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Yay! I just have some assignments due, and then I'll get on these!
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State-Mandated Vaccines Are a Moral Minefield
Posted on: February 14, 2021 By : Balmond Hyper
The covid-19 pandemic we are living in has showed how much power states and governments can exercise on our lives. Several daily activities which we all considered as perfectly normal Continue Reading
The covid-19 pandemic we are living in has showed how much power states and governments can exercise on our lives. Several daily activities which we all considered as perfectly normal just one year ago—e.g., meeting friends at the pub, throwing parties, etc.—are now prohibited or discouraged by many governments around the Western world. However, we should ask, Is it legitimate for governments to coerce their citizens into whatever (the former believe) it takes to contain a pandemic?
Take, for instance, the issue of state-mandated vaccinations: Is it legitimate for government to force its citizens to take vaccines? I think it's not, and I will argue why I think so—even though I have nothing against vaccination per se. I simply maintain that whether to take a vaccine—or any other substance, for that matter—should be a free-willed individual choice, something government should have no concern with.
Individual Self-Ownership
As human beings, we are acting entities: in other words, our nature is defined by our ability to act—i.e., employing (scarce) means having alternative uses in other to achieve our preferred (alternative) ends. By its very nature, action (as I have defined it) stems from free will: animals and inanimate objects do not act—they simply behave according to instinct and physical, unmotivated laws.
What does our acting nature as human beings entail? It entails that we are to be self-owners—namely, our being (body, mind, will, etc.) is our own natural and absolute property. Why is it so? Because were we (human beings) not self-owners, we could not act. Indeed, any kind of action requires the employment of (at least) the following means: nature-given resources, time, and labor. Thus, were we to be deprived of our self-ownership, we could not possibly act. In fact, we could neither employ our labor—broadly conceived as any kind of human effort—nor decide how to allocate our own time, because neither of them—not being owned by ourselves—would be under our control. Thus, the very concept of action requires ownership over: (1) a physical body carrying out that action and (2) a mind purposively choosing ends (to be attained) and means (to be employed) during that same action.
That said, should the reader think my definition of human beings as acting beings arbitrary, I invite him/her to consider the following: you cannot disprove my definition. In fact, as I have already argued elsewhere, the action axiom cannot be disproven, because while trying to do so, one would be acting as well, thus engaging in a performative contradiction—and that's why action is an axiomatic attribute of human nature.1
We reach, hence, a first philosophically very intuitive answer to our opening question: state-mandated vaccinations, being an invasive act carried out by the government against individual self-ownership, are to be regarded as ethically illegitimate.
The Problem with a Positive "Right to Life"
That said, a skeptical reader might consider my concise argument so far as philosophical quibbling. So, let's try to make an even more concrete argument. Consider the thesis generally upheld by advocates of state-mandated vaccination: government must have the prerogative to impose vaccination, because otherwise people not willing to take vaccines would not only potentially harm themselves, but even cause damage to immunodeficient people who cannot—because of their unfortunate health—take vaccines themselves. Hence, the argument goes, in order to preserve the "right to life" (or "right to health") of the latter, government—representing the majority of people—can legitimately vaccinate unwilling people.
But try to think carefully about this argument—especially the "right to life" part. How do we define this "right to life" we are dealing with? Are we to define it as a "positive" right—i.e., a right giving someone (say, A) a valid claim to impose upon someone else (say, B) a positive command? In other words, do we think that rights can take the form of "A can insist on B doing such and such, and if B refuses, his refusal is to be considered an aggression against A"?
Of course, if we accept the most fundamental of all rights—the right to self-ownership, which stems from the irrefutable action axiom—we cannot conceive of rights as "positive." In fact, any "positive" right—being an invasive act against individual self-ownership—is clearly a prima facie violation of individual "natural" rights. There is no place, in the libertarian natural ethics stemming from the action axiom, for A to coerce B into doing something against B's own free will.
As Rothbard very lucidly explained it,
it is impermissible to interpret the term "right to life," to give one an enforceable claim to the action of someone else to sustain that life. In our terminology, such a claim would be an impermissible violation of the other person's right of self-ownership….[T]he very concept of "rights" is a "negative" one, demarcating the areas of a person's action that no man may properly interfere with. No man can therefore have a "right" to compel someone to do a positive act, for in that case the compulsion violates the right of person or property of the individual being coerced….[I]n the free society, no man may be saddled with the legal obligation to do anything for another, since that would invade the former's rights.2
To set forth the argument against state-mandated vaccinations even more cogently, think of a less (I hope) controversial example. Let's assume A is on the verge of death, and that he can be saved only by a blood (or bone marrow, or kidney, etc.) donation from B; would then A be legitimately entitled to B's blood? I contend that he would not be, because B's body is solely B's property and any type of interference with his free-willed enjoyment of that property is to be considered an illegitimate invasion of his property rights. Quoting Rothbard again, there are "no human rights which are not also property rights,"3 and this holds true as well when it comes to pandemics and vaccinations.
Every human being has the natural (rationally derived from axiomatic premises) right to employ his/her own body the way s/he would like to; therefore, we cannot accept governments invading our individual selves. Moreover, rights can be only "negative," that is, they can only entitle us to demand that others abstain from aggressing against us—i.e., from invading our own bodies and other material properties.
Governments have no right to coerce their citizens into taking vaccines. The decision whether to take a vaccine or not, whatever the reasons behind it might be (individualistic risk-benefit analysis, altruistic and charitable considerations, etc.), should rest solely on individual free-willed choices.
1. See also a very schematic and clear explanation by Gennady Stolyarov II, "Doubt the Action Axiom? Try to Disprove It," Mises Daily, Apr. 5, 2006.
2. Murray N. Rothbard, The Ethics of Liberty (1982; New York: New York University Press, 2002), 99–100.
3. Rothbard, p. 113.
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Happy New Lunar Year everyone!!
Like many east Asian countries, Korea celebrates the Lunar New Year (Seollal). Korean New Year lasts for three days, (New Year's Eve, New Years Day and the day after) and is a time for spending time with family, honouring ancestors, and celebrating.
tteokguk(rice cake and beef soup) like you're supposed to!
In Korea many things close as people travel away from Seoul to their hometowns to see family, which can make it a little difficult if you don't have family in Korea, so it's important to plan what you will do that day and check what is open. There are plenty of festivals, and places to go during Seollal, you just need to find them (the Korea Tourism website is a good place to start).
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Like Chinese new year, Seollal followers the zodiac signs and so it is the year of Rooster this year. I hope the New Year is good for you all, and remember to be strong and fight for what you believe in no matter how dark times may be.
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JOB SATISFACTION AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
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The aim of this project is to examine the Job Satisfaction and organisation effectiveness importance of Job Satisfaction and Organisational effectiveness in every business organisation.
This was accomplish by selecting a successful business organisation Nigerian Bottling Company Plc.
The result from the data analysis shows that job satisfaction plays vital role in any business organisation and recommendation were given at the end of the study.
1.1BRIEF INTRODUCTION
The topic "JOB SATISFACTION AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AN APPRAISAL"
The success or failure of any organization depends mostly on effectiveness and efficiency with which it carries out its operations. Invariably, Job satisfaction becomes necessary and important for organizational effeteness if the organization wishes to ensure increase in productivity because assumption that a satisfied worker produce more.
Weather and Davis (1982) defined job satisfaction as the favorable or unfavorable with which employees view their work. They said it also reflects the degree of need satisfaction derived from the jobs. The fact is that the behavior of one member can have impact directly or indirectly on the behavior of any other person within or outside the organization. Negatively or positively.
However, the total body of feeling that individual has about his or her jobs, it's involves in effect of the job, the nature of the job, the pay, the promotion prospect and the nature of supervision e.g where the sum total of influence give rise to feeling of satisfaction.
Generally, there is need for one to be satisfied with his or her job, but some work are very demanding in terms of time, energy and specialized skill. Some worker e.g lecturers relay go on leave because of balancing the day job and taken crucial decision on customer request so that they won't delay them.
From the above therefore, some basic intrinsic factors are paramount in making use of employees skills training job challenges opportunity to be creative, while the extrinsic satisfaction factor include good salary, allowances promotion prestige due to the job. It should be noted that what makes a job but also on the expectation that individual have of what the job should provide.
The economic impotence of job satisfaction and organizational effectiveness to the management cannot be under estimated in area such as productivity, absenteesim and labor turnover. Lack of employee job satisfaction may lead to both mental and physical frustration an organizational effectiveness. The effect of these factors shown in this organization "NIGERIA BOTTLING COMPANY PLC.
The concept of job satisfaction and organizational effetiveness is physiological in nature. It relates to what operating within an individual employees which makes them to act or not act in certain way. It is pertinent to say that job satisfaction play a vital roles in employee performance and organizational effectiveness management assent that an organization exist practically to make profit but most management fail to integrate the welfare policy of their staff in the overall objectives.
In looking at the problems like say how are employees satisfied to remain in one position for years does the organization itself is able to determine the existences of a job satisfaction. Are employees satisfied with their present salary and allowance in the face of present economy and to what extent has the management been able to satisfy his employees and can they do more?
This research work is therefore an attempt to turn attention to this kind of problem.
The scope would be focused specifically on job satisfaction and how organization will use it to their effectiveness. The study would be limited to aforementioned company.
It would cover the area of promotion, salary, training incentives leadership and reward for handwork.
However, proper diagnosis of labour force which cut across the martial staff e.g. Junior staff will be carried out. To make the study more reliable and valid few management staff will constitute part of the sample study.
1.4PURPOSE OF STUDY
In achieving the purpose of this research, I intend to look at the areas listed below:
(i) To know what extent has the management been able to satisfy their employees and can they do more.
(ii) To highlight the effect of the job satisfaction off workers on organizational effectiveness.
(iii) To critically examine the prospect and problem of job satisfaction of workers associated with the organizational effectiveness and make useful recommendation.
(iv) To find out at what extent job satisfaction elucidate the effectiveness of organizational productivity.
1.5DEFINITION OF TERMS
i) JOB SATISFACTION:- an emotional response which represent the degree to which a person like his / her job.
ii) FRUSTRATION:- Feeling of annoyed disappointment.
iii) BOREDOM:– Getting tired by dullness or getting tedious.
iv) ORGANISATIONAL:– An organized group of with a shared purpose.
v) EFFECTIVENESS: Achieving the intended result
vi) APPRAISAL:– Estimate the value or quality of smoothing.
vii) INTRINSIC:– This is the Internal or in built for which energise individual to perform.
viii) EXTRINSIC:– This is the external or in built force which energise individual to perform.
1.6LIMITATION OF STUDY
As with any research, this study has a number of limitations which must be borne in mind when inrterpreting its findings.
First by employing modified measures of some established scales (positive and negative effectively) due to both the time constraints imposed from completing the questionnaire during working hours and the involvement of management and Unions in the Company.
Secondly, the survey research design nature of the data caused of inferences.
Thirdly, although promotion, adequate pay, motivation are related to job satisfaction, this study did not full focus on other determinant, of job satisfaction such as technology and leadership style.
Lastly, data for this study were obtained from one manufacturing company. As a result, the extent to which the reported findings, are generalisable to other institution and other larger organizational. Setting cannot be ascertained.
RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
Ho: Job satisfaction will not have positive relationship on organizational effectiveness.
Hi: Job satisfaction will have positive relationship on organizational effectiveness.
Ho: Boredom of work and dislike for the job is not an indicator of poor organizational effectiveness.
Hi: Boredom of work and dislike for the job is an indicator of poor organizational effectiveness.
Ho: There is no significant relationship between job satisfaction and pleasant work.
Hi: There is significant relationship between job satisfaction and pleasant work.
1.7 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF NIGERIA BOTTLING
COMPANY PLC
Nigeria Bottling Company Plc is a subsidiary of Leventis Group of Co0mpanies known World wide for its leadership in beverages in more than 155 countries.
This history of A. G. Leventis Group in Nigeria dated back to 1953 when Mr. A. G. Leventis stated it in Lagos a branch of the original Ghana Company which had been founded by the late Chief A. G. Leventis. The company expanded in various parts of the country in trading and vehicles sales and services field and in 1951, the Nigeria Bottling Company Limited was established to carry out the bottling of soft drinks.
The company went public in 1972 and it's quoted on the Nigeria stock exchange with 60 90 of its shares needed by Nigerians. The company has at 30th of December 1994 has 29,992 shareholders with used and paid up share capital of 1,552 million naira.
Behind the big name "Coca Cola" was born in him on may 8th 1855.
When he started up the frequent ceramel syrup in a brass kettle in his backyard. He carried a jug of his formulation down the street to Jacob's pharmacy where the same day the product was placed on sales for cents a glass.
After his death, Mr. A. CONDLER took over the business in the same year. Mr. FRANK KOBINSON selected the Coca-Cola trade mark and some other advertising materials which Nigeria Bottling Company Plc is still using till today. The standard size 29 centiliters was designed and produced in 1915.
In 1916, also Condler resigned and Charles Howard took over in 1919 Condler family sold Coca-Cola for 25 million dollars. Robert Woodnots took over the business in 1923 and today there are over 1080 bottling plants. In United Stats of America.
Presently, there are many thousand of bottling plants all over the world out of which U.S.A is having about 60%. There are more than 36 plants spread all over the West Coast in Africa. The 35 Centiliters size of Coca-cola was introduced in 1992 while FANTA Chapman was introduced in 1994. And 2004 Vanila Coke was introduced.
The following are the plants in Nigeria by bottling company Plc.
The first plant was opened in Lagos.
The Kano plant was opened
The Ibadan and Asejire were opened
Port – Harcourt plant was opened
Benin Plant was opened
Enugu plant was opened
Jos Plant was opened
Kaduna plant was opened
Ikeja No 2 plant was opened
Ilorin plant was opened
Challawa – Kano plant was opened
Owerri plant was opened
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Clinical Hospital No. 4 in Lublin launches a new, suplementary method of treating brain tumours, called NanoTherm. The treatment has the potential to extend the lives of patients. So far, this method has only been used in Germany.
A facility equipped with devices for the new therapy, made available by the German company MagForce, was opened in the Lublin hospital last week. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the provincial authorities and the local government.
According to the National Neurosurgery Consultant Prof. Tomasz Trojanowski, the new method consists in introducing iron nanoparticles to the brain, into the area surrounding the surgically removed tumour, and heating them with microwaves. "By raising the temperature locally, we can destroy cancer cells that remain after tumour removal" - said Trojanowski.
"The device is complicated, it allows to heat up specific areas, the dose of heat is accurately measured so as not to damage the healthy brain, but to obtain the temperature harmful to the cancer" - added Trojanowski.
Brain tumours can not be removed with the surrounding tissue - he explained - which is why radiotherapy and chemotherapy are used after surgery, because the remaining cancer cells are the source of tumour regrowth. These methods can now be supplemented with a new therapy.
The procedure will be used primarily in patients with the highest grade of malignant brain tumours, gliomas. These brain tumours do not metastasise, but they are still malignant because they can not be completely removed.
"To our knowledge, there is currently no effective treatment of brain glioma in the world that would cure the patient. But we continue in our efforts to extend the lives of patients in good condition. It can be achieved, and that is the purpose of this method" - said Trojanowski.
The new method will initially be used in Lublin - as part of a clinical trial - in 20 patients who have already been operated on due to glioma, the disease has recurred and they are undergoing a second surgery. MagForce would cover the costs, said the head of the Department of Neurosurgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery at the Medical University of Lublin, Prof. Radosław Rola. According to Rola approx. 150 patients with glioma are treated annually in the clinic in Lublin.
Until now, Polish patients who wanted to be treated with the NanoTherm method went to Germany. They had to pay for the treatment, which costs there 23 thousand euros. The interest was so great that MagForce decided to launch this therapy in cooperation with the hospital in Lublin. It will be run on a commercial basis but the costs will be lower than in Germany.
"If we prove in the trials that the method is effective, we will apply to the Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Tariff System for the approval of this method as a supplementary treatment financed from public funds" - said Rola.


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Or, more like a deer in the headlights. Which is exactly what my drivers license picture looks like. And to think, I was all excited about getting a new license with a shiny new picture. You know, they only allow you to renew that old license with that youthful picture for so long. I waited in line at the DPS for 4 hours! Can you believe it? I was looking around for Ashton Kutcher. I thought I was being punked. I think they make you wait in line at the DPS for 4 hours so you'll look exactly the same as you're going to look when the cops pull you over. A little cranky and put-out! So, I tried to create my best fake smile. And, I remember waiting for weeks for my license to come in the mail (of course they mailed it the following day…but it was mailed through the US Postal System…need I say more??) There I was, anxiously anticipating the receipt of my new license through the mail. Only to find, to my disappointment, the worst picture ever! It looked as if someone had goosed me right as they snapped the picture. Hence, the deer in the headlights. Oh well. Enough about that!
With the winter holidays and holiday travel, you may encounter a deer or two in your headlights on your road trip. Perhaps even a reindeer, but doubtful. In the winter, deer find their way out to that black top pavement where the sun has been warming it all day. So beware! Don't let anything distract you while you're driving. Give yourself plenty of reaction time and know where your "out" is at all times.
I'm originally from the Midwest, where the deer are massive. My Dad hit one of those giant deer when I was a kid. He was coming home from work (i.e. the pub). The deer came through the windshield of his car and the antlers cut him across the forehead. He still has a frankenstein-like scar (that's actually his surgeon's name…really). And then we had venison for about 3 years after that. My mom didn't know how to prepare it. So she'd mix it with ManWich Sauce. She called them "Deerwiches". I hate venison to this day. Just plain burned out on it, I suppose. My parents probably still have some in their deep freeze from 43 years ago. My mom hasn't cleaned out the deep freeze in about 43 years. That's for sure. Jimmy Hoffa and the Lindergh baby are probably in there. That's when a Kenmore lasted 40+ years. Don't get me started.
During your excursion this holiday season, should you encounter a deer in your headlights, don't panic. You just don't want to hit it head-on like my dad's deer. He was lucky. That deer could easily injure you or possibly kill you. Or, wouldn't be just your luck that you're going through a camera light with that deer sitting on your lap? That would be on You Tube forever. The best thing to do, if you can't avoid hitting the deer, try to create a sideswipe on it. Whether you hit it head-on or sideswipe it, either way, it's probably not going to survive. But at least both y'all don't have to die. Human life is more precious than animal life. So if it's between your family and that deer, you gotta take fluffy out. Fluffy's gotta take one for the team. In mountainous areas, I am told, they teach drivers to shut their headlights off briefly, so the deer will be "un-stunned" (is that even a word??…it is now…and you'll see it on Wikipedia tomorrow, I betcha!). I hope they don't neglect to tell those mountain people "don't forget to turn the lights back on". Now I'm worried! Oh dear…I mean oh deer! Until next week. Have a wonderful deer-free, venison-free holiday. And look out for that reindeer in your headlights!


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    elif [[ $EXIT_ON_FAILED = "exitOnFailed" ]]; then
        echo "==============================================================================================="
        echo "Error while updating for repo $REPODIR, is not sync to remote ($REPO_REVISION)" | tee -a $ARLOGF
        echo "==============================================================================================="
        echo "$RETCODE"
        exit $RETCODE
    else
        echo "Do you want to skip $REPODIR ?"
        select yn in "Yes" "No" "Retry" "Stash/Stash-Pop" "Show-Diff" "Reset"; do
            case $yn in
                Yes )
                    echo "Skipping $REPODIR" | tee -a $ARLOGF
                    RETCODE=0
                    break
                    ;;
                Retry )
                    echo "Trying again" | tee -a $ARLOGF
                    $ME $REPODIR $REPO_URL $REPO_REVISION $EXIT_ON_FAILED
                    RETCODE=$?
                    break
                    ;;
                Stash/Stash-Pop )
                    echo "Stashing your changes" | tee -a $ARLOGF
                    if ! git stash; then
                        echo "Error while stashing !" | tee -a $ARLOGF
                        RETCODE=1
                        break
                    fi
                    $ME $REPODIR $REPO_URL $REPO_REVISION $EXIT_ON_FAILED
                    RETCODE=$?
                    if [ $RETCODE -ne 0 ]; then
                        break
                    fi
                    if ! git stash pop; then
                        echo "Stash pop failed ... Go fix it manually !" | tee -a $ARLOGF
                        RETCODE=1
                    fi
                    break
                    ;;
                Show-Diff )
                    echo "Showing diff in the repo" | tee -a $ARLOGF
                    if ! git diff; then
                        echo "Error while showing diff !" | tee -a $ARLOGF
                        RETCODE=1
                        break
                    fi
                    $ME $REPODIR $REPO_URL $REPO_REVISION $EXIT_ON_FAILED
                    RETCODE=$?
                    break
                    ;;
                Reset )
                    RETCODE=0
                    echo "Are you sure you want to reset $REPODIR ???" | tee -a $ARLOGF
                    select ryn in "Yes" "No"; do
                        case $ryn in
                            Yes )
                                if ! git reset --hard; then
                                    echo "Error while resetting !" | tee -a $ARLOGF
                                    RETCODE=1
                                fi
                                break
                                ;;
                        esac
                    done
                    if [ $RETCODE -eq 0 ]; then
                        $ME $REPODIR $REPO_URL $REPO_REVISION $EXIT_ON_FAILED
                        RETCODE=$?
                    fi
                    break
                    ;;

            esac
            echo "Error while updating status for repo $REPODIR" | tee -a $ARLOGF
            break
        done
    fi
    exit $RETCODE
}

function usage
{
    echo "Usage:"
    echo $0 "REPODIR REMOTE_URL REPO_REVISION"
    echo " - REPODIR is the path to the repository root directory"
	echo " - REMOTE_URL is the requested remote URL"
    echo " - REPO_REVISION is the revision to checkout."
    echo "    It can be a branch name, a tag name, a commit sha1"
    echo "    or 'DEV' (i.e. don't touch the repo)"
    echo "    or 'CURR_BRANCH' (i.e. just check and pull, do not checkout anything)"
    echo "    If it's a branch name, the branch will be pulled"
    echo " - EXIT_ON_FAILED (optionnal). Put 'exitOnFailed' to force"
    echo "    the script to stop on any error, without prompt"
    exit 1
}

HERE=$(pwd)
ME=$(which $0)
MYDIR=$(echo $ME | sed 's:\(.*\)/.*:\1:')

# Test if the parameters are correct
if [ -z $1 ] || [ -z $2 ] || [ -z $3 ]; then
    echo "Missing args to check git repository status" | tee -a $ARLOGF
    usage
fi

REPODIR=$1
REPO_URL=$2
REPO_REVISION=$3
if [ -n $4 ]; then
    EXIT_ON_FAILED=$4
    echo "==$EXIT_ON_FAILED =="
fi

ARHello

if [ ! -d $REPODIR ]; then
    echo "Repository $REPODIR does not exists" | tee -a $ARLOGF
    RETCODE=1
    ARQuit
fi

NEEDS_CHECKOUT="YES"
NEEDS_PULL="YES"

if [ x$REPO_REVISION = xDEV ]; then
    echo "Don't touch repo $REPODIR (revision = DEV)" | tee -a $ARLOGF
    ARQuit
elif [ x$REPO_REVISION = xCURR_BRANCH ]; then
    echo "Using current branch/tag as target reivision" | tee -a $ARLOGF
    NEEDS_CHECKOUT="NO"
fi

cd $REPODIR

NEED_ADD_REMOTE=NO
SKIP_REMOTE_TEST=NO
NEED_SET_REMOTE=NO

if ! git remote -v 2>&1 | grep origin >/dev/null 2>&1; then
	echo "Missing remote origin"
    echo "Do you want to add origin remote ($REPO_URL) ?"
    select yn in "Yes" "No"; do
        case $yn in
			Yes )
				NEED_ADD_REMOTE=YES
				break
				;;
			No )
				SKIP_REMOTE_TEST=YES
				break
				;;
		esac
	done
fi

if [ x$NEED_ADD_REMOTE = xYES ]; then
	if ! git remote add origin $REPO_URL 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
		echo "Error while adding remote origin"
		RETCODE=1
		ARQuit
	fi
fi

if [ x$SKIP_REMOTE_TEST = xNO ]; then
	CURRENT_REMOTE=$(git remote -v | grep origin | grep fetch | sed 's:[^[:blank:]]*[[:blank:]]*\([^[:blank:]]*\)[[:blank:]]*.*:\1:')

	if [ ! x"$CURRENT_REMOTE" = x"$REPO_URL" ]; then
		echo "Origin does not point to $REPO_URL, but instead to $CURRENT_REMOTE"
		echo "Do you want to change it to $REPO_URL ?"
		select yn in "Yes" "No"; do
			case $yn in
				Yes )
					NEED_SET_REMOTE=YES
					break
					;;
				No )
					break
					;;
			esac
		done
	fi

	if [ x$NEED_SET_REMOTE = xYES ]; then
		if ! git remote set-url origin $REPO_URL 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
			echo "Error while setting origin URL to $REPO_URL"
			RETCODE=1
			ARQuit
		fi
	fi
fi

if ! git status 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
    echo "Error while updating repo status" | tee -a $ARLOGF
    RETCODE=1
    ARQuit
fi

if ! git diff-files --quiet; then
    echo "The repo $REPODIR has local changes" | tee -a $ARLOGF
    RETCODE=1
    ARQuit
fi

if ! git diff-index --cached --quiet HEAD; then
    echo "The repo $REPODIR has local changes" | tee -a $ARLOGF
    RETCODE=1
    ARQuit
fi

if [ x$NEEDS_CHECKOUT = xYES ]; then
    CURR_SHA1=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
    if [ $CURR_SHA1 = $REPO_REVISION ]; then
        echo "Already on good sha1" | tee -a $ARLOGF
        NEEDS_CHECKOUT="NO"
        NEEDS_PULL="NO"
    else
        TAGS_HERE=$(git tag --points-at HEAD)
        for TAG in $TAGS_HERE; do
            if [ "$TAG" = "$REPO_REVISION" ]; then
                echo "Already on good tag (or at least on the sha1 pointed by the tag)" | tee -a $ARLOGF
                NEEDS_CHECKOUT="NO"
                NEEDS_PULL="NO"
            fi
        done
    fi
fi

if [ x$NEEDS_CHECKOUT = xYES ]; then
    if ! git fetch; then
        echo "Unable to fetch $REPODIR" | tee -a $ARLOGF
        RETCODE=1
        ARQuit
    fi
    if ! git fetch --tags; then
        echo "Unable to fetch --tags $REPODIR" | tee -a $ARLOGF
        RETCODE=1
        ARQuit
    fi
    if ! git checkout $REPO_REVISION; then
        echo "Unable to checkout $REPO_REVISION for $REPODIR" | tee -a $ARLOGF
        echo " --> Working tree might have changed !" | tee -a $ARLOGF
        RETCODE=1
        ARQuit
    fi
fi

if [ x$NEEDS_PULL = xYES ]; then
	if git symbolic-ref -q HEAD; then
		REMOTE=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref --symbolic-full-name @{u} 2>/dev/null)
		if [ x$REMOTE != x'@{u}' ]; then
        # On a branch, with a tracking remote one
			CNT=$(git rev-list $REMOTE..HEAD -n 1 | wc -l)
			if [ $CNT -ne 0 ]; then
				echo "Local commits found on a remote tracking branch" | tee -a $ARLOGF
				echo " --> Don't pull because a merge conflict could happen" | tee -a $ARLOGF
				RETCODE=1
				ARQuit
			fi
		fi
		echo "On a branch, pulling" | tee -a $ARLOGF
		if ! git pull; then
			echo "Unable to pull the branch" | tee -a $ARLOGF
			RETCODE=1
			ARQuit
		fi
	fi
fi

cd $HERE
ARQuit


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What Sebastian Stan Would Look Like As Post-Original Trilogy Luke Skywalker
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By Tom Meisfjord/Nov. 30, 2020 6:09 pm EST
The Star Wars franchise continues to spiral ever outward, like the far, far away galaxy it inhabits, into the inviting embrace of the cold vacuum which surrounds it. Harrison Ford and Billy Dee Williams are replaced by Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover in Solo: A Star Wars Story, and will themselves inevitably be replaced by even younger Hans and Landos in turn. It's all a part of the circle of life. As more actors tag into the greater Star Wars mythos, filling in the unseen corners of beloved characters' backstories, audiences are left to wonder which of their favorite space folk will get the Second Becky treatment next.
Sebastian Stan has been throwing his hat in the ring for the opportunity to upcycle a Star Wars role since at least 2017. In November of that year, he was part of a panel at Rhode Island Comic Con with his Marvel colleague Paul Bettany, who was asked about his role in the then-upcoming Han Solo prequel film. As Bettany finished answering a question from a fan, Stan chimed in to let fans know that he'd be interested in playing Luke Skywalker "any time," and was met with the sort of thunderous applause usually reserved for the death of democracy.
Now, thanks to digital artist Bosslogic's Instagram page, we have a good idea of what that might look like.
Sebastian Stan sure Lukes familiar
Bosslogic, Instagram
There he is, in all of his unsettlingly on-point glory: Sebastian Stan as Luke Skywalker. Bosslogic's take on the iconic character definitely makes a strong case for Stan's claim to the role, and over a hundred thousand "likes" hammer the point home. The artist even tagged The Mandalorian in the photo as a gentle nudge to the Disney+ series, as if to say "Sebastian Stan looks eerily like Mark Hamill, and you're only hurting yourselves by not doing anything with that."
Bosslogic's image depicts Stan in Luke's Return of the Jedi-era outfit, complete with his begloved robot hand and second lightsaber. Fan reactions were mighty enthusiastic, with one user writing that they "didn't even realize that was Sebastian Stan," and another expressing fear that the almost-too-good image was actually a spoiler for The Mandalorian.
Disney has recently reined in their plans for proposed Star Wars projects following Solo's underwhelming box office performance and what fans and critics are referring to as "Star Wars fatigue," brought on by the release of five movies in as many years. While there's no word on when big screen audiences will return to a galaxy far, far away, Sebastian Stan's agent should probably keep their phone close, close at hand.


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Former League of Ireland player Kurtis Byrne signs for Welsh side TNS
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Former Dundalk, Bohemians & St Patrick's Athletic striker Kurtis Byrne has left Linfield after only 5 months and signed for Welsh champions TNS. "I'm delighted to get it done and I'm excited for the season to start," Byrne told TNS' official website. "I trained today with the lads for the first


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Health Alcohol more harmful than heroin, crack cocaine: study
Alcohol more harmful than heroin, crack cocaine: study
Alcohol is more harmful than illegal drugs like heroin and crack cocaine, according to a new study by British researchers.
Scientists looked at the dangers to both the individual and to wider society and found that alcohol was the most dangerous substance, according to the study by the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD).
The results fly in the face of long-held opinions about which drugs pose the greatest dangers, with the authors claiming they demonstrate "the present drug classification systems have little relation to the evidence of harm."
"They also accord with the conclusions of previous expert reports that aggressively target alcohol... is a valid and necessary public health strategy," said the authors.
Drug experts on the committee devised their own system to judge substances and believe their consensus provides a valuable assessment which could guide policymakers.
The research, published in medical journal The Lancet this week, looked at the how much a drug harms the human body as well as other factors such as what its use costs the health care and prison systems.
Heroin, crack cocaine and methamphetamine - or crystal meth - were found to be the most deadly. But when the wider social effects were factored in, alcohol was the most dangerous, followed by heroin and crack cocaine, said the study.
Substances were given a mark from zero to 100 based on certain criteria, with alcohol scoring 72 overall followed by 55 for heroin and 54 for crack.
One of the study's authors was David Nutt, a former British government drugs adviser during the previous Labor administration.
He was sacked after a disagreement with the government over the decision to upgrade the classification of cannabis.
The ISCD says its remit is to investigate and review scientific evidence relating to drugs, free from political concerns.
Even babies see social cues at mealtime
More evidence suggest even very young children think in sophisticated ways about subtle social cues.
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The Panasonic RQ-2102 is a Cassette Recorder that operates off of four C batteries or AC power.
Device buttons get stuck often and are difficult to push out.
The solution could lie in the pinch roller, which is a device that pushes the cassette into place in order to function properly. Push the pinch roller back to alleviate mechanical locking that occurs. If this fails to fix the problem, the user should consider replacing the pinch roller altogether.
To fix this problem, clean exterior of buttons with a damp rag. If this does not work, remove buttons carefully and clean the place where buttons used to be with a damp rag.
The cassette door will sometimes get stuck and fail to open.
The belt may be stuck and simply turning it by hand could fix this problem. If your drive belt is damaged beyond the point that manually turning it is impossible, then the best option is to simply replace the belt with a new one.
Carefully pry open cassette door with a small flat blade screwdriver. Another method could be to push various buttons to release any additional locking mechanisms that may have become stuck due to extended/harsh use.
The cassette player fails to power on.
Remove battery door and check for damage to the four C batteries. If no damage is visible, remove batteries and replace with new ones. If no replacements are available, try removing dead batteries and reinstall to make sure they were placed properly.
Check the AC adapter to ensure that it is properly plugged into the outlet and device. If the device does not work when adapter is plugged in, then the adapter is damaged and either needs to be replaced or plugged into a different outlet.
Buzzing or clicking sound can be heard when playing tapes.
The device could be suffering from normal wear. The solution to this could be checking all power connections, checking for dust build up inside outlets and the device. If the problem still persists, the speaker may need to be replaced.
The battery could break and leak into the main board of the device, causing a clicking/buzzing sound. Clean the board or any affected areas with petrol and a damp rag. Avoid cleaning areas that are not affected by leakage with the petrol as this can further damage the device.
The cassette may get stuck when put into the device for use.
Check to make sure that the drive belt isn't damaged. If the belt is broken it could cause the cassette to get stuck. The best way to get rid of this issue is to replace the drive belt with a new one.
Check to ensure that the spindle on the device is not lodged in the tape. If the spindle causes the cassettes to keep getting stuck, take apart the device and replace the spindles with new ones. Also, the issue could occur if one is using the wrong type of cassette for the device.


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<?php
/*********************************************************************************
 * Karbon Framework is a PHP5 Framework developed by Maxx Ng'ang'a
 * (C) 2016 Crysoft Dynamics Ltd
 * Karbon V 1.0
 * Maxx
 * 4/29/2017
 ********************************************************************************/

namespace AppBundle\Repository;

use AppBundle\Entity\User;
use Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository;

class UserRepository extends EntityRepository
{
    /**
     * @return User[]
     */
    public function findAllActiveBreedersOrderByDate()
    {
        return $this->createQueryBuilder('user')
            ->andWhere('user.isActive = :isActive')
            ->setParameter('isActive', true)
            ->andWhere('user.userType = :userType')
            ->setParameter('userType', 'breeder')
            ->orderBy('user.firstName', 'ASC')
            ->getQuery()
            ->execute();
    }

    /**
     * @return User[]
     */
    public function findAllActiveAgentsOrderByDate()
    {
        return $this->createQueryBuilder('user')
            ->andWhere('user.isActive = :isActive')
            ->setParameter('isActive', true)
            ->andWhere('user.userType = :userType')
            ->setParameter('userType', 'agent')
            ->orderBy('user.firstName', 'ASC')
            ->getQuery()
            ->execute();
    }

    /**
     * @return User[]
     */
    public function findAllActiveGrowers()
    {
        return $this->createQueryBuilder('user')
            ->andWhere('user.isActive = :isActive')
            ->setParameter('isActive', true)
            ->andWhere('user.userType = :userType')
            ->setParameter('userType', 'grower')
            ->orderBy('user.firstName', 'DESC')
            ->getQuery()
            ->execute();
    }

    /**
     * @return User[]
     */
    public function findAllActiveBuyers()
    {
        return $this->createQueryBuilder('user')
            ->andWhere('user.isActive = :isActive')
            ->setParameter('isActive', true)
            ->andWhere('user.userType = :userType')
            ->setParameter('userType', 'buyer')
            ->orderBy('user.firstName', 'DESC')
            ->getQuery()
            ->execute();
    }

    /**
     * @return User[]
     */
    public function findAllActiveAdmins()
    {
        return $this->createQueryBuilder('user')
            ->andWhere('user.isActive = :isActive')
            ->setParameter('isActive', true)
            ->andWhere('user.userType = :userType')
            ->setParameter('userType', 'breeder')
            ->orderBy('user.firstName', 'DESC')
            ->getQuery()
            ->execute();
    }

}


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Link type posts about government abuses of power
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Your Government Doesn't Want to Stop Sexual Assault or Harassment...
...they want to use it for their own power.
Some want you to think Weinstein was the disease, not a symptom:
http://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2017/10/these-five-media-players-thrived-for-years-despite-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct/
Sexual Assault and harassment is an epidemic. The woman (or man) who has not been a victim is the exception, not the rule. This problem will never be solved until people stand up to it, EVERY TIME they see it. It will never be solved until we create a culture in which victims feel comfortable coming forward (or at least the discomfort is justified by the potential benefits).
Government is not going to fix this, though they are perfectly capable of making things worse. Like many pervasive problems, this will require a sea change in the way we think and behave. It will require education and INDIVIDUAL action and courage.
Your Government is Stupid
Weaponized Fiestaware: https://reason.com/2021/01/12/antique-plate-fiestaware-school-evacuation/
Are Trump's Tweets Just Designed to Distract Us?
They do seem to drive the media conversation: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/20/trump-senate-budget-vote-tweets-243983?lo=ap_c1 I...
Your Government Will Steal Your Children
At least Kentucky tried to cut down on the red tape by having judges pre-sign blank emergency orders... https://reason.com/2019/05/09/kent...
Your Government Has Eliminated The Fourth Amendment
https://mises.org/wire/federal-judges-are-waging-war-fourth-amendment
Super Tax Genius
child molester
civil asset
excessive fines
police beating
wrong house
Your Government Uses The Power You Give It To Help...
Your Government Doesn't Give a Shit What You Want
Your Government Lies To You With Impunity
Your Government Can't Be Counted On In An Emergency
Your Government Will Spend Your Money Wantonly And...
Your Government Doesn't Care If Your Child Dies
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Your Government LOVES telling You What You Can and...
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Q: Creating a timer class in Java How would I create a timer class using Timer and TimerTask utils in Java. This way I can use my main class to create, start, track and delete timers as needed.
Below is my best example of the class I am looking for.
public class TimerClass {

  private Timer timer;
  private TimerTask timerTask;
  private int time;

 public TimerClass(){
    timer = new Timer();
    time = 0;
 }

 public void createTimer(){

 }

 public void runTimer(){

 }
 public int getTime(){
    return this.time;
 }
 public void deleteTimer(){

 }
 public void endTimer(){

 }
}

A: I believe the functions you want are System.nanoTime();, which returns the current time in nanoseconds. Simply record the difference between System.nanoTime();'s value when you start the timer, and it's value when you end the timer. This should give you the output you want.

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Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge
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Actors: Beth Hathaway, Brian Henson, Gigi Edgley, Kirk R. Thatcher
Studio: The Jim Henson Company
Networks: Syfy
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Sharjah's real estate transactions rise 40.5% y-on-y in H1 2021
Posted in Middle East Property News On Jul 27, 2021
he Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department recorded 40,346 real estate transactions worth Dhs12.2bn, marking a 40.5 per cent increase from January-June 2021, compared to the first six month of 2020.
The total area covered in sales transactions was 75.2 million square feet. Sharjah also witnessed a 96.1 per cent increase in transactions as against the same period in 2020.
There were 25,601 ownership certificate transactions followed by 10,444 ownership deed transactions, with 2,289 initial sales contract transactions. There were also 1,457 mortgage transactions, while valuation transactions were 503, and broker's card transactions came last with 52.
Until June 2021, the emirate recorded 1,457 mortgage transactions worth Dhs5bn, a rise of 25 per cent against the corresponding period last year.
Meanwhile, there were 2,863 sales transactions in various regions of the emirate until June 2021. The largest share was acquired by Sharjah city with 2,546 transactions in 102 areas at a total value of Dhs4.9bn.
The leading areas were Al Khan, Al Rigaibah, Hoshi, Al Nahda, and Al Majaz 3, with 1,435 transactions that accounted for 56.4 per cent of all transactions. There were 398 transactions in Al Khan, accounting for 15.6 per cent of the total in the city.
As for the central region, the number of transactions reached 94, worth Dhs82.3m, across 28 different areas. These transactions were concentrated in Tayybah 2 and Al Malha, accounting for 29.8 percent of the total sales numbering 28 while the other 66 were distributed in the remaining 26 areas, reported news agency WAM citing the report.
The city of Khor Fakkan recorded 77 transactions in 13 areas valued at Dhs50.4m. There were 30 transactions in Al Haray industrial area, Al Haray commercial area, and Hayawa, accounting for 39 per cent of the total, while the remaining 47 transactions were distributed in 10 areas around Khor Fakkan.
In Kalba city, there were 140 transactions in 20 areas valued at Dhs76.1m. There were 84 transactions in the industrial and Al Saaf areas, accounting for 60 per cent of the city's transactions. The remaining 56 were distributed in 18 other areas.
Also, there were six transactions in the city of Dibba AlHisn worth Dhs4.1 million. These were distributed in three areas, with the most traded being Al-Shamali Neighbourhood with three, which accounted for 50 per cent of the total transactions.
During H1 2021, Sharjah also processed 133 usufruct transactions valued at over Dhs205m, led by Muwailih Commercial area with 43, Tilal with 35, and Al Nahda with 32.
Residential transactions accounted for the largest share, with 49.6 per cent of the total. Commercial transactions were next with 37.1 per cent, followed by industrial transactions at 11.1 per cent, while agricultural transactions came in last at 2.2 per cent. In terms of the number of transactions by property type, apartments accounted for the largest share, with 711, followed by residential land at 634, and residential built-in land with 559.
Sixty-three nationalities from around the world invested in Sharjah during the first half of 2021, with GCC citizens, including those from the UAE, investing a total of Dhs9.7bn across 10,787 properties. Investments from other countries, including Arab countries, amounted to Dhs2.5bn across 1,961 properties.
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How to treat a stye if it is still swollen after using antibiotic eyedrops, and when does it need to be drained?
I've been having a stye for 3 weeks on the underside of my upper eyelid. I have used antibiotic eyedrops for 1 week, as instructed by my GP. However, it is still swollen. What should I do next? In particular, I'm wondering whether it will "heal naturally" and go away by itself? Otherwise, when does a stye need to be drained?
I'm sorry to hear that you have had a stye for so long! I used to have styes as a teenager and can understand the discomfort and frustration it is causing you.
Our eye lid margin contain numerous oil glands, which secrete oil to lubricate our eyes (as part of the tear film). The opening of these oil glands can frequently get blocked, resulting in the secretions accumulating and forming a lump. When bacteria gains entry into this mass, it may cause an infection, resulting in a large, red, painful lump of pus, that may be either on the underside or outside of your eyelids.
In addition to antibiotic ointment/ cream, it is important to perform eye lid hygiene. I usually use a clean cotton square soaked in baby shampoo diluted with warm water to clean the eye lid margins. This will remove debris and bacteria from the eyelid margin and also unblock any clogged pores. You can then apply gentle warm compress (with a clean towel soaked in warm water -- careful not to burn your skin!) to the lump to encourage the secretions and pus to discharge. Do this at least twice a day, or more often if you can spare the time.
After a few days the swelling will usually get smaller and less red. It is common for a firm hard lump to remain. This residual lump may sometimes take weeks to resolve completely. It is important to continue lid hygiene practices to prevent further infection, or further styes from forming.
Some styes may require a small procedure to drain the contents of the stye, in order to accelerate healing. This is particularly so for large styes filled with pus. However, do remember that the stye may recur after the procedure, or new styes may form, if the oil gland openings remain clogged!
I do hope your stye has resolved by now, and if so, do continue to practice lid hygiene to prevent further occurrences -- it has worked quite well for me so far!
Stye usually occurs as a result of inflammation and poor oil flow in the oil glands around the eyelid margin.
There are 2 main approaches to treating styes.
Performing warm compress twice a day for 10 to 15 minutes often helps soften the contents in the stye, resulting in gradual resolution of the style. In addition, maintaining lid hygiene by cleaning it with mild soapy solutions or lid wipes helps reduce risks of infection.
You may however want to consider incision and drainage of the stye when there is little relief after 2 to 3 weeks of the above mentioned approaches. A visit to an ophthalmologist is strongly recommended if there is pain as it may indicate the presence of an infection. Recurrence is common; a visit to an ophthalmologist to exclude other serious causes such as eyelid tumour is recommended for peace of mind.
One could continue to maintain regular lid hygiene and warm compress even after the stye has resolved as a form of preventative measure.
Styes/chalazions or lumps in the eyelids due to blocked glands can be drained when they persist despite conservative treatment like hot compresses and antibiotic eyedrops/ointments, and if they are large enough to be bothersome.
Large styes may cause not only cosmetic issues, if they are in the centre of the upper eyelid they may even press on the cornea and cause temporary visual blurring.
Although they may go away by themselves eventually, sometimes this could take months.
So if you have already had the stye for 3 weeks, and it is bothering you and not getting smaller, you can consider going to see an eye doctor to have it drained. Otherwise, you could continue with conservative measures first also.
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Viktor Slavtchev, S. Wiederhold
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Governments purchase everything from airplanes to zucchini. This paper investigates whether the technological intensity of government demand affects corporate R&D activities. In a quality-ladder model of endogenous growth, we show that an increase in the share of government purchases in high-tech industries increases the rewards for innovation, and stimulates private-sector R&D at the aggregate level. We test this prediction using administrative data on federal procurement performed in US states. Both panel fixed effects and instrumental variable estimations provide results in line with the model. Our findings bring public procurement within the realm of the innovation policy debate.
Specialization versus Diversification: Perceived Benefits of Different Incubation Models
Michael Schwartz, Christoph Hornych
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, No. 3, 2012
Business incubator initiatives are a widespread policy instrument for the promotion of entrepreneurship, innovation and the development of new technology-based firms. Recently, there has been an increasing tendency for the more traditional diversified incubators to be superseded by incubators focusing their support elements, processes and selection criteria on firms from one specific sector, and its particular needs. Despite the increasing importance of such specialized incubators in regional innovation strategies, the question of whether they are advantageous has neither been investigated empirically nor discussed theoretically in detail. Drawing on large-scale survey data from 161 firms incubated in either diversified or specialized incubators in Germany, we investigate the benefits to firms of being part of a specialized business incubator as opposed to being part of a generalized business incubator. The investigation of the value-added contribution of specialized incubators, in particular regarding hardware components, business assistance, networking and reputation gains, reveals considerable differences compared to the more diversified incubation model.
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An econometric strategy to identify a pre-announced fiscal policy shock is proposed. I show that the reduced form innovations can be recovered by estimating a Vector-moving-average model using the Kalman filter. The structural effects are identified exploiting the shock's pre-announced nature, which leads to potentially different signs of the responses of some endogenous variables during the announcement and after the realization of the shock. I illustrate my strategy by identifying a pre-announced shock to government consumption expenditures. I find that the response of private consumption is significantly negative on impact, rises and becomes significantly positive two quarters after the realization of the policy shock.
What Drives Innovation Output from Subsidized R&D Cooperation? — Project-level Evidence from Germany
Michael Schwartz, Michael Fritsch, Jutta Günther, François Peglow
Technovation, No. 6, 2012
Using a large dataset of 406 subsidized R&D cooperation projects, we provide detailed insights into the relationship between project characteristics and innovation output. Patent applications and publications are used as measures for the innovation output of an R&D project. We find that large-firm involvement is strongly positively related with the number of patent applications, but not with the number of publications. Conversely, university involvement has positive effects on projects' innovation output in terms of the number of publications but not in terms of patent applications. In general, projects' funding as measure of projects' size is an important predictor of the innovation output of R&D cooperation projects. No significant effects are found for the number of partners as (an alternative) measure of projects' size, for spatial proximity between cooperation partners, for the involvement of a public institute for applied research, and for prior cooperation experiences. We derive conclusions for the design of R&D cooperation support schemes.
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Peter Franz
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The author discusses the role of competitions in urban development strategies based on the cooperation of higher education institutions. The experience with similar strategies in regional policy and in innovation policy is reflected upon. After the presentation of some cases, the advantages and disadvantages of development strategies based on competitions are compared.
Intellectual Property Rights Policy, Competition and Innovation
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit
Journal of the European Economic Association, No. 1, 2012
To what extent and in what form should the intellectual property rights (IPR) of innovators be protected? Should a company with a large technology lead over its rivals receive the same IPR protection as a company with a more limited advantage? In this paper, we develop a dynamic framework for the study of the interactions between IPR and competition, in particular to understand the impact of such policies on future incentives. The economy consists of many industries and firms engaged in cumulative (step-by-step) innovation. IPR policy regulates whether followers in an industry can copy the technology of the leader. We prove the existence of a steady-state equilibrium and characterize some of its properties. We then quantitatively investigate the implications of different types of IPR policy on the equilibrium growth rate and welfare. The most important result from this exercise is that full patent protection is not optimal; instead, optimal policy involves state-dependent IPR protection, providing greater protection to technology leaders that are further ahead than those that are close to their followers. This is because of a trickle-down effect: providing greater protection to firms that are further ahead of their followers than a certain threshold increases the R&D incentives also for all technology leaders that are less advanced than this threshold.
Internationalisation Theory and Technological Accumulation - An Investigation of Multinational Affiliates in East Germany
Björn Jindra
Studies in Economic Transition, 2012
The integration of post-communist countries into the European and global economy after 1990 has led to a renewed interest in the role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in economic restructuring and technological development. This book explains the expansion of MNEs into a transition economy from the technology accumulation perspective. Key assumptions of the technological accumulation approach towards firms' internationalisation are tested, using the examples of foreign and West German MNEs in East Germany. The effects of technological externalities on MNE location choice are analysed, in addition to an exploration of the factors driving the location of foreign affiliates' research and development (R&D) and innovation activities. The book provides a novel and comprehensive empirical approach to assess the developmental role of MNEs, deriving significant economic policy implications for transition and emerging economies.
Cluster Policies in the Federal States of Bavaria and Thuringia: Discrepancies between Practice and Theory
Gerhard Heimpold
Wirtschaft im Wandel, No. 10, 2011
The contribution analyzes cluster policies pursued in the Federal States of Bavaria and Thuringia. The investigation is based on the exploration of government documents. In both countries cluster policy is target at strengthening competitiveness. The documents explored do not reveal an economic justification for cluster policy in the sense of eliminating market failures, e. g. externalities, information asymmetries and coordination failures. Therefore, it is unclear whether the support schemes under consideration really tie in with factors that hamper cluster evolution. Policies in both states support state-wider clusters and networks. The state-wide focus, however, might undervalue advantages of spatial proximity. As another critical point the ex-ante selection of industries or technologies eligible under cluster policy can be regarded. Despite readiness of considering new technologies etc., public administration generally suffers from a lack of information about the future development perspectives of industries and technologies. A way to mitigate the limited capability of public administration in terms of forecasting might be favoring economic support based on competition for the best concepts/projects instead of focusing on certain industries. Several support schemes offered by the Federal government in Germany are already competition-based. In Thuringia cluster policy is strongly motivated by several structural shortcomings, e. g. by the fragmented firm landscape mainly consisting of small units. Therefore, beyond cluster policy, the necessity will remain to abolish directly the structural shortcomings mentioned, especially by providing an economic environment that enhances firm growth.
A Systemic View on Knowledge-based Development Metrics
Mirko Titze, Michael Schwartz, Matthias Brachert
International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development, No. 1, 2012
Drawing on the systems perspective of innovation processes, this article proposes a conceptual approach for a comprehensive analysis of regional knowledge generation and transfer. Instead of focusing on one single indicator, the approach emphasizes the importance to take multiple channels of knowledge transfer into account. This provides valuable insights into the spatial structure of innovation processes on different levels. We disentangle the innovation process and consider four different layers: i.) publications in peer-reviewed journals, ii.) patent applications, iii.) formal R&D collaboration projects, the iv.) localized input-output relations. Further, we demonstrate the relevance of the "multi-layer approach" by applying it empirically to a specific regional innovation system: The Free State of Saxony – a federal state in Germany. We argue that the approach could be a valuable tool to inform policy-makers about knowledge-based regional development strategies.
The Impact of Government Procurement Composition on Private R&D Activities
Jena Economic Research Papers, Nr. 2011-036, No. 36, 2011
This paper addresses the question of whether government procurement can work as a de facto innovation policy tool. We develop an endogenous growth model with quality-improving in-novation that incorporates industries with heterogeneous innovation sizes. Government demand in high-tech industries increases the market size in these industries and, with it, the incentives for private firms to invest in R&D. At the economy-wide level, the additional R&D induced in high-tech industries outweighs the R&D foregone in all remaining industries. The implications of the model are empirically tested using a unique data set that includes federal procurement in U.S. states. We find evidence that a shift in the composition of government purchases toward high-tech industries indeed stimulates privately funded company R&D.
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Over The Edge (1979)
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Over The Edge first published by Little White Lies, as the 128th entry in my Cinema Psychotronicum column
"Welcome to New Granada," reads the roadside billboard which opens Jonathan Kaplan's Over The Edge, with the subtitle "tomorrow's city… today" – but behind it is only empty space. This planned community was meant to be a utopia, but harsh economic realities have since set in. While one part of New Granada still represents the aspirations of a middle-class yearning to leave behind the city's rougher edges for a more peaceful, crime-free suburban life, the oldest housing development in another part of town has become neglected and impoverished, while new buildings remain unfinished and empty as the money has run out. A large plot of land originally reserved for the construction of a skating rink, a bowling alley and twin cinemas is now up for sale to become an industrial park.
With nowhere to go but a makeshift recreation centre that closes at 6 o'clock every evening, 14-year-old Carl Willat (Michael Kramer) and his friends the bad boy Richie White (Matt Dillon), stoner Claude Zachary (Tom Fergus) and Claude's mute brother Johnny (Tiger Thompson) are bored out of their minds, and keep themselves entertained with drinking, drugs and minor acts of delinquency. As we follow Carl's misadventures over several days – his romantic pursuit of Cory (Pamela Ludwig), his rebellious fallouts with his bourgeois parents (Andy Romano, Ellen Geer), his various run-ins with local police chief Doberman (Harry Northup) and with Cory's boyfriend Mark Perry (Vincent Spano) – we can see a young man teetering on the edge of adulthood, of criminality, and of deep disillusionment, as he finds the adults around him wanting. New Granada is set to explode.
As its opening suggests, Over The Edge is essentially a film about real estate, mapping out in New Granada the tensions between classes and generations that are being built into America's future. As the adults show greater concern for sales and bottom lines and materialism than for the values and living conditions of their community, and as the overzealous Doberman, in displaying an open, deeply prejudicial contempt for the junior high schoolers, in fact creates the kind of problems that he is meant to solve, the children too learn to stop caring, and start developing a default disdain for authority.
These kids may be unruly, but their delinquency is learnt: you can see it in the way that they appropriate the language of grown-ups. There are several examples of this in the film, but perhaps the most pertinently absurd is when the young dealer Tip (Eric Lalich), seated on a deck chair in the sunny garden of his mother's home, is heard saying on the phone: "With inflation and the dollar dropping, it could get pretty heavy…. I don't make the market, I'm just out on the street like everyone else," or when Mark tells Carl, "Any time you want to come and say hello, just leave a message with my secretary." The kids' callous indifference, too, reflects the attitudes of their parents. Like the 'botany box' in the class room of a disgruntled teacher, this community is an ecosystem – and the dysfunction and rot within it are not confined merely to its saplings.
Three different realities collided to build – and then almost destroy – Over The Edge. The first of these was an article appearing in the San Francisco Examiner in 1973 about bored local kids in Foster City, California who kept trashing the new planned community where they lived. Not only was this real-life story the inspiration for the film's screenplay, but its writers Charles S. Hass and Tim Hunter spent time with the teenagers of Foster City to find out what made them tick. As a result, even if Kaplan's film is ultimately exploitation fiction (with a combustible climax entirely different from anything that actually took place in Foster City), it nonetheless comes with a lived-in naturalism that emerges from all the ground-level research that went into its screenplay.
The second reality was in the casting. All the child actors were, unusually, playing their own age. Michael Eric Kramer and Vincent Spano already had some experience on camera, but the other teen leads, including Matt Dillon (discovered in New York, aged 14), Pamela Ludwig and Tom Fergus, were appearing on screen for their first time, while the extras were non-professionals recruited from the Colorado community where the film was shot. This brings a high degree of vérité to Over The Edge, which has more in common with the fly-on-the-wall hang-out aesthetics of Richard Linklater (who has since expressly claimed the film as an influence on his 1993 feature Dazed and Confused) than with other 'gang films' released in 1979.
The third reality, however, was precisely the controversy surrounding these gang films. After screenings of Walter Hill's The Warriors in 1979 led to real-world vandalism, violence and even murder among gang-affiliated theatregoers, studios became nervous about promoting anything with vaguely similar themes, and so titles like Robert L. Collins' Walk Proud, Philip Kaufman's The Wanderers, Michael Pressman's Boulevard Nights, and indeed Over The Edge, received only very limited theatrical releases, effectively killing their chances at box-office success. Over The Edge would only gradually build its audience with repeat screenings on cable in the Eighties and a home video release in 1989 – but its fans would eventually include Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, whose music video for Smells Like Teen Spirit was a loose homage to the film's climax in the school. Over the Edge has now transcended to the status of cult classic.
Set to a soundtrack of Cheap Trick, The Ramones, The Cars and Van Halen, Over The Edge might sound like a preachy after school special, akin to the hilariously po-faced educational short film on vandalism which is shown in the school assembly and gets all the pupils cheering at the sight of windows being smashed. Kaplan's film, however, is nothing like that. For it refuses to demonise any of its characters: the children are essentially good people, in spite, perhaps even because, of their ultimate orgy of destruction (which is presented as a scatter-gun act of revenge), and even the flame-fanning Doberman tries to act properly, with the most unconscionable act that he commits framed in such a way as to be justifiable from his point of view.
There is no clear moral message here, and the ending is left unresolved, as Carl, now come of age in a crucible of violence, heads into an uncertain future. Several times in the film, Carl is warned by Doberman of the crucial 'choice' that he must make about the road that he travels. The choice that Carl does ultimately make oddly aligns Over The Edge, for all the whiteness of its characters and the suburbanism of its setting, to Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing (1989) – except that Kaplan's film is more concerned with divisions of age than of race. Carl may get a hero's send-off in the final scene, but given where he is at the time, and where he is going, there would still seem to be trouble ahead. As always in this film, things could go either way.
"This isn't just a New Grenada problem. I've talked to city managers and councilmen and mayors all over the country, and heard that same stuff about the kids over and over again." The speaker is Jerry Cole (Richard Jamison), President of the Homeowners' Association at New Grenada, and a key figure in the move to sell off the town's future heart and soul to commercial concerns – and his words bring to mind another President who, two years later, would spearhead a conservative campaign renewing the War on Drugs and reinforcing family values (two policies whose failure, and whose unwitting contribution to the social malaise, are carefully staged here). Which is to say that Kaplan's tale of teen delinquency and disaffection is both dramatising a countrywide problem of its times, and presenting the state of the nation. For this is an allegory of an America ever under construction – and it examines, in a nuanced, even-handed and unsanctimonious manner, the money-obsessed mindset of adults, parents and entrenched authorities no less than the hostile recalcitrance of errant youth on their road to nowhere.
strap: Jonathan Kaplin's rites-of-passage drama is an allegory of an America under construction, and on a road to nowhere
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Q: Getting a string in a specific tag with Beautiful Soup I try to get all the titles from a website https://webscraper.io/test-sites. For that I use Beautiful Soup. The title (in this case E-commerce site) is always included in the following part of a code:

        E-commerce site

I don't get that part. I already tried different things but for example the most intuitive code for me is not working:
import re
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests

url = 'https://webscraper.io/test-sites'
r = requests.get(url)
r_html = r.text
soup = BeautifulSoup(r_html)
string = soup.find_all("h2", string=re.compile("E-commerce")

How can I get just the title, in this case 'E-commerce site' for a list?

A: import re

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

url = 'https://webscraper.io/test-sites'
r = requests.get(url)
r_html = r.text
soup = BeautifulSoup(r_html, features="html.parser")
h2s = soup.find_all("h2")
for h2 in h2s:
    print(h2.text.strip())

this will give you all the texts in your H2s.
Let me know if this helps you.

A: If I understand you correctly, you want to get a list of all the titles available. You could do something like this:
titles = [x.getText() for x in soup.find_all("h2", {class_="site-heading"})]

A: You are close. A few issues.

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*You are not using any parser to parse r_html. I have used html.parser here.

*I don't see any need to use Regex re in your problem.

*The titles are present inside h2 tags with class name - site-heading. You can select them.

This code selects all the titles and prints them.
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests

url = 'https://webscraper.io/test-sites'
r = requests.get(url)
r_html = r.text
soup = BeautifulSoup(r_html,"html.parser")
string = soup.find_all("h2", class_='site-heading')

for i in string:
    print(i.text.strip())

E-commerce site
E-commerce site with pagination links
E-commerce site with popup links
E-commerce site with AJAX pagination links
E-commerce site with "Load more" buttons
E-commerce site that loads items while scrolling
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