involved and would the cases I have aren't widely disseminated. I plan to interview there again at my first opportunity, and would hate But if you message me I'll help as much as I can.
It is about the written case with Bain, but might contain some useful information for the BCG written case, as well!
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Linguistics is one of the most popular Arts and Humanities study field, which is chosen by dozens of applicants all around the world every year. Why do they choose to study Linguistics?
If you choose to study a particular language of a particular country, your education most likely will include a year in this country. In addition, after completing your education you will have an opportunity to find a job in this country.
As many other Arts and Humanities degrees, a degree in Linguistics provides its graduates a lot of transferrable skills which will be useful both in scientific and non-scientific career. The list of transferable skills include: excellent writing skills and linguistic instinct, verbal communication skills, analysis, IT, research and presentation skills.
A lot of graduates holding a degree in Linguistics continue their education to start research or teaching career. However, career opportunities for Linguistics graduates do not end at the position of a teacher at a university or a research fellow, as is commonly thought. All professions related to language are available for Linguistics graduates. A lot of graduates start a career in journalism and media area, some linguists write speeches for politicians, Linguistics graduates can also become Social workers, editors or even writers - it all depends on the interests of graduates and their developed skills.
As many other Arts and Humanities degrees, Linguistics can be combined with other subject, which gives you a chance to receive more comprehensive education. Usually a Linguistics degree is combined with a specific language course or other humanities discipline, such as Philosophy.
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The classical Japanese language (文語 bungo, "literary language"), also called "old writing" (古文 kobun), is the literary form of the Japanese language that was the standard until the early Shōwa period (1926–89). It is based on Early Middle Japanese, the language as spoken during the Heian period (794–1185), but exhibits some later influences. Its use started to decline during the late Meiji period (1868–1912) when novelists started writing their works in the spoken form. Eventually, the spoken style came into widespread use, including in major newspapers, but many official documents were still written in the old style. After the end of World War II, most documents switched to the spoken style, although the classical style continues to be used in traditional genres, such as haiku and waka. Old laws are also left in the classical style unless fully revised.
Classical Japanese is written in an orthography that differs from modern Japanese in two major ways. These are the usage of old character forms (旧字体 Kyūjitai) and historical kana usage (歴史的仮名遣 Rekishi-teki kana-zukai).
Old character forms are the forms of Chinese characters (漢字 Kanji) used in Japan before the post-World War II spelling reforms there. The modern, simplified characters are called new character forms (新字体 Shinjitai).
In cases like that of the first two, the entire original character has essentially been replaced by a new one, independent of the original's etymology. This type, however, is relatively rare. Another approach is to essentially replace the character with a piece of it, sometimes slightly altered, as in the third and fourth characters. Finally, probably the most common type of simplification is to change one component of the character to reduce the number of strokes and/or make it easier to write, a strategy exemplified by the fifth and sixth examples. Note that, as in the case of the sixth character, the simplification may be very subtle.
In general, old character forms are identical to their traditional Chinese counterparts, but there are some exceptions. For the seventh example character, the traditional and simplified Japanese versions coexisted as different forms of the same traditional character in China, while in Japan, what is now the new character form was at that time considered a variant and rarely used. And in a few cases, like that of the eighth character, the old character form has always been considered a rare variant in China.
Historical kana usage is the system of kana (i.e., phonetic character) writing used in Japan before the post-war reforms. More specifically, it is the version of kana orthography standardized in the Meiji Period (since before that time kana usage was not standardized). It is, broadly speaking, based on the pronunciation of Japanese in the Heian Period, the time-frame in which Early Middle Japanese (on which the grammar of classical Japanese is based) was spoken. There are several differences between historical kana usage — which is also referred to as "old kana usage" (旧仮名遣 Kyū kana-zukai) — and the modern kana orthography, called "modern kana usage" (現代仮名遣 Gendai kana-zukai) or "new kana usage" (新仮名遣 Shin kana-zukai). Some of these differences apply primarily to Sino-Japanese readings of Chinese characters, while others apply primarily to native Japanese words, and still others apply equally to both groups of words.
Some morpheme-medial sounds currently written as わ/ワ, い/イ, う/ウ, え/エ, and お/オ (wa, i, u, e, and o) were written as は/ハ, ひ/ヒ, ふ/フ, へ/ヘ, and ほ/ホ (ha, hi, fu, he, and ho), respectively. This is because these sounds (as well as all sounds still written with は/ハ, ひ/ヒ, ふ/フ, へ/ヘ, and ほ/ホ) originally had initial consonant /p/ in Old Japanese, which then changed to /ɸ/ in Early Middle Japanese, and then, in Late Middle Japanese, split one of five different phonemes depending on whether it occurred morpheme-initially or morpheme-medially, and then further depending on the following vowel. Morpheme-initially and before /a/, /e/, or /o/, it became /h/; before /i/, it became /ç/; and before /u/, it became /ɸ/; these three sounds are still written with は/ハ, ひ/ヒ, ふ/フ, へ/ヘ, and ほ/ホ. Morpheme-medially and before /a/, /i/, /e/, or /o/, it became /w/; before /u/, it lost its consonant. Finally, later on in the same period of the language the initial /w/ was lost in all instances before /i/, /e/, and /o/ (note that */wu/ never existed), leaving the current morpheme-medial pronunciations of /wa/, /i/, /u/, /e/, and /o/, but the spellings of /ha/, /hi/, /fu/, /he/, and /ho/ (which, is this context, are probably better thought of as /pa/, /pi/, /pu/, /pe/, and /po/; or /fa/, /fi/, /fu/, /fe/, and /fo/). This rule primarily applies to native Japanese morphemes, although it is crucial to the mechanics of the long vowel rule that applies primarily to Sino-Japanese words, which is elaborated upon below. The usage of は (ha) and へ (he) to represent grammatical particles pronounced as if written わ (wa) and え (e), respectively, is a holdover from this rule.
There are some exceptions to this sound change, although they are rare. They include 母 (はは) (haha "mother", expected form はわ hawa), 頬 (ほほ) (hoho "cheek", expected form ほお hō), 家鴨 (あひる) (ahiru "domestic duck", expected form あいる airu), and 溢れる (あふれる) (afure-ru "overflow", expected form あおれる aore-ru or おうれる ōre-ru; the reasons for this different result will be explained by another rule below). Sometimes, as in the case of the first two exceptions, the sound change form exists, usually with a slightly different meaning (はわ hawa is a hyper-formal and very respectful term for mother) or is used in different contexts (ほお hō is generally used in isolation, while ほほ hoho is generally used in compounds). In other cases, as is true of the second two exceptions, the unchanged form is the only one that exists. In addition to these exceptions, some dialects may preserve these sounds as they were at any stage of the language.
This section uses Nihon-shiki romanization for ゐ, ゑ, and を.
The obsolete characters ゐ/ヰ (wi) and ゑ/ヱ (we) are used, and the character を/ヲ (wo) is used in other words besides as the accusative or oblique case marker. This relates to the above rule, in that it reflects a pronunciation with initial /w/ before /i/, /e/, and /o/ that is no longer present in the modern language. This rule applies equally to native and Sino-Japanese words. The use of を (wo) to write the aforementioned grammatical particle, which is pronounced お (o) in modern Japanese (unless preceded by ん n or sometimes in song, although all morpheme-medial instances of /o/, whether originally お, を, or ほ, tend to become /wo/ in song), is a holdover from this rule.
There are no known exceptions (besides the aforementioned ones regarding を wo) in standard Japanese, and no dialects preserve the distinction between /wi/ and /i/, /we/ and /e/, and/or /wo/ and /o/, but some of the Ryukyuan languages (which are also descended from Proto-Japonic) do.
This section uses Nihon-shiki romanization for じ, ず, ぢ, づ.
The characters ぢ/ヂ (di) and づ/ヅ (du) are used in places other than changes caused by sequential voicing (連濁 Rendaku), where in modern kana じ (ji) and ず (zu), respectively, would be used. Again, this represents a former phonetic distinction, namely between a sound /z/ (in じ ji and ず zu) and a sound /d/ (in ぢ di and づ du). This rule applies equally to native and Sino-Japanese words, as well as a few loanwords (外来語 Gairaigo).
There are no known exceptions in standard Japanese pronunciation, although there are many dialects (such as the Tosa dialect) that preserve the distinction between historical /z/ and /d/ in speech, usually by using /ʑi/ and /zu/ for historical /z/ and /d͡ʑi/ and /d͡zu/ for historical /d/ (see Yotsugana). In writing, the distinction is preserved in single morphemes in cases where a sequence ちぢ (chidi) or つづ (tsudu) was historically produced by rendaku (such as in 縮む (ちぢむ) chidim-u, "shorten", and 続く (つづく) tsuduk-u, "continue", pronounced as if ちじむ chizim-u and つずく tsuzuk-u, respectively), or in compounds where a phonemic /ti/ or /tu/ has been voiced to /zi/ or /zu/ (such as in 身近 (みぢか) mi-dika "one's surroundings" and 仮名遣 (かなづかい) kana-dukai "kana usage", pronounced as if みじか mi-zika and かなずかい kana-zukai, respectively). This usage is a holdover from this rule.
These three kana cannot follow A-row (ア行 A-gyō) or W-row (ワ行 Wa-gyō) kana in this way.
This is the only historical kana rule that does not reflect a historical pronunciation. It is also one of only two rules (along with the geminate rule) that create ambiguity for the reader (excluding the exceptions listed above for the H-row rule). For instance, the aforementioned word 客 (kyaku) is not differentiated in historical kana from the word 規約 (kiyaku "agreement") when written in historical kana: both are written きやく (kiyaku).
Kana of the N- and M-rows can also be geminate, but they are preceded by ん (n) to indicate gemination instead.
In these cases, the historical usage is not reflecting any historical pronunciation. However, in Sino-Japanese words, geminate consonants are produced by different, more regular processes, and the historical usage for these words reflects historical pronunciations.
While this usage does reflect a historical pronunciation, it, like the Y-row rule, produces ambiguity. Furthermore, since these vowels are elided in some compounds but not others, this usage obscures the difference in a way that is essentially impossible to predict.
While there are a few other processes that can cause geminates in Sino-Japanese words, they all apply to N- and M-row kana, and are not written differently in historical and modern kana.
However, in these cases, an alternate version with large A-row kana generally exists (as it does in this case), indicating a monophthong pronunciation, and many speakers use the monophthong pronunciation regardless of how it is written.
There are no known exceptions to this rule, but some dialects (such as the Kagoshima dialect) preserve the distinction.
Regardless of how it came to be, the Japanese orthography lacked the character ん/ン (n) or any equivalent. Therefore, until the spelling reforms of 1900, む/ム (mu) was generally used to represent the syllabic nasal. Sometimes, this convention may be preserved by modern writers, but standard historical kana distinguishes む (mu) from ん (n).
There is one exception. In classical Japanese, there is an auxiliary verb (助動詞 jodōshi) む (mu) which indicated the volitional. It, too, underwent vowel elision, and came to be pronounced as /m/ and then /n/. However, the conventions of standard historical kana call for this auxiliary verb (and any word derived from it) to be written with む (mu) even though they are pronounced as ん (n).
Since む (mu) is non-existent in modern Japanese, there are no dialects that preserve the distinction expressed in this rule. However, some may preserve the distinction between final /m/ and /n/.
Two other significant differences involve the way that kana are used in general, rather than which kana are used. The first is that Chinese characters in classical texts are often fully marked with ruby text (振り仮名 Furigana), especially in old laws and other very important documents. Ruby text is still widely used in modern Japanese, but only for characters with non-standard or ambiguous pronunciations, or sometimes in materials designed for children or foreigners. The second difference is that, especially in legal documents, Katakana were often used in the way that Hiragana are used in modern Japanese, to write out adjective and verb inflections, suffixes, and particles (送り仮名 Okurigana), and for the aforementioned ruby text.
Finally, kana iteration marks were far more common in classical Japanese, and sometimes used in ways that are considered completely obsolete in modern Japanese.
For an example of a major document written in the classical style, see as an example the original text of the 1890 Meiji Constitution, which is written in classical Japanese using historical kana, old character forms, kana iteration marks, and Katakana in place of Hiragana (although it lacks universal ruby text).
The placement of the "-" (or "～" in the Japanese text) indicates where the stem of the vowel is. In other words, for a consonant-stem verb (i.e., the quadrigrade and N- and R-irregular classes), the final vowel is not considered part of the verb's root, so it is separated. However, for vowel-stem verbs (i.e., the upper and lower monograde and bigrade and K- ad S-irregular), the final vowel is considered part of the stem, except in the forms beginning in う (u), because these reflect an ancient contraction of the final vowel of the verb with that ending. The K- and S-irregular classes are also special in this regard, because they are believed to be derived from vowel-stem verbs originally, but were subject to ancient contractions that caused them to lose their final vowel in all forms, and so their final vowels are no longer considered part of their roots (and are thus separated from them), even though they are considered vowel-stem verbs.
The よ (yo) at the end of the imperative forms of upper and lower monograde and bigrade verbs and of K- and S-irregular verbs is optional in classical Japanese, although exceedingly common.
While the many conjugation classes may seem overwhelming, most of them contain few verbs. The quadrigrade and lower bigrade classes are the primary, containing about 75% and 20% of the verbs in the language, respectively. The upper bigrade class is small (about 56 non-compound verbs), but sizable enough to make an exhaustive list difficult. The other 6 classes all together contain between 22 and 28 verbs, depending on whether basic compound verbs are included or not. An exhaustive list of these follows, which verbs in the conclusive form, as is the most-common standard. Chinese character pronunciations are indicated by hiragana in parentheses following the given character. The first spelling listed for a given verb is the most common, and those that follow are alternate spellings. Some of these spellings are generally used for slightly different connotations of the same verb, while others are simple alternatives. In later reference, only the first spelling (in pre-World War II orthography) will be used, and the transcription will be based on the historical spelling. A blank cell in one (or both) of the "modern" columns indicates that the modern spelling and/or transcription is the same as the pre-World War II version.
Note that these translations are glosses, and may not reflect certain nuances or rare alternative meanings.
In addition, the translations are for the classical meaning of the verb, which may differ from the modern meaning of the verb if it has survived into modern Japanese either slightly (e.g., 着る (きる) ki-ru, which meant "to wear [in general]" in classical Japanese, but means "to wear [from the waist up]" in modern Japanese), or significantly (e.g., 居る (ゐる) wi-ru, which meant "to sit" in classical Japanese, but primarily means "to be" (for animate objects) in modern Japanese). Some may have the same meaning, but a different pronunciation (e.g., 鑑みる (かゞみる) kagami-ru "to learn from", which is generally pronounced and written 鑑みる (かんがみる) kangami-ru in modern Japanese). Also, even for those verbs which have survived with the same meaning and form, many are archaic and rarely used in modern Japanese (e.g., 嚏る (ひる) hi-ru "to sneeze", with the same modern meaning and form, but almost never used). On the other hand, some have kept the same meaning, form, and prominence into the modern language (e.g., 見る (みる) mi-ru "to see", one of the oldest surviving verbs in the language and also one of the most common, both in classical and modern texts).
在すかり (imasukar-i "to exist", honorific form) has three pronunciation variants, each of which can use either Chinese character: 在すがり (いますがり) / 坐すがり (いますがり) (imasugar-i), 在そかり / 坐そかり (imasokar-i), and 在そがり / 坐そがり (imasogar-i).
Finally, the "modern" transcriptions are purely orthographic. For example, the modern version conclusive form of the classical verb 來 (く) (k-u "to come") is 来る (くる) (k-uru), but the modern form is given in the table as 来 (く) (k-u), which is the way that a modern Japanese writer would write the classical Japanese word, rather than the way they would write the modern Japanese word.
Some of these forms are very rare and used sparingly. In particular, the ～け (-ke) / ～しけ (-shike) are used almost exclusively in an ancient construction called ク語法 (Ku-gohō "Ku-grammar") which uses the irrealis for to form nouns from verbs and adjectives; e.g., 安し (やすし) (yasu-hsi "peaceful") → 安け (やすけ) (yasu-ke) + ～く (-ku) → 安けく (やすけく) (yasukeku "peace of mind"). The construction ～くば (-kuba) / ～しくば (-shikuba) appears to be an irrealis form ～く (-ku) / ～しく (-shiku) + particle ～ば (-ba) (since that particle usually attaches to the irrealis form), but is actually ～く (-ku) / ～しく (-shiku) + particle は (ha; modern pronunciation wa) with a sequential voicing sound change from は (ha) to ば (ba).
The compound forms are derived from continuitive form ～く (-ku) / ～しく (-shiku) + 有り (ar-i) → ～くあり (-kuar-i) / ～しくあり (-shikuar-i), which then became ～かり (-kar-i) / ～しかり (-shikar-i) by regular sound change rules from Old Japanese. The forms then follow the R-irregular conjugation type like 有り (ar-i), but lack the conclusive form.
Similarly, the basic conjugations have no imperative form. When it is used, therefore, the ～かれ (-kar-e) / ～しかれ (-shikar-e) forms are used. It is however, relatively rare, even in classical Japanese.
Adjectival verbs are essentially nouns combined with a copula, either ～なり (-nar-i) or ～たり (-tar-i). Which copula is used is specific to the adjectival verb in question.
The copulas are derived from directional particles に (ni) + ～有り (-ar-i) and と (to) + ～有り (-ar-i), respectively, yielding にあり (niar-i) and とあり (toar-i), respectively, which then lead to なり (nar-i) and たり (tar-i), respectively, by regular sound change rules. They therefore follow the R-irregular conjugation like 有り (ar-i).
As with adjectives, the imperative form is rare, but is used.
The particle は is omitted more often than in the spoken style.
Bart. "Book Review: A Grammar of Classical Japanese by Akira Komai", Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 34, No. 4 (Winter, 1979), pp. 501-504.
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During a recent presentation, a company owner was given the following challenge. If 10 of his 100 employees were asked to mention the top 3 organizational goals for the current year as they perceived them to be, would he receive the same 3 goals from everyone or would he receive 5, 10 as well as 25 different goals? The business owner shook his head and thoughtfully responded, No, I am sure that I would receive a lot more than 3 goals. He ended up being asked to think about what these misdirected actions from his employees were costing him in terms of missed opportunities.
During a recent presentation, a company owner was given the next challenge. If 10 of his 100 employees were asked to name the very best 3 organizational goals for the current year as they perceived these phones be, would he get the same 3 goals from everyone or would he receive 5, 10 as well as 25 different goals? The business owner shook his head and thoughtfully responded, No, I am sure which i would receive more than 3 goals. He was then asked to think about what these misdirected actions from his employees were costing him when it comes to missed opportunities.
At another presentation, a small business owner was asked if she set goals? She responded quite enthusiastically, Of course, I set goals. She was asked a follow-up question: Can woolrich coat state with 100% conviction that the employees understand how to consistently achieve both their personal and professional goals? After a couple of moments, she replied No. She was then asked how this lack of knowledge potentially affected her main point here?
A president of the company was asked: Have woolrich coat seen behavior inconsistent together with woolrich coat strategic plan? He quickly answered Yes! Another question was asked, What have woolrich coat do about it? Well, we sent them to training and within Six months wed to transmit them back again? A final question ended up being posed to the President. Are these performance failures a direct result deficiencies in knowledge or skills or due to poor attitudes and habits? The president immediately said Why bad attitudes and poor habits. Again, the facilitator asked another question: What are all these re-dos costing woolrich coat organization?
Throughout the annual meeting, the CEO of a manufacturing company shared with her executive team that they desired to achieve a 10% growth throughout the next Twelve months. The VP of Operations made intends to purchase new manufacturing equipment for some new products as the VP of selling Sales started to implement an agenda selling existing products. The CFO decided to cut budgets to capital improvements and marketing. The 3 executive associates thought that their actions would help achieve the 10% growth.
These scenarios shared four critical success factors CSFs that impede smaller businesses from achieving consistent results: communication, setting goals and goal achievement skills, attitudes and alignment.
Critical Factor #1: Communication is the key to unlocking the potential within businesses in addition to individuals. When the goals have been in alignment with the vision and consistently communicated from top down, then performance excellence is much more prone to happen. Inconsistent communication plays a role in missed targets and lowers the performance for the entire organization.
Critical Factor #2: Setting goals and goal achievement are learned skills. Unfortunately, many presume these skills are acquired throughout the K-12 educational experiences with the Osmosis Process. Also, these skills arent actively taught within the corporate setting. Yet, consistent goal achievement or even the results are what every organization seeks.
Critical Factor #3: Attitudes drive behaviors that result in change. A lot of companies focus on attempting to change negative behaviors because they are experiencing negative change. However, when the negative attitudes are substituted for positive attitudes, those attitudes will drive positive behaviors creating positive change. By neglecting to adwoolrich coat negative attitudes, new trends, changes or initiatives, it makes sense wasted resources developing a negative drain on the KASH Box.
Critical Factor #4: Alignment is essential to ensure that the specified results are achieved. Performance excellence comes about when the strategies, systems the ones will work together to construct loyal internal customers that drive loyal external customers. The much heard adage about Getting everyone to row within the same direction holds true, but should probably be amended to include the next by utilizing the same paddles.
When these four CSFs interact, results happen quicker and make up a culture of working smarter and never harder. Like a small company coach, I ask all of my clients the next questions. Henry Ford. Sales Coaching Tip: Improve woolrich coat thoughts; enhance woolrich coat results.
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Your John from my writing class, right?
Erik got to the library and found the book he wanted. When he was walking to the checkout, he saw someone he thought he recognized.
He then remembered that the boy, John, was in his writing class. He walked over to him.
It's the virtual gap between people who have technology, and those who don't. My father makes less than $25,000, and we're affected by it. The Digital Divide is part of a broader topic: Digital Access.
Erik knew that you had to pay for the computers at the library, so he invited John to do his essay at Erik's house. While there, John told him more about Digital Access and how it's the full electronic participation in society, and includes things like social media.
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when to shower after a spray tan?
Question: I had a spray tan done in a salon yesterday, it has fully developed now, can I shower without washing it off, as it does look a bit dark now. Thanks.
Answer: Yes, absolutely. Spray tan that has been on overnight is fully developed(it needs only about 5 hours to do it properly) and you SHOULD shower.
When you do shower, about 1/2 of the color will wash away. That is because it is only a bronzer that has been sitting on top of your skin to give you some color, it was never meant to be there long term. What you will be left with is the color that your skin has developed underneath the bronzer, and it should look pretty natural.
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What do you do if you get a text from a wrong number? Sure, you can ignore it and get on with your life. Or better, politely explain the mix-up to the sender. Some people like to play along and mess with people a little, just for fun.
Crazy how the world works sometimes isn’t it? This is a genuinely nice story full of positivity and love, something that we need more than ever in these divisive times. One act of kindness has generated so much good will, and will helpfully go a long way to getting little Kaizler the treatment and care he needs to get him through his condition.
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Hola Jugadores!!Luego de varios meses de estar arreglando cosas (y casi un mes de retraso con esta nueva actualización 1.3) estamos muy contentos de tener el lanzamiento de la actualización de los minijuegos de aventura!
La aventura no puede acabar sin los deportes extremos, el ala delta invita al jugador a cruzar los aros a través del nivel. Intenta conseguirlos todos!
En este minijuego, el jugador debe escalar y evitar las rocas que caen. El juego tiene dificultad dinámica por lo que aquellos que sean muy buenos tendrán un reto mucho mayor! Trata de llegar lo mas alto posible!
Una tranquila tarde en el rió pescando para aquellos que disfrutan de los juegos mas relajados. Trata de sacar la mayor cantidad de peces del rió!
Una tranquila tarde de pesca!
Se arreglo el flujo de conexión con facebook para la sincronización de cuentas.
Se elimino un exploit que algunos jugadores utilizaban en el juego de balance para tratar de sacar provecho.
Se hicieron ajustes en el minijuego de fútbol y de tap tap para mejorar la experiencia.
Sobre El Camino: Donde el jugador busca llevar su camion por un viejo camino recolectando la mayor cantidad de monedas.
Alimentalos Ya: En esta grande todos deben comer, por eso los animales de la granja deben ser alimentados.
Las Gallinas de Abuela: Alguien le dio super concentrado a estas gallinas! Trata de que no se quiebre ningun huevo.
Ademas de los minijuegos tambien hemos resuelto una serie de pulgas que habiamos encontrado en la interfaz del juego, se activo el tema de navidad (con una fragante nueva pantalla de inicio) y tambien se agrego un pequeño adelanto del maravilloso premio super epico con el cual pueden ganar grandes y maravillosos premios.
Que opinan de esta actualizacion? Mucho? Nada?
Dejen sus comentarios abajo y gracias por jugar Ciudad kolbi!
It was very unexpected, because I try to be on top of everything happening here in Costa Rica. And this was happening again?? I didn’t know what it was, the description of the event was really vague. All I knew was that great story tellers were going to fly into my country, and I wanted in. A couple of months later, I got email from Christy and Lance, I was in!!
Fast forward to May, my dad dropped me in the middle of the night in this dark road in the middle of Nosara, that even for my 3rd world standards was “too dark”. And there they were, Christy, Lance and Trevor the first ones to greet me just received as if I was an old friend “Anything to drink sir? I make a killer passion fruit rum drink” said Trevor as I walked into the bar/restaurant that we were to hold as our stronghold for the next 3 days.
Now now, I know this seems very rude on my behalf, but trust me, the only way I could explain F/S is if you were there, I cried, I laughed, I slept, and didn’t sleep, I got a terrible hangover and in the end, I found myself. Like a Formula One racer, our creative spirit needs to take pit stop every once in a while, for some of my new friends it was about moving from the other side of the world to a small country in the middle of Latin America just to meet with other story tellers like them, for others it was realizing how similar we are to others, younger/older. Letting go from the limitations that we put in our minds, and being able to take that wild jump, or as I saw Grant doing, walking almost naked under the tropical rain (which is also one my favorite things in the world).
Anyway, what I really want to say is, Christy, Lance, Trevor, Seth, Benham, Lucinda, James, Heidi, Matt, Christian, Grant, Lewis, Lisa, Louise, Luis, Mary, Michael, Sarah, Stefan, Karen, Byron and Anthea… Thank you for coming into my life, making it richer and more exciting, thanks for being part of my Forward Slash Story.
Last time I had to build for iOS, we ran into a lot of problems, but with iOS latest version and the latest unity installer, everything works JUST fine….
And we’ll find out that the build isn’t working! CUTE huh!?
So we use it to get the information we want through the method, also see that we are not releasing the netinfo since the marshaller is taking care of that (NICE addition btw).
AND I think those are all the fixes I had to do for this build!!
So I haven’t been posting here for a while, but I have had all kinds of issues. Issues I have solved in the past, and for SOME SORT OF REASON, I haven’t been writing down. So from now on, I will be writing a blog post about every issue I have. That way if I have the issue again in the future. Here’s the solution, and hopefully it will help someone else!
Today’s problem is brought to you by a new project we are developing for a client. It’s a mobile game that’s supposed to be running in both Android and iOS (MAYBE windows phone?? am trying to ignore it for now, you know, like everyone else).
Now I have done my fair share of android development (on windows), and I thought, hey I got a Mac, it should be as simple as clicking build.
I thought I was set, we already had the project running on android, so why would it be different?
First Build, Boom. Build Succesful. AWESOME I thought.
This issue was tricky to catch, because a lot of people in the Interwebz (helpful strangers) say that you should deactivate ARC (this can be done through the Build Settings). But guess what? This is not the solution, the real solution is adding a compilation flag to the files that give you issues.
We are using an asset from the AssetStore (https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/9) called social plugin, that enables different platforms to use several different social plugins, this is the root of our compilation issues! (https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/15066).
The file that was giving us the issues was the FbUnityInterface.mm so we are going to add the no ARC flag to this file ONLY, how do we do this? We go through the build phases setting in the target.
Select the file and add the flag!
AND WE ARE … not done yet… what?
This was the worst error, since it was related to how iOS works internally, but don’t worry! We are going to fix it (though we have to go through the whole process again). Basically, what this error is saying is that we are missing a reference to a library that the plugin needs to compile. So to fix it, we need to add a couple of library that handle social stuff and messaging!
Need to add the Social and the MessageUI libraries, remember to apply it!
And now we build, AGAIN.
This was quite a while of work and researching, but finally seeing it running on an iPad Air 2, and knowing it will run with no issues on all other platforms gives me quite a bit of pleasure :).
So be sure to always check this first! And hopefully your app will be up and running in no time!
Don’t hesitate to write me if you have doubts!
When the idea of Pause Play Stop came about, it was a very small concept. Having never finished “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time” (I never got past the Deku Tree), the idea that music changes the environment was really cool. I love listening to music and I am certain that a good song can change the way we perceive things around us. But the concept felt too linear – you couldn’t use the songs whenever you wanted, and they had specific triggers or places where you needed to play the music.
There are a lot of players out there who don’t define their gaming experiences by simply running around and shooting at stuff, and I wanted to create a game for people who want to just enjoy their time in the game and be challenged in different ways. This realization of my love for puzzle games, as well as my love for music, created the basic idea for Cassette.
The game play on the prototype had two basic songs: one that could slow down time for everything but the player, and another one that could affect any water source (this is a proud reference to Ocarina of Time’s Song of Storms).
After showing it to people, I knew we had something. People loved the idea and wanted to have more puzzles, even though all I had was a grey and blue mess.
I knew that we had to move forward with completing Cassette. At the time, I started searching for artists who could share our vision of the game, a game that would both challenge the wits of our players and invite them to step into a world that right now, only existed in my head. I needed a team… it was time to look for the best.
I had no funds, I had some money saved, but it wasn’t enough to hire people to work on the idea I had, and more than that, I never wanted employees, anyone with money can have employees. I wanted a group of people who wanted to share a game with me, who wanted to add into the game world and not just do the stuff that I told them. I started searching for people, pitching them Cassette (damn, I learned a lot on how to refine the pitch), and by the time I had reached the first artist. I already had a very clear idea of what I wanted to create, and how to get them involved into this dream.
Then the idea of Cassette started growing. What if the game was more than just puzzles? What if it could tell an important story? Something that we could all relate to?
The fleshing out of Cassette started with Astrid Pinel, a former artist with Headless Chicken Games. The game’s concept art was taking a different turn than before: the game was going to have a different look inspired by cel-shaded games, where details and aesthetics play just as big of a role as the music.
I fell in love with the color palette, the aesthetics, the whole way the game pushed itself away from the “grey scale” kind of games. We wanted Pause Play Stop to be colorful. We wanted to touch peoples’ hearts. But this was just the first part of a very long journey: a journey to go from just a small mobile game to a full-fledged game, created by an amazing and talented team. This is not only the story of Pause Play Stop, but the story of a small, dedicated team willing to make this dream come to life.
Our former website, wasn’t sure of what it wanted to be.
This was in part the fault of the CMS that we were using to run it. Drupal is very good for managing a lot of changing content. But this wasn’t the case for our static front page. After looking around we decided that the best way to go was a good looking HTML5 site. And we think we got it right this time. Hopefully you enjoy the new site and if you don’t please!
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}}Claude Bernard (July 12, 1813 – February 10, 1878) was a French physiologist. He was called by I. Bernard Cohen of Harvard University, "one of the greatest of all men of science" in his Foreword to the Dover edition (1957) of Bernard's classic on scientific method, An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine (originally published in 1865). He is considered as the "Father of Physiology".
Bernard was born in 1813 in the village of Saint-Julien near Villefranche-sur-Saône. He received his early education in the Jesuit school of that town, and then proceeded to the college at Lyon, which, however, he soon left to become assistant in a druggist's shop. His leisure hours were devoted to the composition of a vaudeville comedy, and the success it achieved moved him to attempt a prose drama in five acts, Arthur de Bretagne.
At the age of twenty-one in 1834 he went to Paris, armed with this play and an introduction to Saint-Marc Girardin, but the critic dissuaded him from adopting literature as a profession, and urged him rather to take up the study of medicine. This advice he followed, and in due course became interne at the Hotel Dieu. In this way he was brought into contact with the great physiologist, François Magendie, who was physician to the hospital, and whose official 'preparateur' at the Collège de France he became in 1841.
In 1845 he married Françoise Marie (Fanny) Martin for convenience; the marriage was arranged by a colleague and her dowry helped finance his experiments. In 1847 he was appointed Magendie's deputy-professor at the college, and in 1855 he succeeded him as full professor. Some time previously Bernard had been chosen the first occupant of the newly-instituted chair of physiology at the Sorbonne. There no laboratory was provided for his use, but Louis Napoleon, after an interview with him in 1864, supplied the deficiency, at the same time building a laboratory at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in the [Jardin des Plantes, and establishing a professorship, which Bernard left the Sorbonne to accept in 1868, the year in which he was admitted a member of the Académie française.
When he died he was accorded a public funeral – an honor which had never before been bestowed by France on a man of science. He was interred in Le Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
Claude Bernard's aim, as he stated in his own words, was to establish the use of the scientific method in medicine. He dismissed many previous misconceptions, took nothing for granted, and relied on experimentation. Unlike his contemporaries, he insisted that all living creatures were bound by the same laws as inanimate matter.
Claude Bernard's first important work was on the functions of the pancreas gland, the juice of which he proved to be of great significance in the process of digestion; this achievement won him the prize for experimental physiology from the French Academy of Sciences. A second investigation - perhaps his most famous was on the glycogenic function of the liver; in the course of this he was led to the conclusion, which throws light on the causation of diabetes mellitus, that the liver, in addition to secreting bile, is the seat of an internal secretion, by which it prepares sugar at the expense of the elements of the blood passing through it. A third research resulted in the discovery of the vaso-motor system. While engaged, about 1851, in examining the effects produced in the temperature of various parts of the body by section of the nerve or nerves belonging to them, he noticed that division of the cervical sympathetic gave rise to more active circulation and more forcible pulsation of the arteries in certain parts of the head, and a few months afterwards he observed that electrical excitation of the upper portion of the divided nerve had the contrary effect. In this way he established the existence of vaso-motor nerves, both vaso-dilator and vaso-constrictor.
Homeostasis is the key process with which Bernard is associated. He wrote, "La fixité du milieu intérieur est la condition d'une vie libre et indépendante" ("The constancy of the internal environment is the condition for a free and independent life"). This is still the underlying principle of homeostasis today.
The study of the physiological action of poisons was also a favourite one with him, his attention being devoted in particular to curare and carbon monoxide gas.
Bernard practiced vivisection to the disgust of his wife and his daughter. He firmly believed that the advancement of medicine and the relief of human suffering justified the suffering of animals but his wife was not convinced, the couple were officially separated in 1869 and his wife went on to actively campaign against the practice of vivisection.
In his major discourse on scientific method, An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine (1865), Claude Bernard describes what makes a scientific theory good and what makes a scientist important, a true discoverer. Unlike many scientific writers of his time, Bernard writes about his own experiments and thoughts, and uses the first person.
Known and Unknown. What makes a scientist important, he states, is how well he or she has penetrated into the unknown. In areas of science where the facts are known to everyone, all scientists are more or less equal—we cannot know who is great. But in the area of science that is still obscure and unknown the great are recognized: “They are marked by ideas which light up phenomena hitherto obscure and carry science forward”.
We must always try to disprove our own theories. “We can solidly settle our ideas only by trying to destroy our own conclusions by counter-experiments” (p. 56). What is observably true is the only authority. If through experiment, you contradict your own conclusions—you must accept the contradiction--but only on one condition: that the contradiction is PROVED.
Truth vs. Falsification. The “philosophic spirit,” writes Bernard, is always active in its desire for truth. It stimulates a “kind of thirst for the unknown” which ennobles and enlivens science—where, as experimenters, we need “only to stand face to face with nature” The minds that are great “are never self-satisfied, but still continue to strive” Among the great minds he names Joseph Priestly and Blaise Pascal.
↑ All page references refer to the Dover edition of 1957.
Bernard, Claude. An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine, 1865. First English translation by Henry Copley Greene, published by Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1927; reprinted in 1949. The Dover Edition of 1957 is a reprint of the original translation with a new Foreword by I. Bernard Cohen of Harvard University.
Biography and genealogy of Claude Bernard.
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Suppose the experiment about methods for quitting smoking were carried out with randomized assignments of subjects to the four treatments, and researchers determined that the percentage succeeding with the combination drug/therapy method was highest, and the percentage succeeding with no drugs or therapy was lowest.
In other words, suppose there is clear evidence of an association between method used and success rate. Could it be concluded that the drug/therapy method causes success more than trying to quit without using drugs or therapy? Perhaps.
Although randomized controlled experiments do give us a better chance of pinning down the effects of the explanatory variable of interest, they are not completely problem-free.
For example, suppose that the manufacturers of the smoking cessation drug had just launched a very high-profile advertising campaign with the goal of convincing people that their drug is extremely effective as a method of quitting.
Even with a randomized assignment to treatments, there would be an important difference among subjects in the four groups: those in the drug and combination drug/therapy groups would perceive their treatment as being a promising one, and may be more likely to succeed just because of added confidence in the success of their assigned method.
Therefore, the ideal circumstance is for the subjects to be unaware of which treatment is being administered to them: in other words, subjects in an experiment should be (if possible) blind to which treatment they received.
How could researchers arrange for subjects to be blind when the treatment involved is a drug? They could administer a placebo pill to the control group, so that there are no psychological differences between those who receive the drug and those who do not. The word "placebo" is derived from a Latin word that means "to please."
It is so named because of the natural tendency of human subjects to improve just because of the "pleasing" idea of being treated, regardless of the benefits of the treatment itself. When patients improve because they are told they are receiving treatment, even though they are not actually receiving treatment, this is known as the placebo effect.
Next, how could researchers arrange for subjects to be blind when the treatment involved is a type of therapy? This is more problematic. Clearly, subjects must be aware of whether they are undergoing some type of therapy or not. There is no practical way to administer a "placebo" therapy to some subjects. Thus, the relative success of the drug/therapy treatment may be due to subjects' enhanced confidence in the success of the method they happened to be assigned. We may feel fairly certain that the method itself causes success in quitting, but we cannot be absolutely sure.
When the response of interest is fairly straightforward, such as giving up cigarettes or not, then recording its values is a simple process in which researchers need not use their own judgment in making an assessment.
There are many experiments where the response of interest is less definite, such as whether or not a cancer patient has improved, or whether or not a psychiatric patient is less depressed. In such cases, it is important for researchers who evaluate the response to be blind to which treatment the subject received, in order to prevent the experimenter effect from influencing their assessments.
If neither the subjects nor the researchers know who was assigned what treatment, then the experiment is called double-blind.
Students in a large statistics class were randomly divided into two groups. The first group took the midterm exam with soft music playing in the background, while the second group took the exam with no music playing. The scores of the two groups on the exam were compared. Which of the following is a reason this experiment is NOT blind?
Some of the students did not study for the exam.
Students were randomized into the two groups.
Indeed, in a blind experiment, the subjects are not aware of which treatment is administered to them and, in this example, they obviously were aware.
the place where the subjects go when they have a heart attack.
probably administered to the control group.
a procedure for deciding who is going to get the aspirin treatment.
Indeed, a placebo is a dummy pill or treatment that looks like the treatment being administered in the study, but has no active ingredients.
We already introduced a hypothetical experiment to determine if people tend to snack more while they watch TV: Recruit participants for the study. While they are presumably waiting to be interviewed, half of the individuals sit in a waiting room with snacks available and a TV on. The other half sit in a waiting room with snacks available and no TV, just magazines. Researchers determine whether people consume more snacks in the TV setting.
Suppose that, in fact, the subjects who sat in the waiting room with the TV consumed more snacks than those who sat in the room without the TV. Could we conclude that in their everyday lives, and in their own homes, people eat more snacks when the TV is on? Not necessarily, because people's behavior in this very controlled setting may be quite different from their ordinary behavior.
If they suspect their snacking behavior is being observed, they may alter their behavior, either consciously or subconsciously. This phenomenon, whereby people in an experiment behave differently from how they would normally behave, is called the Hawthorne effect.
Even if they don't suspect they are being observed in the waiting room, the relationship between TV and snacking there might not be representative of what it is in real life. One of the greatest advantages of an experiment—that researchers take control of the explanatory variable—can also be a disadvantage in that it may result in a rather unrealistic setting.
Lack of realism (also called lack of ecological validity) is a possible drawback to the use of an experiment rather than an observational study to explore a relationship. Depending on the explanatory variable of interest, it may be quite easy or it may be virtually impossible to take control of the variable's values and still maintain a fairly natural setting.
In the case of the experiment, it is not so easy to take control of the explanatory variable (cessation method) merely by telling all 1,000 subjects what method they must use. Noncompliance (failure to submit to the assigned treatment) could enter in on such a large scale as to render the results invalid. In order to ensure that the subjects in each treatment group actually undergo the assigned treatment, researchers would need to pay for the treatment and make it easily available.
The cost of doing that for a group of 1,000 people would go beyond the budget of most researchers. Even if the drugs or therapy were paid for, it is very unlikely that most of the subjects contacted at random would be willing to use a method not of their own choosing, but dictated by the researchers. From a practical standpoint, such a study would most likely be carried out on a smaller group of volunteers, recruited via flyers or some other sort of advertisement.
The fact that they are volunteers might make them somewhat different from the larger population of smokers with intentions to quit, but it would reduce the more worrisome problem of noncompliance. Volunteers may have a better overall chance of success, but if researchers are primarily concerned with which method is most successful, then the relative success of the various methods should be roughly the same for the volunteer sample as it would be for the general population, as long as the methods are randomly assigned. Thus, the most vital stage for randomization in an experiment is during the assignment of treatments, rather than the selection of subjects.
Example : Suppose researchers want to determine if the drug Ecstasy causes memory loss. One possible design would be to take a group of volunteers and randomly assign some to take Ecstasy on a regular basis, while the others are given a placebo. Test them periodically to see if the Ecstasy group experiences more memory problems than the placebo group. The obvious flaw in this experiment is that it is unethical (and actually also illegal) to administer a dangerous drug like Ecstasy, even if the subjects are volunteers. The only feasible design to seek answers to this particular research question would be an observational study.
Example : Suppose researchers want to determine whether females wash their hair more frequently than males. It is impossible to assign some subjects to be female and others male, and so an experiment is not an option here. Again, an observational study would be the only way to proceed.
* The explanatory variable's values are allowed to occur naturally.
* Because of the possibility of lurking variables, it is difficult to establish causation.
* If possible, control for suspected lurking variables by studying groups of similar individuals separately.
* Some lurking variables are difficult to control for; others may not be identified.
* The explanatory variable's values are controlled by researchers (treatment is imposed).
* Randomized assignment to treatments automatically controls for all lurking variables.
* Making subjects blind avoids the placebo effect.
* Making researchers blind avoids conscious or subconscious influences on their subjective assessment of responses.
* A randomized controlled double-blind experiment is generally optimal for establishing causation.
* A lack of realism may prevent researchers from generalizing experimental results to real-life situations.
* Noncompliance may undermine an experiment. A volunteer sample might solve (at least partially) this problem.
* It is impossible, impractical or unethical to impose some treatments.
Suppose researchers are not only interested in the effect of diet on blood pressure, but also the effect of two new drugs. Subjects are assigned to either Control Diet (no restrictions), Diet #1, or Diet #2, (the variable diet has, then, 3 possible values) and are also assigned to receive either Placebo, Drug #1, or Drug #2 (the variable Drug, then, also has three values).
The column headings for the table are for the Diet variable: "No-diet", "Special diet 1" and "Special diet 2." The Rows are for the drug variable: "Placebo," "Drug 1," and "Drug 2."
There are 9 cells in the table, one for every possible combination of row and column. These cells are labeled "tttX", where X is in the range of [1-9], representing each combination.
Subjects would be randomly assigned to one of the nine treatment groups. If we find differences in the proportions of subjects who achieve the lower "moderate zone" blood pressure among the nine treatment groups, then we have evidence that the diets and/or drugs may be effective for reducing blood pressure.
From the population we generate a sample. The individuals of the sample are represented as a whole visually with a circle. These individuals are then divided by randomly assigning them to one of the 9 treatment groups. These treatment groups are "ttt1: no-diet and placebo,", "ttt2: diet 1 and placebo", "ttt3: diet 2 and placebo", and so on, up to "ttt9: diet 2 and drug 2." The responses from each of these treatment groups are compared.
Comments 1. Recall that randomization may be employed at two stages of an experiment: in the selection of subjects, and in the assignment of treatments. The former may be helpful in allowing us to generalize what occurs among our subjects to what would occur in the general population, but the reality of most experimental settings is that a convenience or volunteer sample is used. Most likely the blood pressure study described above would use volunteer subjects. The important thing is to make sure these subjects are randomly assigned to one of the nine treatment combinations.
In order to gain optimal information about individuals in all the various treatment groups, we would like to make assignments not just randomly, but also evenly. If there are 90 subjects in the blood pressure study described above, and 9 possible treatment groups, then each group should be filled randomly with 10 individuals. A simple random sample of 10 could be taken from the larger group of 90, and those individuals would be assigned to the first treatment group. Next, the second treatment group would be filled by a simple random sample of 10 taken from the remaining 80 subjects. This process would be repeated until all 9 groups are filled with 10 individuals each.
Scenario: Online Statistics Course A university was interested in examining the overall effectiveness of its online statistics course, along with the effectiveness of particular aspects of the course. First, the university wanted to see whether the online course was better than a standard course. Second, the university wanted to know whether students learned best using Excel, using Minitab, or using no statistical package at all. The university randomly selected a group of 30 students and administered one of the different variants of the course (i.e., traditional or online, coupled with one of the software options) to each student. The success of each variant was measured by the students' average improvement between a pre-test and a post-test.
Is this scenario a controlled experiment or an observational study?
Indeed, treatment was imposed on the subjects.
Which of the following represents the explanatory variable(s)?
The students' mean pre-test and post-test average scores.
Whether the course was online or traditional.
Whether the course was online or traditional and the statistical software used.
Indeed, the instruction type and the software used are the two factors that are being explored here.
Which of the following represents the response variable?
The difference between the students' mean pre-test and post-test scores.
An evaluation of course quality provided by an independent rater.
Indeed, at the end of the study, success was measured by the students' average improvement between pre-test and post-test.
How many treatment groups are there in this study?
If we would like the treatments to be balanced in terms of the number of subjects, how many students should we assign to each treatment?
Indeed, there are 30 students and 6 treatments, so there should be 30/6 = 5 students in each treatment group.
In some cases, an experiment's design may be enhanced by relaxing the requirement of total randomization and blocking the subjects first, dividing them into groups of individuals who are similar with respect to an outside variable that may be important in the relationship being studied. This can help ensure that the effect of treatments, as well as background variables, are most accurately measured.
In blocking, we simply split the sampled subjects into blocks based upon the different values of the background variable, and then randomly allocate treatments within each block. Thus, blocking in the assignment of subjects is analogous to stratification in sampling.
We have 2 blocks, 3 treatment groups each (by random assignment). From the population we generate a sample. This sample of individuals is then split into two blocks, Males and Females. Each block is then randomly split further into the three treatment groups: "tt1: existing software," "ttt2 new software 1," and "ttt3 new software 2." So, we end up with 6 total groups. Within each group the responses from the treatment groups are compared to each other, generating results separately for each block.
This example consists of 2 blocks, 2 treatment groups each (by random assignment). From the population we generate a sample, then separate it into two blocks, "Small" and "Large," according to the vehicle size.; Within these blocks we randomly assign vehicles to use either Gasoline A or Gasoline B (So, each block is split into two treatment groups, "ttt1: Gasoline A", and "ttt2: Gasoline B"), resulting in 4 total groups. Then, within each block, we compare the responses, so we obtain results for each block individually.
In the extreme, researchers may examine a relationship for a sample of blocks of just two individuals who are similar in many important respects, or even the same individual whose responses are compared for two explanatory values.
Example : For example, researchers could compare the effects of Gasoline A and Gasoline B when both are used on the same car, for a sample of many cars of various sizes and models.
Such a study design, called matched pairs, may enable us to pinpoint the effects of the explanatory variable by comparing responses for the same individual under two explanatory values, or for two individuals who are as similar as possible except that the first gets one treatment, and the second gets another (or serves as the control). Treatments should usually be assigned at random within each pair, or the order of treatments should be randomized for each individual. In our gasoline example, for each car the order of testing (Gasoline A first, or Gasoline B first) should be randomized.
Example : Suppose researchers want to compare the relative merits of toothpastes with and without tartar control ingredients. In order to make the comparison between individuals who are as similar as possible with respect to background and diet, they could obtain a sample of identical twins. One of each pair would randomly be assigned to brush with the tartar control toothpaste, while the other would brush with regular toothpaste of the same brand. These would be provided in unmarked tubes, so that the subjects would be blind. To make the experiment double-blind, dentists who evaluate the results would not know who used which toothpaste.
Paired Design. There are n blocks, each represented by a circle with two identical twins in them. Randomly, the treatment of tartar or regular toothpaste is given to each twin. So, each circle has two twins, two types of toothpaste, and each twin randomly gets assigned one type of toothpaste.
"Before-and-after" studies are another common type of matched pairs design. For each individual, the response variable of interest is measured twice: first before the treatment, then again after the treatment. The categorical explanatory variable is which treatment was applied, or whether a treatment was applied, to that participant.
Comment : We have explained data production as a two-stage process: first obtain the sample, then evaluate the variables of interest via an appropriate study design. Even though the steps are carried out in this order chronologically, it is generally best for researchers to decide on a study design before they actually obtain the sample. For the toothpaste example above, researchers would first decide to use the matched pairs design, then obtain a sample of identical twins, then carry out the experiment and assess the results.
Researchers wanted to study whether or not Botox injected under the arms can reduce sweating. Which of these is a matched pairs design?
Randomly assign the underarms of some subjects to be injected with Botox, and those of other subjects with salt water.
For each subject, one underarm is injected with Botox, and the other with salt water.
Indeed, this is a matched pairs design. The same person is getting both treatments.
Suppose each subject has one underarm injected with Botox, and the other with salt water. Which is the best way to make the assignment?
Inject Botox under the left arm for some participants and the right arm for others, choosing the arm randomly.
For the sake of consistency, inject all the right underarms with salt water and the left underarms with Botox.
Indeed, treatments should usually be assigned at random within each pair.
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The MSD-I multimodal dataset combines audio, images and genre annotations, by aggregating different datasets. Its first building block is the Million Song Dataset (https://labrosa.ee.columbia.edu/millionsong/), a collection of metadata and precomputed audio features for 1 million songs. Along with this dataset, a dataset with annotations of 15 top-level genres with a single label per song was released. In our work, we combine the CD2c version of this genre datase (http://www.tagtraum.com/msd_genre_datasets.html) with a collection of album cover images.
The final dataset contains 30,713 tracks from the MSD and their related album cover images, each annotated with a unique genre label among 15 classes. Based on an initial analysis on the images, we identified that this set of tracks is associated to 16,753 albums, yielding an average of 1.8 songs per album.
We randomly divide the dataset into three parts: 70% for training, 15% for validation, and 15% for test, with no artist and album overlap across these sets.
These data can be used together with the Tartarus deep learning python module https://github.com/sergiooramas/tartarus.
Please cite the following paper if using MSD-I dataset or Tartarus software.
Oramas, S., Barbieri, F., Nieto, O., and Serra, X (2018). Multimodal Deep Learning for Music Genre Classification, Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval, V(1).
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(CNN) -- A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck off the coast of central Peru on Wednesday evening, killing 15 people and leaving 70 hurt, President Alan Garcia said on national television.
Pedestrians try to make calls on their cell phones in Lima, Peru, after a strong earthquake Wednesday.
Peru's Panamericana TV put the death toll at 17. It showed footage of traffic lights in the capital, Lima, swaying with the quake.
After everything stopped shaking, medics were seen tending to a woman.
The video also showed chunks of plaster that had fallen from buildings.
Some Lima residents were sobbing after the temblor, while others appeared to be praying.
"This has been the most terrifying experience we've had," Gladys Tarnawiecki told CNN from her home in Lima.
Many people were outside in the streets, she said, as the radio warned them that aftershocks could follow the quake. Tarnawiecki said she was waiting in her car, afraid to go back inside.
"It was chaos," said Fernando Calderon, an American visiting Peru. "Everybody started crying -- kids, everybody. Everybody started running toward any empty space. Everybody was afraid the buildings were going to collapse."
"It's an awful experience, because there's no warning," he said.
The quake shook inland towns, as well as cities near the coast and the mountains. There were power outages in Lima, Reuters reported, and people ran into the streets in panic as the tremor shook office buildings. Many stayed outside, afraid to go back indoors after the warnings of possible aftershocks.
Meanwhile, tsunami warnings and watches issued after the quake for several Central and South American countries were canceled Wednesday night, as was a tsunami advisory for Hawaii.
The quake was felt for two minutes, according to Peruvian media. Broken windows were reported in Lima, and mobile phone service was interrupted.
The coastal town of Pisco, about 160 miles (257 kilometers) south of Lima, appears to be the hardest-hit, and electricity was out in the town, Gen. Luis Palomino, head of Peru's national civil defense institute, told CNN International. He said he could not confirm any deaths.
The quake struck at 6:41 p.m. (7:41 p.m. ET) and was centered 25 miles (61 kilometers) west-northwest of Chincha Alta, Peru, and 90 miles (161 kilometers) south-southeast of Lima, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was 25 miles (47 kilometers) below the Earth's surface.
More tremors followed. A magnitude 5.8 quake occurred at 7:02 p.m. (8:02 p.m. ET). It was farther inland, centered 70 miles (113 kilometers) northeast of Chincha Alta and 111 miles (179 kilometers) east-southeast of Lima.
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How many budgets are presented in the Parliament?
Till now, upto 2019 89 budgets are presented in Parliament.
Who was the viceroy at the time of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place on 13th April 1919. About 380 people were died and 1200 were wounded in the massacre.
Who among the following is the author of Indica?
Which among the following is the resting place of Morarji Desai?
The resting place of Morarji Desai is Abhay Ghat.
Indus Valley Civilization flourished during 2500-1750 B.C. Indus Valley Civilization is also called as Bronze age civilization.
Who planted the 'Tree of Liberty' at Srirangapatnam?
The Liberty Tree was a famous elm tree that stood in Boston before American Revolution.
The 'Tree of Liberty' at Srirangapatnam was founded in 1794 by French Republican officers with the support of Tipu Sultan.
Deccan education society is an organization which runs 43 education establishments in Maharastra, Pune founded by Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy, a social and educational reformer, was an idealist who contributed immensely in eradicating social evils prevalent in the society during the 18th century.
He was popularly known as "Father of Modern India".
He was given the title of Raja by the Mughal emperor Akbar Shah II in the year 1830 as he had gone to England as an envoy of the emperor.
When did the capital of India shift from Kolkata to New Delhi?
The capital of India shift from Kolkata to New Delhi in the year 1911.
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There is something about kids and teddy bears. These furry friends take on a life of their own and are wonderful for pretend play and learning activities. This week, I did a take on the old teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around movement activity and made a teddy bear math rhyme instead.
If you are using an abacus, start with the top row and recite the first sentence about 0 + 10 and have all the beads on the right side. Continue down the rows, moving the beads starting with one to the left as you recite the other lines of the chant, ending with nine beads on the left and one on the right. If you are using counting bears, this can be done in small groups where the children each count their own bears as they recite the rhyme. Alternatively, you can have them hold up their fingers to demonstrate each addition problem or use small objects such as glass beads.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Let’s add to 10. We’ll start with 0, then we’ll do it again.
0 + 10 = 10.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Let’s add to 10. We’ll move to 1, then we’ll do it again.
1 + 9 = 10.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Let’s add to 10. We’ll move to 2, then we’ll do it again.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Let’s add to 10. We’ll move to 3, then we’ll do it again.
3 + 7 = 10.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Let’s add to 10. We’ll move to 4, then we’ll do it again.
4 + 6 = 10.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Let’s add to 10. We’ll move to 5, then we’ll do it again.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Let’s add to 10. We’ll move to 6, then we’ll do it again.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Let’s add to 10. We’ll move to 7, then we’ll do it again.
7 + 3 = 10.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Let’s add to 10. We’ll move to 8, then we’ll do it again.
8 + 2 = 10.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Let’s add to 10. We’ll move to 9, then we’ll be done.
9 + 1 = 10.
What a fun and catchy chant to work on math facts!
I love this chant! We'll incorporate it into circle time this week!
What a great way to combine music, movement, and math! Will be doing soon.
I love the chant! It's such a fun way to learn math facts!
I love the rhyme – we will have to do this.
So cool! Plus, we have an abacus so we can do this one! I think the twins would love it. Thank you for the Teddy bear chant…so cute.
Very cute idea. I love the repeated patterns. So great for the age group!
I hope your twins enjoy it. The abacus works really well with it.
What a fun rhyming and math activity!
Wonderful idea! And the chant is perfect. Such a great way for kids to remember math concepts.
Love this chant for learning and playing with early math! Such a fun activity to practice emerging numeracy!
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What do the essays reveal about civil society and the reading public of the restoration age?
*Addison begins by speaking of his own writing style, he says he sometimes writes with ‘regularity and method’ and other times with no particular order.
*When Addison himself read a work which had been written without method, he envisioned himself as being in a wood surrounded by ‘noble objects,’ confusion and disorder.
*When reading methodical discourse, he saw it as an ordered plantation, able to comprehend each idea separately.
*Addison seemed to believe that if you could envisage the entire concept, you gain a better understanding of it, which will remain in the memory.
*He stated that irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius. This perhaps implies that the general public would not understand such ordered styles of writing.
*Addison thought that ideas should be set out in a logical order before being presented to the reader.
*Addison commented on the fact that when writing, further thoughts would be continuous, so putting them in order is vital if they are to be understood.
*’Method is of advantage to work.’ Both to the reader and the writer.
*Addison also pointed out that reading a methodical piece of writing is more enjoyable to the reader and therefore concepts are much more likely to be retained.
*’There is not one dispute in ten which is managed in those school of politics, where, after the first three sentences, the question is not entirely lost.’ Implying that discourse cannot be ordered in the same way as writing, it is more difficult to stay on topic.
*A man who strays from the topic in an argument may not always be superior.
*Overall Addison seemed to believe that unless an author set out the ideas of their writing in a clear and logical fashion, the reader would not be able to understand or enjoy the desired concepts. It is all very well to be a free thinker but if these thoughts stray from the original topic then the audience is lost.
*Addison implied that the reader cannot perhaps interpret the ideas for themselves and does not credit the public with the ability to think for themselves on another person’s topic.
*The Royal Exchange was a building in London where products were traded.
*During the restoration there was a commercial revolution concerning North America.
*It is not certain whether Addison’s tone in the Royal Exchange is sarcasm or genuine enthusiasm.
*’Factors in the trading world are what ambassadors are in the polite world.’ Addison saw the trading world as different to ‘normal’ society, creating a sense of divide.
*Addison seems fascinated by the mix of ethnicities, sense of anonymity when there.
*Addison viewed it all as a sort of entertainment, seeing the variety of cultures was unusual.
*’I am wonderfully delighted to see such a body of men thriving in their own private fortunes... raising estates for their own families.’ Addison appears to admire the traders work and the fact they are providing for themselves.
*Addison also mentioned the nationalities being united by one interest. Is this naivety, sarcasm or a genuine observation?
*Addison also said that countries need to work together to produce certain products. We need other countries in order to survive and make the culture more vibrant. On this note Addison seemed welcoming to trade from other countries.
*’For these reasons, there are not more useful members in a commonwealth then merchants.’ This is perhaps a different view than that of today, we may prioritise MPs etc. This perhaps implies merchants were better respected at this time, unless this view is more specific to Addison.
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Are there any new games starting? I'm having trouble finding a game in my area and would enjoy playing. So, I'm trying to see if I can find a game to play online.
I went there but did not see anything about a game.
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Immunocytochemical analysis of hippocampal cultured neurons confirmed that exposure to 100 ng ml IL 1B for 15 minutes triggered an evident increase of the immunor eactivity of phosphorylated JNK throughout vitamin d the neurons and also of phosphorylated p38, mainly in neuronal cell bodies. The effect of interleukin 1B on neuronal MAPKs Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries is controlled by interleukin 1B type I receptors To evaluate the involvement of IL 1B type I receptors, we tested the effect of the endogenous antagonist IL 1Ra, which prevents the docking of the IL 1B receptor accessory protein to form the heterotrimeric complex that is necessary for signal transduction. Addition of 100 ng ml IL 1B induced the phosphorylation of p38 and JNK and IL 1Ra prevented this IL 1B induced phosphorylation of p38 and attenuated the activation of JNK.
We did not test whether IL 1Ra affected the activation of MAPK. Synaptic and sub synaptic localization of interleukin 1B type I receptor Although a number of effects mediated by IL 1B receptor I have been reported to occur in brain cells, little is known about the localization of IL 1B type I receptor in neurons. Thus, we investigated whether IL 1B type I receptors Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries are indeed located in native brain neurons, pay ing particular attention to its putative synaptic and sub synaptic localization. For this purpose, we first compared the density of IL 1B type I receptor immunoreactivity in total membranes and in synaptic membranes prepared from the hippocampus of adult rats. In all the western blots, the antibody used recognized a single well defined band with an apparent molecular weight slightly below 100 kDa.
However, selectivity was not confirmed using genetic downregulation of the IL 1B type Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries I receptor. With these limitations in mind, we found that the total membranes, which mostly comprise glial and endothelial cell membranes, were enriched with IL 1B type I receptor relative to the synaptic membranes. Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries For instance, with Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries 30 ug of protein in the western blotting analysis, the total membrane portion dis played significantly higher IL 1B type I receptor immunoreactivity than the synaptosomal membrane por tion. This difference was also seen with 60 ug of protein, kinase inhibitor Dorsomorphin but disappeared as the signal became saturated at 90 ug of protein. Although the IL 1B type I receptor was mainly located outside synaptic regions, we further detailed its sub synaptic distribution, the IL 1B type I receptor was located almost exclusively at post synaptic and pre synaptic sites. with a lower density at peri synaptic sites. The interleukin 1B induced activation of mitogen activated protein kinases is prevented by an A2A receptor antagonist The key question directing this study was to determine whether A2AR control the effect of IL 1B in neurons.
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A natural gas company operating in Yemen said there was nothing to media reports stating al-Qaida militants killed four soldiers in a weekend attack. The country was the source of recent terrorist warnings from the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa remains closed because of the security situation in Yemen. Washington's hackles were raised by al-Qaida plans to target Yemeni energy infrastructure. In the latest twist, a U.S. lawmaker said capitalizing on the natural gas boom through exports would expose the country to national security risks from terrorism.
Energy company Yemen LNG said it heard of the weekend attacks on the Balhaf export terminal through media reports. Several news outlets, citing unnamed or anonymous sources, reported al-Qaida militants killed four soldiers in their sleep in an attack on Balhaf, the country's lone liquefied natural gas export terminal. Drone strikes over Yemen increased in the wake of an early August security warning linking al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri to Yemen's al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and a security source working in the energy sector said the raid on Balhaf was in response to those incidents.
Yemen LNG said no such incident took place, but acknowledged there was an attack involving the military and local tribesman about 35 miles from the export terminal. Last week, the government in Yemen said it thwarted an al-Qaida attack on an oil terminal as well as Balhaf. That coincided with the evacuation of some embassy staff from Sanaa and a series of drone strike that left at least 15 people dead.
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U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to President Barack Obama questioning whether the approval of LNG export terminals was the right thing to do given the Yemeni security threat. A bicameral report last week said domestic natural gas prices would increase in response to LNG exports, forcing the economy to rely more on cheap and dirty coal. Markey expressed concern that if the United States doesn't keep a tight grip on its own natural gas, it may have to import more LNG from Yemen and subsequently expose Boston and its Everett LNG terminal to additional security risks. He called on the Department of Energy to take another look at the implications of exporting domestic natural gas and consider whether exports will in turn lead to a reduction in imports from countries like Yemen.
Last week's bicameral report, led by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said exporting LNG would lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions because the liquefaction process is energy intensive. Critics from the environmental community say LNG exports would lead to more hydraulic fracturing, viewed in some circles as a threat to drinking water supplies.
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz vowed to make haste on LNG export decisions when he took office early this year. The Department of Energy is still assessing more than a dozen applications for LNG exports to countries that do not have a free-trade agreement with the United States. It said it considers economic, environmental and energy security risks when weighing LNG applications. A controversial study commissioned by the Energy Department last year supported the economic argument. Despite the clamor, the word isn't out yet on pollution, leaving critics like Markey to put a new, and decidedly Bush-era, twist on the LNG debate.
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When are elderly drivers no longer safe enough to keep their driver's licenses?
With each passing year, people are living longer, and the population of elderly folks continues to grow in number. In fact, according to AAA, there will be approximately twice as many drivers over 65 years old on the road in 2030 than there were in 2009 (70 million vs. 33 million).
With these statistics in mind, it’s even more crucial to discuss the risks and rights of elderly drivers. Do you think older folks should be allowed to drive, or should they have their licenses revoked? Here are 15 points often debated on this challenging topic.
A Momentary Lapse in Judgement Can Be Deadly: Everyone suffers from brain farts now and then, but on the road at 70 mph, split-second confusion or mistakes can be fatal, for the pedestrians, or nearby drivers, or the elderly driver (older folks are more likely to die from injuries suffered in a vehicle accident due to the fragility of their bodies). What happens when a person accidentally puts a vehicle in reverse instead of drive, or hits the gas instead of the brake?
Driving Skill Isn’t Necessarily Dependent on Age: You may know a person who’s 80 years old yet still sharp as a tack and capable of driving, but on the other hand know a 35-year-old who is too distracted, emotional, or thoughtless to drive a vehicle safely. Why should an arbitrary measurement like age determine if you should drive or not?
Everyone Drives Differently: Every person possesses a different “driving personality” on the road (like these infamous ones), habits and preferences that manifest when they’re operating a vehicle. That being said, it’s common for a person’s driving personality to change as they age, mellowing out to become slower-paced, more casual, and less assertive. Are there certain driving personalities who should be restricted from operating a vehicle, and should that just be limited to the elderly?
Health Condition Vs. Age: As a body ages, it typically suffers from certain physical and mental limitations that can impair vehicle operation. For instance, hearing loss hinders people from hearing horns honking, reaction time can slow, spacial judgement can become less sharp, and dementia can result in getting lost. But is that really about one’s age, or one’s health condition?
Loss of Mobility Affects Quality of Life: When we’re young, we ache for the time when we’ll finally get our driver’s license and be independent in the world. Not soon after, we forget how monumental this achievement was and take for granted how integral independent mobility is to the lives that we’re living. Taking away one’s opportunity to operate a vehicle has a larger impact on their well-being than we might realize.
Driving Is Fun: Driving isn’t just a necessity for some people. For those who didn’t grow up in a constant hurry to get somewhere, many people enjoyed driving as a pleasurable, leisurely experience, such as on Sunday drives through the country. Limiting transportation isn’t just about limiting mobility.
Older Drivers Are More Self-Critical: It’s debatable whether questioning one’s choices while driving a car is beneficial or dangerous. In some situations, being aware of one’s potential mistakes while driving is important for driving defensively, but in other cases, timidity and second-guessing can lead to collisions with nearby vehicles.
Older Drivers Are More Careful: According to statistics, fewer drivers over 75 years of age are in fatal crashes compared to any other age group. They’re less likely to drink and drive, use their phones behind the wheel, speed, or make other reckless choices. Plus, based on the number of years of driving experience, they have more of a right to be on the road than young people do.
Can Technology Solve the Issue? With new driver assistance technology being released in vehicles, could formerly debilitating issues now be solved by tools such as cross-traffic alert, pedestrian detection, and automatic braking?
Observations May Be Biased: Unless you know an elderly person in your life who’s grappled with this issue or have done so yourself, you probably rely on news reports, personal interactions on the road, and the opinions of your peers to decide if the elderly should be allowed to drive. How much of what people notice is based on preconceived assumptions and stereotypes?
Impossible to Predict Before It Happens: It’s easy to, in hindsight, look at an event and proclaim that a person’s family should’ve taken their keys from them before they caused that accident. But if the person doesn’t have a history of impairment or a driving record of accidents, how is their family supposed to predict what might happen before it occurs?
Whose Duty Is It to Decide? Should the elderly driver have the responsibility to decide if they themselves are incapable of safely operating a vehicle? How can they trust their own judgement when it comes to determining that? Who has the right to make that decision for them? Their family? Physicians? Lawmakers/voters they’ve never met? The government?
Is It Discrimination? It’s not a popular opinion on the political stage to campaign for measures (especially when a large amount of constituents are elderly), and there’s a reason for that. Essentially, states would be passing laws specifically making driving less accessible and harder to achieve for a certain demographic: the elderly. Is that fair?
Do Driving Tests Even Work? According to the American Academy of Neurology and the Alzheimer’s Association, a diagnosis of dementia isn’t enough to determine if a person is at a higher risk of accidents on the road. Based on their studies, over 75% of patients with mild dementia are able to pass road tests and drive with care. Is there a better way than driving tests to determine capability?
What Alternatives Are There? If a person cannot drive to and from destinations by him/herself, alternative methods of transportation need to be weighed. Who else is going to drive the person around when they have errands to run? Is there public transportation available, and if so, is the area safe enough for an older person to travel through on their own?
What are your thoughts on this debate? Is driving a right or a privilege, and how should these decisions be made concerning elderly drivers?
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What are the best Monterey attractions and activities? This cute waterfront town features many fun things to see and do including its world-famous aquarium, plenty of shopping and dozens of museums.
Here are my ten favorites.
The #1 attraction in Monterey is its world-renowned aquarium. The Monterey Bay Aquarium sits on the north end of Cannery Row and features everything from jellyfish to penguins.
It houses more than 200 exhibits. The best is the Open Sea area which is an aquarium with 1.2 million gallons of water. When you walk into the viewing area, you will be amazed at its size as its 90-feet across and 35-feet tall. It's home to dozens of animals from the Monterey Bay.
The picture above shows another favorite of mine, the Kelp Forest. This aquarium is 28-feet tall and has 335,000 gallons of water.
In total, you will find more than 35,000 plants and animals here that call the Monterey Bay home.
The second most visited Monterey attraction is Cannery Row. This shopping and entertainment district is where you will find one of the largest antique malls in the area.
You will find a variety of stores along this half-mile stretch selling everything from socks to gourmet foods. At last count, there were around 80 shops here in total.
You will also find some fun activities here too. My favorites include the Monterey Mirror Maze and the Exodus Escape Room.
Cannery Row also features several events each year including races, festivals, and a visit from Santa during the holidays.
The historic Fisherman's Wharf area is another one of the top Monterey attractions. It's just to the south and east of Cannery Row.
The biggest draw here is the whale watching. You will find several companies offering whale watching tours and the best ones have offices on the wharf.
Other fun things to do here include sampling some of the freshest seafood in the area and checking out some of the local shops. They also have some fun events planned throughout the year.
The wineries in and around Monterey are becoming another top attraction. There are a few ways to enjoy them.
You can stroll along Cannery Row and find a few tasting rooms with my favorite being, A Taste of Monterey. You will also find some local bars with some of the best local wines.
You can also head out to Carmel Valley. This small, unincorporated village is home to more than 30 wineries. You can either drive out on your own or take the Grapevine Express from Monterey right to the door of several wineries in Carmel Valley.
If you are interested in local art, then make sure to spend some time at the Monterey Museum of Art. It focuses its space on California art including historical pieces as well as modern art. It has pieces dating from 1875 to the present day.
It includes three distinct collections. The first is Early California Painting. These pieces are dated between 1875 and 1945 and show Monterey's history as an art colony.
The other two collections are American Art, which has pieces from 1875 to 1945 also, and the Contemporary Art gallery with pieces from 1945 through to the present.
The Custom House is a historic gem and the oldest government building in California. It was originally built by the Mexican Government (when this part of California was still part of Mexico) to manage taxes for items coming in through the Monterey Bay port.
Step inside for a look back in time. You will find the interior similar to what it looked like in the 1840s. You will also find out more about its purpose and how the process worked to collect customs (taxes) from incoming vessels.
You will find it at 1 Custom House Plaza--just steps from the Old Fisherman's Wharf.
If you love the beach, then you will find plenty of places you will want to visit around the Monterey Bay. Some are great for kicking back and relaxing, while others are perfect for those looking to explore.
Asilomar State Beach is one of my favorites and is just two miles away in Pacific Grove. Right next door to this one is another great one called Lovers Point.
If you want to find one right in Monterey, then I recommend Del Monte Beach. There is also a small beach right off Cannery Row that easy to get to called McAbee Beach.
The Coast Guard Pier is another great stop in Monterey. You will find it right between Cannery Row and Old Fisherman's Wharf.
My favorite thing about the Coast Guard Pier is it gives me a chance to get a closer look at some of the local wildlife. On the rocks not far from the pier, you will see dozens of sea lions sunbathing. You might also get lucky and spot some sea otters.
The pier is free and usually not too crowded. It's a peaceful retreat and a great way to reconnect with nature.
17-Mile Drive is a gorgeous stretch of road south of Monterey through Pebble Beach. The drive offers some of the most scenic views in the area including the gorgeous Pebble Beach golf courses as well as of the Pacific Ocean.
You will also find some interesting stops along the way. One of the most famous is the Lone Cyprus (which recently lost a branch in a large storm in early 2019). This tree is around 250 years old and has been held up by cables for more than 60 years. It's one of the most photographed and famous trees in the US.
Other popular stops here include the China Rock Vista Point, Pescadero Point, and the Sunset Point Overlook.
There are five gates that lead into this drive. There is a small fee per car to enter, but it's an experience you will never forget!
My final spot on my list of the top 10 Monterey attractions is The Dali Expo. This is one of the newer attractions and is the first exhibit dedicated to the artist located on the west coast.
Salvador Dali was a surrealist artist that had a large impact on the Monterey artist community. He lived here on and off for eight years starting in 1940s.
This exhibition showcases his influence in the area. It includes the largest collection of his works in the US with 580 pieces.
You will find The Dali Expo at the Museum of Monterey at 5 Custom House Plaza.
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What accounts for the patterns of visual field loss present in patients after occipital stroke? The cerebral cortex is supplied by vascular microlobules, each comprised of a half dozen penetrating arterioles that surround a central draining venule. The surface arterioles that feed the penetrating arterioles are interconnected via an extensively anastomotic plexus. Embolic occlusion of a small surface arteriole rarely produces a local infarct, because collateral blood flow is available through the vascular reticulum. Collateral flow also protects against infarct after occlusion of a single penetrating arteriole. Cortical infarction requires blockage of a major arterial trunk, with arrest of blood flow to a relatively large vascular territory. For striate cortex, the major vessels compromised by emboli are the inferior calcarine and superior calcarine arteries, as well as the distal branches of the middle cerebral artery. Their vascular territories have a fairly consistent relationship with the retinotopic map. Consequently, occlusion by emboli results in stereotypical visual field defects. The organization of the arterial supply to the occipital lobe provides an anatomical explanation for a phenomenon that has long puzzled neuro-ophthalmologists, namely, that of the myriad potential patterns of cortical visual field loss, only a few are encountered commonly from embolic cortical stroke.
Jonathan C. Horton is the William F. Hoyt Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, where he is a member of the Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Physiology. He received his undergraduate degree at Stanford University, majoring in medieval history. In 1984 he received an MD and PhD from Harvard University, where he was a graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. David H. Hubel and Dr. Torsten N. Wiesel. The title of his dissertation was “Cytochrome Oxidase Patches: A New Cytoarchitectonic Feature of Primate Visual Cortex”. He completed a medical internship and one year of neurology residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by an ophthalmology residency at Georgetown University and a fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology and pediatric ophthalmology at UCSF. His research interests fall into three broad categories: 1) clinical neuro-ophthalmology and pediatric ophthalmology, inquiring into the features, causes, and treatment of disorders that impair vision; 2) physiology and anatomy of the primate visual system, using knowledge acquired from laboratory experiments in monkeys to understanding how the brain mediates perception; 3) strabismus, elucidating the neural mechanisms of visual suppression, amblyopia, and eye movement control in subjects with ocular misalignment.
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What are some defensive driving techniques to help you stay safe on the road?
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were 37,461 vehicle fatalities in 2016. Speeding and offensive driving are major problems which contribute to fatal car crashes throughout the United States. These defensive driving tips can help you or a loved one take on the road safely.
Avoid driving during periods of high traffic, typically during morning, lunch, and evening commute times.
Keep your windshield, headlights, and mirror clean to improve visibility.
Raise your seat high enough so you have a clear view of the road. Sit on a small pillow if necessary.
Limit distractions inside the vehicle. This includes the radio and conversations with passengers and use of cell phones.
Stay alert. Watch for flashing lights and listen for emergency vehicles.
Keep a safe distance between you and the car ahead so you have ample time to brake safely if necessary. In normal driving conditions, the general rule is “three seconds plus.” When the vehicle in front of you passes a stationary object, begin counting. You should reach that same object no sooner than three seconds, four seconds ideally. Increase following distance when visibility is poor or you’re in traffic.
Keep windshield wiper blades in proper working condition.
Get periodic vision and hearing tests, especially if you drive at night. When you consider that 90% of a driver's reaction depends on vision, and vision is limited at night, it is no surprise that the night driving crash rate is roughly three times that of daylight driving.
Slow down after the sun goes down. Close to two-thirds of fatal crashes that happen at night are speed related.
Take a defensive driving course. Some insurance policies may offer price discounts when individuals take these courses.
Carefully read medication labels to see if they may impair driving skills.
Don't drive if you're feeling tired, lightheaded, or stressed.
Avoid driving during inclement weather.
Use other transportation services such as taxis, rideshare services, and buses if you're unsure of your ability to drive safely.
Obey the posted speed limit. Speeding puts lives and licenses on the line. It may also be expensive, and pricey tickets could increase insurance rates.
Share the road. Bicyclists must adhere to the same rules of the roads as motorists yet are more vulnerable to injury. Always give ample space to other vehicles to maneuver safely, from bikes and motorcycles to large trucks.
Set rear view and side mirrors appropriately, to eliminate blind spots around your vehicle.
Check mirrors frequently while driving, including lane changes, to be more aware of your surroundings.
Be aware of road warning signs for hills, curves, animals, and other obstacles.
Be especially alert at intersections, for proper signage/signals, and crossing traffic.
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Michael Schumacher (; German: [ˈmɪçaːʔeːl ˈʃuːmaxɐ] ( listen); born 3 January 1969) is a retired German racing driver who raced in Formula One for Jordan Grand Prix, Benetton and Ferrari, where he spent the majority of his career, as well as for Mercedes upon his return to the sport. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers ever, and regarded by some as the greatest of all time, Schumacher is the only driver in history to win seven Formula One World Championships, five of which he won consecutively. The most successful driver in the history of the sport, Schumacher holds the records for the most World Championship titles (7), the most Grand Prix wins (91), the most fastest laps (77) and the most races won in a single season (13), and according to the official Formula One website (Formula1.com), Schumacher was "statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen" at the time of his retirement from the sport.
Rule changes for the 2005 season required tyres to last an entire race, tipping the overall advantage to teams using Michelins over teams such as Ferrari that relied on Bridgestone tyres. The rule changes were partly in an effort to dent Ferrari's dominance and make the series more interesting. The most notable moment of the early season for Schumacher was his battle with Fernando Alonso in San Marino, where he started 13th and finished only 0.2 seconds behind the Spanish driver. Less than halfway through the season, Schumacher said "I don't think I can count myself in this battle any more. It was like trying to fight with a blunted weapon.... If your weapons are weak you don't have a chance." Schumacher's sole win in 2005 came at the United States Grand Prix. Prior to that race, the Michelin tyres were found to have significant safety issues. When no compromise between the teams and the FIA could be reached, all but the six drivers using Bridgestone tyres dropped out of the race after the formation lap. Schumacher retired in six of the 19 races. He finished the season in third with 62 points, fewer than half the points of World Champion Alonso.
Schumacher was again partnered by Rosberg at Mercedes for the 2012 season. Schumacher retired from the inaugural race of the season Australian Grand Prix, and scored a point in the second race in Malaysia. In China Schumacher started on the front row alongside Rosberg on pole, but retired due to a loose wheel after a mechanics error during a pit stop.
At the 1997 European Grand Prix at Jerez, the last race of the season, Schumacher led Williams's Jacques Villeneuve by one point in the Drivers' Championship. As Villeneuve attempted to pass Schumacher at the Dry Sac corner on lap 48, Schumacher turned in and the right-front wheel of Schumacher's Ferrari hit the left sidepod of Villeneuve's car. Schumacher retired from the race as a result, but Villeneuve finished in third place, taking four points and so becoming the World Champion. The race stewards did not initially award any penalty, but two weeks after the race Schumacher was disqualified from the entire 1997 Drivers' Championship after an FIA disciplinary hearing found that his "manoeuvre was an instinctive reaction and although deliberate not made with malice or premeditation. It was a serious error." Schumacher accepted the decision and admitted having made a mistake. Schumacher's actions were widely condemned in British, German, and Italian newspapers. This made Schumacher the only driver in the history of the sport, as of 2018, to be disqualified from a Drivers' World Championship.
In 1994, suspicion of foul play by the Benetton team (who were eventually found to have been responsible for some technical violations over the course of the season) was said to have troubled Ayrton Senna that season. For example, in the words of his then teammate, Damon Hill, Senna had chosen to spend a bit of time at the first corner of the Aida circuit following his retirement from the Pacific Grand Prix. After listening to Schumacher's Benetton B194 as it went past, Senna "concluded that there was, what he regarded, as unusual noises from the engine". The FIA subsequently issued a press release setting out action that it required teams to take prior to the German Grand Prix, given that various cars were found to have an advanced engine management systems emulating launch and traction control.
Two laps from the finish of the 1998 British Grand Prix, Schumacher was leading the race when he was issued a stop-and-go penalty for overtaking a lapped car (Alexander Wurz) during the early moments of a Safety Car period. This penalty involves going into the pit lane and stopping for 10 seconds, and the rules state that a driver must serve his penalty within three laps of the penalty being issued. On the third lap after receiving the penalty, Schumacher turned into the pit lane to serve his penalty, but as this was the last lap of the race, and as Ferrari's pit box was located after the start/finish line, Schumacher technically finished the race before serving the penalty. The stewards initially resolved that problem by adding 10 seconds to Schumacher's race time, then later rescinded the penalty completely due to the irregularities in how the penalty had been issued.
In August 1995, Michael married Corinna Betsch. They have two children, a daughter Gina-Marie, born 20 February 1997 and a son Mick, born 22 March 1999. He has always been very protective of his private life and is known to dislike the celebrity spotlight. The family moved to a newly-built mansion near Gland, Switzerland in 2007, covering an area of 650-square-metre (7,000 sq ft) with a private beach on Lake Geneva and featuring an underground garage and petrol station.
On 29 December 2013, Schumacher was skiing with his 14-year-old son Mick, descending the Combe de Saulire below the Dent de Burgin above Méribel in the French Alps. While crossing an unsecured off-piste area between Piste Chamois and Piste Mauduit, he fell and hit his head on a rock, sustaining a serious head injury despite wearing a ski helmet. According to his physicians, he would most likely have died if he had not been wearing a helmet. He was airlifted to Grenoble Hospital where he underwent two surgical interventions. Schumacher was put into a medically induced coma because of traumatic brain injury; his doctors reported on 7 March 2014 that his condition was stable. On 4 April 2014, Schumacher's agent reported that he was showing "moments of consciousness" as he was gradually withdrawn from the medically induced coma, adding to reports by relatives of "small encouraging signs" over the preceding month. In mid-June, he was moved from intensive care into a rehabilitation ward. By 16 June 2014, Schumacher had regained consciousness and left Grenoble Hospital for further rehabilitation at the University Hospital (CHUV) in Lausanne, Switzerland. On 9 September 2014, Schumacher left CHUV and was brought back to his home for further rehabilitation. In November 2014, it was reported that Schumacher was "paralysed and in a wheelchair"; he "cannot speak and has memory problems". In a video interview released in May 2015, Schumacher's manager Sabine Kehm said that his condition is slowly improving "considering the severeness of the injury he had".
In September 2016, Felix Damm, lawyer for Schumacher, told a German court that his client "cannot walk", in response to false reports from December 2015 in German publication Die Bunte that he could "walk a couple of steps".
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What's the good word on Michael Schumacher?
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The most important thing to do first is to find out how much you're walking everyday. You can do this a few ways. You can buy a fitbit which tracks your steps and your sleep, You can buy a pedometer which clips onto your belt or pants or you can download an app on your phone (although this drains your battery rapidly) and track your steps that way. The most accurate way for me was by tracking my steps with a fit bit and I use it everyday.Once you know how many steps you're taking a day, I want you to set yourself a goal to walk another 200 - 500 steps on top of that. Nothing too drastic, just try and increase your steps by an extra few hundred a day and try to do that every week until you reach the 10,000 steps mark consistently. For some of you this may be a struggle at the start, but the point is to try and improve it just a little bit.You can see a video of me explaining it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkUc8LbU8fkThe more you start walking the faster you're going to be able to lose weight. Here are some walking tips you can use to help get some extra steps:- Walk to work - Walk after work - Take the stairs instead of the elevator - Every hour go for a walk around the office - Walk to the next coffee shop as opposed to the one right outside your office - Walk between commercial breaks - Organise a weekend walk - Walk around the grocery store one more time - Park the car further awayThese are only some ideas to get you moving, the possibilities to walk more are endless all you've got to do is be creative and think about how you can increase your step count. Just think how simple it could be for you to lose a kilo or two just by walking a little bit more. Once you start to see results you're not going to want to stop, and why should you if walking can help you lose body fat, just think about how much weight training and exercise are going to help.
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Pledge to Stop Saying "climate change"
I hereby pledge to stop using the term “climate change.” Instead, I will use escalating global warming, irreversible global warming or climate destabilization to describe the increase in the Earth’s average temperature and the destruction caused by global warming primarily due to our burning of fossil fuels.
“Climate change” is a misleading term employed by the fossil fuel industry and its advocates to lull the media and the public into a false sense of security. This propaganda is intended to make global warming-caused climate destabilization seem more benign and non-threatening. It suggests the Earth’s climate is always in a natural state of change, rather than global warming’s direct causation being from human activity-related carbon and methane pollution.
The idea of “natural” climate change diminishes the real seriousness of global warming and does not directly implicate our increasing use of fossil fuels, and the resultant carbon and methane pollution, as the primary cause.
Rising global temperatures are the most serious currently active challenge facing humanity, comparable in scope of impact to global nuclear war, if such were to occur.
I pledge that I will contest fossil fuels corporations and climate deniers misframing and falsely defining the real dangers of global warming! We are facing an imminent global threat that is already causing devastating losses due to drought, sea level rise, air pollution and increasingly severe weather.
I choose to stop using the term “climate change.” By my action, I now bring more urgency and clarity to climate discussions by speaking the scientifically proven truth that our Earth is experiencing escalating global warming, leading to irreversible global warming and climate destabilization caused by human actions.
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scuba diving equipment Starting a new hobby doesn’t have to be hard if you know how to find the right scuba diving equipment.
Your diving mask helps create a space for air in front of your eyes so you can focus while under the water. If you’ve ever opened your eyes while in salt water, you know how uncomfortable it can be and how hard it is to see anything. A good diving mask will allow you to explore the depths clearly. Also, the nose pocket of a scuba diving mask will also equalize the air pressure inside the mask as you dive deeper.
Place the mask on your face (without holding it) and look up towards the ceiling. If it sits evenly without any gaps that’s a good sign.
Place either a regulator or snorkel in your mouth to test the fit. Do you feel comfortable still?
Look forward and without using the strap, gently breathe in through your nose. If it’s a good scuba mask, the mask should seal tightly to your face without any issue.
Now, test the strap, and adjust it to fit your face to ensure that you still feel comfortable.
If the mask fits all of these tests, then it will probably work well for you! You should avoid any mask that leaks air or is uncomfortable.
Fins that are more flexible will be easier to use for people with smaller legs or those that aren’t adequately adapted to the swimming motion.
Fins with an open heel are easier to adjust as kids’ feet grow.
Bigger fins will help you move faster, but they are also harder to use for beginners.
Make sure that your fins don’t pinch your toes and can stay on during your dives. After all, there’s nothing worse than losing a flipper when you’re out to sea!
These plastic tubes help you breathe while you’re close to the surface to help conserve air in your tank. Although snorkels might seem pretty basic, you’d be surprised how many different options there are when going to your local dive shop or shopping our online store.
Here are a few things to consider when selecting your first snorkel: The biggest thing to consider is the comfort of the device. You don’t want a snorkel that feels uncomfortable and doesn’t fit well with your mask. It should also fit well inside of your mouth so you can breathe deeply without any problems at all. Also keep in mind that bigger snorkels will create more drag as you swim through the water, effectively slowing your dive down.
component of your scuba diving equipment bag. There are two common types of suits that people wear: wetsuits and skins. Both serve different purposes. Skins are made of a spandex material (sometimes with a fleece lining), and wetsuits are made of a foam neoprene rubber.
The purpose of a suit is to keep you warm and protect you from the chilling effect of the water which can rob your body of heat. They come in a variety of thicknesses and choosing the right one for you depends on the climate you’ll be diving.
They also work to keep you nice and dry by insulating you from the water. When shopping for a wetsuit, the most important thing to look for it the fit. You want it to be skin tight, eliminating any space between the suit and your skin. If there are any gaps in the arms, legs, crotch, or other areas, put it back. The suit must be tight, but also comfortable. You might also want to purchase one with bright colors that are visible to other divers.
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Write a short paper on a music-culture of your choice.
Describe it using the ideas discussed in the reading “Thinking Musically”, which the one I upload.
A music-culture can be any group that you are affiliated with, such as a religious group, a geographic location, social organization, or an ethnic group.
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Today is Maria's mother birthday so she wants to celebrate her mom's birthday in such a way so that her mom finds a big surprise. Can you help her in this? Let's go for shopping with Maria to buy essential things to make the mom's birthday a successful one. Buy the things from market one by one as per requirement and then come back with her and start decorating the room with the items you bought. Place the balloons, sticker in right places so that the room look awesome and then open the cake ask her mom to come now with Maria's papa and other kids. Help her mom to cut the cake and distributes them accordingly. Enjoy the birthday celebration of Mom and have fun girls with Maria.
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In short: Google's as-yet-unannounced Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL handsets have cropped up again in newly leaked official images and a video obtained by MySmartPrice that appear to give away at least a few of the devices' unique features. In addition to changes made in stock Android 9 Pie and showing off some more menial Android operations such as clearing away notifications, the video highlights some new functionality for AI. For example, in the system is displayed recognizing selected text when that relates to a nearby location. In this case, the selected text is in Gmail and the user selects "Reserve" from the pop-up text menu. That takes them directly to Open Table so they can make a reservation the restaurant highlighted. Meanwhile, gestures performed on the rear-facing fingerprint scanner now help users access the pull-down notifications and Quick Settings panes.
Background: The video and several of the images also show off the hardware and aesthetics that users will probably get with Google's upcoming Android flagships. In this case, the device shown seems to be the smaller, notch-free Pixel 3 rather than the Pixel 3 XL. That's based on the fact that this is not at all the first time either handset has been spotted in images and quite a bit is already known about both thanks to a whole smorgasbord of leaks. The video does, however, appear to confirm certain expected features such as Google's decision continued inclusion of a pressure-sensitive frame for the Pixel's squeezable Active Edge functionality. Beyond that, Assistant is shown working its magic in real-time in the camera app. The user clicks information on a business card while in the camera, an email in this case, and is taken to the appropriate application to interact with the information scanned.
The current speculation from rumors and leaks suggests that the larger Pixel 3 XL will be a 6.71-inch handset with an OLED display bearing a resolution of 2,960 x 1,440. The smaller handset will feature a similar screen but at 5.4-inches and a resolution of 2,160 x 1080. Both panels are predicted to feature Gorilla Glass 5 for protection and a Snapdragon 845 for processing backed by 4GB RAM and 64GB storage for the baseline models. More pricey models will likely be available as well with 6GB RAM and 128GB of storage. Power will be delivered via USB Type-C 3.1 to a 3,430mAh battery in the larger handset and to a 3,000mAh power supply in the smaller Pixel 3. No headphone port is expected to be included. However, each will include a single 12.2-megapixel rear shooter and a dual 8-megapixel selfie-snapper if leaks are accurate.
Impact: With consideration for the latest of the images, the associated promotional video, and apparent new features, there really doesn't seem to be much more for Google to reveal at this point. Having said that, other hardware is expected at the same event across a variety of market segments from smart home products to new Chromebooks. So, putting aside any lingering surprises for the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, the search giant probably has at least a few unknown announcements to make. The hardware event is currently scheduled to take place on October 9.
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Around this time last year, I gave up jeans for 10 days. TL;DR: I was sick of wearing the same three pairs every week and, frankly, was in a bit of an outfit rut. So I posted an Instagram that I'd be giving up jeans until further notice and lasted for just over a week. At the time, I thought that would be all I needed to break by lazy denim habit, but old habits die hard and soon I found myself reaching for the same pair of jeans once again.
Well surprise, surprise, it's 2018 and I'm feeling very over denim again. I've also got a serious case of the shoppies as sale season starts and have found a ton of amazing options at various prices.
At under $175, I found options that will work at the office, on vacation, and even at a holiday party or two.
At under $350, the options are the best: pairs that will remind you of a high school uniform, sharp trousers in winter white, plus those trendy stirrup pants every cool girl was wearing earlier this year.
At under $500, I found designer options that rarely go on sale: Victoria Beckham, Duro Olowu, Marc Jacobs and more.
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NAACP v. Alabama (357 U.S. 449) was the landmark case in which the U.S. Supreme Court formally recognized the freedom of association as a right protected by the First Amendment. The 1958 decision, a victory for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), overturned an Alabama court ruling that had restrained the organization from operating in the state and led to its eventual return to Alabama in 1964.
Unlike its guarantees for religion, speech, press, and assembly, the First Amendment does not specifically list freedom of association as a right that cannot be abridged. Social and legal observers have long argued, however, that just as an individual has the right to express his or her own views, so too does that individual have the right to associate with others who share the same opinions.
NAACP v. Alabama arose out of a 1956 lawsuit filed against the NAACP by Alabama attorney general John M. Patterson, who claimed that the organization had harmed the citizens of Alabama by promoting, among other things, the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the admission of Autherine Lucy to the University of Alabama. Patterson believed that the resulting negative publicity that accompanied these events in the national media had damaged the state's reputation.
According to Patterson, the organization's activities in Alabama were not only troublesome, they were also illegal because the NAACP had failed to meet the basic qualifications for doing business in the state. Alabama law required that an out-of-state company wishing to do business in Alabama had to file a copy of its corporate charter with state officials, establish a place of business, and designate an agent to act on its behalf. Founded in 1909 in New York, the NAACP opened its first affiliate offices in Alabama in 1918 and established a regional office there in 1951. NAACP officials admitted during a lower federal court proceeding that they had never sought to comply with the qualifying requirement because they thought their organization was exempt given the non-commercial nature of its activities.
The state judge who heard the case ordered the NAACP to immediately cease its operations in the state pending a hearing to determine whether or not it was truly exempt from the requirements of the law. He subsequently ordered the NAACP to produce a number of records relative to its operations in Alabama, including the names and addresses of its members. The NAACP's initial refusal to turn over any records left the group in contempt of court with a fine of $10,000. The judge offered to reduce or even suspend the fine if the records were relinquished within five days but stated that he would increase the fine to $100,000 if the group did not comply. The NAACP did, in fact, produce many of the requested records within the five-day period but refused to turn over its membership lists. In doing so, it became subject to not only the higher fine, but also to another Alabama law that basically halted all legal proceedings, including the hearing regarding the NAACP's activities in the state, until the contempt order was discharged. After the Alabama Supreme Court twice refused to review the lower court decision, the U.S. Supreme Court took the case, handing down its ruling on June 30, 1958.
Writing for a unanimous court in NAACP v. Alabama, Justice John Marshall Harlan II declared, "This Court has recognized the vital relationship between freedom to associate and privacy in one's associations. . . ." He went on to discuss the practical effect of compelling organizations to disclose their membership lists. In the case of the NAACP, according to Harlan, the organization proved that making known its members in the past exposed them to "economic reprisal, loss of employment, threat of physical coercion, and other manifestations of physical hostility." With those outcomes expected to recur, the court believed that forcing the NAACP to comply with the state court's ruling would likely hinder it and its members from organizing and advocating their beliefs. The court added that compelling the disclosure of the NAACP's membership might also encourage some individuals to leave the organization and discourage others from joining. In one sense, the court's ruling in this case was very narrow. The ruling technically only overturned the contempt order and the $100,000 fine against the NAACP. Five more years and several more appeals to the Supreme Court were necessary to determine the legality of the NAACP's operations in Alabama. In a broader sense, however, the freedom of association announced by the court in this case became a critical component in the NAACP's efforts to end racial discrimination in Alabama.
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Wedding Anniversary and Christmas in December? Who planned that? I've already talked about the challenges of buying a present for my husband, but he also finds my whims and desires to be somewhat mysterious. Therefore, here's a list of a few suggestions for my man. Here's my Christmas strategy: I don't buy anything for myself from the beginning of October onwards in exchange for fun presents under the tree. Because, in my opinion, opening a Christmas present is way more exciting than just buying something for myself! Although, knowing my Angel, there's no way to tell whether he'll listen to these ideas or else go in a completely different quirky direction. As long as he doesn't wrap up old stuff and give it to me, I'll be happy!
3. Tights. Bright, interestingly patterned, or sparkly are always a good bet. My bright blue ones have a hole in them, so replacement is an option. I also think purple fishnets are pretty. I hear you can sometimes find $6 tights at Meijer or Target. Leggings or knee-high socks are also interesting versions of tights.
4. A petticoat. I'm thinking navy blue or dark red, but other colors are options. Possible a fluffy tulle skirt that can double as a knee/below-knee-length petticoat too. Only I have no idea where to get one that isn't crazy expensive.
5. A Dress! I'm craving a new dress, but a lot of the winter dresses seem a little too...how shall I say this...gray...for me. You know what I like. This Shabby Apple dress kind of looks like it was designed with me in mind, don't you think?
Those are just suggestions. Knee-length, short sleeves or possibility of layering, flared skirt, interesting color combos, unexpected details are all encouraged.
6. A Sparkly-ish sweater. Because it's so cold right now and I hate sweaters but I might like it if it were sparkly.
7. Another marshmallow snowman ornament?
Do you have any ideas for where Angel (or others who feel inspired to give me something...) ought to look for a gift? I mean, have you ever just been shopping online and thought--Man, that really crazy dress looks like just the type of thing someone like Rachel would wear? I'm open to suggestions.
Your willpower is so good too! Any time I see things in November when I'm shopping for others, I'll let hubby or my family know so they can buy it for me, but sometimes I'll see something online and buy it, and just tell hubby he's going to put it under the tree for me, haha!
those dresses are super cute!!! can't wait to see what he gets you!
You might be the first person I know who likes the chocolate orange. I LOVE tights!
chocolate oranges are my absolute favorite - my mom used to put on in the bottom of our christmas stalkings every.single.year - so good. oh, and i vote tights for your present:) and maybe a sparkly sweater, too??
in my experience, paying to advertise on expensive blogs just doesn't work. they have a million ads, and you just get lost in the shuffle. when i first started blogging i did that twice, and i didn't see any new traffic at all.
Those look like fun dresses! You should check out Lulus or Modcloth.
Oh yeah I get tights at Target and they are usually like $8 but go on sale sometimes! Those dresses would be perfect for you! Well, I guess they would be, you picked them out haha.
Um, I'm pretty sure you need either one of those dresses WITH a pair of sparkly turquoise tights.
That's a great list...especially the sweet-tarts!
Well, this dress is cute. http://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/retrodresses/pc-heidi-cat.html And Angel would like it because it has cats on it.
I LOVE chocolate oranges!! And those dresses are both so you. This is a great idea by the way. I sorta have a wish list Pinterest board but I don't think my hubby ever looks at it.
The polka dot dress is adorable!
Oh my gosh WHY are petticoats so expensive!?! I'm really happy mine is included with my wedding dress because for serious, the cost is dumb. Just dumb.
And I love chocolate oranges. Yum!
Those dresses look fun! Especially the polka dot dress. I saw some cute dresses and tights at www.hottopic.com. They have some really neat stuff.
I love both of those dresses. They look like a box of crayola crayons exploded. Perfect for you.
He could always get a gift card…but that is rather boring to open. And it doesn't sound like something he would do.
Those dresses make me smile! They are both adorable. I love Modcloth but have never ordered anything. They have the cutest vintage looking dresses. It's funny I was just browsing them online today. Maybe this is my sign I need to ask my hubby for one for Christmas too :). Have a great Thanksgiving, Rachel!
Love the dresses...if he's up for it, he could probably buy identical fabric and a pattern, and sew you the very dress you covet.
I'm just starting to get more into the patterned tights thing too, so. much. fun.
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Našli jsme další záznamy k osobě סימון שמעון בן זקן.
סימון שמעון בן זקן je pohřben(a) na hřbitově New Kiryat Shmona Cemetery v místě zobrazeném na níže uvedené mapě. Tyto informace o GPS jsou k dispozici POUZE na stránkách BillionGraves. Naše technologie vám pomůže najít umístění hrobu a také další členy rodiny, pohřbené poblíž.
סימון שמעון בן זקן was 7 years old when The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz. The Holocaust, also referred to as the Shoah, was a genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered some six million European Jews, around two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe, between 1941 and 1945. Jews were targeted for extermination as part of a larger event involving the persecution and murder of other groups, including in particular the Roma and "incurably sick", as well as ethnic Poles and other Slavs, Soviet citizens, Soviet prisoners of war, political opponents, gay men and Jehovah's Witnesses, resulting in up to 17 million deaths overall.
סימון שמעון בן זקן was 24 years old when Space Race: Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. The Space Race refers to the 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for dominance in spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the missile-based nuclear arms race between the two nations that occurred following World War II, aided by captured German missile technology and personnel from the Aggregat program. The technological superiority required for such dominance was seen as necessary for national security, and symbolic of ideological superiority. The Space Race spawned pioneering efforts to launch artificial satellites, uncrewed space probes of the Moon, Venus, and Mars, and human spaceflight in low Earth orbit and to the Moon.
סימון שמעון בן זקן was 32 years old when Thirty-five hundred United States Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War. The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy. The U.S. Marine Corps is one of the four armed service branches in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.
סימון שמעון בן זקן was 39 years old when Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day. The Munich massacre was an attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, in which the Palestinian terrorist group Black September took eleven Israeli Olympic team members hostage and killed them along with a West German police officer.
סימון שמעון בן זקן was 47 years old when Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage. Mount St. Helens or Louwala-Clough is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Portland, Oregon and 96 miles (154 km) south of Seattle, Washington. Mount St. Helens takes its English name from the British diplomat Lord St Helens, a friend of explorer George Vancouver who made a survey of the area in the late 18th century. The volcano is located in the Cascade Range and is part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc, a segment of the Pacific Ring of Fire that includes over 160 active volcanoes. This volcano is well known for its ash explosions and pyroclastic flows.
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A §1031 Tax-Deferred Exchange is one of the last tax shelters allowed by the Internal Revenue Service. It is a transaction in which a taxpayer exchanges investment property for like-kind property and defers the payment of capital gain taxes. There are important rules which must be followed to effectuate a valid exchange. I have included a detailed description of these rules and procedures in this website.
There are Five (5) major types of tax-deferred exchanges: Simultaneous, Delayed, Reverse "Build-to-suit", and Personal Property 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges.
A Simultaneous Exchange occurs when the relinquished (sale) property and the replacement (acquired) property are transferred concurrently. Taxpayers doing such an exchange often think it is acceptable if the two transactions close on the same day, and that this alone will satisfy the requirements of an exchange. Taxpayers who do not employ a Qualified Intermediary may be surprised to discover their transaction does not qualify for tax deferral, as without the Intermediary, the seller may be deemed to have "constructive receipt" of the sale money. The Qualified Intermediary creates the reciprocal trade by receiving the relinquished property and acquiring the replacement property. The Intermediary also provides the paper trail validating the flow and structure of the transaction and ensures the compliance with Treasury Regulations.
The exchange must be set up before the close of escrow on the relinquished (sale) property.
The taxpayer must acquire the replacement property within 180 days from the close of the relinquished property, or by the tax return filing of the relinquished property, whichever comes first.
A Reverse Exchange is one in which the replacement property is acquired before the relinquished property is sold. The taxpayer cannot receive title to the replacement property and hold it until the relinquished property is sold and then declare the two transactions to be an exchange. In most reverse exchanges, a facilitator will take title to either the replacement property or the relinquished property. This is known as "parking" the property. In a traditional exchange, there are "safe harbor" regulations to guide and protect the taxpayer, but there are no such regulations for a reverse exchange--or much in the way of favorable court guidance. Thus there is a much higher risk in embarking on a reverse exchange. Reverse exchanges can be complicated, and it is highly recommended that the taxpayer seek professional tax and legal advice.
The safe harbor allows a taxpayer to treat. the Exchange Accommodation Titleholder (E.A.T.) as the beneficial owner of the property for federal income tax purposes. The parked property must be held under a Qualified Exchange Accommodation Agreement.
The E.A.T. must hold legal title or similar ownership to the property being parked.
The taxpayer must have the intent to park with E.A.T. either the relinquished or the replacement property as part of a 1031 tax deferred exchange.
No later than five (5) business days after the transfer of ownership of the property to the E.A.T., the taxpayer and E.A.T. must enter into a written agreement indicating that this is an exchange and that the accommodating party will be treated as the owner of the property for tax purposes.
Within 45 days after the transfer of ownership of the replacement property to the E.A.T., the taxpayer must identify the property to be relinquished.
No later than 180 days after the transfer of ownership of the property (replacement or relinquished) to the E.A.T., the replacement property must be transferred to the taxpayer or the relinquished property to the ultimate to buyer.
An E.A.T. that satisfies the requirements of a Qualified Intermediary under the regulations, may also enter into an exchange agreement with the taxpayer to serve as the Qualified Intermediary in a simultaneous or deferred exchange. The taxpayer can guarantee some or all of the obligations of the E.A.T., including secured or unsecured debt incurred to acquire the replacement property. The taxpayer can also loan or advance funds to the E.A.T. The parked property can be leases by the E.A.T. to the taxpayer or enter into a property management agreement with the taxpayer.
Build-to Suit: The taxpayer can choose to make repairs or build a structure as part of the replacement property. These types of exchanges can be complicated and very time consuming for everyone involved. The taxpayer must first identify the improvements to be made during the identification period, but the Qualified Intermediary must take title to the land in which the improvement will be built, and must contract for the repairs or construction. There are restrictions on how the sale funds can be handled, and the time periods for completion of the work and conveyance of the improved real property must be done prior to the expiration of the 180 day exchange limit.
A Personal Property Exchange allows the taxpayer to exchange planes, business, boats, etc. and other personal property held for investment purposes or the productive use for trade or business, but the definition of "Like Kind" is more specific than that of real property. Please contact me for more details regarding the Personal Property Exchange.
The taxpayer has 45 days from the close of the relinquished property in which to identify Replacement Property. When identifying replacement property, you have a choice between two rules.
1st Rule: The first rule is known as the three-property rule.
The taxpayer may identify a maximum of three (3) replacement properties without regard to fair market value.
2nd Rule: This rule is known as the 200% rule.
When identifying more than three (3) properties, the total aggregate value of all properties identified cannot exceed 200% of the relinquished property value (or twice the amount of sale price).
REPLACEMENT PROPERTY: Once the taxpayer has located a "like-kind" replacement property, ERI will be assigned into the Contract/Escrow Instructions as the Buyer. When this transaction is ready to close, funds held by ERI will be deposited into to escrow to fund the closing. Should escrow require additional funds to close, the taxpayer can deposit funds directly into escrow. The replacement property must be acquired on or before the following dates: 1) 180 days from the date of the transfer of the relinquished property, or 2) the date the tax return is due for the tax year in which the replacement property is transferred (the taxpayer has the right to request an extension).
How Do Most Exchanges Come Into Being?
As a practical matter, many people list their property for sale, and at the time an offer is submitted, they inform the broker that they want to do a tax-deferred exchange. This is usually accomplished by the broker inserting a few words in the Purchase and Sale Agreement to the effect the "Seller" wants to do a tax-deferred exchange. (See cooperation clause below).
"Buyer hereby acknowledges it is the intent of the Seller to effect an IRC Section 1031 tax deferred exchange which will not delay the closing or cause additional expense to the Buyer. The Seller's rights under this agreement may be assigned to Exchange Resources, Inc., a Qualified Intermediary for the purpose of completing such an exchange. Buyer agrees to cooperate with the Seller and Exchange Resources, Inc. in a manner necessary to complete the exchange."
When a tax-deferred exchange is the ultimate aim of the taxpayer, it is necessary that the taxpayer be restricted from any access or use of the proceeds from the disposition of his property. The essence of an exchange is the transfer of property between owners, while that of a sale is the receipt of cash for property - whether that receipt is actual or constructive if the taxpayer has--or could get--control of the cash.
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Please review the Software & Hardware Descriptions and suggested tutorials to familiarize yourself with the software/hardware before you book time at the studio.
Ableton is a digital audio workspace for creators to get an interactive experience with composing a huge variety of music as well as live performances. Select from a diverse library of preset instruments, effects, and plugins to create all. Ableton is great for recording, arranging, mixing, and performing with audio and midi clips. Instruments, effects, and other tools can be mapped to a midi keyboard for ease of access. With many complex and unique features, Ableton is great for compositional interaction.
After Effects is a video compositing program made by Adobe, specializing in compositing/layering videos and effects; think of it like Photoshop for videos. It works great for projects that include many layers or require more effects-heavy work. Some uses for After Effects include making photos come alive in 3D space, motion tracking, and blending videos together. There are many tutorials online that help users accomplish a specific task or get started with the software.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic CC is a photo processor and image organizer. It is a great place to use basic lighting edits to make your photos look amazing. It uses simple color-changing tools to simplify the editing process. Choose between given presets or doing it manually for whatever effect you desire.
Adobe Premiere is a video editing software package suitable for both amateur enthusiasts and professionals. It can be purchased and used alone, or alongside other applications such as Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, etc.
Made by Blackmagic Design, DaVinci Resolve is an all-in-one video editing program, specializing in color editing, correcting, and grading. Its user interface is incredibly simple to use and is very similar to programs such as Premiere Pro and Final Cut X. DaVinci Resolve also boasts a free version of the software (available on their website) that is a great way for new users to try out the software at no cost.
Apple's Final Cut Pro is a program that's similar to a digital audio workstation since it can edit audio, but also has robust audio editing capabilities. It's possible to import and edit 360 degree video and it even supports iMovie for more advanced editing. It also has an intuitive layout that allows for a vertical arrangement of expanded video channels.
Garageband is a Digital Audio Workstation by Apple that enables users to create podcasts, voiceovers, instrumentals, and other audio projects. It's also great for basic video editing. It comes preinstalled on most Apple products and can be installed from the app store if it isn't already. Garageband is great for all skill levels and is quick and easy to use with little prior experience. It also comes with a variety of virtual instruments and music loops to play with.
Apple's iMovie is the perfect choice for anybody wanting to get started with video editing. The interface allows users to have everything they need on one screen and on one timeline. This editing software can add titles, transitions, and allows a one-button voiceover narration.
Logic Pro is like the older brother of Garageband. It is a Digital Audio Workstation by Apple with more fully fleshed out audio editing features and has an interface that is similar to Garageband. Logic is great for recording, arranging, and mixing audio projects. It is also possible to edit music scores with traditional music notation within Logic. Logic also comes with many more instruments and loops than Garageband. Logic also comes with a feature called Drummer, which is a virtual drummer that plays along to your music. All in all, Logic is known as the go-to for creating music.
Pro Tools is the industry standard Digital Audio Workstation when it comes to recording and mixing music. Pro Tools is best known for its ability to group and edit large audio projects. It shares many of the same features as Garageband and Logic, but has an emphasis on the post production side of things. This means that it may be easier to compose music in a separate application and edit the audio files in Pro Tools.
Microsoft Office is a group of applications that consists of Outlook, OneDrive, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams. These applications allow users to create, edit, organize, and share documents such as articles, spreadsheets, slideshows, videos, and much more.
Felix Light Kit - Professional studio LED lighting used for photoshoots, video shoots, live stream etc.
Dracast 2000 - Good choice for studio or location work where color accuracy, control, and flicker-free output are of prime importance. Dimming from 0-100% is conveniently done with a back-panel button that adjusts the output with negligible color shift and indicates the light level on a digital readout. The durable aluminum frame is supported by an sturdy, U-shaped yoke with locking knobs on each side and a standard 5/8" receiver.
Working with C-stands and flag kits can be daunting for the unfamiliar user, but they are incredibly simple to use once learned. C-stands are used to hold different materials on a set such as backdrops, lights, and flags. Flags are used to block or cut a certain amount of light to give the creators more control over the lighting on the subject or background.
The green screen is a tool used for layering video clips on each other. For example, a weathercaster on the news stands in front of a green screen and the graphics are added digitally. It is great for everything from hosting a news program to putting yourself on the moon! Make sure that the green screen is clean and lit evenly, that the subject is lit, and that there are no shadows on the screen.
While The Backdoor Studio has a wide variety of microphones to record, it is essential to understand that there are three main types of microphones that are widely used.
Dynamic Microphones This is the most common microphone for live sound. If you’re unfamiliar with microphones, you have most likely seen a dynamic microphone being used at a local event or a concert. The reason is because they are the most versatile of the microphones. The diaphragm of this microphone is composed of a metal coil and a magnet suspended in the middle of microphone, because of this, dynamic microphones don’t require extra wattage (Phantom Power). The diaphragm within the microphones are fairly sturdy and are able to capture sounds that require more air pressure. This makes them wonderful to use for just about any project. Strong vocals, drums, instruments, you name it!
Condenser Microphones This is a common microphone used in studio recordings. These microphones are more sensitive than dynamic microphones.The reason being that instead of a metal coil and a magnet, there are two metal plates that cause the metal diaphragm of the microphone to move. This means that these microphones are able to pick up subtle nuances in sound that cannot be heard in dynamic microphones, the trade off being that these microphones aren’t as robust as their dynamic counterpart, and require extra wattage (phantom power) to use. These are excellent vocal and instrumental microphones, especially for capturing any delicate sounds and very fine detail. Handle these microphones with care.
Ribbon Microphones Ribbon microphones are different from their condenser counterpart, but are in ways similar to a dynamic microphone. These microphones pick up sounds via a metal ribbon that moves the diaphragm of the microphone. This means that ribbon microphones are much, much more sensitive than either condenser or dynamic microphones, however, they pick up sound much more naturally than both condenser or dynamic. This means the closer you place the microphone to the source, the less high end frequency you recieve on the sound frequency spectrum. The best use of these microphones would be as drum overheads or room mics; using these microphones as strict vocal or instrumental microphones is bad technique. While these microphones don’t require phantom, they are extremely delicate. Please handle these microphones with the utmost care and precision and do not under any circumstances use extra wattage (phantom power) with these microphones.
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Professor giving lecture in college classroom.
The old cliché of the monotone professor lulling his students to sleep exists for a reason: Too many lecturers don't know how to keep an audience's attention. Public speaking, especially on complex academic topics, is a challenging skill to acquire. Practice and planning, however, can help you keep your lectures fresh and engaging.
Students have a much easier time paying attention to and remembering stories than abstract information. Try to incorporate some mild drama into your lectures to capture your audience's attention and help them retain more information. One useful technique is to tell the audience the story of how you first learned about the concept you are teaching. If you were giving a lecture about comets in an astronomy lecture, for example, you might talk about the sense of wonder you felt the first time you saw a comet through a telescope. Then you could discuss how that prompted you to begin researching comets in greater depth and lead up to discussing a recent discovery.
Presenting information in a clean, organized format will help your audience stay engaged and follow your line of thought more easily. While the occasional wild tangent can add a little spice to a lesson, work to keep your talk mostly within a preplanned structure. Begin your lecture by previewing each of the major points you plan to cover. This will remind you to stay on track, and it helps students organize their notes and follow along.
Most audiences have trouble concentrating on a single speaker for more than a few minutes, even if they find the subject matter interesting. The best way to keep the audience tuned in is to include them in the talk. You could invite questions frequently, but sometimes that's not enough. Come up with fun hypotheticals to ask the audience. In a lecture about ethics, for example, you might pose an ethical dilemma to the students and let them debate it. If one side seems to be winning the argument, weigh in with an alternative perspective to keep things interesting.
If you're not excited about your subject matter, your audience probably won't be excited to listen to you. Focus on showing your audience some enthusiasm and energy, and they'll keep their eyes on you. Don't hide behind a podium. Walk around the room as you're talking to keep things lively. Avoid the monotone drone that puts so many students to sleep. By varying your tone of voice and pace of speech, you can keep your audience attentive and engaged.
Robinson, Nick. "How to Give a Good Lecture." Synonym, https://classroom.synonym.com/give-good-lecture-2123715.html. Accessed 23 April 2019.
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Clara Scott was a 23rd century Human female. She was the daughter of Arlyne Jorgenson Scott and younger sister of Montgomery Scott, as well as the mother of Dannan Stuart and Peter Preston.
Growing up with her brother, Clara was the only person to refer to him by his future nickname "Scotty". The two formed a strong bond, and Scotty could always trust his sister to tell the truth outright and without embellishments.
Going against family tradition, Clara turned her back on engineering and decided to become an artist. She eventually became successful enough to own her own farmhouse in northern Scotland, which included a large studio from which she could produce her art.
In 2259, Clara's first child, Dannan Stuart, was born. However, the relationship with Dannan's father did not last. She eventually began a long-term relationship with a Mr. Preston, and the two had a son, Peter, who was born in 2271. This relationship too came to and end, when the elder Preston found he could not cope with Clara's artistic temperament, and spoke of departing for a distant colony on the next available ship.
Clara and her family suffered a horrific blow in 2285 when her youngest child was killed in action while serving as a trainee engineer aboard the USS Enterprise during its battle against Khan Noonien Singh and the USS Reliant. In the days and weeks that followed, Clara withdrew to the solitude of her studio and buried herself in her work.
By the 2290s, Clara had finally married for the first time to a man named Hamish. She and Hamish attempted to find a partner for Scotty following his retirement from Starfleet in 2293, introducing him to many women, mostly widows, over the next year. However, Scotty found that he was unable to connect with any of the women, who just viewed him as "the famous Starfleet officer".
Clara moved to Neu-Stuttgart following the death of Hamish. She later went on to remarry a Doctor Hoffmann and continued to reside in the settlement until her death.
Scotty's sister is given the name Kristen in "Bum Radish: Five Spins on a Turquoise Reindeer" and Fran in "Retrospect".
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pocket SCE: The Future Begins.
↑ Pocket TOS: Enterprise: The First Adventure.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Pocket TOS: Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Pocket TOS: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
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Clara Preston article at Memory Beta.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated filer", "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock") being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares of Common Stock being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or in connection with a stock combination, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or otherwise.
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The selling stockholder named in this prospectus under the heading "Selling Stockholder" may offer and sell up to an aggregate of 54,463 shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), from time to time. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the Common Stock by the selling stockholder.
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Our Common Stock is currently listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "ONTX." On April 4, 2019, the last reported sale price of our Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market was $3.72 per share.
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Investing in these securities involves risks, including those set forth in the "Risk Factors" section of the prospectus and of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which is incorporated by reference into this prospectus as well as any amendment or update to our risk factors reflected in subsequent filings with the SEC.
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This prospectus is dated , 2019.
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC. The selling stockholder named in this prospectus may from time to time offer and sell up to an aggregate 54,463 shares of our Common Stock in one or more offerings. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities that the selling stockholder may offer and sell. You should carefully read this prospectus, together with the more detailed information regarding our company and our Common Stock that appear elsewhere in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, together with the additional information (including our financial statements and notes to those statements) that we incorporate in this prospectus by reference (which we describe under the heading "Incorporation of Information By Reference") before investing in any of the securities offered.
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analyses or current expectations concerning, among other things, our ongoing and planned preclinical development and clinical trials, the timing of and our ability to make regulatory filings and obtain and maintain regulatory approvals for our product candidates, protection of our intellectual property portfolio, the degree of clinical utility of our products, particularly in specific patient populations, our ability to develop commercial and manufacturing functions, expectations regarding clinical trial data, our results of operations, cash needs, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth and strategies, the industry in which we operate and the trends that may affect the industry or us.
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Our business is influenced by many factors that are difficult to predict, and that involve uncertainties that may materially affect actual operating results, cash flows and financial condition. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider these risks set forth in the "Risk Factors" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC April 1, 2019 which is incorporated by reference into this prospectus, as well as any amendment or update to our risk factors reflected in subsequent filings with the SEC and any applicable prospectus supplement. You should also carefully consider any other information we include or incorporate by reference in this prospectus. Any such risk could cause our business, financial condition or operating results to suffer. The market price of our Common Stock could decline if one or more of these risks and uncertainties develop into actual events. You could lose all or part of your investment.
stage product candidates (one of which has been studied for treatment of acute radiation syndromes) and a preclinical program. Substantially all of our current effort is focused on our lead product candidate, rigosertib. Rigosertib is being tested in an intravenous formulation as a single agent, and an oral formulation in combination with azacitidine, in clinical trials for patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes ("MDS"). The Company has and may continue to delay, scale-back, or eliminate certain of its research and development activities and other aspects of its operations until such time as the Company is successful in securing additional funding.
In December 2015, we enrolled the first patient into our INSPIRE trial, a randomized controlled Phase 3 clinical trial of intravenous rigosertib ("rigosertib IV") in a population of patients with higher-risk MDS after failure of hypomethylating agent ("HMA") therapy. The primary endpoint of INSPIRE is overall survival. An interim analysis of the trial was performed in January 2018 and we anticipate completion of enrollment of the INSPIRE trial in the second half of 2019.
Our net loss were $20.4 million and $24.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. As of December 31, 2018, we had an accumulated deficit of $381.9 million.
MDS is a group of blood disorders that affect bone marrow function. MDS typically affects older patients. In MDS, the bone marrow cells appear dysplastic, and their capacity to produce cells is defective. Therefore, blood cells do not develop normally, such that too few healthy blood cells are released into the blood stream, leading to low blood cell counts, or cytopenias. Thus, many patients with MDS require frequent blood transfusions. In most cases, the disease worsens and the patient develops progressive bone marrow failure. In advanced stages of the disease, immature blood cells, or blasts, leave the bone marrow and enter the blood stream, leading to acute myelogenous leukemia ("AML"), which occurs in approximately one-third of patients with MDS.
Based on Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) data from the National Cancer Institute, a marketing analytics firm has estimated the 2016 incidence of MDS to be approximately 17,390 cases and the prevalence of MDS to be approximately 61,690 cases in the United States. We believe that the actual incidence numbers may be higher, due to underdiagnosing and underreporting of new cases of MDS to centralized cancer registries, and that the incidence of MDS in the United States is likely to increase, due to an aging population, improved disease awareness and diagnostic precision, and an increase in the number of cases of secondary, often chemotherapy-induced, MDS.
MDS is typically diagnosed using routine blood tests or by observing a combination of certain symptoms, such as shortness of breath, weakness, easy bruising or bleeding, or fever with frequent infections. A diagnosis of MDS is confirmed by evaluating a bone marrow biopsy/aspirate showing dysplastic changes, and, in more advanced cases, the presence of excess blasts, meaning that blasts account for more than 5% of the total number of nucleated cells in the bone marrow. Several classification systems have been developed to gauge the severity of disease and help determine prognosis and treatment strategy. Two standard classification systems can be used, the French-American-British morphological classification system as modified by the World Health Organization, or WHO, and the recently revised International Prognostic Scoring System ("IPSS-R") to estimate anticipated survival for patients with MDS based on marrow function and marrow cytogenetics. IPSS-R ranks the severity of chromosome abnormalities, severity of cytopenias, and percentage of bone marrow blasts observed at diagnosis to calculate a five-level risk score: Very Low, Low, Intermediate, High and Very High. MDS patients are generally classified using IPSS-R in order to assess the risk of dying or having their disease progress to AML.
We believe that most higher-risk and some lower-risk MDS patients in the United States are treated with azacitidine or decitabine, the two approved HMAs for treatment of MDS. A provider of information services and technology for the healthcare industry estimates that in the year ended June 2012, approximately 12,500 MDS patients in the United States received treatment with HMAs.
A significant number of higher-risk MDS patients fail or cannot tolerate treatment with azacitidine or decitabine, which represent the current standard of care for higher-risk MDS patients, and almost all patients who initially respond to therapy eventually progress. Median survival time of higher-risk MDS patients who have failed HMAs is less than one year. Accordingly, we believe that a new therapy that would extend survival in these patients would represent a major contribution in the treatment of MDS.
Allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell or bone marrow transplantation is a potentially curative therapy for MDS. However, since most patients with MDS are elderly and therefore ineligible for transplantation due to the arduous nature of the procedure, this option is generally considered only for the small proportion of younger MDS patients.
HMAs are believed to inhibit the methylation of DNA. Methylation is a biochemical process involving the addition of a methyl group to DNA and plays an important role in gene expression during cell division and differentiation. Hypomethylation may also restore normal function to genes that are critical for differentiation and proliferation. By contrast, rigosertib is designed to block multiple oncogenic pathways through a RAS mimetic mechanism and/or interfering with RAS function. Because we believe rigosertib has a mechanism of action that is different from HMAs, it may be active in patients who have failed treatment with those drugs. Furthermore, rigosertib's distinct potential mechanism of action has been shown to combine well with approved HMAs and preclinical studies testing the combination of rigosertib with azacitidine have demonstrated synergy between the two agents. Based on these studies and our current understanding of the potential mechanism of action of rigosertib, we believe that rigosertib also has the potential to be developed in combination with azacitidine for first line or second line MDS patients and for patients with AML who are not candidates for standard induction chemotherapy; or second-line AML who have failed induction chemotherapy.
Lower-risk MDS patients are those categorized as Very Low, Low or possibly Intermediate risk by the IPSS-R scoring system, with transfusion-dependent anemia. The subset of del(5q) cytogenetic abnormality patients are generally treated with lenalidomide (Revlimid®). For all other lower-risk MDS patients, supportive care employing blood products, such as red blood cell and platelet transfusions, and erythroid stimulating agents, is the mainstay of therapy. Frequent transfusions introduce many risks, including iron overload, blood borne infections and immune-related reactions. We believe that an oral therapeutic agent that could lower or eliminate the need for transfusions over an extended period of time for the lower-risk population as a whole and would fulfill a significant unmet medical need for this patient population.
SymBio, which grants SymBio certain rights to commercialize rigosertib in Japan and Korea. We are party to a license agreement with Pint Pharma International SA, which grants Pint Pharma International SA certain rights to commercialize rigosertib in certain countries in Latin America. We have retained development and commercialization rights to rigosertib in the rest of the world, including in the United States and Europe, although we could consider licensing commercialization rights to other territories as we continue to seek additional funding.
We are developing the IV formulation of rigosertib for the treatment of higher-risk MDS following the failure of HMA therapy. In early 2014, we announced topline survival results from our "ONTIME" trial, a multi-center Phase 3 clinical trial of rigosertib IV as a single agent versus best supportive care including low dose Ara-C. The ONTIME trial did not meet its primary endpoint of an improvement in overall survival in the intent-to-treat population, although improvements in median overall survival were observed in various pre-specified and exploratory subgroups of higher-risk MDS patients. As a result, a new pivotal trial referred to as INSPIRE is on-going to study what we believe is a more homogenous population in higher-risk MDS.
During 2014 and 2015, we held meetings with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"), European Medicines Agency ("EMA"), and several European national regulatory authorities to discuss and seek guidance on a path for approval of rigosertib IV in higher-risk MDS patients whose disease had failed HMA therapy. After discussions with the FDA and EMA, we refined our patient eligibility criteria by defining what we believe to be a more homogenous higher-risk patient population. After regulatory feedback, input from key opinion leaders in the U.S. and Europe and based on learnings from the ONTIME study, we designed a new randomized controlled Phase 3 trial, referred to as INSPIRE. The INSPIRE trial is enrolling higher-risk MDS patients under 82 years of age who have progressed on, relapsed, or failed to respond to, previous treatment with HMAs within nine months or nine cycles over the course of one year after initiation of HMA therapy, and had their last dose of HMA within six months prior to enrollment in the trial. Patients are randomized to either rigosertib with best supportive care, or the physician's choice of therapy with best supportive care. The primary endpoint of this study is the sequential analysis of overall survival of all randomized patients in the intent-to-treat ("ITT") population and the International Prognostic Scoring System- Revised (IPSS-R) Very High Risk ("VHR") subgroup. The first patient in the INSPIRE trial was enrolled at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in December 2015, the first patient in Europe was enrolled in March, 2016, and the first patient in Japan was enrolled in July, 2016.
Enrollment for the INSPIRE Phase 3 trial for second-line higher-risk MDS patients is highly selective with stringent entry criteria as outlined above. The INSPIRE study currently has more than 140 trial sites in 22 countries across four continents open, including sites open in Japan by our partner, SymBio Pharmaceuticals. The selection of countries and trial sites is carefully undertaken to ensure availability of appropriate patients meeting eligibility criteria. Since these criteria are purposely designed to be narrow and selective, extensive site screening and education is integral to our plan. At launch, the INSPIRE trial was expected to enroll 225 patients and the outcome is measured by overall survival.
The INSPIRE trial included a pre-planned interim analysis triggered by 88 events (deaths), which occurred in December 2017. The statistical analysis plan ("SAP") for the INSPIRE trial featured an adaptive trial design, permitting several options following the interim analysis, which included continuation of the trial as planned, discontinuation of the trial for futility or safety, trial expansion using pre-planned sample size re-estimation, and trial continuation for only the pre-defined treatment subgroup of patients classified as VHR based on the IPSS-R.
After review of the interim data, in January 2018 the Independent Data Monitoring Committee ("DMC") recommended continuation of the trial with a one-time expansion in enrollment, using a pre-planned sample size re-estimation, consistent with the SAP. As recommended by the DMC, the expanded INSPIRE study will continue to enroll eligible patients based on the current trial criteria of the overall ITT population and will increase enrollment by adding 135 patients to the original target to reach a total expected enrollment of 360 patients, with the aim of increasing the power of the trial. The targeted number of death events required for analyzing the results of the trial was increased from 176 to 288 events. Due to the adaptive trial design and the DMC's assessment of the interim data, the INSPIRE trial will continue to analyze both the ITT and the VHR population for the primary endpoint of overall survival. The design of the trial with the expanded study enrollment will be identical to the current study design and will include the sequential analysis of the overall survival endpoint in the ITT population and if required the pre-specified VHR subgroup. The Company remains blinded to the specific interim analysis results. Following the interim analysis, we have expanded the INSPIRE Phase 3 trial to new sites in previously participating countries and anticipate expanding the study into new geographical regions. We continue to evaluate potential new sites and countries to enhance enrollment, while adhering to the stringent entry criteria to ensure that only appropriate patients are enrolled. During March 2019, we passed 75 percent completion of enrollment and we anticipate completion of enrollment for the INSPIRE trial in the second half of 2019.
A comprehensive analysis of rigosertib IV and rigosertib oral safety in patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) and Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) was presented in December 2016 at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting. The most commonly reported treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) in > 10% of patients with MDS/AML (n= 335) receiving rigosertib intravenous (IV) monotherapy were fatigue (33%), nausea (33%), diarrhea (27%), constipation (25%), anaemia (24%) and pyrexia (24%). The most common > Grade 3 AEs were anaemia (21%), febrile neutropenia (13%), pneumonia (12%) and thrombocytopenia (11%). The most common serious AEs were febrile neutropenia (10%), pneumonia (9%), and sepsis (7%). The most common AEs leading to discontinuation of IV rigosertib were sepsis and pneumonia (3% each).
We are developing rigosertib oral for use in combination with azacitidine prior to treatment with HMA therapy for higher risk MDS. In December 2018, at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and in June 2017, at the Congress of the European Hematology Association Meeting (EHA), we presented results from a Phase 1/2, multi-institutional trial of data from the initial portion of an ongoing rigosertib oral and azacitidine combination trial in higher-risk MDS. 55 of 74 HR-MDS patients enrolled and treated with ³ 840 mg/day oral rigosertib were evaluable for response at the time of the analysis. An Overall Response Rate (ORR) of 90% and Complete Remission (CR) rate (primary endpoint) of 34% was reported in this multi-institutional Phase 1/2 study in HMA naïve patients. HMA naïve patients are patients that had not previously received either azacitidine or decitabine). Such patients were not necessarily treatment naïve patents in that they may have received other therapies used for MDS. An ORR of 54% and CR/Partial Response (PR) of 8% in HMA failed patients was also reported.
Based upon safety results from a comprehensive analysis of patients receiving oral rigosertib in combination with azacitidine that was presented during ASH in 2018, the combination of rigosertib oral (>840 mg/day) and azacitidine was well tolerated. The most common TEAEs in > 30% of patients with MDS/AML (n=74) receiving rigosertib oral and azacitidine were hematuria (45%), constipation (43%), diarrhea (42%), fatigue (42%), dysuria (38%) , pyrexia(36%), nausea (35%), neutropenia (31%) thrombocytopenia(30%) .fatigue (39%), diarrhea (37%), constipation (37%) and dysuria (28%). The most common serious AEs were pneumonia (11%) and febrile neutropenia (7%). The most common AEs leading to discontinuation were AML (4%) and pneumonia (4%).
Following an end of Phase 2 meeting with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September 2016, we began development of a Phase 3 protocol. The Phase 3 trial will be designed as a global 1:1 randomized, placebo-controlled trial of rigosertib oral plus azacitidine compared to azacitidine plus oral placebo. Based on the results of the Phase 1/2 Study, full dose of azacitidine will be used in combination with rigosertib oral, as defined in the product insert for azacitidine. The patient population studied in this trial will be first-line (HMA naïve) higher-risk MDS patients. The primary endpoint for assessment of efficacy will be the composite Response Rate of complete remission (CR) + partial remission (PR,) as per the IWG 2006 Response Criteria. The trial will be under the review of a DMC. We will not commence the Phase 3 trial without additional financing.
While the Phase 3 trial is being designed, we expanded the Phase 1/2 trial cohort by up to 40 evaluable subjects. Under a protocol expansion, we explored dose optimization by increasing the dose of rigosertib oral to a total of 1120 mg in combination with full dose azacitidine and varying the dose administration scheme of rigosertib oral to identify an optimal dose and schedule. After amendments were filed with the regulatory agencies, we started the expansion phase of this trial in the U.S. sites that participated in the initial trial. Since the trial initiation, we have added additional US sites to complete enrollment of the expanded trial. The first patient was enrolled in April 2017 and since then, more than half of the planned patients have been enrolled in the expansion trial; and the trial is currently closed to new accrual and is continuing.
In June 2017, at the Congress of the European Hematology Association Meeting, we updated the data from the Phase 1/2 trial and highlighted results in AML patients included in this study. Response data was presented on eight evaluable patients with AML who were tested with the rigosertib and azacitidine combination. For the eight evaluable patients with AML, the combination was well tolerated and the safety profile was similar to single-agent azacitidine, based on safety information in the azacitidine FDA approved label. Based on the presented results of the combination studies, the authors concluded that continued study in AML was warranted. We will not commence further development of rigosertib oral in combination with azacitidine for AML without additional financing.
We have studied rigosertib oral as a single agent treatment for lower risk MDS. Higher-risk MDS patients suffer from a shortfall in normal circulating blood cells, or cytopenias, as well as elevated levels of cancer cells, or blasts in their bone marrow and sometimes in their peripheral blood with a significant rate of transformation to acute leukemia. Lower-risk MDS patients suffer mainly from cytopenias, that is low levels of red blood cells, white blood cells or platelets. Thus, lower-risk MDS patients depend on transfusions and growth factors or other therapies to improve their low blood counts; but have a lower rate of acute leukemic transformation.
We have explored single agent rigosertib oral as a treatment for lower-risk MDS in two Phase 2 clinical trials, 09-05 and 09-07. In December 2017, we presented data at the Annual ASH Meeting from the 09-05 Phase 2 trial. This data demonstrated a 44% rate of achieving transfusion independence in the cohort of Lower -risk MDS patients treated with rigosertib oral at a dose of 560 mg BID (1120 mg over 24 hrs) two out of three weeks. To date, Phase 2 clinical data has indicated that further study of single agent rigosertib oral in transfusion-dependent, lower-risk MDS patients is warranted. Rigosertib has been generally well tolerated, except for urinary side effects at higher dose levels. Future clinical trials will be needed to evaluate dosing and schedule modifications and their impact on efficacy and safety results of rigosertib oral in lower-risk MDS patients.
advance the development of this genomic methylation test. To date, a biomarker which would predict response has not been identified. Further testing and development of rigosertib oral for lower-risk MDS will be required. We will not commence further development of rigosertib oral for lower-risk MDS without additional financing.
Drug-related TEAEs that were ³ Grade 3 in severity occurred in 21% of patients. The most frequently reported(³ 2% of patients) drug-related TEAEs that were ³ Grade 3 were neutropenia (7%); thrombocytopenia and cystitis (3% each); and leukopenia, dysuria, and hematuria (2% each).
Among the 8% of patients with SAEs that were considered drug related, the events were mostly urinary related. The most frequent drug-related SAE was cystitis (3%).
In addition to the above described clinical trials, we are continuing the preclinical and chemistry, manufacturing, and control work for IV and rigosertib oral.
Rare Disease Program in "RASopathies"
Based on new mechanism of action data published last year, we have initiated a collaborative development program focusing on a group of rare diseases with a well-defined molecular basis in expression or defects involving the Ras Effector Pathways. Since "RASopathies" are rare diseases affecting young children, we are embarking on a multifaceted collaborative program involving patient advocacy, government and academic organizations. The RASopathies are a group of rare diseases which share a well-defined molecular basis in expression or defects involving Ras Effector Pathways. They are usually caused by germline mutations in genes that alter the RAS subfamily and mitogen-activated protein kinases that control signal transduction, and are among the most common genetic syndromes. Together, this group of diseases can impact more than 1 in 1000 individuals, according to RASopathiesNet.
In January 2018, we entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Under the terms of the CRADA, the NCI will conduct research, including preclinical laboratory studies and a clinical trial, on rigosertib in pediatric cancer associated RASopathies.
As part of the CRADA, we will provide rigosertib supplies and initial funding towards non-clinical studies. The NCI will fund the majority of the research, including the cost of the clinical trial, which is expected to start in 2019. The NCI is carrying out PK/PD and dose escalation studies in preclinical models in preparation for dosing pediatric patients with single agent rigosertib. A clinical trial Phase 1 pediatric protocol has been developed and will be reviewed by the Institutional Review Board of the NCI. Based on NCI guidance, we now expect the first patient to be treated in the first half of 2019.
In addition, pre-clinical studies are being conducted at the University of California San Francisco and funded through the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. While the NCI will conduct a trial for RASopathy related cancers in pediatric patients, we will focus on Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia (JMML), a well-described RASopathy affecting children which is incurable without an allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
The vast majority of the Company's efforts are now devoted to the advanced stage development of rigosertib for unmet medical needs of MDS patients. Other programs are either paused, inactive or require only minimal internal resources and efforts. Based on the mechanism of action of rigosertib, we are exploring studying rigosertib as a single agent or in combination with an existing approved therapy, possibly an immuno-oncology agent, in solid tumors where Ras mutations are frequently found, such as lung cancer or melanoma.
Briciclib, another of our product candidates, is a small molecule targeting an important intracellular regulatory protein, Cyclin D1, which is often found at elevated levels in cancer cells. Cyclin D1 expression is regulated through a process termed cap-dependent translation, which requires the function of eukaryotic initiation factor 4E protein. In vitro evidence indicates briciclib binds to eukaryotic initiation factor 4E protein, blocking cap-dependent translation of Cyclin D1 and other cancer proteins, such as c-MYC, leading to tumor cell death. We have been conducting a Phase 1 multi-site dose-escalation trial of briciclib in patients with advanced solid tumors refractory to current therapies. Safety and efficacy assessments are complete in six of the seven dose-escalation cohorts of patients in this trial. As of December 2015, the Investigational New Drug ("IND") for briciclib is on full clinical hold following a drug product lot testing failure. We will be required to undertake appropriate remedial actions prior to re-initiating the clinical trial and completing the final dose-escalation cohort.
Recilisib is a product candidate being developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense for acute radiation syndromes. We have completed four Phase 1 trials to evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics of recilisib in healthy human adult subjects using both subcutaneous and oral formulations. We have also conducted animal studies and clinical trials of recilisib under the FDA's Animal Rule, which permits marketing approval for new medical countermeasures for which conventional human efficacy studies are not feasible or ethical, by relying on evidence from adequate and well-controlled studies in appropriate animal models to support efficacy in humans when the results of those studies establish that the drug is reasonably likely to produce a human clinical benefit. Human safety data, however, is still required. Ongoing studies of recilisib, focusing on animal models and biomarker development to assess the efficacy of recilisib are being conducted by third parties with government funding. We anticipate that any future development of recilisib beyond these ongoing studies would be conducted solely with government funding or by collaboration. Use of government funds to finance the research and development in whole or in part means any future effort to commercialize recilisib will be subject to federal laws and regulations on U.S. government rights in intellectual property. Additionally, we are subject to laws and regulations governing any research contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements under which government funding was provided.
In addition to our three clinical-stage product candidates, we have several product candidates that target kinases, cellular metabolism or cell division in preclinical development. We may explore additional collaborations to further the development of these product candidates as we focus internally on our more advanced programs.
pathways. We believe our CDK inhibitor is differentiated from other agents in the market (Palbociclib, Ribociclib and Abemaciclib) or in development (such as the compounds being developed by G1 Therapeutics) by its dual inhibition of CDK4/6 + ARK5. We are party to a license and collaboration agreement with HanX Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. ("HanX"), which grants HanX certain rights to commercialize ON 123300 in China. We continue to carry out research to enhance the pre-clinical data package for this compound in an attempt to seek additional partners outside of China for co-development of this novel compound.
In a preclinical Rb+ve xenograft model for breast cancer, ON 123300 activity was shown to be similar to Palbociclib (Pfizer's Ibrance®). Moreover, based on the same preclinical model, ON 123300 may have the potential advantage of reduced neutropenia when compared to Palbociclib. Whereas both compounds resulted in decreased RBC and platelet counts in this preclinical model system, Palbociclib was found to have a more prominent and statistically significant (P< 0.05) inhibitory effect on neutrophil counts when compared to ON 123300.
We have initiated IND directed activities, with our partner HanX, which includes manufacturing of API and Clinical Trial Material (CTM) under cGMP; and the GLP toxicological studies. We anticipate filing an IND with the US FDA by the end of H1 of 2019.
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We may not effect any conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, and a holder does not have the right to convert any portion of the Series A Preferred Stock to the extent that, after giving effect to the conversion set forth in a notice of conversion such holder would beneficially own in excess of the Series A Beneficial Ownership Limitation, or such holder, together with such holder's affiliates, and any persons acting as a group together with such holder or affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of the Series A Beneficial Ownership Limitation. The "Series A Beneficial Ownership Limitation" is 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock held by the applicable holder. A holder may, with 61 days prior notice to us, elect to increase or decrease the Series A Beneficial Ownership Limitation; provided, however, that in no event may either the holder Series A Beneficial Ownership Limitation or the affiliate Series A Beneficial Ownership Limitation be 9.99% or greater.
Our Series A Preferred Stock is not listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, any national securities exchange or other nationally recognized trading system. Our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
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Our board of directors is authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series without shareholder approval. Our Board of Directors may determine the designations, powers, preferences and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and any qualification, limitations and restrictions, of each series of preferred stock. Our board of directors has designated 1,796,875 shares of preferred stock as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, which we refer to herein as the Series B Preferred Stock. As of April 3, 2019, there were no shares of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding.
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In addition to stock dividends or distributions for which proportionate adjustments will be made, holders of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends on shares of Series B Preferred Stock equal, on an as-if-converted-to-common-stock basis, to and in the same form as dividends actually paid on shares of the Common Stock when, as and if such dividends are paid on shares of the Common Stock. No other dividends are payable on shares of Series B Preferred Stock.
Except as provided in the Certificate of Designation or as otherwise required by law, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock will have no voting rights. However, we may not, without the consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Series B Preferred Stock, increase the number of authorized shares of Series B Preferred Stock, or enter into any agreement with respect to the foregoing.
Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, pari passu with the holders of Common Stock, out of the assets available for distribution to stockholders an amount equal to such amount per share as would have been payable had all shares of Series B Preferred Stock been converted into Common Stock immediately before such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, without giving effect to any limitation on conversion as a result of the Series B Beneficial Ownership Limitation, as described below.
We may not effect any conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock, and a holder does not have the right to convert any portion of the Series B Preferred Stock to the extent that, after giving effect to the conversion set forth in a notice of conversion such holder would beneficially own in excess of the Series B Beneficial Ownership Limitation, or such holder, together with such holder's affiliates, and any persons acting as a group together with such holder or affiliates, would beneficially own in excess of the Series B Beneficial Ownership Limitation. The "Series B Beneficial Ownership Limitation" is 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series B Preferred Stock held by the applicable holder. A holder may, with 61 days prior notice to us, elect to increase or decrease the Series B Beneficial Ownership Limitation; provided, however, that in no event may either the holder Series B Beneficial Ownership Limitation or the affiliate Series B Beneficial Ownership Limitation be 9.99% or greater.
We do not plan on making an application to list the shares of Series B Preferred Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market, any national securities exchange or other nationally recognized trading system. Our Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares.
standard settlement period in effect with respect to trading market on the date notice is delivered), and if the holder has not exercised its Series B Buy-In (as defined below) rights as described below with respect to such shares, then we are obligated to pay to the holder, as liquidated damages, an amount equal to $50 per trading day (increasing to $100 per trading day after the third trading day and $200 per trading day after the tenth trading day) for each $5,000 of Series B Conversion Shares for which the Series B Preferred Stock converted which are not timely delivered. If we make such liquidated damages payments, we are not also obligated to make Series B Buy-In payments with respect to the same Series B Conversion Shares.
If we fail to timely deliver the Series B Conversion Shares to the holder, and if after the required delivery date the holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the holder or its brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the holder of the Series B Conversion Shares which the holder anticipated receiving upon such conversion or exercise (a "Series B Buy-In"), then we are obligated to (A) pay in cash to the holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased, minus any amounts paid to the holder by us as liquidated damages for late delivery of such shares, exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Series B Conversion Shares that we were required to deliver times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the holder, either reinstate the portion of the Series B Preferred Stock and equivalent number of Series B Conversion Shares for which such conversion was not honored (in which case such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had we timely complied with its conversion and delivery obligations.
If we grant, issue or sell any Common Stock equivalents pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the "Purchase Rights"), then a holder of Series B Preferred Stock will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the holder could have acquired if the holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on conversion). If we declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Common Stock, then a holder of Series B Preferred Stock is entitled to participate in such distribution to the same extent as if the holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock (without regard to any limitations on conversion).
which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another person whereby such other person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other person or other persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a "Series B Preferred Stock Fundamental Transaction"), then the Series B Preferred Stock automatically converts and the holder will receive, for each Series B Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Series B Preferred Stock Fundamental Transaction (without regard to the Series B Beneficial Ownership Limitation), the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the "Series B Preferred Stock Alternate Consideration") receivable as a result of such Series B Preferred Stock Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Series B Preferred Stock is convertible immediately prior to such Series B Preferred Stock Fundamental Transaction (without regard to the Series B Beneficial Ownership Limitation). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the conversion ratio will be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Series B Preferred Stock Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Series B Preferred Stock Fundamental Transaction. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Series B Preferred Stock Fundamental Transaction, then the holder will be given the same choice as to the Series B Preferred Stock Alternate Consideration it receives upon automatic conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock following such Fundamental Transaction.
Our tradable warrants are traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "ONTXW."
at or subsequent to the date of the transaction, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 662/3% of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder.
the affiliates and associates of the above.
Under specific circumstances, Section 203 makes it more difficult for an "interested stockholder" to effect various business combinations with a corporation for a three-year period, although the stockholders may, by adopting an amendment to the corporation's certificate of incorporation or bylaws, elect not to be governed by this section, effective 12 months after adoption.
Our Tenth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or our "certificate of incorporation," and our Amended and Restated Bylaws, or our "bylaws," do not exclude us from the restrictions of Section 203. We anticipate that the provisions of Section 203 might encourage companies interested in acquiring us to negotiate in advance with our board of directors since the stockholder approval requirement would be avoided if a majority of the directors then in office approve either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder.
provide that special meetings of our stockholders may be called only by the board of directors or by such person or persons requested by a majority of the board of directors to call such meetings.
The transfer agent and registrar for our Common Stock is Wells Fargo Shareowner Services.
Our Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "ONTX.
The selling stockholder named below may offer to sell from time to time in the future up to an aggregate of 54,463 shares of our Common Stock, which were previously acquired by such stockholder through a private placement transaction which is further described below. In connection with such private placement, the selling stockholder has registration rights with respect to its shares as described further below under the heading "Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions."
Unless otherwise indicated, the selling stockholder has sole voting and investment power with respect to its shares of Common Stock. All of the information contained in the table below is based solely upon information provided to us by the selling stockholder or otherwise known by us. In addition to the shares offered hereby, the selling stockholder may otherwise beneficially own our shares of Common Stock as a result of, among others, open market purchases, which information is not obtainable by us without undue effort and expense. The selling stockholder may have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, or may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, at any time or from time to time since the date on which the information regarding the shares beneficially owned was last known by us, all or a portion of the shares beneficially owned in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
Information concerning the selling stockholder may change from time to time and any changed information will be set forth in supplements to this prospectus, if and when necessary. The selling stockholder may offer all, some or none of their shares of Common Stock. We cannot advise you as to whether the selling stockholder will in fact sell any or all of such shares of Common Stock.
The number of shares outstanding and the percentages of beneficial ownership are based on 5,895,004 shares of our Common Stock outstanding as of April 3, 2019.
For the purposes of the following table, the number of shares of our Common Stock beneficially owned has been determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, and such information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under Rule 13d-3, beneficial ownership includes any shares as to which the selling stockholder has sole or shared voting power or investment power and also any shares which that selling stockholder has the right to acquire within 60 days of the date of this prospectus through the exercise of any stock option.
Assumes that all shares registered hereunder will be sold by the selling stockholder and that the selling stockholder does not acquire any additional shares.
In March 2018, we entered into a License, Development and Commercialization Agreement (the "License Agreement") with Pint International SA (which, together with its affiliate Pint Pharma GmbH, are collectively referred to as "Pint"). Under the terms of the License Agreement, we granted Pint an exclusive, royalty-bearing license, with the right to sublicense, under certain Company patent rights and know-how to develop and commercialize any pharmaceutical product (the "Product") containing rigosertib in all uses of rigosertib or the Product in humans (the "Field") in Latin America countries (the "Territory," including Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, British Guiana, Suriname, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela). We retain the right to develop and commercialize pharmaceutical products containing rigosertib worldwide except for the sale of the Product in the Field in the Territory.
Pint has agreed to make an upfront equity investment and a subsequent equity investment in our Common Stock. In addition, we could receive up to $41.5 million in additional regulatory, development and sales-based milestone payments as well as tiered, double digit royalties based on net aggregate net sales in the Territory. Pint also has agreed to purchase rigosertib and the Product exclusively from us in accordance with a supply and quality agreement between the parties.
Under the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement, Pint made an upfront equity investment in the Company at a specified premium to our share price. Closing of the upfront equity investment occurred on April 4, 2018, whereby Pint purchased 54,463 shares of Common Stock for $1,250,000. The total amount of the premium was $319,000 and this amount was allocated to the license.
Pint may terminate the License Agreement in whole (but not in part) at any time upon 45 days' prior written notice. The License Agreement also contains customary provisions for termination by either party in the event of breach of the License Agreement by the other party, subject to a cure period, or bankruptcy of the other party.
Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, Pint has been granted registration rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock as further described below.
Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, if Pint owns shares which are Registrable Securities (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) on April 4, 2019 or the day that is ten calendar days following the closing date of Pint's purchase of additional shares of Common Stock upon our achievement of the Research and Development Event (as defined in the License Agreement), we are required to file a registration statement to register the resale of the applicable unregistered Registrable Securities on a registration statement on Form S-3 (or such other form appropriate for such purpose if we do not meet the eligibility requirements for use of Form S-3) under the Securities Act and use reasonable best efforts to have such registration statement declared effective and maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement for a period ending on the date Pint no longer holds Registrable Securities.
We will pay all expenses, other than the fees and disbursements of counsel for Pint, incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications relating to the resale registration statement, including all registration, filing and qualification fees; printers' and accounting fees; fees and disbursements of our counsel; and the reasonable fees and disbursements. Pint will pay the fees and disbursements of its counsel.
Brokers, dealers, underwriters, or agents participating in the distribution of the shares as agents may receive compensation in the form of commissions, discounts, or concessions from the selling stockholder and/or purchasers of the common stock for whom the broker-dealers may act as agent.
The selling stockholder is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act.
Neither we nor Pint can presently estimate the amount of compensation that any agent will receive. We know of no existing arrangements between Pint, any other stockholder, broker, dealer, underwriter, or agent relating to the sale or distribution of the shares offered by this prospectus. At the time a particular offer of shares is made, a prospectus supplement, if required, will be distributed that will set forth the names of any agents, underwriters, or dealers and any compensation from the selling stockholder, and any other required information.
We have agreed to indemnify Pint and certain other persons against certain liabilities in connection with the offering of shares of Common Stock offered hereby, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act or, if such indemnity is unavailable, to contribute amounts required to be paid in respect of such liabilities. Pint has agreed to indemnify us against liabilities under the Securities Act that may arise from certain written information furnished to us by Pint specifically for use in this prospectus or, if such indemnity is unavailable, to contribute amounts required to be paid in respect of such liabilities.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers, and controlling persons, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore, unenforceable.
Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the selling stockholder has agreed that it and persons acting on its behalf will not to engage in any direct or indirect short sales of our Common Stock.
We have advised Pint that while it is engaged in a distribution of the shares included in this prospectus it is required to comply with Regulation M promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. With certain exceptions, Regulation M precludes the selling stockholder, any affiliated purchasers, and any broker-dealer or other person who participates in the distribution from bidding for or purchasing, or attempting to induce any person to bid for or purchase any security which is the subject of the distribution until the entire distribution is complete. Regulation M also prohibits any bids or purchases made in order to stabilize the price of a security in connection with the distribution of that security. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the shares offered in this prospectus.
We may suspend the sale of shares by Pint pursuant to this prospectus for certain periods of time for certain reasons, including if the prospectus is required to be supplemented or amended to include additional material information.
This offering will terminate on the earlier of (i) date that all shares purchased by Pint under the Securities Purchase Agreement have been sold by Pint or (ii) the date that all shares purchased by Pint under the Securities Purchase Agreement are no longer Registrable Securities.
The consolidated financial statements of Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. appearing in our Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2018 have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon (which contains an explanatory paragraph describing conditions that raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern as described in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements) included therein, and incorporated herein by reference. Such financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The validity of the securities being offered by this prospectus will be passed upon by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The following table sets forth the expenses (other than underwriting discounts and commissions) to be incurred by us in connection with the registration, issuance and distribution of the securities described in this registration statement being registered hereby.
We are incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such person as an officer, director, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was illegal. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who are, or are threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that such person was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses which such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide for the indemnification of our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
breach of a director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders.
Our certificate of incorporation includes such a provision. Expenses incurred by any officer or director in defending any such action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition shall be paid by us upon delivery to us of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by us.
As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, we have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and executive officers. These agreements, among other things, require us to indemnify each director and officer to the fullest extent permitted by law and advance expenses to each indemnitee in connection with any proceeding in which indemnification is available.
We have an insurance policy covering our officers and directors with respect to certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
A list of exhibits filed herewith is contained in the exhibit index that immediately precedes such exhibits and is incorporated herein by reference.
That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to certain portions of this exhibit. Omitted portions have been filed separately with the SEC.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Newtown, Pennsylvania on April 5, 2019.
/s/ STEVEN M. FRUCHTMAN, M.D.
Name: Steven M. Fruchtman, M.D.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and directors of Onconova Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby constitute and appoint each of Steven M. Fruchtman, M.D., Mark Guerin and Avi Oler the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power and authority in said agents and attorneys-in-fact, and in any one or more of them, to sign for the undersigned and in their respective names as an officer/director of the Corporation, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement on Form S-3 (or any other registration statement for the same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and with full power of substitution, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on April 5, 2019.
/s/ JEROME E. GROOPMAN, M.D.
We have acted as counsel to Onconova Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), for the registration by the Company of 54,463 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company that have been issued in connection with that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 2, 2018, by and between the Company and Pint Pharma GmbH (the "Purchase Agreement") (such shares, the "Issued Shares").
We have examined the Registration Statement, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended to date, the Bylaws of the Company, as amended to date, and such certificates, records, statutes and other documents as we have deemed relevant in rendering this opinion. As to matters of fact, we have relied on representations of officers of the Company. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of documents submitted to us as originals and the genuineness of, and conformity with, the original of all documents submitted to us as copies thereof.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Issued Shares have been duly authorized by the Company and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
The opinion set forth above is limited to the laws of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the caption "Legal Matters" in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are acting within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules or regulations of the SEC thereunder.
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. for the registration of 54,463 shares of common stock, and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated April 1, 2019, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Onconova Therapeutics, Inc., included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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What better way to understand shopper habits and preferences than to observe them in retail environments?
Accompanying shoppers during the decision making process allows Ethnoscapes Global researchers to explore shoppers’ thoughts, needs, and attitudes while weighing purchase options. Insights gained during these purchase points provide invaluable information for a wide range of important sales decisions such as product placement, package design, messaging, price points, and branding.
Furthermore, the purchase decision is often not solely formed by the in-store retail experience. Much of the information that affects a shopper’s purchase decision is gathered from a variety of sources before the shopper heads to the store. Shopper habits and preference studies often combine multiple qualitative methodologies to provide a 360 degree view of all of the factors that inform a retail purchase decision.
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Mortgage cheaper than council rents?
I've heard people on this forum say that when Right to Buy was first introduced, they discovered the mortgage payments were cheaper than their council rent! How could that really be so, especially when you factor in insurance and interest?
Weren't the properties not sold at market value but at significantly less? That is probably how.
Why not, though? A tenant paying rent always spends more on it than if he/she had purchased the property and were paying mortgage interest.
That's precisely why BTL landlords exist. They often fund the purchase by a mortgage advance on the basis that the incoming rent will leave a surplus over outgoings- which include mortgage payments. This is true for both ex-public sector properties sold at discount and for all private sector properties.
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I'm interested in slowly getting started with Indian cooking and building up my store of spices. However, I generally don't have as much time to cook as I would like and really don't have enough space to go out and binge spend on cooking materials for Indian food.
What are the bare minimum ingredients / spices / etc that I would need, to make some tasty dishes for a wide array of palettes (in case I can convince friends to try my cooking).
Indian foods uses a lot of spices. Almost in a level that you will find one new spice in every new recipe.
Also asafoetida, fresh coriander leaf, whole cumin seeds, whole mustard seeds. Also, if you can get some ajowan, get it: While not useful in every recipe, it is really great in eg samosas and tikka marinades.
Cashew nuts for added thickening (as a paste of boiled cashew nuts) or whole as an ingredient (or both - cashew-thickened real korma with sundry vegetables, dried fruits, and whole cashews added is mind blowing - bring on the saffron too!).
Traditionaly different kind of oils are used but now a days mostly vegitable oil is used. You will also need ghee (Similar to clarified butter) to make some complex and rich dishes.
I think you can get started quite easily with only two spices: cardamom and garam masala, the second being more important. Many of the other spices and flavors are quite common to a decently stocked kitchen. Garam masala is the quintessential indian spice mix. Add some cream, sub butter or oil for ghee, and use some fresh veg and chicken, and you can start putting together nice curries, etc.
Other useful spices (that I believe are fairly common) are: turmeric, chili, cumin, coriander curry powder, star anise, black pepper, cloves and cinnamon sticks.
Garlic - not really known as Indian spice but used in many dishes; if you're cooking Hare Krishna recipes but are not into Hare Krishna beliefs I recommend replacing asafoetida with garlic. And I recommend Hare Krishna recipes (unlike their beliefs), they are usually extremely detailed since they can't taste the dish before they offer it to Krishna.
Turmeric powder - this is the spice that gives color to curry, and it likes to give color to anything it touches, especially wood and plastic. If you spill it, it'll stick more if it's wet.
Caraway powder - most recipes use cumin seeds, but in my opinion powder fits better with most dishes, and I like caraway more because it has similar but more intense taste.
Chilli powder - again, I like powder because it allows for more precise dosage.
There are a lot more spices in Indian cuisine, but for most dishes this is more than enough. Rincewind's remark is valid - I prefer most of the spices in the list in the form of a powder, but they last longer in the seed form, and taste better if they're freshly ground, but the difference is not as important, especially if you're still experimenting.
Most of the Indian dishes use pretty ordinary ingredients - it depends on the recipe itself. Once you cook your first dishes, you can try making ghee, paneer or chapatis yourself. But until then, you can replace ghee with butter, and paneer with tofu, and skip the chapatis.
The absolute minimum spice rack I'd use for indian food would be: - Coriander seeds - Cumin seeds - Chilli powder (and whole chillis) - Black & White pepper.
From this you can mix many spice pastes for some reasonable curries, masallas or kormas.
To get more into the authentic flavours you will have to build up an extensive selection of spices. If you don't cook too often, then try to buy your spices whole. They will keep their flavour longer than ground spices. If kept dry, most whole spices can last years.
youssarian's list is great as far as my experience goes. as far as other ingredients go, lentils and rice (basmati) are usually very easy to get ahold of. start with that and some meats or tofu, and try some basic dal or other recipes. you'll be up to speed in no time!
@yossarian has pretty good list (though I'd argue that cumin and turmeric are more useful than cardamom). I'd add ginger and chiles (fresh or dried cayenne, serrano or Thai green) to the list of essentials, and you'd be all set to make some delicious basic curries.
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Roleplaying game elements sometimes tend to creep into titles that don’t fully belong to the videogame genre. For example, Capcom’s Onimusha series rewards players for slaying enemies with the ability to enhance weapons and armor. Shooter/RPG hybrids would especially become commonplace in recent console generations, with some titles handling the formula well such as the Borderlands and Mass Effect series. Among the more recent contributors to the hybrid subgenre is Tom Clancy’s The Division. Does it mimic the success of other shooter roleplaying games?
The protagonist the player creates can wield two main firearms with finite ammunition refillable at safe houses and a sidearm with infinite ammo, alongside various equipment enhancing defense. Players can outfit guns and occasionally armor with mods, with the bulk of the player’s gear coming from killed enemies wandering the streets of post-plague New York City. Players can buy more powerful equipment from shops at safe houses, with money gained from selling old equipment and completing missions. They ultimately receive a number of offensive and defensive abilities based on how much of their base of operations they restore.
Both killing enemies and completing missions rewards players with experience for occasional leveling, with a cap of thirty levels, which therefore necessitates the player acquire better equipment, assigned with a numerical rank when of the thirtieth level, if they want to have an easier time. Unfortunately, an easier time can be hard to come by in the game, with plenty nasty difficulty spikes and occasional trouble even with lower-level antagonists. Dying in the middle of a mission area revives players at the last checkpoint (which sometimes have inconvenient and inconsistent placement), while sidequests force the player to retrace their steps most of the time from a nearby safe house. The game is definitely beatable, but it’s obvious the developers intended the game’s audience to play collectively.
Despite a few initial tutorials, one can easily forget how to execute common functions in The Division, and some areas would benefit from better maps, particularly buildings where the player has to activate virus scanners in a limited time. The camera can also be finicky, with players nearly blind behind, particularly frustrating when enemies surround them. The interface isn’t a complete writeoff, however, as one can instantly warp between unlocked safe houses, although frequent long loading times abound, with a sizeable startup intervention.
Regardless of the Tom Clancy name, The Division can’t find salvation in its story, with a blank-slate protagonist, underdeveloped adversaries, a thin main quest, side missions that don’t contribute much to the chief narrative, and the like.
The game does, however, feature top-notch voice acting, although the soundtrack isn’t very much to write home about.
The high point is the visuals, aside from the low-health critical annoyance.
Finally, finishing the main quest can take from two to three days, with plenty of sidequests and extras to pad out playing time.
Overall, Tom Clancy’s The Division is very much a promising game, given its tempting multiplayer features, although one needs to subscribe to PlayStation Plus to get the most out of extra features such as the Dark Zone, where the player can potentially acquire powerful gear to help with the main quest, and although it has other things going for it such as enjoyable exploration, good voice acting, polished visuals, and endless replay value, the solo experience can be somewhat grueling, alongside finicky control and camera angles, a blank-slate hero and storyline, and an unmemorable soundtrack that seems commonplace among Western RPGs. Those who subscribe to PlayStation Plus might just find the game enjoyable, and while Ubisoft has promised a forthcoming patch to resolve some of the aforementioned issues, this reviewer wishes that the developers had resolved its problems before releasing the game to the public.
This review is based on a solo playthrough..
+Post-plague New York City can be fun to explore.
+Plenty to stretch out playing time.
-Solo experience can be grueling.
-PlayStation Plus required to get a better experience.
Likely enjoyable multiplayer RPG, average single-player experience.
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Can you tell us about you and the correlation between your work and female identity?
My work is about exploring the self in nature as well as the nature within the self.
Specifically, in my collection titled Anima, I explore feminine identity through animal archetypes and symbolism. People, of course, are animals too, but other animals have this unspoiled way about them, a way of being in tune with things on a deeper level. There's something really raw and beautiful about that.
Connecting women and animals in this way is really about connecting back to the innate and intuitive qualities that make us who we are. On both personal and universal levels, animals are representative of different traits and concepts — foxes are associated with slyness, fawns symbolize innocence. All of these things came to be through people's stories and experiences, fears and discoveries, scientific studies and attempts at making sense and meaning. Do you ever notice that a lot of people have a specific animal that's "their" animal? Well, that connection exists for those very same reasons, whether we realize it consciously or not. As a human being, and as a human being who identifies as a woman, I am constantly interested in aspects and characteristics that define us: Why are we the way we are? Why are we drawn to certain things? Why do we act certain ways? It all comes down to identity.
Identity is an essential question, something that preoccupies everyone, but because of a history of oppression, women face this question very differently. We have to first get through an onslaught of cultural, social, and historical naysayers before we can get down to the core of who we really are, or what we really can be. It takes a lot to tackle that. Some of my female role models are artist Georgia O’Keeffe, actress Audrey Hepburn, musician Laura Marling, and writer Cheryl Strayed — women who express themselves and take risks and care about the world, who are kind and fierce and beautifully deep. These are the women in my paintings. Not specific individuals, but embodiments of specific characteristics. My work is largely about women, but it is for everyone. We are all living and breathing on the same big hunk of dirt, and we all have something to learn from each other — ugly and beautiful.
I've always been profoundly drawn to nature and animals, and because of that I spend a lot of time outside. I'm especially enamored of the landscape and culture of the southwest U.S., just how open and broad it is, alive and weathered in a way that's unlike any other place on earth. To me, the desert is this apogee of existence where life and death are in perpetual dance. There are weird trees coiled in deadwood and cacti topped with colorful flowers; there are boisterous winds and stone-dead silences; unbearably scorching days and bone-chilling nights; flash floods and grounds cracked by dryness; there are buttes popping up between endless miles of flatland; colorful canyons and whitewashed sands; there are coyotes chasing rabbits chasing plants chasing water; and turkey vultures watching like gatekeepers from the skies, judging the remnants they will clean from the slate. The sands sweep over all of it like a wave of stars, claiming the bones and laying cradles for the footprints of new life. The desert is a land of extremes. Life and death exist in such contrast here that existence itself is so strikingly apparent — and that’s precisely what my work is about.
How has your upbringing shaped who you are today?
I grew up in the garden in my backyard, climbing trees and walking around with no shoes on. I constantly grab onto that feeling of being barefoot — of skin to earth.
My parents never scolded me for not wearing shoes. They encouraged me to play outside and have fun even if it meant getting dirty. I viewed muddy hands and splinters like badges of honor, proof of my adventures (and misadventures). I was constantly wandering off, slipping quietly away and returning before anyone would notice. Looking back, I'm pretty lucky I never got lost, or worse.
I grew up in a loving household where dreams were things you could attain and help was always there if you needed it. Both my parents worked, yet I have no memories of my parents not being able to do things with my brother and me because of work. As a high-ranking executive, my mom set a really good example of how women can be independent and influential, and how they can pave their own life paths. I actually don't think I really realized there was a difference in what men and women "could do" in society until I got a little older. I remember quitting Girl Scouts in elementary school because I got mad that we were baking cookies while the Boy Scouts got to go camping.
I spent a lot of time with my dad, hanging around the cars in the garage or helping with yard work. He liked to show me how things functioned: the inner blueprints of clocks and engines and what was holding up the walls of our house. He used to pick my brother and I up from elementary school in our 1981 Corvette. I'd sit huddled next to my brother, watching the sky glide past through the T-tops because I was too small to see out the windows.
I was always making things, assemblages of sticks and stones, crayon murals on the walls in the hallway, notebooks filled with stories and drawings. My mom never bought me coloring books. Instead, she'd bring home endless stacks of paper from work that would've otherwise been discarded. I'd draw on the backs of meeting agendas and training certificates. Sometimes they'd be printed on really thick stock, or dyed in fancy cream colors. I went through piles — and my mom saved them. Making things just came naturally to me; it was something I always did and couldn't help doing. There weren't any other artists in my family, and I was my parents' first child, so they didn't really realize art was my "thing" until my preschool teacher exuberantly told them that I "had to be enrolled in art" because "preschoolers just don't draw like that." They nurtured her urging full-throttle. I ended up taking lessons with an art teacher named Carolyn Lyford Catalano, who taught me to paint what I saw, even if they were colors and shapes that no one else saw. She became a strong maternal figure in my life, teaching me to take risks and chase my passions, even if it meant facing criticism. She and I are close to this day. I call her my "art mom."
I have always been naturally curious of everything. I grew up quiet and introverted, but was also strangely forward. I asked a lot of questions. I turned over rocks in the garden. I stopped to look at dead birds. I rescued roly-poly bugs from the sidewalk and stuck my hand in a stream just to watch the water flow across it. I wore dresses with jeans and boots and wide-brimmed hats and refused to cut my hair. I've always been small and kind of shrimpy, and maybe that fueled a need to make something of myself. Some people made fun of me, but I can't remember much of what they said. I didn't really care. I carried my private world in my sketchbook and guarded it like the precious sanctuary it was for me. I got lost in my drawings. I got lost in books. I remember playing in my imaginary world one day during recess, only to look around and see that the playground was empty and all the kids had been called back in. I’ve always had friends, but I’ve also always been happy being on my own. My first best friend was our family's Alaskan Malamute, a big wolfish dog named Patch. He'd pull my brother and me in a sled down the hill in our backyard, and I'd curl up in his fur until both of us fell asleep, our breaths in unison. Today, I have a wolfish dog of my own, Cobalt, and he goes everywhere with me. I mentioned earlier how people have that one special animal? Wolves have always been mine.
In moments of adversity, how do you build yourself back up?
When I'm feeling self-doubtful or existential, I remind myself that I've been given one life to live and the power to do with it what I choose. I've got this life; I might as well use it.
Some of the best pieces of advice I've been given begin with the words "let yourself…" Let yourself wander. Let yourself decide. Let yourself cry, rest, laugh, BE. You are the only one you need permission from.
My work is about finding internal strength and channeling it into external strength. I want the stories living inside my art to empower those standing outside of it. I want to pull them in so that they can jump right back out with something of value. It's like potential energy combined with the ripple effect — a thing that inspires me has the potential to inspire someone else, and someone else, and someone else — but that never happens if you don't explore and share what you discover. It's all about making connections, within and around us. We just have to get out there and make them.
Stephanie Lenchard-Warren is a fine artist and illustrator whose work explores the self in nature as well as the nature within the self. She is known for her expressive figurative work of women and animals incorporating ballpoint pen, oil paint, and bare wood.Drawing from animal mythologies and archetypal histories, Stephanie's work underscores our inherent connections with animal life and the roles their personas play in our own identities. With specific focus on feminine identity and representation, her work displays how these symbolisms intersect to embody an empowering spiritual rendering of our nature and the animals we share it with. See more of her work here.
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Ahh, dear reader, I'm back again.
Poor Gryphon...today he had his surgery which will ensure that there are no little 'Gryph-lettes' in the future; right now he's sleeping off the pain meds, but I'll have to keep a close eye on him and his stitch-picking habits.
So, one more thing checked off my list. My dogs have been checked and are both considered as healthy as the proverbial barn of horses; I must say, though, that they're awfully gassy tonight! That being said, my vet is really worried about the flight itself. She even asked if she could write a 'doctor's note' to the airline explaining that they should both ride in the cabin - that freaked me out. I've decided if the whole experience is worse than I expect, I will just take some of the sedative myself to calm down, cross all appendages, and hope for the best.
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...I think I'll finish the evening with a bit of knitting (that crazy polyester scarf isn't just going to appear) and movie watching (god bless the Internet).
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John Edward Mulvihill, S.T.D., D.Min., Ph.D.
Historically, Evolutionism consists of a complex of philosophic and scientific theories that maintain superior species, animal or vegetable, are derived from lower species.
Among the Western Church Fathers, St. Augustine held that God created animals in a form that was rudimentary or embryonic. God hid something virtual or potential in nature, to which St. Augustine assigned the term "producing principles" (rationes seminales), from which would originate all living things when circumstances were opportune.23 However, this is not modern evolution, since development does not occur from inferior species but from the embryonic forms that lead individuals to be of the same species.
Until the Renaissance, everyone commonly held the theory of Fixism. This theory of Fixism, or theory of Permanence, denies all mutation of species. Abiogenesis, or life from inorganic matter, had been a problem for Fixism, but was eventually solved by its rejection. Fossils had also been a problem for the theory. Exceptional thinkers, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Andrea Cesalpino, who was a philosopher, medical doctor, and botanist, and Girolamo Fracastoro, who was a scientist and author from Verona, all intuited the authentic nature of fossils.28 However, the common opinion about fossils followed Pliny the Elder that fossils were a joke of nature, with the addition that the formation of fossils might have been influenced by the heavenly bodies. In fact, Charles Lyell (1830) determined that geological strata were not necessarily caused by violent cataclysms, but the product of natural laws. Thus the hypothesis of evolution from fossil plants and animals by generation was not accepted by Buffon, Bonnet, Robinet, Diderot, Goethe, or L. Oken.
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) explained and defended universal transformism in a materialistic form that excluded final causality. Darwin explained evolution by efficient causality.
The secondary efficient causes of evolution, for Darwin, are heredity, natural selection, and sexual selection. Darwin drew on ideas that were already current in his time. The struggle for life is also found in Hobbes, Adam Smith, and Malthus. This struggle for life allowed the variability in individuals to be able to produce progress in which the individual remains the same, but the more outstanding qualities obtained from variation are transmitted by heredity; for this reason the struggle for life is called natural selection. Natural selection was proposed by Darwin in 1859, but was already proposed by Spencer, who invented the term in 1852.
Evolutionists who are adversaries of Darwin due to his materialistic monistic explanation of evolution are Cuénot and Davenport, who hold that evolution is directed by God. Cuénot, nevertheless, holds with Darwin an exclusion of final cause.
Evolutionists who are adversaries of Darwin due to his rejection of final cause are the Psychobiologists. Von Hartmann holds an unconscious will. He is a Neo-Larmarckian Psychobiologist. He holds that all life (Law of Continuity) arises from inorganic material, and that inorganic matter is endowed with unconscious psychism. He also holds that evolution develops under the influence of organic intelligence (unconscious will) that is immanent in the living things themselves. Bergson and Le Roy hold a vital impulse. Von Hartmann and Bergson are theistic evolutionists.
Some other evolutionists profess a final goal for "restricted" evolution, such as De Sinety and L. Vialleton. Vialleton (died 1930) is the best of the "resticted" evolutionists. He is not a Fixist, but holds to some partial and non-mechanical evolution. For Vialleton, evolution is restricted to "formal species," that is, to the lower levels of taxonomy, such as species, genera and families, which differ by reason of external form or by quantity.44 Further, he rejects monophyletic evolution, which holds that all living species arose from a single lower ancestor. The conclusions of Vialleton have been confirmed by Guyenot, even if Guyenot does not hold for final causality.
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Microsoft has worked hard to establish its Windows Media file formats in the industry and has won converts among record labels and music services. But it has struggled to win over consumers, having made relatively little headway against the dominant MP3 file format even as it has drawn antitrust scrutiny over its digital media plans."
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"Wir haben die Verschiebung entschieden, um mit ausreichenden Stückzahlen in den Verkauf in Europa gehen zu können“, so Deutschlands Presse-Sprecher Georg Albrecht. Sein Hinweis, dass der für dieses Jahr angekündigte Start des iTunes Music Store gleichzeitig für ganz Europa erfolgen soll, lässt die Vermutung zu, dass Apple hiermit den Verkaufsstart des iPodMini verknüpft. Und dann ist ja da noch das Geschäft mit Hewlett-Packard. Der weltweit zweitgrößte Hardware-Hersteller will ebenfalls im Sommer seine Version eines iPod in den Verkauf bringen."
"But, all in all, the RealPlayer Music Store is a winner. It's not as good as Apple's iTunes store, but it's a worthy competitor."
Wie geht es weiter mit EU vs. Microsoft?
"Auf diese Weise könnte Microsoft dann beispielsweise "freie Software wie Samba auf Stückzahlenbasis zur Kasse bitten und effektiv aus dem Markt drängen", warnt Hartmut Pilch vom Förderverein für eine Freie Informationelle Infrastruktur. Dritte bekommen zwar gegen eine Lizenzgebühr Zutritt zu den Andockstellen von Windows und haben damit die Möglichkeit, selber das Programm weiterzuentwickeln und somit Microsoft Konkurrenz zu machen. Für das Andocken an die APIS dieser Programme hat aber Microsoft dann wiederum das Recht, zu seinen eigenen Lizenzbedingungen Gebühren zu verlangen, und zwar selbst dann, wenn Microsoft mit der Fortführung dieser Programme nichts zu tun hatte."
"Bo Vesterdorf, the president of the European Union's Court of First Instance, didn't talk about the Microsoft case directly," writes James Kanter for WSJ. "But, in an interview, he explained his views on deciding on suspension requests. He said that companies succeed in winning a suspension of sanctions only about one in 10 times, and that he was disposed to look for alternative solutions."
In media, Apple has its eyes set on Bollywood. `India is the largest producers of films. As time goes by, more and more films will use special effects. We will continue to improve the performance of our products to address our traditional market', Mr Lam said."
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"As a ProCare member you’ll enjoy a higher level of service and support at your local Apple Retail Store. Best of all, if you’re currently a Pro Card member, your first year of ProCare is free." Für alle anderen kostet die Karte 99$.
In knapp zwei Wochen wird Apple die Quartalszahlen für den Zeitraum von Januar bis Ende März 2004 bekanntgeben, gefolgt vom obligatorischen Conference Call, der sich per QuickTime ab 23 Uhr hiesiger Zeit verfolgen lässt.
Wer solange nochmals in den vorherigen (Rekord-)Quartalszahlen Q1 2004 schmökern will, kann das hier im fscklog tun.
"Apple Computer Inc.'s earnings of 19 cents per share would have been reduced by 46 cents, or 242 percent."
Erstaunlicherweise ist an diversen Orten von einer angeblichen Verlängerung der iTunes Pepsi Promo zu lesen, was sich nur als verspäteter Aprilscherz oder schlechte Recherche bezeichnen lässt. Die genannte Pepsi-Promo war von Anfang an darauf ausgelegt, vom 01.02.04 bis zum 31.03.04 abzulaufen, wobei die Gewinncodes bis zum 30.04.04 eingelöst sein müssen. Daran hat sich seit der Veröffentlichung der 'Promo-Rules' Ende Januar bis zum heutigen Tage nichts geändert.
Trotz gegenteiligen Aussagen, hat Apple laut einem Bericht des Tagesspiegel nun auch in Berlin bereits eine Örtlichkeit für den ersten deutschen Apple Retail Store auserkoren. Platziert direkt in der Galeries Lafayette im Quartier 207 an der Friedrichstraße wird der Store im exklusiven Umfeld von Prada, Gucci, Chanel und etlichen weiteren Designer-Stores im anliegenden Quartier 206 angesiedelt. Geplant ist dort ein weiterer Flagship-Store, der sich über drei Etagen erstrecken soll und natürlich die obligatorische Glas-Treppe aufweisen wird. Nach den Recherchen des Tagesspiegel ist allerdings mit einer Eröffnung erst im Frühjahr 2005 zu rechnen, anbieten würde sich der 01.04.05 passend zu Apples 29. Geburtstag.
"I called Apple and the police station mentioned in the article, and they said the quotes attributed to them were completely fabricated. A local press agency quoted a guy who freelances for Apple (that was the ‘rather be robbed’ line) and some random police officer. There was nothing official from either."
"Also, for the first time, IBM demonstrated its upcoming POWER5 microprocessor running multiple operating systems in virtual micropartitions. POWER5, which is IBM's own high-end design using the Power Architecture, will drive future versions of IBM's industry-leading server and storage systems. The PowerPC implementation of Power Architecture will continue to serve the OEM community."
"To reach that goal, executives said they will aggressively reach out to partners and move to develop a vibrant community that will use the Power platform as a key building block for products that will be easily integrated with each other."
"Sony today disclosed that it has licensed the Power Architecture from IBM. Sony said Power offers versatility and a unique combination of low power and high performance, making it optimal for a wide range of consumer devices."
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"I suppose I should ask the obvious question at this point: what does this mean for Apple? If it takes off, I think it means that Apple will either have to lower their margins to compete with vendors of commodity POWER-based boxes (which will inevitably be able to boot OS X), or they'll morph into a software and media company."
"They were two guys named Steve, so Steve Jobs was called Steve and Steve Wozniak went by Woz. At 25, Wozniak was the technical brains. Jobs, 21, was the dreamer with a knack for getting others to dream along with him. They had gone to the same high school, and in the hazy years after graduation —both were college dropouts—a shared interest in electronics brought them together. Jobs didn't yet have his own place, so when their formal partnership began, the decision was made in a bedroom at his parents' ranch house in Los Altos, Calif."
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"It's such a nice validation of our efforts," Liz Kerr, Director of Sci-Tech Markets at Apple, told MacCentral. "People at the show are really interested in what we have to offer."
"...free custom laser engraving on any new iPod purchased between March 28 through June 26, 2004."
"Quality wise, it's not up to what I was expecting, either for the 1M pixels pictures taken with a DV camera (which is more or less to be expected), or photos taken with a 5M pixels digital camera (which is far from acceptable).
Actually, my own paper prints are a zillion times better looking than those of this book. Otherwise, the book itself is of nice quality with a great glossy paper..."
"A group of angry dealers on Wednesday launched a protest Web site against Apple Computer Inc. The resellers—currently suing Apple in Superior Court—are asking customers to help "uncover any skeletons that Apple is hiding."
TellOnApple.org is the latest step in a series of lawsuits filed against Apple last year by a number of former authorized dealers. The complaints include charges of unfair competition and breach of contract."
"The source said that due to a 4-6 week time period to manufacture sufficient quantities of CDs, users could expect to see the upgrade on store shelves by the middle of May, in line with the MacBU's public announcements thus far."
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"Some speakers at a panel discussion there yesterday – 'Music industry – brand extension in games, wireless and TV' – agreed that Apple could eventually create an MTV-style power relationship with the music industry, speculating that continued dominance of the digital music distribution market may eventually allow the company to "call the shots".
Ebenfalls heiß diskutiert wurde das momentane Formatwirrwarr, welches ungelöst angeblich zum 'death of digital music' führen könnte, Anfang Februar gab es bereits Gerüchte über eine Zusammenarbeit zwischen Microsoft und Apple zu einer diesbezüglichen Problemlösung.
"Some buzz circulating that Steve Jobs and Apple may be doing a masterful job of understating the success of iTunes to discourage competitive entry. After announcing a 50 million download total, Jobs curiously volunteered the fact that iTunes would fall short of its 100 million total. Several months ago, Jobs admitted that the service was essentially a loss leader designed to power sales of iPods, a discouraging note to other potential entrants. Pepsi totals were not layered into recent sales figures, though it is not exactly clear why. Could the download total be much higher than Apple`s published numbers?"
"District Judge Ronald Whyte in San Jose last week denied a motion to dismiss filed by Apple Corps Ltd. However, the British High Court still has to rule on the request by Apple Computer, which sells iPod digital music players, to move the suit to the U.S."
OS X 10.4 soll laut einer bei MacRumors zitierten portugiesischen Seite nicht die interne Bezeichnung 'Merlot' tragen, sondern in Tradition der Raubkatzennamen 'Tiger' genannt werden. Weiterhin sei man bei Build 8A85 mit Safari v133 angelangt, was allerdings von macnews.net.tc bezweifelt wird, da nach deren Information der letzte Build 8B12 lautet.
"Analyst and customers say that while the two are likely to be close partners for many more years, the relationship has become more distant."
"I know this article seems like a long advertisement for Apple, but now I understand why Mac users are such zealots. I am so amazed by the fact that everything just works that I feel the need to convert everyone I know."
"As a business partner, Apple has solved a number of fundamental issues that will help Symbiot deploy its iSIMS in the enterprise market. "As a former Dell employee, I was a bit skeptical that Apple could deliver on all of their commitments," said Frank Milano, Vice President of Finance at Symbiot. "They have already proven to be a trustworthy business partner. Their team has provided a number of introductions that - given Symbiot's size and stature - might not have otherwise been afforded to us at this time."
"Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. A treemap visualization algorithm helps display the enormous amount of information gathered by the aggregator. Treemaps are traditionally space-constrained visualizations of information. Newsmap's objective takes that goal a step further and provides a tool to divide information into quickly recognizable bands which, when presented together, reveal underlying patterns in news reporting across cultures and within news segments in constant change around the globe."
Kleine Anleitung für Xgrid Interessierte bei Apples Developer Connection.
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Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1023 is to be kept within a 1m x 1m x 1m lead-lined steel box to be stored at Research Sector 4 at Site 17 at all times when it is not being tested or studied. SCP-1023 is to be kept under audio and video surveillance at all times during containment and testing, and Senior Researcher ██████ is to be notified at any time the object becomes active. All data the object produces is to be recorded both digitally and physically and stored within a secure vault on-site. If any data the object produces is of risk to the Foundation, it is to be forwarded as soon as possible to the nearest Site Administrator.
Description: SCP-1023 is a seismograph of unknown make and manufacture, procured by Agent ████ during a raid on a Marshall, Carter & Dark Ltd. warehouse in [REDACTED]. The object appears to be composed of an unknown material which resembles glass, but contains traces of elements not normally occurring on Earth. The object is a center "post" with 3 outlying platforms which each have one roll of paper, two electrical motors, and a small pen. One platform of the device measures magnitude of the event in a fashion similar to ordinary seismographs, another records the location in longitude and latitude, and the final platform records the date and time (the predicted time of the event has shown a deviation of ±█ minutes). It has been suggested that SCP-1023 is a modified version of a normal seismograph, as the helicorders it possesses are in the normal positions to record motion in the X, Y, and Z directions. Paper is to be regularly supplied when SCP-1023 runs out, to prevent missing an event.
SCP-1023 is able to record seismic activity from anywhere on Earth. In addition, SCP-1023 is occasionally able to predict seismic activity from the future. The method or mechanism through which it detects and measures seismic events is unknown. Foundation researchers were able to determine the function of SCP-1023 when a recording from SCP-1023 was discovered to correlate with seismic records of the March 2011 earthquake in Japan, as well as the aftershocks of said earthquake. It is unknown how SCP-1023 chooses which events to report, as it is not reporting all seismic activity in the world. It is theorized that SCP-1023 only reports those events that are relevant to large amounts of people or to its current "owner".
Location: Activity detected from multiple locations within ~19 minutes of each other. Numerous large cities and many Foundation sites appear to be locations given by the device.
Magnitude: Varies slightly depending on location. The similarity of readings indicates detonations of warheads rather than natural earthquakes.
SCP-1023's prediction of record amounts of nuclear detonations within a short period on ██/██/████ is especially worrying given the increasing frequency with which numerous SCPs are predicting an XK-class event on dates coinciding with or near this date (Including SCP-███, SCP-████, and SCP-████). All precautions are to be taken regarding containment procedure adherence and we are to be wary of outside factions, as well as uncontained anomalous objects. As far in the future as this date is, it is always best to start preparations early. When you have prior notice of a situation, take advantage of it.
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Jason from Camp Hansen asks: how can you as a trainer help me in the sport of boxing.
All sports have bio-mechanical movements, whether your sport is tennis, golf or volleyball. My goal would be to improve your mechanics and the muscle fibers that are prevalent to the sport you're participating in. It is a waste of time to spend 90% of your workout time on your fast twitch fibers if you are a swimmer. My role as a personal trainer for athletes is to make the individual a quicker and stronger athlete. Remember that it's your body, make your choices wisely.
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Most people have come across dishes containing Crawfish or even just consisting of solely Crawfish; it is a fairly common food. However, there is more to Crawfish than meets the eye! Crawfish can taste very differently depending on a number of factors.
With different varieties of Crawfish, various ways of cooking it and different edible parts of the Crawfish itself, it can be difficult to pinpoint what Crawfish actually tastes like. The simple answer- delicious! But if you're looking for a more detailed answer, keep reading!
Before we learn what Crawfish tastes like, we should take a look at what Crawfish is. Crawfishs are crustaceans which live on the ocean floor, have long muscular bodies and have a hard protective exoskeleton.
Crawfishs have ten walking legs where the front two are larger claws. While they can live up to 50 years in the wild yet they are frequently caught long before that. Crawfishs are indigenous to almost every ocean in the world and tend to live close to the shore line.
Larger, meatier Crawfishs are mostly found in the Northern hemisphere, specifically in the Atlantic Ocean. Smaller Crawfishs, which are commonly referred to as scampi, typically come from the southern hemisphere For hundreds of years, Crawfish was a food that was only eaten by peasants.
It was even served in prisons or just used as fertilizer. Oh, how times have changed! It wasn't until the mid 19th century when Crawfish began to be sought after by the wealthy. Meatier than fish and with a more smooth and subtle flavor that other seafood, Crawfish was a great "new" dish.
From there, popularity rose. Crawfishs are now considered a delicacy and provide a very lucrative business to those who harvest them.
Crawfish is frequently used in soups, pasta dishes, and most commonly, eaten steamed and paired with butter or sauce. Crawfishs are almost always eaten cooked and are best when they are steamed or boiled while still alive.
In the event that you've never had lobster, you presumably don't comprehend what this dish is all about. Lobster, is seen as a delicious dish and is eaten in various diverse societies and has an incredibly intriguing history.
Shockingly, numerous individuals on the planet have never attempted this infamous eatery. The inquiry, "What does lobster taste like?" is a hard one to reply, yet you can better comprehend what lobster is by reading what it tastes like with different nourishments and what it runs well with.
Lobster has a flavor that tastes like something unique, which is the reason lobster is more costly than other shellfish. While the taste is like crab, it isn't the same. Lobster has a sweeter and lighter taste as compared to crab.
Lobster's surface is very soft and has its own charm. The surface can be found on a scale amongst crab and shrimp. It is not as super flakey like a crab and as chewy as shrimp. Lobster can easily melt in your mouth which gives you a mouthwatering sensation when tried for the first time.
By and large, lobster is tasted with butter. Moreover, with the addition of butter, the shellfish seems moister and adds some truly necessary fat to an extremely lean protein. Lobster is slenderer when compared to chicken. Lobster is frequently depicted having a taste like other fishes.
New lobster won't have a mind-boggling smell or taste as numerous individuals gripe about. In the event that your lobster smells or taste like fish, it is likely old and it is recommended not to consume it as it might affect your stomach.
The ideal approach to see how lobster tastes is to go out and attempt it. On the off chance that you are anxious about attempting it, you may think about attempting it in a dish, rather than as a remain solitary entrée.
In the past lobster does not have its own charm as it has today. Previously, lobster was not even consumed by the elite classes. At that time in United States, lobster was considered fit for destitute individuals and detainees.
Salmon has been known as a healthy food for long. The fish provides us an abundant source of nutrients such as Omega-3 fats, protein and vitamin D that are very beneficial to your heart, brain, and eyes.
To know what does salmon taste like? You obviously have eaten it. But in case you haven’t tried the fish, reading the article may help you to figure it out. Besides, you will be provided with useful information about the nutrient content of salmon and how to cook the heavenly food.
Salmon is a type of food fish of the family of Salmonidae having pink flesh, which is born in fresh water and then moves to the ocean. Salmons mainly live in North Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean. Now, it becomes a popular type of fish in many regions in the world.
Salmon is considered a healthy food since it contains a high level of omega- 3 fatty acids, protein and vitamin D.
On average, 4 ounces of broiled or baked salmon contains about 2 grams of omega3-fats. The high content of omega-3 fats makes salmon a healthy food for the cardiovascular system since it could help to decrease the risk of stroke, high blood pressure, heart attack and high triglycerides in the blood.
Eating salmon is also a good way to decrease brain-related problems. It has been proved that those you eat salmon regularly are more likely to stay in a good mood and reduce the risk of depression. The omega-3 fatty acids also do a great job in improving joint protection, decreasing eye-related.
The protein and amino acid in salmon have been proved to give special support for insulin effectiveness as well as joint cartilage and helps to control the inflammation in the digestive trait.
Not to mention, salmon is highly recommended for a weight loss plan thanks to the high level of lean protein and vitamin D. Especially, the omega – fatty acids in salmon when combined exercise helps to shred more weight. Hence, if you are a dieter or bodybuilder, salmon must be added into your diet.
Well, the taste of salmon is quite similar to that of other common fish like tuna or trout.
What does asparagus taste like? Have you ever tried asparagus? Did you like it?
Asparagus is a nutritious vegetable that is popular in some regions of the world like northern Africa, Europe, western Asia and of course the United States. This vegetable is rich in dietary fiber, which is important to prevent as well as treat constipation. In addition to this, asparagus contains potassium, zinc, phosphorus, niacin as well as riboflavin and thiamine.
The vegetable is also helpful to pregnant women because it has folate, which is essential to help protect babies from neural tube defects.
When thinking about cooking asparagus, preparation is the key whether it will be cooked by boiling, steaming, grilling or roasting. Asparagus can also be cooked in the microwave, cut into sections to be used in stir fry and can be blanched to use with vegetable dips. The fresher the asparagus the better it will taste and when bought in the store in can be maintained for two or three days, if stored properly.
Trimming asparagus is best done by hand by simply bending the stalk until it breaks. If it bends but will not snap it is probably old and may not have a fresh flavor. When preparing for cooking asparagus some cooks will peel the outer layer. While this not necessary, it can help with the tenderness of the stalks.
While it is the fibers inside the outer layer that need softened when cooking asparagus, it is good to peel only a couple of spots on the outside. This will allow enough steam to the inside to cook thoroughly. To peel prior to cooking asparagus, lay the stalk flat on the counter or cutting board and using a vegetable peeler start at the top and peel toward the end. It can be peeled completely but to save time, removing one portion of the peel from each side will suffice.
Perhaps we all know about a very popular type of fish living in Florida. Its name is golden pompano. But what does a golden pompano fish taste like? How many people have seen and had a chance to taste it? In this review today, I would love to give you all the information about this interesting fish.
Do You Know About Golden Pompano Fish?
The Florida pompano belongs to Carangidae family, which is one of the most famous fishes in Florida. From March to September, they spawn along the East Coast and far away from the shore. Their foods are just some mollusks and crustaceans in temperate inshore waters.
Because they have gray backs, which turn a little greenish and silvery when they move, and their fins have golden glisten, they are also usually called golden pompano fish. If you ever dive into the East Coast and the Gulf of Florida, you may have a chance to see a magnificent view of the pompanos going together with silvery sparkle everywhere.
What Does Pompano Fish Taste Like?
As gastronomic people have described, the Floria pompano is the most edible fish in the world. Their silvery and beautiful skin is typically thick, a bit tough, and greasy, which can melt in your mouth right at the moment you have the first bite. Their meat is white, firm but can be easily flaked off and has a mild flavor.
Moreover, it is a discovery of Saveur magazine since pompanos are saltwater fish, they tend to taste much more delicious than fresh water ones. And according to an interview of Roberta Sabban with Rick Mace, the Executive Chef of Cafe Boulud restaurant in Florida, golden pompano fish is versatile and unique in that area.
He also said that they taste clean and don’t have too much fat, which is different from other types of fishes. And they have a mild flavor so they can be cooked with numerous recipes. For example, it is a terrific cuisine if you combine them with lemon, olive oil, tarragon, or fennel. Making them an ingredient in Japanese soup, kimchi or using sauce while eating can be excellent recipes as well. I will give you some specific cuisines with pompano at the end of this article.
What Nutrients Do pompano fish Bring?
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(2014) "One Last Time (Attends-moi)"
"One Last Time" is a song recorded by American singer Ariana Grande for her second studio album My Everything . It was written by David Guetta, Savan Kotecha, Giorgio Tuinfort, Rami Yacoub, and Carl Falk. The song was produced by the latter two, with Tuinfort serving as a co-producer and Ilya serving both as a co-producer and vocal producer. "One Last Time" was first released on the iTunes Store on August 22, 2014 as the second promotional single from the album. On February 10, 2015, the song was sent to contemporary hit radio as the fifth and final single from the album. A French version of the song featuring French singer Kendji Girac, alternatively titled "Attends-moi", was released on February 16, 2015 in France, Belgium and Switzerland. It is also included on the deluxe version of Girac's debut studio album Kendji (2015). An Italian version of the song featuring Italian rapper Fedez was released on May 26, 2015 only in Italy.
Pierre David Guetta is a French DJ, music programmer, record producer and songwriter. He has sold over nine million albums and thirty million singles worldwide. In 2011, Guetta was voted as the number one DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll. In 2013, Billboard crowned "When Love Takes Over" as the number one dance-pop collaboration of all time.
"One Last Time" is a dance-pop and EDM song. Its instrumentation consists of sampled drums and a synth line. The single reached the top-twenty in twelve countries, including Australia, Canada, France, the United Kingdom and the United States, where it became Grande's sixth top-twenty single on the US Billboard Hot 100. The single's peak of number 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 ended Grande's streak of consecutive top ten hits from 2014. It was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
The song's accompanying music video was released on February 15, 2015 and was directed by Max Landis. The music video is visually presented as a found footage, similar to Landis' previous work. The video faced controversy due to its similarity to the music video for the Australian band SAFIA's single "You Are the One", with Grande and Landis being accused of intellectual property theft. Grande promoted the song with a live performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , the 2015 NBA All-Star Game halftime show, and during her first world tour, The Honeymoon Tour (2015).
Max Landis is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and comic book writer who wrote the films Chronicle (2012), American Ultra (2015), Victor Frankenstein (2015), and Bright (2017), as well as a variety of short films including The Death and Return of Superman and Wrestling Isn't Wrestling. He was an executive producer on the Syfy anthology horror series Channel Zero, as well as creator and showrunner for the American adaptation of Douglas Adams' science fiction detective comedy novel series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency on BBC America, which both premiered in October 2016.
Controversy is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of conflicting opinion or point of view. The word was coined from the Latin controversia, as a composite of controversus – "turned in an opposite direction," from contra – "against" – and vertere – to turn, or versus, hence, "to turn against."
Grande re-released "One Last Time" as a charity single in June 2017, following the Manchester Arena bombing at her concert the previous month. This resulted in the song reaching a new peak of number 2 on the UK Singles Chart following the One Love Manchester concert, as well as reaching a new peak of number 15 in the Irish Singles Chart. Grande will donate all proceeds to the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund to aid the victims of the bombing and their families. Overall, the song attained a top-ten peak in Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the top-twenty of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Spain and the United States.
French DJ David Guetta co-wrote "One Last Time".
Rami Yacoub, also known by the mononym Rami, is a Swedish music producer and songwriter and former member of the songwriting/production houses Cheiron Studios and Maratone. Yacoub collaborated extensively with Max Martin in the early part of his career. He has worked with acts such as Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Bon Jovi, Backstreet Boys, Demi Lovato, One Direction, Westlife, The Saturdays, P!nk, Celine Dion, Enrique Iglesias, Tiësto, Avicii, NSYNC and Weezer.
Carl Anthony Falk, is a Swedish songwriter, record producer and musician and has worked with artists such as Demi Lovato, One Direction, Nicki Minaj, Ellie Goulding, Madonna, Avicii, Ariana Grande, Charlie Puth and Jason Derulo.
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, Brazil, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, and the Philippines, that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the top 40 music charts. There are several subcategories, dominantly focusing on rock, pop, or urban music. Used alone, CHR most often refers to the CHR-pop format. The term contemporary hit radio was coined in the early 1980s by Radio & Records magazine to designate top 40 stations which continued to play hits from all musical genres as pop music splintered into adult contemporary, urban contemporary and other formats.
A 19-second sample of "One Last Time".
In the wake of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing, a resurgence of popularity and meaning for the single came as a homage to the victims of the event. Fans had started a petition to get the song to the top of the charts. The song re-entered strongly on the record charts across several nations including the UK, where it subsequently rose to a new peak of number two on the UK Singles Chart following the One Love Manchester benefit concert, as well as a new chart peak of number sixteen in Ireland, which was topped the week after by a chart move to number fifteen. It was certified platinum soon after, on June 9, 2017, by the BPI for selling over 600,000 copies, and then double platinum on February 23, 2018 for shipments of over 1.2 million copies in the country, her first single to do so. In Scotland, "One Last Time" also re-entered following the incident, and eventually topped the Scottish Singles chart on the issue dated June 9, 2017. The song also reached number 35 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, and number 23 in France and number 11 in Spain.
The music video stars Grande's Victorious co-star Matt Bennett.
"Andalouse" is a song recorded by French singer Kendji Girac. It was written by Rachid Mir, Christian Dessart and Nazim Khaled, being produced by The Bionix. The song was released by Mercury Records on August 18, 2014 as the lead single from Girac's debut eponymous album, Kendji. "Andalouse" is a dance-pop song with influences of Latin and Indian music, and it also features the singer having a conversation in Spanish.
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For other people named Mike Pearson, see Mike Pearson (disambiguation).
Michael 'Mike' Parker Pearson, FSA, FSA Scot, FBA (born 26 June 1957) is an English archaeologist specialising in the study of the Neolithic British Isles, Madagascar and the archaeology of death and burial, and is known for his catchphrase "The Dead Don't Bury Themselves". A professor at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, he previously worked for 25 years as a professor at the University of Sheffield in England, and was the director of the Stonehenge Riverside Project. A prolific author, he has also written a variety of books on the subject.
Parker Pearson gained his BA in archaeology from Southampton University in 1979. Supervised by Ian Hodder as a post-graduate at Cambridge, Parker Pearson was a contemporary of Sheena Crawford, Daniel Miller, Henrietta Moore, Christopher Tilley and Alice Welbourn; these students were influenced by Hodder's ideas, then a pioneering part of the post-processualist current within archaeological theory. He went on to gain his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1985, producing a thesis on burials and bog bodies in Iron Age Denmark.
A media personality, Parker Pearson has appeared several times in the Channel 4 show Time Team in particular in one looking at the excavation of Durrington Walls. He also appeared in the National Geographic Channel documentary Stonehenge Decoded, along with the PBS programme "NOVA: Secrets of Stonehenge".
Parker Pearson was born in 1957. He would later inform interviewers that he first took an interest in the past when searching for fossils in his father's driveway gravel aged 4, extending that interest into the human past aged 6 when he read a library book entitled Fun with Archaeology. Deciding to study the subject at the undergraduate level, he attended the University of Southampton, attaining a first class BA with honours in Archaeology in 1979.
Parker Pearson became interested in Marxism. In the 1984 anthology Ideology, Power and Prehistory, edited by Daniel Miller and Christopher Tilley, Parker Pearson published a paper in which he examined the pre-state societies of Jutland from a Marxist perspective. At the start of this paper, he noted that it had repurcussions for Marxism in that its findings discerned "a certain blurring between capitalism and non-capitalism." He obtained his PhD from King's College, University of Cambridge in 1985, for a thesis which he had titled "Death, society and social change: the Iron Age of southern Jutland 200 BC – 600 AD" in which he discussed what was known about the bog bodies of Denmark; it would remain unpublished.
From 1984 through to 1990, Parker Pearson worked as an Inspector of Monuments for English Heritage, and in 1989 he received membership to the Institute for Archaeologists. In 1990, he secured an academic teaching position at the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield, where he would work for the next 21 years. In 1991 he was admitted as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and in 1996 then became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
From 2003 through to 2009, Parker Pearson directed the Stonehenge Riverside Project. The project garnered three major archaeological awards: the Andante Travel Archaeology Award (2008), the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries Award (2009), and the UK Archaeological Research Project of the Year (2010). His work in leading the project also led to Parker Pearson being personally awarded the UK Archaeologist of the Year award in 2010.
Parker Pearson and his team of researchers played a key role in the discovery of a new henge site along the River Avon that links to Stonehenge. This new site was uncovered through excavation during the Stonehenge Riverside Project and was given the name "Bluestonehenge" or "Bluehenge" because traces of bluestones were found during the excavation.
From 2006 through to 2009, he served as the Vice-President of the Prehistoric Society. Interacting with various parts of the media, Parker Pearson has published articles in a variety of different sources, such as on the BBC website, has given interviews to groups such as Pagans for Archaeology and most recently discussed his career in an interview with Papers from the Institute of Archaeology.
In 2012, Parker Pearson left the University of Sheffield and began teaching at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, as Professor of British Later Prehistory.
On 16 July 2015, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).
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Who is responsible for establishing school bus routes and stops?
The School Board has the authority and responsibility to establish bus routes and stops. The school bussing coordinator should also be consulted. When the stop is on a state highway, the Vermont Agency of Transportation can be consulted and may send someone out to look at the stop and put up a sign if warranted.
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Brad Paisley (born October 28, 1972) is an American country music singer and songwriter from Glen Dale, West Virginia. Brad Paisley has stated that his love of country music stems from his maternal grandfather, who gave Paisley his first guitar at age 8 and taught him how to play. At age 12, Paisley wrote his first song, and by 13 he was the opening act for country singers. Paisley graduated from John Marshall High School in Glen Dale and enrolled at Belmont University (from 1993 to 1995). While in college, he met Frank Rogers, a fellow student who went on to serve as his producer. Paisley also met Kelley Lovelace, who became his songwriting partner. After graduating from Belmont, Paisley signed a songwriting contract with EMI Music Publishing. His debut as a singer was with the label Arista Nashville, with the song, "Who Needs Pictures" (released February 22, 1999). In May of that same year, he made his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. Seven months later he had his first #1 hit with, ""He Didn't Have To Be." In 2000, Paisley made an appearance on the nationally televised special, "Route 66: Main Street America" featured on TLC (TV channel) and later that same year he won the Country Music Association's (CMA) Horizon Award and the Academy of Country Music's best new male vocalist trophy. He received his first Grammy Award nomination a year later. On February 17, 2001, after forty appearances on the show, he was inducted into the Opry Hall of Fame. In 2002, he won the CMA Music Video of the Year for ""I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)." Several celebrities made notable guest appearances in the video, inluding Little Jimmy Dickens, Kimberly Williams (Paisley), Dan Patrick, and Jerry Springer. Paisley released his third album, Mud on the Tires (2003), following Who Needs Pictures and Part II. The album features the hit song "Celebrity," the video of which parodies reality shows such as Fear Factor and American Idol and included such celebrities as Jason Alexander, Little Jimmy Dickens, Trista Rehn, and William Shatner. The album's title track, "Mud on the Tires," reached Billboard #1 in 2004. In 2005, after touring with Reba McEntire and Terri Clark on the critically acclaimed "Two Hats and a Redhead Tour," he released Time Well Wasted, containing 15 tracks, including "Alcohol", a duet ("When I Get Where I'm Going") with Dolly Parton, another ("Out in the Parking Lot") with Alan Jackson, and a bonus track, "Cornography". Brad Paisley was the 2008 CMA and ACM Male Vocalist of the Year winner. Starting with the release of his 1999 album Who Needs Pictures, Paisley has recorded seven studio albums and a Christmas compilation on the Arista Nashville label, with all of his albums certified gold or higher by the RIAA. In addition, he has charted 25 singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 15 of which have reached #1 with a record 10 consecutive singles reaching the top spot on the charts. On November 10, 2010, Paisley won the coveted Entertainer of the Year award at the 44th annual CMA Awards. In 2009 he released American Saturday Night which has his first single Then. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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I had a question about how to start a yoga practice, i.e. what yoga pose warm ups or actions to begin with.
One possibility for a yoga pose warm up is to sit or stand and focus on moving your awareness around your body. Some people like to do a body scan at the end of a yoga yoga practice, while in shivasana, and as a way to help relax.
Personally I'd rather start my yoga practice with a body scan, while standing or seated, and use that awareness throughout my yoga practice.
If you start your yoga practice with a standing meditation that can then lead to standing poses or sun salutations.
If doing a seated meditation to start with, that can then lead to seated poses. You could also move back and forwards between sitting and standing poses. For example, you could try twists first while sitting then do twists while standing. Try spinal back bends while sitting, to tune in to your spine, then try equivalent exercises while standing.
When I first started doing yoga I learned Ashtanga yoga, and so in that system, the yoga pose warm up was sun salutations.
(There's two types in the Ashtanga system, Sun Salutation A and the slightly longer Sun Salutation B.)If you aren't in the mood for sun salutations (but still want to do them) you could start of with a simpler exercise, say rocking backwards and forwards on the feet.
Rocking forwards the aim would be to rock forwards to the point where pressure is even on toes and forefeet.
Rocking back the aim could be to rock back far enough that the toes can relax.
And then add on to these two actions by lengthening the spine while rocking forwards and then relaxing it while rocking back.
The intent in the first set of movements (rocking back and forwards) is to create increased body awareness by trying to stay balanced. In the second set of movements (lengthening and relaxing the spine) the intent is to become aware of the spine.
You can then you carry this awareness into doing the actual sun salutation.
Another option for warming up to a sun salutation is to start from a seated position and perhaps start with spinal twists or spinal forwards bends and back bends.
And then from there put the hands forwards and step back to downward dog.
Since downward dog can be challenging, I might start with knees bent and focus first on feeling my hands (spreading the bones of the palms and the fingers adds tension making it easier to feel the hands as well as giving them an uncommon stretch.
I'll also notice my elbows.
For example, which way are they pointing? Are they symmetrical? What happens if I point them more to the sides or more to the back?
From downward dog I can move to standing and then start the next sun salutation from the beginning.
And the next time I get into down dog I can expand on the previous awareness exercises and work on lengthening my spine, straightening my knees and also reaching my heels to the floor.
In this case the focus isn't on pushing to get deeper, but rather on feeling the body and creating space so that I have room to easily move deeper. That's not to say some effort isn't involved, but it's finessed effort. Like feeling a key as you insert it into a lock rather than just jamming it in.
And that is in general how I like to do all yoga pose warm ups.
If I'm teaching a class and not sure what I'll be teaching, I'll often start of with neck stretches followed by wrist and foot and ankle stretches.
These are parts of the body it is easy to ignore or forget about. Done in isolation it is easy to focus on feeling these parts while you are stretching them.
As an example, while twisting, side bend, front bending and back bending the neck, I like to focus on feeling the individual vertebrae of the cervical spine.
While stretching the toes and ankles I focus on feeling the feet. While doing weight bearing wrist stretches I focus on lifting my weight (so I'm not pushing on my wrist so much) and also on pushing my fingers down, whether the backs of my hands are facing upwards or on the floor.
That awareness can then be expanded to feeling other parts of the body.
A yoga pose warm up is not just to get the body warm, but to tune into the body, to feel it so that you then have a better idea of what to do and how to do it.
If I start with seated spinal backbends, the first focus can be on feeling the bones of the spine (the vertebrae) moving relative to each other. The next challenge can be that of feeling the muscles that cause the back bend, the spinal erectors.
And then the next challenge can be to deepen the back bend by intensifying the contraction of the spinal erectors.
These actions could then be followed by poses like extended cat pose where you focus on activating spinal erectors and the back of the lifted leg. And one possible compliment, dog pose, with knees lifted, or the standing knee raise.
Sometimes I like to warm up first with seated twists, focusing on feeling the individual vertebrae. Then I might stand and focus on side bends, while using the muscles along the side of the body to deepen the side bend.
Another fun way to start of a yoga practice, while developing concentration at the same time is to work on variations of balancing cat pose.
This is where the leg and arm on the same side are both lifted.
Rather than holding, I'll initially focus on weight shifting first. (This is a type of balance exercise.)I might shift the hips to the side, then lift the leg, then shift the ribcage, then reach the arm. Then return to center and repeat, changing sides each time.
This can turn into a smooth rhythmic exercise.
And then after a few repetitions, hold the forward position with arms up, and optionally bring the palms together.
This could be followed by chair pose or squats, slowly lowering into chair pose and slowly standing up (or starting from a low relaxed position and moving up into a squat).
Then to rest the legs while still working, follow with a standing side bend.
The squats have the happy affect that they can create awareness as well as warm your body up.
More gentle standing exercises include sideways weight shifts (another balance exercise) where I shift my weight from center to one leg and back again. I might add a knee raise to the front or the side or reach a leg back.
Another alternative to develop ab awareness is to first practice pulling the lower belly in and up while standing with knees slightly bent. The low tailbone drops and you can look for a feeling of openness in the lower back. From there you can shift to one leg and lift the other knee, and if you like straighten it. Then release and repeat, swapping sides each time.
For leg stability you can focus on standing on one leg, activate the inner and outer thigh and hip muscles then bend forwards and stand up while keeping those muscles engaged. Repeat, switching sides each time. You can do the same moving into half moon pose.
If you find you are tight, then repeat the pose a few times, changing sides if it is asymmetrical or picking two or three yoga stretches to move between.
Then after you've finished your stretches, then do some strengthening work so that you reactivate the muscles that you've just stretched.
If you do lots of shoulder stretches, then do arm strengthening poses. If you do lots of leg stretches, particularly inner thigh stretches, then do some leg strengthening or standing yoga poses to reactivate stretched muscles.
For improving flexibility I've found that it is more effective to stretch cold or cool. To prevent injury while stretching I focus on moving into any stretch gradually and smoothly while at the same time paying attention to my body so that I can stop if something doesn't feel right.
However that is my experience. If that doesn't work for you or you'd rather be warm to stretch, then start with some strengthening yoga poses or use simple movements like weight shifts prior to stretching.
If you still aren't sure where to start, then sit with your legs crossed, put your hands together and focus on being still for a few moments. Ask yourself (or god) what you want to get out of your practice. As soon as you have an idea, then start there.
While the focus on this article was yoga pose warm ups, what to do to begin a yoga practice I feel I should also talk about the end.
Not all practices will be perfect. Not all practices will feel good. However, if you open to the idea of exploring your body and learning it then each practice can be an opportunity to learn.
And if you think that you've just had a crappy practice, then at the end, look back and see if you've learned anything. Then maybe your practice won't seem as bad.
Likewise with your warm ups. Experiment. See what works and what doesn't. And so that you reduce the risk of injury while dong yoga poses, practice moving slowly and smoothly both while doing yoga pose warm ups and while moving in and out of yoga poses.
If you are short on time, rather than trying to pack a lot in, pick one or two poses to work on.
Or think of an element of a pose that gives you trouble. Try to isolate that yoga pose element (or brush stroke) and figure out an exercise to help you improve that element.
This can be done in five minutes a day and can be an excellent boost for concentration and body awareness. It's also a great way to exercise the shoulders and arms.
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Despite the fact that the Soviet Union intended to use airships only for peaceful activity, they were forced to take part in WW2 and made a significant contribution to the victory effort.
When the 1917 Revolution broke out, the Russian airship industry was in free fall, so to speak. Only in 1920 did the Soviets decide to renovate their airship fleet. Unlike the Russian Empire, which purchased most of its airships abroad, the young Soviet state had no such opportunity since back then it was in full international isolation.
The first Soviet airship to see the light of day was in fact an old one from the Russian Empire that was repaired and restored. The Astra was the only Russian airship that successfully conducted a combat mission during WWI. In 1915, it effectively bombed Lyck (modern-day Elk) railway station in north-eastern Poland. In Soviet Russia, the Astra was renamed the Red Star.
The Red Star was followed by the VI October, which made its maiden flight in 1923. It was built out of all possible materials Soviet engineers had access to. For instance, its balloon envelope was made out of different pieces from old airships.
The next airship, which appeared in 1924, had the unusual name Moskowsky Khimik-Rezinchik (Moscow Chemist-Rubber Engineer), indicating that it was funded by Soviet chemical industry workers.
To effectively develop its airship industry, the Soviet Union sought rich foreign experience. In 1930, a group of Soviet specialists visited the leading countries in airship building: France, Germany and the US.
In the 1930s the Soviet airship industry gained momentum: airships appeared one after another. Whereas the Russian Empire created its airship fleet primarily for warfare, the Soviet Union planned to use them for peaceful purposes.
In 1937, the largest Soviet V-6 airship set a new world record for airship endurance of 130 hours 27 minutes.
The Soviet V-1, V-2, V-3 and V-4 airships were designed to combat forest fires, terminate malaria sources, explore the vast territories of Siberia, and be widely used in agriculture as well as for political agitation. The military, however, did benefit from airships, using them for parachute drills.
Training of the Soviet Airborne Troops was one of the main tasks for airships in WWII as well. Since all other aircraft were engaged in fighting the Nazis, airships became the perfect replacement to prepare paratroopers.
Airships were also used to transport small cargo, fuel, and people, and helped in searching for naval mines and sunken ships. Once, an airship even survived an attack by Luftwaffe fighters. But despite being hit by hundreds of bullets, it still managed to get back to base.
In spite of such miracles, the age of airships was over. They could no longer compete with more modern aviation. The last Soviet airship, the V-12 Patriot, saw the light of day in 1947, but ceased all operations the same year.
Here you can find out how the history of airship building started in Russia.
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Police are asking motorists to spy on each other for examples of poor driving in an alarming new extension of the 'Big Brother' state.
Drivers are told to be on the look out for inconsiderate driving or anybody making 'excessive noise' with their car.
Detailed reports - which critics warn could easily be malicious accusations against neighbours - are submitted to the police, who log extensive details on a huge computer database.
The details are also checked against DVLA databases and the Police National Computer.
Anybody who is reported twice in 12 months faces police action - despite never being caught breaking the law.
Officers say they can be considered 'repeat offenders'.
The action could involve a warning letter or even a knock on the door from a police officer.
The force that is piloting the scheme, Sussex, has already received 20,488 reports.
They are made online - with the accused driver never knowing who is responsible.
Freedom of Information requests reveal 2,695 drivers have received 'letters of advice following reports of their driving'.
A further 1,047 drivers have had 'sanctions imposed on them'. This happens when the reports lead to police discovering offences such as an out-of-date tax disc.
Police say it protects the public against dangerous drivers.
Critics have likened the scheme to the East German Stasi - which encouraged residents to inform upon one another.
If successful, the so-called Operation Crackdown it is likely to be rolled out nationwide.
Dylan Sharpe, campaign director of Big Brother Watch, who uncovered the scheme, said the 'whole process is based on unfounded accusations by untrained and possibly prejudiced members of the public.
He added: 'This scheme is wide-open to abuse; ranging from people with minor grudges against neighbours to busybody drivers who think they know what constitutes bad driving.
The scheme is being promoted using a taxpayer-funded newsletter, called Vibe.
Under the section headed, If you See Someone Driving Antisocially, it says; 'Pull over safely at the side of the road, or ask a passenger to write down details.
'Record the make, model, colour and number plate of the vehicle.
'To help pin-point where you saw the incident..use house numbers, road names or shop names. Write down what you saw as soon as you can, so it's fresh in your mind.
It goes on: 'All reports remain live for a period of two months and a vehicle is automatically 'flagged up' if it is reported more than once.
Police defend the scheme on the grounds it stops anti-social behaviour on the roads.
The Operation Crackdown website can also be used to report motorists who are actually breaking the law, by not wearing a seatbelt, or driving under the influence of drink or drugs.
It is not clear how fellow drivers or pedestrians are supposed to know whether a person behind the wheel has been drinking.
The scheme is run jointly by the police and council, through a so-called safer Communities Partnership.
There have been numerous other examples of Town halls using Stasi-like tactics. These include asking friendly residents to place CCTV cameras in their windows, to film public land.
The intention is to catch people putting out their rubbish on the wrong day so they can be punished for fly-tipping.
Images from the cameras can be viewed on a computer and accessed remotely by CCTV control rooms open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The evidence can be used to take people to court.
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What provisions should contain an agreement for the provision of services ?
The services which should be provided by the service provider to the client may be described by reference to an exhibit. Their scope, volume and nature should be clearly defined.
The agreement may also authorize the client to request at any time the provision of additional services. In such case, it may be stated that, in the absence of a specific agreement between the parties regarding such additional services, the additional services shall be provided and billed in accordance with the general terms and conditions of sale of the service provider in force at the time of their provision.
The service provider may on the other hand require that the client cooperates and provides in a timely manner all information which may be necessary for the performance, by the service provider, of its obligations.
While drafting and negotiating such clauses, particular attention should be paid to the difference between the so-called "obligations to achieve a specific result" (such as, an obligation to meet a specified budget or deadline) and "obligations of best efforts" (such as, an obligation to use its best efforts to meet the budget or the specified deadline). While breach by a party of an obligation to achieve a specific result will ispo facto entitle the other party to seek damages for breach of contract, such damages may be more difficult to obtain if the obligation was one of best efforts.
Regarding payment terms, attention should be paid to the provisions of article L. 441-6 of the French Commercial Code ("Code de Commerce"). According to this article, and unless otherwise agreed between the parties, payment for provided services should be made within 30 days after the date on which they were provided. Furthermore, the parties are not allowed to agree on payment terms which exceed 35 days end of month or 60 days after the invoice date. Non-compliance with the provisions of article L. 441-6 is punishable by a fine up to 15.000€.
The parties should pay specific attention to duration. Indeed, pursuant to French law, an agreement which does not contain a specified duration is considered to be entered into for an indefinite term. It may therefore be terminated at any time by any party, subject to a reasonable prior notice.
In addition to duration, the agreement should also provide for a right, by each party, to terminate the agreement as of right and without judicial formalities in the event of breach of its obligations by the other party. Indeed, pursuant to French law, in the absence of specific provisions enabling a party to terminate an agreement, such agreement may only be terminated upon court order.
The agreement should also specify which clauses (such as confidentiality obligations, representations and warranties, etc.) should survive its termination. Such surviving clauses should also have a duration as, pursuant to French law, an obligation which does not have a specified term is considered to be of indefinite duration and may therefore be terminated at any time subject to a reasonable prior notice.
information which is required to be disclosed pursuant to mandatory provisions of applicable law or by a court order or a decision of a governmental authority.
To survive the termination of the agreement, a confidentiality clause should specify that it shall apply after the termination or expiration of the agreement, for a specified period of time.
A non-solicitation clause prohibits a party from solliciting the employees or subcontractors of the other party. To survive the termination of the agreement, such clause should specify that it shall apply after the termination or expiration of the agreement, for a specified period of time.
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How many times have you put on blush in the morning only to have it disappear on you by noon? Yeah, you're not the only one with this problem. According to experts, formula and weather may be factors, but it's most likely because you've been applying blush wrong all your life.
While it's S.O.P. to buff liquid foundation first before dusting on powder blush afterwards, you're actually doing yourself a disservice. That's because when the pigmented powder mixes with creamy foundation, the color disappears. To override this physical phenomenon, let your wet base rest on your skin for a few seconds, veil with translucent powder, and then proceed to apply powder blush. The thin layer of translucent powder acts as a barrier that preserves the blush's true hue.
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US dancer, choreographer, and director. He studied in Los Angeles with Horton and later with Graham, Holm, and Weidman in New York, making his debut in Horton's company in 1950. In 1953, after Horton's death, he took over as director, then in 1954 went to New York to dance in the Broadway musical House of Flowers. In the same year he also appeared in the film Carmen Jones. A big, graceful dancer he gave his first New York concert in 1957 and in 1958 formed the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. In the company's first year he created Blues Suite, a work exploring the pain and anger of his own African-American heritage. It became one of his most popular works, defining his stylistic mix of modern, jazz, classical, and black dance as well as his unique ability to fuse powerful emotion with a flamboyant theatricality. In 1960 Ailey created the company's signature work Revelations, which was followed by numerous other works, including Masekela Language (mus. H. Masekela, 1969), Cry (a solo for Judith Jamison, mus. Alice Coltrane, 1971), and Night Creature (mus. Ellington, 1975) which has been taken into the repertoire of several other companies e.g. London Festival Ballet. He also choreographed works for the Robert Joffrey Ballet, including Feast of Ashes (mus. Carlos Surinach, 1962), and for American Ballet Theatre, including River (mus. Ellington, 1970), as well as for musical comedies and for Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra (1966). Initially Ailey's company was perceived as an African-American ensemble but over the years it has recruited its dancers from a broad ethnic mix, and has become renowned for the highly individual personalities of its members. In 1969 its associate school was founded and in 1974 its youth company, Alvin Ailey II. From 1964 the company began touring extensively overseas. In 1972 it changed its name to Alvin Ailey City Center Dance Theater when it became resident in that venue but reverted to its original name in 1976. In 1979 both the company and school moved to the Minskoff building. After Ailey's death Judith Jamison took over as director, continuing his vision and his policies with marked success. In 2005 company and school moved into a purpose-built building in Manhattan, the Joan Weill Center for Dance, where it expanded its community and education projects. Under Jamison, Ailey's work continues to be key to the company's repertory, but it also features work by an eclectic range of other choreographers including Horton, McKayle, Talley Beatty, Lubovitch, Ulysses Dove, van Manen, Bill T. Jones, Jamison, Redha, Tharp, and Béjart.
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The Law of Attraction What are you thinking about right now? The Law of Attraction states that "whatever we think about, we bring about". This law may initially seem like new age fluff but believe it or not, there are scientific merits to this proposition. The top quantum physicists of our time have discovered that our universe and our reality is very much directed by the "observer". When studying quantum particles (the smallest observable unit of matter), these scientists discovered that such particles behave in accordance with the person conducting the experiment. It the scientists "predict" that quantum particles behave in a certain way, they do.
And yet, if the scientists "predict" that quantum particles behave in another way, they do. It is the "observer" that dictates the outcome of the experiment! What does all this mean for us normal people? Well actually, these scientific experiments has far reaching implications for us as our world is made up of these same quantum particles! In this case, we are the "observer" the director and hence the creator of our reality, our world and our experience. So, be careful of what you think about! for example, have you thoughts ever begun with the following phrases: I don't understand. I don't want.
I'm frustrated that. I hate my. I can't figure out . I'm stressed about.
I'm worried that. I should be able to. but I can't. Why am I having so much trouble? The Law of Attraction is indifferent to the words preceding your thought. Whatever you think about you will attract into your life.
When you think "I don't understand why bad things always happen to me?", you are "attracting" bad things into your life. When you think "I want to get out of debt", you are attracting more debt into your life. When you think "I'm worried I will get sick", you are attracting sickness into your life! The Law of Attraction brings about what you focus on even if it is not what you want. Get it? If you understand this principle, here are some examples of how to make the law of attraction work to support you rather than to act against you. Try observing your thoughts and changing your thinking in the following way: "I want to get out of debt" to "I want to earn amazing riches" "I hate my boss" to "I look forward to owning my own business" "I don't understand why he is so lazy" to "I love it when he helps out around the house" "I'm stressed about this project" to "I always create amazing results in my projects" "I'm worried about getting sick" to "I experience vibrant health daily" Now that we have a better understanding of the Law of Attraction, it is no surprise why so many people struggle with regards to money.
It is been said that "the rich get richer while the poor get poorer". This is actually the Law of Attraction in action. Because the wealthy have money, they often think about how to best use their money and hence they attract more money. The poor on the other hand often think about their present lack of money and unfortunately, that also attracts lack into their lives. Currently, 96% of the world's wealth is being earned by just 1% of the population! To address this issue learn what the wealthy already know. How to employ the law of attraction to create wealth in every area of your life.
This amazing secret has been hidden, supressed and coveted throught history. What is the Secret of Getting Rich about? To paraphase it is this, The obtainment of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way. Those who do things in this certain way, whether on purpose or accidentally, knowingly or unknowingly, get rich. Those who do not do things in this certain way, no matter how long and hard they work or how able or skilled they are, remain poor. It is a natural law that like causes always produce like effects. Therefore, any man or woman who learns to do things in this certain way and applies the principles will infallibly get rich.
The Secret of Getting Rich is all about learning how to do things in this "certain" way to create wealth, happiness and prosperity in your life.
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Before being able to give a definition on what is missiology, I think we need to define the term mission as such. Afterwards, it will be easier to give a definition of missiology, the science of mission.
Inside the church premises, mission is one of those theological terms that many use but having different ideas in mind. In many church traditions in the Global South, mission is used as a term with positive connotations. Further, mission history where it is not linked to colonialism awakens very positive memories. Nevertheless, depending which church tradition one is dealing with, the theological content might differ. In the Global North, especially moving in secular contexts, the term mission is quite controversial—as soon as it is used by church people. Many people do associate the term with (forced) conversion and colonialism, paired with destruction of cultures and beliefs. On the one hand, those tendencies are represented inside the churches, and on the other hand, the term is used in an unreflective way, serving mainly as a synonym for converting people of other faiths.
Taking the term missio Dei as a starting point, which can be seen as a biblical and theological outcome of the Conference for World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) in Willingen, Germany, in 1952, and looking at the diverse CWME it becomes obvious that the conferences have been a kind of barometer of missiological thinking. If one has a closer look at the CWME, it appears that the content of mission and missiology has switched from “making disciples” by my personal endeavour (Edinburgh, 1910) to other topics and aims. Hence, mission is rather about facing the secular world (Jerusalem, 1928) as well as living in a peaceful way with people of other faiths and cooperating as religious people (Tambaram, 1938). Furthermore, it is about collaborating with Christians of very different types (Mexico City, 1963), being moulded by pluritextualities (Bahia de Salvador, 1996), including oppressed and poor people (Melbourne, 1980), and accepting that the Spirit is moving wherever he/she wants (San Antonio, 1989). It is additionally about a holistic healing, including repentance (Athens, 2005) and acknowledging a mission from the margins (Arusha, 2018).
In short, the Triune God is the one who sends each believer and the church. They can shine in the world and be salt in it (Matt 5). Through the Holy Spirit, conversion takes place. The role of Christian believers in mission, led by the Holy Spirit, is first about hermeneutics, translating the gospel into different contexts. Secondly, it is about transmission, about witnessing to the gospel and communicating it. Third, mission is about transformation of life circumstances, being repentant and hence becoming a transformative disciple.
Next to translation, a second aspect of mission is transmission. The term mission, from the Latin mittere, implies already the fact that something should be shared, something should be communicated, and something should be transmitted. Mission is about witnessing—more precisely witnessing to Christ. Witnessing is a central topic of Christian life—being salt and light in the world. Witnessing Christ can be done in various ways. It is not only about the preached word. It can be done through the way of life, societal engagement, and ecumenical diaconia we are involved in and through the option for the poor that was stressed vehemently at the WMC in Bangkok in 1973 and Melbourne in 1980.
Both terms, transforming and discipleship, are challenging. Changes, reformation, and transformation in church milieus are often seen as a threat. Church people are not always the most flexible; we like to stick to our traditions. In so far as discipleship means transformation, discipleship and church seem like more or less heterogeneous ideas.
Yet, discipleship entails something very revolutionary, which turns everything upside down.
If we talk about a transformative discipleship, it is about turning the society we live in, with its norms, standards, and customs, upside down. Christian individuals and Christian congregations are therefore called to deal with their neighbouring and surrounding contexts in a quite critical—I would even use the term radical—way where necessary.
In fulfilling this type of mission, which is “a way of life,” we become transformative disciples and “are called to break down walls” and to “follow the way of the cross”7—which is not always the most pleasant or easiest, but it’s all about the hope that all “may have life, and have it abundantly” (John 10:10).8 With this in mind, and looking at the pluritextualities of Christianity and the CWME, we can detect the three pillars of translation, transmission and transformation that help to define and to deal with the vast field of mission and missiology today.
1 Those ideas are more elaborated in my article: “Mission and Its Three Pillars: Translation, Transmission and Transformation,” in International Review of Mission 107, no. 2 (2018): 399–412.
2 Jooseop Keum, ed., Together Towards Life: Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes—with a Practical Guide (Geneva, Switzerland: World Council of Churches, 2013), 54, https://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/publications/TogethertowardsLife_MissionandEvangelism.pdf.
3 World Council of Churches, “Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World: Recommendations for Conduct,” June 28, 2011, 12, https://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/wcc-programmes/interreligious-dialogue-and-cooperation/christian-identity-in-pluralistic-societies/christian-witness-in-a-multi-religious-world.
4 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995), 64.
5 Ion Bria, The Liturgy after the Liturgy: Mission and Witness from an Orthodox Perspective (Geneva, Switzerland: World Council of Churches, 1996).
6 Geevarghese Coorilos, “WCC/CWME World Mission Conference – Arusha, Tanzania, 8–13 March 2018,” International Review of Mission 107, no. 2 (2018): 311–19; free download of the address: https://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/commissions/mission-and-evangelism/cwme-moderators-address-metropolitan-geevarghese-coorilos.
7 Together Towards Life, 29.
8 “The Arusha Call to Discipleship,” International Review of Mission 107, no. 2 (2018). 542–46.
Benjamin Simon (ThD, University of Heidelberg) is the managing editor of the International Review of Mission as well as professor of ecumenical missiology at the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey (Geneva, Switzerland). He can be reached at benjamin.simon@wcc-coe.org. His CV can be found at http://institute.oikoumene.org/en/study-at-bossey/teaching-staff.
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What kind of concrete mixer can achieve better application effect?
For many processing places, advanced equipment should be selected to enter into production during the mixing operation of materials, which can ensure the output and avoid the failure of equipment in the working process. Now many processing industry will use mixing equipment, this equipment products in the process of running mixed operation, can complete a variety of materials for the selection of material without too many restrictions, so the equipment application range is wide, also can provide many conveniences for people, the other by mixed equipment complete materials processing, material mixing effect is guaranteed, by mixing equipment to complete the processing of the material quality of a material is uniform, to conform to the standards of the processing.
Many users do not know much about the selection method of the concrete mixer , and there are a lot of types of hybrid equipment introduced now, so users who do not know much about the hybrid equipment may have many questions about the selection method of the equipment.
Actually when choosing mixing equipment, the need to pay attention to the production requirements, equipment in some places for mixing equipment production requirement is higher, need to complete the bulk material machining process, every day for the processing industry, in order to ensure that production up to par, must pay attention to choose specifications larger mixing equipment, such equipment products in the process of running can conform to the requirements of the processing, so when choosing equipment, production requirements is an important indicator.
In the process of using the mixer at ordinary times, the staff should not only understand the correct operation method of the equipment, but also clarify the equipment selection standards and how to maintain the equipment, which are directly related to the application of the hybrid equipment, so attention should be paid to it.
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The world has seriously underestimated the amount of heat soaked up by our oceans over the past 25 years, researchers say. The world has seriously underestimated the amount of heat soaked up by our oceans over the past 25 years, researchers say.
Their study suggests that the seas have absorbed 60% more than previously thought. Their study suggests that the seas have absorbed 60% more than previously thought.
They say it means the Earth is more sensitive to fossil fuel emissions than estimated. They say it means the Earth is more sensitive to fossil fuel emissions than estimated.
This could make it much more difficult to to keep global warming within safe levels this century. This could make it much more difficult to keep global warming within safe levels this century.
What have the researchers found? What have the researchers found?
According to the last major assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world's oceans have taken up over 90% of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases. According to the last major assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world's oceans have taken up over 90% of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases.
But this new study says that every year, for the past 25 years, we have put about 150 times the amount of energy used to generate electricity globally into the seas - 60% more than previous estimates. But this new study says that every year, for the past 25 years, we have put about 150 times the amount of energy used to generate electricity globally into the seas - 60% more than previous estimates.
That's a big problem. That's a big problem.
Scientists base their predictions about how much the Earth is warming by adding up all the excess heat that is produced by the known amount of greenhouse gases that have been emitted by human activities. Scientists base their predictions about how much the Earth is warming by adding up all the excess heat that is produced by the known amount of greenhouse gases that have been emitted by human activities.
This new calculation shows that far more heat than we thought has been going into oceans. But it also means that far more heat than we thought has been generated by the warming gases we have emitted. This new calculation shows that far more heat than we thought has been going into oceans. But it also means that far more heat than we thought has been generated by the warming gases we have emitted.
Therefore more heat from the same amount of gas means the Earth is more sensitive to CO2. Therefore more heat from the same amount of gas means the Earth is more sensitive to CO2.
What are the implications of the finding? What are the implications of the finding?
The researchers involved in the study believe the new finding will make it much harder to keep within the temperature rise targets set by governments in the Paris agreement. Recently the IPCC spelled out clearly the benefits to the world of keeping below the lower goal of 1.5C relative to pre-industrial levels. The researchers involved in the study believe the new finding will make it much harder to keep within the temperature rise targets set by governments in the Paris agreement. Recently the IPCC spelled out clearly the benefits to the world of keeping below the lower goal of 1.5C relative to pre-industrial levels.
This new study says that will be very difficult indeed. This new study says that will be very difficult indeed.
"It is a big concern," said lead author Dr Laure Resplandy from Princeton University in New Jersey. "It is a big concern," said lead author Dr Laure Resplandy from Princeton University in New Jersey.
"If you look at the IPCC 1.5C, there are big challenges ahead to keep those targets, and our study suggests it's even harder because we close the window for those lower pathways." "If you look at the IPCC 1.5C, there are big challenges ahead to keep those targets, and our study suggests it's even harder because we close the window for those lower pathways."
The report suggests that to prevent temperatures rising above 2C, carbon emissions from human activities must be reduced by 25% more than previously estimated. The report suggests that to prevent temperatures rising above 2C, carbon emissions from human activities must be reduced by 25% more than previously estimated.
What does it mean for the oceans? What does it mean for the oceans?
As well as potentially making it more difficult to keep warming below 1.5 or even 2C this century, all that extra heat going into the oceans will prompt some significant changes in the waters. As well as potentially making it more difficult to keep warming below 1.5 or even 2C this century, all that extra heat going into the oceans will prompt some significant changes in the waters.
"A warmer ocean will hold less oxygen, and that has implications for marine ecosystems," said Dr Resplandy. "A warmer ocean will hold less oxygen, and that has implications for marine ecosystems," said Dr Resplandy.
"There is also sea level, if you warm the ocean more you will have more thermal expansion and therefore more sea level rise." "There is also sea level, if you warm the ocean more you will have more thermal expansion and therefore more sea level rise."
What have these scientists done differently? What have these scientists done differently?
Since 2007, scientists have been able to rely on a system of almost 4,000 Argo floats that record temperature and salinity in the oceans around the world. Since 2007, scientists have been able to rely on a system of almost 4,000 Argo floats that record temperature and salinity in the oceans around the world.
But prior to this, the methods used to measure the heat in the ocean had many flaws and uncertainties. But prior to this, the methods used to measure the heat in the ocean had many flaws and uncertainties.
Now, researchers have developed what they say is a highly precise method of detecting the temperature of the ocean by measuring the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the air. This allows them to accurately measure ocean temperatures globally, dating back to 1991, when accurate data from a global network of stations became available. Now, researchers have developed what they say is a highly precise method of detecting the temperature of the ocean by measuring the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the air. This allows them to accurately measure ocean temperatures globally, dating back to 1991, when accurate data from a global network of stations became available.
The key element is the fact that as waters get warmer they release more carbon dioxide and oxygen into the air. The key element is the fact that as waters get warmer they release more carbon dioxide and oxygen into the air.
"When the ocean warms, the amount of these gases that the ocean is able to hold goes down," said Dr Resplandy. "When the ocean warms, the amount of these gases that the ocean is able to hold goes down," said Dr Resplandy.
"So what we measured was the amount lost by the oceans, and then we can calculate how much warming we need to explain that change in gases." "So what we measured was the amount lost by the oceans, and then we can calculate how much warming we need to explain that change in gases."
Will the heat ever come back out? Will the heat ever come back out?
Yes, say the authors, but over a very long time. Yes, say the authors, but over a very long time.
"The heat stored in the ocean will eventually come back out if we start cooling the atmosphere by reducing the greenhouse effect," said Dr Resplandy. "The heat stored in the ocean will eventually come back out if we start cooling the atmosphere by reducing the greenhouse effect," said Dr Resplandy.
"The fact that the ocean holds so much heat that can be transferred back to the atmosphere makes it harder for us to keep the Earth surface temperature below a certain target in the future. "The fact that the ocean holds so much heat that can be transferred back to the atmosphere makes it harder for us to keep the Earth surface temperature below a certain target in the future.
"The ocean circulation that controls the ocean heat uptake/release operates on time scales of centuries, meaning that ocean heat would be released for the centuries to come." "The ocean circulation that controls the ocean heat uptake/release operates on time scales of centuries, meaning that ocean heat would be released for the centuries to come."
How have other scientists responded to the findings? How have other scientists responded to the findings?
With some concern. With some concern.
"The authors have a very strong track record and very solid reputation... which lends the story credibility," said Prof Sybren Drijfhout at the UK's National Oceanography Centre in Southampton. "The authors have a very strong track record and very solid reputation... which lends the story credibility," said Prof Sybren Drijfhout at the UK's National Oceanography Centre in Southampton.
"The updated estimate is indeed worrying in terms of how likely it is that society can meet 1.5 and 2 degree targets as it shifts the lower bound of climate sensitivity upward." "The updated estimate is indeed worrying in terms of how likely it is that society can meet 1.5 and 2 degree targets as it shifts the lower bound of climate sensitivity upward."
Others say that further work is required. Others say that further work is required.
"The uncertainty in the ocean heat content change estimate is still large, even when using this new independent method, which also has uncertainties," said Thomas Froelicher from the University of Bern, Switzerland. "The uncertainty in the ocean heat content change estimate is still large, even when using this new independent method, which also has uncertainties," said Thomas Froelicher from the University of Bern, Switzerland.
"The conclusion about a potential higher climate sensitivity and potentially less allowable carbon emission to stay below 2C should stimulate further investigation." "The conclusion about a potential higher climate sensitivity and potentially less allowable carbon emission to stay below 2C should stimulate further investigation."
The study has been published in the journal Nature. The study has been published in the journal Nature.
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It has been suggested that task-switching costs can be eliminated if participants memorise all stimulus-response mappings thereby avoiding task-switching altogether (Dreisbach, Goschke & Haider, 2006, 2007; Dreisbach & Haider, 2008). This has been labelled the “Look-Up Table” (LUT) approach. It has also been suggested that the LUT approach could potentially explain why animals such as monkeys (Stoet & Snyder, 2003; Avdagic et al., 2013) and pigeons (Castro & Wasserman, 2016; Meier, Lea & McLaren 2016) were able to perform task-switching without showing any task-switching costs (Dreisbach, et al., 2006, 2007; Dreisbach & Haider, 2008; Forrest, Monsell & Mclaren, 2014). In a series of eight experiments the following two questions were addressed: (1) Why do some participants show significant task-switching costs even when they do not switch between tasks (e.g., Forrest, Monsell & Mclaren, 2014)? (2) Can the LUT approach explain the absence of task-switching costs? In an attempt to answer both questions different sources of human task-switching costs are investigated in eight behavioural experiments.
Chapter 1 provides an overview of different task-switching paradigms and accounts to explain task-switching costs. Chapter 2 summarises previous attempts to remove human task-switching costs. Evidence for the absence of task-switching costs in animals is also introduced. Following up on previous studies that suggested the LUT approach can explain the absence of task-switching costs, I conducted two task-switching experiments using visual tasks (i.e., colour task and shape task) with bivalent stimuli in an attempt to re-examine the conclusions of previous LUT studies (i.e., Dreisbach, et al., 2006, 2007; Dreisbach & Haider, 2008; Forrest, Monsell & Mclaren, 2014). The results in Chapter 2 indicate that human participants cannot always eliminate task-switching costs and do not always apply the LUT approach when the task-switching strategy is controlled.
Therefore, the experiments in Chapter 3 and 4 sought to ascertain the requirements for eliminating task-switching costs when using the LUT approach. The experiments in Chapter 3 applied visual tasks where each task had a different stimulus-set. Experiments in Chapter 4 applied two classical mathematical tasks (i.e., big/small task, odd/even task) and used Chinese numbers as stimuli. The results of the experiments in Chapters 3 and 4 suggest that human participants must be able to give the correct answer without processing task-relevant features from the stimuli in order to eliminate task-switching costs. In the experiment of Chapter 5 the cue-stimulus-response mappings from Experiments 2.1 and 2.2 were rearranged so that switching between conventional tasks and rules became impossible. The results suggest that task-relevant features can trigger interferences thereby causing “task-switching costs” even when participants do not switch between tasks.
In Chapter 7, I compare a modified interference account, introduced in Chapter 5, with the compound retrieval account (e.g., Logan & Schneider, 2010) and associative learning account (Forrest et al., 2014; Meier et al., 2016) in order to explain why human participants show task-switching costs even when they do not switch between tasks. I conclude that the modified interference account provides an alternative explanation. It has been proposed that only humans are affected by strong and long-lasting interference from previous trials during task-switching. As a consequence, this interference may explain why human participants consistently show task-switching costs whereas monkeys and pigeons show no task-switching costs.
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Call to send 'strong message' to Iran Jump to media player The US says it has broken up a major terror plot in which agents linked to Iran sought to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington.
'Deadly plot' to kill ambassador Jump to media player The US says it has broken up a major terror plot in which agents linked to Iran sought to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington.
The US says it has broken up a major terror plot in which agents linked to Iran sought to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington.
Two men originally from Iran - one a naturalised US citizen - have been charged with counts of conspiracy.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that foiling the alleged plot was a "terrific achievement by our law enforcement and intelligence communities".
She also said that the US would be consulting its global partners about how to send "a strong message to Iran and further isolate it from the international community".
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This article is about the ruined city in India. For the 14th to 16th century empire, see Vijayanagara Empire. For other uses, see Vijaynagar.
Vijayanagara (Sanskrit: "City of Victory") was the capital city of the historic Vijayanagara Empire. Located on the banks of the Tungabhadra River, it spread over a large area and included the modern era Group of Monuments at Hampi site in Ballari district and others in and around that district in Karnataka, India. A part of Vijayanagara ruins known as Hampi have been designated as a UNESCO world heritage site. Vijayanagara is in the eastern part of central Karnataka, close to the Andhra Pradesh border.
Hampi is an ancient human settlement, mentioned in Hindu texts and has pre-Vijayanagara temples and monuments. In early 14th century, Deccan region including the Hoyasala and tiny Kampli Empire were invaded and plundered by armies of Khalji and later Tughlaq dynasties of the Delhi Sultanate. From these ruins was founded Vijayanagara by the Sangama brothers, who were working as soldiers in Kampli Kingdom under Kampalidevaraya. The city grew rapidly. The Vijayanagara centered empire functioned as a barrier to the Muslim sultanates in the north, leading to the reconstruction of Hindu life, scholarship, multi-religious activity, rapid infrastructure improvements and economic activity. Along with Hinduism, Vijayanagara accepted communities of other faiths such as Jainism and Islam, leading to multi-religious monuments and mutual influences. Chronicles left by Persian and European travelers state Vijayanagara to be a prosperous and wealthy city. By 1500 CE, Hampi-Vijayanagara was the world's second largest medieval era city (after Beijing) and probably India's richest at that time, attracting traders from Persia and Portugal.
Wars between nearby Muslim Sultanates and Hindu Vijayanagara continued through the 16th century. In 1565, the Vijayanagara leader was captured and beheaded, and the city fell to a coalition of Muslim Sultanates. The conquered capital city of Vijayanagara was looted and destroyed, after which it remained in ruins.
Hampi Vijayanagara in early 16th century. The sacred center featured major Hindu temples and attached markets; the urban core included the royal center; suburban satellites were spread from what is now Gangawati to Hosapete.
Vijayanagara is located in the modern era Indian state of Karnataka, along the banks of the Tungabhadra River. It is central and eastern part of the state, close to the Andhra Pradesh border. The city rapidly grew from an ancient pilgrimage center in 13th-century, to being founded as a capital of Vijayanagara Empire in early 14th century, to being a metropolis stretching by some estimates to 650 square kilometers by early 16th century. It became the world's second largest city, after Beijing, by about 1500 CE. Estimates of the population vary and are based on the size of the city and number of houses mentioned in the memoirs of foreigners who visited India and wrote about Vijayanagara. Some estimate the population was about 500,000 around 1500 CE, but others consider this estimate to be generous or too conservative.
The capital city was founded around the religious Hindu temple complex, Pampa Tirtha and Kishkinda that already existed at Hampi. The name of the city center, Hampi, is derived from Pampa, another name of goddess Parvati in Hindu theology. According to Sthala Purana, Parvati (Pampa) pursued her ascetic, yogini lifestyle to win and bring ascetic Shiva back into householder life on the banks of Tungabhadra river, on Hemakuta hill now a part of Hampi. Shiva is also called Pampapati (lit. "husband of Pampa"). The river came to be known as Pampa river. The Sanskrit word Pampa morphed into Kannada word Hampa, and the place Parvati pursued what she wanted came to be known as Hampe or Hampi. Its significance to the Hindus also comes from the Kishkindha chapters of the Hindu epic Ramayana, where Rama and Lakshmana meet Hanuman, Sugriva and the monkey army in their search for kidnapped Sita. Hampi area has many close resemblances between the place described in the epic. The regional tradition believes that it is that place mentioned in the Ramayana, attracting pilgrims.
Prior to its founding, Hindus and kings of various kingdoms visited Hampi. Hoysala Empire's Hindu kings built and supported the Hampi pilgrimage center before the 14th century. At the start of the 14th century, the armies of Delhi Sultanate, first those of Alauddin Khalji and later of Muhammad bin Tughlaq invaded and pillaged South India. The Hoysala Empire and temple cities such as those in Halebidu, Belur and Somanathapura were plundered in early 14th century. From the ruins of this collapse and destruction emerged Vijayanagara Empire and its new capital Vijayanagara. The city was founded by Harihara I and Bukka, the Sangama brothers.
The city was already a sacred site of pilgrimage for devotees of Shiva in the 10th century. It became the most powerful urban centre in the Deccan between 14th to 16th centuries and one of the ten largest cities of the world. The Renaissance Portuguese and Persian traders reported it as a marvelous achievement.
The city was a powerful urban centre in South India from 14th to 16th century and one of the ten largest cities of the world. It stood as a bastion of Hindu values dedicated to fighting back the encroachments of the Muslim sultans from the north, who soon came to be operating from Golkonda. The Sangama dynasty was involved in repeated conflicts with the Bahamani Sultanate. The Bahamanis had later disintegrated into five sultanates which formed a Deccan alliance. Krishnadevaraya after the Battle of Raichur allowed one sultan to stay in power rather than let it split into smaller kingdoms. However, later Vijayanagara kings had to contend with multiple Sultanates to their north. The Vijayanagara kingdom befriended and allowed the Portuguese to take control of Goa and western territories of the Bahamani Sultanate. The sultanates united against the Vijayanagara Empire.
An ongoing war between Muslim Sultanates and the Hindu Vijayanagara Empire led to the Battle of Talikota in 1565 CE, fought about 175 kilometres (109 mi) north. It resulted in the capture and beheading of the leader, mass confusion within the Vijayanagara forces and a shock defeat. The Sultanate army then reached Vijayanagara, looted, destroyed and burnt it down to ruins over a period of several months. This is evidenced by the quantities of charcoal, the heat-cracked basements and burnt architectural pieces found by archaeologists in Vijayanagara region. The urban Vijayanagara was abandoned and remained in ruins ever since. Vijayanagara never recovered from the ruins.
The Italian Cesare Federici writing two years after the empire's defeat states that "The Citie of Bezeneger (Vijayanagara) is not altogether destroyed, yet the houses stand still, but emptie, and there is dwelling in them nothing, as is reported, but Tygres and other wild beasts."
Archaeological evidence suggests that while the urban settlement was abandoned, a number of rural settlement in the metropolitan region were not fully emptied. Some population remained in the region (though there isn't a good assessment of how much), and a number of settlements founded in the Vijayanagara period remain occupied up to the present.
The name translates as "City of Victory", from vijaya (victory) and nagara (city). As the prosperous capital of the largest and most powerful kingdom of its time in South India, Vijayanagara attracted people from all around the world.
After Timur's sack of Delhi, North India remained weak and divided up. South India was better off, and the largest and most powerful of the southern kingdoms was Vijayanagar. This state and city attracted many of the Hindu refugees from the north. From contemporary accounts, it appears that the city was rich and very beautiful—The city is such that eye has not seen nor ear heard of any place resembling it upon earth", says Abdur-Razzak from Central Asia. There were arcades and magnificent galleries for the bazaars, and rising above them all was the palace of the king surrounded by "many rivulets and streams flowing through channels of cut stone, polished and even." The whole city was full of gardens, and because of them, as an Italian visitor in 1420, Nicolo Conti writes, the circumference of the city was sixty miles. A later visitor was Paes, a Portuguese who came in 1522 after having visited the Italian cities of the Renaissance. The city of Vijayanagar, he says, is as "large as Rome and very beautiful to the sight"; it is full of charm and wonder with its innumerable lakes and waterways and fruit gardens. It is "the best-provided city in the world" and "everything abounds." The chambers of the palace were a mass of ivory, with roses and lotuses carved in ivory at the top--"it is so rich and beautiful that you would hardly find anywhere, another such.
The ruined city is a World Heritage Site,known in that context as the Ruins of Hampi. In recent years there have been concerns regarding damage to the site at Hampi from heavy vehicular traffic and the construction of road bridges in the vicinity. Hampi was listed as a "threatened" World Heritage Site by the UNESCO but was later removed from the list after appropriate corrective measures were taken.
Traveller memoirs before 1565 CE record it as a large and developed metropolitan area. The Italian Cesari Federici writing two years after Vijayanagara Empire's military defeat in 1565 describes the city after its ruin, "... is not altogether destroyed, yet the houses stand still, but emptie [sic], and there is dwelling in them nothing, as is reported, but Tygres and other wild beasts."
"The massive walls, which can still be traced, enclosed an area of more than sixty square miles, much of which was occupied by fields and gardens watered by canals from the river. The population cannot be estimated with precision, but it was certainly very large when judged by the standards of the fifteenth century. The great majority of the houses were naturally small and undistinguished, but among them were scattered palaces, temples, public buildings, wide streets of shops shaded by trees, busy markets, and all the equipment of a great and wealthy city. The principal buildings were constructed in the regular Hindu style, covered with ornamental carving, and the fragments which have survived suffice to give point to the enthusiastic admiration of the men who saw the city in the days of its magnificence."
Sanjay Subrahmanyam states that Vijayanagara was arguably one of the only three centers during this period with a population of over 100,000 in South India and that from the contemporary accounts and what remains of its expanse, the city proper and the suburbs had a population of 500,000 to 600,000. He notes that Domingo Paes had estimated its size at 100,000 houses.
Hampi, now UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Anegundi, on the north side of the Tungabhadra River, in Koppal district.
Kamalapura, a small temple town to the southeast of the Royal Centre, also houses an archaeological museum.
Hospet, a town and railhead, to the southwest.
Monuments spread Ballari and nearby districts.
Vijayanagara kaalada Sainyavyavasthe matthu Yuddhanithi, Dr.S.Y.Somashekhar, 2009, Sanchike Prakashana, Kannada University, Hampi, Vidyaranya, 583 276, Bellary Dist.
Karnatakada Birudaavaligalu, Dr.S.Y.Somashekhar, 2014, Prasaranga, Kannada University, Hampi, Vidyaranya, 583 276, Bellary Dist.
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This approach is full of dangers and traps which have absolutely nothing to do with the trustworthiness of your other children. With no formal Trust arrangement, your child's share might very well be commingled or mixed with the assets of your other children. Should the child holding the assets be involved in a divorce, your child with special needs' share might very well end up in the hands of your former son-in-law or daughter-in-law. An unexpected death could result in your child's share being included and distributed as part of someone else's estate, totally defeating your intentions. This arrangement may violate regulations under the Succession law Reform Act.
Who should I name as trustee? A Trust Company or a family member?
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In SpamCop webmail I have set the SpamAssasin limit to 2 (setting it to 1 only cathes legit mail) and all DNS blacklists has been selected and still more and more spam mail is getting through! Well I do receive more and more spam so it is not because SpamCop is loosing the battle but the bars have to be raised?
However, it won't help for mail that's being sent to other addresses and then accessed in your SC account. If you own a domain, are you perhaps using a "catch-all" (or "default") email address that receives mail to any address a spammer might dream up? If so, you should disable that and you'll see a dramatic decrease in your spam level.
The other solution would be to add some additional filtering, either at an ISP, or at your computer. Depending upon the email software you are using, there are utilities that can filter mail as you're downloading it. I've never used any of those, but if things got bad enough, I'd consider it.
Another choice would be to petition the SC Email system owner to add to the blacklists offered in the account settings. For example, one that slipped by SpamCop into my inbox this morning came from via a relay in Spamhaus PBL (zen.spamhaus.org). I think that a lot of my false negatives would have been caught if the Zen blacklist were added as an option.
Have you investigated the headers to see why the messages are getting thrrough?
For some information, see the FAQ: Messages not Filtered - Why?
Yeah, I highly recommend the greylisting feature. I've had it on for about 3 days now and it's working great. I went from having 20+ spams an hour to having maybe 1-2. Read through the thread David linked to, and the Wikipedia article which gives a very good simple overview of how it works.
Please can we have some numbers ?
SA = 3.0 (just gone to 2.0) with bankofamerica.com and such in personal blacklist.
Does spam get though because of low SA or because of a whitelist item ?
I would love to use the greylisting but the e-mails are forwarded through SpamCop from my private domain to Gmail!!!
I was forced to disable the catch-all several years ago - after receiving several thousand spam e-mails every day!
Well I don't want to introduce yet another server into the chain! :-) It is complicated enough already!
Have you emailed support[at]spamcop.net with this specific request?
Have you started a thread (should this be moved) to the New Features forum? The New Features forum has not usually been the quickest way, but it documents the request and allows others to comment on how widely the change is wanted/needed (sets priority).
I would ask for a Moderator (I have stepped down from that position) to move this to the New Features and then reference the thread in the email request.
DT: Just about ANY request (no matter where located) has been like it went to a black hole. It has not mattered where on the forum it is located.
It has not mattered where on the forum it is located.
I disagree. While *most* requests seem to fall on deaf ears, I've seen some action in other forums, especially in the SC Email forum, but YMMV. I hope my other thread gets to stay in the Email forum. However, I do note that Trevor responded to two of the posts in "New Feature Requests" back in August, so maybe there's hope. JT's most recent post in this forum was Jan 20 2005.
However, I do note that Trevor responded to two of the posts in "New Feature Requests" back in August, so maybe there's hope. JT's most recent post in this forum was Jan 20 2005.
Trevor, being 'new' in here, was apparently not 'warned' about getting involved in 'this' forum section.
Wazoo...you should probably use some smileys once in a while so people don't think you're serious!
Unfortunately that is not an option because I forward my mails through SpamCop.
I don't have time to check the details of when it was listed and compare that to when you received the message, but I'm just pointing out that this particular message would currently get caught by the available blacklist filters.
SA = 1! And I receive between 1000 and 2000 spam mails every day and about 20 spam mails get through. So our procentage are about the same - but the spammers are just getting better and better.
SA is as low as possible! 0! Zero! Nil!
The first and third samples came from the same IP address, which was listed on the CBL 3 and 1/2 hours ago, so it's possible that you received them just before the IP was added to the CBL/XBL. The middle sample is currently on SORBS. Sorry if you already told us this, but have you analyzed the items that wind up in your Held mail, checking the "X-SpamCop-Disposition:" lines to see if your BL filter settings are actually working? Most of my Held mail gets there due to SpamAssassin scores, but some of the items get put there due to BL hits. For example, out of the 49 items I just found in my Held folder, 44 were there due to my SA threshhold, 4 were there due to hits on the SCBL and one due to "Blocked cn.countries.nerd.dk." I'm assuming that the other BL filters are currently functional, but I'll be checking my Held mail to see if that's the case. I might even do something silly like turning off SA on my account to see if the other BLs kick in.
Well I have one question to JT! Are SA tweaked or when was the filters last updated?
I would love the SA level to be raised by a factor 10 so I may be able to make use of the SA level! Now having it set to 1 just makes it a flag instead of a adjustable fence!
While admittedly, I have little spam hitting my accounts and my "spam footprint" seems to be different than many here, I currently have SA set to 5 and have received 2 false positives in the last week (89 total spam). The 2 that got through had SA ratings of 4.7 (just missed) and 1.5. The 1.5 was an AIDS Walkathon invitation which went to my yahoo address which is primarily used for testing and never used for personal contact (like the message was indicating).
I'm thinking those should be referred to as "false negatives," then. A "false positive" is generally something that a filter thinks is really spam, but isn't.
"I don't need to look in there. If it's a good idea, I'll hear about it."
"I don't want to look in there, as repeatedly telling users 'no way' wouldn't be productive."
and of course, "I don't have the time"
I believe my sense of humor (actually, the lack of one) has been mentioned a time or two in various places.
It certainly looks like everything is working properly. I'm hoping things will improve for you when the new Zen blacklist is added to the mix.
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The Windows may have problems with network hardware drivers, usually if the user has set up a VPN and changed the computer’s operating parameters. Either way, you can take some steps to solve the problem.
Restart the computer if necessary.
If you use the Windows 10 VPN feature, a good tip is to remove the configured connection, and create a new one. In the latter case, it may be necessary to completely remove the VPN program, and/or disable the Windows 10 native option, and switch to using the default network connection.
In some cases, a fix in the Windows registry may be sufficient to resolve conflicts with your network hardware. However, this is an extreme option, and before proceeding, back up the data on your computer.
It is also recommended to create a Windows restore point in case something goes wrong.
On the Windows 10 Search Bar, type Command Prompt, right-click the option, and then click Run as administrator. Confirm.
Windows should resume from startup with network devices running. Otherwise, use System Restore and return Windows to its previous state.
It is extremely advisable to enable Windows System Restore, primarily to correct problems with installing problematic programs. Thus, you can return the operating system to a point before installing the VPN program, and leave it as it was before, running normally.
Select the Enable system protection option, and under Max usage, set the dedicated disk space for creating the restore images.
Choose the restore point related to the problem application or driver and select Next, then Finish.
Finally, it is very important to keep Windows up to date with the latest drivers installed. So remember to use Windows Update frequently, or configure it to receive and install updates automatically.
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How are compounds and mixtures different?
Mixtures are made from different substances that aren't chemically bonded , whereas compounds are substances that are chemically bonded.
A compound always has the same composition. can have different compositions.
A compound consists of the atoms of two or more that are chemically joined to each other. Since the atoms are always joined in the same ratio, the composition of a compound is always the same.
The components of a compound cannot be separated by physical means. They can be separated only by chemical means. The properties of a compound are quite different from the properties of its constituents.
A mixture consists of two or more substances that are physically intermingled in different proportions. It often retains many of the properties of its components, and the components can be separated from each other by physical means.
Water is a compound, comprised of chemically reacted hydrogen and oxygen. It always has the formula ##"H"_2"O"##, so it has a constant composition. Water is a liquid, while hydrogen and oxygen are both gases. Water can be converted back to hydrogen and oxygen by passing an electric current through it.
Salt water is a mixture that can contain varying amounts of salt. The solution is a liquid (like water) and it tastes salty (like salt). You can easily separate the components by boiling off the water to leave the solid salt behind. Mixtures don't have chemical formulas and are not chemically bonded.
Q: What is the relationship between diatomic molecules and diatomic elements?
Q: What is the mechanism for synthesis of tetraphenylcyclopentadienone?
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(CNN) - The Republican National Committee chairman was far from apologetic Monday morning when asked if he took back a recent comment calling Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid a "dirty liar."
"You know there's no triple-down in blackjack but I'll triple down on my comments from yesterday," Reince Priebus said on Fox News. "It's the truth."
The top Republican made the original remark Sunday morning in a discussion about Reid's accusations that Mitt Romney went 10 years without paying taxes. The Democratic leader made the allegations based off what his office calls an "extremely credible source" affiliated with Romney's private equity firm, Bain Capital.
Reid first made the comments in an interview with Huffington Post on Tuesday, then later voiced his opinions on the Senate floor, urging Romney to release more tax documents to answer any lingering questions.
Romney pushed back twice last week, telling Reid to either "put up or shut up" and calling the reports false. Republicans, including Priebus, backed up the presumptive GOP nominee Sunday morning on news shows.
"I'm not going to respond to a dirty liar who hasn't filed a single page of tax returns himself (and) complains about people with money but lives in the Ritz-Carlton here down the street," Priebus said the ABC News program "This Week." "And the fact that we're going to spend any time talking about it is ridiculous."
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina also came out against Reid's statements, saying the majority leader was "making things up."
"What he did on the floor of the Senate is so out of bounds. I think he's lying about his statement, of knowing something about Romney," Graham said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."
While Priebus' "dirty liar" jab took some heat on Twitter Sunday, the RNC chair did not back down when questioned about it Monday and further reiterated his attack, saying Reid had "denigrated" his position as Senate majority leader.
"What else do you call somebody who goes on to the Senate floor and claims that someone hasn't paid any taxes in ten years - a complete lie - and uses his official office to do it?" Priebus said.
He once again repeated the line: "He's a dirty liar, and we're moving on to defeating this president and saving this country."
Responding to Republican statements on Sunday, Reid's spokesman Adam Jentleson said in a statement it was "sad" Romney "has forced his party to defend his decision to hide the truth about his tax returns."
"As Senator Reid has said, an extremely credible source informed him that Mitt Romney did not pay taxes for ten years," Jentleson said. "It's clear Mitt Romney is hiding something, and the only way for him to clear this up is to be straight with the American people and release his tax returns."
If Senator Reid is the "dirty liar" you say he is........then put the returns out there and prove it. In my view, there must be some truth to the accusation.......otherwise, why hold back the information that proves your point?
Romney is hiding plenty in tax returns, and you know it.
Who would pay any attention to some one whose nane is Reince but is as effective as if his name was Princess.The GOP must have picked this guy because they are pretty sure they can not beat Obama.I am sure Harry REID is shaking in his boots.Why not challenge that old man to some fisticuffs he will give you lessons.Now REINCE you might do better id it were a duel with swords/words.
The old adage about people who throw mud become cover in mud is a good way to describe Harry Reid. He's Obama's mudslinger. While the mud does show on Obama, Reid looks like a "HOG" after a good wallow in the political mud pit.
Wait this from the party who smeared the POTUS on his birth certificate and continues to not stand up to those who still refuse to accept his released birth certificate. A Birth Certificate that has been certified not only by the state of Hawaii, but also by a REPUBLICAN governor of Hawaii. Some thing no other candidate in the history has had to do.
I'm sorry but if you can't take your own dirty tricks play book being thrown back at you then you need to sit down and shut up.
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Abrimos uma porta , existem de fato locais em que animais e plantas preferem , crescer o ficar , estes pontos tem propriedades Eletromagnéticas ( normalmente pelos minerais no subsolo ) é esta característica e propriedade é chamada PARAMAGNETISMO , desde a era medieval era conhecido pois os locais de peregrinação religiosa ( proibido na Inglaterra po Henrique VIII , pois sabia do poder destas peregrinações e a mudança de comportamento que produzia nas pessoas por isso as temia ) .
Paramagnetismo , diamagnetismo e ferromagnetismo a física conhece a séculos , mais ai começa a ficar interessante foi Dr. Philip S. Callaham , Ph.D. ja que vocês gostam tanto de titulos e tambem separa o esotérica , que conseguiu medir pela primeira vez e criou um aparelho " PCSM Meter " que faz a leitura em segundos e cabe numa valise tipo 007 .
Esta característica Paramagnética ( O Livro chama-se Paramagetism - Rediscovering Nature´s Secret Force of Growth ) das pedras solos e plantas , foi fruto de sua observação durante a 2ª guerra mundial , quando estava montando uma base de Radar Secreta para os EUA vigiar os submarinos alemães na Irlanda ( apesar de ser pais neutro ) e dele tambem a patente usada pelo jatos da força area os Morcegos Negros ( não sei o nome ) para confundir os radares inimigos ( nunca foram invisíveis ) baseado em outro trabalho seu sob a observação das antenas de insetos ( O Livro chama-se Tuning in to Nature ) .Bom poderia continuar a falar sobre Callaham , mais acho que os dois textos abaixo da para ter uma idéia e sim este para mim é um dos mais Importantes Cientistas vivos ( Universidade da Florida , agora isolou-se no deserto ) que apesar da complexidade dos assuntos , e dos temas pesquisados , qualquer um pode ler e entender sintético e objetivo , e sem duvida sem ler , testar e experimentar parece Esoterismo .
Eu tambem tive o privilegio de conhecer um " Achadô " de agua , é o Sr. Me ( como era conhecido ) e sua casa fica na entrada do RASO DA CATARINA ,ele foi desafiado varias vezes por empresas de Poços Artesianos e nunca perdeu uma ( È o que contam ) era capaz de dizer a profundidade e se a agua era boa para beber ou para os bichos ( Salobra ) .Fora os rezadores de cobra do Nordeste e alias em qualquer canto tem é so perguntar , que aparece rezador de bicheira etc.
In this earlier work, Dr. Callahan explains, with considerable "scientific" detail, his theories of paramagnetism and the round towers of Ireland, the "real" meanings of Egyptian hieroglyphics and of the pyramids, the relationship between cathedral towers and the antennae of insects, and how he "proved" that particles moving faster than the speed of light (tachyons) actually exist, using only an "electrometer" and a Benjamin ficus tree. Furthermore, he explains how ancient Egyptian priests levitated people, lists the requirements for levitation and for levitating a person or object, and explains how levitation is directly related to paramagnetism.
O que fica, é que muita coisa que se acredita pode OU não ser verdade, mas é importante SABER comprovar para sair da ignorância. Não se trata de acreditar em tudo que ouve ou lê, principalmente na internet, mas de ser criterioso, e isso a ciência faz, ela é criteriosa, não partidária! Não há porque confundir ciência com conservadorismo, ou afirmar que ela esta a serviço desta ou aquela filosofia, isso tudo é falso.
Paramagnetism is a low level weak magnetic force that can be read about in any good physics book. However it is only recently that the genius of Phil Callahan has recognized the vital importance of this force to the fertility of soils and hence to agriculture, connecting modern physics understanding to the knowledge of the ancients.
Put simply - poor soils do not display a paramagnetic force good ones do.
Measurement is a simple test using a PCSM meter (see illustration). Good rock dust is available which can be spread a tonne an acre or more to raise the reading and hence the general fertility not only to benefit the crops but also the soil’s flora and fauna.
humates, soils, minerals, fertilizers, and others agricultural amendments.
The following table, Range of Paramagnetic Values, was provided by Dr.
Callahan at the 1995 Acres, USA Conference in St. Louis, Missouri.
dusts, and related concepts and practices.
paramagnetic materials, these organs become super charged."
variations in resonance frequency as an improved status to plant health.
experiments to look at the sole influence of paramagnetism on plant growth.
plant stimulation by rock dusts warrant further investigation.
separate from the rock dust material as a contributor of mineral nutrition.
plant biomass, and plant height (6).
shipping costs can be substantial depending on the distance from the source.
helpful. On-farm research is a common practice in sustainable agriculture.
"I learned about lava sand from Phil Callahan, the scientist who taught me to add lava sand to the soil…To learn more about soil and plant energy, read any of Mr. Callahan’s books."
That seemed fair enough, so I took him up on his suggestion. I acquired the books and read them from cover to cover. And, indeed, it was both an education and an eye opener -- a foray into a world I previously believed to exist only in the realm of fable and New Age superstition.
Reading either of these books should be enough for any intelligent person to learn all he or she would ever need to know about Dr. Callahan, lava sand, and paramagnetism.
On the other hand, if you would like to know more about the pursuits and conclusions of Dr. Callahan before purchasing either of these books, I’ll relate for you a sampling of what he has to say. And I'll include page numbers in case you want to refer to the original texts and confirm that I am not inventing any of this and that I am not, in any manner, distorting his words.
On the other hand, if you’re a devout believer in pyramid power, the magical qualities of quartz crystals, and other New Age phenomena, you may just want to skip the rest of this.
In Nature's Silent Music (page 32), Dr. Callahan tells us that the ancient Hebrews and Egyptians understood and utilized the power which is in rocks. Modern Jews still do this, he says, when they visit the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Furthermore, while traveling around Ireland, Dr. Callahan claims to have located some magical rocks.
According to Dr. Callahan (page 38), the ancient Celtic and megalithic peoples knew all about the energy emitted by granite and "other igneous and metamorphic stone of volcanic origin." He says (page 39) that the early Irish Celts also understood the healing forces in their highly paramagnetic granite rocks. All over Ireland, he continues, there are "standing stones utilized for healing and also as birthing stones for the Celtic lassies."
Where did these stones get this power? According to Dr. Callahan (page 56), the crushing and grinding forces of the drifting continents caused great quantities of cosmic energy to be trapped within the minerals that make up stone and clay. And "one of these energies is the little understood force called paramagnetism," which he says the ancients knew how to manipulate.
If you’re not familiar with the terms "paramagnetism" and "diamagnetism," they are the positive and negative aspects of an electromagnetic property described in many books used to teach elementary college physics. But Dr. Callahan refers to them as forces or energies. To comprehend what he means, he says (page 63), we must understand them as the ancients did. Of course, he repeats, modern man doesn't understand them at all, despite the fact that we have scientific names for them.
The Chinese call them yin and yang, he explains. And, although the ancient Irish had no specific names for them, they "saw them in the abodes of fairies and leprechauns." He says (page 69) he now knows that what modern science calls paramagnetism and diamagnetism are, in reality, the magical forces the ancient Celtic and megalithic peoples found in rocks and plants.
In later travels in the Far East and around the globe, Dr. Callahan became aware of other mysterious phenomena. As an example (page 118), he describes the magic of Sai Baba, an Indian mystic. Apparently, Sai Baba can materialize "sacred dust" from his fingers. And, according to Dr. Callahan, nobody has ever proved that he is practicing sleight of hand.
[As an aside, one can only wonder if this is the same Sai Baba mentioned in a music review written by Matt Weitz in the February 6, 2001 issue of The Dallas Morning News. In part, Mr. Weitz reviewed a concert given in Fort Worth by the avant garde jazz trumpeter, Maynard Ferguson, as follows.
On page 179, he reminds us again that the ancient Egyptians knew about both human auras and silent forces in the rocks. Therefore, he says, they had two separate hieroglyphs for stone. One represented "limestone types of rocks that are diamagnetic, or very weakly paramagnetic." The other represented "granite, porphyry, basalt and other highly paramagnetic stone."
In any case, he claims that both the growing of crops and the hardening of cement depend on the joining together of these "opposite yin and yang forces."
In an epilogue, Dr. Callahan says (page 194) that the most important principle he wants to impart is that we must "treat rocks, stone and even the soil as antenna collectors of magnetic energy waves." He points out that, in his opinion, the ancient Celtic round towers of Ireland are conical antennas, that rocks are antennas, and that even soil is a flat ground antenna if it contains enough volcanic, paramagnetic rock.
The other side is the diamagnetic force of the organic matter, which, he assures us, is just as important. It stores the water, but the paramagnetic forces control its evaporation.
So, how does one accomplish a balance? Dr. Callahan admits (page 195) that filling the soil with magnets wouldn't be very practical, even though, he says, magnetic energy controls root growth. On the other hand, he believes that restoring "this paramagnetic energy collector…with truck loads of volcanic gravel or ash plowed into the soil is a much more practical idea."
Finally, he sums up his approach by saying, "It is much better to do all things as God intended by capturing the magnetic frequencies from the sun with the paramagnetic soil or round tower antenna. In one sentence, make your soil susceptible (resonate) to the sun, do not, with magnets, try to bring the sun to earth."
Dr. Callahan's meter is named the P. C. Soil Meter (PCSM), which, he explains, can be interpreted as either the "Paramagnetic Count Soil Meter" or the "Phil Callahan Soil Meter," whichever you choose. The wonderful thing, he says, is that this meter can be bought for only $400, instead of the $4,000 to $5,000 cost of other meters of this type.
If you want to buy a PCSM for your own use, or if you’re interested in the plans for building miniature round towers for your garden, I feel sure you could contact Dr. Callahan through his publisher, Or maybe the "Doctor of Dirt" can help you.
It turns out that Phil Callahan wrote a book in 1984, which preceded the two discussed here. That book, Ancient Mysteries, Modern Visions, was previously out of print, but . reissued it in the latter part of 2000, so it's once again available.
This book is quite entertaining and, at a cost of only $16.00, is certainly worth what amounts to the price of a couple of movie tickets.
The "Doctor of Dirt" has been recommending "volcanic rock powders" for amending alkaline clay soils since at least January of 1993. His reasons for doing so have been many and varied. But, at one time or another, he has claimed that "volcanic rock powders" provide plant nutrients and have high cation exchange capacity, water retention capability, and "paramagnetic energy."
Also, at one time or another, he has recommended the use of lava sand, azomite, granite sand, basalt, zeolite, greensand, schist, diatomaceous earth, and glacial rock powder as "volcanic rock powders."
Laying all claims of potential benefits aside, only 3 of his 9 recommended materials are actually associated with volcanic activity. But, since another one began life as a molten material in the subsurface, we’ll grant him that one, too. That means we will allow lava sand, azomite, granite sand, and basalt to be classed as "volcanic rock powders." But zeolite, greensand, schist, diatomaceous earth, and glacial rock powder are, by no stretch of the imagination, volcanic in origin, so let’s examine each of those -- and have a look at Azomite.
And let's also have a look at Ironite, a falsely maligned gardening product the "Doctor of Dirt" vehemently opposes, and at Earth's Fortune™, a newer product he added to his recommended list in September of 2001.
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Two women dressed in Grecian robes frolic amongst blue hyacinths, bending the stalks to create a movement that evokes the ringing of bells. The accompanying text reads: "Sweet Hyacinths their bells did ring, To swell the music of the Spring".
To swell the music of the Spring".
In this illustration Crane evokes the sound of bells through the shape of the hyacinth flowers. Also visible here is a further demonstration of the claim that the posing of the figures carried a purpose. In this particular instance the woman's arm is placed almost parallel to the bending stalk of the plant. The Grecian robes act as a reminder of the significance of stance and posture in classical sculpture.
In this illustration Crane evokes the sound of bells through the shape of the hyacinth flowers.
Also visible here is a further demonstration of the claim that the posing of the figures carried a purpose. In this particular instance the woman's arm is placed almost parallel to the bending stalk of the plant. The Grecian robes act as a reminder of the significance of stance and posture in classical sculpture.
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Where do I register a new business?
State of Connecticut General Statute Section 35-1(a) requires any person doing business in Connecticut, except as provided by statute, under any name other than the name of the person or persons conducting or transacting business, must register a Trade Name Certificate with the Town Clerk's office in the town where the business is or is to be conducted or transacted. The filing fee is $5. Check also with the Zoning Department to see if there are any additional requirements.
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Trading updates have been coming through thick and fast over the last few days, accompanied by an influx of tipster tips and broker ratings.
In this week’s article, we review two companies that have attracted the highest number of tips over the last seven days, and assess whether consensus sentiment is positive or negative in each case.
Sentiment towards Restaurant Group (RTN) shifted over the course of 2018, as brokers and tipsters shifted from a more polarised buy/sell position to a more neutral stance.
Between January and August 2018, 50.0% of tips rated Restaurant Group shares as a buy, 3.3% as a hold and 46.7% as a sell. Between September and December that picture changed considerably as the proportion of hold ratings increased to 42.9%, with buys accounting for 39.2% and sells for only 17.9%.
Disclosed short interest exposure in Restaurant Group (RTN) also fell over the same period, from a high of 13.5% in August last year to just under 3% in 2019.
Tip sentiment so far in 2019 has mirrored general sentiment at the end of last year, with a majority of tips (54.5%) in January ratings the shares as a hold.
Brokers such as Liberum Capital, Berenberg and Peel Hunt reiterated neutral stances over the course over the last week, with target prices of £1.80, £1.70 and £1.60 respectively. Shares were trading at £1.50 on Thursday.
RBC Capital were more positive, initiating coverage of Restaurant Group with an ‘outperform’ rating and a £2.00 target price.
According to RBC, the group’s recent acquisition of Wagamama “materially improves” its growth profile.
Canaccord Genuity and Shore Capital are also optimistic and award the shares a buy rating. Citi aren’t so convinced, rating the shares a sell with a target price of £1.20; that tip has so far achieved performance of +5.32% as shares fell last week.
Tipster Chris Bailey (ShareProphets) – who has been sceptical about the Wagamama acquisition since it was announced last year – advises readers to avoid Restaurant Group following its most recent trading update released this week, adding that “if they want to attract investors to this rag-tag bunch of assets, then they are going to have to try a lot harder”.
However, the tipster expects “the realities around earnings, cash flow and the newly expanded debt” to become clearer when its full numbers are released in March.
Royal Mail (RMG) attracted the largest number of tips by some distance this week as shares in the courier fell almost 15% following a nine-month trading update on Tuesday.
Since floating on the London Stock Exchange tip sentiment has shifted regularly, but has been marginally more positive on average (overall tip sentiment 49.6% buy vs. 28.8% sell since listing). That hasn’t been the case in 2019 though, with sell ratings account for 66.7% of all tips so far this year.
Tipster Rupert Hargreaves (The Motley Fool) notes that expected operating profit of between £500m and £530m, announced on Tueday, is below management’s previous forecast and also below last year’s adjusted operating profit over the same period (£694m).
The tipster concludes that “unfortunately, I don’t see a quick solution to Royal Mail’s problems, and there could be more declines ahead for investors”.
Earlier in the week, Kevin Godbold (The Motley Fool) didn’t consider the firm’s “low-margin” delivery business to be “going anywhere….the firm strikes me as being in a struggle to survive”.
Fellow Motley Fool tipster G A Chester also recommends that readers avoid shares in Royal Mail, while Peter Stephens contributes the sole buy rating amongst tipsters, suggesting that “there could be scope for a turnaround”.
Richard Evans (The Telegraph – Questor) is more cautious, recommending holding based on the “sustainability of the dividend” and a current price which “may equally reflect undue pessimism”, although the tipster also plans to “remain alert for any sign of a concrete threat to the dividend”.
Brokers have been mainly downbeat: Credit Suisse and JP Morgan offer negative ratings, with target prices of £2.38 and £2.41, respectively. Shares were trading at £2.71 in early Friday trading. Liberum Capital (target price = £2.40) and Berenberg (target price = £2.50) have both reiterated sell ratings on the shares. The last positive broker rating on Royal Mail shares came from HSBC back in September last year.
Other popular companies this week included Vodafone (VOD) – which received mainly positive ratings following its most recent trading update, and Crest Nicholson Holdings (CRST), which brokers and tipsters were more cautious on.
Disclaimer: The contents of this article should not be considered financial advice. All information correct as at 31st January 2018.
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If I were asked to make a list of my favorite people, I'm sure Guillermo Del Toro would take up at least three or four spots on the list all by himself.
Sure, he's an amazing visual artist, with a rich and detailed imagination that seems to have no limits in scope or variety, and that is something you have to value in an age where we finally have technology that can keep up with him.
And, yes, I think he's got a wicked sense of humor that comes out only in the overtly comic moments in his movies but also in the way he plays things straight. He's not above playing around with the audience and the way they expect things to unfold. He'll tell you a story and he'll stick it to you with some violation of convention, and if you're onboard, you'll laugh, and if you're not, you'll wonder what kind of madman has control of the camera.
For years, Guillermo's been moving from studio to studio, looking for the right fit, and it appears that he and Thomas Tull have a love thing going on. “Pacific Rim” was a significant film for the studio because it was the first thing they developed, start to finish, in-house. They were starting to bristle at being described as Warner's financial partner and they wanted to show what they could do when they are the ones calling the shots in every department. For Guillermo, the film came at a time when he was still reeling from two major development frustrations in a row, and knowing Guillermo the way I do, I think there are few things that eat at him more than lost time.
There are so many stories he still wants to tell, so many characters he'd love to bring to life, and to make a movie the way he does it takes several years, a sort of immersion. You can't do that if you don't live and breathe it, and if you invest yourself into a film to that degree and it falls apart at the finish line, it can be crippling. I've seen Guillermo at his lowest, creatively speaking, and now he seems like he's on a personal high, and it's remarkable to see how happy he is.
We talked about the differences between his films “The Devil's Backbone” and “Pan's Labyrinth” and his new film “Crimson Peak,” and how different the system is in Europe. For Guillermo, “Crimson Peak” represents a collision between his foreign-language style and his blockbuster abilities, and it's exciting to see what he's doing. One of the reasons he feels energized right now is because of the relationship he's got developing with Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, and Legendary Pictures.
I hope Legendary and Guillermo make films together for 50 years. I hope “Hellboy 3” and “At The Mountains Of Madness” and “Pacific Rim 2” are all among them. I hope “Crimson Peak” is everything Gordo wants it to be. It is a great time to be a Guillermo Del Toro fan, and it looks like it's a pretty great time to be him, as well.
“Crimson Peak” is in theaters October 16, 2015.
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How can I hide my skin flaws with makeup?
Foundation is key because it addresses three of the most common age-related issues--fine lines, sagging skin, and sun spots--in one fell swoop. Creamy formulas moisturize, plumping up droopy skin and evening out tone. Avoid anything powdery or matte, which makes wrinkles more pronounced.
Test several hues (a color that looks lighter than your skin tone, one just right, and a darker option) by making three stripes from your cheek to jawline. Check in natural light by a window or doorway; the base that disappears seamlessly into your skin is the correct one.
Pat a small amount into areas that need evening out (red spots or blemishes) with a makeup wedge, foundation brush, or fingertip. Blend upward and diffuse out toward your hairline for the most natural effect. Don't go overboard--it will just cake.
If your skin is on the oily side, finish with a light coat of loose, yellow-toned face powder on your forehead, nose, and chin (apply with a blush brush or velour puff) to lock foundation and smooth texture.
Source: Bobbi Brown,, a well-known makeup artist and author of three best sellers on beauty, she is also the founder of her own multimillion--dollar cosmetics business.
Is Makeup With SPF Really Enough To Prevent Sun Spots?
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How many inches are there in 6 millimeters?
There are 25.4 millimetres in one inch. Therefore, rounded to two decimal places, 6 millimetres is equal to 6/25.4 = 0.24 inches.
How many millimeters are in 6 inches?
6 inches = 152.4 millimeters.
How many millimeters is in 6 inches?
How many inches are there in 15 millimeters?
There are 25.4 millimetres in one inch. Therefore, rounded to two decimal places, 15 millimetres is equal to 15/25.4 = 0.59 inches.
How many millimeters are there in 1.875 inches?
There are 25.4 millimetres in one inch. Therefore, 1.875 inches is equal to 1.875 x 25.4 = 47.625 millimetres.
How many millimeters are there in 7 inches?
There are 25.4 millimetres in one inch. Therefore, seven inches is equal to 7 x 25.4 = 177.8 millimetres.
How many millimeters are there in 21 inches?
There are 25.4 millimetres in one inch. Therefore 25.4 x 21 = 533.4 millimetres.
How many inches are there in 370 millimeters?
How many inches are there in 385 millimeters?
There are 25.4 millimetres in one inch. Therefore, rounded to two decimal places, 385 millimetres is equal to 385/25.4 = 15.16 inches.
How many millimeters are there in .155 inches?
How many millimeters are there in 10 inches?
How many inches are there in 109 millimeters?
How many millimeters are there in 1.38 inches?
How many millimeters are there in 53 inches?
There are 25.4 millimetres in one inch. Therefore, 53 inches is equal to 53 x 25.4 = 1346.2 millimetres.
How many millimeters are there in 12 inches?
How many millimeters are there in 25.5 inches?
How many inches are there in 4.5 millimeters?
There are 25.4 millimetres in one inch. Therefore, rounded to three decimal places, 4.5 millimetres is equal to 4.5/25.4 = 0.177 inches.
How many inches are there in 500 millimeters?
How many millimeters are there in 34 inches?
How many millimeters are there in 8 inches?
There are 25.4 millimetres in one inch. Therefore, 8 inches is equal to 25.4 x 8 = 203.2 millimetres.
How many inches are there in 170 millimeters?
How many inches are there in 250 millimeters?
There are 25.4 millimetres in an inch. Therefore, rounded to two decimal places, 250 millimetres is equal to 250/25.4 = 9.84 inches.
How many millimeters are there in 7.5 inches?
How many inches are there in 24 millimeters?
How many millimeters are there in 2.5 inches?
Multiply inches by 25.4 to get millimeters. So, 2.5i x 25.4 = 63.5mm Notes: 1) Divide mm by 25.4 to get inches. 25.4mm = 1 inch. 2) Divide cm by 2.54 to get inches. 2.54cm = 1 inch. 3) This is the standard conversion factor. For more precision, I believe there is a very slightly different conversion factor (more decimal places).
How many millimeters are there in 78 inch?
How many millimeters are there in 42 inches?
How many millimeters are there in 6 centimeters?
How many millimeters are there in 6 meters?
There are 1000 millimetres in one metre. Therefore, 6 metres is equal to 6 x 1000 = 6000 millimetres.
How many centimeters are there in 6 millimeters?
How many millimeters in 6 tenths of an inch?
(6/10) inch = 15.24 millimeters.
How many millimeters are there in a square inch?
1 inch = 25.4 mm; 1 sq inch = 645.16 sq mm.
6 inches is equal to how many millimeters?
How big is 6 millimeters in inches?
How many millimeters is 6 in inches?
How many millimeters are there in three quarters of an inch?
There are 25.4 millimeters in one inch. Therefore, three quarters (.75) x 25.4 = 19.05 millimeters.
How many millimeters are there in five sixteenths of an inch?
How many millimeters are there in a thousandth of an inch?
How many millimeters are there in three eighths of an inch?
There are 25.4 millimetres in one inch. Therefore, 3/8 inches is equal to 3/8 x 25.4 = 9.525 millimetres.
How many millimeters is 6 inches?
How many millimeters in inches?
1 inch is 25.4 millimeters.
How many millimeters in 6 inches?
How many inches are in 200 millimeters?
How many millimeters are in 375 inches?
There are 25.4 millimetres in one inch. Therefore, 375 inches is equal to 375 x 25.4 = 9525 millimetres.
How many inches are in 578 millimeters?
How many millimeters are in 16.5 inches?
There are 25.4 millimetres in one inch. Therefore, 16.5 inches is equal to 25.4 x 16.5 = 419.1 millimetres.
How many inches are in 65 millimeters?
How many inches are in 267 millimeters?
267 millimeters = 10.51 inches.
How many inches are in 165 millimeters?
How many millimeters are in eighty-four inches?
84 inches = 2134 mm.
How many inches are in 905 millimeters?
35.63 inches are in 905 millimeters.
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