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Intact Financial Corporation completes acquisition of JEVCO Insurance Company
Wednesday, September 05, 2012 - Toronto
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TORONTO, Sept. 5, 2012 /CNW/ - Intact Financial Corporation (TSX: IFC) today announced that it has completed its $530 million acquisition of The Westaim Corporation's (TSX: WED) wholly-owned subsidiary, JEVCO Insurance Company, a leading provider of specialty and niche insurance products for individuals and businesses in Canada.
The acquisition enhances Intact's position in Canada by increasing its direct premiums written by approximately $350 million on a pro forma basis and bringing its market share to 17 per cent. The acquisition will enhance the company's product offering to include insurance for recreational vehicles, such as motorcycles, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles, as well as commercial, surety and non-standard auto insurance.
"We are pleased to broaden our specialty line offering to individuals and businesses. The acquisition provides us with another opportunity to reinforce our commitment to the broker channel, enrich our customer value proposition and enhance our competitive position," said Charles Brindamour, Chief Executive Officer of Intact Financial Corporation.
Financially compelling transaction
The transaction is expected to generate an internal rate of return (IRR) above 20%, to be accretive to net operating income per share beginning in 2013 and to increase book value per share by 2.6%.
The $530 million acquisition and transaction-related expenses have been financed with the proceeds from a $237 million subscription receipt issuance, a medium term note offering and a portion of IFC's excess capital. The company expects to maintain its solid capital position with an estimated Minimum Capital Test ratio above 200% and a debt to total capital ratio below 20%.
Subscription receipt conversion
As a result of the closing of the acquisition, the escrow release conditions for the 3,780,000 subscription receipts issued in May 2012 have been met and the subscription receipts will be automatically exchanged in accordance with their terms on a one-for-one basis for common shares of IFC through the facilities of CDS Clearing and Depositary Services Inc. In addition, a dividend equivalent payment of $0.40 per subscription receipt will also be payable to holders of subscription receipts as a result of IFC having declared a dividend of $0.40 per common share payable to common shareholders of record on June 15, 2012. Trading in the subscription receipts will be halted effective immediately and the subscription receipts will be delisted as at the close of business on September 5, 2012.
The subscription receipt conversion will increase the total number of outstanding common shares to 133.3 million, resulting in the average outstanding number of common shares being 130.6 million for the third quarter 2012 and 129.9 million for the first nine months of 2012.
About Intact Financial Corporation
Intact Financial Corporation (www.intactfc.com) is the largest provider of property and casualty insurance in Canada. Intact offers home, auto and business insurance through Intact Insurance, belairdirect, Grey Power, BrokerLink and JEVCO.
Certain of the statements included in this press release about IFC's current and future plans, expectations and intentions, results, levels of activity, performance, goals or achievements or any other future events or developments constitute forward-looking statements. The words "may", "will", "would", "should", "could", "expects", "plans", "intends", "trends", "indications", "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "predicts", "likely", "potential" or the negative or other variations of these words or other similar or comparable words or phrases, are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by management in light of our experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that management believes are appropriate in the circumstances. Many factors could cause IFC's actual results, performance or achievements or future events or developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, management's expectations with respect to the metrics used in this press release in relation to the acquisition and the various actions to be taken or requirements to be met in connection with integrating IFC and JEVCO Insurance Company after completion of the acquisition. Other factors include those discussed in IFC's most recently filed Annual Information Form and annual Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A). Please read the cautionary note at the end of the MD&A.
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Academy and Grammy Award-winning Artist, Author, Actor, and Activist Common Partners With Varsity Tutors to Host Free Class on Finding Your Voice for Social Change
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Common Joins the Collection of Celebrity Experts Teaching Live, Online Classes for Free
ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#Common--Today, Varsity Tutors is proud to announce a partnership with award-winning artist, actor, author and activist Common, to host a free live, online class about finding and using your voice to enact change. Common's activism and depth of experience across a variety of creative disciplines makes this a "can't miss" class for kids across the country desperate for excitement and engagement in this largely remote back-to-school environment.
After recognizing a critical need for learning opportunities that address current societal issues including systemic racism and injustices, Varsity Tutors launched a curated curriculum earlier this year titled The Social Conscience Series. Its partnership with Common serves as one of the flagship classes for the series.
"As an organization dedicated to helping people learn, it's our job to help people recognize and understand the world around them," said Chuck Cohn, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Varsity Tutors. "Common is a powerful voice of influence who will offer valuable insight and opportunities for kids, who will be our next generation of leaders."
"I'm excited to partner with Varsity Tutors to not only help educate the next generation of students, but to learn from them as well," said Common. "The work that I do with my foundation and the mission of Varsity Tutors are so closely aligned. I look forward to inspiring kids and parents from across the country as they continue to inspire me."
"We're honored and excited to help drive change during such a pivotal time in society," said Brian Galvin, Chief Academic Officer for Varsity Tutors. "By co-hosting classes with inspirational figures like Common, we can entertain and engage students while educating them about critical societal issues."
Common's class is part of a broader roster of live, online classes and educational resources intended to help parents fill their children's day with enriched learning. Popular topics have been Virtual Field Trips, The STEM Success Series, and the Creativity Club. Also popular are Varsity Tutors' celebrity expert courses, which have been led by stars such as Julianne Hough, two-time champion of Dancing with the Stars; Mayim Bialik, from The Big Bang Theory; Aly Raisman, a U.S. champion gymnast; Animal Planet's "Coyote" Peterson; astronaut Leland Melvin; and many others.
As part of a larger commitment to take action and impact change, Varsity Tutors has also pledged a financial donation to Common's foundation, the Common Ground Foundation, whose mission is to empower students from underserved communities to become future leaders.
Parents interested in registering for the Common-led class or any other classes can go to https://www.varsitytutors.com/ to sign up.
About Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors is a Live Learning Platform that seamlessly connects learners to experts in more than 3,000 subjects. Our mission as a company is simple—we help people learn. Since 2007, we've been investing in online learning technology, have built new-to-the-world capabilities, and have assembled some of the most talented educators across the U.S. to help deliver that mission. Amidst school closures and the prolonged amount of time out of the classroom due to COVID-19, our mission has become more important than ever. Since the start of the pandemic, Varsity Tutors has helped over 500,000 students with free online classes and tutoring in hundreds of academic and enrichment subjects.
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Level playing field à la française
Andrew Neil's interview of French MEP Natalie Loiseau brought back fond memories of the past three-odd years, marked by the worst mess in British politics since the Stuart interregnum.
"Les Anglo-Saxons just don't get ze EU"
The mess was caused by our vacillation ably assisted by the EU's perfidy. The former component seems to be abating, but by the looks of it the latter one shows no such sign.
For Mme Loiseau clearly enunciated the EU stand on any possible trade relations with a post-Brexit UK. This stand rests on an immovable foundation: EU functionaries know that anything less than a disaster for Britain will spell more than a disaster for the EU.
Should Britain make an economic success of it (every other kind has already been achieved by the sheer act of leaving), the EU may suffer a domino effect. Other countries, previously prepared to trade sovereignty for prosperity, will realise they're getting a raw deal.
They'll feel they could regain sovereignty and gain prosperity in one fell swoop, by following Britain out. A few years of that and the EU will be reduced to a single Franco-German state, called Allemance or Francmagne or perhaps the Fourth Reich.
Whenever Mr Neil cited any facts and statistics, Mme Loiseau responded with the air of wounded superciliousness so characteristic of the French political class: "I am surprised zat a journalist doesn't know zis…"
In that spirit, she maintained that the EU accounts for most of Britain's foreign trade. Actually, replied Mr Neil pedantically, it's only 45 per cent. Mme Loiseau didn't say that 45 per cent means most if the EU says it does, but her expression conveyed that very message.
Yet the argument wasn't really about statistics. The EU, the ventriloquist to this woman's dummy, wants Britain to obey all its social, environmental, economic and legal diktats, while no longer having even 1/28 of a say in how those diktats come about.
She calls it a "level playing field". I'd call it bullying, which is one of the reasons we left that political contrivance in the first place.
The EU, like any other political contrivance, kneads political terminology (along with facts and figures) with a dexterity normally found only at Korean massage parlours. The meaning of the terms they use depends solely on expediency and often has nothing to do with exact semantics.
In this case, the "level playing field" Britain is expected to dredge as a pre-condition for free trade means we should accept all the stifling, stultifying regulations that are successfully driving EU economies into recession. And, should disputes arise, they must be settled by the European Court of Justice.
Mr Neil couldn't understand why, say, Canada can have a trade deal with the EU without satisfying such tyrannical demands, and we can't. The pundit was being slightly disingenuous there.
He knows perfectly well that the EU defines free trade in ways that would have confounded Ricardo or Guizot. It insists that any, even supposedly independent, country wishing to trade freely with the EU must obey every EU law.
This condition is applied arbitrarily: Britain is supposed to toe the line, while, as Mr Neil pointed out, Canada isn't. Mme Loiseau responded with her normal "I'm surprised zat…" petulance.
First, she said that Canada doesn't have a free-trade deal with the EU, to which Mr Neil responded with the datum that 98 per cent of trade between Canada and the EU is duty-free. Having been caught out, Mme Loiseau made a startling geographical discovery.
Britain, she explained, isn't Canada. For once she said something so blindingly obvious that one wonders why that observation had to be made. Mme Loiseau happily clarified:
Canada wanted a trade deal because she wanted to associate herself with the EU, while Britain wants one for the purpose of dissociation. That sounded as if Canada was about to apply for EU membership, while Britain wanted to use trade as an act of war.
No doubt that kind of drivel makes sense to EU fanatics, but it bemused Mr Neil. One can understand his predicament: it's possible to reply sensibly only to a sensible statement. Instead of waiting for crazy actions to follow crazy words, it's best just to walk away.
But duty called, and Mr Neil didn't walk away. Instead he briefly outlined the economic and social problems besetting the EU in general and France in particular.
He even had the gall to mention the strikes paralysing France – only for Mme Loiseau to cut him off in mid-sentence. She was surprised zat a journalist could be so ignorant as not to know zat ze strikes had ended.
Quite, said Mr Neil. But they persisted for two months, following in the wake of the year-long gilets jaunes revolt. So, considering the economic plight of France, Germany, Italy and so on, could the EU afford to risk a trade war with Britain?
Mme Loiseau performed a Gallic shrug meaning the question was irrelevant. If Mr Neil thought zat zere would be no consequences after Brexit, he was sorely mistaken.
In other words, the EU is ready to cut off its nose to spite its face if that's what it takes to make a point pour encourager les autres. That was predictable, for reasons I outline earlier.
Its mendacious protestations apart, the EU is a political, not economic, construct. Hence politics will always trump economics.
I hope Boris Johnson has the guts (he certainly has the parliamentary majority) to up the stakes. He should announce that, if the EU wishes to play that kind of stacked game, we hold some of the aces.
Britain could turn herself into a haven for foreign business and capital, a sort of larger version of Jersey, by loosening regulations, cutting taxes across the board and pursuing free-trade agreements with the rest of the world.
When all those Volkswagens, BNPs and Enis scream bloody murder, and France's youth unemployment grows beyond the present, already catastrophic, 21 per cent, one wonders if Mme Loiseau and her ilk will remain deaf.
If they do, they may be reminded yet again that France hasn't exactly lived down her DNA of a revolutionary republic. But not to worry: I doubt our government is capable of playing so tough. Pity.
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Natalie Loiseau is a Parisienne (well Neuilly-sur-Seine – which is as close as it gets).
She is living refutation of my theory that, in Parisienne women, beauty and charm are inversely proportional.
Catherine Deneuve was another, but for diametrically opposite reasons.
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Q: Delete selected cells from UITableView I would like to delete all the selected cell from when i swipe left.
My .m file
- (IBAction)handleSwipeLeft:(UISwipeGestureRecognizer *)sender{

    CGPoint location = [_gestureSwipeLeft locationInView:_tblThingsToDo];
    NSIndexPath *swipedIndexPath = [_tblThingsToDo indexPathForRowAtPoint:location];
    UITableViewCell *swipedCell  = [_tblThingsToDo cellForRowAtIndexPath:swipedIndexPath];

    if (swipedCell.selected == NO) {
        swipedCell.selected = YES;
    }
    else{
    swipedCell.selected = NO;
    }
}

-(void)deleteCurrentobject:(id)sender{
    if(self.selectedCells){
        [_things removeObjectAtIndex:_indexPath.row];
        [self.tblThingsToDo deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:[NSArray arrayWithObject:_indexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
    }
}

I want all the swipedCell.selected to be deleted when pressing on the button that calls the deleteCurrentObject method. How am i going to do that?

A: Place below line stuff inside init method of swipedCell class otherwise swipedCell object creation time.
[self addObserver: swipedCell forKeyPath:@"selected" options:NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew context:NULL];

When you handleSwipeLeft: method called it will automatically call below method,
- (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath ofObject:(id)object change:(NSDictionary *)change context:(void *)context{
     if ([keyPath isEqualToString:@"selected"] && [object isKindOfClass:[UITableViewCell class]]) {
       if(object.selected){
       [_things removeObjectAtIndex:_indexPath.row];
         [self.tblThingsToDo beginUpdates];
         [self.tblThingsToDo deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:[NSArray arrayWithObject:_indexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
         [self.tblThingsToDo endUpdates];
      }
    }
}

On remove observer use below code stuff
[self removeObserver:swipedCell forKeyPath:@"selected"];

A: Try this,
- (IBAction)handleSwipeLeft:(UISwipeGestureRecognizer *)sender{

    CGPoint location = [_gestureSwipeLeft locationInView:_tblThingsToDo];
    NSIndexPath *swipedIndexPath = [_tblThingsToDo indexPathForRowAtPoint:location];
    _indexPath = swipedIndexPath;
    UITableViewCell *swipedCell  = [_tblThingsToDo cellForRowAtIndexPath:swipedIndexPath];

    if (swipedCell.selected == NO) {
        swipedCell.selected = YES;
    } else{
        swipedCell.selected = NO;
    }
}

-(void)deleteCurrentobject:(id)sender{
     if(self.selectedCells){
         [_things removeObjectAtIndex:_indexPath.row];
         [self.tblThingsToDo beginUpdates];
         [self.tblThingsToDo deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:[NSArray arrayWithObject:_indexPath] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
         [self.tblThingsToDo endUpdates];
     }
}

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Bella Hadid and The Weeknd May Or May Not Have Broken Up
Distance was to blame.
by Kyle Munzenrieder
Robert Kamau
Can all three Hadid siblings be happy in love at the same time? Not for now, it seems. Just as Anwar Hadid recently went IG official with Dua Lipa and Gigi Hadid strikes something up with The Bachelorette's Tyler Cameron comes news that Bella Hadid and The Weeknd (né Abel Tesfaye) have quietly parted ways once again. At least for now.
According to a particularly blunt E! News source, "Bella and Abel have split." Though, it doesn't seem there's much drama. The source adds that their work commitments have simply been keeping them apart over the past few months. "They are in different places right now, physically and mentally," their source continued. "Bella is prepping for her fashion week commitments and Abel is working on his music and his upcoming acting debut." (He'll play a fictional version of himself in the upcoming Adam Sandler-led heist comedy, Uncut Gems, though the film has already been shot).
The union of an international music icon and a globetrotting supermodel always seems like such a good idea on paper, but rarely does one sit down and think about the scheduling nightmare such a relationship would present.
Of course, the source leaves the possibility of the pair getting back together on the table. "They hope to get back together at one point but for now are focusing on themselves and their projects."
The pair first met back in 2015 at Coachella and began dating, but broke it off by late 2016. Though, that didn't stop them from honoring the commitments to Victoria's Secret that year. A few months later, Hadid walked down the VS runway in lingerie while Tesfaye performed. Tesfaye then dated Selena Gomez for a while, but eventually reunited with Hadid in 2018 (the news become public almost a year ago to the date). The pair's earliest days of reunion were filled with joint IG story appearances, but that hasn't been the case lately.
"I'll always respect him, and I'll always love him," Hadid told Teen Vogue in 2016 after her first breakup with Tesfaye. "Sometimes you want to be sad about it or handle it differently, but at the end of the day, you never want to burn a bridge that you've fought so hard to build."
It seems like those vibes still apply to this break-up (or perhaps just break) as well.
Update: Despite E! News' original report being joined by additional scoop from TMZ, another source tells Entertainment Tonight that, actually, the couple doesn't consider themselves broken up, though they are working out their issues, as the source says, "like normal couples do."
"The couple travels a lot, works a lot and that often creates tension," adds ET's source. "However, the two love one another, have lost one another in the past and want to try and make it work."


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INSTITUTE FOR REPORTERS' FREEDOM AND SAFETY STATEMENT
The Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS) strongly condemns the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic authority's threat and smear campaign against Nakhchivan Democracy and NGO Development Resource Centre and the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety.
On 15 December, Nakhchivan Democracy and NGO Development Resource Centre Public Union employees Ilgar Nasibov and Vefadar Eyvazov faced harassment. Elman Abbasov, Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety correspondent in Nakhchivan, who came to the site of the incident, was insulted and threatened. Elman Abbasov collaborates with the NGO Development Resource Centre Public Union in addition to his reporting for IRFS in Nakhchivan.
Instead of investigating pressure and attacks against journalists and NGO representatives and punish the perpetrators, the leadership of the Autonomous Republic continues its smear campaign against injured people. On 18 December, the Permanent Delegation of the Autonomous Republic in Baku and Autonomous Republic Internal Affairs Ministry made unfounded claims regarding the Resource Centre and IRFS in the statement in which they denied that the incident occurred. On 21 December, Resource Center employee Ilgar Nasibov received a call from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Ministry of Tax and was told that the Ministry will begin inspecting the organization in 15 days.
IRFS considers that the phone call from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Tax Ministry regarding the examinations in the Resource Centre is aimed at threatening and blackmailing the NGO. The statement of the Permanent Delegation of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in Baku and Autonomous Republic Internal Affairs Ministry which have the responsibility to bring people responsible for beating the NGO representatives to the justice shows that the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Administration demonstrates intolerance against NGOs and media.
IRFS calls upon the leadership of Azerbaijan Republic and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic to respect human rights and freedom of speech, end threat and smear campaign against civil society representatives and journalists, and punish people who are behind these actions.
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NYC launches partnership network, 'The Grid,' to help grow urban tech ecosystem
February 7, 2019 | Insights
The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and CIV:LAB — a nonprofit dedicated to connecting urban tech leaders — have announced the launch of The Grid, a member-based partnership network for New York's urban tech community. The goal of the network is to link organizations, academia and local tech leaders in order to promote collaboration and the sharing of knowledge and resources.
In addition to connecting member companies and talent, The Grid will host various events, educational programs and co-innovation projects, while hopefully improving access to investors as well as pilot program opportunities. The Grid is launching with more than 70 member organizations — approved through an application and screening process — across various stages and sectors.
In recent years, the tech and startup scene in New York has notably ballooned — evolving from the Valley's obscure younger sibling to one of the top cities for talent, entrepreneurship and venture capital investment. And while the city has seen countless startups, VCs, accelerators and other entrepreneurial resources set up shop within its borders, getting the right tools in place is only part of the battle.
New York wants to prove its initiatives are more than just "show-and-tell" projects and city officials believe that building a truly sustainable innovation economy is dependent on all its local resources working in conjunction, allowing entrepreneurship to permeate every arm of commerce. With an institutionalized network like The Grid, New York hopes it can further fuse its pockets of innovation into one well-oiled machine, consistently producing transformative ideas.
"The Grid represents a promising new way for NYCEDC to work across sectors to strengthen collaboration and innovation, first in New York City and hopefully soon in many more cities across the country and around the world," said NYCEDC president and CEO James Patchett in a statement. "It signals that New York City is leading with a new approach to technology and startup culture, with a real focus on diversity, inclusion, equity, and community."
As one of the largest and most industrially diverse cities in the world, New York has naturally placed a heightened focus on the growing sector of "urban tech" — which has been broadly categorized as innovation focused on improving city functionality, equality or ease of living. According to NYCEDC, the urban tech space has seen nearly $80 billion in VC investment since 2016, with nearly 10 percent going to New York-based beneficiaries.
The launch of The Grid is part of an expansion of NYCEDC's larger UrbanTech NYC program, which has already helped establish the New York innovation hubs New Lab, Urban Future Lab and Company. Alongside the membership network and a new site for UrbanTech NYC, NYCEDC is also launching The Grid Academy, an adjacent academic group with the mission of creating applied R&D partnerships between local academic institutions and corporate sponsors. The expansion of UrbanTech NYC represents the latest of several initiatives NYCEDC is pursuing to develop the broader ecosystem, coming just months after the EDC announced the launch of Cyber NYC, a $30 million investment initiative focused on growing New York's cybersecurity presence and infrastructure.
The group will be led by a steering committee that will guide decisions related to strategic priorities, funding, events and communications. Members of the committee include some of The Grid's largest government and corporate members, including the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative, the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, Civic Hall, Company, New Lab, Urban Future Lab, Dreamit UrbanTech, URBAN-X, Urban.Us, Accenture, Samsung NEXT, Rentlogic, Smarter Grid Solutions, Civic Consulting USA and the World Economic Forum.
"Since its early days, innovation has been part of the DNA that is New York City," said Jeff Merritt, head of IoT + Smart Cities at World Economic Forum. "Nowhere else in the world can you find an ecosystem that combines as many industries and nationalities. New York's thriving urban technology community is a natural byproduct of what happens when you allow diversity, entrepreneurship and ambition to collide in one of the greatest cities in the world."
The Grid's first meeting will be held on February 19th at Samsung NEXT's New York HQ. Membership applications for The Grid are accepted on a rolling basis and can be found here on the UrbanTech NYC website.
Read the full article in TechCrunch.


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Henri Rousseau (født 21. maj 1844 i Laval, død 2. september 1910) var en fransk maler.

Rousseau var med som regimentsmusiker i den meksikanske krig, sergent i den tysk-franske krig 1870—71, derefter ansat i Paris under toldvæsenet. Han begyndte først sent at male, opgav toldvæsenet og åbnede en lille — alt andet end indbringende — forretning med skriverekvisitter og malerier af ham selv.

Rousseau malede, uden uddannelse, naivt og barnligt, men med stærk oprindelighed blandt andet urskovslandskaber af ret eventyrlig art, dyrebilleder (arabiske heste, hunde etc.) m. v., arbejder, der mødtes med latter af publikum på de Uafhængiges Salon i Paris, til hvis støtter Rousseau hørte.

Han vandt dog en stedse voksende beundrerskare blandt malere og kunstvenner af ekspressionistisk retning på grund af hans kunsts primitive og friske syn. Senere nåede hans billeder hædersplads på Salon d'automne, således det vældige urskovslandskab. Offentlige og private samlinger, også uden for Frankrig (Christian Tetzen-Lund i København), købte billeder af ham.

Blandt Rousseaus mest kendte værker er Den sovende sigøjner.

Galleri

Eksterne henvisninger

Malere fra Frankrig
Franskmænd i 1800-tallet
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Chop the onion, the crush the garlic.
Chop separately the thyme, the parsley.
Cut the chilli in big pieces set aside.
Rinse the prawns and put them in a bowl. To this, add the crushed garlic, half the onion, juice and lemon zest, salt & pepper. Mix well, cover and leave in the fridge to marinate for an hour.
After the hour, take the bowl out of the fridge.
Accompaniment: Brown bread with fried onion topped with cheddar cheese.
Toast 3 medium slices of brown bread then cut them in 2, place them on a grill.
Peel and fry 3 small onions finely sliced… (Fry in rapeseed oil with 2 or 3 springs of thyme).
Once the onions are browned, place them on the slices of bread on the oven rake.
Grate 100 grs of cheddar and top the bread and onion. Place all that under the grill until the cheese melts and starts browning.
Serve with, teas, coffees, juice, lemonade or wine (white or rose preferably)… great for sunny days.
This is obviously very rich, but a treat from time to time is good for the soul. If you are able to, replace the brown slice by slices of brioche or freshly baked baguette.
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#ifdef TENSORFLOW_USE_VERBS

#include "tensorflow/contrib/verbs/rdma_mgr.h"
#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
#include "tensorflow/contrib/verbs/grpc_verbs_client.h"
#include "tensorflow/contrib/verbs/verbs_service.pb.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/common_runtime/gpu/gpu_process_state.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/common_runtime/gpu/gpu_util.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/common_runtime/pool_allocator.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/common_runtime/process_state.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/distributed_runtime/rpc/grpc_worker_cache.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/distributed_runtime/session_mgr.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/framework/allocator_registry.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/lib/core/status.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/lib/strings/strcat.h"

namespace tensorflow {

RdmaMgr::RdmaMgr(const WorkerEnv* const worker_env,
                 GrpcChannelCache* const channel_cache)
    : worker_env_(worker_env), channel_cache_(channel_cache) {
  rdma_adapter_ = new RdmaAdapter(worker_env_);
  // hardcoded to default session (legacy_session_)
  // TODO: use WorkerSessionForSession
  // need to pass in session handle
  local_worker_ = worker_env_->session_mgr->LegacySession()->worker_name;
  std::vector<string> workers;
  worker_env_->session_mgr->LegacySession()->worker_cache->ListWorkers(
      &workers);
  num_remote_workers_ = workers.size() - 1;
  VLOG(2) << "rmda_mgr on local worker: " << local_worker_;
  for (size_t i = 0; i < workers.size(); i++) {
    if (local_worker_.compare(workers[i]) != 0) {
      channel_table_.insert(
          {workers[i],
           new RdmaChannel(rdma_adapter_, local_worker_, workers[i])});
    }
  }
}

// Setup Rdma channels between peers.
// This is done at the beginning of the server setup.

void RdmaMgr::SetupChannels() {
  for (const auto& p : channel_table_) {
    string worker_name = p.first;
    RDMA_LOG(2) << "Connecting to remote node " << worker_name;
    RdmaChannel* rc = p.second;
    GetRemoteAddressRequest req;
    GetRemoteAddressResponse resp;
    // get the channel cache
    SharedGrpcChannelPtr client_channel =
        channel_cache_->FindWorkerChannel(worker_name);
    GrpcVerbsClient* client = new GrpcVerbsClient(client_channel);
    CHECK(client != nullptr) << "No worker known as " << worker_name;

    // setting up request
    req.set_host_name(local_worker_);
    Channel* channel_info = req.mutable_channel();
    channel_info->set_lid(rc->self_.lid);
    channel_info->set_qpn(rc->self_.qpn);
    channel_info->set_psn(rc->self_.psn);
    channel_info->set_snp(rc->self_.snp);
    channel_info->set_iid(rc->self_.iid);
    for (int i = 0; i < RdmaChannel::kNumMessageBuffers; i++) {
      MemoryRegion* mr = req.add_mr();
      mr->set_remote_addr(
          reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(rc->message_buffers_[i]->buffer_));
      mr->set_rkey(rc->message_buffers_[i]->self_->rkey);
    }
    // synchronous call
    Status s;
    int attempts = 0;
    static const int max_num_attempts = 5;
    do {
      s = client->GetRemoteAddress(&req, &resp);
      // save obtained remote addresses
      // connect to the remote channel
      if (s.ok()) {
        CHECK(worker_name.compare(resp.host_name()) == 0);
        RdmaAddress ra;
        ra.lid = resp.channel().lid();
        ra.qpn = resp.channel().qpn();
        ra.psn = resp.channel().psn();
        ra.snp = resp.channel().snp();
        ra.iid = resp.channel().iid();
        rc->SetRemoteAddress(ra, false);
        rc->Connect();
        int i = 0;
        int idx[] = {1, 0};
        for (const auto& mr : resp.mr()) {
          // the connections are crossed, i.e.
          // local tx_message_buffer <---> remote rx_message_buffer_
          // local rx_message_buffer <---> remote tx_message_buffer_
          // hence idx[] = {1, 0}.
          RdmaMessageBuffer* rb = rc->message_buffers_[idx[i]];
          RemoteMR rmr;
          rmr.remote_addr = mr.remote_addr();
          rmr.rkey = mr.rkey();
          rb->SetRemoteMR(rmr, false);
          i++;
        }
        CHECK(i == RdmaChannel::kNumMessageBuffers);
      } else {
        LOG(ERROR) << "Connecting to " << worker_name << ": Got "
                   << s.error_message() << ". Retrying (" << (attempts + 1)
                   << "/" << max_num_attempts << ")...";
        if (++attempts == max_num_attempts) {
          break;
        }
        worker_env_->env->SleepForMicroseconds(2000000);
      }
    } while (!s.ok());
    RDMA_LOG(0) << "Connected to remote node " << worker_name;
    delete client;
  }
}

// Check connectivity by pinging every channel
bool RdmaMgr::ConnectivityCheck() {
  int i, rcnt = 0, scnt = 0;

  for (const auto& p : channel_table_) {
    string worker_name = p.first;
    RdmaChannel* rc = p.second;

    VLOG(2) << "Ping to " << worker_name;
    CHECK(rc->PingPostSend() == 0) << "Couldn't post send  to " << worker_name
                                   << " with error: " << std::strerror(errno);
    for (i = 0; i < rc->adapter_->params_.queue_depth - 1; i++) {
      rc->Recv();
    }
  }

  while (rcnt < num_remote_workers_ || scnt < num_remote_workers_) {
    int ne;
    do {
      ne = ibv_poll_cq(rdma_adapter_->cq_, 2 * num_remote_workers_,
                       rdma_adapter_->wc_);
      CHECK(ne >= 0) << "poll CQ failed " << ne << "with error"
                     << std::strerror(errno);
    } while (ne < 1);

    for (i = 0; i < ne; ++i) {
      ibv_wc_status s = rdma_adapter_->wc_[i].status;
      // recv complete
      if ((int)rdma_adapter_->wc_[i].wr_id == RdmaChannel::kPingRecvWrid) {
        CHECK(s == IBV_WC_SUCCESS)
            << ": " << ibv_wc_status_str(rdma_adapter_->wc_[i].status) << "("
            << rdma_adapter_->wc_[i].status << ") for PING_RECV_WRID";
        ++rcnt;
        // send complete
      } else {
        RdmaChannel* rc =
            reinterpret_cast<RdmaChannel*>(rdma_adapter_->wc_[i].wr_id);
        CHECK(s == IBV_WC_SUCCESS)
            << ": " << ibv_wc_status_str(rdma_adapter_->wc_[i].status) << "("
            << rdma_adapter_->wc_[i].status << ") to " << rc->remote_name_;
        ++scnt;
      }
    }  // for
  }    // while
  CHECK(rcnt == scnt) << "Connectivity check failed!";
  rdma_adapter_->StartPolling();
  return (num_remote_workers_ == rcnt) && (num_remote_workers_ == scnt);
}

RdmaMgr::~RdmaMgr() {
  for (const auto& p : channel_table_) delete p.second;
  channel_table_.clear();
  delete rdma_adapter_;
}

// Find a channel via the given name.
// Args:
//   name: peer name, e.g. worker1
// Returns
//   channel object that is connected to the named peer.
RdmaChannel* RdmaMgr::FindChannel(const string& name) {
  ChannelTable::iterator iter = channel_table_.find(name);
  CHECK(iter != channel_table_.end());
  return iter->second;
}

bool IsGDRAvailable() {
#if defined(__APPLE__)
  return false;
#elif defined(PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
  return false;
#else
  std::ifstream ifs("/proc/modules");
  string line;
  while (std::getline(ifs, line)) {
    auto sep = line.find(' ');
    CHECK_NE(sep, std::string::npos);
    if (line.substr(0, sep) == "nv_peer_mem") {
      return true;
    }
  }
  return false;
#endif
}

int TryToReadNumaNode(ibv_device* device) {
#if defined(__APPLE__)
  LOG(INFO) << "OS X does not support NUMA - returning NUMA node 0";
  return 0;
#elif defined(PLATFORM_WINDOWS)
  // Windows support for NUMA is not currently implemented. Return node 0.
  return 0;
#else
  VLOG(2) << "Trying to read NUMA node for device: " << device->name;
  static const int kUnknownNumaNode = -1;

  auto filename = string(device->ibdev_path) + "/device/numa_node";

  std::ifstream ifs(filename.c_str());
  string content;
  CHECK(std::getline(ifs, content));

  int32 value;
  if (strings::safe_strto32(content, &value)) {
    if (value < 0) {
      LOG(INFO) << "Successful NUMA node read from SysFS had negative value ("
                << value
                << "), but there must be at least one NUMA node"
                   ", so returning NUMA node zero";
      return 0;
    }
    LOG(INFO) << "NUMA node for device: " << device->name << " is " << value;
    return value;
  }
  return kUnknownNumaNode;
#endif
}

void MRDeleter(ibv_mr* mr) {
  if (mr) {
    ibv_dereg_mr(mr);
  }
}

void RdmaMgr::InitAllocators() {
  static std::once_flag flag;
  std::call_once(
      flag, [this]() { RdmaMemoryMgr::Singleton().pd_ = rdma_adapter_->pd_; });
}

/*static*/ void RdmaMgr::RegMemVisitors() {
  SubAllocator::Visitor alloc_visitor = [](void* ptr, int numa_node,
                                           size_t num_bytes) {
    RdmaMemoryMgr::Singleton().InsertMemoryRegion(
        ptr, num_bytes, strings::StrCat("CPU:", numa_node));
  };
  SubAllocator::Visitor free_visitor = [](void* ptr, int numa_node,
                                          size_t num_bytes) {
    RdmaMemoryMgr::Singleton().EvictMemoryRegion(ptr, num_bytes);
  };

  ProcessState::singleton()->AddCPUAllocVisitor(alloc_visitor);
  ProcessState::singleton()->AddCPUFreeVisitor(free_visitor);

#if GOOGLE_CUDA
  GPUProcessState::singleton()->AddGpuHostAllocVisitor(0, alloc_visitor);
  GPUProcessState::singleton()->AddGpuHostFreeVisitor(0, free_visitor);

  if (IsGDRAvailable()) {
    // Note we don't free allocated GPU memory so there is no free visitor

    // TODO: This is to fix the 'invalid use of member in static member function
    // bug'.
    //       Waiting for better implementation.
    //       int32_t bus_id = TryToReadNumaNode(rdma_adapter_->context_->device)
    //       + 1;
    int32_t bus_id = 0;

    SubAllocator::Visitor cuda_alloc_visitor = [](void* ptr, int gpu_id,
                                                  size_t num_bytes) {
      RdmaMemoryMgr::Singleton().InsertMemoryRegion(
          ptr, num_bytes, strings::StrCat("GPU:", gpu_id));
    };
    GPUProcessState::singleton()->AddGPUAllocVisitor(bus_id,
                                                     cuda_alloc_visitor);
    LOG(INFO) << "Instrumenting GPU allocator with bus_id " << bus_id;
  }
#endif  // GOOGLE_CUDA
}

}  // end namespace tensorflow

#endif

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Михаи́л Анто́нович У́сов ( — 26 июля 1939) — русский советский геолог, первый из уроженцев Сибири удостоенный звания академика АН СССР (1939). Активный сторонник пульсационной гипотезы развития Земли.

Ученик В. А. Обручева (участвовал в его экспедициях по Джунгарии в 1906, 1908 и 1909 годах) и Франца Левинсона-Лессинга. В 1908 году окончил Томский технологический институт, в 1913 году защитил диссертацию и стал профессором ТТИ, в 1920 году возглавил кафедру геологии. Одновременно с 1921 года по 1930 год руководил Сибирским отделением Геологического комитета. В 1938—1939 годах — директор Всесоюзного научно-исследовательского геологического института (ВСЕГЕИ).

Исследовал геологию Сибири и смежных с ней районов Китая и Монголии, проводил экспертизу золотоносных районов Кузнецкого Алатау и Забайкалья, первым обосновал выделение салаирской складчатости. Определил связи эндогенного рудообразования с плутоническими и вулканическими процессами земной коры.

Автор важнейших для практического использования работ о геологическом строении угленосных районов Кузбасса, происхождении рудных месторождений Сибири, давших возможность оценить запасы кузбасского угля, определить перспективы его промышленной разработки и позволивших перейти к промышленному освоению Кузбасса, строительству Кузнецкого металлургического комбината.

Биография
Из семьи мещан. Окончил сельскую школу в 1893 году и поступил в Омскую гимназию. В 1901 году окончил гимназию с золотой медалью и хорошими знаниями латинского, греческого, немецкого и французского языков, прибавив к этому впоследствии знание английского языка. В гимназии увлекался художественной литературой, пел в церковном хоре, играл на скрипке. Вместе с ним с медалями окончили гимназию И. М. Ляховецкий (Майский), будущий советский дипломат, и Д. А. Стрельников (серебряная медаль), впоследствии — профессор ТТИ (ТПУ).

В 1908 году окончил горное отделение Томского технологического института (первый выпуск). В 1906, 1908 и 1909 годах участвовал в геологических экспедициях под руководством В. А. Обручева.

В 1911 году направлен на полтора года в столичные вузы страны. В Петербурге занимался в лабораториях крупных учёных, профессоров Ф. Ю. Левинсона-Лессинга и Н. С. Курнакова, изучал влияние физико-химических законов применительно к петрографии.

10 ноября 1913 года при Харьковском университете защитил диссертацию «Описание горных пород Пограничной Джунгарии» на учёную степень магистра минералогии и геогнозии. После защиты диссертации получил приглашение занять кафедру петрографии в Екатеринославском (Днепропетровском) горном институте, но предпочёл остаться в Томске.

С 1 января 1913 года — преподаватель исторической геологии и палеонтологии ТТИ. С 11 ноября 1913 года — и. д. экстраординарного профессора по кафедре палеонтологии и исторической геологии ТТИ.

22 апреля 1915 года утверждён экстраординарным, с 5 июля 1916 года — назначен и. д. ординарного профессора по той же кафедре. Читал студентам горного отделения курсы палеонтологии, физической и исторической геологии, руководил дипломным проектированием, заведовал палеонтологическим кабинетом. Одновременно в 1912—1917 годах преподавал палеонтологию и историческую геологию на Сибирских высших женских курсах.

В 1918 году принял активное участие в организации Сибирского геологического комитета (Сибгеолкома), вошёл в его руководящий состав. В том же году введён в состав Совета по разработке Урало-Кузнецкого проекта, организованного Обществом сибирских инженеров.

С 1921 года по 1929 год — председатель Сибирского отделения Геолкома (после эмиграции П. П. Гудкова из России)

Передав в 1921 году кафедру М. К. Коровину, перешёл на кафедру геологии и петрографии, освободившуюся после отъезда в США профессора П. П. Гудкова, и заведовал ею до 1930 года.

В 1930—1938 годах — заведующий кафедрой общей геологии в СибГРИ (1930—1932), горном (1932—1934) и индустриальном институтах.

С 1 октября 1927 года по 1930 год — директор Западно-Сибирского отделения Всесоюзного Геологического комитета. После его реорганизации в Западно-Сибирское геологическое управление, а затем в Западно-Сибирский геологоразведочный трест назначен заместителем начальника по научной работе, затем — главным научным консультантом (1932—1938). Геолог-консультант производственных и проектных организаций: Сибирского угля, Кузбасстреста, Кузбассугля, Сибирского отделения Шахтстроя (1929—1931).

С 1 апреля 1926 года по 1930 год — старший геолог Сибирского отделения Государственного института по проектированию Тельбесского (Кузнецкого) угольно-металлургического комбината. По заданию Всесоюзного Геолкома составил карту Тельбесского железорудного месторождения, руководил геологоразведочными работами по изысканию железных руд в Горной Шории, угля, флюсов и других видов минерального сырья для Кузнецкого металлургического комбината.

С 21 марта 1926 года — член коллегии Научно-технического управления ВСНХ СССР, с 16 ноября 1927 по 1930 год — член Научно-технического совета ВСНХ СССР по каменноугольной промышленности, член НТС Гипрозема (1928—1930).

С 1932 года — член-корреспондент АН СССР.

В 1934 году присуждена степень доктора геолого-минералогических наук без защиты диссертации.

С 29 января 1939 года — действительный член АН СССР.

С июня 1938 года — директор Всесоюзного научно-исследовательского геологического института (ВСЕГЕИ), заместитель секретаря отделения геолого-географических наук АН СССР.

С января 1939 года — заместитель директора Института геологических наук АН СССР.

Скончался 26 июля 1939 года во время отдыха в санатории № 6 курорта «Белокуриха» от приступа стенокардии, похоронен на Преображенском кладбище, перезахоронен на Южном кладбище Томска.

Ученик В. А. Обручева
В 1906 году приглашён профессором В. А. Обручевым для участия в геологической экспедиции в Пограничную Джунгарию (Синьдзян). Во время экспедиции под руководством В. А. Обручева ознакомился с полевой геологией, провёл маршрутную геологическую съёмку, изучил горные породы и условия их залегания. По результатам экспедиции выполнил дипломную работу «Граниты Джаира и Джунгарии» и дипломный проект по разведке каменноугольных месторождений. По рекомендации В. А. Обручева оставлен профессорским стипендиатом (аспирантом) при кафедре геологии ТТИ. Летом 1908 года в качестве помощника В. А. Обручева участвовал в проведении студенческой геологической практики в окрестностях Красноярска, где одновременно ознакомился с геологическими отложениями периода докембрия и кембрия в районе Красноярских столбов. В 1909 году совместно с В. А. Обручевым принял участие в третьей геологической экспедиции в Джунгарию. Во время экспедиции вёл геологические наблюдения, выполнил ряд самостоятельных маршрутов. В своей книге «Мои путешествия по Сибири» Обручев писал:

Летом 1909 г. я снова поехал в экспедицию в Пограничную Джунгарию; меня сопровождал уже кончивший институт из числа студентов первого приёма М. А. Усов, в качестве помощника по геологической съёмке; в 1906 г. он также принимал участие, но вёл всё время топографическую маршрутную съёмку. Он оказался самым выдающимся из первого выпуска инженеров Горного отделения, укрепил и развил школу сибирских геологов, основанную мною…

…В истории изучения Западно-Сибирского края двадцатилетие (1919—1938 гг.), в течение которого во главе геологоразведочных сил находился М. А. Усов, с полным основанием должно быть названо «Усовским периодом»…

Научно-исследовательская деятельность
Усов был тесным образом связан с практикой, исследованиями, разведкой и промышленной оценкой месторождений полезных ископаемых. Много лет Усов посвятил изучению каменноугольных месторождений Кузнецкого бассейна, а его работы по тектонике Кузбасса и структурному анализу каменноугольных месторождений приобрели общенаучное значение. Большой интерес представляют его исследования железорудных месторождений, особенно Тельбесского рудного района, являющегося основной местной рудной базой для Кузнецкого металлургического комбината.

Научно-исследовательская деятельность соизмерялась с потребностью производства, с практической геологией.

В 1913—1914 годах по заданию золотопромышленного общества «Монголор» Усов провёл геологическое исследование Кентейского хребта в Монголии.

В апреле 1917 года по предложению горного инженера С. Г. Миллера провёл геологические исследования Фёдоровского и Андреевского отводов Ново-Судженских копей.

В июле—августе 1917 года по поручению Российского золотопромышленного общества вместе с помощником, студентом-практикантом М. К. Коровиным провёл геологическое исследование Саралинского золоторудного района.

В 1919 году по его инициативе было создано бюро учёта и инвентаризации месторождений полезных ископаемых Западной Сибири, материалы которого стали основой для выбора перспективных территорий для проведения разведочных работ.

В 1934 году опубликовал работу «К методике поисков железных руд в горных районах края», которая стала практическим руководством для геологов-поисковиков.

Круг научных интересов Усова охватывал почти все отрасли геологических знаний. Центральное место в них занимают работы по изучению и освоению Кузбасса и его отдельных регионов. Работы Усова по общей тектонике (структуре) бассейна дают полное представление о строении и истории его развития. Созданная им классификация дезъюнктивных нарушений для анализа всех разрывных явлений нашла практическое применение и в Кузбассе, и в других угольных бассейнах и рудных месторождениях. Классическими считаются петрографические работы учёного, посвящённые описанию отдельных магматических комплексов Сибири. Ему принадлежит идея геолого-генетических расчленений всех магматических пород на фации и фазы с учётом законов физикохимии, термодинамики и конкретной геологической обстановки формирования и последующих изменений состава этих пород.

Мировую известность получили работы Усова «Фации и фазы эффузивов» и «Фазы эффузивов», опубликованные в 1924—1925 годах. Для каждой из фаций и фаз магматических пород Усовым была дана геологическая и минерало-геохимическая характеристика. Учение о фациях и фазах магматических пород тесно связано с теорией образования рудных месторождений. Усов внёс в её развитие ряд новых положений и уточнений, дал свою классификацию эндогенных месторождений, которая стала основой для научного обоснования поиска и разведки полезных ископаемых. Основные идеи Усова по региональной геологии нашли отражение в работе «Фазы и циклы тектоники Западно-Сибирского края» (Томск, 1936). Он ввёл понятие геологической формации, которое соответствовало естественно-историческому геологическому образованию, определённому этапу геологического развития данного региона и представляло собой единицу региональной стратиграфии. Его выводы в данной области стали научным продолжением классических исследований крупных отечественных учёных-геологов С. Н. Никитина и Ф. Н. Чернышёва об особенностях региональных стратиграфических подразделений и подразделений международной стратиграфической школы.

Созданная Усовым стратиграфо-тектоно-геохимическая схема Западно-Сибирского края была первой и наиболее полной сводкой и служила долгое время основой для направленной поисково-разведочной работы. Он первым дал описание Салаирской складчатости и Салаирских месторождений полезных ископаемых. В последние годы своей жизни Усов уделял большое внимание разработке общих теоретических проблем геологии, их философскому осмыслению. В отличие от многих учёных того времени, он считал сжатие преобладающим началом в полярных тенденциях (сжатие — расширение) в развитии Земли и на этой основе строил свою пульсационную геотектоническую гипотезу. Он развил общетеоретические положения о фактах тектогенеза и магматических пульсациях как скачках в ходе саморазвития Земли. Эти и другие его теоретические взгляды оказали своё влияние на формирование многих учёных, в последующем создававших теории развития материи Земли.

Автор ряда научно-популярных очерков, как то:
 «О катастрофах в истории Земли» (Природа. 1916. № 14),
 «Тектоническая жизнь Земли» (Там же. 1917. № 1),
 «Войны в истории развития животных» (Знания для всех. 1916. № 1),
 «Геологическая история Кузбасса» (М., 1923).

Активно участвовал в пропаганде научных знаний, выступал с популярными лекциями по общей геологии и полезным ископаемым в ряде городов Сибири, на копях, рудниках, геологических партиях, в рабочих, студенческих аудиториях.

Исследовал Щербинское месторождение (1918—1919), провёл геологическую экспертизу залежей бурого угля в Енисейской губернии.

В 1920—1921 годах исследовал район хребта Чингизтау в Восточном Казахстане.

В 1922 году провёл детальные полевые исследования Анжеро-Судженского, Ленинского, Прокопьевско-Кисилёвского, Осинниковского каменноугольных месторождений. В 1923 году обследовал ряд месторождений угля юга Кузбасса, выполнил геологический разрез берегов реки Томь от реки Бельсу до Томска.

Усов определил связи эндогенного рудообразования с плутоническими и вулканическими процессами земной коры.

Пульсационная гипотеза
Пульсационная гипотеза геотектонического развития Земли была сформулирована как обобщение гипотез контракции (сжатия) и экспансии (расширения) в 30-е годы XX века одновременно и независимо в работах В. Г. Бухера и М. М. Тетяева.

М. А. Усов существенно развил общетеоретические представления о пульсационном характере развития Земли в собственной концепции «Геотектонической теории саморазвития материи Земли».

Основные положения пульсационной теории были сформулированы М. А. Усовым следующим образом:

 Земля не потому сжимается, что охлаждается, а потому охлаждается, что сжимается.
 Тело Земли представляет концентрические геосферы, состоящие из всё более тяжёлых с глубиной атомов, которые образовались в этих зонах соответственно физико-химическим условиям, а не распределились по удельному весу, как готовые элементы, в жидкую фазу Земли.
 Вещество глубоких зон Земли находится в твёрдом агрегатном состоянии, которое, впрочем, отличается от твёрдого состояния земной коры тем, что при уменьшении давления вещество может перейти в жидкое состояние.
 Совершенно не приходится противопоставлять твёрдую земную кору жидкой пиросфере, а нужно считать, что магма есть историческое образование, появляющееся в связи с тектоническими движениями.

Педагогическая деятельность
Студентам горного отделения ТТИ читал курсы по всему спектру геологических дисциплин:
 палеонтологии,
 физической и исторической геологии,
 кристаллографии,
 петрографии,
 петрологии,
 каустобиолитам,
 рудным месторождениям,

Руководил дипломным проектированием, заведовал палеонтологическим кабинетом.

К своим лекциям и выступлениям Усов относился чрезвычайно серьёзно. Тщательно готовился к ним, составлял детально проработанный конспект, представлявший по своей форме и содержанию готовый к печати труд. Его лекции, по воспоминаниям профессора М. К. Коровина, были строго выдержаны по времени и значимости излагаемого материала, насыщены данными последних научных достижений, отличались культурой изложения, сопровождались большим количеством схематических рисунков, иллюстраций, которые он чертил на доске, тем самым достигая высокого уровня наглядности и ясности.

Лекция увлекала Михаила Антоновича, неизменно проходила с высоким подъёмом от начала до конца, он переживал её, что неизбежно передавалось аудитории, которая всегда была органически связана с ним, составляла вместе с ним одно целое… Его лекции играли большую воспитательную роль, пробуждая и воспитывая любовь к геологии, зажигая в слушателях пламя пытливых исследователей.

Другой его ученик академик К. И. Сатпаев в своих воспоминаниях о лекциях Усова писал:

Всё в них было прекрасно: и сама изящность лектора, и его чудесный дар красноречия, и его способность увлекательно и просто излагать сущность самых сложных научных истин, и неумолимая логика и филигранная чеканность мысли, и железная дисциплина… Ни одного лишнего слова, ни одной потерянной минуты — таков был стиль его лекции, так же строго, предельно экономно был запланирован и распорядок всей его жизни. … Стремление получить практический результат, смелость при принятии на себя ответственности при решении практических задач — эти ценные качества воспитывал М. А. Усов у сибирских геологов.

За 30-летний период научно-педагогической деятельности им были подготовлены и в разные годы изданы 7 вузовских учебников и учебных пособий. В их числе:

 Руководство по фёдоровскому оптическому методу. «Историческая геология. Конспект курса» (литограф. изд. Томск, 1914);
 «Геология каустобиолитов: уголь, нефть, графит и алмазы» (Томск,1920) — первое учебное пособие в СССР по этой проблеме;
 «Полезные ископаемые. 1. Рудные месторождения» (Томск, 1928, 1931,1933);
 «Элементы геоморфологии и геологии рыхлых отложений» (Томск, 1934);
 «Структурная геология» (М.-Л., 1940);
 «Введение в геологию» (Алма-Ата, 1950) и др.

В 1906—1917 годах — секретарь Совета ТТИ, в 1917—1922 годах — декан горного факультета ТТИ, в 1922—1926 годах — член правления (проректор) ТТИ по учебной части, в 1928—1938 годах — периодически и. о. заместителя директора (проректор) по учебной работе.

В 1937 году возглавлял комиссию по разработке учебных планов и программ геологоразведочных вузов страны при ВК ВШ.

За период своей деятельности в институте Усовым были подготовлены и воспитаны сотни инженеров-геологов и горняков, составивших основу кадров различных геологических учреждений, служб и поисковых партий Сибири.

Среди его учеников:

 академики: К. И. Сатпаев, Ю. А. Кузнецов, В. А. Кузнецов, М. П. Русаков;
 члены-корреспонденты АН СССР: Ф. Н. Шахов, А. С. Хоментовский, Г. А. Хельквист;
 профессора: Н. Н. Урванцев, Н. Н. Горностаев, М. К. Коровин, И. К. Баженов, Б. Ф. Сперанский, А. Я. Булынников, В. А. Хахлов, М. И. Кучин, И. В. Лебедев, К. В. Радугин, Л. Л. Халфин, Г. Л. Поспелов, И. А. Молчанов и многие другие.

По инициативе Усова на горном факультете ТИИ (ТПУ) в 1930-е годы были созданы новые геологические кафедры: петрографии, рудных месторождений, инженерной геологии и гидрологии и разведки, которые возглавили его ученики — профессора Н. Н. Горностаев, Ф. Н. Шахов, А. М. Кузьмин, Ю. А. Кузнецов.

Общественная деятельность
Вёл большую общественную работу, был членом и заместителем председателя Томского отделения Общества изучения Сибири и её производительных сил (1927—1930), членом Томского горсовета, пленума Западно-Сибирского крайисполкома, а затем Новосибирского облисполкома.

Принимал активное участие в деятельности городского и краевого бюро ВАРНИТСО, участвовал в работе многих совещаний, съездов, конференций, в том числе 1-го Всероссийского съезда геологов (1922), 1-го Научно-исследовательского Сибирского краевого съезда (1927), 1-го Краевого энергетического съезда Западной Сибири (1932), Конференции по генезису руд железа, марганца и алюминия при АН СССР (1934), XVII сессии Международного геологического конгресса в Москве и Ленинграде (1937), Всесоюзном совещании по геологоразведочному делу (1938).

Признание, награды

В 1913 году получил медаль «В память 300-летия царствования дома Романовых».

В Первом корпусе Томского политехнического университета действует кабинет-музей академиков В. А. Обручева и М. А. Усова, а рядом с ним установлен бронзовый бюст М. А. Усову. На Третьем корпусе ТПУ установлена мемориальная доска Михаилу Усову. На базе ТПУ ежегодно проводится Международный научный симпозиум студентов и молодых учёных имени академика М. А. Усова.

Постановлением № 980 Президиума Томского Горсовета РК и КД от 27.10.1933 г. «О 25-летии научной и педагогической деятельности профессора М. А. Усова» было принято решение «переименовать Буткеевскую улицу, на которой находился Сибгеолком, возглавлявшийся профессором Усовым, в улицу его имени».

В честь него назван минерал усовит — Ba2MgAl2F12 — бариевый фтор-алюминат из группы криолита. Обнаружен в 1963 году выпускниками ГРФ ТПИ А. Д. Ножкиным (1958) и В. А. Гавриленко (1966) в верховьях р. Нойбы (левый приток р. Теи в Енисейском кряже) во флюоритовой жиле в ассоциации с зелёной и бесцветной разновидностями флюорита. Минерал находится с ними в тесном взаимопрорастании. Назван в честь Михаила Антоновича Усова.

В 2012 году открыт мемориал памяти Михаила Усова на Южном кладбище Томска.

Семья
Отец родом из крестьян Владимирской губернии, служил приказчиком в различных торговых заведениях, несколько лет вёл своё собственное торговое дело, доставшееся по наследству от брата в с. Спасском Каинского уезда.
 Мать — Анна Григорьевна.
 Жена — Екатерина Филимоновна.
 Дочь, 1910 года рождения.

Примечания

Библиография

 учебные пособия по дисциплинам:
 общая и структурная геология;
 историческая геология;
 геология каустобиолитов (первое пособие в СССР).

Литература

 Биографический справочник «Профессора Томского политехнического университета»: Том 1/Автор и составитель А. В. Гагарин.- Томск: Изд-во научно-технической литературы, 2000—300 с.
 Профессора Томского университета: Биографический словарь / С. Ф. Фоминых, С. А. Некрылов, Л. Л. Берцун, А. В. Литвинов. — Томск: Изд-во Том. ун-та, 1998 — Том 2 — 544 с. — ISBN 5-7511-0989-9
 Журнал ТПУ «Томский политехник», № 10, 2004—198 стр.
 Журнал ТПУ «Томский политехник», № 12, 2006—130 стр.

Ссылки
 При написании этой статьи использовались материалы Электронной энциклопедии ТПУ.
 М. А. Усов, жизнеописание
 Из жизни учёных: СССР, 1933 год «Наука в Сибири», nsc.ru
 Усов Михаил Антонович
 Библиография

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Immigration, ignorance and America - 2016 is going to be a long year
"We need to remember how challenging immigration has always been."
Tom Deignan
Presidential hopeful GOPs Donald Trump: When the age that we live in becomes chaotic, cruel or unjust, we often turn to art to try and understand it.
In last week's Wall Street Journal, a gentleman named Ferdinand Mount was among the pundits who contributed to a special section looking ahead to 2016. All of the contributors made a political or cultural prediction, and Mount wrote about what he called "The Populist Moment," and in particular how immigration might play into the forthcoming presidential election.
Of course, Mount had to start with Donald Trump.
"The rise of the Trumpery Tendency bears more than a passing resemblance to the rise of the Know-Nothing Party in the 1840s and '50s," Mount begins.
"The Native American Party, as it laughably called itself, was born out of fears that the country was being overrun by Catholic immigrants from Germany and Italy, whose first loyalty was supposedly to the pope, not to the Constitution of the U.S."
It is a good thing that Mount, unlike so many other angry folks these days, looked to history for some perspective on the always-vexing immigrant question.
But it is a bad thing that he confused his immigrant waves. Of course there were Catholic immigrants from Italy in the 1840s and 1850s. But it is the Famine Irish that were the primary boogeymen when it came to swelling the ranks of the Know-Nothings.
Since Mount mentions the Irish later, I want to give him credit. I also don't want to hold it against him that, as his author bio reads, he was "head of the Downing Street Policy Unit under Margaret Thatcher."
Nevertheless, Mount proceeds to let this nugget come tumbling out.
"Populist movements have come and gone in American politics. They have usually foundered on party splits (the Know-Nothings were hopelessly divided on slavery) and were ultimately washed away by public ridicule. They have also been eroded by demographic factors. To win in the big cities, the Know-Nothings soon began to need the support of those German- and Irish-American blue-collar workers."
Perhaps what Mount means is that the Know-Nothings vanished because there was no way they could ever possibly garner votes in ethnic communities. The whole basis of their existence was nativism.
But the way Mount writes this creates the impression that the Know-Nothings actually engaged in politics and somehow attempted to win the votes of Irish Catholics and other immigrants. That's patently absurd.
Then again, it's only fitting. It is astonishing that a nation that makes such a big deal out of its immigrant roots -- E Pluribus Unum and all that -- is also dreadfully ignorant about what went into making this a nation of immigrants.
Look no further than the spoiled rich kid with the bad hair who has become synonymous with anti-immigrant sentiments. Trump's own mother was an immigrant from Scotland while his paternal grandfather was an immigrant from Germany.
Of course, Trump and his many angry followers would say they were "good" immigrants who came to work, who learned the language, blah, blah, blah. Funny how so many 21st century Americans with 19th century immigrant roots convince themselves that immigration was so peaceful in the good old days.
Guess what? It wasn't.
In a few months, there will be many earnest commemorations of the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising in Ireland. Irish Americans, of course, played a key role in planning and advocating the violent overthrow of the British government. This led to many Irish in America being accused of and even arrested on charges of treason.
But it wasn't just the Irish. One hundred years ago, America was on the brink of entering World War I and the nation was crawling with immigrants and their children from enemy nations. German spies seemed to be everywhere. Italian anarchists plotted bombings.
We need to remember how challenging immigration has always been. Not so that we can finally seal up the borders once and for all. But so that today's challenges don't seem so insurmountable.
Instead, we get a shoddy piece of history in the Wall Street Journal and an immigrant's son as the spokesman for 21st century nativism. It's going to be a long year.
* Contact sidewalks@tdeignan.blogspot.com.
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Hans-Rudolf Merz
Doris Leuthard (Pres. 10)
Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf
Ueli Maurer
Didier Burkhalter
- Federal Chancellor Corina Casanova
Federal Assembly
- Upper house Council of States
- Lower house National Council
- Foundation date 1 August[note 2] 1291
- de facto 22 September 1499
- Recognized 24 October 1648
- Restored 7 August 1815
- Federal state 12 September 1848[2]
- Total 41,284 km2 (136th)
15,940 sq mi
- Water (%) 4.2
- 2009 estimate 7,771,600[3] (94th)
- 2007 census 7,593,500
- Density 188/km2 (65th)
477.4/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2008 estimate
- Total $315.768 billion[4] (38th)
- Per capita $43,195[4] (7th)
GDP (nominal) 2008 estimate
- Total $500.260 billion[4] (21st)
Gini (2000) 33.7
HDI (2007) 0.960[5]
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↑ A solemn declaration of the Tagsatzung declared the Federal Constitution adopted on 12 September 1848. A resolution of the Tagsatzung of 14 September 1848 specified that the powers of the institutions provided for by the 1815 Federal Treaty would expire at the time of the constitution of the Federal Council, which took place on 16 November 1848.
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↑ Human Development Report 2009. The United Nations. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
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Q: Processing XMLHttpRequest object with Javascript This might be an easy fix for most of you but I can't figure it out.
I am creating a function to call a GET method but I am having problems in processing the response. This is my code:
function getAPI(url) {
  var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest
  xhttp.open('GET',url)
  xhttp.send()
  return xhttp
}

let xhttp = getAPI('http://127.0.0.1:8000/myapi/')
console.log(xhttp)
console.log(xhttp.response)

When I console.log the xhttp I can see the right API response... but when I log the xhttp.response it appears as an empty value.

A: See any tutorial.
XMLHttpRequest (as with pretty much all external data access in JS) is asynchronous.
The event loop isn't frozen (completely blocking all JS and UI) until the response comes in.
You need to use an event handler to determine when the data is available.
xhttp.addEventListener("load", function () {
    console.log(this.response)
});

When I console.log the xhttp I can see the right API response

The developer tools console evaluates object lazily. It doesn't check the value of response until you expand the object (which is after the property has been updated).

Note that the modern replacement for XMLHttpRequest, the fetch API is Promise based so supports the more convenient async / await syntax.


Cosmetic Surgery Procedure – Is It Really Your Choice?
In recent years, cosmetic surgery has become increasingly popular. More options are becoming available, and many are affordable enough for the average consumer. The question remains though: is getting cosmetic surgery a good idea? Before you make that choice, there are some facts and information you should know.
You may be considering cosmetic surgery or procedures because you believe lots of people are having work done to improve their appearance and to reduce the signs of aging. In 2005, the numbers of people having these procedures done actually dropped by 4%. Of course, that was still about 11.5 million procedures but you have to remember that people receiving Botox or similar treatments need multiple procedures done through the course of a year so the number of people involved in cosmetic surgery is not as large as you might think.
While the number of procedures may not be that huge, the price tag is quite high. The total cost for cosmetic surgery in 2005 was $12.4 billion. That averages out to nearly $1,100 per procedure.
Although cosmetic surgery is sometimes confused with plastic surgery, the two are very different so be aware of this when looking at the options available to you. Plastic surgery is usually done for medical reasons, such as reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy. Cosmetic surgery, on the other hand, is completely elective and is done purely for aesthetic reasons.
With these procedures, you can actually choose between surgical and non-surgical procedures. The former are the least popular and include procedures such as liposuction surgery, breast augmentation, and rhinoplasty (nose jobs). With non-surgical procedures, the most popular are botox injections, Restylane treatment, laser hair removal, chemical peels, and microdermabrasion treatment.
Before you have any procedure done, you need to make sure you understand the pros and cons so you can set up a realistic expectation of what the results will be and so you can decide whether the potential risks are worth the effort. Many of these procedures are quite safe, especially when done by highly experienced professionals.
First, be sure you want cosmetic surgery for good reasons. If you're just looking for a confidence boost or if you're trying to save a relationship, these are never good reasons to undergo any type of procedure. However, if you are genuinely unhappy with some part of your appearance then that could be a good reason.
Second, you want to pick the right physician for the procedure as well. Today, cosmetic procedures are being done by a wide range of people with little or no experience in the area. You must be careful to choose a physician who knows what he or she is doing and has experience in cosmetic surgery matters.
One of the best examples of why this is important is Botox injections. When these injections are done incorrectly and too frequently, you could literally lose the ability to move the muscles in your face responsible for making expressions. A knowledgeable physician knows how to use the chemicals appropriately so this does not occur.
How to get rid of cosmetic surgery scars?
How much does blepharoplasty surgery cost?


Cluj is one of the most populous cities in Romania, sitting second only to the country's capital Bucharest. Situated in the western part of the historical region of Transylvania, the city is one of the most important academic, cultural and industrial centres in Romania. It is home to the country's largest university, Babe-Bolyai University, its famous botanical garden, as well as dozens of nationally renowned cultural institutions.
Having long dispelled the myths of dark foreboding castles and unpleasant creatures of the night, Transylvania has been generating somewhat of a buzz among clued-up travellers over recent years, not only because of its affordability, but also the complex cultural tapestry that is just waiting to be unfurled.
I'm a keen hiker and had been diligently preparing for this trip for weeks, taking beach runs in the morning and spending evenings in the gym. A three-hour drive out of Cluj brings you to the Apuseni Natural Park, a 75.7-hectare protected area situated in the Apuseni Mountains, with the Vlădeasa Mountains to the north and the Bihor Mountains to the south. According to locals, the park is home to several species of wolf, lynx and bear, although thankfully we didn't fall foul of any on our hike. At nearly 50 metres high, the Valul Miresei waterfall stands as a testament to nature's breathtaking force, as water cascades down over two steps, while below the ground there is a stunning network of more than 400 caves waiting to be explored. Remember though, special permission must be obtained from the Romanian Academy to access some of the best caves the park has to offer as part of the ongoing preservation process.
Cluj's heritage can be traced back to the second century, making it any history or achitecture lover's dream. Union Sqaure offers examples of baroque, Gothic, Renaissance and neoclassical buildings, as well as access to St Micheal's Church, one of the most beautiful Gothic monuments in all of Transylvania. Beautifully tranquil gardens can be found in and around the city centre and for those with a thirst for knowledge, Cluj offers a formidable number of museums and galleries. Should this prove a little too sedate for your liking, then a trip to The Dungeon comes highly reccommended. Locked in a room in teams of two to four people, you are given 60 minutes to get out, using only the clues you can find around you to find your escape. Adrenaline levels are guaranteed to soar in this unique real-life escape game in which you play the protagonist. If you have time and the inclination, you could always take a trip to Bran Castle, the home of Count Dracula (if you belive the books), only a four-hour journey away.
Owing to its position in the south east of Europe, the weather is not always guranteed in Romania and rapid changes in conditions can be common. If, like me, you want to travel beyond the city limits to experience nature, it is essential to hire a car.
Like most European cities, Cluj has its fair share of shopping malls offering familiar national brands. Thankfully, though, it doesn't take too much searching to uncover some hidden gems. Try the artisan's market just around the corner from Museum Square, where you'll find a plethora of traditional Romanian treats and trinkets, including clothes and jewellery.
As the tourist trade gathers momentum in Cluj, you will find no shortage of places to lay your head at the end of the day. I would recommend the small but charming family run Villa-Hotel Escala. Not only is it close to the city's downtown area, but the atmosphere is warm and friendly, which makes for a pleasant stay.


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Said Khoury is the president of Consolidated Contractors Company.
Co-chair, Welfare Association
International Board, U.S./Middle East Project [1]
Trustee (2001), Institute for Palestine Studies
Funder (2003), Center for Palestine Research and Studies
Former Director, Palestine National Fund
His cousin is Hasib Sabbagh and his son is Samer Said Khoury. [2]
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↑ International Board, U.S./Middle East Project, accessed October 25, 2009.
↑ Palestinian Builder CCC Dodges Mideast Conflicts, Reaps Profits, Palestine Media Center, accessed October 23, 2009.
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