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The Voice of Human Justice (Sautu'l 'Adalati'l Insaniyah)
George Jordac
Publishers' Note
Preface of the first edition of the Arabic version published in 1956
Arabian Peninsula
A glance over history
The Prophet and Abu Talib
The Prophet and Ali
Ali is my brother
The attributes of Ali
Knowledge and sagacity of Ali
Human rights and Ali
A Difficult Test
Poverty and its consequences
Conditions prior to Ali
Ruler is one of the people
Freedom and its sources
Neither fanaticism nor infallibility
Combat oppression
Administration of Ali
The Common Man
The Counsellors
The Different Classes of People
The Army
The Real Guidance
Subordinate Judiciary
Clerical Establishment
Open Conferences
Aloofness not Desirable
Peace and Treaties
Last Instructions
U.N. Charter of Human Rights
Value of life and Ali
Conditions prevailing after Ali
The two families of Quraysh
Mu`awiya and his successors
Husayn and Yazid
Who was Yazid?
Supporters of the two parties
Murderers of Uthman
The volley of criticism
What happened to Abu Dharr after his banishment?
Facts about Uthman's murder
Some false statements
A great conspiracy
Persons Responsible for the Assassination of Uthman
Revolt against Ali
God! Be a witness
Two impostors
Was it justified?
The divine will
Let them mourn
The Imam's treatment of others and his behaviour towards them was based on their freedom.
Man's conscience should take decisions according to its own determination and with freedom. The means are themselves effective without external effects. The external impediments prevent them to some extent from becoming effective.
Collective activities are correct only when they conform with the principles of a free conscience and with the 1 natural laws which are themselves free. Man is free fundamentally. A free being possesses feelings. He thinks with his own power, speaks with authority and acts with his determination. To place him under compulsion would, in fact, amounts to finishing his very being. Hence it will be permissible to curb a person's freedom only when it is permissible to kill him. 2
If you wish to restrict the light of the sun and draw a curtain before it as a consequence whereof it cannot make the opposite things hot and bright, you in fact extinguish its light. If you are able to restrain the air from blowing you in fact annihilate the air. Similarly if you deprive the waves of the rivers, the flowers of the deserts, the birds in the air and all other things available in this world from performing their natural functions it is as good as your having destroyed them. Same is the case with man and to deprive him of freedom amounts to killing all human beings. 3
This was the conception of freedom in the eyes of the Imam and this was how he reached its depths. He mentioned freedom with his tongue as he understood it and also acted according to it. Every deed of his was correct according to his own views and beliefs as well as according to those of others. The laws of nature as well as the interests of the society support them.
Ali's words and actions which we have studied thoroughly go to show how he guided the people to do everything with their determination and free will. In fact there was a point which he always kept in view and it was the freedom of the individuals in such a manner that the freedom of others was not hurt.
A group of the old Greek philosophers and some European philosophers of the Middle Ages kept only the individual's freedom in view and did not attach any importance to public interests and national freedom. There was also another group which took only the collective interests into account and did not favour individual freedom and rights. They considered pressure upon the people and subjecting them to forced labour to be lawful.
However, Ali took the individual's freedom and collective interests into account in such a way that neither of them might be hurt and made them compatible with each other so that an individual might take care of collective interests with his own free will and free efforts of the individuals might be in the national interests. He declared that the individuals were for the nation and the nation was for the individuals. We shall continue this discussion so that the matter may become perfectly clear.
We shall now see how he coordinated the freedom of the individuals with the public interests.
Ali knew that as the individuals are the members of the nation they should apply their freedom to matters which might not hurt the interests of the nation. Here freedom does not mean general licence. On the contrary it should be coupled with the faith and sense of responsibility, and man should consider it his duty to take the public interests into account along with his own freedom.
Ali did not say like other philosophers that human freedom was limited, but said something deeper and did not fix any limit for freedom. His remark is much more valuable and sublime than those of others, and shows that he was much superior to others in understanding the spiritual mysteries of man and the social rules and regulations.
He inculcated in the hearts of the people the belief in freedom, and added to it the belief that every person has some responsibilities which he must fulfil. The proof of this policy of his is that a canal in a village was filled with dust and became useless and some persons who wanted to restart it approached the governor of the area to compel the people to work on it, but the Commander of the Faithful strictly prohibited it and said: "they may work of their own free will and take wages for that. As regards the canal it belongs to the person who works on it of his own accord and considers himself responsible for the result".
Ali accorded respect to the freedom of the working class more than one thousand years ago, and Rousseau, the famous French writer was inclined to remark thus about two centuries ago: "Respect for mankind and philanthropy oblige us to say that we should consider our subordinates to be human beings like the intelligent people even though they may be untrained and ignorant".
The principles set forth by the Imam make it necessary that determination and authority should be limited within their own bounds and authority should be coupled with belief in responsibility. Hence duty and responsibility do not hurt authority and will but support them.
Responsibility alone is not sufficient for the performance of good deeds until determination and authority are also responsible. Responsibility is proportionate with authority. The greater the authority and determination the heavier will be the duty and responsibility.
Responsibility is related with authority in the same way in which it is related with intellect and conscience. A person whose power of thinking is paralyzed and who cannot distinguish between good and evil and whose intellectual capabilities are out of order cannot be held responsible for any action.
Similarly a person who has been deprived of his freedom and authority cannot be subjected to any responsibility. Freedom, authority and mental awakening make a person distinguish between good and evil and carry out his responsibilities as a matter of necessity.
It was on this account that Ali ordered his governors and other officers to release the people from captivity and remove the heavy chains from their hands and feet so that they might do useful deeds for the nation of their own free will, because so long as they were not independent they would be helpless, and helpless persons are under no responsibility. They do not consider themselves to be responsible and do not, therefore, do good deeds, because good deeds can be done only with freedom of thought. The actions of those who do not possess free will are not their own. They are the actions of the government which are performed through them. Their determination is weak and their strength is wasted on inappropriate occasions.
After the Imam the people arrived at that very stage which has been mentioned by us. Although they were free during the period of his caliphate and were safe from harm and torture by the rulers he had prescribed a rule according to which they were required to admit their responsibilities of their own free will and were to realize that they owed some responsibilities to the nation and the nation had some rights on them. As we have already seen on many occasions and shall also see later his orders and directions were based on this principles and he commanded and prohibited and rewarded and punished the people keeping this principle in view.
1. The author proves in this chapter that the individual should, while enjoying freedom, have regard for national interests and should perform all those acts with their determination, free will and choice which are useful for the people and should avoid harmful acts, so that freedom should be confined to one's own freedom and should not result in placing others under compulsion and captivity.
2. By this statement the author wants to prove that the point of view of the socialists that government should monopolize all activities and should not leave anyone free on the ground that in various matters the people look after their personal interests and do not care for national interests is not correct. The opponents of this school of thought say that no interest is higher than freedom and after curbing their freedom the people cannot be provided with any bounty which might equal it. They also say that every kind of blessing and advancement of industry and trade can be achieved in a better way by means of freedom. As we can very well observe abundant facilities are available in free countries and the number of scholars and skilled persons available there is also larger. The workers in such countries live in comfort and the rate of crime there is very low so much so that in many of those countries no criminal case is registered for years.
3. The mischievous and sensual persons also say that freedom is something respectable and the nation should set them free to indulge in their sensual activities and to bring up the children and young men in an irreligious atmosphere. They should be told that the freedom demanded by them is a crime and if they are given this licence, others whose number is thousands of times larger than theirs, will be deprived of their freedom.
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Adam BoffeySummit County correspondent
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Aspen, CO ColoradoCOPPER MOUNTAIN – Stories like Anna Segal's are what the U.S. Freeskiing Open is all about.As a first-time, non-qualified Open competitor, the Australian skier came into Copper as something of an unknown entity. After winning the women's slopestyle on Friday with a score of 83.25, Segal will leave Summit County having made a name for herself."That's the great thing about the Open," said runner-up Michelle Parker (80.5 points), who took third place last year. "You get some new names up here and it's awesome. I'm so proud for (Segal)."Segal, who lives in Aspen, seemed like an unsuspecting champion."I'm surprised," Segal said following the awards ceremony, where she received $2,500. "I didn't actually watch any of the other girls' runs because I don't do that before I go, so I didn't know what I was up against. I was hoping for a top five and I would have been completely happy with that."Segal nearly missed Thursday's qualifying heat, which she won with a score of 84.75, because of a painful practice injury she sustained hours before it started."I worked pretty hard and I smashed my face," she said of the two days of competition. "I feel like I've kind of fought all the way here."Segal likely grabbed the judges' attention when she pulled a rare upside-down trick she referred to as a loop."I suppose it could be considered a flip because your head is under your feet," she explained. "I've been doing them for quite a while, so I'm quite confident on them."Parker, who lives in California's Lake Tahoe area, said she wasn't exactly sure which trick set her apart from everyone but Segal.
"It's tough to say," Parker said. "I just tried some new tricks I learned the other day. … My rail section on my second run was a lot better; I got what I wanted to. The jumps were a little flaily. I came up a little short on them, but I stomped my run and was stoked."
In a tribute to her consistency, Parker's combined score was a whopping 160.5. The next-best combined score, 140, belonged to Segal.Third place went to Kristi Leskinen (77 points), who persevered through an injury of her own."I really hurt myself on that first run," Leskinen said of her back injury, which occurred when she fell off a box rail. "I was back at the top for my second run and everyone was telling me not to go, but I couldn't, I had to go. Because this competition only comes once a year, if there's any possibility to win, you have to try. … I somehow made it to the bottom on my feet and now I can't walk."Following her second run, Leskinen laid down near the finish area to rest her back. It is still unknown whether the California-based athlete will compete in Sunday's halfpipe competition, which she has pre-qualified for."That's two days from now, so maybe I'll skip practice (Saturday) and go get it checked out," she said. "We'll just go from there. If it's muscle pain, I can deal with it. If it's something else, I need to take a break."
Leskinen, along with 11th-place finisher Sarah Burke, was one of the original women to compete in the U.S. Open. Both women competed at the Vail-hosted event in 2000."Do I have to tell you how many I've been in?" Burke asked with a laugh. "I'm the grandma of the sport here."Burke, who has one Open slopestyle runner-up and multiple halfpipe victories under her belt, fell on both of her runs."I had the run of my dreams lined up," Burke said. "I landed it in practice and then just couldn't pull it together in the finals."Burke's ski popped off during her second run as she tried to land a rare 900.
Like several other Open veterans, Leskinen said she has noticed the rising talent in women's freesking over the past few years."There's a whole lot more girls that are trying to do a lot of crazy tricks," Leskinen said. "It's really great to see and it's pushing a level.""I'm amazed every time I come here," said fifth-place finisher Grete Eliassen, who is competing in her fourth U.S. Open. "It's like, 'Wow, where did you guys come from?'"Perhaps Anna Segal will be wondering the same thing next year.Adam Boffey can be contacted at (970) 668-4634, or at aboffey@summitdaily.com.
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This Oak bench was commissioned by Pembroke Civic Trust to commemorate the life of John Poyer, former Mayor of Pembroke who held Pembroke Castle against Cromwell's seven week siege and was executed in Covent Garden on April 25th 1649.
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History of Elstree Studios
In the mid 1920s a young British film producer Herbert Wilcox and a Hollywood producer named J.D Williams were looking for a site to build a new motion picture studio.
They were aware of such a facility already operating in a small village named Boreham Wood called Neptune Studio, which had opened in 1914. The attraction was easy access by rail and road to London and away from the famous 'pea souper' smogs of the capital city.
Building commenced in 1925 and Wilcox decided to call the new studio Elstree Studios. He based his decision to call it Elstree Studios as Elstree was a more established geographical name.
The first feature film to be completed was Madame Pompadour starring silent screen actress Dorothy Gish. However, Williams fell out with his South African investors resulting in the departure of both he and Wilcox and the facility passed into the hands of Scottish cinema owner John Maxwell. He named the studios British International Pictures and signed up new talent including the up and coming director Alfred Hitchcock. John Maxwell greatly expanded the facilities and today his contribution is recognised with one of the admin buildings named after him. The Studio itself tended to take 1927 as it's official opening date as Maxwell's first production The White Shiek was actually produced that year and released before Madame Pompadour.
Hitchcock went into the record books by directing Blackmail at Elstree, which is generally credited as being the first British talking film. During the late 1920s and early 1930s the Studio was involved in many motion picture breakthroughs including colour production and multi lingual films. The film Atlantic was shot three times with English, French and German casts in order to widen it's worldwide appeal. The story was based on the ill-fated Titanic voyage and the then Board of Trade protested that the Studio was opening up recent wounds by choosing such a sensitive subject.
Elstree in the 1930s launched the screen careers of such stars as Charles Laughton, Laurence Olivier, Anna Neagle, Googie Withers, Ray Milland and Stewart Granger. Its output was enormous and included quota quickie films working with Hollywood Studios, and by 1939 had produced over 200 features.
During its early years the Studio Manager was a lively cockney character named Joe Grossman. He successfully forged links with the Royal Family involving private visits by the future Edward VIII and the future George VI. King George V and Queen Mary paid an official visit in 1934. The street outside the Studio was lined by members of the public and extras in costume from the Richard Tauber production of Blossom Time. On another occasion the King Of Greece was being shown around by the Studio Manager who seeing his mystified look while examining sound recording equipment innocently remarked "I suppose this is all Greek to you sir!" Other famous visitors included Stan Laurel and Charlie Chaplin who described the Studio as the 'home of the British film industry'.
A fire in 1936 destroyed several stages and a general slump in production threatened the Studio's survival. In 1939, with the beginning of the Second World War, the facility closed for several years and it was used as an ordnance depot and a garrison theatre by the Army.
John Maxwell, the Studio Owner, died during the War years and his widow sold a large number of his shares to Warner Bros. who agreed to substantially rebuild the facility during 1946 and 1947.
After the War, Elstree got off to a good start and in the late 1940s made The Hasty Heart that gained newcomer Richard Todd a contract and an Oscar nomination while also being responsible for bringing over future U.S President Ronald Reagan to appear in his only British movie. Hitchcock returned to direct legendary Marlene Dietrich in Stage Fright and within a few short years the Studio was discovering new talent such as Audrey Hepburn, Richard Harris and Laurence Harvey.
The 1950s saw a raft of Hollywood stars appearing at Elstree including David Niven, Sophia Loren, Gregory Peck, William Holden and Errol Flynn in such movies as Moby Dick and The Key along with home grown talent such as Jack Hawkins, Dennis Price and Terry Thomas. The famous Elstree water tank was used for The Dam Busters.
In the early 1960s, Elstree, which since its reopening in 1945 had been known as Associated British Picture Corporation, decided to move away from gritty dramas such as Yield To The Night with Diana Dors and ground breaking drama Look Back in Anger with Richard Burton in favour of musicals and comedies. The result was signing up television talent such as Tony Hancock and Charlie Drake to star in The Rebel and The Cracksman along with Cliff Richard in Summer Holiday and The Young Ones.
In the 1960s, as the home of ABC Television, Elstree Studios became used for more television production including such international hits as The Saint and The Avengers. In the early 1970s the facility went 'four wall', hiring out its sound stages for other producers to use and manned with freelance staff. Just prior to this move Bryan Forbes had been appointed Head of Production by new owners EMI. He green lit several movies the most successful of which was probably The Railway Children. Stanley Kubrick also produced The Shining at Elstree Studios.
Murder on the Orient Express brought a galaxy of stars to Elstree including Albert Finney, Sean Connery, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman and Tony Perkins. In 1976 from a Galaxy far far away a young American decided to base his new science fiction movie at Elstree. His name was George Lucas, the movie Star Wars and the rest is history. During the next few years he produced two sequels and also invited Steven Spielberg to Borehamwood to direct the Indiana Jones trilogy. A new large silent stage was built to accommodate this extra work.
Elstree was also famous for its post production. Bill Rowe, the Sound Post Supervisor, was scoring triumph after triumph culminating in an Oscar for his work on The Last Emperor.
In 1986 Thorn EMI decided to sell the Studio and it was purchased by Cannon who sold off the Pathe film library based at Elstree Studios and produced Superman IV. George Walker of Brent Walker purchased Elstree Studios in the early 90's.
Walker bought the site as a development opportunity and gained permission to demolish much of the facility and sell 12 acres to Tesco provided they retained and rebuilt the remaining 15 acres as a viable, modern film and TV studio.
In 1993 Brent Walker closed the Studio for production with just one or two tenants remaining. Equipment was sold off and for three years the Studio remained empty until Hertsmere Council took Brent Walker to court and won an amazing victory, which resulted in the historic facility coming under the ownership of the local community.
The Studios have been subsequently restored with millions of pounds spent reequipping the stages and building two massive new sound stages, which were opened by H.R.H The Prince Charles in 1999.
Nowadays the Studio is once again a profitable and high profile aspect of the film and television production scene keeping alive the British Hollywood.
The Studios have continued to be used for film production, television production, commercials and events. In the last four years the Studios have been transformed to become once again one of the top UK Studios alongside Pinewood and Warner Brothers Leavesden.
Recent film productions have included Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows starring Jude Law and Robert Downey Jnr, Brian Singer's Jack the Giant Slayer, Under The Skin starring Scarlett Johansson, The World's End starring Simon Pegg, World War Z starring Brad Pitt and of course multi award winning film The King's Speech starring Colin Firth. Paddington Bear was released in November and was named the highest grossing British independent film of 2014. Grimsby and Suffragettes are soon to be released.
In television, the Studios has always been home to some of the highest rated TV shows in the UK such as ITV's Who Wants to be a Millionaire?Dancing on Ice and Red or Black?, E4's My Mad Fat Diary, The Voice for BBC, Channel 5's Big Brother, television specials such as Michael Buble; Home for Christmas and childrens shows such as The Slammer and Bunnytown. The Studios are also very popular for commercials having provided stage space for Morrison's, Gucci, Stella Artois, Littlewoods, River Island, NatWest and Romeo Beckham's Burberry Christmas special.
Elstree is also one of the homes to BBC Studios and Post Production. A number of Elstree Studios have been fully equipped for HD multi camera television production. Productions who have utilised the new facilities include Pointless, Live from the Electric and Friday Download. Brand new HD gallery facilities have been built for the George Lucas stage, which now hosts the UK's number one entertainment show Strictly Come Dancing. Other TV shows include Celebrity Juice, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, The Chase, Room 101, Sweat The Small Stuff, Yonderland and many more.
A multi million pound development of Elstree Studios has commenced to provide new media facilities at the Studios to accommodate the extra film and TV work the studios now generates. This work will increase the size of the studios by 25% and is the first major development at Elstree in over 15 years.
The Studios wish to express gratitude to Paul Welsh MBE for his dedication to ensuring the future of Elstree Studios as a result of his Save The Studios campaign in 1988.
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National Institute of Design is internationally acclaimed as one of the finest educational and research institutions for Industrial, Communication, Textile and IT Integrated (Experiential) Design. It is an Institute of National Importance under the DIPP, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
The Professional Education at NID has both Bachelors and Masters Programmes— Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) of 4 years duration for students after 10+2 or equivalent like AISSCE/ IB/ ISC, and Master of Design (M.Des.) of 2 ½ years duration for graduates from various domains specific to each discipline.
The BACHELOR OF DESIGN programme commences with a two semester rigorous Foundation Programme followed by 3 years of specialized studies in any of the disciplines offered in B.DES.
The one year Foundation Programme is geared towards developing values, perspectives, sensorial skills and aesthetic sensitivity essential for a designer in making. It introduces students to the fundamentals of design and helps develop ways of perception, understanding of multidisciplinary nature of design and relationship of design with human senses and emotions, culture, environment and ecology.
Basic design 'studio' courses are augmented by introductory studies in Science and Liberal Arts.
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Candidates having a Bachelor's degree or equivalent including those who will be appearing for the qualifying examinations during the academic year (2014-15) in the areas mentioned against each discipline are eligible to apply. Successful candidates shall be given admission to the academic programme, by the institute, subject to their passing the qualifying examinations. The medium of instruction at NID is English.
Candidates having a Bachelor's degree or equivalent including those who will be appearing for the qualifying examinations during the academic year (2014-15) in the areas mentioned against each discipline are eligible to apply. Successful candidates shall be given admission to the academic programme, by the institute, subject to their passing the qualifying examinations. Those applying for two programmes should send two separate application forms along with two separate sets of documents, two separate demand drafts in two separate envelopes. One cannot apply for more than two M.Des. Programmes. The medium of instruction at NID is English.
Upper age limit for candidates is 30 years (relaxable by 3 years for reserved categories) as on June 1, 2015.
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Urban Planet Media & Entertainment, Inc. (Urban Planet Mobile), the leading provider of education and information products created specifically for delivery via mobile phone, has joined the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), Georgia Tech's award-winning technology incubator.
In 2002, ATDC launched a Savannah initiative that focuses on assisting new ventures arising from Savannah's diverse technology community and a growing number of startups. Selected companies are fully associated with ATDC but receive the added benefit of local personal assistance and attention.
Urban Planet Mobile was chosen based on the attractiveness of its business model that merges advanced technologies with high-demand content in an innovative way to reach billions of potential subscribers worldwide.
Brian OliverSmith, Urban Planet Mobile CEO, brainstormed the idea of delivering simple audio lessons through text messaging two years ago. His team has since built a library of more than 4,500 lessons in 11 languages. With Urban Planet Mobile's unique offering, the burgeoning mobile content market is taken one step further through the development of Urban English™ anytime, anywhere learning that can be accessed by more than 90 percent of mobile phones worldwide.
With distribution agreements in place to deliver short audio English lessons to the United Arab Emirates through T.A. Telecom, Urban Planet Mobile is poised for exponential growth. The Urban English business line is also in development for Bangladesh, India, Mexico, Chile and Brazil.
OliverSmith describes Urban Planet Mobile's innovative product line of short audio English language lessons as "providing the world with a native American English speaker in the palm of its hand."
By signing up for the Urban English line of English lessons, the subscriber receives mobile daily audio downloads of lessons via Short Message Service (SMS). The lessons are available by clicking on a link to the lesson embedded in the text notification, which requires only a basic data plan. Alternatively, each SMS will provide a local country number routed to Urban Planet Mobile's servers that play the lesson via interactive voice response technology.
The three- to five-minute lessons, which have been engineered to retain exceptional audio quality, use the same data for delivery as a 30-second ringtone. In this way, the more than 1.4 billion people worldwide actively learning English can affordably access quality audio English lessons anytime, anywhere with Urban Planet Mobile.
"In a world in economic turmoil, Urban Planet Mobile's business model is of particular interest as the content they offer is in high demand and their delivery allows for unlimited scalability at an incredibly low cost, which in turn enables them to sell affordable subscriptions," said Orjan Isacon, a venture catalyst with Savannah ATDC.
Member companies of ATDC have attracted more than $1 billion in venture capital since 1999, while more than 70 percent of the 122 firms that have graduated from the incubator are currently operating or have been acquired. Urban Planet Mobile is closing out a second round of investment at the end of August 2009.
ABOUT URBAN PLANET MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
Urban Planet Mobile is the premiere language learning content developer for mobile delivery. The Urban Planet Mobile management team is extensively experienced in audio content development, production, distribution and marketing. Additionally, a team well-versed in developing learning curriculum is actively involved in all stages of building the entire family of products. The group is rounded out with international mobile content delivery and global business development experts on the sales and marketing side. Urban Planet Mobile is poised for exponential growth in a growth market. For additional information: moc.em-punull@sserp, www.UrbanPlanetMobile.com.
ABOUT ATDC
The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) is a nationally recognized science and technology incubator that helps Georgia entrepreneurs launch and build successful companies. Headquartered at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, ATDC provides strategic business advice and connects its member companies to the people and resources they need to succeed. More than 120 companies have graduated from the ATDC.
In collaboration with the Georgia Tech Regional Engineering Program, Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute, the Georgia Department of Economic Development, Savannah Economic Development Authority, Coastal BETA and other local organizations, ATDC launched its Savannah initiative during spring 2002. The program assists new ventures arising from Savannah's diverse technology community and a growing community of startups. For additional information: Orjan Isacson, venture catalyst, 912-963-2519, www.atdc.org.
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Our pastel pink Dazzler star balloon will make a great addition to any balloon bouquets or displays. This foil balloon is star shaped and features a lovely delicate shade of pink in the popular Dazzler style. This is sure to add some sparkly fun to almost any occasion including birthday parties, baby's first birthday, valentines and even weddings. Balloon measures 19". Suitable for inflation with helium. To inflate your balloons, you will need to purchase a helium cylinder for 30 balloons or helium cylinder for 50 balloons. Many florists also offer an inflation service for a small fee.
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Axian and Fondation H, SPONSORS OF the "Madagascar: Art de la Grande Ile" exHIBITION
Axian was born 150 years ago in Madagascar, and is now leader in four economically crucial sectors: real-estate, energy, telecommunication and financial services. Established in the Indian Ocean and in Africa, Axian imagines an innovative growth model, based on cooperation and shared expertise between southern countries while responding to international standards.
With more than 800 million dollars invested over the last ten years and more than 3500 employees in the Indian Ocean and Africa, Axian operates accountably both as an employer and a business partners. Axian's priority is to ensure the positive and sustainable impacts of its activities at a local scale.
Originally from Madagascar, Axian is fully engaged in promoting local cultural heritage. Axian is proud of its origins, and seeks to be a leading actor in the Malagasy cultural life by improving its reach and influence throughout the world.
Mr. Hassanein Hiridjee, CEO of Axian group and owner of Fondation H, founded in 2017, his own contemporary art foundation. Mr. Hiridjee had been supporting talented and promising local artists for a few years. His Philanthropy program is now lead by Fondation H.
For both Axian and Fondation H, being benefactors of the "Madagascar: Arts de la Grande Ile" exhibition, is a unique opportunity: promoting Madagascar's cultural heritage to the French and European public through a dedicated exhibition.


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Free Bentley VIN Check
Don't run the risk of buying a used Bentley car with costly hidden problems.
Bentley Motors Limited is a British luxury car manufacturer based in Crewe, Cheshire, England. The company was founded by W.O. Bentley in 1919 and is known for producing high-performance luxury vehicles. Bentley is a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group since 1998. Bentley produces a range of vehicles, including sedans, coupes, convertibles, and SUVs. Some of its most popular models include the Continental GT, Flying Spur, Bentayga, and Mulsanne sedans. The Continental GT is a luxury grand tourer that features a powerful V8 or W12 engine and advanced technology, it's considered one of the most elegant and refined cars in the Bentley lineup. The Flying Spur is a full-size luxury sedan that features a powerful V8 or W12 engine and advanced technology, it's considered one of the most refined and elegant cars in the Bentley lineup. The Bentayga is a luxury SUV, it's considered one of the best-handling SUVs in its class and features a powerful V8 or W12 engine and advanced technology. The Mulsanne is a full-size luxury sedan that features a powerful V8 engine and advanced technology, it's considered one of the most refined and elegant cars in the Bentley lineup. Bentley is known for its commitment to craftsmanship and attention to detail, and its cars are known for their sleek styling, powerful engines, and advanced technology. The brand also places a strong emphasis on sustainability and has been investing in the development of hybrid and electric vehicles. Bentley has a strong motorsport heritage, and the brand has been involved in various motorsports events such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the World Endurance Championship. Bentley is considered one of the most prestigious luxury car brands in the world, known for its commitment to craftsmanship, advanced technology, and performance.
VinRush is an electronic system that provides consumers with valuable information about Bentley's condition and history. Prior to purchasing a used Bentley, users may access VinRush to find information about the vehicle's title, most recent odometer reading, brand history and whether the vehicle has been deemed a junk or salvage vehicle and is in the possession of a junk or salvage yard, or determined to be an insurance total loss. Such information is valuable to any consumer looking to purchase a used vehicle.
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Bentley VIN lookup
Bentley Recalls and Defects
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DeepBach is an algorithmic program that uses machine-learning to analyse Johann Sebastian Bach's compositions, and then produces its own variations. The results are convincing enough that many people can't distinguish between DeepBach and the real thing.
A Technology Review blog notes: "The team asked more than 1,600 people to listen two different harmonies of the same melody. More than 400 of them were professional musicians or music students. When given a DeepBach-generated harmony, around half the voters judged that it was composed by Bach. Even when confronted with music composed by Bach himself, participants only judged that correctly 75 percent of the time."
DeepBach is one of many algorithmic composition programs that have emerged in recent years.
The proliferation of these and other algorithmic composition programs is a key indicator of where music is heading. Increasingly, music is written by - or in collaboration with - algorithms. The way it works is that you give the program the parameters to work within - instrumentation, tempo, genre, mood - and it decides on the actual notes, melodies and rhythms.
So far much of this algorithmically generated music has been used for incidental and background music. But as we move forward, AI will play a very large part in building the templates for songs and albums to maximise time and minimise human labour.


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Q: Sending a command to android things from an android device I am recently working on a project that requires sending a command from my android mobile app to the android things on my raspberry pi 3. How can I achieve this through a WiFi connection?
I only need to send a String to the device.

A: Using Android Things, you can use the Nearby Messages API, which gives you the ability to communicate to and transfer messages between two Android devices within their apps. Here's a code snippet:
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  ...
  mMessageListener = new MessageListener() {
    @Override
    public void onFound(Message message) {
        Log.d(TAG, "Found message: " + new String(message.getContent()));
    }

    @Override
    public void onLost(Message message) {
        Log.d(TAG, "Lost sight of message: " + new String(message.getContent()));
    }
  }

  mMessage = new Message("Hello World".getBytes());
}

@Override
public void onStart() {
  super.onStart();
  ...
  Nearby.getMessagesClient(this).publish(mMessage);
  Nearby.getMessagesClient(this).subscribe(mMessageListener);
}

@Override
public void onStop() {
  Nearby.getMessagesClient(this).unpublish(mMessage);
  Nearby.getMessagesClient(this).unsubscribe(mMessageListener);
  ...
  super.onStop();
}

A: If one of your devices isn't connected to internet, you could :
Option 1 :
use Google Nearby Connections API , the API choose the best way to communicate (eg: Bluetooth, Wifi...).
See https://github.com/googlesamples/android-nearby/tree/master/connections
Option 2 :
Use Socket to communicate but your devices need to be on the same network. If they aren't connected to the same network, you can connect them using WIFI P2P.

A: If you use system like Raspbian you can transform your Raspberry into a server.Then, You will have different ways to send your command:
Option 1: Set up an Http server on your raspberry (PHP, NodeJS, JEE, ...) and send command via HTTP Request.
Option 2: Set up a Socket Server on your raspberry (Socket.io, raw socket, ...) and send command via socket client
Option 3 Set up MQTT Server on your raspberry and send command via MQTT client (this last option is the way to go when talking about Internet of Things). Note that the program which receive command should implement MQTT Client as MQTT is based on pub/sub pattern.

A: You can use nanoHttpd on Android things and other library such as retrofit or volley on the Android device.
Check out this example for controlling a car via an Http API:  https://github.com/plattysoft/IotCar

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Players Add Mental Toughness At IMG
IMG Academy trainee Russell Wilson and Dr. Angus Mugford
For the last few months, there has been a serious amount of football talent walking around IMG Academy, as many of the nation's best college players have been calling the Bradenton, Fla. facility home as they prepare for April's NFL draft.
Projected first rounders such as Bjoern Werner (Florida State), Eric Reid (LSU), Manti Te'o (Notre Dame) Tyler Eifert (Notre Dame) and Justin Hunter (Tennessee) are just a few of the many gifted players who have been training with the IMG Academy staff.
While speed training and position training for maximum performance at the NFL Combine and respective pro days are two of the major areas of focus during the time spent at IMG Academy, as well as the vision training, it's the mental training and work with Dr. Angus Mugford and his colleague Josh Lifrak that may be the most important dynamic of all.
"[Seattle Seahawks quarterback] Russell Wilson is a great story from last year," Dr. Mugford said. "[Washington Redskins running back] Alfred Morris is another one. They've enjoyed tremendous success at the next level. They are testaments to effectively navigating the transition process – what we call growth mindset. Their attitudes towards learning, competition and embracing pressure…There are things outside of their control that contributed to their success, but their attitude, concentration and effort has helped them at the next level, and that has as much to do about their mentality, as it does their physical gifts."
"(Carolina Panthers linebacker) Luke Kuechly is another guy that absolutely fits this mold," Mugford continued. "Those guys were unbelievable in the training environment and it's awesome to see how that translates. They were in search of every aspect they could improve and get better. That's part of being a professional athlete."
When the athletes hit IMG Academy field to train, they hear Mugford and his staff's voices in their ears. Sometimes they hear Mugford and his staff because they're standing there reminding them how to stay focused on the controllable as they go through their practice reps.
Every other day, Mugford and his guys are on the field, and they also get an hour a week with the Draft prospects in a classroom setting as well. Areas of focus include: running the 40-yard dash; interviewing with NFL teams; and scoring well on the Wonderlic test.
Players like the guys mentioned and others, including former Alabama offensive lineman Barrett Jones, and Wisconsin running back Montee Ball, are big believers in the mental preparation IMG Academy provides after seeing how it benefitted so many from the IMG Academy 2012 NFL Draft class.
"Having come to IMG Academy recovering from an injury, one of the things that benefited me the most was visualization," Alabama offensive lineman Barrett Jones said. "I really had the opportunity to perfect and implement visualization so that I could gain some of the same benefits as the guys who were actually able to go through some of the training and drills that I was unable to. I also felt the mental conditioning staff prepared me really well to face the Wonderlic test at the Combine. Through practice and repetition, I was able to get very comfortable with the test."
Mugford and his staff stress to the guys that they can only focus on one thing at a time. For instance, in the 40-yard dash, don't focus on running a 4.5. Focus on the steps you need to do to run that time. Focus on the process.
"It's the same thing with a player thinking about winning going into the game," Mugford said. "Everyone wants to win. It's the players that focus on how to win and not winning who are going to be more successful."
The NFL Combine is not the ideal setting for maximum performance results. The athletes are in a foreign setting, with their meal and sleep schedules seriously disrupted. The pressure and tension in the Indianapolis air can be cut with a knife.
Mugford works with the guys on staying aware of what's really important. He reminds them to visualize success. The staff also teaches the guys how to relax their minds. At IMG Academy, players go through Combine drills and tests while the staff tries to create distractions in the background.
"We want the player to be aware of his thoughts," Mugford said. "If he's thinking about Tom Coughlin being five feet away from him and watching his every move, and his family has been telling him that Mel Kiper has been saying the New York Giants have him high on the Draft board, we don't want him focusing on Tom Coughlin when he's on deck to run his 40. We want them to recognize you can only focus on one thing at a time."
"As it relates to the mental conditioning part of the program, we learned a lot of breathing techniques, which helped me get better sleep," Montee Ball added. "We also developed a habit of doing mental reps. Going through all of the mental reps of running the 40, the L-cone drill - that really helped me prepare for the Combine."
There is a lot at stake and the NFL Combine and pro days are the biggest job interviews of these athletes' lives. IMG Academy has their guys taking it serious from every angle, both physical and mental.
"At the Combine they're putting these guys through a gauntlet of different stresses," Mugford said. "They're trying to get a full medical screen and compare apples to apples. Throw in the challenging and difficult interviews, and it's purely fatigue. These guys are maybe getting four hours of sleep a night. Everything is getting scrutinized, from their body language to how a guy copes with making a mistake and bouncing back with a tremendous amount of pressure. These are all things we talk about and work on at IMG Academy."
"You don't have to look far to be able to see guys that perform well in the Combine but are busts when they get to the NFL. Teams are trying to make their best guess on who is going to shine at the next level. It's typically the guys who are coachable, who are going to respond well to things mentally, and who are going to continue getting better because they have a winning mentality."
Steve Wiltfong
by: Steve Wiltfong


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17 Palestinians Killed in Two Weeks: Their Names, Photos and Birthplaces
April 18, 2022 Articles, Features
17 Palestinians were killed by Israel in two weeks: Their names and photos. (Infographic: The Palestine Chronicle)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff
Since the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, Israel has killed 17 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
On April 2, the first day of Ramadan, three people were killed near Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank: Khalil Tawalbeh, 24, from Jenin, Saeb Abahreh, 30, from al-Yamoun town, near Jenin, and Saif Abu Libdeh, 25, from Tulkarm.
On April 8, Raad Khazem, 29, a resident of the Jenin refugee camp, was killed in Yafa.
Palestinian Teenage Boy Killed by Israeli Forces near Bethlehem
Viral news from Palestine now https://t.co/7eP9J27HiU pic.twitter.com/eAcwr9k4Eu
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) April 17, 2022
On April 9, also in Jenin, Ahmad Saadi was shot with one bullet in the head and another in the chest and arrived dead at the hospital.
On April 10, Israeli forces killed Ghada Sabateen, a 47-year-old widowed mother of six. The visually impaired woman was shot and killed in the village of Husan, near Bethlehem.
Later on that day, Maha Kazim Al-Zaatari, 24, was shot and killed near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, Al- Khalil.
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians and wounded six others on Thursday morning, in the northern occupied West Bank district of Jenin, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
Full detail now on https://t.co/yMP57aSgt5 pic.twitter.com/VCZlJMifjh
On April 11, 21-year-old Mohammad Ali Ghoneim was shot by the Israeli occupation soldiers in the back during a military raid in the town of al-Khader, near Bethlehem.
On that very same day, 17-year-old Mohammad Zakarneh succumbed to the wounds he sustained during confrontations with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
On April 12, a Palestinian worker was killed by Israeli forces in Ashkelon, in Southern Israel. The worker was later identified as 40-year-old Abdullah Srour.
Israeli forces on Wednesday night killed a Palestinian youth and wounded 11 others in the town of Silwad town, video footage shows.
Read more information through https://t.co/6aAyLN0dSC pic.twitter.com/MHUMTqb8Pp
On April 13, Mohammad Hasan Assaf, 34 – an attorney with the Wall and Settlements Resistance Commission – succumbed to the critical injuries he sustained after he was shot by Israeli forces in Nablus.
On April 14, Israeli forces killed two Palestinians as they stormed the Jenin refugee camp and town.
The first casualty was identified as Shas Kamamji, the brother of Ayham Kamamji, one of the Palestinian political prisoners who managed to dig their way out of the highly-fortified Gilboa prison last September.
The second fatality was identified as Mustafa Abu-Arub, a resident of the village of Misilyah.
A Palestinian man succumbed on Thursday to critical wounds he sustained the day before, during an Israeli military raid in the town of Beita, near Nablus, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
Full detail on https://t.co/6dUnRPykJz pic.twitter.com/cc5aETqQBm
Also on April 14, Israeli forces fatally shot Qusai Hamamra, 14 – during a military aggression near Bethlehem – and 20-year-old Omar Olayan, near Ramallah, while 45-year-old Fawwaz Hamayel succumbed to critical wounds he sustained the day before, during an Israeli military raid in the town of Beita, near Nablus.
On April 15, the Palestinian Health Ministry announced in a press statement that 17-year-old Shawkat Kamal Abed succumbed to the serious injuries he had sustained the previous day, after being shot by Israeli military gunfire during a raid in Jenin.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
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600 Academics Call for End of 'Israel's Apartheid Regime'
July 8, 2021 Blog, News
A petition condemning Israeli practices and calling for an immediate end to the Jewish state's "apartheid regime" has been signed by more than 600 scholars, artists and intellectuals from more than 45 countries. The petition, […]
Hundreds of Palestinian Civilians Injured as 'Great March of Return' Continues (VIDEO)
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Palestinian protesters gathered at the Gaza border for the sixth week in a row, as part of the Great March of Return. Great March of Return, 6th Friday: – 7,000 Palestinians rioting – Children among […]
Jewish Settler Pepper-Sprays Four Palestinian Girls in Sheikh Jarrah
June 21, 2021 Blog, News
Four Palestinian minors, ranging in ages from 12 to 14 years, sustained injuries after being pepper-sprayed in the face by a Jewish settler in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, the Palestinian news agency […]


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Q: Integrating Mobile Money to Symfony I have a Symfony application which I will like to integrate mobile money into. The problem is I cannot add PHP code to twig files and I am a complete newbie to this kind of challenge. The code reads:
<?php

require_once '/path/to/monetbil-php/monetbil.php';

// Setup Monetbil arguments
Monetbil::setAmount(500);
Monetbil::setCurrency('XAF');
Monetbil::setLocale('en'); // Display language fr or en
Monetbil::setPhone('');
Monetbil::setCountry('');
Monetbil::setItem_ref('2536');
Monetbil::setPayment_ref('d4be3535f9cb5a7aff1f84fa94e6f040');
Monetbil::setUser(12);
Monetbil::setFirst_name('KAMDEM');
Monetbil::setLast_name('Jean');
Monetbil::setEmail('jean.kamdem@email.com');

// Start a payment
// You will be redirected to the payment page
Monetbil::startPayment();

I am looking at adding this to App/Resources/Views/members/dashboard.html.twig

A: Twig is only ment to render your output. Put your (php) logic in your controller and/or create your own service. From your controller you will also render your Twig template with the variables you need but only to render the output that you want to show to the users.

A: If you're using a framework like Symfony, you shouldn't use require_once (except some exceptions). Read about autoloading and dependency injections (Symfony.com has excellent articles).
For some reason, the monetbil-php library doesn't use composer. I don't know why, but I can imagine three reasons: they don't know what it is (hello developers, it's  2017!), they hate other developers or the library hasn't been updated for years. Despite the recent commits, it looks like a very outdated library (why still supporting PHP 5.2? That's from the dark ages!). Sorry for this slightly offtopic rant, back to the question.
For now, copy the files to your project, give the file a namespace and use it in your project. I've opened an issue here because I think the developers should add a composer file if they want their users to use their library in a framework like Symfony.
The PHP code should be in your controller* since you can't use PHP in Twig and even if you could, you shouldn't. Monetbil defines business logic, so it shouldn't be in a template.
To use it in your controller:
/**
 * Pay the bill
 *
 * @Route("/pay/{id}", name="payment")
 * @Method("POST")
 * @param Request $request
 * @param Order $product
 *
 * @return JsonResponse
 * @throws \Exception
 */
public function payAction(Request $request, Order $product)
{
     Monetbil::setAmount(500);
     //..
     Monetbil::startPayment();
}

According to the comment, startPayment() will redirect, so there's nothing to return to the Twig template.
(*) Business logic in your template is considered as a bad practice, but you should prevent putting too many business logic in a controller too. If you have this example working, try to read about services so you can define the business logic in a framework-agnostic way. It makes maintaining your application (unit tests, Symfony updates, maybe switch to another framework?) easier.


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Q: Spring Data Couchbase use different object mapper for template and CrudRepository I have a weird behavior using SpringDataCouchbase maybe you can help me to understand.
Context

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*I'm using Spring-data-couchbase (v.3.1.9.RELEASE) with SpringBoot 2.

*My application has an entity with a LocalDate field like

@Getter
@Setter
class MyEntity {
    private LocalDate fieldName;
    ... Other basic/primitive fields
}

I have configured the basic converters to deal with LocalDates in the CouchbaseConfig bean.
@Configuration
@EnableCouchbaseRepositories(basePackages = {"com.example.repository.model"})
public class CouchbaseConfig extends AbstractCouchbaseConfiguration {
    @Override
    public CustomConversions customConversions() {
        List<?> converters = Arrays.asList(
                LocalDateTimeToStringConverter.INSTANCE,
                StringToLocalDateTimeConverter.INSTANCE,
                LocalDateToStringConverter.INSTANCE,
                StringToLocalDateConverter.INSTANCE);
        return new CouchbaseCustomConversions(converters);
    }

    @WritingConverter
    public enum LocalDateToStringConverter implements Converter<LocalDate, String> {
        INSTANCE;

        @Override
        public String convert(LocalDate source) {
            return source.format(DateUtils.SHORT_DATE_FORMATTER);
        }
    }

    @ReadingConverter
    public enum StringToLocalDateConverter implements Converter<String, LocalDate> {
        INSTANCE;

        @Override
        public LocalDate convert(String source) {
            return LocalDate.parse(source, DateUtils.SHORT_DATE_FORMATTER);
        }
    }

The save and find operations work without problems using the CrudRepository but now I have to do a dynamic query using the CouchbaseTemplate in a CustomRepository.
The problem
I need to use template.findByN1QLProjection(queryWithParameters, MyProjection.class) to retrieve only those fields required from MyEntity but findByN1QLProjection method uses translationService.decodeFragment(json.toString(), entityClass) which is implemented by JacksonTranslationService like
  public <T> T decodeFragment(String source, Class<T> target) {
    try {
      return objectMapper.readValue(source, target);
    }
    catch (IOException e) {
      throw new RuntimeException("Cannot decode ad-hoc JSON", e);
    }
  }

The problem is: the ObjectMapper used by decodeFragment method is a new one created inside the class that doesn't use the converters from CouchbaseConfig class and as no JavaTimeModule is configured the exception com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.InvalidDefinitionException: Cannot construct instance of java.time.LocalDate is thrown.
After some time I figured out the problem and I configured a different translationService in the CouchBaseConfig with a custom object mapper which solved the error.
Question
Why entities in SpringDataCouchbase are handled in a different way when you use template findOperations than when you use CrudRepository?
Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks for your time.


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Q: matlab vector output Well I try to make vector output with this code. Just some function which results i need to get in vector form
  function [smthOut] = myErf(start, wstep, final)

     for k = start:wstep:final
        error_func = 2/sqrt(pi) * erfTaylor(k);
        smthOut(final/wstep) = error_func;
        disp(['ON x=', num2str(k), ' RES IS f= ',  num2str(error_func)]);
     end;

  end

but output is looks like this
>> s = myErf(0, 0.2, 2)
ON x=0 RES IS f= 0
ON x=0.2 RES IS f= -0.0029732
ON x=0.4 RES IS f= -0.022959
ON x=0.6 RES IS f= -0.073171
ON x=0.8 RES IS f= -0.1606
ON x=1 RES IS f= -0.28568
ON x=1.2 RES IS f= -0.44374
ON x=1.4 RES IS f= -0.62745
ON x=1.6 RES IS f= -0.82906
ON x=1.8 RES IS f= -1.042
ON x=2 RES IS f= -1.2614

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A: Since final/wstep is constant (2/0.2 = 10), in each iteration of the loop the same field of the array gets filled with results (i.e., smthOut(10)).
You can try something like
function [smthOut] = myErf(start, wstep, final)

   cnt = 1;
   for k = start:wstep:final
      error_func = 2/sqrt(pi) * erfTaylor(k);
      smthOut(cnt) = error_func;
      disp(['ON x=', num2str(k), ' RES IS f= ',  num2str(error_func)]);
      cnt = cnt + 1;
   end;

end


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1) Was Dr. Leary's conviction for failing to comply with the transfer tax provisions of the Marijuana Tax Act a violation of his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination?
2) Was Dr. Leary denied due process by the application of the part of 21 U.S.C. 176a, which provided that a defendant's possession of marijuana shall be deemed sufficient evidence that the marijuana was illegally imported or brought into the United States, and that the defendant knew of the illegal importation or bringing in, unless the defendant explained his possession to the satisfaction of the jury?
Petitioner, Dr. Timothy Leary, renowned advocate of psychedelic drug research, accompanied by his daughter, son, and two other people on an automobile trip from New York to Mexico and back, drove across the Texas-Mexico International Bridge where a US customs officer stopped and searched their car, discovering marijuana in the car and in Leary's daughter's possession.
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Dr. Leary contended that the Marijuana Tax Act denied him due process of law by compelling petitioner to expose himself to a "real and appreciable" risk of self-incrimination. The jury found him guilty on two counts, and he was sentenced to the maximum punishment awarded by the charges. On appeal, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the judgment and sentence.
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We conclude that the 'knowledge' aspect of the 176a presumption cannot be upheld without making serious incursions into the teachings of Tot [v. United States], [United States v.] Gainey, and [United States v.] Romano. In the context of this part of the statute, those teachings require that it be determined with substantial assurance that at least a majority of marihuana possessors have learned of the foreign origin of their marihuana through one or more of the ways..
We thus cannot escape the duty of setting aside petitioner's conviction under Count 2 of this indictment.
For the reasons stated... we reverse outright the judgment of conviction on Count 3 of the indictment. For the reasons stated... we reverse the judgment of conviction on Count 2 and remand the case to the Court of Appeals for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. We are constrained to add that nothing in what we hold today implies any constitutional disability in Congress to deal with the marihuana traffic by other means. Reversed and remanded."
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Q: The generating function of a conditional distribution Here is a problem from a section in my stochastic processes textbook on branching processes:

Let $\phi(s)$ be the generating function of an offspring random variable, $\xi$. Let $Z$ be a random variable whose distribution is that of $\xi$, but conditional on $\xi>0$. That is,
$$\mathbb{P}(Z=k)=\mathbb{P}(\xi=k|\xi>0)$$
Express the generating function for $Z$ in terms of $\phi$.

I'm rather new to probability generating functions, and I'm not too familiar with the techniques that we're supposed to use for problems like this. I didn't get very far:
$$\phi_z(s) = \sum_{k=0}^{\infty}\mathbb{P}(Z=k)s^k=\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}\mathbb{P}(\xi=k|\xi>0)s^k$$
I'm not certain how to continue from this step at all. How would you guys complete this problem?


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Today's round-up includes news of Chronicles Of Riddick developer Starbreeze's next project, as well as the happy winner of Maryland's second annual SID award.
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