This semester, we implemented a new section of our newsletter that highlighted our students. We loved getting to know those who were interviewed, and we hope you enjoyed getting to learn more about other students on campus as well as organizations you may not have been familiar with before. We will be highlighting more students for the Spring semester so be sure to read future newsletters for details. Our weekly newsletter will start up again on January 16.
For our graduates, congratulations! We loved assisting you along your journey at Kent State! For those of you taking classes in the Spring, good luck on the rest of finals, and we will see you for the start of the semester on January 14! Thanks to all of you for helping to make this a great semester, and have a restful holiday break.
With winter break fast approaching, housing and dining needs might be a concern. All dining hours during the break can be found online here. If you have housing questions, please see this website.
Don't forget, OGE will be closed starting Friday, December 21st at 5:00 pm and will not reopen until January 2nd at 8:00 am. Have a safe break & we will see you after the first of the year!
Govinda Baweja is an international student from New Delhi, India. He is studying Computer Science and will be graduating from his program on Saturday! He arrived to Kent State during the Spring 2015 semester and was surprised by all of the snow that NE Ohio experiences. Despite the cold, he has come to love the weather here. Ohio having all four seasons is one reason why he plans on staying in the area after his graduation. He says, "I've traveled quite a lot, mostly because of the company I am working with right now, but Ohio has been especially great, and I'd love to stay here for a while."
Govinda first studied to be a pilot in Miami, Florida a few years ago. He enjoyed the program and finished as one of the best pilots in his class. When he returned to New Delhi, he found a job in a startup airline company and worked there for a while. However, overall, he wasn't satisfied, and when the company started to weaken, he took the opportunity to return to school. He decided to come to Kent State because of our computer science program. Govinda wanted to be able to use his knowledge as a pilot and integrate that with his studies in computer science, so he focused on drones and programming.
During his time here at Kent State, he has had the opportunity to work in three different internships. He currently works on programming drones, which is his passion. Additionally, he has had the opportunity to travel to New Mexico, California, Washington D.C., and many more places through this internship. His work schedule and classes this semester take up a lot of his time, but when he does have free time, he loves to play guitar and helps out other international students.
His home country, India, is a very multicultural diverse country and has many aspects that are different from the American culture. Some cultural differences that he had to overcome when he first came to the U.S. were the aspect of time and the American dialect. He says, "In India, if you are supposed to meet someone at 7:00 for dinner, don't expect them to arrive until 9:00. This is a normal thing in my culture; we are very relaxed about schedules and time because if I am not late, I know the person who I'm meeting will be late." When he came to the U.S., the directness of being on time was something that he had to get used to. He says, "Even when I arrived on time to things, I was considered late. This is because, here if you are early, then you are considered on time." In India, the dialect of English is a lot different from the American one, so he had to learn how to communicate effectively once he arrived. He says, "I would say something in perfect English and people wouldn't understand me because it's not how it's said here. It was frustrating."
Govinda already has a job lined up for after graduation and plans on staying in the United States for some time. Five years from now, he hopes to own his own business that works with drones. One aspect of his company will be in collaborating with firefighters and helping them use drones in emergencies. He says, "Drones can do so many things. I hope that I can create a technology that helps firefighters assess a fire. A drone can be sent into a fire and find out where the firefighters need to go. I think it will be able to save a lot more lives." Govinda is very passionate about his work and also about helping people. Making a difference in the community is something that he strives for.
Often, we think communication is just through words. But communication is also very visual. If you are interested appearing in a Kent State University ad or video campaign please email, Don Vana at dvana@kent.edu, to schedule a time to stop by the Office of Global Education for a quick reference picture for both current and future campaign consideration.
It's a powerful way to support one another and who knows you might become famous in the process!


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By Johan Pauw, Managing Director, SAEON
The DST's Global Change Grand Challenge has been identified as the umbrella framework for SAEON's work
SAEON has a research contract with a mining company to study the long-term effects of land use and climate change on biodiversity and ecosystem services
From its current position within the NRF, "SAEON can produce the widest range of policy-relevant knowledge outputs, and serve the information needs of the widest range of stakeholders, including being consulted by the National Planning Commission, as has recently been the case." – Johan Pauw
There were, and probably still are, those who hold that SAEON should be located within the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) rather than the Department of Science and Technology (DST).
These views are understandable given the "environmental" focus of SAEON. This short piece seeks to better inform the debate.
Firstly, the 'environment' domain of SAEON is owned by all citizens, and therefore all government departments, representing the people of South Africa. Environment is a true cross-cutter that underpins all sectors of society.
It would therefore be short-sighted to consider 'environment' as solely the concern of the Department of Environmental Affairs. Departments such as Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Water and Sanitation; Rural Development and Land Reform; Tourism; Health; Energy; Economic Affairs; Basic Education; Higher Education and Training; and last but not least, Science and Technology, all have a direct interest in the work and welfare of SAEON.
What is important to recognise is that SAEON was not established as an environmental agency of sorts; instead, it was established as a science programme. SAEON's science is an essential contribution to the 'environmental' knowledge base used by government.
As such, it should be managed as a research institution and from an economically neutral basis such as the National Research Foundation (NRF). SAEON is not for or against 'conservation', it merely seeks to pose important research questions around how environmental systems function, and what the drivers of change and the impacts of environmental change are… on natural systems as well as on those sectors of society dependent on them for a variety of essential resources and services.
SAEON is definitely for 'scientific excellence', the only guarantee that SAEON's outputs will be adopted as reliable information that should inform socio-economic decision-making. By working in the DST's sphere of influence, SAEON never has to argue the case for scientific excellence or a comprehensive disciplinary mandate.
Government's strategic documents make it clear that the DST has a responsibility for supporting and directing environmental research, and the DST's Global Change Grand Challenge has been identified as the umbrella framework for SAEON's work.
Thirdly, SAEON was established as an institutionalised network with the mandate to support government, higher education and industry. As such, SAEON's outputs are expected to contribute to the knowledge economy and ultimately to have policy relevance. Being a network organisation, SAEON is also expected to operate outside institutional boundaries, that is, to collaborate and widely share its available research infrastructure, databases and intellectual capacity in a meaningful way.
So, are all these objectives being met?
SAEON receives core funding from the DST only to run and maintain its long-term environmental observation and data systems, together with an environmental science engagement programme. This means that SAEON enters into contracts and agreements with stakeholder and user institutions for general collaborations without exchange of finances, or for short- to medium-term contracts.
More recently, two such agreements have been signed with DEA and another one is likely to be signed in March 2017. In addition, a collaborative agreement has been reached with the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and awaits final sign-off.
Data system development contracts with several government departments are underway. SAEON moreover has a research contract with a mining company and runs a secretariat for the South African Marine Research and Exploration Forum (SAMREF).
Research students receiving support from SAEON hail from most of the South African research universities. In the very latest development, as reported in October last year, SAEON is currently being contracted by the DST for hosting two large environmental observation research infrastructures.
It should be clear that for SAEON to be run under government's science vote from within the NRF is a well-motivated strategy delivering the expected results. From this position, SAEON can produce the widest range of policy-relevant knowledge outputs, and serve the information needs of the widest range of stakeholders, including being consulted by the National Planning Commission, as has recently been the case.

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Earth's climate has undergone many changes over the course of geologic history, but the past one million years or so have been among the most dynamic. During that time, the planet has experienced repeated cycles of glacial (cold) and interglacial (warm) periods lasting about 80,000 years on average.
These were most likely driven by regular changes in Earth's orbit and rotation known as the Milankovich Cycles that govern the seasonal timing and intensity of solar energy entering the atmosphere. Other factors that may have contributed to the formation and cessation of ice ages are the amount of greenhouse gases (mainly carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor) in Earth's atmosphere, the extent of sea and land-based ice across the northern hemisphere, and shifts in patterns of wind and ocean currents.
During ice ages, the most characteristic change to the planet has been the formation and spread large ice sheets and glaciers across much the Northern Hemisphere. The sheer weight of the ice at the height of the last ice age depressed Earth's crust to such an extent that many areas are still slowly but noticeably rebounding to this day, 18,000 years after the retreat of the glaciers.
The formation of the ice also removed so much water from the global ocean that sea levels during ice ages were notably lower than interglacial periods such as the present day—as much as 400 feet lower during some periods. The movement of the ice across the surface of the planet also scoured deep valleys, created extensive chains of hills known as moraines, and created extensive lakes, including the Great Lakes.
Understanding the onset and termination of glacial and interglacial cycles is a key part of efforts to understand how Earth's climate system works and how it responds to changes and disruptions. The steady rise of greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere caused by human activity is a primary cause for concern because of its ability to potentially bring about additional, larger changes.
Scientists are also looking for ways to match changes in Earth's past environmental conditions with the timing and speed of changes to past climate in order to understand how sensitive the climate system is to disruption and what chain of events might contribute to forcing large-scale changes or, conversely, to helping moderate changes.
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Newly appointed boss Ralf Rangnick hailed Cristiano Ronaldo's defensive work as his Manchester United reign got off to the perfect start with a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace on Sunday.
The German's first game as interim manager ended in victory after Fred's goal late in the second half.
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Rangnick said afterwards he was particularly pleased with United's first home clean sheet since April and singled out Ronaldo for his role in keeping Palace out.
"The way we defended, we had control of the whole game — the clean sheet was the most important part," Rangnick told the BBC.
"By the way, Cristiano Ronaldo's work off the ball, chapeau.
"I am very happy with the way the team performed, especially the first half hour, with the pressing, it was exceptional. The only thing missing was the 1-0 or 2-0.
"These are the things we must improve. We need to keep clean sheets. With just the one training session, I was really impressed. We did much better than expected."
United dominated much of the game but had to wait until 13 minutes from time for Fred to score his second goal of the season with a fantastic effort which sailed into the top corner off his weaker right foot.
The result handed United back-to-back wins for just the second time this season.
"I had to ask my assistant coach if that was Fred's right foot; I thought he could only shoot with his left," Rangnick said. "I'm happy for him.
"We always tried to be on the front foot. We were never not apart from maybe the last five minutes. At all other times we were trying to keep them away from our goal.
"It's always easier to build on things after you're successful. We must produce further clean sheets and get better at creating chances for our attack. Overall I was very pleased with the way we played today."
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Editorial: Seize the Opportunity
By Don Hegland
It looks as though the favorable economic indicators are finally outnumbering the unfavorable. According to Blue Chip Economic Indicators, a monthly newsletter that tracks the consensus of 53 business economists, forecasters now expect the economy to grow by 1.5 percent in 2002. Writing in The Wall Street Journal recently, Jon E. Hilsenrath says this is particularly significant because only last month, these economists predicted 1 percent growth, and this marks the first time in 11 months they have increased their forecast. Hilsenrath also notes that Wachovia Securities (Charlotte, NC) just raised its 2002 GDP forecast from 0.3 percent to 1.3 percent, based primarily on the substantial inventory reductions at the end of 2001.
These and other forecasts bode well for manufacturing. Coincidentally, this issue, our annual Assembly Planbook, focuses on helping assembly professionals establish and manage the successful and profitable assembly projects that will contribute substantially to this growth.
But the larger and longer term strategic issue is that of recognizing future opportunities, and either developing or acquiring the manufacturing technology needed to exploit those opportunities profitably. One of the best places to look for early indicators about these long-range opportunities is in the technology forecasts from Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, OH).
Some of the major opportunities lie in the production, storage and consumption of energy. Dr. Steve Millett, manager of Battelle's forecasts, says "We're on the cusp of some major, fundamental changes in energy that are already under way." A panel of experts, led by Millett, picked 10 energy innovations that it predicts will have the most economic impact by 2010, including:
Hybrid vehicles. Gas prices may have come down, but 70 mpg will create a lot of converts. Hybrid vehicles combine small, efficient internal combustion engines with power from batteries for an extra boost during acceleration. The first generation of these vehicles is already here, and Tony Schaffhauser of Oak Ridge National Laboratory says "U.S. automakers have produced a next-generation of hybrid concept cars that will pave the way to 80 mpg five-passenger sedans."
Fuel cells. As fuel cells become smaller and cheaper, experts expect them to become increasingly popular for transportation and for portable power generation over the next decade. "These systems will provide power at competitive rates while drastically reducing the impact on the environment," says Don McConnell, associate lab director for energy science and technology at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
You can find a variety of forecasts in the archives on Battelle's Web site,www.Battelle.org. As you peruse some from the mid-1990s, you'll find several products that are already successful in the marketplace, including widespread use of global positioning systems, flat-panel wall-hung TV screens and digital high-definition TV. Most of the others are opportunities to be seized.
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LondonJazz: REVIEW : Lume Presents . .Madwort's Menagerie and Overground Collective at the Vortex.
REVIEW : Lume Presents . .Madwort's Menagerie and Overground Collective at the Vortex.
LUME is the brainchild of two saxophonists who are making their names in the free jazz and improvisation circuits, Cath Roberts and Dee Byrne. They have been organising weekly performances that focus on improvisation and original music under the LUME banner since July and have recently been awarded the PRSF Jazz Promoters Award.
The Vortex has shown exceptional foresight in offering LUME this monthly opportunity on the first Sunday of every month until the end of 2014, not only for the reason that Roberts and Byrne are informed and careful curators, but also because they have a real knack for audience development and promotion. Their first LUME Presents … At the Vortex sold 21 advance tickets and turnout totalled 82 people, many of whom had to compromise British standards of personal space at the back of the room.
It was difficult not to come in with very high expectations. The Overground Collective is essentially a 19-piece big band of outstanding soloists and improvisers. Its founder, Paulo Duarte, is a Portuguese composer and guitarist who has been in London since 2003. This performance preceded the Collective's first recording together and was the first outing of several of Duarte's new compositions. The balance of instrumentation allowed both great intimacy and enormous energy, often creating an exhilarating wall of sound. Duarte's ability to write music that is at once melodic and accessible but highly challenging and unexpected where the improvised elements hold primacy, is the key to the inevitable success of this music.
The performance was intended to be performed as a suite, with no breaks, but this was difficult to execute because of the audience's need to show its appreciation. This is an element Duarte could consider leaving aside for future performances. Ben Bastin on bass made a gallant conducting effort supported by key members within the band. The complex counting required in this music was evident in the occasionally anxious faces of the performers but none of that anxiety could be heard in the confident, energetic and fully committed execution. Jon Scott (drums), Ben Bastin and Danny Keane (piano) provided an unshakable base which is vital for a score where grooves take sudden U-turns and tension is created with frequent stops and changes. The perfect execution of these was heart-stopping. This is a big band that I would make time to see again and again.
Tom Ward, a saxophonist with the Collective, started the evening with his own project, Madwort's Menagerie, which incorporates woodwind, bass and cello into his previous format of sax quartet.
This is the third in a family of Madwort bands, exploring Ward's compositions through differing instrumentation. Many of his compositions take root in Ward's fascination with mathematics, creating music by taking a prime decomposition of the date he sits down at the piano to compose. To my ear, what could be heard in his music was both the randomness and the clear thinking and structure of its birth. It was music that was also thrilling in the simplicity of its everyday inspiration and humour, a favourite being Fish Biscuit Standoff, a composition that emerged from an experience trying to get his discerning cat to eat the food it had been served. It sounded like more could emerge over time from the compositions as the musicians spend more time together and as Ward's communication as bandleader takes hold. It occasionally felt that some of the instruments were underused, perhaps because of being additionally incorporated into existing compositions or simply because it is a new project and an integrated sound takes time.
Overall thought-provoking, entertaining with clever instrumentation and the beginning of something utterly unique.
The next LUME presents…At The Vortex takes place on Sunday 7th September, featuring Corey Mwamba and Deemer.
LUME resumes its weekly programme at the Long White Cloud (151 Hackney Road, E2) on Thursday 4th September.


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#include <nana/deploy.hpp>
#include <nana/gui/basis.hpp>
#include <nana/paint/image.hpp>
#include <nana/gui/detail/event_code.hpp>

#include <windows.h>
#include <map>
#include <memory>

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namespace detail
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		void set_text_color(const ::nana::color&);

		void update_pen();
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		static platform_spec& instance();

		void keep_window_icon(native_window_type, const paint::image&sml_icon, const paint::image& big_icon);
		void release_window_icon(native_window_type);
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Details of the Tamale Hut Café 2018 Short Story Contest!
"We are pleased to announce that submissions for the 2018 Tamale Hut Café' Presents Short Story Contest are now open! Tamale Hut Café' Presents is home to a diverse, intelligent crowd of listeners. For our annual contest, we're looking for complete stories of 3000 words or under that will make the audience laugh, cry, gasp, or stare in fascination. Genre is wide open. Show us whatever it is that you do best.
DISCLAIMER: The Tamale Hut Café Writers Group has nothing to do with the contest other than to promote it, as we do with the monthly Reading Series events, and to encourage our members to submit some of their best work. If you want feedback on your story before submitting it, send us an e-mail at thcwritersgroup@gmail.com to get on the mailing list, and plan to attend our next meeting on July 14 at the Tamale Hut Café.


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Q: Вставка select в заголовок Angular Ui Grid Помогите разобрать этот пример:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28097758/angular-ui-grid-how-to-create-a-pre-populated-dropdown-menu-for-column-filterin
Мне нужно, чтобы в заголовке колонки был select. Делаю все как в примере, но у меня нет константы SELECT в uiGridConstants.filter.SELECT. Есть только такие:
ENDS_WITH:4

EXACT:8

GREATER_THAN:32

GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL:64

LESS_THAN:128

LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL:256

NOT_EQUAL:512

STARTS_WITH:2

Мой код:
var testOptions = [
        { value: 'type1', label: 'type1' },
        { value: 'type2', label: 'type2' },
        { value: 'type3', label: 'type3' },
        { value: 'type4', label: 'type4' },
    ];

$scope.testData = [
        { displayName: '[Acitve Directory]FIM_G-NPF', type: 'type3' },
        { displayName: '[Acitve Directory]ДБУиО документация по проекту', type: 'type2' }
    ];

$scope.gridOptions = {
        enableFiltering: true,
        enableScrollbars: false,
        enableHorizontalScrollbar: 2,
        enableVerticalScrollbar: 2,
        enableRowHeaderSelection: false,
        enableFullRowSelection: true,
        multiSelect: false,
        enableRowSelection: true,
        noUnselect: true,
        data: $scope.testData,
        columnDefs: [
            { name: 'displayName' },
            {
                field: 'type',
                filter: { selectOptions: testOptions, type: uiGridConstants.filter.SELECT }
            }
        ]
};

A:

angular.module('exampleApp', ['ui.grid'])
  .controller('exampleCtrl', ['$scope', 'uiGridConstants',
    function($scope, uiGridConstants) {
      var testOptions = [{
          value: 'type1',
          label: 'type1'
        }, {
          value: 'type2',
          label: 'type2'
        }, {
          value: 'type3',
          label: 'type3'
        }, {
          value: 'type4',
          label: 'type4'
        }, ];
       $scope.testData = [{
          displayName: '[Acitve Directory]FIM_G-NPF',
          type: 'type3'
        }, {
          displayName: '[Acitve Directory]ДБУиО документация по проекту',
          type: 'type2'
        }];

      $scope.gridOptions = {
        enableFiltering: true,
        data: $scope.testData,
        columnDefs: [{
          name: 'displayName'
        }, {
          field: 'type',
          filter: {
            selectOptions: testOptions,
            type: uiGridConstants.filter.SELECT
          }
        }]
      };

    }
  ]);
<link href="http://ui-grid.info/release/ui-grid.css" rel="stylesheet" />

UI Grid Dropdown Filter Example

Не знаю тогда, почему... Что консоль пишет?

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(
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    port integer NOT NULL,
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    "to" timestamp without time zone,
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    CONSTRAINT "Proxies_adress_port_key" UNIQUE (adress, port)
);

ALTER TABLE proxies OWNER to sow;

-- Index: uses_idx

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    content character varying COLLATE pg_catalog."default" NOT NULL,
    date timestamp without time zone NOT NULL,
    last_saw timestamp without time zone,
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)
WITH (
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)
TABLESPACE pg_default;

ALTER TABLE public.annonces
    OWNER to sow;

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(
    id numeric NOT NULL,
    name character varying COLLATE pg_catalog."default" NOT NULL,
    CONSTRAINT "Categories_pkey" PRIMARY KEY (id)
)
WITH (
    OIDS = FALSE
)
TABLESPACE pg_default;

ALTER TABLE public.categories
    OWNER to sow;

CREATE TABLE annonce_categories
(
    annonce numeric NOT NULL,
    category numeric NOT NULL,
    likelihood numeric(4,2) NOT NULL,
    CONSTRAINT "AnnonceCategories_pkey" PRIMARY KEY (annonce, category),
    CONSTRAINT annonce_fk FOREIGN KEY (annonce)
        REFERENCES public.annonces (id) MATCH SIMPLE
        ON UPDATE NO ACTION
        ON DELETE NO ACTION,
    CONSTRAINT category_fk FOREIGN KEY (category)
        REFERENCES public.categories (id) MATCH SIMPLE
        ON UPDATE NO ACTION
        ON DELETE NO ACTION
)
WITH (
    OIDS = FALSE
)
TABLESPACE pg_default;

ALTER TABLE public.annonce_categories
    OWNER to sow;

CREATE SEQUENCE public.annonce_seq
    INCREMENT 1
    START 1
    MINVALUE 1
    MAXVALUE 9223372036854775807
    CACHE 1;

ALTER SEQUENCE public.annonce_seq
    OWNER TO sow;

CREATE SEQUENCE public.category_seq
    INCREMENT 1
    START 1
    MINVALUE 1
    MAXVALUE 1
    CACHE 1;

ALTER SEQUENCE public.category_seq
    OWNER TO sow;

CREATE SEQUENCE public.proxy_seq
    INCREMENT 1
    START 20344
    MINVALUE 1
    MAXVALUE 9223372036854775807
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ALTER SEQUENCE public.proxy_seq
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How To Adjust Your Investment Portfolio To Account for Inflation
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As Americans continue to grapple with high inflation rates, many are looking for ways to offset the increasing costs. One possibility could be to adjust your investment portfolio — but is this actually necessary? And if so, what adjustments should you be making?
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To find out, GOBankingRates spoke with Amy Richardson, CFP with Schwab Intelligent Portfolios Premium. Here's what she had to say.
First, Think About How Inflation Is Affecting You Personally
Although inflation is affecting everybody, some people are feeling the crunch more than others.
"We know that inflation is high right now, we see that in the headlines, but it's finding out, how does that apply to my personal financial situation? It's finding a way to understand what is happening in the bigger economy and really how that impacts you," Richardson said.
It's also important to maintain a long-term view, especially when thinking about your investment strategy.
"This is something that we're experiencing today, but it's not going to be something that's here for the next 10, 15, 30 years when you think about saving for your future or other types of goals," Richardson said. "There's something to be said about sometimes ignoring the noise. It's important to understand it and be educated and aware, but then understand how that's going to impact your personal situation, so you can focus on the things that you can control."
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Put More Money Into Long-Term Saving and Investing If You Can
One way you can take control in an inflationary environment is to focus on saving and investing more, if possible.
"If you can save more, great," Richardson said. "It's always a good time to save more, it's always a good time to invest in the market because of that long timeframe. That's always something that I would encourage people to do because it just helps you to be in a better place in the future. It helps you achieve that financial freedom or whatever goal it is that you're working towards."
If You Can't Save More, Focus on Maintaining Your Contribution Rate
Many Americans may not be in the position to save more, as inflation is stretching their budgets even more than usual. In this case, Richardson said to try to maintain your retirement savings contribution rate rather than decrease or pause contributions.
"If you're able to maintain your savings, that is also a win," she said. "I don't want people to come down on themselves if they can't increase their savings right now. I think this [high level of inflation] isn't going to be here forever, so if you can maintain right now and you're continuing to save for your future, that's something you should be proud of as well."
Make Sure Your Portfolio Is Diversified and Reflective of Your Risk Tolerance
Rather than focusing on specific asset classes or sectors to offset inflation, Richardson said that it's most important to ensure that your portfolio is well diversified.
"None of us have a crystal ball, and I can't say that this is going to be a best-performing asset class," she said. "But if I'm diversified, that really puts me in the best position to ride out some of the volatility in a more even-keeled way. We're not going to have quite the highs or lows."
In addition to being a smart investment strategy for long-term gains, being diversified also makes you less likely to make rash investment decisions.
"As investors, we tend to be emotional," Richardson said. "The worst thing we can do is go, 'Oh man, I thought this asset was going to be a home run and now I'm going to sell out.' If you had just diversified instead of being whipped around by various asset classes and stayed invested, that strategy tends to have greater outcomes than trying to time the market, or pick that home-run asset class or sector or stock."
In addition to ensuring that your portfolio is diverse, you should check in to make sure that it's in line with your risk tolerance.
"Maybe you haven't checked it out in a while and you never rebalanced," Richardson said. "Maybe, for example, your risk tolerance was 50% stocks and 50% bonds, [but now you'd prefer] a 70/30 mix. If that changed, then you're also going to be uncomfortable and more emotionally charged to make decisions that aren't in your greatest interest."
Since you can't predict the future of inflation, Richardson emphasizes that it's important to focus on what you can control — risk tolerance, rebalancing and diversification
"Know that over the long term, markets go through cycles," she said.
Do Your Research and Seek Help If You Need It
If you're still worried about how inflation will affect your investments, you may utilize online tools to help you make the best decisions for your unique situation. And if you need professional advice, don't hesitate to seek it out.
"I love to encourage people to spend the time, ask questions and reach out to the experts to help you navigate [your investing decisions]," Richardson said. "When you have questions and when you're experiencing things like inflation, reach out to an expert to help you navigate this. The peace of mind that that offers is worth its weight in gold."
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In a GLP-compliant OECD guideline 111 study, less than 10% degradation of the EEA ion of EEA-NH4 was observed after 5 days at 50 ºC at all pH concentrations (TNO Quality of Life, 2008a). The EEA ion of EEA-NH4 was considered hydrolytically stable at pH 4.0, pH 7.0 and pH 9.0.
No studies are available on photolysis in water or atmospheric degradation.
In a GLP-compliant, OECD 301C Modified MITI test biodegradation of EEA-NH4 was tested using activated sludge prepared from several sampling sites (return sludges from both city and industrial sewage treatment plants and surface water and surface soil). The test item was found to be not readily biodegradable after 28 days (Kurume Laboratory, 2005).
Simulation studies were not performed.
The degradation rate constants used in the assessment are:
Degradation for hydrolysis: 6.93E-07 d-1
Degradation for photolysis: 6.93E-07 d-1
Degradation rate in air: 0 d-1
Degradation rate in the STP: 0 d-1
Degradation rate in surface water: 1.39E-06 d-1
Degradation rate in aerated sediment: 6.93E-07 d-1
Degradation rate in soil: 6.93E-07 d-1
The log Koc of the EEA ion of EEA-NH4 could not be determined using the HPLC-method. Therefore, the organic carbon-water partitioning coefficient (Koc) was calculated from the octanol-water partition coefficient (log Kow) using the equation from EUSES (predominantly hydrophobics). The calculated log Koc is 11.4 L/kg (log value = 1.06) from a log Kow of 1.18. This predicted value is used in the assessment. Further studies on transport and distribution of EEA-NH4 in the environment are not available.
The bioconcentration of EEA-NH4 in fish was studied according to OECD guideline 305 (Kurume Laboratory, 2006a). Bioaccumulation of EEA-NH4 in Japanese carp (Cyprinus carpio) was tested at 2 and 20 μg/L under flow-through conditions at 25oC (nominal concentrations). The BCFs of EEA-NH4 were not more than 5.8 at 2 μg/L and 0.59 at 20 μg/L. Because the BCFs were below 100 it was assumed that steady state was reached within 28 days.The BCFs indicate a low potential for bioconcentration. The BCF of 5.8 is used in the assessment.


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import com.google.gson.FieldNamingPolicy;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
import com.model.MarqueeConf;

import java.util.Map;

/**
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public class MarqueeManage {

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    }

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Q: How to check if a MySQL connection is closed in Python? The question says everything. How can I check if my MySQL connection is closed in Python?
I'm using MySQLdb, see http://mysql-python.sourceforge.net/

A: The Connection.open field will be 1 if the connection is open and 0 otherwise.  So you can say
if conn.open:
    # do something


Social Stories are a visual strategy that have been used successfully with people of all ages to prepare them for new events in their lives, teach a new skill or to encourage positive behaviour.
There are many apps now available for the iPad that allow us to quickly and easily develop social stories rich with multimedia content.
These stories can be published in a variety of ways including emailing them and posting them to YouTube.
This session will outline what makes a successful Social Story, explore in detail some of the apps suitable for creating Social Stories, and point you in the direction of further resources and support.


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FA Center: As pro athletes, they played in front of thousands of cheering fans. Their new field: financial advice.
When meeting your financial planner, you probably want to talk about one thing: money. But what if your adviser is a former professional athlete?
It's okay to be a little star-struck. A handful of advisers were pro athletes who attained a moderate level of fame in their playing days. But their celebrity status on the playing field does not guarantee success in their new field.
In making this transition, in fact, athletes' past glory days work for and against them. Jake Stoneburner, 33, played for four NFL teams after a storied football career at Ohio State University. Since retiring in 2017, he's worked as an adviser at a wealth management firm founded by his father in Columbus, Ohio.
Columbus doesn't have a professional sports team — but it does have passionate Ohio State football fans. Starting with no clients, Stoneburner used LinkedIn to introduce himself to locals who might hire him. Name recognition provided a handy door-opener that he calls "a semi-warm lead."
After meeting him and hearing his pitch, some prospects replied, "Thanks for the coffee, Jake. I already have a financial adviser."
Then they'd ask for his autograph.
"That was a downside of LinkedIn," Stoneburner said. "Some people just want to say they met somebody who played in the NFL or Ohio State. So I started getting more cautious in vetting people" before he would offer an introductory meeting.
Yet his fame worked to his advantage as well. "Here in Columbus, they trust the Ohio State brand," he said. "People sometimes said, 'Hey, I saw you play on TV.' They associate that with trust" and become clients.
Some prospects fondly recall Stoneburner's exploits on the football field. They might cite a big catch he made in an Ohio State game. "They already like me for what I used to do," he said. "I'm not going to play off that. But I won't downplay it. Even if I've heard it hundreds of times, it won't kill me to spend 10 or 15 minutes hearing it again."
Those fans often become clients. Better yet, they wind up referring their friends to him. "Now that I'm five years in, I'm building that book [of business]," he said.
Beyond lining up clients, one of the biggest challenges for Stoneburner was learning to fill his wide-open workday and manage his time.
"In the NFL, I always had to memorize playbooks with maybe 15 different plays," he said. "It was 'Go 10 yards and take a right if you see this kind of defense. Go 10 yards and take a left if you see this other kind of defense.'"
He spent day after day practicing and learning plays. Today, he's in charge of his daily calendar. "In football, my whole life was detailed out to the minute," he said. "They feed you. They tell you where to be. It's all regimented. With this [career as an adviser], you figure it all out on your own."
Like Stoneburner, Jacob Turner, 31, started his new career from scratch. He spent much of his 20s as a major league baseball player before pivoting to financial planning in 2020.
"You have to humble yourself and start at the bottom," Turner said. But his experience as a standout pitcher gave him an edge. At 18, he signed his first major league baseball contract for $5.5 million with the Detroit Tigers.
Today, his niche is helping athletes, entrepreneurs and others who come into sudden wealth. Recalling his late teenage years, he can identify with what that feels like.
"I'm pretty open about my experience [with sudden wealth] and how I handled it," Turner said. "I had a team around me. I asked a lot of questions. But I wish I had a better understanding on how the [financial] industry worked. I went two years not understanding how I was paying my financial adviser."
Some pro athletes don't shift directly into financial planning after they retire from sports. They take time off to regroup, manage their investments and sample a range of career options.
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Voluntary Agreements
In March, 2019, California's Department of Water Resources, Department of Fish and Wildlife, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Sacramento River Basin water agencies (to include Yuba Water Agency) provided the State Water Resources Control Board with proposed voluntary agreements that are tailored to meet the needs of the different watersheds feeding into the Bay-Delta. The agreements represent a collaborative plan designed to contribute to the recovery of fish and wildlife species, and are an alternative to the State Water Board's proposed one-size-fits-all requirements to release massive amounts of flows in an attempt to improve Bay-Delta fisheries.
The State Water Board is in the process of updating the Water Quality Control Plan for the Bay-Delta. The purpose of the plan is to establish water quality control measures that provide reasonable protection of beneficial uses in the greater Bay-Delta watershed, which includes all of the Sacramento Valley on portions of the San Joaquin Valley.
Yuba Water Agency's proposal provides a more comprehensive environmental benefit than just higher water releases proposed by the State Water Board's staff, and ensures increased flows, habitat restoration, funding for a river science program, and collaboration among local, state and federal agencies, as well as conservation groups.
For more specific details about the Yuba Water Agency proposal for this collaborative, voluntary agreement, please see the Voluntary Agreement Fact Sheet. For more general information about the process and timeline, please go to the collaborative Voluntary Agreements web site.
What is the Yuba Water Agency voluntary agreement proposal?
Yuba Water Agency's proposed voluntary agreement is a collaborative approach to improving fish and wildlife habitat in the Bay-Delta ecosystem and achieving the State Water Board's coequal goals of water supply reliability and ecosystem restoration. It includes: collaboration, increased flows, funding, fish habitat improvements and the development of a river science program meant to contribute to the recovery of fish and wildlife species in the Bay-Delta ecosystem. Specifically, Yuba Water proposes:
a. A base contribution of 9,000 acre-feet of new water releases in above-normal, below-normal and dry years, specifically for Delta inflow.
b. A supplemental contribution of up to an additional 41,000 acre-feet for Delta inflow in those same years, compensated at $290 per acre-foot.
c. A partnership with others in the development and/or improvement of 100 acres of in-channel and floodplain fish habitat during the term of the agreement.
d. A contribution of up to $10 million for fish habitat improvement measures.
e. A contribution of $7.8 million to fund a river science program, at $520,000 per year in the Yuba Watershed.
The term of the voluntary settlement agreement would be for 15 years. The other parties to the agreement would include the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the California Department of Water Resources.
Why is Yuba Water Agency voluntarily making these commitments?
Yuba Water Agency has proven over the last ten years, since the successful and continuing implementation of the award-winning Yuba Accord, that collaborative agreements are more sustainable, imaginative, and result in actual improvements, as opposed to controversial regulatory requirements that are limited in approach and that get tied up in court for decades. When parties focus on interest-based negotiations, and allow science to lead the way to determine the best way ahead, often the results are more meaningful solutions for California's economy and environment. Water supply reliability for the benefit of Yuba County farmers and residents is the agency's top priority in both Federal Energy Regulatory Commission relicensing and in this voluntary process. The voluntary agreement proposal ensures Yuba Water is able to both maintain our water supply reliability as well as provide better environmental benefits than the State Water Board alternative.
What is the proposal of the State Water Resources Control Board staff?
As a regulatory agency, the State Water Board can only require measures within its authority. For example, the State Water Board can require water agencies to forgo diversion of flows that are needed to mitigate their impacts from diversions, but it lacks authority to require other measures under a more comprehensive approach to mitigating for impacts (such as habitat enhancement measures, funding and a science program)
State Water Board staff issued a Framework for the Bay-Delta Plan Update that encourages entering into voluntary agreements, but provides "default" flow requirements for rivers that feed the Delta of 55 percent of "unimpaired flows." This unimpaired flow approach would require a large portion of each watershed's total inflow to be dedicated to flow out of the Delta. This "unimpaired flow" approach would have significant adverse impacts on California communities, farms and the environment (when compared to the current Yuba Accord flows and the proposed voluntary agreement flows). Scientists at the University of California, Davis, and researchers with the Public Policy Institute of California, cautioned that the State Water Board staff's flow proposal would not address key factors critical to the Delta's ecosystem health, such as food and habitat availability, or predation by other species.
Why is the voluntary agreement proposal better than the State Water Board staff proposal?
The State Water Board staff proposal focuses on only one of the key factors essential to ecosystem health in the delta – increased flows – but it requires so much water that it would be harmful to California communities and farms, imposing more frequent and severe water shortages, with unclear fish and wildlife benefits. The voluntary agreements represent a collaborative plan designed to contribute to the recovery of fish and wildlife species and are an alternative to the State Water Board's proposed one-size-fits-all requirement to release massive amounts of flows in an attempt to improve Bay-Delta fisheries. The Yuba Water Agency proposal is a collaborative approach to reaching the State Water Board's coequal goals of water supply reliability and ecosystem restoration that addresses the need for increased flows, but also includes collaboration, habitat improvements, funding, and a river science program.
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Transperth and the College work together to provide several bus routes to students before and after school.
Please refer to the Transperth JourneyPlanner for current information and ensure you select the date you plan to travel.
The following routes are available after school:
441 (SACRED HEART - WARWICK STN)
Departs Sacred Heart at 3.20pm and arrives at Warwick Station at 3.41pm.
View the timetable HERE.
441 (SACRED HEART - WHITFORDS STN)
Departs at 3.20pm and arrives at Whitfords Station at 3.48pm.
442 (SACRED HEART- WARWICK STN)
Departs 3.18pm and arrives at Warwick Station at 3.39pm.
442 (SACRED HEART- WHITFORDS STN)
Departs 3.18pm and arrives at Whitfords Station at 3.42pm.
423 (STIRLING STN - WARWICK STN)
Departs from West Coast Drive/St Helier Drive at 3.46pm and 3.49pm and arrives at Warwick Station at 4.16pm.
423 (SACRED HEART - STIRLING STATION)
Departs Sacred Heart at 3.18pm and arrives at Stirling Station at 4.01pm.
Departs Sacred Heart at 3.20pm and arrives at Whitfords Station at 3.40pm.
783 (SCHOOL SPECIAL T0 WARWICK STN)
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The Eye of the Beholder (16)
Posted by Edith Glass on February 1, 2010 at 3:41am
"Interesting." Rickerson tapped his lip as he compared the three designs Moriarty had sent and listened to Cary tell him of Moriarty's logic behind the resubmitting the one Rickerson had originally rejected. He studied that one intently, noting the changes and additions. Eventually he nodded. "The man has a valid point and with the alterations I think it could work for us. Let him know I would like to see it as a working site. If it still looks as good then, and there are no glitches, I'll approve it and you can give him the go-ahead to put it up. And," he looked at Cary now, "make certain he understands that he is responsible for maintaining it and seeing to it that it appears on first page of the major search engines. I'm willing to pay extra if that's what's required to make that happen. No sense in having a site no one will find like the one we have now."
"I agree." Cary took his leave after a few more minutes discussing details with his boss.
Back at his desk he formulated yet another email to Moriarty passing on the information from Rickerson. He ended by asking, half in jest, if Moriarty was male or female. 'Not that it matters but if we're going to be dealing with each other until this project it would be nice to know if I should call you Sir, or Ma'am.'
As soon as Preston received the email and read it he sent back a quick response. 'I could ask you the same question. Cary is as unisex a name as mine. And in answer, I'm very definitely male.' Impulsively he added a smiley face after that statement, considered deleting it and then said "The hell with it," as he let it stand. After thanking Cary for his company's business he promised he'd have a test site up and running by the next day and sent the mail off.
He was surprised to see an answer almost immediately, all three words of it.
'Male here too.'
"I know," he said softly to the screen. "A beautiful male." He pushed that thought away quickly. This was a job and nothing more just as it was with all his other potential clients. Closing out his mailbox he went back to work, bring up the almost completed site for a small company in Idaho who's owner was ecstatic that he would now have something he was proud of representing his business on-line.
Hours later he rubbed his tired eyes and closed down for the night. Getting up he walked across the room to look out the window at the night lights of the city. Despite the long day he'd put in he still wasn't tired. He was also sick of looking at four walls with no one to talk to since Tabitha had called earlier to say she was pulling a double because one of the other nurses had called in sick.
He needed to get out of here for a while. The idea of doing that without his Tabby Cat to keep him company scared him. He hadn't left on his own since the day he'd first come here. "Fuck, grow up Davison," he growled to himself. "You can do this. There's still snow on the ground and it's cold enough."
Grabbing his coat and gloves he headed to the door before he could change his mind, pulling the ski mask from his coat pocket and pulling it on before he walked into the hall. Rather than taking the elevator where he might run into someone who'd wonder why he had the mask on already he opted to go down via the stairs. At the bottom he took a deep breath and stepped out of the building onto the sidewalk.


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Ruth Bleakney Holzhauser, 97, of New Castle PA, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 4 2017 after an illness.
The daughter of the late Eugene Bleakney, and Edythe Magee Bleakney, Ruth was born in Ellwood City in August 1920. She was the devoted big sister to Shirley Bleakney Houck (deceased), and Kenneth Bleakney, and Norma Bleakney McClintick.
Ruth married Jacob D. Holzhauser, who died in 2000, a decorated WWII Marine veteran, in 1946. Mourning her death, she leaves behind her children, Dennis (Diana) of Little Rock AK, and Gerald (Joyce) of New Castle. And also her grandchildren, Jennifer (Alex) Holzhauser Rivera of Denver CO and Jacob (Stephanie) of New Castle, and her great granddaughter, Cecelia Rivera of Denver CO.
She also leaves behind a devoted and well- loved family of nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews and their children and cousins. Ruth loved her family above all things, and was extremely proud of the accomplishments and milestone achievements of her immediate and extended family members.
Ruth was a lover of the life bestowed on her by God, having great adventures exploring this world, loving others above loving things, and dedicating herself to teaching.
She graduated from Lincoln High School in Ellwood City in 1938, and persued her passion to teach children by graduating from Slippery Rock State Teachers College, with a degree in elementary education.
She began her 37 year career in education as a teacher in Wayne School in Ellwood City. After 10 years of service there, Ruth began a 27 years career as a teacher and counselor at Shenango Elementary School in New Castle. She was honored in 1972 being named Shenango School District"s teacher of the year. Ruth served the residents of the Shenango area with compassion, warmth, love, and a dedication to doing the right thing while inspiring those around her to also do the right thing.
She was a member of PSEA, PASR, and the Educational Honor Society, Delta Kappa Gamma"s Alpha Omicron Chapter.
Her love of books and music began at an early age. As a child, she preferred receiving books as gifts. Her love of books, reading, learning, and sharing knowledge continued throughout her life.
Her love of music was shared by being an active member of St. John"s Lutheran Church"s worship and music committee, and by her playing and teaching during the summer Bible School for Children at the church.
After her children were grown, Ruth became a member of the board of directors for the Lawrence County Assn. for the Blind. She also began to create beautifully crafted needlepoint chair covers and wall art.
Always active, Ruth participated in activities in the New Castle Challenges facility learning to play bridge in her 70"s.
Ruth was computer savvy, learning computer skills in her 80"s, and corresponding via emails and playing games on her iPad.
Her sense of adventure and travel began early and she traveled to Ireland, England, Germany, and other western European countries, as well as Alaska, Florida, New Mexico, and across the US.
An avid sports fan, she followed the Pirates and Steelers as well as local football and baseball.
Friends will be received from 4-7 P.M. on Friday, Sept.8 in the TURNER FUNERAL HOME, 500 Sixth Street, Ellwood City.
Additional visitation is planned from 10:00 A.M. until the time of the services at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, Sept. 9 2017 in St. John"s Lutheran Church, 2601 Highland Avenue, New Castle. A celebration of Ruth"s life service will be at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, at St. John"s Lutheran Church, with Pastor David Snyder , officiating.
Burial will be in Castleview Memorial Park, Neshannock Township. Her steadfast love of life, kindness, and generosity will be missed by her family and by all who knew her. Memorial donations may be made to the Endowment Fund, St. John"s Lutheran Church, 2601 Highland Avenue, New Castle, PA 16105 or to the Lawrence Co. Humane Society, 628 Pearson Mill Road, New Castle PA 16101.


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War against education
The political turmoil in Islamabad seems to have eclipsed all other crises in the country.
Amongst these is the religious extremists' assault on education in Balochistan, which is gaining ground.
A school in Turbat, district Kech, was torched by an outfit calling itself 'Al Jihad' late on Monday.
The militants left pamphlets in the area warning people not to send their children to English-medium schools and to only educate them at madressahs.
The principal of the targeted school has said he had been receiving threats from unknown individuals for several months. This is far from the first incident of its kind in Balochistan.
A school was set on fire by unknown assailants in Panjgur a few days ago while a number of educational institutions were attacked in the same district in May.
At that time, a group calling itself Al Furqan al Islami had claimed responsibility for the violence; then, too, the militants had issues with the teaching of English, while they also railed against coeducation.
The attacks led to the lengthy closure of schools in the area while a number of parents reportedly relocated to Quetta and Karachi so as to continue their children's education.
Due to the conflict between the state and separatists in Balochistan, other critical issues — such as the attacks targeting schools — are not getting the requisite attention. But what is particularly disturbing is that some Baloch activists have said that religious extremists opposed to women's education, who they allege are supported by the state, are responsible for the terror campaign against schools.
They have also said that the same extremist elements are trying to spark sectarian conflict within Baloch society. While sectarian violence against Balochistan's Hazara Shia population has continued for quite a few years, members of the Zikri community were targeted in Awaran last week after a considerable length of time.
As it is, the state of education in Balochistan is miserable.
One figure suggests that over two million children are out of school, while the separatist insurgency has resulted in many non-Baloch educators leaving the troubled region. Unless action is taken against those organising violent forays targeting schools, religious extremists will only be emboldened.
We have witnessed militants turn hundreds of schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata to rubble.
The Balochistan government must act now while the security agencies, which have a heavy footprint in the province, must help the administration bring to justice the militants involved.
Courtesy: Dawn
Republished in The Balochistan Point on 4th September, 2014.
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Pronouns Types Examples. Quiz - Identify types of pronouns in a sentence. Types of Pronouns. Demonstrative Pronouns - point out a specific persons, animals, places, things or ideas. Personal Pronouns - stand in for people, places, things and ideas. vocabulary strategies for high school pdf Think about whether the missing pronoun in each sentence is being used as a subject or an object. Write the correct pronoun form on the line to complete the sentence. Write the correct pronoun form on the line to complete the sentence.
Pronouns are words that replace nouns in a sentence. Use these printable activities to help you teach your students about pronouns. To see Common Core Standards for these worksheets, click on the common core symbol .
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Balancing family life and a demanding job while staying in shape can feel like an uphill battle.
Father-of-two Sam was in this position – but he wanted to be a positive role model for his children and be fit and healthy.
Despite marathon training, the hedge fund manager had struggled to manage his weight and control his diet and get in the shape he wanted.
But it's amazing what you can achieve with an intelligent and structured weight training and nutrition plan.
Sam lost 25kg working one-to-one with his Ultimate Performance personal trainer and is now the lean, healthy and fit father he always aspired to be for his children.
"I was 94kg when I started, now I'm 69kg. My waist was close to 38, 39 and I was pushing on a 40. Now I'm 32- or 31-inch waist.
"I've got muscle definition back. I actually feel fitter than I was in college, and I use to work out at college.
He added: "I think UP really gave me my life back. I don't mean in terms of family – obviously, my life is my family.
"Feeling healthy, feeling what I can achieve, feeling strong, feeling good about myself, it gave me all of that back.
Sam's motivation to start his UP body transformation was twofold – he wanted to finally lose weight as well as getting in shape for his children.
"I've been yo-yo-ing in weight for a while, I've tried various trainers' diets.
"I was marathon training just before I started so the pictures at the beginning I was marathon training looking like that.
"The other thing and this is really key for me is I've got two young boys and I wanted to give them a positive figure that basically you can be a dad, you can be working hard and still be in shape.
Sam says he wasn't in great shape when he started at UP – he was overweight, eating too much and marathon training had taken its toll on his body with shin splints and he couldn't run anymore.
"So when I came to UP at the beginning I was around 94kg. No shape, no body definition.
One thing Sam struggled with was his diet – and more specifically his sweet tooth.
He had knowledge about healthy eating but UP helped optimise his diet for health, performance and better body composition.
"My problem was always portion control and sweets. I've got a really bad sweet tooth. I love my desserts. I love to bake, I love to eat sweet things.
"But I'd sit down and eat a lot of food. So, coming to UP and having to commit to 'You're going to eat this amount of food, you're going to eat this amount of these kinds of nutrients, these kind of macros'.
Sam says he thought he was 'healthy' before he started, but the dietary changes he made and the knowledge on nutrition he learnt from the outset completely changes his perception.
"So I came to realise that actually thinking you're healthy and actually being healthy are two totally different things.
"I had fairly high cholesterol but otherwise generally fit and healthy-ish.
Sam says the impact of his new diet has changed every sphere of his life – increasing his performance at work, improving his sleep, reducing his stress levels and making him a happier and more active father.
I feel better for it. My energy levels are up from where they were. I sleep better than before. I just generally all-round feel better.
"The changes have been a little bit of everything. My mood is better. I find that in the morning I'm genuinely less tired than I was before. I sleep consistently through the night.
"I'm more personable. My kids are happier to see me which is always good. I generally feel less stressed. It doesn't feel like things are weighing me down anymore.
Sam said he started to see the physical results of the hard work he was putting in in the gym after a matter of weeks.
Seeing the progress pictures after just a month showed a huge difference in his physique.
"So by the end of the first month we took some pictures and I was saying 'oh bloody hell!' I thought I looked great. Now when I look back and look at where I am now it's like 'wow!'.
"You can see the progression every couple of weeks. The good thing is that it's almost immediate.
"I'm seeing results, I'm seeing differences. Definition is coming in. It's different. They may say 'results, not promises'. Seriously, it's for real.
Sam says the training experience at Ultimate Performance has surpassed anything that he's done before.
It has pushed him beyond the limits he thought he had and helped him build strength and muscle in his 40s that he never had in his 20s.
"The training is so hard. Every session I feel like that's it this is the one where I'm going to drop dead. But you keep pushing and you learn something about yourself, you really do.
Sam says the new-found mental strength that the training has given him translates to other areas of his life outside of the gym.
"So I deal with stress better, I find that I'm actually calmer in stressful situations.
Sam says the training sessions are tough and push him to the limit – but completing them gives him a real boost.
"Whenever we train legs, I always dread it before we start training. Once we train them I look like I'm dying. The minute it's over I actually feel amazing.
This feel-good factor from lifting weights and getting stronger translates to his home life too –especially being a father of two young boys.
"It gets me all pumped up and the weight training aspect of it, it translates into little bits of your life as well.
Getting in shape has helped Sam become the role model dad he wanted to be for his children.
"I'm just trying to exert the positive influences on them of how they eat, sports that they play, getting them to be active so they don't descend into just laziness and the 'iPad generation'.
"The kids love to cycle, they love to play sport, being able to participate with them, feeling fitter doing all that stuff, feeling healthier.
"Being that positive role model of a dad who's in shape and has it together really makes me feel good. It makes them happy, makes my wife happy and I feel good for it as well.
Sam's dedication to his transformation has been incredible – and his hard work and commitment have earned him some impressive results.
What Sam has been able to achieve has surprised him – but he is proof of where you can get to with the right nutrition, training and guidance in place.
"I have actually recommended UP to a couple of friends.
"Some people say to me it's going to be like one of those TV channels where you get the before and after, but I actually am the before and after.
"So I've seen the results I've seen how if you buy into it how it works. I haven't had to take any supplements or anything like that.
Sam admits he didn't believe it was possible to get in the shape he wanted – but now he says the sky is the limit for his goals.
"When I first started results wise I just wanted to get down to 80kg and I thought that was going to be a struggle. Once I got down there, I realised I can.
"I want to get down to 10% body fat. So the goals are constantly evolving and as you hit one you realise 'okay, I want to change that goal slightly'.
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Are you happy with the dynamic IP ?
dynamic ip is cool with me coz i would hate to be stuck with an IP which has been blacklisted online.
It's always like that. There's a fixed range of IPs which every ISP is alloted. For example, if you use BSNL dial-up(Sancharnet or Netone), your IP would be between 61.0.x.x. to 61.1.x.x. Yea ofcourse with IP, you can know the ISP and location of the person.
i like dynamic ip's and as said above u dont have to be stucked with a permanent ip . Static ip's are important for servers mostly .
the program will report ur IP changes but ur registered domain [free - get new every 30 days ] you.dns2go.com is always same..
Yes thats the only reson I like Dynamic IP.Another reson is that no chnce of getting permanently blacklisted.
^||??what did u mean by dat..neways i cool wit dynamic ips myself.


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If there was oxygen on a far away planet, how would we know? Scientists use computer models to simulate what oxygen would look like on far away planets and found a chemical signature that helps us tell the difference between oxygen from life and oxygen from other sources.
Posted on September 15, 2020 January 15, 2021 by Caitlin MacArthur
Planet Earth remains the only planet where we know life exists. However, there are planets and moons within our solar system that scientists believe could hold life, such as Mars and Europa (one of Jupiter's moons). Recently, scientists have been looking outside of our solar system for planets where life may exist. TRAPPIST-1e is a planet almost the same size as Earth and orbits a star 40 light-years away from us. One of the key signs of another planet holding life may be the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere. Oxygen has a unique chemical signature that can be detected by scientific instruments in the form of light. Using this technology, the comparison of TRAPPIST-1e's atmosphere to our atmosphere could allow scientists to learn more about the possibility of life on TRAPPIST-1e.
Scientists have used NASA's Planetary Spectrum Generator to simulate the light patterns of atmospheres similar to that of Planet Earth's. In a study published recently in Nature Astronomy, a team of researchers used computer models to simulate the possible atmospheres of planets such as TRAPPIST-1e, such as those with oxygen. The James Webb Space Telescope, which is set to launch in 2021, is designed to measure the light patterns of planets outside of our solar system to allow us to learn more about their atmospheres. (Check out this video of the telescope being built!) Ground-based telescopes are not able to get close enough to "see" the atmospheres of planets more than 16 light years away. The chemical signature that oxygen leaves in the form of light is of particular interest for the James Webb Space Telescope. Before the telescope launches, these scientists are developing and testing protocols that help us know what to look for.
Gases actually have their own unique colored light spectrum, like a "fingerprint". This is the principle behind how we "see" gases on exoplanets, using a technique called spectroscopy. Source: NASA-JPL
Oxygen has a few different chemical signatures that it leaves in the form of light, but one of these chemical signatures is particularly strong. It is also unique to oxygen when levels are very high. This particular chemical signature can be detected more easily by instruments such as the James Webb Space Telescope. The detection of this strong oxygen signature would indicate a planet with a lot of oxygen in its atmosphere. In this study, scientists found oxygen's strong chemical signature could be detected in less time than some of its weaker chemical signatures. It may also help us tell the difference between life and non-life oxygen.
Scientists were interested to learn that detecting oxygen's chemical signature on certain planets may be a sign of very high oxygen levels in these planets' atmospheres. But there is always a possibility that some planets will operate differently than Earth. While oxygen is critical for life on Earth, an atmosphere with high oxygen levels can be a sign of a planet not suitable for life. It is important to have this knowledge when developing instruments such as the James Webb Space Telescope that will study the atmospheres of other planets. Learning about the abundance of oxygen in the atmospheres of other planets will be potentially helpful in fueling our search for extraterrestrial life.
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Posted in Astrobiology, Big Questions, By Science Writers, Science Articles, Space, What might life look like elsewhere in the Universe?, YSPTagged BMSIS Young Scientist Program 2020, chemical signature, exoplanet, extraterrestrials, life, oxygen, planet, simulations, spectroscopy, TRAPPIST
Original study: Sensitive probing of exoplanetary oxygen via mid-infrared collisional absorption
Study published on: January 6, 2020
Study author(s): Thomas J. Fauchez, Geronimo L. Villanueva, Edward W. Schwieterman, Martin Turbet, Giada Arney, Daria Pidhorodetska, Ravi K. Kopparapu, Avi Mandell & Shawn D. Domagal-Goldman
The study was done at: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR), Universities Space Research Association, GSFC Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration, NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA Postdoctoral Program, Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS) Virtual Planetary Laboratory, Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève, University of Maryland
The study was funded by: The European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, NASA Planetary Science Divisions Internal Scientist Funding Model.
Raw data availability: Available upon reasonable request by the author.
Featured image credit: NASA, Trappist-1 planet lineup
Is there life on Venus? An international team of researchers claim that a molecule called phosphine is a potential marker for life, and also happens to be in the atmosphere of Venus, according to their measurements. Other scientists are re-analyzing the results. New Method for Detecting Signs of Life In the Universe A classic "biosignature," or sign of life, is the presence of three gasses in a planet's atmosphere -- oxygen, ozone, and methane. Oxygen alone may not be a good biosignature of life on exoplanets