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A Buddhist Path: Cultural Diplomacy in China and India
Posted On : April 29, 2019 Published By : Isabelle Shi
China is an officially atheist country, known for its desire to maintain state control over religious groups. Yet in recent years, many scholars and political pundits have noted that the current Chinese leadership has been increasingly leaning on Buddhism to increase its soft power internationally. Cultural exports, of course, have always been a key component of soft power, but Buddhism is neither originally from China nor easily exported as a "product." Termed "Buddhist diplomacy," China's efforts have focused on cultivating and reinforcing transnational ties with other Buddhist countries.
This has mostly translated into heavy investment in buildings and institutions. The most impressive and significant of these is probably the funding and building of the 350 metre tall Lotus Tower in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Though physically impressive, Patrick Mendis, a former US diplomat and current commissioner of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, has highlighted its symbolic significance: the Tower, "emanating from the Lotus Sutra in Buddhism, is a narrative for Beijing to formulate a sustainable and peaceful 'soft power' strategy that would appeal globally." The Lotus Tower also symbolically evokes millennia of Buddhist intercultural exchange between China and Sri Lanka.
Aside from the Tower, China has also invested in many other projects in South and Southeast Asia, such as the excavation of a Buddhist heritage site in Bangladesh, and the development of Lumbini, the small Nepali town where the historical Buddha was born. In fact, China offered Nepal a whopping $3 billion for the right to undertake this project. The Lumbini project has stirred international unease, as it appears not-so-subtly linked to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects. China has proposed to link Lumbini by road and railway to to Tibetan town of Kyirong on the Chinese-Nepali border, which would effectively connect it to the BRI network.
Indeed, it is little wonder that China's "Buddhist expansion" is linked to its ambitious BRI project. The Buddhist soft power initiative has focused on strengthening its relationship with other Buddhist countries, which of course includes those involved in BRI negotiations, such as Sri Lanka. Actually, the use of Buddhism to promote the BRI program was explicitly listed on the agenda at the 2018 World Buddhist Forum, which China hosts every three years.
This is not the first time that China has attempted to increase its soft power using its religio-cultural cache – nor the first time that its attempts have drawn international alarm. The idea of Chinese cultural export is most famously associated with its Confucius Institutes, of which over 500 have been established in more than 140 countries. Combined with China's growing influence, especially in Africa, concerns arose in the United States and Australia about the possibility that these institutes were being used to spread Chinese propaganda. These suspicions were seemingly confirmed by a former top party official. Thus, in 2018 US lawmakers introduced legislation that would require Confucius Institutes to register with the federal government as foreign agents.
The shift from Confucianism to Buddhism for soft power diplomacy is an interesting one. While Confucianism began to be increasingly associated with authoritarianism, Buddhism has a "softer," peaceful image internationally. Unlike Confucianism, it is also deeply embedded in the culture of many societies and provides valuable common ground. Rather than exporting China's own "product," so to speak, Buddhist diplomacy is more oriented towards garnering good will and a sense of shared history and culture. For instance, when protests over the a dam project broke out into anti-Chinese sentiment in Myanmar in 2011, China temporarily sent over a Buddha's tooth relic, ultimately establishing ties between Lingguang Temple, where the tooth relic usually resides, and the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.
Moreover, the way Buddhism was revitalized post-Second World War has situated it in an inherently transnational framework. Pan-Asian revival movements enabled it to cross traditional sectarian and geographical boundaries, and involved deep intercultural exchange and dialogue. Thus, Buddhist diplomacy taps into a pre-existing network of sociocultural, intellectual, and political ties which gives it viability as a foreign policy tool.
Indeed, China's Buddhist diplomacy has met with some success. However, it has certain crucial shortcomings. Notably, it is not the only country attempting to use Buddhist soft power to its advantage. India, too, has incorporated Buddhism in its cultural diplomacy: Prime Minister Modi declared, at the "Samvad" conference in 2015, that India was "taking the lead in promoting the Buddhist heritage across Asia."
While India has a minimal Buddhist population, with only 0.7% of its people declaring themselves Buddhists in the 2001 census, it is in a unique position to utilize Buddhist diplomacy. India is, after all, the birthplace of Buddhism, and it holds many of the most important Buddhist sites, including Bodh Gaya and Nalanda. Additionally, it has garnered a positive reputation for giving refuge to the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Parliament in exile. Lokesh Chandra, president of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, said to the Telegraph in 2015: "It's about time we invest in tapping into Buddhism as a key arm of our cultural diplomacy. There's incredible potential and interest overseas – we need to capitalise on that."
In contrast, the issue of the Dalai Lama is China's greatest weakness in the arena of Buddhist soft power. It cannot truly cultivate a benign, peaceful Buddhist image greater than that of the 14th Dalai Lama, who is today known worldwide as one of the most iconic and popular spiritual leaders. In fact, China's Buddhist diplomacy strategy may be in part meant to compensate for the negative image it has gained concerning Tibetan Buddhism. Indeed, the Chinese government has long been at odds with the Dalai Lama, who is known for advocating for greater autonomy for Tibet, after fleeing to India in the wake of the failed Tibetan uprising of 1959. Though he does not advocate for full sovereignty, the Dalai Lama's popularity has drawn unwanted international attention to the issue of Tibet. Additionally, in 1995, Chinese authorities kidnapped Gedhun Choekyi Nyima when the young boy was declared the 11th Panchen Lama by the Dalai Lama, naming their own Panchen Lama in his stead. Today, the Dalai Lama has explicitly been barred from the World Buddhist Forum and other Buddhist events hosted by the Chinese government. Thus, China's attempts to use Buddhism to assure others of its good intentions may not be wholly credible. Simply having the symbol of the Dalai Lama on "its side," as it were, gives India a highly significant advantage over China in terms of soft power.
As one might expect, this competing bid for Buddhist diplomatic ascendancy has fed into China and India's long-standing political rivalry. Given Chinese Buddhist diplomacy's associations with the BRI program, India is particularly wary. The Lumbini project, for one, has raised flags in India because of its proximity to the Indian border. In recent years, the Chinese-Indian border has increasingly been a source of tension.
However, China and India have also been the object of each other's Buddhist diplomacy. Modi's visit to China in May 2015 included visits to several Buddhist sites of special significance in the history of Sino-Indian relations, such as Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and Daxingshan Temple. Not coincidentally, during the course of Modi's visit, China's state-owned Chinese Film Corporation and the Indian company Eros International also announced that Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming and famous Indian star Amitabh Bachchan would star in a co-produced film about Xuanzang, the Buddhist monk whose writings famously inspired Journey to the West.
Of course, these efforts to cultivate an image of Buddhist good will cannot erase the existing tensions underlying Sino-Indian relations. For instance, during Modi's visit diplomats had to skirt around the issue of the disputed border in the Himalayas. However, there was clearly an attempt to pay tribute to what China and India held in common, a bond and history of interrelation that predates the founding of modern nation-states. Ultimately, both countries' attempts to use Buddhist diplomacy comprise an acknowledgement of the immense normative power held by feelings of brotherhood, connection, and shared cultural ties. But these feelings, like any others, can get wrapped up in the intricate and often tension-ridden web of geopolitics woven by state leaders seeking to propel their countries ever forward.
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Sir Michael Marmot, past President, British Medical Association, Chair of the World Health Organization's commission on the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) joins us to discuss his seminal research. Released on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the UK's National Health Service. We discuss the changing roles and targets of governments in creating better health, not simply care, and the crucial role of patient advocacy in demanding those changes.
Patients & citizens will "help decide what data should be included & how the data should be connected & used...(a) Public & Patient Advisory Committee will advise all those working on issues related to data access & privacy & on ways to demystify the world of data".
Only 1 hour to go until our @KidsInPain event in Toronto with @OntarioBrain!
Don't forget to follow the #ItDoesntHaveToHurt & #TalkBrain hashtags for live tweets!
"The results of this scoping review demonstrate that an evidence base around programs to advance patient engagement is largely absent. An opportunity exists for further research to identify strategies and measures to support patient engagement in healthcare decision-making."
"medical misinformation (is any) health-related claim of fact currently false due to a lack of scientific evidence...contemporary misinformation (is) supplanting well-proven interventions & ideas...that are clearly false &, in some cases, harmful."
To connect #patient & #caregiver advocates by region or area of interest, please feel free to share or add your name to our Advocate's Directory!
Had a very meaningful exchange with @foundingScott on advocacy vs. action.
We all need to evaluate what is rhetoric, what is constructive, fair to call out & what is just tearing down.
if more of us discuss what matters, what works & doesn't, the better our society & discourse.
Patients will NEVER be given a seat at a table controlled by biz/gov/docs.
Did that make you angry?
It still won't change things.
We must convince many MANY more people to hold politicians accountable.
Nothing else will change it.
This should be as easy and accepted as a patient requesting a second opinion or refusing treatment, if of sound mind. The logic & precedent exists.
EGs: your psychiatrist doesn't need to know about your childhood immunization. Old dr's shouldn't have access to future records.


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My Father's Land
Impact of Resource Extraction on Inuit Women and Families
The Canadian Women's Foundation has released a report on the impact resource extraction is having on Inuit women and their families in the Qamani'tuaq region of Nunavut.
The report was prepared in collaboration with Pauktuutit association of Inuit Women and the University of British Columbia, School of Social Work, and based on research conducted in 2013 in Baker Lake where the Meadowbank gold mine, owned by Agnico-Eagle Mines, operates 110kms north of the community.
The report examines many of the issues related to mining in the Canadian Arctic including cultural understanding, training, family strains, environmental concerns and substance abuse.
In response, the authors make several recommendations regarding child care, support for families, mental health services, lifeskills training and education as well as cross-cultural understanding and historical awareness for both southern and Inuit mine employees.
In fact, the report stresses that "Mine management should receive a thorough orientation to Inuit culture and social history' and that "Agnico-Eagle should go 'out of its way' to ensure that the Inuktitut language is given prominence at every reasonable opportunity.".
The report suggests that a collaboration with Isuma could provide potential resources in achieving this by organising, for example, Inuit film screenings for the mine's southern employees.
Download the full report to learn more.
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New report urges slowdown at Nunavut's Mary River iron mine
"Ramping up production in the short term will result to significant loss of benefits to Inuit in particular and the territory more generally"
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In letter from Chairperson Elizabeth Copland, the NIRM explains:
Baffinland aims for year-round shipping from Milne Inlet
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Mary River stockpiles its first load of Nunavut iron ore at Milne Inlet
"We are now truly a mining company"
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Workers at Baffinland Iron Mines Corp.'s Mary River iron project transported the mine's first load of iron ore to its port site at Milne Inlet Sept. 8, the company said Sept. 22.
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Public memorial held after assassination of activist resisting Goldcorp/Tahoe Resources mine
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Baffinland could start mining Mary River this summer
Baffinland says it will begin stockpiling iron ore at the site this summer or fall, and start shipping it in the open water season of 2015.
Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation could begin its first phase of extracting ore from the Mary River mine site this summer.
NIRB recommends Mary River revised plan
Nunavut review board recommends Ottawa say yes to revised Mary River plan
NIRB limits ore tonnage that can be carried on Milne Inlet tote road
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Inuit filmmaker uses multimedia to empower remote communities
Isolated communities join the political dialogue through Digital Indigenous Democracy initiative Culture
BY VULTURE BRANDON BARRETT
brandon [at] whistlerquestion [dot] com
Live Webcast of NIRB Mary River Hearings
IsumaTV's will provide online radio and TV coverage of the second round of Public Hearings on the Baffinland Iron Mine Mary River Environmental Review from Pond Inlet, Nunavut.
The Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) is holding new public consultations to assess Baffinland's revised Early Revenue Phase Proposal.
Starting 9 am EST, IsumaTV will stream live Inuktitut and English audio each day from the hearings.
Every evening from 8 to 10 pm EST, Zacharias Kunuk will host a live TV talk show to discuss issues raised at the hearings with community members and participants in the hearings.
INUKTITUT AUDIO FROM THE HEARINGS:www.isuma.tv/DID/radio/igloolik
ENGLISH AUDIO:www.isuma.tv/DID/Live/NIRBMaryRiverHearings/English
LIVE SHOW:www.isuma.tv/en/DID/Live/NIRBMaryRiverHearings
Both the live audio from the hearings and Kunuk's evening show will also be broadcast by IsumaTV through local community radio channels and IsumaTV television network in Arviat, Cambridge Bay, Igloolik and Taloyoak.
Zacharias Kunuk, 867-934-8725, zkunuk@isuma.ca
Norman Cohn, 514-576-0707, cohn@isuma.ca
Zacharias Kunuk Creates Cultural Internet for the Inuits of Canada
By Bernadine Racoma
The Inuit hamlet of Igloolik, the place where celebrated film producer and director Zacharias Kunuk, himself a member of the Inuit tribe, received his education, became the first site for an innovative high-technology cultural Internet broadcasting project two years ago. The Globe and Mail reported on January 22 that the project, called the Digital Indigenous Democracy (DID) will help give birth to a new breed of grassroots filmmaking. It is centered in 10 communities of the Nunavut and is expected to make a big impact, i.e.,
"It could have a big impact on the use of indigenous languages in digital media and on how isolated Northerners understand — and perhaps alter — the futures being dreamt for them in office towers in Calgary and Toronto."
Zacharias Kunuk
Fifty-six year old Zacharias Kunuk is a Canadian Inuk director and producer. The multi-awarded director is widely known for "Atanarjuat," the first dramatic feature film in Canada that was filmed entirely in the Inuktitut language. Inuktitut is also called Eastern Canadian Inuit or Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, one of Canada's principal Inuit languages.
Kunuk is the co-founder and president of the Igloolik Isuma Productions, an independent Inuit production company, which is the first in Canada. His partners include Norman Cohn, Paul Apak Angirlirq and Paul Qulitalik.
He was the grand winner in nine film festivals around the world, including Cannes. He became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2002. With Ian Mauro of the School of Environmental Studies of the University of Victoria, he co-founded the Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change Project. The project aims to collect information on the impact of climate change on the Inuit environment and culture from the Inuit elders' perspective. The project will be turned into a film later and they have already submitted a project video to the United Nations in 2009.
Big plans for the Inuit community
While his cultural Internet project was started two years ago, Kunuk is more inspired than ever because of the technological advances in communication. The changes that have happened in the past two years provided Kunuk with the experience and the means to protect and possibly strengthen the language and lifestyle of his people. He and his partners want to save languages that have survived for 4,000 years.
Kunuk wanted to build an Internet that is capable of working audio-visually so that his people will be able to use the Inuit language. Their project was started with an initial $1 million grant from the experimental stream of Canada Media Fund. They were hampered by the low-bandwidth at that time, forcing the Northerners to use text in English to communicate. They are in the process of installing cheap DID media player to stream programs locally from the Isuma catalog. The locals in the 10 communities are learning to create films and some are already into it, putting their work in their own local playlists. Isuma plans to put up a TV station as well.
The Digital Indigenous Democracy got its start after Zacharias Kunuk intervened formally during the proposed Baffinland iron mine hearings in 2012. He presented Isuma video interviews and call-in radio shows, arguing that the multimedia conversations clearly indicated the obligation to consult and inform the indigenous people. Isuma later broadcast the Baffinland mine hearings in Pond Inlet and Igloolik live, which prompted the inclusion of multimedia consultations with the indigenous community throughout the mining project.
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Isuma TV set to broadcast Mary River hearings
Nunavut Impact Review Board hearings scheduled for Jan. 27 to Jan. 31 in Pond Inlet
BY PETER VARGA
Isuma TV will do live coverage of the Nunavut Impact Review Board's public hearings on Baffinland Iron Mine Corp.'s scaled-back Mary River project, set to take place Jan. 27 to Jan. 31 in Pond Inlet.
NIRB's hearings will assess the potential impacts of Baffinland's revised plan to extract and ship iron ore out of a mine some 160 kilometres south of Pond Inlet.
Plans drafted in 2012 called for the ore to be transported south by rail to Steensby Port, and out of Steensby Inlet south of the mine.
After public hearings by the NIRB, the Baffinland received a project certificate for the first version of their proposal.
The corporation changed those plans at the start of 2013.
To cut costs and earn sales revenue more quickly, Baffinland proposed instead to transport the material north of the mine and out of Milne Inlet, at the north end of Baffin Island. This plan calls for ore to be shipped out of a facility called Milne Port, near Pond Inlet.
As it did in 2012, IsumaTV will broadcast NIRB's next hearings via online radio and video through its Digital Indigenous Democracy site.
"These hearings are likely to be more contentious than the first round in 2012," IsumaTV stated in a news release announcing its broadcast plan, Jan. 20. "Both the Hamlet of Pond Inlet and the community's Hunters and Trappers Organization as well as two individuals from the community, have filed formal interventions."
The online broadcaster announced it will stream each day of the NIRB hearings live in Inuktitut and English, starting Jan. 27 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, through Igloolik's online radio hub.
Also, Zacharias Kunuk of IsumaTV will host a live bilingual TV talk show every evening after each day's hearing "to address issues raised at the hearings with community members and participants," the broadcaster said in the release.
Live video coverage and additional footage will also be available on the site.
IsumaTV's live audio coverage and Kunuk's daily webcast "will also be broadcast through local community radio channels and IsumaTV's television network in Arviat, Cambridge Bay, Igloolik, Taloyoak, and Pond Inlet," the broadcaster said.
NIRB's hearings take place at Pond Inlet's Community Hall every day, Jan. 27 to 31, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Nunavut Planning Commission has already held public hearings on the project in five communities, Jan. 7 to 10, to verify that the revised transport route for the ore complies with the North Baffin regional land use plan
www.nunatsiaqnews.com
Final hearing on Meliadine mine will be in Rankin Inlet
The final hearing on the proposed Meliadine gold mine will be held in Rankin Inlet, likely in August.
The Nunavut Impact Review Board decided Rankin Inlet was the best location since the site is only about 24 kilometres from the community.
Agnico-Eagle is proposing to mine five gold deposits there, year-round. It's expected to produce about 3 million tonnes of ore each year for 13 years.
If approved, Meliadine would be Agnico-Eagle's second gold mine in Nunavut. The Meadowbank mine near Baker Lake opened four years ago and is now Agnico-Eagle's largest gold producer.
Before the final hearing, NIRB wants more information from the company on things such as dust mitigation, the impact of marine traffic, and where the workforce will come from.
Agnico-Eagle said its final Environment Impact Statement will be ready by mid-April.
Then NIRB will set the date for the final hearing.

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Putting political differences aside is never an easy thing but Mayor-elect Marty Walsh showed he is a man above the fray.
Last week Walsh reached out to Representative Carlo Basile, who was a supporter of John Connolly during the Mayor's race, and told the Eastie rep he wanted to help out at Basile's annual Thanksgiving Day dinner for low-income families here.
Walsh showed his job as next Mayor of Boston will not be about pettiness, spite or revenge but on building bridges and working together to ensure all neighborhoods have a seat at the new administration's table.
Despite the news cameras and reporters that are following his every move ahead of his swearing in next month, Walsh walked in, went right to where the volunteers were and asked 'what should I do'.
He was given a tray of food and began handing it out to the families that has arrived for their meal.
Afterwards, Walsh talked with volunteers, posed with the families and cemented his image here as a genuine warm hearted man that cares deeply about the people of Boston.


This recipe is an easy and wholesome weeknight dinner that the whole family will love and it's that's perfect for the cooler autumn months. It's a great option to prepare ahead for busy days!
This recipe is an easy and wholesome weeknight dinner that the whole family will love and it's perfect for the cooler autumn months. It's a great option to prepare ahead for busy days!
Spray and cook a rectangular baking dish.
Add onion and cook on medium heat until soft and translucent.
Add garlic and chicken cubes and sauté until tender. Approx 12-15mins.
Add broccoli florets, red pepper cubes, salt, red chilli flakes,paprika and stir fry for another 5 mins.
Remove from the heat and add tub of cottage cheese and half of the cheddar cheese and stir through the chicken and broccoli mix.
Add the rest of the grated cheese over the top.
Bake approximately for 30 minutes until golden brown.


Today, I'm going to talk about Mitchel Litchtman's Ultimate Zone Rating (UZR). Developed in the 1990s, UZR revolutioned the evalution of fielding. It was the first system to use advanced play by play data such as location, speed and type of batted balls to determine how many outs each player was expected to make and how many he actually did make in comparison to the average player.
Lichtman says that his system is very similar to the Fielding Bible +/- system except that it uses STATS data rather than BIS data. It actually includes a few additional features that the +/- system does not use such as ground ball/fly ball tendencies of pitchers and runner/out combinations. The complete methodology is described in two articles written in 2003.
Many analysts still consider UZR to be the gold standard of range metrics. Unfortunately, Lichtman is now a consulting statistical analyst for the St. Louis Cardinals and does not publish the UZR as freely as he would otherwise. He did release data for the top three and bottom three at each position in each league for 2007 and these figures are included on the Tangotiger site.
Table 1 shows the UZR runs saved per 150 games for Tigers in 2007 (RSAA/150). Table 2 shows how all the different methods discussed so far compare on RSAA/150. It reveals that UZR agrees with the other methods that Curtis Granderson, and Brandon Inge save runs and that Miguel Cabrera and Carlos Guillen give up runs. The methods continue to be all over the place on Sean Casey and Magglio Ordonez. UZR favors both of them.
It looks like Casey is one of those guys that the STATS camp and BIS camp are polarized about.
How consistent are each of these methods year to year. Such numbers may be helpful for determining the reliability of the systems.
Bill, that was a good observation regarding STATS vs BIS for Casey. When I do the positional rankings, we'll be able to look at that split for every player.
It does seem kind of intuitive that Casey would do better in the systems that value all batted balls in their zone equally.
After all, he's viewed as a statue with a good glove, so maybe he's nails at the stabbing the balls hit either directly at him or a step to the left or right, but really struggles when he needs to range left or right.
That's just a hypothesis, but my understanding of the systems shows that with the ones where you get credit for the tougher plays are the ones that knock him down below average.
It'd be interesting to see a system factor in fielding throws from the other infielders.
If you look back to the revised zone rating chart where it breaks plays into in zone and out of zone, it seems Casey does not do well in either case (-5 in zone, -2 out of zone). On the other hand, your theory seems to hold for Ordonez: +8 in zone, -14 out of zone.
I guess that speaks to the quality of theories I come up with while I'm on hold at work.


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Photos: Mastodon, Gojira, Kvelertak Live at Electric Factory
By Blow The Scene Staff
BTS's Summer Of Band Photos Series continues with metal juggernauts Mastodon, Gojira, and Kvelertak, as the trio decimated Philly's Electric Factory venue with unrelenting tidal waves of crushing riffs for an ecstatic packed house.
Mastodon continues to support its sixth studio full-length, Once More 'Round the Sun, released earlier this year on Reprise Records. The release has taken the band to new heights, punctuated by last week's appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live as the band showcased song, "The Motherload". For those that didn't get a chance to catch this last leg of live shows, you'll be happy to know Mastodon has just announced October and November dates, again with Gojira and Kvelertak.
France's Gojira continue to support L'Enfant Sauvage, released in 2012 on Roadrunner Records, which has seen almost universal praise from musicians and critics alike. The band recently released a new live album as well, Les Enfants Sauvages, which apart from the 13 live cuts offered, is accompanied by a hardback photo-book. Rounding out the bill was Norway's energetic six piece rock machine, Kverlertak who set the crowd into a frenzy with a three guitar assault not to be reckoned with. Kvelertak continues to support their latest length, the Kurt Ballou produced Meir, released via Sony Music Scandinavia in Scandinavia, Roadrunner Records in the rest of the world, and by Indie Recordings on vinyl. Definitely a band to keep an eye on in 2014.
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BIRDS EYE INSPIRATIONS ANNOUNCES NEW SPONSORSHIP DEAL
Birds Eye Inspirations has announced a £1.4million sponsorship of Channel 5 drama which will run across TV and digital platforms throughout 2018.
Starting on Sunday 14th January, Birds Eye Inspirations – the premium frozen range from Birds Eye – will sponsor all of Channel 5's drama schedules on Channel 5, 5 USA and the My5 Digital Channel, including popular shows such as NCIS and Law and Order. Now in its 13th series, NCIS has developed a loyal viewership with more than one million viewers tuning in every week.
The sponsorship announcement comes following a redesign of the full portfolio which spans fish, chicken meals and pies. The sponsorship and supporting online campaign will introduce Channel 5 viewers to the Birds Eye range of premium dishes inspired by restaurant dining.
Andrew Elder, General Marketing Manager at Birds Eye said: "This major sponsorship highlights our ambition for the Inspirations brand and builds on the success of our 2017 NPD launches such as Chicken Mini Fillets. Not only that, but the scale of this support programme enables us to showcase the Inspirations portfolio to our target consumer all through the year."
Rachel Bristow, Head of Client Partnerships at Sky Media said: "The sponsorship of Channel 5 drama helps Birds Eye reach a huge audience of engaged viewers. With its strongest overall ratings performance for 13 years, Channel 5 has delivered its highest ever annual share of viewing amongst ABC1 TV viewers in the UK, making it a perfect fit for Birds Eye."
The deal was brokered between Sky and Zenith.
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Medicina, ciencias biomédicas y salud pública
Global Importance of Diarrhieal Diseases and Malnutrition
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The amount of new knowledge accumulated in the past 15 years about the aetiology, epidemiology, and public significance of diarrhoeal disease is quite remarkable, particularly because such knowledge has challenged orthodox concepts strongly rooted in misconceptions. Until recently, most diarrhoeas in the general population were regarded as 'food indigestion' and accordingly were given a variety of lay names. Remarkably, even today some medical professionals may refer to certain diarrhoeas as caused by unwholesome food with characteristics incompatible with health. Even though shigellosis, salmonellosis, cholera, giardiasis, amoebiasis, and other specific clinical entities had been characterized satisfactorily, as recently as 10 years ago it was difficult to prove that most outbreaks of diarrhoea in communities were of an infectious origin. In fact, some spoke of 'nutritional diarrhoea' in analogy with nutritional anaemias. It is now accepted, however, that most diarrhoeas in the community and in outpatient and emergency hospital services are related to viral, microbial, and parasitic agents, a concept supported by the following considerations: (a) diarrhoeas are prevalent in ecosystems with inadequate environmental sanitation, education, income, and personal hygiene; (b) secondary cases develop in contacts of index cases within intervals compatible with incubation periods, pointing to spread by direct or indirect contact; (c) incidence and severity of diarrhoea decrease with age, and older persons are relatively free of diarrhoea, suggesting the d!..relopment of immunity; (d) comprehensive laboratory investigations demonstrate a potential infectious pathogen in about 70 per cent of acute diarrhoea cases (Mats 1983a). Thus, improvement of personal hygiene and environmental sanitation results in a significant reduction in morbidity and mortality due to diarrhoeal diseases. It is easy to understand the epidemic proportions of diarrhoea in New York City at the turn of the century, comparable to that of many less developed countries today, when environmental conditions, education, personal hygiene, and income were low, especially among immigrants.
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Slaying his demons: A pro triathlete's journey to finding balance
Canadian triathlete Cody Beals recently won two full distance Ironman races, the first and second of his career. Is he gunning for more? You bet. But only in his own sweet time.
Right now 28-year-old Cody Beals is doing the thing he finds hardest in the world: nothing. The Canadian triathlete, from Guelph, Ontario, is chilling at the seaside on vacation, recovering from his best season ever as a pro.
In August, he came to the startline of Ironman Mont Tremblant, his first ever full distance race. He won it in style, setting the bike and overall course records in the process. Then six weeks later, he competed at Ironman Chattanooga, and won that too. He has won three 70.3 Ironman races this year.
Fans and followers have been pressuring Beals to strike while the iron is hot and smash another full distance Ironman this fall. Once upon a time, he might try just that. But he knows better now and says he is in no rush.
"I'm not going to get greedy," he says. "It's been a great season, I've won five races. It's time for a good break right now. The reality is I'm still barely sleeping five hours a night, I'm still jittery and strung out, so it's time to call it a season. Doing those two races in six weeks really beats you up."
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Beals is big believer in having balance and self kindness, both things he had to learn the hard way. Back in his university days he had neither.
When he graduated high school in 2008, he was top of his class and a District All Star in cross country. He began university with high aspirations. And, problematically, the impossibly high standards of a perfectionist.
He was top of his class in physics at Queen's University, yet he isn't proud of his academic performance because of the toll it took on him.
"I studied with a totally compulsive mentality," Beals says. "It wasn't a worthy trade off because I had no balance. I was a hermit that trained and studied. I was beating up on myself."
He also stopped dating, no longer able to feign interest in women, but not yet ready to accept his sexual orientation as a gay man. His social life disappeared and he sought the cold comfort of isolation. Anxiety began creeping into his body and mind, then disordered eating habits, low testosterone and insomnia all ensued. His response to this? Study and train even harder.
"I abused training as a way to self medicate," he says. "And that led to overtraining because, like any drug, there is a dose-response effect; a little bit of training relaxes you, but too much is toxic."
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He battled on like this throughout his four years at university. After graduation, totally exhausted and frail, he realised something had to change.
While still at university, Beals decided to makel his life as an athlete transparent. He shared training data on his blog, wrote about his struggles, failures, ambitions and systems. He made his life naked for the public to see. His story caught the attention of someone who would prove to be a crucial figure in helping him transform his life.
"Realising I'd been a complete moron, I stopped self coaching, and hired a world class coach, " Beals says. It wasn't really a decision I made; David Tilbury-Davis, a British coach, had to court me aggressively to convince me that he could help. With some trepidation I gave him the reins."
It was one of the best decisions he's ever made. With Tilbury-Davis's counsel, he began finding balance. He overcame his eating disorder, regained good sleep habits, and stopped overtraining. More recently he came out as gay, something he says is not easy as an elite athlete.
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Now, with his life in balance, Beals ticks in a different way. Rather than being obsessed with results, chasing an illusory image of perfection, he revels in the process itself.
"Now what I love about this sport and the lifestyle of being a pro is my day in day out process," he says. "I'm obsessed with finding enjoyment on a daily basis, and not hanging all my hope on some hypothetical accomplishment in the future, like the world champs or something."
This is why he's going to take his own sweet time in entering full distance Ironmans in the future. While he enjoys the training and tactical nature of 70.3 races more, Beals says he will build the rest of his career around full distance races. Just with a lot of respect for the sport and while keeping a balance.
"I'm going to make all my Ironmans 'A' races. If I show up on an Ironman startline it's because I'm trying to win. It will just be a couple a year, and I'll be doing a lot of 70.3 racing."
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E Ink releases latest generation print colour display
E Ink Holdings (Billerica, Massachusetts), a leading innovator of electronic ink technology, has launched its new Kaleido product, the E Ink Kaleido Plus (New Kaleido).
E Ink launched the first generation Kaleido print colour product in Q2 2020. Kaleido displays offer 16 levels of grayscale and are capable of displaying 4096 colours, enabling ultra-low power and high mobility devices with a paper-like experience, ideal for image-rich information applications such as charts, graphs, maps, photos, comics and advertising. And just like E Ink's monochrome ePaper products, Kaleido's crisp text and detailed colour graphics are fully viewable in direct sunlight.
In E Ink Kaleido Plus, the company has made improvements to the printing pattern, and its closeness to the ink layer, to create brighter colours with better text rendering. Improvements to the front light reduce light scattering to create more saturated images with triple the colour gamut of the previous generation while the front light is turned on. E Ink Kaleido Plus also supports a 7.8", up from the 6" size of the first generation product, and the possibility to extend to other sizes for different applications.
E Ink Kaleido utilises a new printed Colour Filter Array (CFA) technology in conjunction with its latest generation, faster and brighter ink layer. The new printing process alleviates the need for a glass-based CFA, making the displays thinner and lighter, while simultaneously having overall higher optical quality. This allows eReader companies to design more ergonomic devices that combine the power of traditional black and white displays with colour for a more fully realised eBook shopping and reading experience. In addition, E Ink's faster ink enables quicker updates for animations and video. With this new colour technology, E Ink's eNote product lines are now able to introduce writing tablets with colour highlighters, pens and markers, giving new options for education and professional devices.
"E Ink is excited to launch our New Kaleido, E Ink Kaleido Plus, to the market," said Johnson Lee, CEO. "We took our customer's feedback from our initial launch, and incorporated it into this upgrade, bringing a new level of colour saturation to our colour devices, and we look forward to Kaleido Plus being adopted in the eTextbook market in the future. We are proud to have the support of our leading customers, PocketBook (InkPad Color) and Onyx (BOOX Nova3 Color), for this launch."
"We are happy to expand our product line of colour devices, presenting a new 7.8-inch PocketBook InkPad Color e-reader with updated New Kaleido (Kaleido Plus)," said Evgeniy Zaitsev, chief sales and marketing Officer, PocketBook. "The world's market of eContent is growing in terms of volume and diversity. There is more and more eContent with illustrations which require colour, like comics and books for children, non-fiction and periodicals. In colour, they are even more attractive and informative. We see a growing demand for colour E Ink eReaders and we will do our best to satisfy customer's needs. We're sure the new 7.8-inch product will be even more successful than the previous 6-inch PocketBook Color e-reader launched in 2020."
"This is an exciting moment, Onyx has been working with E Ink for over 12 years and all BOOX products are based on E Ink technology," said Kim Dan, Onyx BOOX CEO. "The brand new BOOX Nova3 Color uses New Kaleido (Kaleido Plus), and we are expecting to open up a whole new potential market for colour eReading and note-taking."
Caption: E Ink's Kaleido Plus (photo: E Ink)


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Thanks to the support of our fans we were able to reach over 4 million downloads across the three different platforms since 2008! It has both motivated and allowed us to continue pursuing our dream of making original content for games.
All you have to do is sign in to Xbox LIVE and boot up your full version of BattleBlock Theater. Once you're in the game, click around a bit in the menus and Giraffey should unlock for you.


The before and after images of the Rhynd Café and Event Space. From an old farm steading to a beutiful, rustic renovation.
What we charge and what's included from the fully stocked (proper!) loos, to electricity, heating, furniture and an amazing bar structure. Don't be fooled by the rustic look - the place gets absolutely roasting even in the depths of winter!


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Directed by Klaus Unterberger
Produced by ORF
Languages: German (ORIGINAL) , English (DUBBED)
Vision Possible - Future Project Europe
Vision Possible - Zukunftsprojekt Europa
The documentary Vision Possible - Future Project Europe deals with an outlook on a Europe of opportunity: What could life be like in thirty, forty, or fifty years? How can Europe survive in the face of climate change and energy crisis? How will the Internet of Things shape our world, and how will new technologies impact people's daily lives? The documentary develops the idea of a "Vision Possible", a viable, shapeable future of Europe, by presenting concrete examples, which are divided into three topics: The energy network, the digital network, and the social network. What if the oft-lamented "Mission Impossible", a scenario of bureaucracy, powerlessness, and crises, could become a «Vision Possible,» an attractive future project, a renewal, a redesign of the "European dream"? No one can predict the future, but meanwhile many can conceptualise it.


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Exams Summer 2019
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Summer 2019 timetable
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JCQ Social Media Final 2018-9
In Summer 2018 , 87% of students achieved a Grade 4 or better ( standard pass) in GCSE English and 67% achieved a Grade 5 or better ( strong pass). 67% of students achieved a Grade 4 or better in GCSE Maths and 43% of students achieved a Grade 5 or better. 66% of students achieved a standard pass or better in both GCSE English and Maths. 41% of students achieved a strong pass in both English and Maths. 30% of our students were entered for the English Baccalaureate (English, Maths, Science, a language and a humanities GCSE) and 82% of eligible students achieved this. We are currently awaiting confirmation of all other statistical measures and these will be published in due course.Our current Progress 8 score is -0.06 and our Attainment 8 score is 46.7. 98% of our students stayed in education or entered employment at the age of 16.
In Summer 2017, 85% of students achieved a Grade 4 or better ( standard pass) in GCSE English and 73% achieved a Grade 5 or better ( strong pass). 72% of students achieved a Grade 4 or better in GCSE Maths and 53% of students achieved a Grade 5 or better. 70% of students achieved a standard pass or better in both GCSE English and Maths. 49% of students achieved a strong pass in both English and Maths. 27% of our students were entered for the English Baccalaureate (English, Maths, Science, a language and a humanities GCSE) and 60% of eligible students achieved this. Our current Progress 8 score is 0.34 and our Attainment 8 score is 48.8. 92% of our students stayed in education or entered employment at the age of 16.
Please see the following document for further information about Performance Tables:
Performance Tables fact sheet January 2018
In Summer 2016, 84% of students achieved a C or better in GCSE English and 75% of students achieved a C or better in GCSE Maths. 84% of students made expected progress in English and 72% of students made expected progress in Maths.70% of students achieved a C or better in both English and Maths. 66% of students achieved 5 A*-C grades at GCSE at C or above including English and Maths. 32.4% of students were entered for the English Baccalaureate (English, Maths, Science, a language and a humanities GCSE) and 22% of students achieved this . Our Progress 8 score for 2016 was 0 ( meaning students made the progress expected of them) and our Attainment 8 score is 51.3. 99% of our students stayed in education or entered employment at the age of 16, compared to the national average of 94%.
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In summer 2018, 82% of students entered for examinations went to university, 19% of which went to Russell Group universities. All other students went on to an Art Foundation year at College/university, employment and/or apprenticeships. 98% of students who completed 16-18 study programmes remained in education or employment. We are still awaiting final confirmation of all other statistical measures and these will be published in due course.
In summer 2017, 88% of our 2017 students entered for examinations went to University, 17% of which went to Russell Group universities and all other students went on to an Art Foundation year at College/university, employment and/or apprenticeships.
Overall, 90% of students who completed 16-18 study remained in education or employment against a national average of 88%
The Average grade for A level qualifications is D+ against a national average of C+ and our average grade per vocational entry is Distinction *.
96.3% of students completed their study program in A level qualifications against a national average of 96.1%. Data is not available for the other qualification types due to the size of the cohort.
The Value Added score for Academic A-Levels is-0.18, and for Applied General, Technical levels and Vocational qualification the VA score is +0.47.
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Rod Davidson is certainly working his old connections and putting in the hard hours to put some energy into the Jr. Revolution.
The Junior Revolution Junior A hockey team, members of the North American 3 Hockey League, will host the University of Michigan-Dearborn collegiate squad for an exhibition game this Sunday at 4 p.m. at Revolution Arena in downtown Battle Creek.
The UMD team is lead by former AAHL Revolution Coach Bobby Clouston. Regarded as one of the best ACHA programs in the country, Clouston is certainly making his effort to help the Revolution get turned around. Hockey people just know how to come together to help each other, and this is certainly another example of that.
Warm-ups will begin at 3:30 p.m., and the public is welcome to enjoy the action at no cost.
The game is part of Battle Creek Ice Hockey Kickoff Weekend.


A new survey suggests that while almost two-thirds of drivers think "traffic is too fast for the safety of kids on foot and bikes" (64%), and "want action to make walking and cycling safer" (65%), many are not reducing their own speed.
The survey, published by Brake and Direct Line, recorded the view of 1,000 drivers from across the UK and has led to Brake calling for drivers to "slow down to 20mph around homes, shops and schools".
The survey also shows that although drivers say they want safer streets, many are not reducing their speed. 63% of respondents admitted to driving at 35mph or faster in a 30 limit and 29% do this at least once a week; 67% explained they feel pressure from other drivers to go faster in built up areas, and 33% said they give in to this pressure to make them drive faster.
Julie Townsend, deputy chief executive of Brake, said: "While it's important kids and young people receive road safety education, it's crucial that drivers take on the ultimate responsibility for protecting children on foot and bike.
"Our research shows there's a contradiction in what some drivers say they want and the way they behave at the wheel.
"As well as campaigning for Government and local authorities to do more to reduce speeds in communities to tackle pedestrian and cyclist casualties and create nicer places to live, we're appealing to drivers everywhere to do their bit too.


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Seen + Heard: Spring 2020
In brief, what's new around the museums.
Behind the Scenes | Where Art & Science Meet
125 Years. 125 Objects. 125 Stories.
Five Things: Winter 2020
Seen+Heard: Winter 2020
Kiki Teshome
In February, Carnegie Museum of Art welcomed its first Margaret Powell Curatorial Fellow, Kiki Teshome. While an undergraduate studying government at Smith College, Teshome began exploring her interest in the arts through museum experiences at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Dallas Contemporary.
Now she'll immerse herself in full-time, collaborative curatorial work through a two-year fellowship named in honor of a former Carnegie Museum of Art curator and intended for recent college grads from historically underrepresented backgrounds. The fellowship is funded through the Arts, Equity, & Education Fund of Pittsburgh.
All aboard, digitally speaking
The Mark V diving rig, invented in 1916 and used until 1986, allowed divers to work at previously unreachable depths.
Not able (or willing) to explore the Science Center's USS Requin submarine? Now you can do it digitally in the USS Requin Gateway, a small exhibition near the Science Center's RiverView Café that features a video trek through the sub's passageways and a few attention-grabbing artifacts and memorabilia including a U.S. Navy dive suit, an anti-ship torpedo, and a quartermaster's spyglass.
Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait (detail), 1978, The Andy Warhol Museum © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
"Today when I work on Warhol projects I feel as if I am sharing a visual story about a personal friend who helped shape the 20th century." – José Carlos Diaz, The Warhol's chief curator, in an interview by The Hindu during the India Art Fair 2020, where he was a featured speaker.
85,000-object art collection: Priceless
Volunteers carefully transported recovered artifacts down several New York City blocks. Photo: Edward Cheng of MOCA
After a fire broke out in the archives building of Manhattan's Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) on January 23, fear quickly spread that most of the storied collection could be lost. But thanks to the Herculean efforts of firefighters, volunteers, and staff, museum officials believe a good portion of the 85,000 artworks and rare artifacts will be salvageable. The museum's archives make up the rich story of the Chinese migration to the United States: textiles, menus from Chinatown's earliest restaurants, wedding dresses, handwritten letters, tickets for ship's passage, and much more, underscoring the importance of museum collections to people's lives. Before the fire, the museum had digitized and backed up about 35,000 objects.


Parties to the Standing Committee to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES), have clearly and firmly stated that Japan is in violation of the convention.
02 October 2018, Rosa Khutor, Russian Federation: Parties to the Standing Committee to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES), have clearly and firmly stated that Japan is in violation of the convention.
Japan has been catching sei whales, allegedly for purposes of scientific research, and selling the meat and blubber in domestic retail markets in clear in violation of the Convention. All great whales are accorded the highest level of protection under the Convention and thus it is strictly illegal to take them from international waters for commercial trade. Japan has registered reservations on the listing other great whales under this category which means it does not have to abide by the Convention for those species. However in the case of the sei whale, Japan has not raised such reservations and is thus still bound by CITES rules.
Leigh Henry, Wildlife Policy Director, WWF US stated: "Japan has been conducting so-called "scientific" whaling for years, landing thousands of tons of whale meat and actively marketing the products. Given the availability of non-lethal research methods, it is clear that Japan's hunts use science as a guise to undermine the global moratorium on commercial whaling, in place since 1983.


Youth from LOVE's MAP-Vancouver program experimented with the reverse motion technique and its different effects.
LOVE youth experimented with forced perspective.
Youth from LOVE's MAP-INC program play with the viewer's assumptions in this fun photograph.
Youth from LOVE's MAP-Surrey program experimented with book covers to learn about lines and depth.


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Q: Is strong operator topology space $(B(H), SOT)$ reflexive? It is true that $(B(H), SOT)$ is semireflexive, in which $H$ is a Hilbert space, and $B(H)$ is the set of all bounded linear operators from $H$ to $H$ with strong operator topology. As a starting point, I want to know whether $(B(H), SOT)$ is reflexive.
By the definition of reflexivity of a locally convex space, we attribute the above question to the following questions:

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*Is $(B(H)^*, \sigma(B(H)^*,B(H)))$ semireflexive ? Thereinto, $B(H)^*=(B(H),SOT)^*$, and $\sigma(B(H)^*,B(H))$ is the weak star topology on $B(H)^*$.

*Is the strong operator topology SOT on $B(H)$ the strong topology $\beta(B(H),B(H)^*)$ on $B(H)$ ? That is, is this $SOT = \beta(B(H),B(H)^*)$ valid ?

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KU organises special programme to observe IDPD-2021
By KR Desk on 1:38 am December 4, 2021 No Comment
Srinagar: The University of Kashmir on Friday organised a special programme to observe the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) 2021.
Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad chaired the programme, organised by the Special Cell of the Department of Students Welfare (DSW).
Addressing a gathering of academics and specially-abled students and research scholars on the occasion, Prof Talat called upon all stakeholders to do whatever is possible for hand-holding of the specially-abled children in real sense.
"We must not merely talk of an inclusive society, we must ensure it in real sense by embracing the specially-abled children and ensuring that all their needs and requirements are fulfilled," he said, urging participation of specially-abled persons in various academic and social activities.
"These children with extraordinary abilities must be able to showcase their talent and live in a society that they feel is really inclusive and accessible for them," the VC said.
Registrar Dr Nisar A Mir, who was a guest of honour, highlighted various initiatives taken by the university for the betterment and welfare of specially-abled students, research scholars and employees. He assured the University administration will leave no stone unturned to provide all requisite facilities and infrastructure to them for a comfortable stay on the campuses. Dean Students Welfare Prof Raies A Qadri outlined various programmes conducted by the DSW, and also those in the pipeline, for the specially-abled students. He thanked the University authorities for their support and encouragement to holding such programmes.
Cultural Officer Shahid Ali Khan conducted proceedings of the inaugural session and also highlighted the theme of this year's IDPD. Shaheel Mohammad, Coordinator Special Cell DSW delivered a vote of thanks.
Several specially-abled students interacted with the Vice-Chancellor and Registrar on the occasion and urged holding of more such programmes, sports activities and educational tours for the specially-abled. In the technical session, Dr Bilal A Kaloo (South Campus), Dr Showkat Rashid Wani (Distance Education) and Aliya Habib (Special Educator) delivered special lectures highlighting various themes pertaining to IDPD.
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Podací nebo také prezentační právo (latinsky ius praesentandi) je oprávnění navrhnout konkrétní osobu ke jmenování do určitého církevního úřadu, respektive k obsazení uvolněného obročí. Bylo jednou ze složek patronátního práva.

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Johann Roos ist der Name folgender Personen:

* Johann Friedrich Roos (1757–1804), deutscher Schulmann und Philologe
 Johann Heinrich Roos (1631–1685), deutscher Maler
 Johann Melchior Roos (1663–1731), deutscher Maler
 Johann Philipp Roos (1754–nach 1823), Jurist und Archivar


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RMH can refer to:

 Response modulation hypothesis, suggesting that psychopathy is an attention disorder
 Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
 Riyadh Military Hospital, Saudi Arabia
 Ronald McDonald House, place to stay for families with hospitalized children
 Roh Moo-Hyun, the former president of South Korea (9/1/1946 - 5/23/2009)


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Guests have a choice of five large double bedrooms, four with ensuite facilities and the fifth has its own separate private bathroom. The bedrooms feature modern Super King, king size or twin beds and therefore there is a range of sleeping options.
The house comprises two large comfortable sitting rooms both with wood burning stoves and a large dining room with seating for up to 14 around the room's centrepiece mahogany dining table. All these rooms have spectacular views over Tobermory Bay and the Sound of Mull.
open plan accommodation gives a feeling of light and space. enjoy the beauty of these surroundings all year round from the comfort of warm, light living spaces.


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La Casa Olano és un edifici de Barcelona protegit com a Bé Cultural d'Interès Local.

Està situada al districte de l'Eixample, afrontant al passeig de Gràcia, el carrer de València i el carrer d'Aragó. És un edifici d'habitatges entre mitgeres, de planta rectangular que consta de planta baixa i quatre plantes pis. Aquestes plantes s'organitzen al voltant d'un pati cobert i una sola escala comunitària. Els pisos resultants són molt amplis i disposen d'una il·luminació generosa tant des de les façanes principal i posterior com des del pati.

La façana té una composició d'obertures en sis eixos verticals contraposats per unes potents franges horitzontals que integren baranes, elements arquitectònics com frontons, cornises i sobretot el coronament de façana. Té una planta baixa amb obertures identificada pels estucs que reprodueixen un encoixinat extremadament horitzontal. Sobre aquesta base i ocupant l'alçada del primer i segon pis, es recolzen dues tribunes profusament decorades amb estructura de columnes corínties.

La teulada és plana amb terrat del qual surt una construcció tipus àtic, prudencialment retirada de la façana. El perímetre del coronament es soluciona amb un ampit d'obra amb balustrada clàssica coronada amb gerros d'obra.

A l'interior de la planta baixa trobem un local comercial amb profusió d'elements arquitectònics com arcades, pilastres, tribunes carregades de decoracions amb multitud d'influències estilístiques.

A la façana exterior són notables les complexes balustrades dels balcons i els permòdols decorats sota les llosanes de tribunes, balcons i cornises.

Artísticament cal destacar l'abarrocada estàtua del navegant El Cano, obra de Francesc Font, que dona nom a l'edifici i presideix el pis principal.

L'edifici es considera eclèctic pel tipus d'estil de les decoracions en façana i la profusió de pintures i guixos ornamentals en els sostres i interiors.

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Blocs de pisos
Edificis d'habitatges de Barcelona
Edificis de l'Eixample de Barcelona
Edificis eclèctics de Barcelona
Patrimoni monumental de l'Eixample de Barcelona
Passeig de Gràcia


Ride is CANCELLED, but the party is ON. Starts at NOON.
PLEASE check the Club Ride Info Forum for more details and updates.
See the entry for the April 9 ride on that page and check back for updates.
Join us for the first multi-level ride of 2016, starting and ending at Ragle Ranch Park, located in Sebastopol. We have reserved the Oak Meadow Picnic Area. Note that there is a fee if you park a vehicle inside the park.
The club will be providing the main meal (vegetarian options included) after the ride. Members are asked to bring a salad, side or dessert (a portion to feed 3-5 people) - see assignments below.
Food can be dropped off before the ride on Saturday morning. Carpooling is strongly encouraged.
The ride is open to SRCC members only and registration is required. We are also looking for volunteers for a set-up and clean-up crew.


Alex Rushmer is a chef, food writer and restaurateur based in Cambridge. He believes in creating food which is light-hearted, delicious, accessible and sympathetic to the ingredients that he works with.
In 2010 Alex appeared on the BBC's flagship cookery show Masterchef, reaching the final and finishing the competition placed as a runner-up. In addition to wowing judges Gregg Wallace and John Torode, Alex cooked for some of the greatest chefs in the world and even Indian royalty during a stage set in Rajasthan.
Upon returning to real life Alex set his heart on running his own restaurant, and opened the award-winning Hole in the Wall in the summer of 2011.
Set in the beautiful village of Little Wilbraham, nestled just outside the city of Cambridge, the Hole in the Wall held two AA Rosettes, was voted as one of the best restaurants in the UK by the Observer Food Monthly magazine, and was included as one of the top 100 restaurants in the UK by the Sunday Times in 2017.
Alex closed the Hole in the Wall in June 2017, and is now pursuing other projects – including private dining, restaurant consultancy and a lot of eating.


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using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using TradingMaster.CodeSet;

namespace TradingMaster
{
    public class DisplayRealData : INotifyPropertyChanged
    {
        private string _LogMessage;

        public string LogMessage
        {
            get { return _LogMessage; }
            set
            {
                _LogMessage = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("LogMessage");
            }
        }
        private string _Code;               //期货编码

        public string Code
        {
            get { return _Code; }
            set
            {
                _Code = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("Code");
            }
        }

        private string _Code1;               //期货组合套利编码第一腿

        public string Code1
        {
            get { return _Code1; }
            set
            {
                _Code1 = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("Code1");
            }
        }

        private string _Code2;               //期货组合套利编码第二腿

        public string Code2
        {
            get { return _Code2; }
            set
            {
                _Code2 = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("Code2");
            }
        }

        private string _Market;               //交易所

        public string Market
        {
            get { return _Market; }
            set
            {
                _Market = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("Market");
            }
        }

        private string _Name;               //名称

        public string Name
        {
            get { return _Name; }
            set
            {
                _Name = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("Name");
            }
        }
        private int _UiTime;				//更新时间

        public int UiTime
        {
            get { return _UiTime; }
            set
            {
                _UiTime = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("UiTime");
            }
        }
        private double _Open;				//今开盘

        public double Open
        {
            get { return _Open; }
            set
            {
                _Open = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("Open");
            }
        }
        private double _IMaxPrice;			//今最高价

        public double IMaxPrice
        {
            get { return _IMaxPrice; }
            set
            {
                _IMaxPrice = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("IMaxPrice");
            }
        }
        private double _IMinPrice;			//今最低价

        public double IMinPrice
        {
            get { return _IMinPrice; }
            set
            {
                _IMinPrice = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("IMinPrice");
            }
        }
        private double _IClose;				//今收盘

        public double IClose
        {
            get { return _IClose; }
            set
            {
                _IClose = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("IClose");
            }
        }
        private double _INewPrice;			//最新价

        public double INewPrice
        {
            get { return _INewPrice; }
            set
            {
                LastINewPrice = _INewPrice;
                _INewPrice = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("INewPrice");
                OnPropertyChanged("PriceFluctuation");
                OnPropertyChanged("PriceFluctuationFD");
            }
        }

        private double _LastiNewPrice;			//上一个最新价

        public double LastINewPrice
        {
            get { return _LastiNewPrice; }
            set
            {
                _LastiNewPrice = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("LastINewPrice");
            }
        }

        private UInt64 _ChiCangLiang;				//持仓量

        public UInt64 ChiCangLiang
        {
            get { return _ChiCangLiang; }
            set
            {
                _ChiCangLiang = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("ChiCangLiang");
                OnPropertyChanged("PositionFluctuation");
            }
        }
        private UInt64 _I64Sum;				//成交金额

        public UInt64 I64Sum
        {
            get { return _I64Sum; }
            set
            {
                _I64Sum = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("I64Sum");
                OnPropertyChanged("AvgPrice");
            }
        }
        private double _StBuyPrice;		//买十价

        public double StBuyPrice
        {
            get { return _StBuyPrice; }
            set
            {
                LastStBuyPrice = _StBuyPrice;

                _StBuyPrice = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("StBuyPrice");

            }
        }

        private double _LaststBuyPrice;		//上一个买十价

        public double LastStBuyPrice
        {
            get { return _LaststBuyPrice; }
            set
            {
                _LaststBuyPrice = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("LastStBuyPrice");
            }
        }

        private uint _StBuyCount;		//买十量

        public uint StBuyCount
        {
            get { return _StBuyCount; }
            set
            {
                _StBuyCount = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("StBuyCount");
            }
        }
        private double _StSellPrice;		//卖十价

        public double StSellPrice
        {
            get { return _StSellPrice; }
            set
            {
                LastStSellPrice = _StSellPrice;
                _StSellPrice = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("StSellPrice");
            }
        }

        private double _LaststSellPrice;		//上一个卖十价

        public double LastStSellPrice
        {
            get { return _LaststSellPrice; }
            set
            {
                _LaststSellPrice = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("LastStSellPrice");
            }
        }

        private uint _StSellCount;		//卖十量

        public uint StSellCount
        {
            get { return _StSellCount; }
            set
            {
                _StSellCount = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("StSellCount");
            }
        }
        private UInt64 _Volumn;		//成交量

        public UInt64 Volumn
        {
            get { return _Volumn; }
            set
            {
                _Volumn = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("Volumn");
                OnPropertyChanged("AvgPrice");
            }
        }
        private Int64 _I64Outside;			//外盘

        public Int64 I64Outside
        {
            get { return _I64Outside; }
            set
            {
                _I64Outside = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("I64Outside");
            }
        }
        private UInt32 _CurrentHand;			//现手

        public UInt32 CurrentHand
        {
            get { return _CurrentHand; }
            set
            {
                _CurrentHand = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("CurrentHand");
            }
        }
        private int _ICurrentSum;			//现额

        public int ICurrentSum
        {
            get { return _ICurrentSum; }
            set
            {
                _ICurrentSum = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("ICurrentSum");
            }
        }

        private int _Hycs;			//合约乘数

        public int Hycs
        {
            get { return _Hycs; }
            set
            {
                _Hycs = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("Hycs");
                OnPropertyChanged("AvgPrice");
            }
        }

        //double _AvgPrice;			//平均价

        public double AvgPrice
        {
            get
            {
                double v = (double)_Hycs * Volumn;
                if (v > 0)
                {
                    double ret = (double)I64Sum / v;
                    if (ret < this._IMinPrice)
                    {
                        ret = ret * (double)_Hycs;
                    }
                    return ret;
                }
                else
                {
                    return 0;
                }
            }
        }
        private int _IDealNumber;			//成交笔数

        public int IDealNumber
        {
            get { return _IDealNumber; }
            set
            {
                _IDealNumber = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("IDealNumber");
            }
        }
        private double _ISettlementPrice;		//现结算价

        public double ISettlementPrice
        {
            get { return _ISettlementPrice; }
            set
            {
                _ISettlementPrice = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("ISettlementPrice");
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 昨收
        /// </summary>
        private double _PrevClose;
        /// <summary>
        /// 昨收
        /// </summary>
        public double PrevClose
        {
            get
            {
                return _PrevClose;
            }
            set
            {
                _PrevClose = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("PrevClose");
            }
        }

        private short _UsUpdateNumber;		//行情变动总次数

        public short UsUpdateNumber
        {
            get { return _UsUpdateNumber; }
            set
            {
                _UsUpdateNumber = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("UsUpdateNumber");
            }
        }

        private Double _PrevSettlement;
        /// <summary>
        /// 昨结算
        /// </summary>
        public Double PrevSettleMent
        {
            get
            {
                return _PrevSettlement;
            }
            set
            {
                _PrevSettlement = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("PrevSettleMent");
                OnPropertyChanged("PriceFluctuation");
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 涨跌
        /// </summary>
        public double PriceFluctuation
        {
            get
            {
                if (_INewPrice == 0)
                {
                    return 0;
                }
                else if (_PrevSettlement == 0)
                {
                    return _INewPrice - _PrevClose;
                }
                else
                {
                    return _INewPrice - _PrevSettlement;
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 涨跌幅度
        /// </summary>
        public Double PriceFluctuationFD
        {
            get
            {
                if (_PrevSettlement == 0)
                {
                    return PriceFluctuation / _PrevClose;
                }
                return PriceFluctuation / _PrevSettlement;
            }
        }

        private Double _UpStopPrice;
        /// <summary>
        /// 涨停价
        /// </summary>
        public Double UpStopPrice
        {
            get
            {
                return _UpStopPrice;
            }
            set
            {
                _UpStopPrice = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("UpStopPrice");
            }
        }

        private Double _DownStopPrice;
        /// <summary>
        /// 涨停价
        /// </summary>
        public Double DownStopPrice
        {
            get
            {
                return _DownStopPrice;
            }
            set
            {
                _DownStopPrice = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("DownStopPrice");
            }
        }
        private short _NTime;				//开盘分钟偏移数,冗余数据

        public short NTime
        {
            get { return _NTime; }
            set
            {
                _NTime = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("UsUpdateNumber");
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 昨持仓
        /// </summary>
        private UInt64 _I64PreChiCang;
        /// <summary>
        /// 昨持仓
        /// </summary>
        public UInt64 PreChicang
        {
            get
            {
                return _I64PreChiCang;
            }
            set
            {
                _I64PreChiCang = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("PreChicang");
                OnPropertyChanged("PositionFluctuation");
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 持仓增减
        /// </summary>
        public int PositionFluctuation
        {
            get
            {
                return (int)ChiCangLiang - (int)PreChicang;

            }
        }

        private string _UpdateTime;				//更新时间

        public string UpdateTime
        {
            get { return _UpdateTime; }
            set
            {
                _UpdateTime = value;
                OnPropertyChanged("UpdateTime");
            }
        }
        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
        private void OnPropertyChanged(string info)
        {

            PropertyChangedEventHandler handler = PropertyChanged;
            if (handler != null)
            {
                handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(info));
            }
        }

        public void UpdateProperties(RealData realData)
        {
            if (realData.CodeInfo.Code == this.Code)
            {
                this.ChiCangLiang = realData.Position;
                this.StBuyCount = realData.BidHand[0];
                this.StBuyPrice = realData.BidPrice[0];
                this.StSellCount = realData.AskHand[0];
                this.StSellPrice = realData.AskPrice[0];
                this.DownStopPrice = realData.LowerLimitPrice;
                this.I64Sum = (UInt64)realData.Sum;
                //this.ICurrentSum = realData.ICurrentSum ;
                this.ISettlementPrice = realData.SettlmentPrice;
                this.PrevSettleMent = realData.PrevSettlementPrice;
                this.UpStopPrice = realData.UpperLimitPrice;
                this.CurrentHand = realData.Hand;
                //this.I64Outside = realData.I64Outside;
                this.IClose = realData.ClosePrice;
                //this.IDealNumber = realData.IDealNumber;
                this.IMaxPrice = realData.MaxPrice;
                this.IMinPrice = realData.MinPrice;
                this.INewPrice = realData.NewPrice;

                this.Open = realData.OpenPrice;
                //this.NTime = realData.NTime;
                this.PrevClose = realData.PrevClose;
                //this.UsUpdateNumber = realData.UsUpdateNumber;
                this.Volumn = realData.Volumn;
                this.Market = CodeSetManager.CtpToExName(realData.CodeInfo.ExchCode);
                this.PreChicang = realData.PrevPosition;
                this.PrevClose = realData.PrevClose;
                this.UpdateTime = realData.UpdateTime;
            }
        }
    }
}

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LGBT History Month Icons: Pete Buttigieg & Emma Gonzalez
Hotspots Magazine
In 1994, Rodney Wilson, a Missouri high school teacher, believed a month should be dedicated to the celebration and teaching of gay and lesbian history, and gathered other teachers and community leaders. They selected October because public schools are in session and existing traditions, such as Coming Out Day (October 11), occur that month.
Gay and Lesbian History Month was endorsed by GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Education Association and other national organizations.
In 2006 Equality Forum assumed responsibility for providing content, promotion and resources for LGBT History Month. LGBT History Month celebrates the achievements of 31 lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender Icons. Each day in October, a new LGBT Icon is featured.
Here at Hotspots, we will feature 2 a week, but to see one every day you can go to: Lgbthistorymonth.com.
Pete Buttigieg is the first openly gay mayor of South Bend, Indiana. In 2019 he became the second openly gay major-party U.S. presidential candidate and the first married gay candidate. At age 37, he is also the youngest person to run for the U.S. presidency.
An only child, Buttigieg was born and raised in South Bend. His father, who died in January 2019, emigrated from the Mediterranean island of Malta. Both his parents taught at the University of Notre Dame.
Buttigieg graduated valedictorian of his high school. The class voted him "most likely to become president." In his senior year, he won the John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage Essay Contest for his composition on the political integrity of then-Congressman Bernie Sanders.
Buttigieg attended Harvard University, where he was elected student president of the esteemed Harvard Institute of Politics and served as a board member of the Harvard College Democrats. He graduated in 2005, earning a prestigious Rhodes scholarship. Buttigieg received his master's degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University in 2007. He speaks eight languages, including Maltese, Norwegian, Arabic and French.
After Oxford, Buttigieg worked for three years at McKinsey & Company, the No. 1 global management consulting firm. During that time, he joined the U.S. Navy Reserve.
In 2010 Buttigieg ran as the Democratic nominee for Indiana state treasurer but was defeated by the Republican incumbent. One year later, he successfully ran for mayor of South Bend, winning a landslide victory with three quarters of the vote. At age 29, he became the second-youngest mayor in the city's history and the youngest mayor of a U.S. city of 100,000 or more. Known affectionately as "Mayor Pete," his popular programs have spurred significant economic growth. In 2013 GovFresh named him mayor of the year, alongside Mayor Bloomberg of New York.
In his fourth year in office, Buttigieg was called to active duty by the Navy. A lieutenant, he served as an intelligence officer in Afghanistan for six months in 2014. In 2015 South Bend reelected him with an overwhelming 80% of the vote. In June 2015, during discussions on state legislation that would have permitted LGBT discrimination, Buttigieg came out as gay in a personal essay that appeared in the South Bend Tribune.
In April 2019, Buttigieg formally announced his Democratic presidential candidacy. If elected, he would become the first openly gay president of the United States.
Buttigieg is a practicing Episcopalian. He married Chasten Glezman, a high school teacher, in June 2018. The couple lives in the neighborhood where Buttigieg grew up.
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At age 18, Emma González became a prominent gun control advocate after surviving the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on February 14, 2018, in Parkland, Florida. As a leader of the #NeverAgain Movement, her activism gave rise to nationwide demonstrations and helped trigger a monumental shift in U.S. anti-gun initiatives.
The daughter of a Cuban immigrant, González was raised in Parkland. She identifies as bisexual and served as president of her high school gay-straight alliance. As a senior, González survived the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history. The massacre left 17 students and staff member's dead and 17 others injured.
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Just three days after the carnage, González courageously transformed her anguish into activism. She delivered an impassioned speech at a gun control rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, calling "B.S." on politicians and the NRA. "If all our government and president can do is send thoughts and prayers," she declared, "then it's time for victims to be the change that we need to see." The speech was broadcast nationally and went viral on social media.
In the following weeks, González became one of the most visible and outspoken student activists to emerge from the Parkland tragedy. As a leader and founding member of the student gun control advocacy group Never Again MSD—alongside Cameron Kasky, David Hogg and several others—González spoke out for gun reform during multiple high-profile media appearances. She helped organize March for Our Lives, a series of demonstrations that mobilized hundreds of thousands of protestors across the nation and around the world.
As a direct response to the Never Again Movement, the Florida Legislature passed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Florida High School Public Safety Act, which established a new set of gun restrictions. It marked the first time in 30 years that the state had passed gun control measures. On March 9, 2018, when the governor signed the bill into law, he said, "To the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, you made your voices heard. You didn't let up and you fought until there was change."
During the summer of 2018, González traveled the country holding rallies for stronger gun control and to encourage young people to vote in the midterm elections. In the 18 months following the Parkland shooting, more than 65 new gun violence prevention measures passed in the United States.
González entered the New College of Florida in the fall of 2018.
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HomeTech UpdatesGadgetsOrder the new Apple iPad Pro today to get the huge discount
Aug. 27, 2022 at 10:26 am
Order the new Apple iPad Pro today to get the huge discount
It's that time of the year when we are all tempted to get a new Apple product. But buying your favorite Apple gadgets online can cost more than you think unless you order from an authorized reseller such as ipad-pro. To. That's why, at least for now (until the 20th of September), you can still get huge discounts on every iPad Pro model and device protection plan. Here's some information about getting started with your brand new iPad Pro.
Introduction to the new Apple iPad Pro
The design of the new Apple iPad Pro
The performance of the new Apple iPad Pro
The features of the new Apple iPad Pro
How to order the new Apple iPad Pro
The pros and cons of the new Apple iPad Pro
The battery life of the new Apple iPad Pro
The cameras on the new Apple iPad Pro
What comes in the box with the new Apple iPad Pro
The new Apple iPad Pro is a powerful tablet that can be used for work or play. It has a large display and a fast processor, perfect for multitasking. The iPad Pro features a 12-megapixel camera and the Apple Smart Keyboard. It is available in 5 colors: silver, dark gray, gold, space gray, and silver/gray. The difference between the five colors is the button color. The dark gray and gold colors have a silver button; the other three colors have a gray control. Check out the pictures below to see which one you can get. The XF Lite is an excellent alternative to the XF smart glasses. It is less expensive and has most of the features that you would find on more expensive models. It performs very well and offers good battery life.
The new Apple iPad Pro has a sleek design that will impress. It is thinner and lighter than previous models, and its color options include silver, gold, and space gray. The display is more significant than ever before, and it has a 12.9-inch screen. Most MacBook Pro users will never use this much space, but those who do will be grateful for it. The area allows the MacBook Pro to increase its battery life from 10 hours to 14 hours — and thinner and lighter designs. The new display also has a more excellent color gamut than previous generations, so you can see more detail in the images you create.
The new Apple iPad Pro is a powerful tablet that can handle all your needs. Its performance is top-notch, and it has a great display. The CPU is an aiM1 processor with six cores, and the GPU is a PowerVR IMX rDNA 20.1MP sensor chip. The iPad Pro has fingerprint recognition and an Apple A12 Bionic Chip.
The new Apple iPad Pro has many features that make it different from other iPads. It has a 12.9-inch screen, much larger than the screens on other iPads. It also has a faster processor and more memory than other iPads. The screen is the largest on any iPad. This means that you can multitask and enjoy a better experience while using the iPad.
The new Apple iPad Pro is available for pre-order on the Apple website. To order, visit the website and click on the iPad Pro tab. Select the color and storage capacity you want and click on the Add to Cart button. You can also order the iPad Pro on Amazon. However, you will have to visit an Apple store to do this.
The new Apple iPad Pro has many pros and cons. Some of the pros are that it is a compelling device with many features, and it is also an excellent device. The cons are that it is costly, and it has a lot of issues that other tablets do not have.
The battery life of the new Apple iPad Pro is fantastic. It can last up to 10 hours on a single charge, which is much longer than the battery life of other tablets on the market—the display of the new Apple iPad Pro. The collection of the new Apple iPad Pro is excellent. It has an overwhelming amount of detail, and the colors are vibrant. The screen is also very sharp, and it has a Dynamic contrast ratio of 10,000:1.
Things you should keep in your Mind
What is the battery life of the new Apple iPad Pro?
How long can the battery last on a single charge?
What is the display like on the new Apple iPad Pro?
Is the display excellent?
Are there any other tablets on the market with better battery life?
What are the dimensions of the new Apple iPad Pro?
What are the weight specifications for the new Apple iPad Pro?
The new Apple iPad Pro has cameras on the front and back. The front-facing camera is 7 megapixels and can take 1080p video. The back camera is 12 megapixels and can take 4K video. The new Apple iPad Pro has many other tablets features. It is a premium tablet that is powerful and easy to use. If you are looking for a way to enhance your viewing experience on the new iPad Pro, you should consider buying an Apple Smart TV. An Apple Smart TV lets you watch movies and TV shows on your new iPad Pro in stunning 4K quality. You can also take advantage of the narrow bezels on the new iPad Pro. It allows you to have a more immersive experience when watching movies or TV shows.
The new Apple iPad Pro comes with a lot of great features. Features include a 12.9-inch retina display, A10X Fusion chip, and an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera. The new iPad also has a 7-megapixel front-facing camera. The iPad Pro has a USB-C port, a headphone jack, and a microphone. It also has an intelligent connecter. The smart connecter allows you to connect your new iPad to your compatible TV. You can use the new Apple TV app on your compatible iOS or Android device.
The new Apple iPad Pro is a powerful tablet with a fusion chip for improved performance. It also has a 10.5-inch Retina display, a 12-megapixel rear camera, and a 7-megapixel front camera. The iPad Pro is available in two sizes: 64GB and 256GB. Prices start at $649.
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Q: PHP intval() function returns different value in server I am using PHP log function [log(number,base);] my base value is 2. in certain condition it will return a value -INF. Then i use the intval() function [ intval(($value*100))/100; ] to get integer value, but my problem is that, for the value -INF the function intval returns a value -9.2233720368548E+16, but i am expecting a value
0 instead of that. This is happening only in server side. in my local Xampp server it working good. Need your help fix this.

A: There are multiple problems with the little code you posted.
First of all you shouldn't rely on code that relies on some form of -INF but rather catch the case first (for example for a logarithm you know that log2($x) is -INF for $x = 0, so check for intval($x) == 0).
Second, you should probably rather use round() (if you want to have the rounding done by PHP) or floor() (if you want to go ahead with your floor($x / 100) * 100 piece of code).
And thirdly, your problem most likely comes from the fact that the server is a 64-bit and your machine is a 32-bit system. But this is just the end of the chain. If you do things properly, you won't encounter the problem.

A: It sounds like you're trying to create a round() function, but why not use the in built one?
$number = round($number, 2);