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Former principal, now board member, talks about closing the school she used to lead
A York City School Board member voted in favor of closing the school she once led as principal.
Former principal, now board member, talks about closing the school she used to lead A York City School Board member voted in favor of closing the school she once led as principal. Check out this story on ydr.com: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/education/blogs/cram-session/2012/07/20/former-principal-now-board-member-talks-about-closing-the-school-she-used-to-lead/31915263/
Yesterday, I called York City School Board member Jane Hines to get her thoughts on the votes made Wednesday to close Hannah Penn and Edgar Fahs Smith middle schools and move the elementary schools to a kindergarten – eighth grade structure.
Why did I call Hines? Prior to becoming a school board member, Hines had been principal at Smith Middle School. She retired in 2011.
I thought that gave her a particularly unique perspective on the move.
"It was an emotional time for me because I spent the majority of my adult career at Smith Middle School," Hines said. She had previously taught math there, as well.
Hines voted in favor of closing Smith and Hannah Penn and in favor of moving to the K-8 structure.
Decisions have to be made based on what's best for all children, she said, and she thinks the move to K-8 will be a good one.
"I think that having the community, the students going to community schools is going to be good for a lot of reasons," Hines said.
The schools will have smaller numbers of seventh- and eighth-graders instead of large concentrations, she said. The middle schools often had difficulties with some behavior issues.
Having students return to their home elementary schools and to those elementary teachers who influenced them at early age will be "extremely beneficial for them," she said.
"I think this is going to be a positive for everyone," Hines said.
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Some amazing mini quilts made their debut at International Quilt Market in Houston last fall: Moda designer Camille Roskelley brought along mini versions of her new market patterns to decorate her booth.
And if you're wondering what to do with your minis…look no further than Camille's sewing room–how about a wall just for your favorite minis?
Mini quilts are also perfect to use up scraps, Moda candy squares, charm squares, and left-over pieces from jelly rolls and layer cakes!
When making mini-quilts, consider simple quilting so the focus is on the blocks. Also consider using starch and a steam iron to prepare your fabrics before cutting and sewing. This helps with accurate piecing when working with small pieces. Mini quilts are wonderful projects to practice quilting on your home machine. Baste mini quilts just as you would a larger quilt. Using a walking foot or even-feed foot also helps when quilting mini projects.
And have fun with display options…how about using clothespins to hang them?
There are lots of terrific mini quilt patterns available…and there are many patterns that are easy to adapt into mini blocks. Whether you are making mini quilts for a unique store display or to display at home…you're sure to have fun with mini quilts!
Thanks so much Camille for sharing the first 6 photos for this post! Photos 7 and 8 via A Quilting Life!
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Your mini's are gorgeous! I want to make some after seeing all these. I like the display on the wall.
How cute! I've always love miniatures. You're making me "itch" to get sewing! Thanks for all the great ideas. Have a super day!
These are great! Thank you for posting. Do you have any suggestions for framing/displaying mini quilts? I just completed one (you can see it here http://kaesey.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/his-and-her-art/) and want to put it up on the wall. I've been told not to put it behind glass, to definitely put it behind glass, to stitch it to a backing, to stick it to a backing, to put it on wooden stretcher frame and mount that to a wall, etc. Help!


This isn't really a story about Porsches, it's a story about friendship. Owning a Porsche has brought me many new friends. Everyone has friends, some better than others, and some closer than others. Some friends we love, some we respect, some we admire, and some we might even envy.
I have a "formula" that describes friendship. That might sound weird, because most people probably don't think that hard about their friends, they just accept them, without question. But I've had many friends in my 59 years, and they've come and they've gone. Some I remember, and some I miss. There's too many to count, and most aren't in my life any more. I am blessed with a very wonderful group of friends at the moment thanks to my interest in cars, and my membership of the local Porsche Club of America. Which is why I'm writing this.
Here's my friendship formula. Friendship is one part the past, one part the present, and one part the future.
Regarding the past, I like to talk with friends about the things I've done with them. The "Remember when we…", or "…and what about that time you…" Memories made with friends provide the foundation of a friendship, on which it continues to be built.
The time spent with friends right here and now is the experience of friendship. It's real, and happening, and should be enjoyed for its immediate value. As humans stuck living life linearly, as each next minute becomes the last minute, the only thing we can really count on is the present. And if I have a choice about who I have to spend it with, I'd rather it be with friends. Making good use of the time you spend with friends ensures you are reinforcing the foundations of your friendships. You have to be present and engaged with your friends to enjoy them the most.
The third part of friendship is the prospect of future shared moments. We must look to the future because that's where our next minute, day, and year, lives. We all have hopes and wishes. It's natural to look forward to spending time with friends. A great friendship is one that leaves you a little sad each time you part, and wanting to spend more time with that person, or those people. Friendship is about anticipation, as much what's happening now, or what happened before.
All these elements of friendship were on display on a recent Club drive out. While much pleasure came from driving our wonderful Porsche cars on back country roads, when people got out of their cars for lunch, or a pit stop to refuel, the conversation was a mix of recollection and shared experience. Conversations ranged from comparisons of car handling to complaints about rocks in the road and cows on the shoulders. At the end of the Tour, as we headed on our last leg home, everyone looked forward to the next Tour, and the next experience, and the next memory.


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New House bill to tackle food waste problem
The Food Waste Reduction Act will require food manufacturers and establishments to donate food surplus
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Anri Ichimura	February 6, 2019
Local food waste may soon dramatically decrease as the House of Representatives approved House Bill No. 8873, or the Food Waste Reduction Act, on Feb. 4 with the lower chamber voting unanimously in favor of the bill.
Here's everything you need to know about the initiative to increase food security in the Philippines:
What will the bill do? It will require the donation of food surplus and the creation and regulation of food banks.
Who will be affected? Food manufacturers, food establishments (including restaurants, cafes, diners, fast food chains, and hotels), supermarkets with at least 500 meters of selling space, and culinary schools with at least 50 students.
How will the food be collected? The concerned persons and organizations must segregate the edible from inedible surplus, have an accredited health inspector approve of the edible food, and then donate the said food to accredited food banks.
What happens next? The Department of Social Welfare and Development will distribute the food banks to those in need, in coordination with local government units.
How will people learn about this? The bill also marks the beginning of the National Food Surplus Campaign, which will aim to raise awareness on the impact of food waste, surplus, and management, and how households can help in the community effort.
How much food do we actually waste? There is actually enough food in the world to feed everyone if it weren't wasted. The Philippine Statistics Authority estimates that an average Filipino household wastes 1.676 kilograms of rice a year. That sums up to 38.507 million kilograms of wasted food a year, at a value of P1.617 billion.
What happens if people don't abide by the law? The penalty for breaking the law will range from P1 to P5 million for those who sell what should be donated food.
What's the impact of this law? HB 8873 is aligned with the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 2, which aims to achieve zero hunger by ensuring food security worldwide.
One of the primary authors of the bill, Deputy Speaker Sharon Garin of AAMBIS-OWA party list noted that it's time to prioritize food security to address the growing amount of food that ends up in dumpsites that could otherwise feed someone else or even be repurposed as livestock feed for farmers.
"We should start to treat food waste reduction as a critical goal for 2019," Garin says.
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The concept of artificial intelligence isn't something you won't know of. It surely seems complex, but once decoded you are guaranteed to be amazed by its abilities. We are all surrounded by AI today, from our cars to cell phones to even home appliances, everything uses some or the other form of AI. And it's not limited to just that, AI is growing exceptionally, it is making advancements in fields we never thought of. The exponential growth of Artificial Intelligence over the past few years, and several recent studies show its potential of bringing change in the healthcare sector, including optometry and ophthalmology as well.
Artificial Intelligence is becoming more common for screening, diagnosing and helping treat eye conditions. It might take a little more time for ophthalmologists to completely trust and use AI-based tools in their practice, but the speed at which the prospects are growing, this future doesn't seem too far. Touted as the fourth industrial revolution, AI is set to bring major changes, rather true revolutions in the way medical science works.
The concept of AI is not new, and in this growing world of technology, everybody must have come across this term. To put it in simple words, AI is the ability of computers and machines to think, learn and process much like a human brain.
In health care, there are software algorithms and programs that recognise, identify and interpret digital patterns, such as images, sound, speech, text, data – almost anything. Then computer applications, using various algorithms analyse this data, making it easy for an ophthalmologist/optometrist to diagnose ailments at a very early stage.
AI will play an increasingly significant role in the way healthcare providers care for their patients in the clinic. There is real and imminent potential for an earlier, more accurate, and uniform diagnosis. AI is able to look at huge amount of data and identifying patterns within that data, helping doctors and practitioners look up for symptoms, and diagnose a disease earlier.
AI will add to an optician's ability to analyse data from his/her patients, helping them be more precise in prescribing the treatment.
One of the main roles of AI will be screening for ophthalmic diseases. For instance, not all patients who suspect new visual distortion on an Amsler grid may need to be immediately seen by a retina specialist. With the growing presence of AI technology, an image of the retina can be obtained and automatically analysed to determine the appropriate time frame within which the patient should schedule his next visit to a retina specialist. Emerging AI technology will be useful to all involved in the diagnosis and treatment of any eye diseases. This includes the patient, ophthalmic technicians, optometrists, general ophthalmologists, and ophthalmologic sub-specialists.
For the patient, as imaging systems become more accessible, the interpretation of acquired images will be performed by AI systems and confirmed by specialists, relatively quicker.
For the retina specialist, AI will serve as an assistant to help organise the clinic by triaging patients and providing a working diagnosis, appropriate room arrangement and anticipation of what procedures or referrals (if any) would be needed for the patient. The retina specialist can then conduct a more focused, efficient, and effective evaluation of the patient. Such an intelligent system is likely to result in better patient outcomes, decreased wait times and wiser overall utilisation of resources.
More than 400 million people in the world have diabetes. A third of them have diabetic retinopathy – a complication that can cause permanent, irreversible blindness. The technology giant, Google, with a team of doctors and engineers have developed an AI model that can detect diabetic retinopathy, faster, yet as accurately as a human retinal specialist. Using this new assistive technology, doctors and staff can screen more patients in less time, with better precision. Timely and accurate diagnosis with the help patients get timely treatment and may even end up preventing a visual ailment like blindness from escalating further.
AI will serve to augment human intelligence and optimise the efficacy of the eye-care team in treating patients.
The term "team" in "eye-care team" will become even more important than ever because AI will allow for an unprecedented level of appropriate delegation to team members with the requisite level of training and supervision.
Emerging AI systems will also enhance and be enhanced by telemedicine. AI-augmented systems in conjunction with telemedicine will undoubtedly reshape the eye-care landscape in the coming years. This in turn will likely lead to increased access to specialised care, improved quality and performance measurements, increased teamwork, decreased patient wait times and better patient outcomes overall.


The children in 2nd class are working very hard. Have a look at our timetable today. We learn lots and lots every day!
We were looking at and discussing Picasso's paintings today. Some children loved how unusual they looked with the shapes and colours Picasso used. Take a look at our Picasso inspired self portraits.
Last week in science we were learning about the human skeleton. The skeleton supports and protects us and enables us to move! We can name lots of important bones in the skeleton such as the skull, ribs, pelvis, spine and humerus bone.
In art we selected different pasta shapes which resembled bones to make a skeleton.
Welcome to all the girls and boys in Room 2A. The children have been working very hard since they started 2nd class.
Today in Religion we were talking about friendship. We are all friends in room 2A so we made a friendship web with a ball of wool. This shows how we are all connected. We enjoy singing 'Circle of Friends'.


Ballarini Rialto Review - Ballarini Cookware. ballarini cookware italy. bed bath stainless steel cookware. la gourmet stainless steel cookware.
Published at Tuesday, May 01st 2018, 07:55:20 AM. Tableware By Fabien Masse. Caring your tablewares provides long life to these utensils. Its is best to simply wash these stainless steel ware by hand and apply mild soap or detergent may be used to clean these items. Do rinse it with warm water and these must be quickly dried as it prevents buildup of oxide. It's safe to use these in the dishwasher but only prevention should be taken as it should be removed after the last rinse cycle and dried by hand.
Published at Friday, April 27th 2018, 07:54:56 AM. Tableware By Fanny Jauffret. Talking about the facts of this metal which are as follows, stainless steel is basically an alloy of steel, chromium and nickel and percentage of chromium is responsible for its durability and protects from heat, stains and corrosion. Where as nickel imparts the permanent bright look. With such amazing characteristics, this tableware is very famous amongst a lot of homeowners and professional chefs. With such elements in this particular metal it stays bright and new for a longer period of time, hence cookwares or tableware made of stainless steel remains in a well-to-do condition. A quality stainless steel should have proportions of 18/8, that is, 18 percent chromium and 8 percent nickel.
Published at Tuesday, April 24th 2018, 07:53:23 AM. Tableware By Fanny Jauffret. Meanwhile, plastic and foam tableware are finer than paper-based table utensils since they are made from strong synthetic materials giving them more structure to prevent leakage. They are also ideal to use for slightly heavier foods during different occasions. In terms of designs, these items are bequeathed with colorful finishes that could go well with themed parties and events. Hence, if you would like to have sturdier one-use table utensils, then foam and plastic wares are the most ideal to use.
Published at Wednesday, April 18th 2018, 07:53:01 AM. Tableware By Fabien Masse. One is advisable to use a good quality polish to remove immovable stains if any. Polishing of the stainless steel tablewares offers dual benefits, first it removes stains and second it restores the original luster of the piece. Make sure there are no food particles left and if there are remove them immediately and presoak these utensils in a non-abrasive solution.
Published at Tuesday, April 17th 2018, 07:48:28 AM. Tableware By Hector Bethune. When shopping for disposable tableware, you actually have a variety of options to choose from, each type with its own merits and unique features. Simple disposable table utensils made of strong paper like plates and cups are ideal to use during children parties, picnics, and camping. They are commonly coated with plastic, especially the plates, to keep the food from sliding. These items are good for holding light foods, and are easy to carry around.
Published at Thursday, April 12th 2018, 07:44:49 AM. Tableware By Mathieu Auger. Porcelain can be extremely delicate and fragile but equally beautiful and refined. Porcelain is typically less robust than other hardier materials and in many instances is one of the expensive of the four materials used in the manufacture of tableware. In most homes they are kept for special occasions. Bone china, although regularly confused with porcelain due to the large similarities between the two is fundamentally different. Bone china items are usually more expensive than their porcelain equivalents and in many cases are sturdier due to the use of bone ash in the construction process.


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Charles Bernard Carey, 82, longtime photographer for The Boston Globe, died July 19. Carey, who took up photography after being disabled in World War II, joined the Globe staff 1946. Carey served as staff photographer until 1979, wining local and national awards for his work in sports. One of Carey's most memorable shots is a picture of Boston Red Sox outfielder Tony Conigliaro being surrounded by his teammates after having been hit in the head with a fastball while at the plate during the Sox' 1967 pennant-winning season.
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Thomas Carlin, 77, former publisher of the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press and Dispatch, died July 15 of cancer. Carlin, publisher from 1973 until he retired in 1985, guided the Pioneer Press and Dispatch during a $50-million expansion into a new production plant. He joined the newspapers in 1953 as an advertising representative. Carlin's 32-year career with the St. Paul newspapers included stints as assistant to the publisher, business manager, and general manager.
Charles D. Harkins, 73, former sports editor for the Casper, Wyo., Star-Tribune, died July 13. Harkins, who served as sports editor from 1967 to 1979, was instrumental in the development of the Wyoming Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981 and the Milward Simpson Award, which honors one Wyoming high-school boy and girl each year for their achievements in citizenship and sportsmanship. Harkins played minor and major league baseball in the 1950s with the Washington Senators organization and semipro ball with the Worland Indians and other teams in Wyoming's Big Horn Basin. He was also a scout for the Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals.
James Mynatt ""Snuffy"" Smith, 88, former editor and career journalist, died June 23. Smith, who acquired his sobriquet from the Snuffy Smith comic strip character, was editor of what was then The Valley Evening Monitor in McAllen, Texas, from 1936 to 1952. Smith left Texas with businessman Leo Owens to run The Whittier (Calif.) Daily News, where Smith served as the editorial voice for 38 years.
Gail Steele, 75, longtime editor and publisher of the weekly Clatskanie (Ore.) Chief, died July 12. Steele, whose parents were publishers and editors of the Chief, grew up in newspapers. Steele started out writing sports in the eighth grade, worked on various papers through high school and while at Linfield College, and formally joined the Chief in 1951. Excluding a stint at the Madras (Ore.) Pioneer from 1962 to 1968, Steele worked at the Chief until his retirement in 1993.
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Martin Agronsky, 84, a career reporter, died July 25. Agronsky, who spent the majority of his career in TV and radio, began his journalism career as a general-assignment reporter for the Palestine Post (now the Jerusalem Post) in 1936. Agronsky served as a war correspondent on radio and was a Washington correspondent, foreign correspondent, and commentator for U.S. TV from 1943 until his retirement in 1988. Agronsky's syndicated TV program, ""Agronsky and Company,"" ran for 18 years and was considered a pioneer of the now-familiar round-table discussion format. →


My themes is Favorite Characters, Favorite Lines and I'm keeping it short and sweet with my daily offerings. I'm tipping my hat to those characters and lines that are memorable and getting a chuckle from all the great (and sometimes disapproving) comments. That just makes more fun for me. You don't have to like them, you just read about them and their memorable lines.
Today, H is for Hartman...Gunnery Sargent Hartman, played by R. Lee Ermey in the movie Full Metal Jacket. The guy embodied every stereo-type associated with sadistic basic training for the military. He pushed the soldiers beyond what some of them were capable of and earned a reputation of being generally hated amongst the guys. If you know the film, all that pushing could only end badly...and it did.
But this is about characters, not philosophy. I ask you: could anyone have pulled this off as well as R. Lee Ermey? He owned this character...and made him hard to quote, lol.
"I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor. From now on you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be "Sir". Do you maggots understand that? "
about how the free world will conquer Communism with the aid of God and a few Marines! "
of death praying for war. But until that day....you are the lowest form of life on Earth."
One for the Commandant! One for the Corps! Come on Joker, pull! Pull!
Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: I guess the Corps don't get theirs!
I haven't seen this one. I've seen Platoon and Apocalypse Now, and I always think of the three together. Though I probably shouldn't.
War was a theme for a while there...many great movies on the topic. Put this one in there, too.
Another character I don't know cuz I hazn't seen. I'll bet we've BOTH seen 'The Wizard Of Oz' though, Doc.
I can sing the part of Glinda the Good Witch: Come out, come out, wherever you are, and meet the young lady who feel from a star.
I am the young lady who fell from a star because Kansas is the name of the star.
That didn't sound quite right. What key are you in?
Yep, that one does end badly for his character. I had some friends who recently toured Paris Island and was surprised to learn the DIs no longer cursed.
Actually, that surprised me, too - but in a good way. You have no idea how hard it was to find a decent video for just that reason, ha ha.
Ermey owned that character, totally! He WAS Hartman.
He was great in the role. First half of the film was so powerful.
After D'onofrio flipped out, it went downhill.
Yeah, that really evens the score for all, ha ha.
Brilliant, but very sad movie. I read that the drill sergeant was a consultant on the film. He helped audition actors for the part of the drill sergeant. Finally, he said he could do it better himself. He auditioned by calling out insults for about fifteen minutes and never repeated himself. He got the job.
Vincent D'onofrio's character who flipped out at the end really bothered me; poor guy. But Hartman kind of cracked me up (minus the language!).
He played a gunnery sergeant so well because he had been a gunnery sergeant in real life, or so I've heard.
I'd heard the same thing! He was a pretty interesting guy but my gut always said "he knows this role TOO well."
I know some movies will be hard on my heart. For that reason, I never saw this one.
Yup, guys like him made me a trained killer. In just two months no less.
Amen to that, Jeff! I don't know how guys put up with boot camp if it's truly like that. Kudos to them.
He was waaaay harsh, lol, Dixie.
The man OWNED that role. "Full Metal Jacket" was a great movie during boot camp and just a good movie afterward.
LOL...no one ever defined "Drill Sargent" like he did!
What a character, what a character! "You're all equally worthless." Great.
I'm pretty sure this movie, and Hartman, defined military life for a generation.


P90X Chicken, a photo by teshionx on Flickr.
We watched Tony Horton's GSeriesFIT Live interview... It was a good session on him answering some of the fitness questions asked by people and in general.. He is funny - a good showman!
After listening to Tony's "My chicken is free range whole grain fed chicken..", I couldn't get this scene off my head, until I got it down on paper! So here goes!
Well, how long can you not draw about what is an important part of your everyday life?


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Olaf Scholz, Germany's finance minister, center, shakes hands with Bruno Le Maire, France's finance minister, at a G7 meeting in 2019.
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Global Tax Revamp Gathers Pace as Europe Salutes U.S. Plan (2)
By William Horobin
A 15% minimum rate on firms is a good compromise, France says
Talks ongoing on rules to change where digital firms are taxed
A U.S. proposal for a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% met with an enthusiastic reception in Europe, bringing the world closer to a deal on sweeping changes to how much multinationals pay, and to which governments.
"This is really a big progress," German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said as he arrived for a meeting with European counterparts in Lisbon, minutes after his French counterpart had also offered a positive reaction. "We will really have the chance that in this summer this deal and agreement that we were working for so long can happen."
The latest pitch in the race for an accord between 139 countries is less than the 21% rate the U.S. previously suggested for overseas earnings of its businesses, a level some nations found excessive. Before Joe Biden's arrival at the White House, negotiations at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development focused on a 12.5% minimum.
"I would assume they've had behind-the-scenes talks with key countries before putting this on the table, and that they believe that there is a reasonable prospect of getting agreement on a 15% rate," said Lafayette "Chip" Harter, a senior policy advisor at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Washington who formerly represented the U.S. at OECD negotiations.
While obstacles remain, including a separate disagreement over the treatment of digital giants such as Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google, the impetus from the Biden administration has transformed OECD negotiations that had been bogged down for years in ever-growing layers of technical complexity, transatlantic bickering and trade tensions.
WATCH: The U.S. is calling for a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15%.
The nearing of an accord raises the prospect of significantly heftier bills for the biggest global corporations. Last year, the OECD estimated the global minimum tax, in addition to the U.S.'s own rules, would bolster revenues for governments by as much as $100 billion a year – a figure that would balloon with a higher rate.
The latest U.S. proposal on a 15% rate is only half of the story, because the issue of a minimum level is one of two so-called pillars in the OECD negotiations. European countries have welcomed a separate Biden initiative on the thornier issue of where companies face levies, but talks on that are still ongoing.
Bruno Le Maire, left, speaks with Olaf Scholz in Lisbon on May 21.
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The U.S. suggested a simpler, narrower scope, carving up tax revenues of just the 100 or so biggest multinationals. Officials in other countries are uncertain whether that will cover all the digital giants they want to target, and there are particular concerns that Amazon.com Inc may not get caught in the net.
According to research by Morgan Stanley, the U.S. proposal on the first pillar could also make significant changes to effective tax rates, particularly for manufacturers of technology hardware and pharmaceutical companies.
"The key question is not the figure, even if we can live with 15% -- it can be a good compromise between the expectations of all members of the OECD," French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said as he arrived at the Lisbon meeting. "The key question is to define a global framework for digital taxation and minimum taxation."
The new U.S. offer could could also still face opposition from countries including Ireland, which has used low business levies as a key economic development strategy.
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Some reactions to U.S. proposal on 15% minimum rate:
"I deem quite possible to reach, not yet there, but quite possible to reach an agreement in principle at the G-20 level working very hard in the next weeks," said Paolo Gentiloni, European Union Economy Commissioner.
"We welcome the proposals from the U.S. authorities and I hope this will enable us to have an agreement in the OECD in the course of the summer," said Nadia Calvino, Spanish finance minister.
"The discussions are open. As long as it is a common agreed level for all of us, then obviously that makes life easier for everybody," said Pierre Gramegna, Luxembourg finance minister.
"I welcome the U.S. Treasury's proposal to introduce a global minimum tax rate of at least 15%. This is yet another key step towards a deal," said Italian Finance Minister Daniele Franco.
Austria's finance minister can envision a global minimum tax between 15% and 20% and believes this is a reasonable range, according to a spokesperson.
In a speech on Friday, Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said he will work constructively toward a deal. But he added that Ireland still has reservations regarding the impact on investment, and because proposals under discussion could strip its treasury of 20% of current corporate tax revenues.
The minister also noted Ireland's potential to disrupt a deal as the global agreement would need to be underpinned by European Union directives requiring unanimity.
"I believe that small countries, and Ireland is one of them, need to be able to use tax policy as a legitimate lever," Donohoe said. "At the same time, I fully accept that there needs to be clear boundaries to ensure any competition is fair and sustainable."
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso, speaking to reporters in Tokyo, said the U.S. proposal represents progress, although more talks are needed. He said he expects movement toward global agreements, including on a digital tax, at the G-20's summer meeting, but final deals may not happen until later in the year.
Yellen has argued for an ambitious effort to end a global "race to the bottom" on company taxes. Such competition has eroded the revenues of governments that have run up record debt levels amid the Covid-19 crisis. Her approach marked a turnaround from the Trump administration, and has energized the talks among about 140 nations on the issue.
"It is imperative to work multilaterally to end the pressures of corporate tax competition and corporate tax base erosion," the Treasury Department said in a statement on Thursday. "Treasury underscored that 15% is a floor and that discussions should continue to be ambitious and push that rate higher."
Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina discusses the proposed 15% global minimum tax rate on corporate profits. She spoke with Bloomberg's David Westin on Bloomberg Radio
Thursday's proposal comes before a June 4-5 meeting of Group of Seven finance chiefs in London that offer a forum for key industrial nations to forge a consensus.
The Biden administration is also hoping to secure a broad OECD deal on a global minimum rate before Democrats take up the push in Congress to increase U.S. corporate taxes. The White House has proposed a 28% domestic corporate rate, up from 21%, to help pay for the president's $4 trillion in longer-term economic programs.
(Updates with Ireland's finance minister in 12th paragraph)
--With assistance from Peter Flanagan, Joao Lima, Maria Tadeo, Birgit Jennen, Laura Davison, Saleha Mohsin, Yuko Takeo, Isabel Gottlieb, Barbara Tasch, Hamza Ali and Joseph Stanley-Smith.
To contact the reporters on this story:
William Horobin in Paris at whorobin@bloomberg.net;
Michael Rapoport in Arlington at mrapoport15@bloomberg.net
Paul Gordon at pgordon6@bloomberg.net
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A few days after finishing the harvest, Elena Pantaleoni (owner of La Stoppa) and Giulio Armani (her partner at La Stoppa, who also makes wine from his own Dinavolo vineyards) seemed relaxed.
But it wasn't always like that here. Elena's father bought La Stoppa in 1973 from Mr. Ageno, a lawyer from Genoa, who had planted Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. Back when he started, France was the standard of excellence then, so he chose French varieties.
Over the last thirty years, Elena and Giulio have pulled out almost all of the international varieties to plant local ones like Bonarda, Barbera, Ortruga, Malvasia di Candia Aromatica. These local varieties flourish because they are perfectly suited to the local soil and climate.
We sat down to taste the what Elena calls "identity" wines, wines that express the essence of their terroir naturally. Both La Stoppa and Dinavolo are certified organic, use natural methods in the cellar and add only a tiny amount of sulfites at bottling. What else gives the wines "identity"?
…paired first with Giulio's Dinavolino Vino Bianco 2015 , a skin contact wine from a mix of native white varieties: 25% Malavasia di Candia Aromatica, 25% Marsanne, 25% Ortugo, 25% yet-unknown varietal. Giulio ferments the grapes in stainless steel in the La Stoppa cellar, but the grapes are grown a few kilometers away in very different terroir: sandy limestone soil at 300-450 meters with cooler temperatures than La Stoppa. It was fresh, dry and light (12% alcohol) but with complexity and a nice touch of aromaticity, perfect before the meal.
The 2015 (no label) had just been bottled and had barely gotten over its "angry" reaction to that process. The 2014 had settled itself nicely. Coming from a more cool, rainy vintage, it was more restrained and lighter (11.5%) but still delicate, aromatic, complex and wonderfully fresh.
With the tortelloni, we delved into La Stoppa wines. Elena pointed out that the Valley of the Trebbia has clay/limestone soil and hot, dry, sunny weather, almost like southern Italy. It produces wines with long aging capacity with the most famous and historic pairing being Bonarda/Barbera.
La Stoppa makes Trebbiolo (both still and sparkling), a version of the pairing meant to be drunk young even lightly chilled (an ideal summer red). But La Stoppa's flagship for Bonarda/Barbera is La Stoppa La Macchiona Emilia IGT. Elena brought out a 2005: rich and complex but not heavy (13.5% alcohol) with lots of fresh acidity. It is what Italians call un grande vino, a great wine because of its elegance and aging capacity (and after 11 years, it wasn't showing any signs of flagging). It comes from grapes grown on 60-year old vines, fermented in stainless steel with a 30-day maceration and aged for a year in large oak barrels and at least two years in the bottle.
Next, we tasted Barbera della Stoppa Emilia IGT 2006. Even though the variety is local, Elena is phasing out the single variety in order to use all of La Stoppa's Barbera in the Bonarda/Barbera mix of either Trebbiolo or La Macchiona. The Barbera was delicious with dark fruitiness, noble tannins and lots of acidity, but it doesn't fit her strict definition of an "identity" wine.
"Barbera is a variety that is most associated with Piemonte, but it's considered secondary wherever Nebbiolo is king," she explained,"Someone like Giuseppe Rinaldi doesn't think about making 'great' Barbera D'Alba." She continued saying that outside of the Barolo zone, there are winegrowers like Trinchero who make Barbera D'Asti as a 'great wine'. In her opinion, Barbera from Emilia, no matter how good it is, can't compete with Barbara like that any more than it compete with Cabernet Sauvignon made in Bordeaux.
After the reds, we finished with an astounding bottle of white: La Stoppa Ageno 2004, a skin contact wine with lots of structure and capacity to age. Made mostly with Malvasia and Ortruga, it was a rich glass of paradoxes: dry and tannic but aromatic and fresh. Elena pointed out that virtually the same grape varieties planted only a few kilometers from the Dinavolo vineyards produce an entirely different wine because of significant differences in soil, climate and altitude as well as choices in the cellar. While Dinavolino macerates 1-2 weeks on the skins and is made in stainless steel, Ageno stays 30 days on the skins, ferments in stainless steel but then ages half in stainless steel, half in barriques, followed by two years in the bottle.
Ageno, particularly after 12 years in the cellar, was ideal at the end of the meal with a plate of aged cheeses (while Dinavolino had worked perfectly at the beginning.) "Identity" wines at their best.


As a mom, wife, dog companion, house keeper, business owner, health coach, student, teacher, speaker... Oh, you get the drift. I have labels put upon me — a LOT of labels. But as a person who doesn't eat animal products, the labels become much more confusing.
It seems there was a time where people just ATE. Now, there has to be a label on every type of eating choice: Vegetarian, Raw, Vegan, Flexitarian, Pescetarian, Chicketarian, Lacto-ovo, and I even knew someone who called herself a bacotarian because she couldn't give up bacon as a food option.
You see, not eating animal products always comes with questions. Do you eat eggs? Do you drink milk? Is chicken broth OK? Can you eat bacon bits?
When people eat animal products, I don't walk up to them and ask "But do you eat cows, pigs, or chicken?" So how come when you don't eat those things people feel like they need to specify?
They are looking for a label!
Now throw in the entire wheat-free, soy-free, processed, artificial junk-free diet choice. Try to explain THAT to a chef at a restaurant, let alone a friend.
Adding one more little funky label to the mix is that I'm a CrossFitter who doesn't eat animal products. What I do eat are the foods that nourish and fuel my body to provide optimal performance, both mentally and physically. I eat what makes me feel good. Maybe that makes me a Feelgooditarian?
To it all, I say ,"Labels shmabels"! Eat what makes you feel good and stop worrying about what to call it, what people will think, and how to communicate your eating choices. Your body and mind will thank you. If you choose not to eat animal products while fueling your body, the animals will also thank you.


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Worship is a vital component of the Christian life, whether we engage in corporate worship with other believers or in private worship during a personal quiet time.
But what leads us to worship? The Scriptures offer several motivating factors. Here are a few.
We worship God because we're commanded to. David wrote, "You who fear the Lord, praise him!" (Psalm 22:23).
When tempted to worship Satan, Jesus rebuffed the devil's request by alluding to an Old Testament passage. (The passage in reference is Deuteronomy 6:13 and in its context Moses is passing on commands he received directly from the Lord.) Jesus said, "It is written: 'Worship the Lord your God and serve him only'" (Luke 4:8).
Near the end of his heavenly vision, John twice attempted to bow down and worship at the feet of an angel (Revelation 19:10 and 22:9). Both times the angel said, "Don't do that . . . . Worship God!" We worship God from an obedient heart.
"Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song" (Psalm 95:2), the psalmist directed. A later psalm calls God's people to "Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever" (106:1).
Four times in Psalm 107 (vv. 8, 15, 21, 31) we find the phrase, "Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind." Expressing gratitude to God was an integral part of Old Testament worship.
It is equally vital in New Testament worship: "Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts" (Colossians 3:16).
When we reflect on God's mercy and kindness and realize how unworthy we are to receive any good thing from his hand, we are led to worship him with gratitude.
"The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders" (Psalm 65:8), the psalmist declares. Therefore, "Let them praise your great and awesome name" (99:3). God's sovereignty, power, and holiness set him so far above us we can do nothing but stand in awe of his greatness and glory. The writer of Hebrews adds, "Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe" (Hebrews 12:28).
In John's Revelation a voice from the throne spoke to the multitude in Heaven: "Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, both great and small!" (19:5). They responded with, "Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory!" (vv. 6, 7).
Heaven offers endless opportunities for praise and worship. I often wonder what that will be like—to stand before the throne and the Lamb and to worship with those "from every nation, tribe, people and language" (7:9).
I can't have that experience yet, but I get a foretaste of it whenever I gather with believers to worship, praising God in anticipation of the day we'll stand before him and honor him for eternity.


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The two-part finale of Star Wars Rebels wraps us several ongoing storylines while foreshadowing possible new adventures for some of these characters somewhere down the line. In the final two episodes the siege of Lothal will come to an end, Ezra (Taylor Gray) will be tempted one last time by the Dark Side before firmly choosing the path that Kanan and his friends helped pave for him. Turning himself over to Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) to save the civilians of Lothal, Ezra buys time for the rest of the team to get control of the Imperial Dome and complete their mission. It's an action-packed finale that, like several episodes of the series, features creatures connected to the Force playing an important role as Ezra calls on the Purrgil to help rid Lothal of Thrawn.
With Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) on Coruscant updating the Emperor on the Outer Rim, Ezra (Taylor Gray) comes up with a risky plan to strike and retake Lothal from the Empire. With a little misdirection and the help of several old friends, and the Loth-Wolves, the Rebels eek out a narrow victory from the edge of defeat as the show moves one-step closer to the series finale. There are plenty of familiar faces here including Hondo (Jim Cummings), the clones, Vizago (Keith Szarabajka), Mart, and Kallus (David Oyelowo). As the series inches ever closer to the end it appears the battle for Lothal is just beginning.


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Appdome Releases Two New Mobile App Security Protections
New industry-first capabilities protection mobile communications & the underlying mobile app
Redwood City, Calif – Sept. 12, 2018 – Appdome, the mobile industry's first no-code, cloud platform for mobile app integration, today announced new advanced security features within its Mobile App Security Feature Set to protect mobile communications and mobile applications from hackers and malicious activity.
Both features are industry firsts – providing new levels of security for Android and iOS apps not found elsewhere in the market. Further, new and existing mobile app security features can be implemented without access to source code, directly to the application binary in seconds, regardless of the development environment used to build the app.
"Mobile threats are increasing in frequency and sophistication, said Avi Yehuda, co-founder and CTO of Appdome. "App makers and mobile developers are demanding two critical things from the industry – more advanced protections to secure mobile communications and shield mobile applications at every level, and faster, more consistent ways of adding these protections."
The first of the new security features adds to Appdome's industry-leading TOTALCode™ Obfuscation solution. The new feature targets at Non-Native applications built in React Native, Cordova or Xamarin. These environments embed the business logic of apps outside of where a traditional iOS or Android application's code resides (i.e. storing business logic of apps in JavaScript and DLL files outside the app's main binary).
With this release, and without writing any code or touching source code at all, Appdome's TOTALCode Obfuscation can now obfuscate and protect the "extra" files deep inside non-native applications, thwarting any malicious agent that wants to extract or reverse-engineer these files. Appdome users can put these new features to use by selecting "File Obfuscation" within TOTALCode; feature set available on Appdome. With this release, Native and Non-Native applications share the same range of mobile app shielding options, including anti-reversing, anti-tampering, anti-debugging, encryption for strings and preferences and more. All app shielding features can be added without any performance tradeoffs or work typically associated with other solutions.
The second of the new security features is called Trusted Session Inspection. Trusted Session Inspection is an advanced Man-in-the-Middle protection model for Android and iOS apps that verifies the SSL connection on the go. The key element of Trusted Session Inspection is the ability to keep track of the SSL session and validate the CA authenticity as it is being sent. Trusted Session Inspection is stateful and has no performance impact on the app. It allows for malicious proxy detection regardless if the proxy is internal or external to the mobile device. It can also prevent an app from resuming unauthorized SSL sessions it did not initiate. With Trusted Session Inspection, Android and iOS apps are protected against all types of attacks, such as malicious proxy, ARP spoofing or any other session hijacking techniques.
Both new features are available now on Appdome. To add these new security features to an Android or iOS app, app makers and mobile developers simply sign in to Appdome's self-service, no-code platform, upload an .ipa (for iOS apps) or .apk (for android Apps), select the desired protections, and click "Fuse My App." In seconds, the new protections are added to each app and the newly secured apps are ready for deployment.
"Better security with less work for all mobile apps has been our motto from the start," Tom Tovar, CEO of Appdome said. "These features extend our leadership in making mobile app security a reality from first use across all Android and iOS apps."
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In the final game before the American Association All-Star break, the Kansas City T-Bones scored five times to pull away in the ninth in a 9-2 victory over the Saltdogs in front of 3,626 fans at Haymarket Park Sunday afternoon.
After overcoming an early 7-2 deficit, the Saltdogs could not hold a four-run lead in the ninth as the Kansas City T-Bones came back to win a 14-12 thriller in front of 5,424 fans at Haymarket Park Friday night.
Come on out to Haymarket Park Wednesday night to sample delicious foods from local restaurants, with all proceeds benefitting Food Bank of Lincoln. The Saltdogs host Amarillo tonight at 7:05 p.m.
In just their fourth game at home this month, the road-tested Saltdogs overcame an early deficit to defeat the Amarillo Sox 5-2 in front of 2,572 fans at Haymarket Park Tuesday night.
After throwing a shutout last Wednesday in Trois-Rivieres, Saltdogs' LHP Kevin McGovern was named American Association Pitcher of the Week by Pointstreak, the league's statistics provider Monday.


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package org.kwstudios.play.kwbungeeminigame.toolbox;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;

import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
import org.bukkit.GameMode;
import org.bukkit.entity.Player;

public class OnlineNonSpectators {
	public static ArrayList<? extends Player> get() {
		ArrayList<? extends Player> pls = new ArrayList<>(Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers());
		Iterator<? extends Player> it = pls.iterator();
		while(true) {
			if(it.hasNext()) {
				if(it.next().getGameMode().equals(GameMode.SPECTATOR)) {
					it.remove();
				}
			} else {
				break;
			}
		}
		return pls;
	}
}

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package ca.ualberta.cmput301f13t13.storyhoard.test;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.UUID;

import android.test.ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2;
import ca.ualberta.cmput301f13t13.storyhoard.dataClasses.Chapter;
import ca.ualberta.cmput301f13t13.storyhoard.dataClasses.Choice;
import ca.ualberta.cmput301f13t13.storyhoard.dataClasses.Story;
import ca.ualberta.cmput301f13t13.storyhoard.helpGuides.InfoActivity;
import ca.ualberta.cmput301f13t13.storyhoard.local.ChapterManager;
import ca.ualberta.cmput301f13t13.storyhoard.local.StoryManager;
import ca.ualberta.cmput301f13t13.storyhoard.local.Syncher;
import ca.ualberta.cmput301f13t13.storyhoard.local.Utilities;

public class TestSyncher extends ActivityInstrumentationTestCase2<InfoActivity> {

	public TestSyncher() {
		super(InfoActivity.class);
	}

	/**
	 * Tests synching a story that was gotten from server to the database. This
	 * will either be updating the data, inserting new data, or deleting media.
	 */
	public void testSyncStoryFromServer() {
		StoryManager storyMan = StoryManager.getInstance(getActivity());
		Syncher syncher = Syncher.getInstance(getActivity());
		Story mockStory = new Story("title1", "author1", "desc1",
				Utilities.getPhoneId(this.getActivity()));

		Chapter mockChapter = new Chapter(mockStory.getId(), "chap texty");
		Choice choice = new Choice(mockChapter.getId(), UUID.randomUUID(),
				"no text");
		mockChapter.getChoices().add(choice);
		mockStory.getChapters().add(mockChapter);

		syncher.syncStoryFromServer(mockStory);

		// checking story synched properly
		ArrayList<Story> stories = storyMan.retrieve(mockStory);
		assertEquals(stories.size(), 1);
		mockStory = stories.get(0);
	}

	/**
	 * Tests synching chapters from the database, which is the same as retreivng
	 * and array list of all the chapters of a story, including all their choices
	 * and media.
	 */
	public void testSyncChaptersFromDb() {
		Syncher syncher = Syncher.getInstance(getActivity());
		Story mockStory = new Story("title1", "author1", "desc1",
				Utilities.getPhoneId(this.getActivity()));

		Chapter mockChapter = new Chapter(mockStory.getId(), "chap texty");
		Choice choice = new Choice(mockChapter.getId(), UUID.randomUUID(),
				"no text");
		mockChapter.getChoices().add(choice);
		mockStory.getChapters().add(mockChapter);

		syncher.syncStoryFromServer(mockStory);

		// checking its chapters synched properly
		ArrayList<Chapter> chapters = mockStory.getChapters();
		assertEquals(chapters.size(), 1);
		Chapter chap = chapters.get(0);
		assertEquals(chap.getChoices().size(), 1);

		// checking its chapters synched properly
		chapters = syncher.syncChaptersFromDb(mockStory.getId());
		assertEquals(chapters.size(), 1);
	}

	/**
	 * Tests synching the story  from the memory into the databases.
	 */
	public void syncStoryFromMemory() {
		StoryManager storyMan = StoryManager.getInstance(getActivity());
		Syncher syncher = Syncher.getInstance(getActivity());
		Story mockStory = new Story("title1", "author1", "desc1",
				Utilities.getPhoneId(this.getActivity()));
		syncher.syncStoryFromMemory(mockStory);

		ArrayList<Story> stories = storyMan.retrieve(mockStory);
		assertEquals(stories.size(), 1);
	}

	/**
	 * Tests synching the different chapter parts into the Db.
	 */
	public void syncChapterParts() {
		UUID mockStoryId = UUID.randomUUID();
		ChapterManager cm = ChapterManager.getInstance(getActivity());
		Syncher syncher = Syncher.getInstance(getActivity());
		Chapter mockChapter = new Chapter(mockStoryId, "chap texty");
		Choice choice = new Choice(mockChapter.getId(), UUID.randomUUID(),
				"no text");
		mockChapter.getChoices().add(choice);
		syncher.syncChapterParts(mockChapter);
		mockChapter = cm.getById(mockChapter.getId());
		assertNotNull(mockChapter);
		assertEquals(mockChapter.getChoices().size(), 1);
	}

}


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Q: How to optimize this algorithm? I have two sets of arrays like this for example.
$Arr1['uid'][]='user 1'; $Arr1['weight'][]=1;
$Arr1['uid'][]='user 2'; $Arr1['weight'][]=10;
$Arr1['uid'][]='user 3'; $Arr1['weight'][]=5;

$Arr2['uid'][]='user 1'; $Arr2['weight'][]=3;
$Arr2['uid'][]='user 4'; $Arr2['weight'][]=20;
$Arr2['uid'][]='user 5'; $Arr2['weight'][]=15;
$Arr2['uid'][]='user 2'; $Arr2['weight'][]=2;

The size of two arrays could be different of course. $Arr1 has coefficient of 0.7 and $Arr2 has coefficient of 0.3. I need to calculate following formula
$result=$Arr1['weight'][$index]*$Arr1Coeff+$Arr2['weight'][$index]*$Arr2Coeff;

where $Arr1['uid']=$Arr2['uid']. So when $Arr1['uid'] doesn't exists in $Arr2 then we need to omit $Arr2 and vice versa.
And, here is an algorithm I am using now.
foreach($Arr1['uid'] as $index=>$arr1_uid){
    $pos=array_search($arr1_uid, $Arr2['uid']);
    if ($pos===false){
        $result=$Arr1['weight'][$index]*$Arr1Coeff;
        echo "
$arr1_uid has not found and RES=".$result;
    }else{
        $result=$Arr1['weight'][$index]*$Arr1Coeff+$Arr2['weight'][$pos]*$Arr2Coeff;
        echo "
$arr1_uid has found on $pos and RES=".$result;
    }
}

foreach($Arr2['uid'] as $index=>$arr2_uid){
    if (!in_array($arr2_uid, $Arr1['uid'])){
        $result=$Arr2['weight'][$index]*$Arr2Coeff;
        echo "
$arr2_uid has not found and RES=".$result;
    }else{
        echo "
$arr2_uid has found somewhere";
    }
}

The question is how can I optimize this algorithm? Can you offer other better solution for this problem?

Thank you.

A: Due to the way you have your arrays organized, you can use array_combine($keys, $values) to assemble $Arr1 and $Arr2 into associative arrays using keys from ['uid'] and values from ['weight'].  Using the associative arrays simplifies the calculation quite a bit:
$combi1 = array_combine($Arr1['uid'], $Arr1['weight']);
$combi2 = array_combine($Arr2['uid'], $Arr2['weight']);

// loop through the keys from both arrays
foreach (array_keys($combi1+$combi2) as $uid) {
    // use the value from $combi1, or 0 if it isn't set
    $value1 = isset($combi1[$uid]) ? $combi1[$uid] : 0;
    // use the value from $combi2, or 0 if it isn't set
    $value2 = isset($combi2[$uid]) ? $combi2[$uid] : 0;
    // calculate our final weight
    $result = $value1 * $Arr1Coeff + $value2 * $Arr2Coeff;
    echo "
$uid final weight: ".$result."\n";
}

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Your code:
user 1 has found on 0 and RES=1.6
user 2 has found on 3 and RES=7.6
user 3 has not found and RES=3.5
user 1 has found somewhere
user 4 has not found and RES=6
user 5 has not found and RES=4.5
user 2 has found somewhere
My Code:
user 1 final weight: 1.6
user 2 final weight: 7.6
user 3 final weight: 3.5
user 4 final weight: 6
user 5 final weight: 4.5

A: It would be easier if you used the user as the array key. Something like this:
$Arr1['user 1'] => array('weight'=>1);
$Arr1['user 2'] => array('weight'=>10);
...

Then you can use array_diff_assoc and array_intersect_assoc to find out what which elements are in and not in the other array.

A: You can impelement binary searching in O(log(n)) complexity insead of your linear O(n) array_search. But you must before create tree from this or sort this array in O(n*log(n)).
More information about binary searching you can find at:

*

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_search_algorithm

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_search_tree

A: Firstly you should intialize the array as the associative array. Calculations would be more easily.

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Our Way of Life
SOMETHING OLD - SOMETHING NEW
By Sue Clarke, one of our Soul Friends
This is not an article about weddings but the title just seemed to say something about my experience of beginning and being part of a Christian Meditation Group.
The 'old' is a tradition that Jesus himself was familiar with, used and encouraged others to use. It has been embraced by mystics, desert fathers and mothers, hermits, monks, nuns and yes, even ordinary lay people who through the ages have longed to be with God. In our own time people like Richard Rohr, Thomas Merton, Tom Keeting, John Main and Lawrence Freeman have reinvigorated this ancient practice. We know it as Christian Meditation, a form of Contemplative Prayer which brings people into the presence of the loving creator God who longs to just be with us.
The 'new' is a personal story which introduced a group of people to a new way of being open to God. This chapter of a longer story started with Penny who had been ill for some time and had finally received the diagnosis of a condition which was potentially terminal. There was no cure; the only hope was an organ transplant.
On hearing the news I visited Penny not knowing what to say but hopefully being prepared to listen. During that visit Penny said, 'Sue, can you teach me to meditate?' I don't recall ever having talked about mediation and so the request came out of the blue. None the less, I had practiced Christian meditation for many years and so was more than happy to share this precious gift with Penny and her friend who had also come to visit.
I went through the technique I used following the practice of John Main and we settled down to a short time of silence. Penny later described that during the time of silence she had a picture in her mind of a white cloud which came slowly towards her and wrapped itself around her. She felt at peace and she felt warmth and we knew that we were in God's hands.
Penny's husband John was determined to do all that he could to help her and with this love and resolve he and Penny started to mediate twice a day. It was Penny who went around the church telling everybody that they needed to 'ask Sue to teach you how to meditate.' So a group started with much enthusiasm, I suspect more for love of Penny than spiritual desire.
There were about a dozen in our little group right from the start and we committed to meet weekly. The time of 5.30 fitted most people's needs and allowed them their evening free. I didn't want to personally be seen as 'owning' the group and so I suggested that we didn't just meet in my home every week. We took it in turns to host and in those early days we even shared a meal together after meditation. But we soon realised this was too much of a chore for the host and also a distraction from the purpose of the meeting, so it's now settled into optional tea and biscuits. Some joust want to leave in silence after the time of meditation and that is fine too.
People were committed to the group right from the start coming every week unless something unavoidable got in the way. They were eager to know more and so we invited Sue Purkis, the WCCM Regional Co-ordinator, to come and talk with us and she helped us greatly to both understand more of the aim of this form of mediation and also with a few practical tips of how the group could help people more with their own practice.
Sue advised us to find one venue and stay with it rather than move around each week. It took us some time to come to terms with this, even though we knew it was sound advice, because the hosts so enjoyed hosting. Two things encouraged us to find a static venue though. Firstly the group was getting too big to be accommodated comfortably in most people's homes. Secondly we had come to realise that the group was being thought of as exclusive, a closed shop. So we decided to move into the more open space of the church for a few months and see how it felt.
By this stage people were saying how much they looked forward to meeting each week, some were even surprised that the meditation meant so much to them. It was the group who were real advocates for meditation and so gradually the impression has changed within the community from 'it's something new age' or 'it's not Christian' to 'tell me about it' and 'we should be telling others'. There are still many who say it's not for them but nonetheless are very happy that the group is there.
But let's get back to Penny because late in October 2014 she got the call to go to Newcastle. A match had been found and she was going to have her transplant. From October until Christmas when they came home, the church became a power house of prayer for our very precious and much-loved Penny and John. They came home just in time for Christmas and there were many tears of relief and gratitude when we saw how well Penny looked.
During their time in Newcastle John had come across a meditation group which he joined. He had seen a sign outside a building 'Meditation Here, come and join us.' He had gone in and discovered it was Buddhist but that didn't matter because he knew he was a Christian, it was just so good to meditate with other people. In fact his experience of the Buddhist group helped us all to reflect on our own practice. John reflected later that he would not have got through the time in Newcastle without meditation, it kept him going.
So we realised that we also need to put a sign outside the church inviting people to join us in meditation and not wanting to be half hearted about it a six foot banner was duly erected. It bought people along to dip in a toe, some have decided it's not for them and others have found a home and stayed.
We have been careful to say that meditation is not just for Christians. Although we do start and end with a prayer and for Christians the aim is to make a space for God, hopefully we make it clear that people of other faiths and none may use the meditation to connect with whatever is in their hearts.
A final word, I personally believe that the weekly gathering to mediate has somehow changed the atmosphere of our community. People comment on the love and warmth, it's a place where people want to be. It's not that we were not loving and giving before because of course we were, but somehow it just subtly feels more intense. Perhaps we just know with more certainty that God is with us.
If you would like to know more about Christian Meditation then I am very happy to talk with you or even help you get your own group started. If you want to read more about John Main's teaching on meditation then please look at the World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM) or contact Sue Purkis, Joint Regional Coordinator, WCCM Yorkshire Region, Tel No: 01535 632171 / 07702 692117
Contact: Revd Sue Clarke 01484 681828 or 07896464417 / email sueclarke538@gmail.com
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