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The spiritual transgression of facial recognition technology
The face is too precious to be treated like a unit of data
A man wears a mask in protest at AFR. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
Yesterday the civil liberties campaign group Liberty won a landmark court case against South Wales Police around their use of facial recognition technology. The court ruled that the use of Automatic Facial Recognition (AFR) was unlawful because there was a lack of guidance on where AFR could be used and who could be put on a watchlist, as well as data protection issues.
Facial recognition technology has many uses, primarily in law enforcement, but it also raises substantial privacy concerns. Many of us who object to its widespread use do so for concrete reasons about how power in society is structured, but also for deeper and less definable ones.
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Why does facial recognition technology provoke the "yuck factor", in the language of moral philosophers? The etymology of 'recognition', which derives from to 'know again', gives us a clue. Face to face encounters are intimate, and we are known primarily through our faces, but in facial recognition that intimacy, that knowing, is removed.
There is much debate in the AI ethics field about whether machines can 'know'. They can certainly learn, but knowledge, at least of a person, has long been rooted in relationships. Most of us will remember giggling through GCSE English as we were taught that 'know' in Shakespeare and the King James Bible was a euphemism for sex. But machines don't need to know us in that relational sense to do a huge amount of damage, either through biased algorithmic design or data collection, by recording and storing our facial features.
Jewish philosopher and Talmudic scholar Emmanuel Levinas based a whole ethical project on the call of the human face, through which we encounter and recognise our connection to each other. "What we call the face is precisely this exceptional presentation of self by self", he wrote, "the face presents itself, and demands justice". The New Testament speaks of a moment ahead when believers will see God, not "through a glass darkly, but face to face". And yet, when faces are treated like just another unit of data, to be harvested by the global surveillance machine, something deep — even spiritual — is being transgressed.
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Paul Carline
Congratulations on having the courage to use the word 'spiritual'! That's a whole area of human nature and experience which the current religion of scientism denies a priori – but which is fundamental to the crucial need to distinguish between all living organisms and machines.
Martin Price
South Wales Police knew full well that they were pushing legal boundaries with the introduction of this technology. They have an established PR department whose sole purpose is to 'sell' the benefits to the general public with little challenge from anyone in the Welsh media. My understanding is the system has a high incidence of both false positives and false negatives. The false positives being higher than the number of arrests made. I do not understand how a Chief Constable is able to implement a system such as this without the clear agreement of the Home Secretary and Parliament.
Tom Knott
Reply to Martin Price
Perhaps it's because parliament has given up trying to protect our civil liberties. The Government is currently issuing diktats without parliamentary scrutiny and the police are enforcing them without recourse to the courts. But the police have been using all manner of surveillance cameras and fixed penalty notices for over 30 years with impunity. We haven't bothered standing up against creeping authoritarianism and now it's too late. The police state is here.
Stephen Crossley
The increasingly widespread use of facial recognition technology by the police and private companies in the UK is an unregulated cancer in our country. As has been demonstrated by yesterday's landmark court case in South Wales there is little regulation or legislation and zero input from the public as to what constitutes the appropriate use of this incredibly intrusive technology. In the US the American Civil Liberties Union is the torch bearer for the freedom of the individual against the creeping power of the state whereas although in the South Wales case Liberty have helped fight the good fight on our behalf they have nowhere near the clout or public awareness of the ACLU.
Amid the dozens of articles on Wokeness, Covid 19, Trans issues, BLM et al in the right-leaning media that I have read and enjoyed in recent months, I have seen very few on the implications for our freedom of the unregulated use of facial recognition technology and only then in relation to its use as the basis of the new 2020 Social Credit system in China.
Much as it amuses me to read about the latest Twitter outrage with my morning coffee I would urge the serious journalists of Unherd and others to illuminate their readers on the major issues surrounding this incredibly important but under-reported subject.
Clay Bertram
Fascinating, brief article. Deeply concerning questions abound as to oversight of such technology by authorities and the likelihood of abuse if stringent regulation of these powers is not enforced. Civil Liberties in an age of Artificial Intelligence.
Brian Dorsley
This is an interesting take on facial recognition technology. However, the quantification of human activity and characteristics has been going on for decades, most likely starting off with the education system which puts children into sorting boxes.
As machines become more human-like, humans are made to become more machine-like.
Andrew Crisp
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I agree, this is the logical conclusion when you regard Man as a soulless animal, a biological machine. Disregard that a person IS a spiritual being (no matter what 'religion' or none at all) and you are left with meat bodies that can be controlled at will, with no recognition of their rights, dignity or individuality; just one of a HERD.
There is a curious pleasure when one recognises someone in a crowd, or when oneself is recognised by another human being; that one is not wholly alone in this world.
Contrast this to the soulless machine recognition of a surveillance camera and it's facial data-matching computer and one feels deeply the lack of humanity, it's over-riding of the human right to privacy.
Andrew Russell
It's satanic, but that's modern technology. We live in a world where what can be tracked and quantified takes precedence over everything that is thoughtful and qualitative, precisely because the former is easy and the latter isn't.
Janie Doebuck
You put your finger on precisely why the masking is so disturbing and alienating and destructive of human relationships. I can't see people's faces and some part of me (whether I like it or not) does not track the maskers as being quite human….it's like my brain is saying "well, they appear mostly human but there's something that's way off. Some sort of variation on the human thing." I wonder if this perception/feeling is more or less hardwired. How does one recognize one's own kind, i.e. one's own species which seems like it a pretty basic survival requirement. I am interested in reading what Emmanual Levinas has to say.
jonathan carter-meggs
All information can eventually become public without the consent of those involved in its production (in any sense). FR leads to data identifying individuals, their whereabouts, their activity, their associates, their tastes etc etc all to be stored indefinitely on a server awaiting and algorithm that will, one day, produce it to anyone who can obtain access. Social media has already removed privacy for billions of people, add FR and privacy in any form will be gone. We will only then know what we have lost.
GA Woolley
All facial recognition does is to match the pattern of facial features to a name. much like putting your photo alongside your column to aid recognition, really.
Nick Pointon
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But the key difference is putting your photo alongside your column is voluntary.
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FC Liverpool's manager Jurgen Klopp has shared a heartfelt holiday message with football fans on Christmas Day, looking back on what this year has brought.
According to Klopp, who led Liverpool to their first English Premier League title last season, this year has been hard due to the pandemic-induced restrictions, but he was happy they could return to the field again and won the league.
"2020 was such a special year in the best possible way and the worst possible way. It started really well, the boys were flying. And then COVID-19 came, which stopped pretty much everything. We all went through that", he said.
But before reflecting on the passing year, Klopp made netizens go "aww" by singing a few lines from the 'Last Christmas' song and sharing his childhood memories of X-Mas celebrations back in Germany. Klopp said in his family, it was a tradition to sing and play a musical instrument. "It was great, great memories. I loved it", he added.
Given the hardships of the pandemic year, Klopp told fans to appreciate every tiny thing they got, because it was all about who you got it from. "It is about who you got it from and the thinking behind it - feel the love involved in the present. Merry Christmas", he said.
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Q: constructor calling in array creation int[] a=new int[4];

i think when the array is created ..there will be
the constructor calling (assigning elements to default values)
if i am correct..where is that constructor..

A: No, there is no such constructor. There is a dedicated opcode newarray in the java bytecode which is called in order to create arrays.
For instance this is the disassembled code for this instruction int[] a = new int[4];
0:  iconst_4      // loads the int const 4 onto the stack
1:  newarray int  // instantiate a new array of int
3:  astore_1      // store the reference to the array into local variable 1

A: No, there is no such thing. Primitive array elements are initialized to the default primitive value (0 for int). Object array elements are initialized to null.
You can use java.util.Arrays.fill(array, defaultElementValue) to fill an array after you create it.
To quote the JLS

An array is created by an array creation expression (§15.10) or an array initializer (§10.6).

If you use an initializer, then the values are assigned. int[] ar = new int[] {1,2,3}
If you are using an array creation expression (as in your example), then (JLS):

Each class variable, instance variable, or array component is initialized with a default value when it is created

A: From a conceptual level, you could see the array creation as a array constructor, but there is no way for a programmer to customize the constructor, as array types have no source code, and thus can't have any constructors (or methods, by the way).
See my answer here for a conceptual view of arrays.
Actually, creating arrays is a primitive operation of the Java VM.

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Tyler Goss / Special to the Sun; Kern Valley's Adyline Goulding spreads her arms and flies through the air in the long jump in the home meet.
The one and only time the Kern Valley girls track squad will be at home this season they came up short in the dual meet.
The Lady Broncs entertained Bishop on March 7 and lost the meet 78-49.
Despite winning seven events the Lady Broncs could not score enough to bring down their rival.
They only had three second place finishes and five third places in the 13 events.
The day belonged to Julia Amstutz as she won four events. She placed first in the 100m hurdles (18.58), the 300m hurdles (58.83), the high jump (4' 6"), and the triple jump (31').
Adeline Goulding won two events. She won the 200m (31.62) and the long jump (15' 11"). Also earning the top spot was Alyson Bangert shot put (26' 6").
Second place finishers went to Bella Williams 300m hurdles (59.65), Aubree Barkley 100m (15.05), and Goulding triple jump (28' 4").
Taking third place were, Williams 400m (1:12.67), 1600m (6:28.50), high jump (3' 8"), Arika D' Amiko 3200m (15:02.61), Bangert discus (64' 8").
Fourth place: Barkley 200m (35.30), D' Amiko 1600m (6:43.80), Sharon Reyes shot put (22' 11").
Fifth: Reyes 1600m (7:38.80), Maddison McMullen discus (49' 9.5").
The next meet was two days later as they made the trip to Coalinga to take part in the George Olsen Invitational. Kern Valley finished fourth out of the 14 schools that competed. They were behind McFarland, Hanford West, and Lemoore.


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Homeland Security USA
A show about the brave agents defending America from Swiss belly dancers.
By Troy Patterson
On the bright side, the new reality show about the Department of Homeland Security is not a game show. Though the world of 2009 is, as the existence of this program confirms, an absurd place, there are still some limits. For now we can only daydream about a Survivor-style competition in which civilians struggle with paperwork marathons and loose-nuke challenges in vying to become, say, director of FEMA. Nor is this show the exercise in fishbowl living that a hard-bitten voyeur might hope to peep— The Real Big Brother World or some such, where after a sweaty night of lassoing illegals, a Border Patrol agent lopes back to the hot tub to help a debauched air marshal practice her frisking skills. And you'd have to be right off the boat to think that producers granted "unprecedented access" to DHS would explore controversy, corruption, or mismanagement.
No, Homeland Security USA (ABC, Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET) is a gung-ho feel-good docuseries on the model of Border Security: Australia's Frontline; yes, American network executives are, in their idealessness, so dependent on concepts from abroad that they're importing shows about xenophobia.
Rolling the wars on terror, drugs, and illegal immigration into one rhetorical package, Homeland Security USA plays partly like a pumped-up recruiting film, partly like a public-affairs outreach video for hard-core video gamers. In the first of this season's 13 episodes, the action kicks off at a border crossing in San Ysidro, Calif. "Along with daily commuters and tourists come drug smugglers and human traffickers," says the narrator. Cue the K-9 unit at the inspection station and the drum machine on the agitated soundtrack.
The authorities in San Ysidro dismantle a pickup truck stuffed with marijuana, intercept a van groaning with human cargo, and—glamorously erring on the side of valorous caution—draw their weapons on a driver who shares his name and DOB with a wanted man. Teasing viewers along, these scenes burst by in increments, interspersed with excitements from other "points of entry." Up in Blaine, Wash., officers seize cocaine, reject forged passports, and examine a gent who is practically glowing with medical radiation. At a mail-handling facility in Carson, Calif., inspectors confiscate a funky package of contraband meat. What looks to the untrained eye like a litter of freeze-dried dachshund puppies is revealed as a colony of barbecued bats.
Down in Arizona, we track footprints in the desert sand, where a tarantula makes a predictable cameo for the night-vision lens and Border Patrol agents start talking like the public-relations kind. Noting the gang tattoos on his Mexican quarry, one arresting officer says, "This isn't a father coming over to provide for his family—not these guys." But why should he care at that moment whether a suspect is Jean Valjean or Pablo Escobar? The producers play to the court of public opinion, trying to placate the right-wingers who anticipate that the "liberal media" intend Homeland Security USA as an infomercial for the "open-borders agenda" and also the leftists and libertarians already convinced that the show represents a slick pitch for a police state. That Michelle Malkin and Daily Kos have come together in prejudging the show as propaganda might be a sign of the very apocalypse that DHS is supposed to thwart.
Most people are not so politically engaged as the readers of those blogs, and to them the show eagerly introduces sultry Nora, a 20-year-old who flies into LAX with a Swiss passport in her white purse and transparent falsehoods about a tourist's stay on her lips. The frolicsome cut of Nora's neckline hints that she'd counted on flirting her way through customs. "Something seems amiss with this Swiss miss," nudges the voice-over. "What is your occupation?" asks an officer. "Belly dancer," says Nora. "Boom chicka wah wah," goes the music as the officer searching Nora's bags fingers her gauzy costumes through his regulation-issue blue gloves. They take her in for a talk about her lack of a work visa. Pause here to smirk at the Orientalist implications of this show—predicated, to a degree, on exploiting popular anxieties about Middle Eastern cultures—zooming in on a practitioner of the art associated with Little Egypt, Shakira, and Mata Hari, "temptress of the secret service." Check out the friction between the officer's all-business attempt to "determine whether she's good or bad" and the narrator's weird-uncle leering. "Nora's belly might be her livelihood, but right now it's a little empty," he mocks a few hours into her detainment. It's adorable how she wrinkles her nose at the plastic-wrapped cheeseburger the authorities provide, fare the voice-over IDs as "traditional American cuisine."
Thanks in no small part to Nora's contribution, Homeland Security USA rises almost to a passable level of brainless amusement. When she is on-screen, the show is only about two-thirds less entertaining than the November Atlantic article in which Jeffrey Goldberg wrote of his adventures counterfeiting boarding passes and sliding through TSA checkpoints with knives, boxcutters, forbidden liquids, and Jihadist souvenirs on his person. Goldberg wryly demonstrated the extent to which airport security is " 'security theater' designed to make travelers feel better." This program is the natural extension of that sham: Security Theater Theatre. On ABC, the men and women of DHS are unstoppable action figures who "keep us safe at home," where we can enjoy the freedom to sit on the couch and check out Nora's rack in high definition.
The most telling moment of Homeland Security USA's debut comes at its misty-eyed end. Returning to LAX, whence Nora has been cast out to shake her moneymaker on other shores, the narrator reports that "many travelers become frustrated by post-9/11 security measures." We watch passengers gripe about being relieved of bottled water and dry ice and beauty cream—pettiness that gets drowned in sap as a piano goes dribbling over the scene and an earnest TSA agent addresses an off-screen interviewer. "There are families every day that come through here," he says. Ah, yes, but what about the children? Cue the footage of the children, with their pudgy little legs and cute little transitional objects. "My kids fly," the agent continues through a lump in his throat. "That's the best point. When these people come in here, they're my responsibility. When my kids fly, they're my responsibility. I'm gonna protect my own."
Which means nothing beyond its raw paternalism. In another recent article about DHS, the New Republic's Jeffrey Rosen makes a case that the department, centered as it is on "showy prevention measures" like color-coded terror-threat levels, is in the main a marketing venture. He calls it "a more-than-$40-billion-dollar-a-year pacifier," a metaphor that takes on a special aptness in light of the TSA agent's episode-capping speech about treating the public like children. As presented here, Homeland Security is on a mission to keep the USA infantilized.


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The DAP Generation
Pig in chains
Pig in chains.
The above is rather cute. But it reminds me of something that is despicable.
Pig in chains – courtesy of Utusan Online
Hew Kuan Yau, otherwise known as Superman Hew, is a racist and also a product of the DAP. He has made racist remarks since social media found him. He made a racist remark during the previous Sarawak State Election saying that the DAP had chosen a Malay candidate so he could be used to "screw the Malays."
After Malaysia's badminton event at the 2016 Olympics, Hew wrote another racist remark on his Facebook page. News portal 'The Mole' reported the following:
Via his Facebook account, Hew, who is widely known as the "DAP superman", wrote this in Chinese:
"污桶聽好,如果華人真的 balik cina,馬來西亞奧運吃蕉啦!" (Listen properly Umno. If Chinese really go back to China then Malaysia will eat banana in the Olympics)
Ironically, on the second paragraph of Hew's posting, the former DAP Teluk Intan chief who despite his resignation is still known to be actively involved with DAP, wrote this:
"Sini tanah Malaysia, bumi Malaysia! Kita semua anak Malaysia, no more racism." (This is Malaysian soil, the land of Malaysia! We are all Malaysianz, no more racism.)
Hew claims to have left the DAP, has never been condemned by the DAP for making racist remarks. He said he resigned all party posts and from the party after he was criticised for making a brief Facebook remark in Mandarin in July, where he asserted that the South China Sea belongs to China and said China should not be opposed merely because one is anti-communist.
The Malay Mail Online reported that Hew, who said he had joined DAP since the age of 19, recounted all the nurturing and opportunities afforded to him by the party and party veteran Lim Kit Siang, including the drawing of comics, writing statements and training to deliver speeches.
This is an admission and evidence that Lim Kit Siang nurtures a new generation of racists in the DAP, and uses Malays to 'screw the Malays.' But this is nothing new.
When the 3rd General Elections' results came out for the state of Selangor on the 10th May 1969, the Alliance (UMNO, MCA and MIC) had won 14 state seats. The Opposition which comprised of the DAP, Gerakan and an Independent candidate, won nine, four and one seats respectively, making it a 50-50 win.
Supporters of both parties went wild immediately. For two days victory parades were held and racial slurs such as "Death to the Malays! Sakai go back to the jungle!", "Kuala Lumpur belongs to the Chinese" and "What can the police do? We are the rulers! Throw out all the Malay policemen!" were hurled at the Malays be they civilians or policemen.
You can read more here.
That was then, and the following is now.
Apparently today, it was reported that a young Chinese, probably attracted to the DAP's brand of racist politics, displayed his uncivilised DAP-nurtured behaviour outside a mosque in Johor Bahru during Friday prayers. He blared his car's horn non-stop while the Muslims were praying.
For his primitive behaviour, he received an equally primitive response:
I do not condone the mob rule that took place, but neither do I condone the rude behaviour displayed by the Chinese male. Whether that is the true story or otherwise is not immediately known but the video has gone viral on WhatsApp.
And because some groups have been actively telling people about "their rights" which could be wrong, more and more people are becoming rude and disrespectful towards the authorities. This guy does not sound Indian nor Malay.
In January 2017, a couple who harassed a MBSA parking attendant got their 2-week jail term increased to five months. The couple, known to be supporters of the Opposition, tried to confine the parking attendant by restricting her movements for slapping them with a parking ticket.
Such behaviour is seen now, and was seen in the run-up to the 3rd General Elections that resulted in the 13th May tragedy.
This is not surprising because this is how lawmakers from the DAP behave towards the law of the land and towards the authrities, the famous one being of DAP's Member of Parliament for Tanjung Ng Wei Aik who was rude towards the authorities when he refused to pay a RM10.00 parking fee!
Wei Aik was once charged for writing a seditious post in a Chinese daily. Although he was not found guilty, the fact that he skirts around the definition of sedition shows the true nature of the DAP.
This is how uncivilised the DAP and their supporters are. While many Malaysian Chinese prefer peace and prosperity for all, DAP and its supporters prefer tension to be created so that if racial clashes happen, they can cry foul and blame the Malays for being oppressive.
What we need is more people like the Singapore Land Transport Authority Officer when faced with a Chinese woman angry about how vehicles belonging to Muslims are being parked outside the mosque:
So remember, do not vote for the DAP if you continue to want unity, peace and prosperity.
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Tango technology uses a set of sensors and software from Google that senses and maps its surroundings to make a host of cutting-edge smartphone augmented reality (AR) experiences possible. "This flagship device represents our combined efforts to promote mass acceptance for Tango, a technology that promises to become as prevalent as GPS. PHAB2 Pro transforms how we interact with our surroundings by enabling mobile devices to detect their position relative to the world around them, unlocking AR experiences via customized apps," said the company in a statement.
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Lowe's Chief Development Officer, Richard Maltsbarger, along with Rehab Addict's Nicole Curtis demonstrated on stage the power of this app to make home design and renovation easier. The app empowers customers by leveraging Tango technology to measure spaces and visualize how products like appliances and décor, or materials like countertops or backsplash tile, will all look and fit together in a room. With Lowe's Vision, customers will be able to control a new generation of AR tools with a mere tap of the finger.
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I found out about these from The Number Warrior, Jason Dyer. Unfortunately I have no use for one of these, because I live alone, in a small apartment where I couldn't reasonably have enough people over to need a whole cake, and so I do not buy a whole cake at once.
I suspect I have some French readers. Have you seen these before?


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Q: Error while using sum() in Python SFrame I'm new to python and I'm performing a basic EDA analysis on two similar SFrames. I have a dictionary as two of my columns and I'm trying to find out if the max values of each dictionary are the same or not. In the end I want to sum up the Value_Match column so that I can know how many values match but I'm getting a nasty error and I haven't been able to find the source. The weird thing is I have used the same methodology for both the SFrames and only one of them is giving me this error but not the other one.
I have tried calculating max_func in different ways as given here but the same error has persisted : getting-key-with-maximum-value-in-dictionary
I have checked for any possible NaN values in the column but didn't find any of them.
I have been stuck on this for a while and any help will be much appreciated. Thanks!
Code:
def max_func(d):
    v=list(d.values())
    k=list(d.keys())
    return k[v.index(max(v))]

sf['Max_Dic_1'] = sf['Dic1'].apply(max_func)
sf['Max_Dic_2'] = sf['Dic2'].apply(max_func)
sf['Value_Match'] = sf['Max_Dic_1'] == sf['Max_Dic_2']
sf['Value_Match'].sum()

Error :
RuntimeError                              Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-70-f406eb8286b3> in <module>()
----> 1 x = sf['Value_Match'].sum()
  2 y = sf.num_rows()
  3
  4 print x
  5 print y

 C:\Users\rakesh\Anaconda2\lib\site-
 packages\graphlab\data_structures\sarray.pyc in sum(self)
 2216         """
 2217         with cython_context():
-> 2218             return self.__proxy__.sum()
 2219
 2220     def mean(self):

C:\Users\rakesh\Anaconda2\lib\site-packages\graphlab\cython\context.pyc in
__exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback)
 47             if not self.show_cython_trace:
 48                 # To hide cython trace, we re-raise from here
---> 49                 raise exc_type(exc_value)
 50             else:
 51                 # To show the full trace, we do nothing and let
 exception propagate

RuntimeError: Runtime Exception. Exception in python callback function
evaluation:
ValueError('max() arg is an empty sequence',):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "graphlab\cython\cy_pylambda_workers.pyx", line 426, in
graphlab.cython.cy_pylambda_workers._eval_lambda
File "graphlab\cython\cy_pylambda_workers.pyx", line 169, in
graphlab.cython.cy_pylambda_workers.lambda_evaluator.eval_simple
File "<ipython-input-63-b4e3c0e28725>", line 4, in max_func
ValueError: max() arg is an empty sequence

A: In order to debug this problem, you have to look at the stack trace. On the last line we see:
File "<ipython-input-63-b4e3c0e28725>", line 4, in max_func
ValueError: max() arg is an empty sequence
Python thus says that you aim to calculate the maximum of a list with no elements. This is the case if the dictionary is empty. So in one of your dataframes there is probably an empty dictionary {}.
The question is what to do in case the dictionary is empty. You might decide to return a None into that case.
Nevertheless the code you write is too complicated. A simpler and more efficient algorithm would be:
def max_func(d):
    if d:
        return max(d,key=d.get)
    else:
        # or return something if there is no element in the dictionary
        return None


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Values, Themes And Symbolism In The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby GEOGRAPHY Throughout the novel, places and settings symbolize the various aspects of the 1920s American society that Fitzgerald depicts. East Egg represents the old aristocracy, West Egg the newly rich, the valley of ashes the moral and social decay of America, and New York City the dissolute, amoral quest for money and pleasure. Additionally, the East is connected to the moral decay and social cynicism of New York, while the West is connected to more traditional social values and ideals. Themes: The American Dream "Whereas the American Dream was once equated with certain principles of freedom, it is now equated with things. The American Dream has undergone a metamorphosis from principles to materialism." - John E. Nestler,…show more content…
Gatsby associates it with Daisy, and in Chapter 1 he reaches toward it in the darkness as a guiding light to lead him to his goal. Because Gatsby's quest for Daisy is broadly associated with the American dream, the green light also symbolizes that more generalized ideal. In Chapter 9, Nick compares the green light to how America, rising out of the ocean, must have looked to early settlers of the new nation. THE VALLEY OF ASHES First introduced in Chapter 2, the valley of ashes between West Egg and New York City consists of a long stretch of desolate land created by the dumping of industrial ashes. It represents the moral and social decay that results from the dissolute pursuit of wealth, as the rich indulge themselves with regard for nothing but their own pleasure. The valley of ashes also symbolizes the difficulties of the poor, like George Wilson, who live among the dirty ashes and lose their vitality as a result. THE EYES OF DOCTOR T. J. ECKLEBURG Another dominant symbol within this novel is the billboard eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg which is in the middle of the valley of ashes, right next to Wilson's garage staring at the waste that careless capitalism has
Materialism In The Great Gatsby Analysis
The American dream states that any individual can achieve success regardless of family history, race, and/or religion simply by working hard. The 1920's were a time of corruption and demise of moral values in society. The first World War had passed, and people were reveling in the materialism that came at the end of it, such as advanced technology and innovative inventions. The novel The Great Gatsby exploits the theme of the American Dream as it takes place in a corrupt period in history. Although the American Dream seemed more attainable than ever in the 1920's, F. Scott Fitzgerald's, The Great Gatsby demonstrates how materialism and the demise of moral values in society leads to the corruption and impossibility of the American Dream. This is accomplished through the use of symbols such as the Valley of Ashes, The Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg, and The Green Light. These 3 symbols play a huge roll in the novel for each of them are massively important in their own ways.
Regionalism In The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, the icon of beautiful lyricism, uses many intriguing patterns within his novel, The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald, in his writing of the 1920s, introduces the reader to the world after the Great War; a world of overindulged wealth, unrealistic dreams, and undeniable poverty. Where there is wealth it is not used in an honorable way; where dreams may form, they are impossible to accomplish due to their exorbitant standards; and where dust accumulates, there poverty gathers as well. Throughout his novel, Fitzgerald uses the pattern of dust and ashes to display his essential themes of immorality, poverty, and death.
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Father Wasteland The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald contains a vast amount of profound symbolism. From all the distinct colors to the Valley of Ashes. There is the green light, which Gatsby can only come close to grasping. Then there's the hellish Valley of Ashes where hopes and dreams go to stare into the face of death, and slowly dissipate over time, until there's nothing left except a lust for more out of life.
What Does The Valley Of Ashes Symbolize In The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby to represent the roaring twenties lifestyle and the ever changing American Dream during the 1920s. Symbolism plays a drastic role in bringing the essay into a more perspective view for readers by growing characters, creating suspension and motivating the reader to continue reading. The Great Gatsby contains large amounts of symbolism, making it one of America's most loved novels. Fitzgerald uses different concepts of symbolism by integrating weather, location, colors and signs into the book by playing out relatable situations, for example the tension during hot weather. The valley of ashes played a very significant role in the book The Great Gatsby by creating a definition of the classes.
Daisy's Use Of Symbolism In The Great Gatsby
The Roaring Twenties, a time known for prosperity and wealth, was also the precursor for the Great Depression. In the American classic, The Great Gatsby, the author nearly foreshadows the fall of the wealthy class. By showing the corruption of the higher socioeconomic class, and the problems with the poverty of the age, the novel shows an atypical view on the nineteen twenties. While F. Scott Fitzgerald's book, The Great Gatsby, focuses on the life of the prosperous on the outskirts of New York City, "the valley of ashes," serves to show the contrast of a significantly different lifestyle. Through his use of symbolism, Fitzgerald adds a sense of carelessness and selfishness to the wealthy characters of the novel to illustrate his hostile view
Examples Of Symbolism In The Great Gatsby
The symbols in The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald is a highly symbolic book on 1920s America, in particular the fall down of the American dream in a period of materialism and idealism. And also, which was known as the Roaring Twenties. The book basically talks about a tragic story between Gatsby, a "New Money" gentleman and Daisy, a noble girl from "Old Money". And also, the author tries to transform some ideas to the readers by using some symbolic examples, such as, the green light, Doctor T.J.Eckleburg's eyes and Gatsby himself.
Theme Of Grey In The Great Gatsby
It also serves to portray the materialistic society that surrounds them (The Colors of Society - Camouflaged Discontent)." The characters portray such class and wealth along with fake happiness. The Valley of Ashes looks at how they feel on the inside which Daisy and Gatsby both ooze with discontent with how they've made decisions and how their lives did not turn out how they dreamed. Next, at one of Gatsby's many house parties Nick makes a list of "grey names, and they will give you a better impression than [Nick's] generalities (Fitzgerald 61)."
What Does The Gold Symbolize In The Great Gatsby
There is a billboard that overlooks the Valley of Ashes, which is a very dark and dreary place in the novel. "They look out of no face but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose," (Fitzgerald 27). The glasses are yellow because they are looking over the wasteland of America and it is not good enough for gold. The color yellow may represent a lesser version of gold like when Fitzgerald mentions "two girls in twin yellow dresses who stopped at the foot of the steps," (Fitzgerald 47). Gatsby sees these two girls as being too easy and they are not as good as Daisy or Jordan because they do not have the pizzazz.
Use Of Personification In The Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald uses personification and imagery to convey that the Valley of Ashes is a polluted area filled with ashes and dusts. It is also where many of the less fortunate, lower-class citizens live and work in the society. A literary device Fitzgerald uses is personification as he describes the motion of the cars driving through the place. He mentions, "Occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak, and comes to rest…" (Fitzgerald, 23).
Symbolism Of Color In The Great Gatsby
For example, the valley of ashes world sharply contrasts the worlds of Gatsby and Daisy. the valley of ashes is described in the gray palette, as well as its
The Great Gatsby Dbq Analysis
Fitzgerald explains this through the introduction of the valley of ashes, a poverty stricken area of "gray land" that includes " the eyes of Doctor T.J Eckleburg" (Doc. F). The people in this area such as Myrtle weren't rich but wanted to be and used loud colors or patterns to seem as something they weren't. Likewise, the mention of the sign represents that "God" was watching all the Caucasus going on (Doc. F).Despite this fact, the 1920s was a prosperous age in which many Americans came to enjoy the blessings of consumerism and excess.
Nick Carraway's Diction In The Great Gatsby
Appearing multiple times in the novel, the "valley of ashes" represents the acrimony and poverty of New York in the 1920's. Carraway describes this barren wasteland with words such as "grotesque" and "fantastic" (PAGE). By using the word grotesque, Fitzgerald portrays an ugly and distorted image of the contrasting world of lavish West Egg, and his tone is most prominently seen through this example. Shying from the masterful subtlety with which Fitzgerald employs his negative diction throughout the novel, "the valley of ashes" is given a simple yet effective description that harshly shows what Fitzgerald intends for the reader to understand. It is in Fitzgerald's description of the "valley of ashes" that many differing opinions arise on Fitzgerald's intentions.
Examples Of Figurative Language In The Great Gatsby
The green light was symbolic of Daisy, Gatsby was reaching out towards her dock as if he could touch her. Another example of symbolism is, "looking at the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg, which had just emerged, pale and enormous, from the dissolving night. 'God sees everything,' repeated Wilson" (Fitzgerald 159-160). The billboard of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg is symbolic of God because the eyes saw everything that happened throughout the novel in the Valley of Ashes, such as the car accident which killed Myrtle. These examples of figurative language brought the novel to life and by using such powerful lines, it helped make The Great Gatsby "The Great American
How Does Jay Fitzgerald Present Greed In The Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald uses myriad symbols such as a valley of ashes, a billboard, and a green light across the bay from Gatsby's mansion, to convey his themes and influence the plot. A valley of ashes is used to convey the theme of the inequality of wealth that was so widespread in the 1920s. Tom Buchanan, Daisy's husband, and Nick Carroway go on a drive to visit Tom's mistress. Myrtle lives in an apartment above her husband's workshop, in the coal and ash covered mining town on the outskirts of New York City. Fitzgerald, in narrator Nick
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The Dangerous Expansion Of Forfeiture Laws
By James Bovard
Asset forfeiture laws have been spreading like a computer virus through the nation's statute books. Until a decade or two ago, such laws targeted primarily customs violators, but today more than 100 federal laws authorize federal agents to confiscate private property allegedly involved in violations of statutes on wildlife, gambling, narcotics, immigration, money laundering, etc. The vast expansion of government's forfeiture power epitomizes the demise of property rights in modern America.
Federal agents can confiscate private property with no court order and no proof of legal violations. Law-enforcement officials love forfeiture laws because a hefty percentage of the takings often go directly to their coffers. The Justice Department alone bequeathed $163 million in confiscated assets to state and local law enforcement last year.
Forfeiture policies achieved national scandal status beginning in the early 1990s. A federal appeals court complained in 1992: "We continue to be enormously troubled by the government's increasing and virtually unchecked use of the civil forfeiture statutes and the disregard for due process that is buried in those statutes." In 1993 another federal appeals court questioned whether "we are seeing fair and effective law enforcement or an insatiable appetite for a source of increased agency revenue." A September 1992 Justice Department newsletter noted: "Like children in a candy shop, the law enforcement community chose all manner and method of seizing and forfeiting property, gorging ourselves in an effort which soon came to resemble one designed to raise revenues."
In many forfeiture cases, innocence is irrelevant. The Supreme Court further tilted the legal playing field against ordinary people last year in a decision in a case involving the innocent co-owner of confiscated property. John Bennis stopped on his way home from work to dally with a prostitute in his Plymouth; Detroit police descended on the scene and seized the car, whose co-owner was Mr. Bennis's wife, Tina. The court ruled 5-4 that the seizure did not violate the wife's constitutional rights even though she clearly was not complicit in her husband's illicit behavior.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist wrote: "The government may not be required to compensate an owner for property which it has already lawfully acquired under the exercise of governmental authority." By asserting that the government had already "lawfully acquired" the Bennises' car simply because it had a law authorizing seizure of the car, Justice Rehnquist basically granted government unlimited power to steal: If it wants to "lawfully acquire" private property without compensation, all it needs to do is write more confiscatory laws.


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Taking A Sickie: Proof Of The Importance Of Purpose by Chris Budd
Posted on 11th December 2020 by Elena Kale
I was talking to a friend recently who is a nurse in the NHS. She told me something which, if we choose to act on it, could make a huge difference to how businesses work in the future.
It also tells us a great deal about how to maximise the positive aspects of employee ownership.
The Sickie Issue Pre Coronavirus
That adult version of truancy, taking a sickie, is well known to be a problem in the NHS. The ward on which my friend works requires 12 employees to be working each day. On any one day, between 1 and 2 people will be off sick. Every single day.
According to the latest Office of National Statistics, in 2017 the Banking and finance sector had the second lowest average sickness rates. In comparison, the Public admin, education and health sector has the highest sickness rates of all industries.
The ward in an NHS hospital can be a very stressful place to work. The Government has been pretty up front about wanting to privatise certain parts; funding is always tight; employees get paid considerably less that their private sector counterparts; and hard-working foreign employees face threat of having to return home due to Brexit.
My friend's ward always seems to be understaffed. She has been telling me for years about colleagues giving up, and morale on her ward has been very low for a long time.
The Pandemic Sickie Issue
After some eight weeks of lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic, my friend told me something amazing: that nobody has been off sick for some six weeks. Not a single person, for a single day.
In that time, the public and the Government have shown true appreciation for NHS workers. Remember when we all stood outside our homes weekly to 'Clap for the NHS'. "Protect Our NHS" was a Government slogan; videos appeared on social media of whole streets of people coming out to clap a nurse on their way to work; kids posted pictures of nurses as super heroes; rainbows in went up in the windows of shops for the NHS.
It may be that all this appreciation made hospital workers feel awkward – imagine hearing all your neighbours clapping for the NHS knowing you had taken a sickie that day!
I think something more fundamental has happened, however.
The Alignment Of Purpose
Purpose for a business is absolutely crucial. Having a clear flag in the ground around which everyone can gather is a key part of making a modern successful business. It is especially important in one that is on the transition to becoming owned by an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).
This doesn't mean anything, however, if the purpose of the individual is not aligned; and when it is aligned, if they cannot see how they are helping the organisation to achieve that purpose.
There are many ways of enabling this, for example through recruitment and ensuring that the purpose is clear and well understood (note – "We care about our customers" is not a clear purpose).
This might mean allowing employees to be involved in decision-making; showing them the impact of the work; and, crucially, thanking them for their contribution.
There are innumerable studies that show employee wellbeing has a significant impact on productivity. As the drop in sickies in the NHS shows, employee wellbeing can significantly improved by making the purpose of the business as clear as possible, and then thanking employees for helping to achieve it.
In that way a workforce can develop who do not see coming to work as a chore, but as a chance to get together with other likeminded people who are harnessing their collective abilities to achieve something worthwhile.
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Liverpool ready to sanction loan to Premier League rivals: This must happen first
Posted By: Charles Adam Taylor January 23, 2017
Liverpool winger, Lazar Marković, could join Premier League side, Hull City, on loan in the January transfer window. The Serbian winger is likely to see his season-long loan with Sporting CP cancelled, and could play for Hull City for the rest of the season.
The 22-year-old has made just 14 appearances for Sporting in all competitions, and the Portugal club are considering to cancel Marković's loan spell in Lisbon. He was left out of Jorge Jesus' squad for Saturday's 2-2 draw away to Maritimo, and the winger is expected to return to Liverpool this month.
According to reports from Liverpool Echo, Markovic will not be joining Klopp's first team squad. Hull City are lining up a deal to sign him on loan, and Jürgen Klopp, the Reds manager, is happy to sanction the move.
Marković joined Liverpool in 2014 for a fee of £20m, but failed to establish himself at Anfield. He has made 34 appearances for the Reds, and spent time on loan to Fenerbahce in 2015/16.
Klopp included Marković in his squad for the pre-season, but the German wasn't too impressed with the Serbian. He decided to loan him back to the Portuguese Liga, where surprisingly, he faltered. Sadio Mané's absence this month has highlighted the need of a pacy wide player in Klopp's squad, but the German still probably won't use Marković in that role. The former Dortmund manager could rather use young academy players like – Sheyi Ojo and Bed Woodburn – both of whom featured in January's 1-0 victory away to Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup third round.
Hull City manager, Marco Silva, is well aware of Marković's talent from their time in the Primeira Liga. He would add quality and depth to the squad as Hull City are preparing for Premier League survival. It remains to be seen how Marković adapts himself to the new challenge, given that he found himself a fish out of water in Merseyside.
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Scripps Coastal Medical Center Escondido is at 488 E. ValleyPkwy.
Patients with questions about their care can call (760) 745-2000from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For information aboutScripps services and a free calendar of health education programsand screenings, contact (800) SCRIPPS.
Scripps Coastal Medical Center Escondido is the latest inScripps Health's efforts to meet North (San Diego) County's growingpopulation and increasing health care needs. The San Diego-basednonprofit health system opened an expanded Scripps Clinic RanchoBernardo in September and a new Scripps Coastal Medical CenterCarlsbad in October.
10-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Diabetes: Grocery Store Tour, BaronsGrocery Store, 11828 Rancho Bernardo Road, San Diego.
10-11:30 a.m. Jan. 27, Diabetes: The Role of Medications inDiabetic Control.
VISTA -- The "Friends for Charlie Harb" committee is hosting abenefit golf tournament Monday at the San Luis Rey Downs Golf &Country Club, 31474 Golf Club Drive, Bonsall. Registration is 10a.m. The 18-hole scramble tournament starts at 11 a.m., followed bydinner and a silent auction at 6 p.m. The Harb family has ownedAllen's Alley Cafe since 1985. Harb has been diagnosed with cancerand is undergoing treatment. The proceeds of the tournament will gotowards the family. The committee is also requesting donations ofitems for the silent auction. The $125 entry fee includes greenfees, cart, range balls, goodie bag, dinner and awards. Dinner is$25 for anyone not taking part in the tournament. Call (760)644-5035 or (760) 724-2875 or visitallensalleycafe.com.
POWAY -- Palomar Pomerado Health pediatrician Nathan Rendlerwill host a free interactive discussion on intervention andtreatment of asthma and related allergies in children from 6-7 p.m.Tuesday in Meeting Room E at Pomerado Hospital, 15615 PomeradoRoad. Register for the discussion at (800) 628-2880.
- Ask the Doctor: Free 15-minute consultation about supplements;10 a.m.-noon, 3243 Camino de los Coches, Carlsbad(760-635-0625).
(858-350-7900); 11: 30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, 15727 BernardoHeights Parkway, Rancho Bernardo (858-385-1606); 10:30 a.m.-12:30p.m. Jan. 27, 3243 Camino de los Coches, Carlsbad (760-635-0625);1-3 p.m. Jan. 27, 1327 Encinitas Blvd., Encinitas (760-633-4747);1:30-3:30 p.m. Jan. 28, 510 W. 13th Ave., Escondido (760-745-2141);11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Jan. 30, 13536 Poway Road, Poway(858-486-7851).
- Dr. Kelly Austin discusses Hormone Imbalance, 6 p.m. Jan. 28,13536 Poway Road, Poway (858-486-7851).
LA JOLLA -- Learn about the latest advancements in plasticsurgery and cosmetic dermatology at the free Celebrate You! Seminarfrom 5:30-7:30 p.m. Jan. 28 at the La Jolla Cosmetic SurgeryCentre, 9850 Genesee Ave., Suite 130. Learn about latest advancesin plastic surgery and observe demonstrations of fillers and peels.Reserve to (800) 942-2816. Visitwww.ljcsc.com.
OCEANSIDE -- Tri-City Medical Center is sponsoring a six-sessionSmoking Cessation Program starting Tuesday at the Cardiac WellnessCenter. The foundation will pick up most of the cost, which bringsthe fee down to $60. This includes all materials. Sessions are 90minutes and start at 6:30 p.m. weekday evenings. The Tuesdaymeeting is for introduction and sign-up. Participants should notplan to stop smoking until Jan. 27. Call (760) 940-3092 or e-mail:duvel@sbcglobal.net(putSmoking Cessation Program in the subject line).
LA JOLLA -- The Parkinson's Resource Organization caregiver-onlysupport group meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Scripps Mende WellBeing, 4305 La Jolla Village Drive. Free, but please reserve to(877) 775-4111 toll-free.
CARLSBAD -- The Cardiovascular Disease Foundation is having afree nutrition workshop from 4 to 5 p.m. Wednesday at 3088 Pio PicoDrive. Call (760) 730-1471.
SAN DIEGO -- The UC San Diego Stein Institute for Research onAging offers a free lecture, "The Inconstant Brain: Imaging RevealsSurprising Dynamic Change in Structure Across the Lifespan," from5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday with Professor Terry L. Jernigan, of theUCSD Department of Cognitive Services. Magnetic resonance imagingreveals dynamic change in brain tissue throughout life, suggestingthat the brain adapts in response to disease, drugs, even lifeexperience with wide-ranging implications about how and whyindividuals differ in personality, temperament and cognition. Thelecture will be in the Garren Auditorium, UC San Diego. For freeparking, call (858) 534-6299 at least three working days inadvance.
Are you ready to make big changes in 2009? If so, joinnutritionist Janet Little as she hosts Henry's Whole Body RehabProgram designed to help you detox, lose weight and renew yourselfin the New Year in just six weeks. The online program is free andfits into a busy lifestyle. Visithttps://www.henrysmarkets.com/h/home/to download meal plans, recipes, detox strategies and exercise tipsto get started, and join a free online community athttps://www.sparkpeople.com/myspark/groups_individual.asp?gid=28094for support and inspiration, too.
- 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Lighthouse Christian Church, 4700 MesaDrive, Oceanside.
- 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Church of St. Timothy, 2960 Canyon Road,Escondido.
- 1-7 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, St. John's Catholic Church, 1001Encinitas Blvd., Encinitas.
- 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Stater Brothers, 9909 Carmel MountainRoad, Rancho Penasquitos.
- 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Wal-Mart, 13425 Community Road,Poway.
- 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 26, First Advantage CREDCO, 12395 FirstAmerican Way, Poway.
- 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Jan. 28, Chaparral Elementary School,17250 Tannin Drive, Poway.
VISTA -- Girls Incorporated of San Diego County announces"Growing Together," a series of two-day Parent and Daughtermini-workshops for girls ages 9-11 and a parent/adult, on the lastweekend of every month. Growing Together is designed to jump-startessential conversations between girls and their parents orguardians about sensitive issues before or as puberty begins. Thefirst workshop will be Jan. 30 -31 at the Girls Inc. Vista office,400 S. Melrose Drive, Suite 110. An introduction for parents onlywill be from 5:15-7:45 p.m. Jan. 30, and daughters will join theworkshop with their parent from 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Jan. 31. One mealand snacks will be provided each day. Free child care for siblingsis available upon advance notice. Cost with registration is $40 perfamily, with discounts offered for enrolling friends. This workshopis presented in English with a version for Spanish-speaking parentsplanned for February.
To register, call (760) 643-4067, fax to (760) 643-4066, e-mailtojessica@girlsincsd.orgorconnie@girlsincsd.org,or visitwww.girlsincsd.org.
SOLANA BEACH -- Resounding Joy Inc. will hold Joy Giver trainingclasses Jan. 31 and Feb. 16 to teach people how music can helpadults and children with special needs.
The nonprofit, based in Carmel Valley, trains volunteers to usemusic to promote the well-being of county residents from nursinghome residents, elder day-care clients and infants of teen parentsto homeless people and AIDS and HIV patients. It helps out at manyfaith-based and community-based organizations, including theEncinitas Nursing & Rehabilitation Center and Redwood Elderlinkin Escondido.
An eight-hour training class on Jan. 31 will cover theprinciples of drumming, singing, percussion and rhythm so JoyGivers can work one-on-one or in groups to help reduce stress,improve physical fitness, encourage self-expression and fostercamaraderie. Volunteers don't need to know how to read music, playa musical instrument or have a trained voice.
The training class is from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the GatheringRoom at Calvary Lutheran Church, 424 Via de la Valle, Solana Beach,plus a two-hour supervision workshop Feb. 16 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.at the church, and two hours of mentoring.
Prospective volunteers must register online athttps://www.resoundingjoyinc.orgby Thursday and be interviewed by Jan. 25. Call (866) 800-0197.
ESCONDIDO -- La Vida Sana Massage and Herb Retreat offers a freelecture, "New Year 2009: Focus on Health," from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Jan.28. Wellness coach Adrianne Hicks will speak on the link betweennutrition and the prevention of degenerative diseases. The centeris at 998 W. El Norte Pkwy. Call (760) 781-1005.
SAN DIEGO -- The Anti-Aging & Healthy Living Expo will beheld at the San Diego Convention Center the weekend of Feb. 27 toMarch 1, bringing together local experts of conventional andcomplementary medicine, green product manufacturers, nutritionalcounselors, spas and medi-spas, and skin-care and aestheticsprofessionals. Hours are 1-8 p.m. Feb. 27; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Feb. 28and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. March 1. More than 100 local industryprofessionals will provide live demonstrations and cutting-edgeseminars throughout the weekend. Free and discounted products andservices will be available. The convention center is at 111 W.Harbor Drive. Admission is $8. For booth and sponsor information,call (949) 266-4689. Visitwww.antiagingexpos.com.
- The Muscular Dystrophy Association, in partnership withWalgreens, is offering flu shots to people who have any of the morethan 40 diseases it covers. Find your nearest Walgreens flu clinicby visitingWalgreens.com/fluor calling (800)FLU-9950 (800-358-9950). Shots also may be obtained at many of the225 clinics in MDA's nationwide network. Call (800) 572-1717 orvisitwww.mda.org.
- Albertsons offers FluMist nasal spray immunizations at itsin-store pharmacies, as well as the traditional flu vaccine, byappointment or walk-in during regular pharmacy hours. Call (800)783-0458 or visit your nearby pharmacy.
- Vons is offering flu vaccines through February 2009, or whilesupplies last, on a walk-in basis at in-store pharmacies, andothers will be conducting scheduled flu vaccine clinics. Visitwww.vons.com/fluor contact aVons pharmacy. Medicare Plan B participants not enrolled in aMedicare Advantage plan will receive the flu vaccines free.
- Palomar Pomerado Health is offering flu shots at variouslocations to persons 18 years and older. Cost is $15 per person,payable by cash or check. PPH will bill Medicare for individualswho have straight Medicare, Medicare with supplement, or Tricarefor Life. Participants must bring their Medicare card to theclinic. A complete list of clinics is online atwww.pph.org.
- MinuteClinic centers inside select CVS/pharmacy stores willprovide flu shots daily on a walk-in basis during regularMinuteClinic hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Visitwww.minuteclinic.com.
SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Chapter of the Cystic FibrosisFoundation celebrates its new quarters with "Jeans & Jewels,"an open house from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb. 7, at 10455 Sorrento ValleyRoad, Suite 103, San Diego. Learn about the exciting events plannedfor 2009, while enjoying refreshments, raffle prizes and theopportunity to shop for jewelry and wholesale-priced designerjeans. Proceeds from all sales at the Jeans & Jewels eventbenefit the CF Foundation. Contact Pamela Couvignou at (858)452-CURE (2873) orpcouvignou@cff.org.
SAN DIEGO -- Pacific College of Oriental Medicine will behosting a free event from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Feb. 7 at 7445 MissionValley Road, including a program information session forprospective students and a community outreach event with freetreatments, including acupuncture for smoking cessation and stressrelief, massage and various Asian body therapies, tai chi andqigong workshops, and a lecture on "Integrative Medicine and ItsProfession." Reserve to (619) 574-6909, Ext. 130, or visitwww.PacificCollege.edu.
SAN DIEGO -- San Diego Pacific Oncology, affiliated withPremiere Oncology, has several clinical trials open to patientswith most forms of cancer. Patients must qualify to enroll instudies. These trials are testing the newest medicines and providepatients access to cutting edge treatments. Call (760)452-3340.
OCEANSIDE -- First Presbyterian Church of Oceanside hosts a freeActive Older Adults & Seniors exercise class twice weekly,funded by the County of San Diego Aging & Independent Services.Classes are from 9-10 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays and Fridays tostrengthen major muscle groups and educate about the benefits ofexercise, health and fitness. The class meets in the Great Hall ofthe church, 2001 El Camino Real at Fire Mountain Road. Call (760)757-3560.
SOLANA BEACH -- The A Better Life Group is sponsoring freeexercise classes for men and women from 8 to 9 a.m. Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays in the Unitarian Fellowship Hall, 1036Solana Drive. Attendees listen to classical music while getting inshape and sharing fellowship. Call (858) 481-0813.
CARLSBAD -- The ongoing special sculpture class developed forseniors age 55 and older and those with Parkinson's disease is heldat 10 a.m. Mondays at the Lynn Forbes School of Sculpture, 300Carlsbad Village Drive, Suite 102. The 2 1/2-hour classes featuresetup and methods geared for seniors and those with Parkinson's.Wheelchairs welcome. Cost is $15 per session, plus materials. Call(949) 444-1926.
Vista Community Clinic offers help to low-income families inneed of health insurance by assisting with the applications forHealthy Families and Medi-Cal. The service is free, but anappointment is required. These documents will be required for theapplication process: copy of birth certificate; Social Securitycard; proof of income (example: pay stubs for the most recentmonth; employer's letter. If self- employed, bring copy IRS Form1040, etc.). Call (760) 407-1220, Ext 126.
Worried about measles? You can avoid many diseases includingmeasles by getting immunized. Low-cost or no-cost immunizations forchildren and low-cost immunizations for adults are available dailyat the Vista Community Clinic on a walk-in basis. Vaccinationsavailable include: measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, polio,diphtheria, varicella, HPV, hepatitis B, Tuberculosis test, etc.Call (760) 631-5000 or visitwww.vistacommunityclinic.org.
ESCONDIDO - Neighborhood Healthcare offers INS medical exams, arequirement for anyone applying for legal residency or citizenshipin the United States. Exams are available weekdays at the healthcenter, by appointment only. The health center is at 460 N. ElmSt., Escondido.
The exam costs $85 plus laboratory fees. Additional costs mayvary, depending upon specific government requirements for type ofapplication and country of origin.
Patients will also need to bring a government-issued photo IDand BCIS physical forms, which may be obtained online atwww.bcis.gov/graphics/surgeonportal.htm,from INS or from their attorney.
For details or to make an appointment, call (760) 520-8100.Exams are also available weekdays by appointment at NeighborhoodHealthcare -- Pauma Valley, off Highway 76. Call (760) 742-9923 tomake an appointment in Pauma Valley.
Vista Community Clinic offers help to low-income families inneed of health insurance by assisting with the applications forHealthy Families and Medi-Cal. The service is free, but anappointment is required. These documents will be required for theapplication process: copy of birth certificate; Social Securitycard; proof of income (example: pay stubs for the most recentmonth; employer's letter. If self- employed, bring copy IRS Form1040, etc.). Call (760) 407-1220, Ext. 126.
VISTA -- Vista Community Clinic's Patient Assistance Program isdesigned to help low income patients receive medications they couldotherwise not afford. To qualify for help, you must be enrolled incare with a VCC physician, be uninsured, be a resident and able toprovide proof of low income either through 1040 tax form and/orcurrent month pay stubs. Interested persons must make anappointment with a physician at the clinic. Annual $30application/enrollment fee. Medications are shipped to the home atno charge. Call (760) 631-5000.
ENCINITAS -- Glenner Alzheimer's Center in Encinitas is seekingvolunteers and arts and crafts donations for its Alzheimer's dayprogram. Please call (760) 635-1895 and ask for Dawn.
ESCONDIDO -- Neighborhood Healthcare -- Escondido, a nonprofitcommunity health center, is offering walk-in immunizations at 460N. Elm Street in Escondido from 1:30-4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday,Thursday and Friday, and from 2:30-4 p.m. Wednesdays. The clinicaccepts a variety of insurances and provides services based on asliding scale fee. Call (760) 737-2000.
Vista Community Clinic's Breast Health Program offers a supportgroup for breast cancer survivors and those in treatment. The groupmeets bi-weekly on Tuesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Members ofthe group share experiences and resource information. Call (760)407-1220 Ext. 167, or (760) 407-1220 Ext. 154.
- Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD) Prevention Programs:Learn about substance abuse issues that affect the local community,public health initiatives that work, and what local citizens can doto get involved in combating these problems.
- Breast Health Education Program: Learn about breast healthissues, mammograms, free services offered to target populations,special event schedules.
- Junior REACH and Project REACH: Learn about REACH after schoolprograms for at-risk youths in Vista and Oceanside, challengesfacing today's youth, and REACH success stories.
Contact Betsy Heightman at (760) 631-5000, Ext. 1139 to requesta speaker.
OCEANSIDE -- A Superior Court-approved 12-week anger-managementprogram is offered from 6-7 p.m. Tuesdays, designed to assistindividuals who have difficulty managing angry feelings andbehaviors. The program's goal is to teach appropriate expressionsof anger and to reduce violent and self-destructive behaviors. Thisco-ed group meets weekly for 60 minutes. Enrollment is "open," withindividuals welcome to join at any time. Cost is $60 enrollment fee(including workbook) and $20 session fee. Proof of enrollment andcompletion certificates are provided. Contact Pacific CoastCounseling at (760) 439-1124.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/. Siteof the National Institutes of Health.
https://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials.Site of the National Cancer Institute.
https://www.centerwatch.com/. Thissite partners withWebMD.comto list42,000 trials.
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/clinicaltrials.html.This site sponsored by Medline/National Library of Medicineexplains what you should know about clinical trials.


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Q: Are user names in TFS checkins immutable In TFS 2010 the user name captured as part of a checkin is the "user login" from Active Directory. My company uses a format of x12345 for user logins.
The organisation has recently started recycling logins so for example x54321 2 years ago could have been John Doe, today John has left the company and the number reallocated to Jane Smith. This means that the TFS 2010 history will show that code was checked in by x54321 however the individual represented by that number will have changed. This is of course a problem as it compromises our ability to audit our code and understand who made certain changes.
My understanding is that TFS 2012 uses the Active Directory "Display Name" for the user.
Is this immutable? I.e. in the scenario above will code checked 2 years ago for login x54321 show as "John Doe" in the TFS history and code checked in today by x54321 show as "Jane Smith" or will the history be altered to show that "Jane Smith" made the older checkin?

A: If I understand your question correctly, you are wondering if you update the Display Names in AD if those will be reflected in TFS checkins that happened 2 years ago.  In TFS 2010 and newer, the answer is yes, those names will get updated for old TFS checkins.  TFS has an identity sync process that runs periodically so once you make the changes in AD you will need to wait for the sync to happen before the changes are reflected.
On tfspreview.com and with TFS 2012, users have the ability to set custom display names directly in TFS so AD can be completely by-passed.

A: A TFS 2012 Project collection associates items to Active Directory SIDs, so if the AD user is deleted then another user is created with the same username they will not be considered the same person.  However I am unsure what will be displayed in history as TFS can not look up the user.
The TFS 2012 Warehouse appears to keep the domain, sid, friendly name, domain login and email.  And has a dimension for changeset, which I don't believe stores the exact changes made but would let you lookup the users name if needed.
Although it's not relevant, i'd love to know why your it depart reuses logins, while tfs 2012 may not be an issue I'm sure there's lots of others that will be.


The retailer jumped 15.4% on an analyst upgrade, though the industry declined on poor consumer sentiment. Deutsche Bank analyst Bill Dreher upgraded Saks to Buy from Hold, noting that its sales should benefit in correlation to the market rally, which has helped its wealthy clientele, and that the company has controlled expenses well. "The nature of Saks has changed -- management is no longer spending like a luxury customer," wrote Dreher in a research note Friday. "Management has a realistic perspective of the current environment and we believe they have established a very sensible roadmap."
The chip maker gained 15.2% after the European Union confirmed it has begun a settlement procedure over an alleged antitrust violation. As part of the proposed settlement, Rambus has offered royalty cuts for five years for its chip-technology customers. "To prospective licensees this will provide clarity of price, and it's probably lower than what they had seen in the past," said Thomas Lavelle, senior vice president and general counsel at Rambus, in a prepared statement. "It was a reasonable compromise." If a settlement is reached, Rambus, which holds some key patents in Dynamic Random Access Memory, or DRAM, will not face a fine.
The drug maker soared 56.1% after the Food and Drug Administration released briefing documents discussing approval of Savient's gout treatment Krystexxa. A panel meeting will be held Tuesday, but the papers are widely perceived to be positive. "We are also encouraged that the panel make-up is weighted toward rheumatologists, which should favor a positive vote," wrote Canaccord Adams analyst Salveen Kochnover, who has a Buy rating on the stock. "Our feedback from FDA-experienced consultants continues to suggest that Krystexxa is approvable pending the company presents a restrictive riskmap (REMS) to monitor safety and limit use to true treatment-failure gout patients post-approval."
The analog chip maker dropped 6.1% on news of a fiscal fourth-quarter loss -- its first in six years -- due to restructuring and impairment charges. Still, the results were ahead of analysts' expectations, as was the company's guidance for fiscal first-quarter revenue. "We are comfortable with National's performing to expectation and pleased by the company's reported stabilization in its business," wrote Thomas Weisel analyst Tore Svanberg, who maintained a Market Weight rating. "Given the cautious sentiment in its distribution, however, and the uncertainties associated with establishing new product categories, we would prefer to receive further confirmation that National's overall business is on a path to recovery before becoming more constructive on the stock."


Zucchini or Courgette Patties, Thyme for Cooking summer vegetable sides.
Up until 6 years ago I had never eaten a zucchini. It started with my neighbor dropping them off... Then I planted them... This was one of my first recipes and still a favorite. If you don't have bread crumbs, take a rolling pin over 2 - 3 plain crackers (put the crackers in a plastic bag). Do not grate the zucchini in advance.
Shred zucchini using large holes on box shredder or food processor.
In medium bowl lightly beat egg, add bread crumbs, Parmesan, salt and pepper. Mix well.
Add zucchini, chives and mix well.
Divide mixture into 4ths and spoon each 4th into pan, shaping into patty and patting down lightly.
Sauté 5 - 10 minutes, or until brown, then turn and fry other side the same.
When brown, remove and serve. A little freshly ground pepper and sea salt on top is a nice touch.


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Ford: Era Of EVs Calls For Closer Eye On Conflict Minerals
Bengt Halvorson January 12, 2011 Comment Now!
Increasingly, in production electric vehicles such as the 2012 Ford Focus Electric and 2011 Nissan Leaf, automakers are turning to recycled and repurposed materials.
But the rest of a modern car—even an ol' fossil-fuel burner—is no longer just sheetmetal, alloy, and plastics; extruded, cast, welded, and injection-molded. When it comes to the delicate sensors and microprocessors used so frequently in new vehicles, certain rare minerals, like cassiterite and coltan, need to be procured. And in an era of global sourcing, it can be difficult for a company to determine exactly how a raw material was mined, produced, or harvested.
According to Ford VP for sustainability, environment and safety engineering, Sue Cischke, the company keeps to its code of working conditions all the way down the tiers of suppliers. "We monitor, we inspect, and we hold them accountable to that."
Cischke says that there are times when the company looks down its supply chain and finds something objectionable. "As soon as we find it, then we'll report it but we do have a process to manage that, and it's true from a sustainability standpoint and, more importantly from the start, the code of working conditions."
"We think that the next standpoint is to look where these conflict minerals are coming from," explained Cischke. "Because the electronics are requiring that some things come from the Congo and other areas, and the supply base doesn't even know a lot of the detail of where their stuff is coming from."
In the Congo in particular, slave labor and miners' conditions have been among many concerns.
The era of global sourcing, electronics, and many more levels of the supply chain demands an even higher level of corporate responsibility, Cischke suggested. "It's a pretty wide net that we need to cast, but we stand up for that requirement and have processes, on the ground, in these other countries, to make sure that we're sourcing correctly."
Full disclosure: Green Car Reports accepted travel and accommodation expenses from Ford Motor Company.
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When it comes to the masters of behaviour modification then you need look no further than those that practice it on the coal face day in and day out. Not one at a time in an office, but 30 at a time in a hot classroom, last period on a Friday!
There are so many cliches that spring to mind, all of which are way too naff to add here. Simply, it is okay, in fact essential that teachers back their knowledge and experience and get on with it. This post is prompted by 17 years in a classroom, predominantly having a role with students that are struggling with their behaviour. Policy and procedure can all too quickly shunt young ones along a flow chart of 'escalation' as directed by policy and procedure. Take for example, one 13 year old student with challenging behaviour. Firstly the classroom teacher would be faced with challenging behaviours and have tried what they can given the time constraints that come with a whole class to supervise. From here it would then work it's way up through the leadership / pastoral ladder with increasing strategies and quite often discipline. Then, the big guns are brought in. An Education Psychologist will come in and firstly observe the student. This will come with a hefty wait period and the outcome will be a generic report that you have seen many times before, with simply the name changed at the top. Heck, once I saw one and they had even forgotten to change the name. It is at this point the hopeful school staff will read the report in a desperate search for guidance. What happens is with each point the response will be either 'I knew that' and 'I've tried that'.
The school can be left with nothing, the family are left with nothing and what invariably happens is the young one slips further down the slope to the muggy depths of the 'unfixable' label. A label unfairly allocated.
This is where I return to the teachers and school backing themselves as the experts they are. You are the ones that day in and day out teach classes in excess of 30 teenagers for 7 straight hours, before heading home to plan for the next 7 days and so on. That is 30 wonderfully unique individuals that love your subject to detest it, that are depressed, anxious and stressed, ADHD, ODD and many other acronyms. To the excitable that have sold their Ritalin to a friend to buy a half litre can of energy drink, thus being left with endless energy and an inability to focus or stop shouting 'Muppet' across the class. To see a strong teacher do just this is nothing short of magical and masterful. It is a unique position to have, and not one that has possibly been tried by a very well paid behaviour specialist advisor.
The answer, in my opinion, is to utilise the specialists we have in every school. Not even those with a specialist post graduate certificates in the field. The need is simply the time and space to bounce experiences and ideas amongst these professionals towards informing an outcome that will inevitably be specific and relevant to the students, staff and school community.
As soon as you relinquish responsibility and power of the proposed change you disable and undermine your ability to affect change. Fantastic, if an external specialist comes in and facilitates this but just be mindful of the skills, knowledge and resources you bring.