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Evaluating Climate Change's Impact on Individuals and Ecosystems
Lesson Plan December 27, 2018
Pulitzer Center Education
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Educator Notes
Introducing the Reporting: Short text and a quick review of key terms/ideas
Warm-up: Relating the unique biome of the Loktak wetland to your own ecosystem
Activity: Evaluating portraits of individuals affected by their changing ecosystem
Extension Activities:
Researching climate change's effects on Indigenous groups
Igniting school-wide conversations about how you can help the environment
Image by Neeta Satam. India, 2017.
Students will evaluate how communities rely on their ecosystems for survival and climate change's impact on their ability to do so. They will examine text and photo stories about how the Meitei people of Manipur, India are affected by changes in the unique biome of Loktak Lake.
Introducing the Reporting:
Read the following introduction from "Loktak Wetland: Caught Between Development, Conflict, and Climate Change":
Loktak Lake is a unique wetland and is listed as a Wetland of International Importance through the Ramsar Convention. The lake is distinctive due to the numerous green floating biomass (phumdis) that covers nearly two-thirds of the lake's 236 square kilometers.
Phumdis or floating islands are comprised of vegetation, soil, and other organic matter. They change shape and size, moving around the lake surface depending on the season. The phumdis play a critical role in water cleansing, nutrient absorption, flood control, and carbon sequestration. Phumdis are home to some 425 species of animals, including the endangered "dancing deer," over 100 species of birds, and over 200 species of aquatic plants.
Loktak Lake is home and means of livelihood to indigenous (Meiteis) families that live on Phumshangs. Some 30,000 fisher folks fish the lake. Over 100,000 people depend on the lake directly and indirectly for food and livelihood. The lake is of immense cultural, social and economic importance to some 55 communities that surround the lake. This photo essay documents how the Ithai hydroelectric dam, infrastructure projects, regional armed conflict and climate change threaten this unique ecosystem.
Quick check-in:
What is an ecosystem? What is a biome?
What are phumdis?
What does it mean to be Indigenous?
What does it mean to depend directly and indirectly on the lake for survival?
Consider your own ecosystem:
What are your ecosystem's major features?
Has your ecosystem changed over the last several years? How so?
In what ways do people in your community depend directly and indirectly on your ecosystem for survival?
1. Read the following introduction to "Manipur: Portraits of Resilience":
The lives of over 100,000 people living in and around the Loktak Lake are economically, socially, and culturally linked to the lake. The lake supports a rich biodiversity of flora and fauna and is home to the Meitei tribes. This unique wetland is considered one of the most productive ecosystems in the world, making it a Wetland of International Importance. Development and regional conflict have endangered Loktak, threatening the livelihoods and identity of the Meiteis. Portraits of Resilience takes viewers up close to nine individuals to explore the relationship between the people and the lake as well as their fight for survival and self-identity. It gives a glimpse of how the lake intrinsically influences the existence of these individuals.
2. Divide into small groups and select one or more photo from "Manipur: Portraits of Resilience" (included below). At least one group should be studying each photo.
Kombirei Devi Khwairaakpam, 65. Thanga Tongbram Leikai, Manipur Kombirei Devi Khwairaakpam, a retired fisherwoman who now spends part of her time weaving nylon-fishing nets. Change in water level and fish biodiversity in the lake after the construction of the Ithai Dam has forced fishermen to abandon traditional fishing technique and adopt the use of nylon fishing net. Women continue using traditional methods, thereby spending extended hours fishing compared to men. This not only impacts their health but also the time they spend tending their families. Image by Neeta Satam. India, 2017.
Rocky Khwairaakpam, 36. Ithing, Manipur Rocky Khwairaakpam has been fishing in Loktak Lake since he has been a teenager and he finds it increasingly challenging to survive off of fishing. Over the years after the 105 MW Ithai Dam was commissioned he has seen the fish population in the lake dwindle and native species such as Pengba, Sarang, Nara, and Khabag disappear.
Muktarei Oinam, 54. Thanga Tongbram Leikai, Manipur For over two months Muktarei Oinam has been making numerous trips each day through her inundated yard to fetch water from the borewell. The flood destroyed her vegetable garden. Yards of numerous homes across the Loktak area remained flooded for weeks during monsoons not only destroying vegetable gardens and fishponds but also fruit-bearing trees. Experts believe that flooding in the region was an outcome of the Ithai Dam and climate change.
Indrajeet Tombram, 52. Thanga Khoirom Leikai, Manipur Indrajeet Tombram takes a break from the backbreaking work of dredging out weeds that had proliferated on a fish farm where he works. Increased erosion and use of fertilizer along with an altered hydrology due to the commissioning of the Ithai Dam have resulted in increased rates of eutrophication of the lake.
Basant Salam, 32. Keibul Lamjao National Park, Manipur Basant Salam has worked as a ranger in the Keibul Lamjao National Park for almost 10 years. A total of 35 unarmed forest guards are responsible for fighting sophisticatedly armed poachers who enter the floating national park to poach the endangered Sangai deer. In 2013, Salam fought two armed poachers, who were arrested, but managed to obtain a bail and now roam around scot-free.
Sonia Khwairaakpam, 24 and Malem Koirapam, four months. Thanga Tongbram Leikai, Manipur Three weeks after Sonia Khwairaakpam gave birth to her son Malem, heavy rains flooded her home compelling her family to move out of their home. Hydrological changes from the construction of the Ithai Dam along with climate change have resulted in severe flooding that has never been seen before around the periphery of Loktak Lake.
Sanjit Shamon, 34. Champu Khangpok, Manipur Sanjit Shamon is a fisherman and a resident of the village of Champu Khangpok. The village is comprised of numerous Phum Shangs (floating huts) in the Loktak Lake. Shamon fought back the police when they attempted to evict him during the November 2011 Phum Shang eviction drive. The Loktak Development Authority arsoned and dredged over 700 Phum Shangs in the name of lake clean-up after the introduction of Loktak Lake Protection Act 2006.
Salam Enao Meitei, 30. Thanga Tongbram Leikai, Manipur Salam Enao Meitei, a poultry owner, poses for a portrait while preparing a meal for a luncheon. The younger generation in communities surrounding Loktak is moving away from the traditional livelihood of fishing because making a living from fishing has becoming challenging. The older generation has been encouraging the younger generation to get an education to find a different means of livelihood.
Moirang Themapabi, 60. Thanga Tongbram Leikai, Manipur Moirang Themapabi has been fishing in Loktak Lake and selling her catch since she was a teenager. The construction of the Ithai Dam has resulted in fish scarcity in the lake, impacting the livelihood of her entire family. She spends more hours fishing than she did before the dam was constructed. Over the years due to long working hours, she has developed severe calf and backache issues.
3. After analyzing your photo(s) and caption(s), answer the following questions:
What is this person's role in their community?
How does this person rely on Loktak Lake?
How is this person's life impacted by the changing ecosystem?
4. Share your group's responses with the class. What common themes can you see emerging from the discussion?
Option 1. The Meitei aren't the only Indigenous people impacted by climate change. Identify another Indigenous group you would like to learn more about; consider turning toward your local community (your town/city, state, or country). Research and prepare a presentation that answers the following questions:
What are the features of their ecosystem?
How do they rely directly and indirectly on their environment for survival?
How have they been impacted by climate change?
What are people in this Indigenous community doing to combat climate change and/or its effects?
Based on your research and that presented by your classmates, do you think that Indigenous groups are disproportionately affected by climate change? Why or why not?
These stories could serve as a starting place if you are looking to learn more about Indigenous groups dealing with climate change and environmental degradation:
Indonesia: Palm Oil, Poverty, and Deforestation
Brazil: The Guajajara Guardians Defending the Amazon Rainforest
Norway: The Arctic's Sámi People Push for Sustainability
Mexico: The Mazahua Battle for Water Rights
Tanzania: The Maasai Battle Displacement and Drought
Option 2. In small groups or as a class, brainstorm ways that an individual, school, and community can help the environment. Divide a sheet of paper into thirds, label the sections "you," "your school," and "your community," and work together to fill in each section. Create a large poster in the hallway at your school to encourage other students to add their own ideas.
Neeta Satam, the photojournalist whose reporting is featured in this lesson, is available to Skype with your class! Email hberk@pulitzercenter.org to schedule a conversation with her for your students.
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REPORTING FEATURED IN THIS LESSON PLAN
PART OF: Manipur: Where the Islands Float
Loktak Wetland: Caught Between Development, Conflict, and Climate Change
Neeta Satam
Manipur: Portraits of Resilience


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Nearly 500 Women Filed Essure Lawsuits Between April & July 2016
By Michael Monheit|2016-07-23T17:20:20-05:00July 23rd, 2016|Essure|0 Comments
By the end of 2015, legal experts were predicting a wave of litigation over Bayer's permanent contraception implant Essure, a device that patients say can cause severe side effects.
That wave has come.
Suffering Alleged Essure Injuries, Women Come Together In Pennsylvania
Between April and July 2016, at least 488 women and their loved ones joined together in condemning Bayer's birth control device, filing a series of sharply-worded lawsuits in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Now, these women have asked the Judicial Panel of Multi-District Litigation (JPML) to consolidate their claims, according to a story from legal news source HarrisMartin. While the JPML has yet to announce a decision, the request could lead to major changes. If consolidated, the cases would progress through important pre-trial phases, like the evidence-gathering process called discovery, together.
Pennsylvania, Arizona Women Join In Essure Claim
On April 7, 2016, a group of 24 women joined in filing the same complaint against Bayer in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Of the Plaintiffs, nine are residents of Pennsylvania, twelve are from Arizona, two live in Mississippi and one hails from Colorado. But their allegations are spoken in a single voice.
Plaintiffs say Bayer hid numerous adverse event reports from the FDA. In part, this allegation has been substantiated by FDA investigations. In the words of these 24 women:
"on May 30, 2013, the FDA uncovered an internal excel spreadsheet with 16,047 entries for complaints which were not properly reported to the FDA. Defendant [Bayer] did not disclose to the FDA complaints where its product migrated outside of the fallopian tube. Defendants excuse was that those complaints were not reported because the patients were 'not – at last contact – experiencing pain…and were mere trivial damage that does not rise to the level of a serious injury.' Accordingly, the FDA again warned Defendants for violation of [Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act]."
Those apparent omissions, Plaintiffs argue, serve to invalidate Essure's Conditional Premarket Approval – a type of approval that currently shields Bayer from civil liability.
Plaintiffs Claim Severe Pelvic Pain, Numerous Side Effects
Of course, the injuries alleged by these women are anything but universal. Each woman describes her symptoms and side effects in painstaking detail.
The most common side effect is undoubtedly severe pelvic pain, alleged by each of the 24 Plaintiffs. Pelvic pain is followed closely by extreme changes in menstruation, a symptom noted by 22 of the women. Five of the women say they experienced migraine headaches. Weight gain is mentioned by four patients and five patients say that their hair began falling out after receiving the implants. Nine patients mention tingling in the extremities and hands, while two refer to numbness. "Brain fog," a decline in cognitive abilities, is claimed by five patients, and three make mention of fatigue.
Less-frequent side effects include:
extreme bloating
tooth decay and teeth falling out
hives and rashes
adenomyosis – a condition in which endometrial tissue, which is usually confined to the uterine lining, begins growing into the uterus' muscle walls
Despite Essure's role as a form of contraception, two of the Plaintiffs say they became pregnant with the device implanted. But perhaps most shockingly, all but one of the 24 women claim to have undergone hysterectomy, in an apparent attempt to reverse the adverse effects they attribute to Essure. Several say that doctors have been unable to locate their Essure coils, or that coils became embedded in other internal organs.
As of July 7, 2016, the last date for which court information is available, Plaintiffs are currently fending off a Motion To Dismiss filed by Bayer initially on May 24, 2016.
Banding Together To Fight Bayer
Similar lawsuits have also been filed in the Pennsylvania court. Two weeks after the women from Pennsylvania and Arizona filed suit, another group of 24 women – from 23 different states – submitted their own complaint, leveling nearly identical allegations against Bayer. Many of the women say they only thought to call an attorney after learning of the FDA's recent black box warning for Essure.
Again, severe pelvic pain and extreme menstrual abnormalities feature prominently in the Plaintiffs' allegations. Nearly every woman says she was forced to undergo hysterectomy as a result of the alleged side effects.
Husband Files Suit Alongside Wife
On May 5, 2016, a third joint complaint was filed, this time on behalf of 13 women from Colorado, Nevada and eight other states.
But in a break from the other Essure lawsuits, a fourteenth plaintiff, husband to one of the women, has added his name to this recent complaint. In his section of the lawsuit, the man says he "suffered a loss of consortium as a result of his wife's injuries."
Within weeks of his wife's implantation procedure, the husband began to note "mood swings [and] severe pain." He "initially believed these symptoms were a natural part of the healing process, however, the longer they persisted the more he grew concerned." She became unable to help around the house, the man claims, and has become "emotionally detached."
The husband's biggest fear, however, is for his unborn child. Plaintiff's wife is one of the many women who have become pregnant after receiving Essure. "Plaintiff […] and his wife are seriously concerned as to how her implanted Essure coils, which doctors have been unable to find, will affect her pregnancy and ultimately the delivery and health of the couple's unborn child."
Essure Lawsuits Pick Up Speed
An even larger Essure lawsuit was filed on June 29, 2016. In total, 99 Plaintiffs joined in this single complaint, which was logged under the case number 2:16-cv-03589-JLS in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
On July 8, the litigation quickly gained speed, with two new lawsuits, representing 90 and 94 Plaintiffs respectively. Four days later, another 92 women filed suit, followed by 52 more Plaintiffs on the same day.
Hundreds of women have now filed suit over Essure in the Pennsylvania federal court, joining two early lawsuits submitted at the end of 2014. With calls now for the consolidation of Essure lawsuits, other patients have been urged to contact an experienced attorney immediately.
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Q: Translating Python loop to Javascript How can I yield the same output in Javascript, given this Python example?
I want to loop over an array and check a value, if condition met, store it.
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[0, 7, 0, 13, 0, 13, 0, 15, 0, 14, 0, 2, 0]

A: This can be done more simply with Array#filter.

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Ameivula ocellifera est une espèce de sauriens de la famille des Teiidae.

Répartition
Cette espèce se rencontre :
 en Paraguay ;
 au Brésil dans les États de Bahia, du Minas Gerais, de Goiás, de Pernambouc, du Ceará et du Sergipe ;
 dans le nord de l'Argentine dans les provinces de Misiones, de Corrientes, du Chaco, de Córdoba, de Formosa et de La Rioja ;
 en Bolivie dans les départements de Tarija et de Santa Cruz.

Publication originale
 Spix, 1825 : Animalia nova sive species nova lacertarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspicius Maximiliani Josephi I Bavariae Regis suscepto collegit et descripsit Dr. J. B. de Spix,  (texte intégral).

Liens externes

Notes et références

Saurien (nom scientifique)
Teiidae

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Matrix Mapping of a Key IT Related Organizational Issue Concerning Privacy.
Ethical issue: Cookies
Stakeholders Autonomy Confidentiality Publicity
1. Myself I have the right to make my own decision regarding the collection of online data. I have the right to privacy regarding online browsing. I have the right to get reliable information on who is tracking and using my online data.
2. Other Internet Users Internet users have the right to make their own decisions. Internet users have the right to their online privacy. Internet users have the right to get information about who is tracking and using their online data.
3. The Website Companies Companies have the right to make decisions regarding the tracking of online data. Companies are obligated to respect the privacy of the information of their users. Companies are obligated to uphold privacy and ethical standards, informing consumers how their online data is being used and companies engaged.
Why I Chose the Dilemma
Cookie information is revealed when accessing the same website, as it recognizes you instantly due to the data stored from the first login. This data is analyzed in terms of behavioral patterns and interest to reveal patterns, trends, and likes, which is used to build detailed customer profiles used for marketing purposes (Armario, 2020). This is apparent in online shopping where users get notification of suggested purchases for items that they have browsed for in the past. The ads are strategically placed in social media sites through pop up ads after using the site's search engine.
Why I Chose the Three Principles
The three principles, autonomy, confidentiality, and publicity, concept revolves around commitment to improve transparency regarding internet use. There is a plethora of private data stored on the internet; thus, it is the users' and companies' responsibility to manage the data responsibly. This is aided by policies aligned to the principles chosen that reflect a knack for privacy and confidentiality in terms of online private data.
Analysis to Identify Actions in Matrix
The research analysis is discussed in terms of laws and regulations. Online data privacy is managed and regulated by laws and policies enacted by various institutions, where the rights and duties of users and internet providers are outlined. The users are entitled to privacy regarding their data, while website companies must inform users of how their websites process and use their data.
Overview of the Policy
The ethical issue of search engines collecting and sharing personal data without its users' consent continues to develop with the rise of the world wide web. These sites place cookies on the computers and mobile devices of the users, which are used to collect information regarding the interaction with the site to provide for better user experience and custom advertising based on user profiles built relating to suit personal interests. Third-party affiliates are included in the cookies technology as partners and perform consumer profiling and statistics research, thus infringing on the users' privacy. Cookies are a form of collecting personal data; hence, regulations must prevent data abuse by sharing the data with third parties.
Purpose of the Policy
This cookie policy is initiated to safeguard users' private data and mitigate and terminate the non-voluntary disclosure of personal information. This policy aims to define company rules that must be followed to collect and use confidential information from users. The policy promulgates the technical and security configurations users and websites must implement to ensure confidentiality, privacy, and integrity in using personal data (Velagapudi and Gupta, 2019). This is fulfilled by way of full disclosure of its usage of data, thus creating a transparent atmosphere between the users and websites. The policy is meant to educate users on the pros and cons of using cookies for them to make an informed decision whether to accept or reject their usage on your device. Consent is required from the user for the website to access the private data to build customer specifications.
Scope of the Policy
The stakeholders involved in the policy execution include; personal users, company websites, and affiliated third parties. Personal users of the websites have a role in consenting to the policy's guidelines allowing the use of cookies to collect their private data and customize their experience. The company website and affiliated third party websites display the cookies policy in consent notices, which pop up when they visit the site. The pop-ups provide a brief description of the policy and two options; accept or reject the cookies (Bornschein, Schmidt and Maier, 2020). The information disclosed includes; what cookies are used by the company, how the cookies collect private data, and how users can control the amount of data collected through limiting a website to place on their devices. The responsibility of placing the ads on the websites lies with the company and are required to appear within seconds of the users accessing the website.
Policy Points
Transparency is critical in establishing a cookies policy; thus, the information should be clear and concise, covering all necessary areas to avoid ambiguity. Each organization should have a compliant cookies policy that ensures users know their limited privacy in the sites. To conform to the policy, the organization ought to have clauses that include; stating that you use cookies on the website and explaining what they are, the type of cookies in use, disclosing why you use cookies and how users can opt-out the policy.
The policy starts by stating the usage of cookies on their website and defining what cookies are using simple, easy to understand language. The language used should be simple and straightforward for the users to understand what entails cookies to consent or dissent from their devices' usage. The next clause outlines which type of cookies are in use in an easily understood language. The policy states each type of cookie in use and how they are used to allow the users to decide which type of cookies to opt out depending on the analyses of the information relayed. The policy goes further and states how the information collected from the cookies is used. The policy clearly explains how personal data is handled by the website and affiliated third party institutions (Degeling, Utz, Lentzsch, Hosseini, Schaub and Holz, 2018). Another clause included is how users can accept or disable or adjust settings regarding cookies from their devices. The policy will use express consent from users when accepting the usage of cookies on the website. The policy's consent notice will be displayed as a pop up when the user arrives at the website and will be conspicuous for the users to notice.
Regular audits of its policy will ensure enforcement regarding adherence to the general cookie policy. The audits check whether all the clauses have been met, and explicit consent is enabled in terms of user's usage. Non-compliance to the guidelines set will be treated as a violation, whether done intentionally or unintentionally. The consequences and sanctions for non-compliance are in the form of hefty fines to the companies in charge and pursuance of legal action against the unruly website.
Armario, S. (2020). Cookie Policy.
Bornschein, R., Schmidt, L., & Maier, E. (2020). The Effect of Consumers' Perceived Power and Risk in Digital Information Privacy: The Example of Cookie Notices. Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 39(2), 135-154.
Degeling, M., Utz, C., Lentzsch, C., Hosseini, H., Schaub, F., & Holz, T. (2018). We value your privacy now take some cookies: Measuring the GDPR's impact on web privacy. arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.05096.
Velagapudi, S. L., & Gupta, H. (2019, November). Privacy, Security Of Cookies In HTTP Transmission. In 2019 4th International Conference on Information Systems and Computer Networks (ISCON) (pp. 22-25). IEEE.


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Tick, Tick…Boom!' tells the life story of an aspiring composer
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6 July 2015 Recap: The Day After the Referendum
The day after the July 5th referendum was super eventful. The bottom line: the Greek government has a much more solid foundation for reaching a compromise but the overtures from abroad are mixed.
On the domestic scene, the departure of New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras paved the way for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to call a meeting of the parliamentary leaders (Golden Dawn excluded). The joint statement of the political leaders, except the Communist Party, captures the consensus: more financing, new (equitable) reforms, a pro-growth program and some commitment towards debt relief (see a translation from Greek Analyst here). Broadly speaking, this gives more space to the prime minster to negotiate a deal.
On the negotiating front, the departure of Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is a godsend. It has been clear from day one that his tone torpedoed all efforts to achieve some compromise. By itself, his departure will be taken as a serious sign in Europe that Tsipras is committed to cutting a deal.
On the European front, the messages have been mixed; there have been some mentions of debt relief, but the overall tone is one of anticipation of what the Greek side will bring to the July 7 Eurogroup and Euro Summit. Then, the Europeans will assess whether the Greek side has made any progress in closing the gaps that prevented a deal from taking place previously. Meanwhile, the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to "adjust the haircuts on collateral accepted by the Bank of Greece for ELA" (whatever that means).
At this stage, there are four main questions as I see them going into the next day.
First, what deal will the Greek side propose? At this stage, it seems that Greece will put on the table the last deal on offer (see here). This deal accepts the majority of the Jean-Claude Juncker proposal with some reservations. Will this deal be enough to entice the Europeans that something genuinely new is at hand? Or will this be merely seen as trying to resurrect a negotiation that for many Europeans just ended? And how will the most recent deterioration in economic conditions change the calculus on both sides (a likely recession)?
Second, how will the Greek people interpret the "No" vote. Tsipras interpreted it as "I have a stronger mandate to get a better deal." If so, it is possible for him to come back and say, "this is the best that I can get," and that could be the end of it, at least at the popular level. Politically he could still suffer losses within his party (including defections) but could rely on broader parliamentary backing from ND, Potami (River) and PASOK. There is, however, another scenario: what if a large chuck of the electorate really did vote no towards austerity? How will they react to a deal that includes, most likely, a lot more austerity? This brings us to question number three.
Third, how much debt relief is enough to satisfy the Greek side? Substantively, the only major contention is debt relief. The Greek side wants a deal now, whereas most Europeans would like to offer debt relief as a reward for Greece making progress towards reforms and fiscal sustainability. On the European side, it is unlikely to see major concessions, although who knows. On the Greek side, what kind of concessions would suffice? Is it enough to extend the tenor and grace period for some loans? Or will the Greek side demand a drop in the nominal amount of debt? If not, can the Greek side make the case at home that Greek debt, despite remaining at over 175% of GDP, is now sustainable?
Fourth, what is the non-fiscal package involved? So far, this has been an accounting exercise with an eye to balancing the budget and producing a surplus. But soon enough the country will need growth generated from meaningful structural reforms. What kind of reforms will the European side demand and what kind of reforms is SYRIZA, in particular, able to credibly commit to? The inability to agree on this package is probably one of the biggest obstacles in the way of a broader deal that both sides can live with.
That's all from me on July 6.
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Will Todd's Jazz Missa Brevis gives new life to the sung Latin Mass texts in an accessible, short setting which embraces a variety of jazz styles, from the swinging jazz waltz Kyrie to the up-beat Latin-groove Gloria. The smooth jazz ballad Sanctus, 7/8 Benedictus and soulful Agnus Dei complete this inspiring Mass setting. Underpinned by Todd's characteristic jazz harmonies and melodic craftsmanship, it is suitable for performance both liturgically and as part of a concert by mixed choirs of all abilities. The work can be accompanied by piano alone (as written or extemporised), jazz trio (piano, bass and drums) or jazz ensemble (alto saxophone, 2 trumpets and jazz trio – parts available separately). Extra music for optional use when Jazz Missa Brevis is performed liturgically can be purchased here.


text:
/*------------------------------------------------------------*/
// <summary>GameCanvas for Unity</summary>
// <author>Seibe TAKAHASHI</author>
// <remarks>
// (c) 2015-2022 Smart Device Programming.
// This software is released under the MIT License.
// http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
// </remarks>
/*------------------------------------------------------------*/
#nullable enable
using System.ComponentModel;
using Unity.Collections;
using Unity.Mathematics;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem.Controls;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem.EnhancedTouch;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem.LowLevel;

namespace GameCanvas.Engine
{
    sealed class GcInputPointerEngine : IInputPointer, IEngine
    {
        //----------------------------------------------------------
        #region 変数
        //----------------------------------------------------------

        static readonly bool k_IsTouchSupported = (Touchscreen.current != null) && (Application.platform != RuntimePlatform.WindowsEditor);
        static readonly bool k_IsTouchPressureSupported = k_IsTouchSupported && Input.touchPressureSupported;
        static readonly int k_EventNumMax = (k_IsTouchSupported && Input.multiTouchEnabled) ? 10 : 3;

        readonly GcContext m_Context;
        readonly InputStateHistory m_History;
        GcPointerEvent m_LastPointer = GcPointerEvent.Null;
        NativeList<GcPointerEvent> m_PointerList;
        NativeList<GcPointerEvent> m_PointerListBegin;
        NativeList<GcPointerEvent> m_PointerListEnd;
        NativeList<GcPointerEvent> m_PointerListHold;
        NativeHashMap<int, GcPointerTrace> m_PointerTraceDict;
        NativeList<GcPointerTrace> m_PointerTraceList;
        NativeList<GcPointerTrace> m_PointerTraceListEnd;
        NativeList<GcPointerTrace> m_PointerTraceListHold;
        NativeList<float2> m_TapPointList;
        GcTapSettings m_TapSettings;
        #endregion

        //----------------------------------------------------------
        #region 公開関数
        //----------------------------------------------------------

        public bool IsTouchPressureSupported => k_IsTouchPressureSupported;

        public bool IsTouchSupported => k_IsTouchSupported;

        public GcPointerEvent LastPointerEvent => m_LastPointer;

        public int PointerBeginCount => m_PointerListBegin.Length;

        public int PointerCount => m_PointerList.Length;

        public int PointerEndCount => m_PointerListEnd.Length;

        public int PointerTapCount => m_TapPointList.Length;

        public GcTapSettings TapSettings
        {
            get => m_TapSettings;
            set => m_TapSettings = value;
        }

        public bool TryGetPointerEvent(in int i, out GcPointerEvent e)
        {
            if (i >= 0 && i < m_PointerList.Length)
            {
                e = m_PointerList[i];
                return true;
            }
            e = default;
            return false;
        }

        public bool TryGetPointerEvent(in GcPointerEventPhase phase, in int i, out GcPointerEvent e)
        {
            switch (phase)
            {
                case GcPointerEventPhase.Begin:
                    if (i >= 0 && i < m_PointerListBegin.Length)
                    {
                        e = m_PointerListBegin[i];
                        return true;
                    }
                    break;

                case GcPointerEventPhase.Hold:
                    if (i >= 0 && i < m_PointerListHold.Length)
                    {
                        e = m_PointerListHold[i];
                        return true;
                    }
                    break;

                case GcPointerEventPhase.End:
                    if (i >= 0 && i < m_PointerListEnd.Length)
                    {
                        e = m_PointerListEnd[i];
                        return true;
                    }
                    break;
            }
            e = default;
            return false;
        }

        public bool TryGetPointerEventAll(out System.ReadOnlySpan<GcPointerEvent> events)
        {
            events = m_PointerList.AsReadOnlySpan();
            return (m_PointerList.Length != 0);
        }

        public bool TryGetPointerEventAll(in GcPointerEventPhase phase, out System.ReadOnlySpan<GcPointerEvent> events)
        {
            switch (phase)
            {
                case GcPointerEventPhase.Begin:
                    events = m_PointerListBegin.AsReadOnlySpan();
                    return (m_PointerListBegin.Length != 0);

                case GcPointerEventPhase.Hold:
                    events = m_PointerListHold.AsReadOnlySpan();
                    return (m_PointerListHold.Length != 0);

                case GcPointerEventPhase.End:
                    events = m_PointerListEnd.AsReadOnlySpan();
                    return (m_PointerListEnd.Length != 0);
            }
            events = System.ReadOnlySpan<GcPointerEvent>.Empty;
            return false;
        }

        [System.Obsolete]
        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public bool TryGetPointerEventArray(out NativeArray<GcPointerEvent>.ReadOnly array, out int count)
        {
            count = m_PointerList.Length;
            if (count != 0)
            {
                array = m_PointerList.AsParallelReader();
                return true;
            }
            array = default;
            return false;
        }

        [System.Obsolete]
        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public bool TryGetPointerEventArray(in GcPointerEventPhase phase, out NativeArray<GcPointerEvent>.ReadOnly array, out int count)
        {
            switch (phase)
            {
                case GcPointerEventPhase.Begin:
                    count = m_PointerListBegin.Length;
                    if (count != 0)
                    {
                        array = m_PointerListBegin.AsParallelReader();
                        return true;
                    }
                    break;

                case GcPointerEventPhase.Hold:
                    count = m_PointerListHold.Length;
                    if (count != 0)
                    {
                        array = m_PointerListHold.AsParallelReader();
                        return true;
                    }
                    break;

                case GcPointerEventPhase.End:
                    count = m_PointerListEnd.Length;
                    if (count != 0)
                    {
                        array = m_PointerListEnd.AsParallelReader();
                        return true;
                    }
                    break;
            }
            array = default;
            count = 0;
            return false;
        }

        public bool TryGetPointerTapPoint(in int i, out float2 point)
        {
            if (i >= 0 && i < m_TapPointList.Length)
            {
                point = m_TapPointList[i];
                return true;
            }
            point = default;
            return false;
        }

        public bool TryGetPointerTapPointAll(out System.ReadOnlySpan<float2> points)
        {
            points = m_TapPointList.AsReadOnlySpan();
            return (m_TapPointList.Length != 0);
        }

        [System.Obsolete]
        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public bool TryGetPointerTapPointArray(out NativeArray<float2>.ReadOnly array, out int count)
        {
            count = m_TapPointList.Length;
            if (count != 0)
            {
                array = m_TapPointList.AsParallelReader();
                return true;
            }
            array = default;
            return false;
        }

        public bool TryGetPointerTrace(in int i, out GcPointerTrace trace)
        {
            if (i >= 0 && i < m_PointerTraceList.Length)
            {
                trace = m_PointerTraceList[i];
                return true;
            }
            trace = default;
            return false;
        }

        public bool TryGetPointerTrace(in GcPointerEventPhase phase, in int i, out GcPointerTrace trace)
        {
            switch (phase)
            {
                case GcPointerEventPhase.Hold:
                    if (i >= 0 && i < m_PointerTraceListHold.Length)
                    {
                        trace = m_PointerTraceListHold[i];
                        return true;
                    }
                    break;

                case GcPointerEventPhase.End:
                    if (i >= 0 && i < m_PointerTraceListEnd.Length)
                    {
                        trace = m_PointerTraceListEnd[i];
                        return true;
                    }
                    break;
            }
            trace = default;
            return false;
        }

        public bool TryGetPointerTraceAll(out System.ReadOnlySpan<GcPointerTrace> traces)
        {
            traces = m_PointerTraceList.AsReadOnlySpan();
            return (m_PointerTraceList.Length != 0);
        }

        public bool TryGetPointerTraceAll(in GcPointerEventPhase phase, out System.ReadOnlySpan<GcPointerTrace> traces)
        {
            switch (phase)
            {
                case GcPointerEventPhase.Hold:
                    traces = m_PointerTraceListHold.AsReadOnlySpan();
                    return (m_PointerTraceListHold.Length != 0);

                case GcPointerEventPhase.End:
                    traces = m_PointerTraceListEnd.AsReadOnlySpan();
                    return (m_PointerTraceListEnd.Length != 0);
            }
            traces = System.ReadOnlySpan<GcPointerTrace>.Empty;
            return false;
        }

        [System.Obsolete]
        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public bool TryGetPointerTraceArray(out NativeArray<GcPointerTrace>.ReadOnly array, out int count)
        {
            count = m_PointerTraceList.Length;
            if (count != 0)
            {
                array = m_PointerTraceList.AsParallelReader();
                return true;
            }
            array = default;
            return false;
        }

        [System.Obsolete]
        [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        public bool TryGetPointerTraceArray(in GcPointerEventPhase phase, out NativeArray<GcPointerTrace>.ReadOnly array, out int count)
        {
            switch (phase)
            {
                case GcPointerEventPhase.Hold:
                    count = m_PointerTraceListHold.Length;
                    if (count != 0)
                    {
                        array = m_PointerTraceListHold.AsParallelReader();
                        return true;
                    }
                    break;

                case GcPointerEventPhase.End:
                    count = m_PointerTraceListEnd.Length;
                    if (count != 0)
                    {
                        array = m_PointerTraceListEnd.AsParallelReader();
                        return true;
                    }
                    break;
            }
            array = default;
            count = 0;
            return false;
        }
        #endregion

        //----------------------------------------------------------
        #region 内部関数
        //----------------------------------------------------------

        internal GcInputPointerEngine(in GcContext context)
        {
            m_Context = context;
            m_PointerTraceDict = new NativeHashMap<int, GcPointerTrace>(k_EventNumMax, Allocator.Persistent);
            m_TapSettings = GcTapSettings.Default;

            if (!k_IsTouchSupported)
            {
                TouchSimulation.Enable();
            }

            GcAssert.IsNotNull(Touchscreen.current);
            m_History = new InputStateHistory(Touchscreen.current.touches);
            m_History.StartRecording();
        }

        void System.IDisposable.Dispose()
        {
            if (m_PointerList.IsCreated) m_PointerList.Dispose();
            if (m_PointerListBegin.IsCreated) m_PointerListBegin.Dispose();
            if (m_PointerListHold.IsCreated) m_PointerListHold.Dispose();
            if (m_PointerListEnd.IsCreated) m_PointerListEnd.Dispose();
            if (m_PointerTraceList.IsCreated) m_PointerTraceList.Dispose();
            if (m_PointerTraceListHold.IsCreated) m_PointerTraceListHold.Dispose();
            if (m_PointerTraceListEnd.IsCreated) m_PointerTraceListEnd.Dispose();
            if (m_TapPointList.IsCreated) m_TapPointList.Dispose();

            if (m_PointerTraceDict.IsCreated) m_PointerTraceDict.Dispose();

            m_History.Dispose();
        }

        void IEngine.OnAfterDraw()
        {
            if (m_PointerList.IsCreated) m_PointerList.Dispose();
            if (m_PointerListBegin.IsCreated) m_PointerListBegin.Dispose();
            if (m_PointerListHold.IsCreated) m_PointerListHold.Dispose();
            if (m_PointerListEnd.IsCreated) m_PointerListEnd.Dispose();
            if (m_PointerTraceList.IsCreated) m_PointerTraceList.Dispose();
            if (m_PointerTraceListHold.IsCreated) m_PointerTraceListHold.Dispose();
            if (m_PointerTraceListEnd.IsCreated) m_PointerTraceListEnd.Dispose();
            if (m_TapPointList.IsCreated) m_TapPointList.Dispose();
        }

        void IEngine.OnBeforeUpdate(in System.DateTimeOffset now)
        {
            using var canditates = new NativeList<GcPointerEvent>(Allocator.Temp);

            foreach (var record in m_History)
            {
                var touch = (TouchControl)record.control;
                var time = (float)record.time;
                canditates.Add(GcPointerEvent.FromTouch(m_Context, touch, time));
            }
            m_History.Clear();

            var capacity = math.min(canditates.Length, k_EventNumMax);
            m_PointerList = new NativeList<GcPointerEvent>(canditates.Length, Allocator.Temp);
            m_PointerListBegin = new NativeList<GcPointerEvent>(capacity, Allocator.Temp);
            m_PointerListHold = new NativeList<GcPointerEvent>(capacity, Allocator.Temp);
            m_PointerListEnd = new NativeList<GcPointerEvent>(capacity, Allocator.Temp);
            m_PointerTraceList = new NativeList<GcPointerTrace>(capacity, Allocator.Temp);
            m_PointerTraceListHold = new NativeList<GcPointerTrace>(capacity, Allocator.Temp);
            m_PointerTraceListEnd = new NativeList<GcPointerTrace>(capacity, Allocator.Temp);
            m_TapPointList = new NativeList<float2>(capacity, Allocator.Temp);

            for (var i = 0; i < canditates.Length; i++)
            {
                var e = canditates[i];
                switch (e.Phase)
                {
                    case GcPointerEventPhase.Begin:
                    {
                        var t = new GcPointerTrace(e);
                        if (m_PointerTraceDict.TryAdd(e.Id, t))
                        {
                            m_PointerList.Add(e);
                            m_PointerListBegin.Add(e);
                            m_PointerTraceList.Add(t);
                        }
                    }
                    break;

                    case GcPointerEventPhase.Hold:
                    {
                        if (m_PointerTraceDict.TryGetValue(e.Id, out var t))
                        {
                            UpdateTrace(ref t, e);
                            m_PointerList.Add(e);
                            m_PointerListHold.Add(e);
                            m_PointerTraceList.Add(t);
                            m_PointerTraceListHold.Add(t);
                            m_PointerTraceDict[e.Id] = t;
                        }
                    }
                    break;

                    case GcPointerEventPhase.End:
                    {
                        if (m_PointerTraceDict.TryGetValue(e.Id, out var t))
                        {
                            UpdateTrace(ref t, e);
                            m_PointerList.Add(e);
                            m_PointerListEnd.Add(e);
                            m_PointerTraceList.Add(t);
                            m_PointerTraceListEnd.Add(t);
                            m_PointerTraceDict.Remove(e.Id);

                            if (m_TapSettings.IsTap(t))
                            {
                                m_TapPointList.Add(t.Begin.Point);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    break;
                }
            }

            // 欠損したHoldイベントを補う
            using (var traceArray = m_PointerTraceDict.GetValueArray(Allocator.Temp))
            {
                for (var i = 0; i < traceArray.Length; i++)
                {
                    var t = traceArray[i];
                    if (t.Current.Frame == m_Context.Time.CurrentFrame) continue;

                    var e = GcPointerEvent.FromTrace(m_Context, t);
                    UpdateTrace(ref t, e);
                    m_PointerList.Add(e);
                    m_PointerListHold.Add(e);
                    m_PointerTraceList.Add(t);
                    m_PointerTraceListHold.Add(t);
                    m_PointerTraceDict[e.Id] = t;
                }
            }

            if (m_PointerList.Length != 0)
            {
                //m_PointerList.Sort();
                m_LastPointer = m_PointerList[m_PointerList.Length - 1];
            }

            static void UpdateTrace(ref GcPointerTrace t, in GcPointerEvent curr)
            {
                var prev = t.Current;
                t.Current = curr;
                t.FrameCount = curr.Frame - t.Begin.Frame + 1;
                t.Duration = curr.Time - t.Begin.Time;
                t.Distance += math.distance(curr.Point, prev.Point);
            }
        }
        #endregion
    }
}

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Minnesota Gov. Walz proposes tax credit for 2.5 million families
Politics, U.S. News, Uncategorized / January 24, 2023 January 24, 2023
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday proposed tax credit checks of up to $2,600 for 2.5 million families in his latest announcement regarding his budget plan.


Florence Munguti was an ABCF fellow at BecA-ILRI Hub in 2014 when she began her study to identify viruses associated with passion fruit woodiness disease.
In Kenya, the passion fruit is one of the top three export fruits, coming close behind the mango and avocado in terms of foreign exchange earnings. It is grown mainly by smallholder farmers for subsistence and commercialization and has great potential to alleviate poverty due to its high market value and the crop's short maturity period. However, many farmers are making great losses due to the devastating effects of the woodiness viral disease that stifles passion fruit production. This makes it one of the most dangerous diseases of the purple passion fruit.
In November 2014, she began her study with the collection of passion fruit leaf samples already showing symptoms of the disease in Njoro, Nakuru county, Kenya. At our laboratories, she used next generation sequencing to identify viruses associated with passion fruit woodiness disease in Kenya. The sequence analysis revealed the presence of complete genome sequences for Cow pea aphid-borne mosaic virus (CABMV) previously associated with woodiness viral disease in Kenya.
Woodiness disease is caused by the CABMV, transmitted by sap sacking insects such as aphids and mites as well as using infected tools in the management of the crop for example during pruning. The disease is characterized by light yellow discoloration on the leaves and a woody hard fruit, hence the "woodiness" name.


For 1.3GHz, the temperature is really high, it will trigger the temperature control and make the CPU down.
And maybe the heatsink or a fan maybe the best way to clock up to 1.3GHz.
So why don't you ship release notes with the stuff you finish and send out?
Where's the problem to write a few sentences when you ship hardware for reviews? Just a simple "Regarding USB 3.0: It's not ready now, please don't try to test, we will add informations later"?
In other words: None of the reviewers out there did even try to use USB 3.0... And this is the only feature that makes the S500 interesting for a lot of use cases.
And why on earth did you choose the Micro-B connector instead of the normal "Type A female" when you're aware that USB3 isn't useable this way?
So if you follow the obvious best pratices (operating the board vertically so that convection can jump in, apply heatsinks -- the usual stuff enclosure designers will ignore) no throttling will occur. But since I didn't found any informations regarding operating temperatures inside PMU's or SoC's manuals: Where is the information how such temperatures affect the achievable lifespan of the device?!
Do you have made tests? Does Actions Semi has?
We have evaluted the USB micro B and the normal USB. If we use normal USB, it can not be automatical switch between host and device mode. We need manual to set it to host or device forcely.And if we use the USB micro B, it can automatically detect the device and host mode. But we need a right OTG cable.
As we planned, we will also release another base board that has a USB3.0 hub IC so that we can have normal USB 3.0 and micro B USB3.0. Also the base board will have USB3.0 to 1000Mbps ethernet IC.
I will tell Peter to post a right USB3.0 definition on the forum soon.
The maxium temperature is limited at 125 degree. We and Actions have did many test about the temperature.
If we run at 1.3GHz, and just run the normal software not the benchmarks, the system can work normaly. If we run the benchmarks at 1.3GHz, the temperature may go up over 125 degree, some cpu core will closed to make the temperature down.
And we also have tested many kind of heat sink and fan to make the temperature stay at 50 degree.
We will release all the notes we take in this month. This month is the beginning. More and more information and documents will be wirtten and publish.
And also we will help to construt the xapple community to make some universal information on S500.
Since the Guitar has eMMC and therefore the theoretical need to flash it (using USB OTG and the ADFU mode) you chose a connector type that's incompatible with normal peripherals? Since I have only Macs running OS X or ESXi around (Windows and x86 Linux only running inside virtual machines) I cannot even use ADFU! But i would love to use normal USB 3 peripherals. Without useable USB 3 the Guitar is way too slow for my use cases. Compared to a Banana Pi/Pro with GBit Ethernet and native SATA the Guitar is many times slower when used as a NAS with USB2 storage and only Wi-Fi or Fast Ethernet.
And I still don't get it why you ship a product for review without proper release notes mentioning such problems. It's a real mess!
I met with Actions yesterday, and reflect the problem from reviewers and developers like you.
1. The SoC temperature should improve again. I have send your test and summary to them.
2. We have patched the Ethernet drivers, the speed has been improved again to about 8MB/s. We will release it in next version.
3. We may could find a solution about how to burn the system into emmc from SD card.
4. We hope some early reviewers can reflect more and more inssues for us, that we can test, reproduce and know what you are care, so that we know how we can improve and satisfy users requirment.
A wiki without a 'recent changes' link is totally useless! Or do you want us to check every few hours individually every Wiki page for changes?
It's just a simple MediaWiki setting to show the link to this 'special page' http://wiki.lemaker.org/Special:RecentChanges in the left sidebar. Why don't you enable that?
When do we get support for at least kernel 3.10.78 LTS? "All users of the 3.10 kernel series must upgrade."
What about failing thermal throttling?
Why don't you exchange the positions of battery connector and the mounting hole nearby so that at least 3 mounting holes share the positions with the RPi where the positions originate from?
Where are the USB3 specs you and Peter are always talking about?


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Darrell Rader
President, CEO & Director
Mr. Rader, BBA, is responsible for the company's corporate development, marketing and financing. Having directly raised over $100 million for mineral exploration and development, Mr. Rader has significant contacts with institutional investors and bankers. Mr. Rader is the founder of Defiance Silver Corp., an advanced Mexican silver explorer. He previously served as the Manager of Corporate Development for an international drilling company overseeing its growth from three drill rigs to over eighty in its fleet, and IMPACT Silver Corp that was transformed from a grass roots silver explorer into a profitable silver miner. Mr. Rader holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance) from Simon Fraser University and a Diploma in Prospecting from BCIT.
Ms. Lau, CPA, BCom is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia and has focused her career in the resource and pharmaceutical industries. Jasmine has served as CFO and was the controller of several public exploration companies with projects throughout the world, including over 10 years as controller of Minaurum. In addition to her experience working with junior resource companies, Jasmine worked at Teck Resources Ltd as a SOX Auditor. Prior to Teck Resources Ltd., Jasmine worked for Deloitte & Touche LLP's Vancouver Assurance & Advisory group where she focused on audits of public mining and resource companies. Jasmine earned a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia.
Stephen R. Maynard
VP Exploration
Mr. Maynard, M.S., C.P.G., received an A.B. from Dartmouth College, major in Earth Sciences in 1978; and an M.S. in Geology from the University of New Mexico in 1986. His professional experience spans more than 30 years of precious-metal exploration primarily in Latin America and includes geological mapping and sampling, target identification, district-wide studies, supervision of drill programs, and project management. Mr. Maynard was instrumental in the discovery of the Cerro de San Pedro gold deposit with Metallica Resources. Mr. Maynard is a certified Professional Geologist by the American Institute of Professional Geologists.
Gerald Rayner
Senior Consulting Geologist, Member of Technical Committee
Mr. Rayner, P. Eng, has over 40 years of experience in the mining industry. The bulk of his time has been spent in North America, Central America, and the South Pacific. Mr. Rayner's primary areas of expertise lie in reconnaissance exploration and in the evaluation of mineral properties at the earlier stages of exploration and development. While with Kennecott, Mr. Rayner was in charge of exploration in Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific where his efforts resulted in the discovery of several porphyry copper deposits including the OK Tedi Mine gold and copper mine.
Sunny Pannu
Investor Relations and Corporate Development Manager
Mr. Pannu, BBA, has over 15 years experience and is responsible for the company's investor relations and corporate development including financing and execution of marketing programs to expand the retail and institutional shareholder audience. Awarded "Best IR by TSX Venture Listed Company" by the Investor Relations Magazine Canada Awards.


text:
Revenue at Facebook (FB) beats Wall Street's expectations for the third quarter, as for the first time, more than 1 billion people a day on average used the massive social network.
Revenue at Facebook totaled $4.5 billion, up 41% from last year and more than the $4.37 billion Wall Street analysts expected.
Facebook has been growing both by adding more users around the world and by charging more for advertisements, especially video ads.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said more than 500 million people watch an average of 8 billion videos per day on Facebook. More than 400 million people per month are using Facebook's photo sharing service Instagram, over 700 million use the company's Messenger app monthly and 900 million use the Whatsapp service, Zuckerberg said.
The company said it collected $9.86 in ad revenue per U.S. user in the quarter, up 48% from a year earlier. The number of monthly active U.S. users reached 217 million, up 5%.
Source: Yahoo News


text:
require "helper"

class NamespacedJobInstrumentationTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
  include ActiveJob::TestHelper

  setup :setup_subscriber
  teardown :teardown_subscriber

  def setup_subscriber
    @subscriber = Nunes::Subscribers::ActiveJob.subscribe(adapter)
  end

  def teardown_subscriber
    ActiveSupport::Notifications.unsubscribe @subscriber if @subscriber
  end

  test "perform_now" do
    post = Post.new(title: 'Testing')
    Spam::DetectorJob.perform_now(post)

    assert_timer   "active_job.Spam-DetectorJob.perform"
  end

  test "perform_later" do
    post = Post.create!(title: 'Testing')
    perform_enqueued_jobs do
      Spam::DetectorJob.perform_later(post)
    end

    assert_counter "active_job.Spam-DetectorJob.enqueue"
    assert_timer   "active_job.Spam-DetectorJob.perform"
  end
end


What is Garden of Life Coconut oil and is it a real virgin coconut oil?
Garden of Life coconut oil is a popular product found in many health food stores.
Garden Of Life claims their coconut oil is made from the meat of fresh, organically-grown coconuts.
They market the product as 100% vegetarian, non-GMO, not hydrogenated, refined, deodorized or bleached.
The oil is made by shredding the fresh coconut meat and cold-pressing it to produce coconut milk.
The next step is they ferment the milk and they claim to use only low heat which produces the coconut oil.
Garden of Life is an "Extra" Virgin Coconut Oil – Is this Better than 'Virgin' Oils?
Garden of Life calls their coconut oil 'extra virgin'. They don't specify what exactly they've done to the oil to give it the label of 'extra virgin'.
I believe that all virgin coconut oils are made from 100% organic fresh coconut meat and the oil is created using the most natural ways possible without any excessive heat, chemicals or bleaches.
I think the 'extra virgin' label may be an attempt to separate themselves from other virgin coconut oils such as Spectrum Coconut oil or Nutiva Coconut Oil.
This coconut oil is certified organic by Quality Assurance International, an organization of the United States Department of Agriculture that provides organic certification to farmers and other food producers/providers.
So maybe this certified organic designation is what warrants the 'extra virgin' status….
Here's a picture of a bottle of Garden of Life coconut oil I bought at a local organic food store.
It's got the older label on it but it's still the same brand.
I found the oil has a nice creamy texture and has the trademark scent of freshly picked coconuts. I found the taste and quality of the oil to be equal to other high quality virgin oils.
I've used this oil as a substitute for butters, margarine or shortening in baking and sauteing.
Studies have shown that coconut oil is great for dry skin and also works great as a natural hair conditioner.
You can get this coconut oil in 16 oz. and 32 oz. jars.
The 16 oz. jars provide about 32 servings of 1 tablespoon of coconut oil and the 32 oz. size provides 64 servings.
Suggested retails prices are $15.95 U.S. for the 16 oz. size and $29.95 U.S. for the 32 oz. bottle.
You can find this coconut oil at your local health food store or you can try looking online.
I think this is an excellent brand of coconut oil. This 100% organic, expeller-pressed oil follows the strict organic guidelines to give you a high quality coconut oil.


I've started this blog several times. I want to share a funny story. I want to share joy-filled memories. I want you to know about the Christmas music playing in the background, cookies baking in the oven, and family history being discussed.
I want to share all of that.
But while contemplating which story to tell, and in the process of sifting and sorting the details of these memories, a flood of another kind of memory returns to the forefront of my mind. And my heart sinks, and I feel anxious again.
Memories of unbelievable, suffocating pain when we were met with her disapproving gaze or deafening silence.
I want to share one particularly funny story. I can still hear her laughter and I can still see her face. I can picture the years that followed when we retold this story countless times.
I want to tell you about the ornaments on the tree—so many ornaments on the tree! A vast collection gathered over decades. They ALL went on the tree! All of them. And if a single ornament was missing?
In her final years, some of the ornaments were retired. They became fragile.
I don't know if they are still in the attic.
And then I went to the store with my sister. She didn't tell me which one she selected. She let me walk around the store and find it myself. I picked one. I told her all the reasons I thought it was the best one.
It was the same clock.
The next weekend, we took momma to the clock store. And we did the same thing with her. And she picked the same clock. So, we knew.
We knew it was the clock for grandma.
I want to tell you about the delivery day—a terribly cold Saturday in December. I want to tell you how we tried so desperately to contain our excitement. How we planned to decorate the tree and bake goodies. How we played a little trick on grandma by fixing chili first and pretending to be so hungry. We were stalling for the delivery time.
I want to tell you how annoyed she was at us because she could tell we were up to something.
She always knew when we were up to something.
I want to tell you what she said when our friend, who delivered and set up the grandfather clock, showed up with his station wagon. She immediately knew when the car stopped in front of her driveway that it was tied to our plans.
I want to tell you about the look on her face when she figured it out—when she figured out the box coming out of the car was not a coffin (she did ask if we bought her a coffin!) I want to tell you about when she figured out it was a grandfather clock.
I want to tell you about the smile that didn't leave her for days. I want to tell you how she would sit and admire it—this grandfather clock. I want to tell you about how she would stop—mid-sentence—during conversations when it chimed and say, "Merry Christmas!" and just beam. It didn't matter what time of year.
I want to tell you how I was the only one she would allow to wind it. No one else could touch it.
I want you to know that this clock the three of us selected is the very clock she herself admired and wanted and thought she'd never have.
She never told us which one she wanted.
I want you to know how she loved decorating sugar cookies at Christmas time. And about the time my sister was sitting across from her—both decorating cookies and visiting with one another. I was mixing dough and getting cookies into and out of the oven. I want you to know how grandma selected a Christmas tree cookie and meticulously added sprinkles and colored sugar—always decorating it just so.
She took pride in her work.
I could see her from the mirror over the stove sitting in her chair—on her "perch" at the kitchen table—and I watched as she took delight preparing to select the next intentional decoration—studying and examining her options. I watched as she so carefully and so unintentionally proceeded to pour the water from her water glass into her hand instead of pouring the sprinkles she wanted to place on the cookie!
I want you to hear her laugh. And hear my sister's laugh. And hear my laugh as we cleaned the water, saving the cookies, and listening to her explain her thoughts and how this happened!
I want you to know how many times this story was re-told. And how every time we shared it again we all still laughed so hard—as if it just happened!
I want you to see her face when she was proud of something we did; and to feel her arms wrap around you with her signature hug of approval.
I want you to see her face as she glanced up from reading her book, or piecing a quilt, or working a crossword puzzle to see who was coming through the door and how the smile would break across her face when she was delighted to see you.
But you can't know these things without also knowing that she battled her demons; that we weren't always what she wished we would be; that we learned to survive these unrealistic expectations she placed; and that those skills of survival have caused us great pain.
You can't hear her laugh without also knowing the icy cold frost of her silence.
You can't see her smile and see her perfect outfit with her carefully selected accessories without knowing the red-hot flash of anger and feeling the sting of words flowing from the sharp point of her tongue.
She taught us many things. Good things. And bad things. She did teach us how to survive the obstacles of this life. She also taught us how to create some obstacles. And those things I've had to unlearn over the years so that I can fully experience this life, and embrace the beautiful things of our created world—like joy and love and hope.
She taught us many things, indeed.
But she didn't teach us how to do this without her.
Jeani Rice-Cranford recently graduated from Vanderbilt Divinity School with a Master's degree in Divinity. During her time at Vanderbilt, she interned as a Chaplain with Operation Stand Down Tennessee--a non-profit organization specializing in helping Veterans connect with community, educational, and employment resources throughout middle Tennessee--and as a pastoral intern with Holy Trinity Community Church in Nashville--a sister church in the United Church of Christ.
Jeani is currently discerning the vocational aspect of her calling to ministry and enjoys facilitating a bi-monthly conversation regarding the ways in which we can become more healthy when Responding to Change; as well as participating in writing projects related to theology and the practices of faith--seeking justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with our God that we might love God with all that we are, and love our neighbors as we love ourselves.


I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Internet Development from Indiana Wesleyan University in April 2009.
As a freshman in college I was inducted into the upperclassmen Computer Majors' Lab.
The summer after that first year of school I started a company doing mostly web development and continued cultivating the business through my senior year. I have developed many websites using PHP, MySQL and a variety of other client and server software. I worked for clients all over the country, analyzing, planning and developing solutions to fit their needs.


Your family, daughter Patti (Vern), son Rick (Martha), sister Doreen (Jack); grandchildren Jennifer, Nicolle, Mike (Mandy), Chris; great-grandson Jonah.
A memorial service will be held in her honour Friday, February 18, 2011 at 10:00 am at Fraser Heights Chapel 14835 Fraser Hwy., Surrey. Donations may be made in Muriel's memory to Al Hogg Pavilion 15521 Russell Ave, White Rock, BC V4B 2R4.


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Pudsey-tastic Fundraising in the Junior School!
By	Roberta
A Pudsey-tastic well done to everyone in the Junior School and Nursery who contributed towards the Children In Need appeal!
The Junior School raised a total of £533.96 which will be greatly appreciated by this wonderful charity which provides grants to projects in the UK which focus on disadvantaged children and young people. The charity currently supports 2,400 projects helping children who are facing poverty, deprivation, abuse or neglect and those with disabilities.
Back in the Junior School, the Pudsey ears and pom pom keyrings sold out by the middle of Children In Need week and the children had to wait patiently for Friday assembly before they find out who had won the Pudsey and Blush Bears!
The winners of the paperchain competition were Verity and Isla and the winners of the guess Pudsey's birthday were Murphy and Evangeline. A great effort from all the children in Drumley and one that will be felt by many disadvantaged young people across the country.
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