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At the beginning of 2017, Anthony Cooper, CEO of Watts Urethane Products Ltd came to BEAF with a polyurethane (PU) product sample, that he was confident had great potential for the end-consumer market.
Polyurethane is a kind of "super-rubber" (although we should stress it's not actually rubber), which has tons of amazing properties when formulated in certain ways. Anthony, traditionally more accustomed to creating and manufacturing world-leading PU products for a wide a range of industries, approached BEAF with this tape sample, an identical version of which had been –and still is– used to protect the chainstay on Watts' Technical Director's Enduro downhill mountain bike since 2014.
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One form of social-control shaming has been the humiliation of Muslims in an attempt to get us to transform into something "more American," more comfortable, and more familiar.
Faith, as I've said before, is about accepting ourselves as humans and turning to God to help us grow, heal, and be nurtured. This isn't possible if we feel ashamed of who we are, of our core identities.
Oppressors—who are often themselves suffering from unacknowledged shame—don't fight us just physically, but also psychologically.
The path to faith and healing is the path to knowing yourself. The more you know yourself, the harder it is for you to be recruited against another person.
When we talk about shame, we often think of public reprimand. Yet, that is the least destructive of shaming as you know who is doing the shaming and can respond. For example, President Donald Trump's shaming is faced with strong responses by many groups. The worst of shaming is the insidious and hidden type which leaves a person or group conflicted of their perception of reality and undermines one's ability to respond.
These subtle ways include making someone or a group feel guilty, deficient, or less; a source of problems. This type of shame usually happens in private or in secret and denied when a person tries to respond, hence a form of gas-lighting and mental abuse which is destructive as it destroys a person's ability to process the information and against their will tries to transform them. They manifest publicly as coded messages as in movies, policies and implicit or unconscious bias.
Read the article, How bullying works: projection and scapegoating and the following excerpt from the article.
Vilifying the target is the most frequently used as a gaslighting tactic in bullying. This is a powerful means of putting the victim on the defensive while simultaneously masking the aggressive intent of the manipulator, the bully then falsely accuses the victim of being an abuser in response when the victim stands up for or defends themselves or their position.
Every group or society needs people to get along. We need people to feel comfortable with each other, to feel a trust in one another, and to do this, we develop social norms.
Shame tells the person they're smelly because of their food, perhaps their culture and identity. In the short term, it might solve the problem, although it also creates a wound inside that person. But they can also be told about the discomfort in a respectful, inviting manner.
The key thing: The language you use to express social norms or manners—which should ideally make us more comfortable with one another—should foster invitation instead of control. If you use control, even if your aims are positive, eventually you will face resistance.
The Qur'an says we must "invite to the way of your Lord," not shame to the way of your Lord.
When people are invited to something, we feel special. We feel a sense of control and empowerment, and we feel respected. There are certainly times, in a social group, when the person crosses boundaries, then this person must be pushed back, and they should feel remorse. But shame shouldn't be used as a tool to batter people and control them, to make them try to force their identities into something more comfortable to the dominant group.
If we return to the garlic smell, we could also use shame—insulting the person's ethnicity, throwing jabs at the food of their culture, suggesting they are less. This creates a wound, and feelings of worthlessness. If a person doesn't find a witness to their shame, it can also be very dangerous.
What to do with our shame?
It is important to find a witness to our shame, someone who can hear and see that this shaming was unwarranted, someone to take it from us. If you have a witness, then you can step away from the abuse and understand it was wrong. When the oppressor masks their abuse, aggression, and intent – it is hard to find a witness. Abusers and oppressors seek to "isolate, discredit and eliminate" their victim.
If there's no one else around, we must connect to God as the witness. One of the ways to connect to God is by using His name Ash Shaheed.
If you do not have a witness, you turn to God with His name, bring His presence to mind and heart, and have Him bear witness. This way, you don't feel alone, and you feel His comfort.
We can see this in the story of Joseph, upon him peace. When his brothers threw him in the well, he had no witness but God. Joseph was bewildered and shocked to find himself at the bottom of the well, and even more so when his brothers returned and sold him for a small price. But he managed to turn this wound over to God, knowing that he would one day tell his story.
Through making God a witness, Joseph, upon him peace, knew that one day, he would be elevated to a position where he would be able to tell his story. He was able to comfort himself, to survive the trial and prevent it from turning into trauma within, knowing God was with him.
If we don't have a witness to the shaming we undergo—among family or from the wider culture—all we have left is our own wounded ego. We can turn to other people for protection, we can turn to God, or, if we don't, we end up turning to our own ego. Unfortunately, the ego's defense is pride, and that's what it will turn to. In order to restore one's pride after suffering from shame, the easiest way out is to harm others to make ourselves feel bigger.
That's how the ego, unchecked, responds to shame, oppression or humiliation.
If you turn to God as your witness, on the other hand, you will absorb the light from God, instead of the darkness from a controlling or xenophobic culture. In many controlling cultures, there is an obsession with being powerful in the eyes of others and wanting people to fear you more than you want them to respect you.
humiliations and shame to transform you and grant you membership and belonging. Such behaviors nurture a cult-like group which uses shame when engaging people who are new and different. One telling sign of this internal reality of a group or individual is how likely they are to use violence or shame to solve social and political problems.
In order to stop the spread of this disease, we must do two things. We must heal as individual cases, and we must inoculate through our faith.
This is likely a transferred shame, a shame that is spreading because it is rooted in other, older shames, a way to regain pride. But it is also rooted in guroor, one of the prime drivers of Islamophobia. In a lesson, a spiritual teacher once said that the more guroor a person has, the more harm comes out of this person.
Guroor is a belief in one's moral superiority over another. It is a hidden desire to deny the "other" a right to exist unless they accept this moral superiority of the "us," visible both in the belief systems of ISIS supporters and Anders Breivik. This stance of moral superiority—whether about clothing choices, food, gender relations, or other behaviors—is itself toxic.
Moses, upon him peace, didn't go to Pharaoh to shame or humiliate him, but to remind him of his values. Pharaoh didn't listen—there is no guarantee of that—and an oppressor who won't listen must be forced back within his boundaries.
You can't be in denial that there are people you have to fight. But it can't be your first resort and it can't be based on emotion. And shaming only creates more shame, a greater need for the facade of greatness.
Whenever someone doesn't heal from shame, they may not be conscious of it, but they're going to further spread it. They might not be the main architect of guroor, of superiority, they might just allow it to flow past them. But shame begets more shame. Instead, we must accept our humanity and our limitations, and we must turn to God.
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Uesugi Kenshin 13 Aug 2018 3:28 p.m. PST
Greetings. I'm just getting started in researching armies for the 30 Years War.
I thought it might be easier to help me chose an army and a period to concentrate on if I had a good scenario book that had battles that covered the entire conflict.
I have 2 scenario books on the ECW already and the 30YW one from Warlord which is OK but doesn't have many scenarios.
I appreciate any suggestions as I haven't had any luck so far aside from the above 3 mentioned books.
Shagnasty 13 Aug 2018 4:51 p.m. PST
Guthrie's books, though inaccurate, could be used for semi-historic scenarios.
Is that this one Shags?
WKeyser 13 Aug 2018 7:16 p.m. PST
Take a look at GMT web site and find thier Musket and pike series the they have number of games and dozens of battles and you can down load the play books for free. A great resource.
Green Tiger 14 Aug 2018 12:09 a.m. PST
That is quite an expensive way of doing it!
WFGamers 14 Aug 2018 4:03 a.m. PST
Coming soon, hopefully about a month or so, is a set of rules and scenario books for the 30YW and ECW large battles.
The 30YW scenarios will be – White Mountain, Stadtlohn, Lutter, Breitenfeld, Alte Veste, Oldendorf, Wittstock, Tornavento, Montijo, Jankau, 2nd Nordlingen/Allerheim and Lens.
We hope to publish a second set of 30YW scenarios next year.
The rules are called 'Twilight of Divine Right' and will be published by the Pike and Shot Society.
Gunfreak 14 Aug 2018 5:51 a.m. PST
I have the first of Guthrie's book, it's a great read lots of colorful characters, drama, and action. But apparently not high in real history.
BigE4NFL 14 Aug 2018 11:54 a.m. PST
Count me in for getting the rules for the scenarios! Sounds great!
Off topic question: I have a couple of scenario booklets that have 30YW scenarios and notice that Lutzen is usually not part of the list. Is the battle too difficult to research or make work in games?
Thanks a bunch,
Uesugi Kenshin 14 Aug 2018 12:48 p.m. PST
Bige4nfl, here is youre Lutzen scenario (don't be put off that it's an ECW book. Lutzen is a bonus scenario).
Uesugi Kenshin 15 Aug 2018 7:57 a.m. PST
I think there's a decent Osprey Lutzen book out there too.
WF Gamers
Do you have any details of the rules to share with us?
WFGamers 20 Aug 2018 11:10 a.m. PST
WKeyser:
Twilight of the Divine Right is a set covering the period 1618 -60 hopefully available in the next month or so. Also released will be an ECW scenario booklet with 10 historical battles in and a TYW scenario booklet with 12 battles (there is also 1 in of each in the rules). Others will be out later covering more TYW battles, Eastern European battles and the post TYW battles.
The rules are aimed at doing large historical battles in a reasonable amount of time and with a relatively small table and numbers of figures. So most historical battles are 1 player a side in a game that should take 4 hours or so. You can use any size figures/basing you like as long as all units have the same frontage. All game measurements are in multiples of half the frontage you use. Many people use a unit frontage of 100 to 120mm as this means most games are played on a table 1.8 meters by 1.2 meters (6 foot by 4 foot) or so.
A unit is around 1000 to 2000 infantry, depending on unit type, and half that for cavalry, again varying per type.
The focus is very much on the big picture and being an Army Commander, as opposed to a 'divisional' or 'brigade' commander. The system is unusual in that there is no 'combat' as such, units just take morale tests when in dangerous situations.
I am not sure what else to say but please ask if you want to know more.
I ended up picking up each of the TYW GMT games as I like GMT games as a rule anyway.
I even picked up the Swedes vs Poles game which has some really interesting scenarios in it.
Thanks all again for the suggestions.


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Break hearts again in 2020.
Indie frustration-peddler Surgeon Simulator was the game we were all swearing at in 2013 (shout-out to anyone who remembers when it was actually called Surgeon Simulator 2013). The initial version was made in 48 hours for the Global Game Jam, and Bossa Studios spent a further 48 days on getting the commercial version ready.
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Part Two of Two Parts
The TakeAway: Dodd-Frank Provision Reduces SEC Accountability, While Digital Tools Can Transform Transparency into Action
Yesterday, as we were writing optimistically about the new SEC transparency and outreach initiatives, a showdown was brewing. The issue: the SEC and Fox Business News were sparring over provisions in Section 9291 of the Dodd-Frank Act that exempts the SEC from complying with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. Fox, whose FOIA requests for information on the Bernie Madoff scandal were rejected by the SEC based on the new provisions, cites lawyers' claims that the "provision covers almost every action by the agency." However, the Washington Post reported that the Dodd-Frank restrictions apply only in investigations of wrongdoing, and that FOIA applies to other SEC information, including communications with Congress and the business community. SEC Spokesperson John Nester explained that organizations under investigation "insist on confidential treatment of their documents, [so] this new provision also removes an opportunity for brokers, investment advisers and other registrants to refuse to cooperate with our examination document requests."
As the SEC positions itself to write controversial rules affecting corporate governance – particularly rules affecting shareholders' ability to nominate candidates to director boards ("proxy access"), as well as have an advisory vote on executive compensation ("Say-on-Pay") – the question of transparency will come up again, especially because legions of lobbyists are lining up to push for rules that favor their corporate clients.
Why should we be concerned? Isn't a commitment to transparency enough?
We should be concerned because even the paltry shareholder power authorized by Dodd-Frank threatens the status quo, which has worked quite well for entrenched corporate interests. If shareholders can nominate candidates – a long-sought goal for corporate governance reform advocates – then the prevailing power balance will be altered. Transparency in the rulemaking process will help thwart the ability of special interests to skew decision making in their favor.
At least, that's the way the theory goes.
In practice, however, transparency is not enough. Transparency, like sunshine, is a state of being. As Harvard expert Archon Fung and colleagues argue in Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency, the primary value of transparency lies in what you do with what's being revealed, and whether or not it leads to improved decision making: a "transparency action cycle."
For the SEC rulemaking process to work effectively, not only must it be transparent; it also must promote a process of engagement that assures end users (e.g., shareholders and taxpayers) are able to make better decisions.
The SEC's latest disclosure reforms, as well as its rulemaking, are in response to attempts to game the system. They are aimed at reducing hidden risk and improving corporate governance. But for them to work, they must reflect the interests of the public, not lobbyists and corporate interests. For these rules to take effect in 2011, they need to be written in August or September.
Perhaps the time has come for a broader citizens' movement – another form of "citizens united" – armed with Web 2.0 tools to help make our capitalist system work on behalf of the beneficial owners – and the wider public – it was intended to serve. There are several existing options:
The newly-launched Beta version of the Federal Register was launched on Monday, the 75th anniversary of the Federal Register Act. According to the National Archives press release, the FR 2.0 Beta website features improved navigation and search tools, and takes advantage of social media;
Regulations.gov, which was launched in 2003 as part of the "eRulemaking" program, enables the public to comment directly to nearly 300 Federal agencies;
A dedicated page on the SEC website for making and viewing comments specific to Dodd-Frank;
Other platforms, such as one provided by Shareowners.org, that can aggregate and submit views of individuals.
Other digital platforms and tools for increasing investor and taxpayer engagement have yet to be developed. We at the Murninghan Post will continue to monitor these issues and innovations, and plan to launch a Wiki aimed at strengthening corporate accountability and sustainability. Not exactly the shot heard 'round the world, but a decent start. We think the Founding Fathers would approve.
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Heavenly Father, I thank You that I am justified by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, but I desire to live a life that is set apart to You.. to live a sanctified life that is honouring to Your name – but Lord, I know that only as Jesus lives in me and works through me will I be able to live the sanctified life that You desired.. and grow in grace and mature in the faith as You word instructs.. and so I come today to ask You for sanctifying grace to live the life I have been called to live. I pray that You would pour out Your sanctifying grace in great measure, so that I can avoid what is evil and do that which is pleasing in Your sight.
I pray that my whole spirit, soul and body would be kept blameless before You and that I would shun that which is evil, abstain from sexual immorality and walk blameless before You, in love – and not me only Lord but I pray that all those that have trusted the Lord Jesus as Saviour would develop a deep desire to be holy - for You are holy.
Thank You that You have promised to work in all You children, so that we may be found blameless on the day of Christ Jesus.


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Центра́льный райо́н — один из трёх (до 2009 года — пяти) внутригородских административных районов Калининграда. Был образован 22 января 1952 года. Площадь района первоначально была 38,8 км², население —  чел. (). В состав района вошли три посёлка — Чкаловск, Зелёный, Западный. Центральный район — самый большой по площади и третий по численности населения район города.

Решением окружного Совета депутатов города Калининграда от 29 июня 2009 года № 140 Центральный район объединён с Октябрьским районом Калининграда в единый Центральный район.

Расположение
Центральный район расположен в северной-западной части Калининграда, ранее граничил с Октябрьским и Ленинградским районами.

История
Центральный район Калининграда находится на территории кёнигсбергских районов Фордер-Хуфен и Миттель-Хуфен (см. Хуфен) и части района Амалиенау, которые вошли в состав Кёнигсберга только в начале XX века.

До 1952 года район входил в состав Сталинградского района Калининграда, из которого был выделен указом президиума ВС РСФСР от 7 января 1952 года. Своё название район получил потому, что в середине XX века предполагалось разместить центр Калининграда в точке пересечения улиц Карла Маркса и Комсомольской.

Население

Администрация района

Администрация Центрального района действует на основании положения, утверждённого Решением городского совета депутатов № 262 от 28.03.1996 года.

Деятельностью администрации района руководит глава администрации на принципах единоначалия. В настоящее время главой администрации Центрального района является Лебедев А. А.

Администрация Центрального района состоит из управления жилищно-коммунального хозяйства и 4 самостоятельных отделов.

Администрация района подчиняется городской администрации.

Экономика
Центральный район — один из промышленно-развитых центров Калининграда. В нем расположены крупные предприятия: Автотор, АО «Кварц», «Балтмебель», «Судореммашавтоматика», «Реммехзавод», «Калининградский рыбоконсервный комбинат», швейное предприятие «Янта», «Балттерм», типография «Янтарный сказ».

Достопримечательности и архитектура
Центральный, как и Октябрьский, район наименее всего пострадал во время Второй мировой войны. Благодаря этому, в районе сохранилось много примечательных зданий немецкой постройки: корпус исторического факультета РГУ им. Канта (бывшая школа Крауса и Гиппеля), здание управления ФСБ (бывшее Полицейское управление), Калининградский деловой центр (бывшее здание Северного вокзала), главный корпус КГТУ (бывший Земельный и административный суд), ресторан «Гранд-холл» (бывшая Палата мер и весов).

В Центральном районе также располагается Калининградский областной Драматический театр (бывший Драматический театр Королевы Луизы) и Калининградский зоопарк, один из старейших зоопарков Европы.

Галерея

География

Водоёмы района
На западе Центрального района, при въезде в посёлок имени Александра Космодемьянского, расположена группа карьерных озёр: Белое, Свалка, Пелавское и ещё 8 безымянных. Озеро Пелавское является официальной городской купальней.

Также через район проходит Питьевой канал, снабжающий Калининград водой. На территории района Канал проходит через два пруда: Филиппов (на окраине города) и Нескучный (непосредственно в городе). Купание как в канале, так и в прудах запрещено.

На юго-востоке по району проходит частично открытый участок Калининградского отводного канала — городского коллектора.

Транспорт

В районе расположены основные магистрали, связывающие Калининград с побережьем Балтийского моря — это в первую очередь Советский проспект, являющийся одной из самых протяжённых улиц города, а также улицы Леонова и Карла Маркса. Также в Центральном районе находится Северный железнодорожный вокзал.

В Центральном районе развит городской пассажирский транспорт. Трамвайный маршрут № 5 связывает его с Московским районом. Троллейбусный маршрут № 2 соединяет район с Московским проспектом. Автобусное сообщение очень интенсивно на главных улицах района (проспект Мира, Советский проспект, улица Леонова, улица Борзова), однако добраться до некоторых частей района (ул. Красная, Каштановая аллея, ул. Чекистов) может оказаться проблемой. С другой стороны, отсутствие интенсивного движения делает эти части центрального района наиболее привлекательными для проживания.

Образование
В районе много высших, средних специальных и профессиональных технических учебных
заведений: Калининградский государственный технический университет, Балтийский Военно-морской институт им. Ушакова, Государственный колледж градостроительства, Московский гуманитарный университет, 11 школ (среди них — первая школа города Калининграда, основанная в 1945 году — гимназия № 1, Лицей №49 — самое крупное среднее учебное заведение области), 12 детских дошкольных учреждений, музыкальная школа имени Д. Шостаковича с музеем, детская художественная школа и детско-юношеский центр.

Примечания

Ссылки
 ,  — информация о районе на официальном сайте Калининграда

1952 год в Калининградской области
Районы Калининграда
Районы, образованные в 1952 году
Появились в 1952 году в России

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Almost half of the students enrolled at the College of the Rockies come from outside the Cranbrook area, and many of them are experiencing the excitement, challenges and costs of independent living for the first time. The low cost of student housing eases the financial burden on them and their families, and the on-campus setting provides a sociable environment to buffer the potential for isolation.
The cost of the housing project is projected to be $17.7 million, with the Province investing $11.6 million and the college—with the help of a $1-million donation from Columbia Basin Trust—covering the remaining $6.1 million.


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Q: How to convert weekly data into monthly data? For example, this is the data I have.
I want to convert this weekly data into monthly data by weighted averages of interest. The thing is that some of the 7 day X1 data will overlap from one month to the other.
    Week                    interest Start        End
1   2004-01-04 - 2004-01-10       62 2004-01-04 2004-01-10
2   2004-01-11 - 2004-01-17       70 2004-01-11 2004-01-17
3   2004-01-18 - 2004-01-24       69 2004-01-18 2004-01-24
4   2004-01-25 - 2004-01-31       68 2004-01-25 2004-01-31
5   2004-02-01 - 2004-02-07       63 2004-02-01 2004-02-07
6   2004-02-08 - 2004-02-14       65 2004-02-08 2004-02-14
7   2004-02-15 - 2004-02-21       66 2004-02-15 2004-02-21
8   2004-02-22 - 2004-02-28       66 2004-02-22 2004-02-28
9   2004-02-29 - 2004-03-06       70 2004-02-29 2004-03-06
10  2004-03-07 - 2004-03-13       80 2004-03-07 2004-03-13
11  2004-03-14 - 2004-03-20       82 2004-03-14 2004-03-20

I tried to convert this data into daily data and then aggregate daily data into monthly data, but I don't know how to convert it. More specifically, a data frame looks like the following:
2004-01-04 62
2004-01-05 62
2004-01-06 62
...
2004-01-10 62
2005-01-11 70
....
...

A: Read the data into a zoo object, merge it with a daily grid and fill in the empty dates using na.locf.  Then aggregate by year/month:
# input data frame in reproducible form

Lines <- "interest Start        End
62 2004-01-04 2004-01-10
70 2004-01-11 2004-01-17
69 2004-01-18 2004-01-24
68 2004-01-25 2004-01-31
63 2004-02-01 2004-02-07
65 2004-02-08 2004-02-14
66 2004-02-15 2004-02-21
66 2004-02-22 2004-02-28
70 2004-02-29 2004-03-06
80 2004-03-07 2004-03-13
82 2004-03-14 2004-03-20"
DF <- read.table(text = Lines, header = TRUE)

# convert to zoo, merge with a daily grid and aggregate by month using mean

library(zoo)
z.st <- read.zoo(DF[c("Start", "interest")])
z.en <- read.zoo(DF[c("End", "interest")])
z <- c(z.st, z.en)

g <- zoo(, seq(start(z), end(z), "day"))
m <- na.locf(merge(z, g))
aggregate(m, as.yearmon, mean)

giving:
Jan 2004 Feb 2004 Mar 2004
67.25000 65.17241 77.70000

Update: fixed


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Looking for a recommendation for a pair of xlr cables. I am using oktava mk012's and running them into a edirol ua5. Would like to spend about 25-30 for each or less if possible. Setting up my first rig, so i'm looking for something that is good, but doesn't have to be the best.
Building your own would be the cheapest, and probably the best way to do it. I'll go find some links for you.
Thanks for the tip, I think I'd like to buy a pair for now...I'm really not too good with these sorts of things. Maybe over time I'd be able to do it.
Canare Star Quad terminated with Neutriks. As a personal recommendation, I'd get your two cables as different colors. I have mine black and gray, but they come in many others.
Any suggestions on what store I can get these from?
Yeah, those are about double I'd like to pay. I couldnt find them on masterpieceav.com or 8th street. Is "Canare" what I should be searching for?
www.kindkables.com Ed is more than fair for his prices and he has made all of my cables.
Wow, I must have gotten a great deal on mine. I picked up my pair on ebay. They're new and definitely done well. I got a pair of 25-footers for $40ish + shipping. Same part numbers as mentioned. Sometimes you just get lucky.
Actually, I got them because I was unlucky. One of my old "generic" cables shorted out, and I didn't want to risk damaging the phantom power supply or my mics, so I got rid of them ASAP and went on ebay the next day.
These are for identical cables, mind you.
To find the Canare/Neutrik cables at Masterpiece AV, go to the Browse Our Catalog section, Cables & Connectors | Cables - Microphone. The ones you want are listed as "Masterpiece - SCNNXXJ', where NN = the cable length.
BUT, for what it's worth, these cables are identical to the lower priced ones at Markertek - Masterpiece AV even uses the same part number!
Only real difference - Markertek jumps in length from 10' to 25', with no 15' available, but I bet they'd make 'em for you if you just ask nicely.
I can't believe how much they want for 15' cables! Now I can brag that I have $120 cables and that I paid less then $30 for them..
i went in for a look and for xlr's i have a question, is it 28 base price plus whatever depending on the length?
Yes, but give the phone number a call...tell him exactly what you are looking for and he will give you a quote. I have gotten a fair amount of custom stuff done through him as well.
Don't buy them, just PAY someone to make you some, would be a lot less $$..... jon?
i would, but right now is a tough time, i am about to get back on the road, if you arent in any hurry, maybe, otherwise maybe dan can make em for ya.
got to love that gettin back on the road pheelin! I'm jonesin'!
well, it isnt too bad i guess, going to up to detriot for 2wks, weather should be nice and i get to see panic if i can get off of work early enough!
Just made some 15' last night.. I'm so technically uninclined that it's silly but after two hours (probably much longer then average) I have some kickass "$120" cables for less then $21 in materials!
A little recommendation, look *really hard* for small strands of the sheath/ground wrapping themselves around the blue or white wires. Mine wouldn't past the "continuity test" and it turned out to be in both cases that one (yes one) strand of ground had touched the other wires!
Also curious, I couldn't find my 60/40 solder (electronic grade) so I used some other rosin core stuff. Is this terribly bad? The posts I've seen didn't mention electronic grade (just rosin core) and both cables passed signal just fine so I'm thinking I'm in the clear.
I noticed that Neutrik connectors don't work well with the Oktava's. They are too tight. Switchcraft connectors seem to work fine though.
If no, sell them and get/make cables that will make you happy.
I could get the same same sound quality(i imagine) from cables that cost half the price. I'm going to try and build me some.
they (neutrik) are pretty damn tight with my km100s, i gotta put some "umpff" into them to get them to click.
Jon, I noticed that too. They don't lock into place with the 140's quite as easily as they did withe the 480's.
yeah,,,,but once they click, they aint coming off, heh.
what i dont like is how they float in the back of the v3, i dont get any major issues like level spikes or dropouts, but they do float a little bit.
I take it the V3 doesn't "lock-in" using a release button? the mme only snaps, no manual release button...that's why I got the right-angles, little piece of mind they stay in place.
no, the V3, has the retainer clips, but there is some float. maybe only a few mm's, but still, i would feel more comfortable if they were as tight as the km100s.
As a personal recommendation, I'd get your two cables as different colors. I have mine black and gray, but they come in many others.
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A comparison of privacy issues in collaborative workspaces and social networks
M.E. Pekárek, S. Pötzsch
Identity in the Information Society
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Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony (Jamestown: La leyenda de la colonia perdida, en español) es un videojuego de estilo matamarcianos con scroll vertical, desarrollado por Final Form Games en 2011.

La historia es una ucronía de estilo steampunk que se sitúa en Marte. En esta historia alternativa en el siglo XVII, los conquistadores españoles y los marcianos indígenas quieren hacerse con el planeta rojo, que ahora es una colonia británica.

Modos de juego

La mecánica de juego de Jamestown es similar a la de otros juegos del género: manejaremos una de las cuatro naves disponibles (tres de ellas habrá que desbloquearlas con la puntuación obtenida), y cada una de ellas cuenta con un ataque principal y uno secundario diferentes, que pueden verse potenciadas con la habilidad "Vaunt", que puede ser activada cuando se consigue suficiente oro, y además de mayor potencia de ataque crea alrededor de la nave un escudo temporal. Mientras esta habilidad esté activada, aparecerá un multiplicador que otorgará mayor puntuación.

El juego cuenta con varios modos de juego, todos ellos para un solo jugador o con modo multijugador para hasta cuatro jugadores simultáneos de manera local. Estos modos de juego son: el modo historia, en el que tendremos que superar las diferentes fases para ir descubriendo lo que sucede en el planeta Marte; el modo "Gauntlet", un modo historia a superar sin ser abatidos ni una sola vez; y el modo "desafío", una especie de niveles de bonus que desbloqueamos cambiando nuestro oro en la tienda, y que ofrece diferentes retos a superar.

Desarrollo

El juego fue desarrollado durante dos años por el pequeño estudio independiente Final Form Games, financiado con los propios ahorros de los tres fundadores Timothy Ambrogi, Michael Ambrogi y Halsted Larsson. Entre las influencias directas para crear este juego, los desarrolladores nombraron el shooter Progear y las películas animadas de Hayao Miyazaki, en particular Nausicaä del Valle del Viento y El castillo en el cielo.

Expansiones

El 10 de noviembre de 2011 fue lanzado el DLC de pago Gunpowder, trason & plot, que agrega tres nuevas naves y sus pilotos (entre ellos Guy Fawkes, de ahí el título), cada uno con nuevas tipos de ataque.

Humble Indie Bundle 4
El 13 de diciembre de 2011 el juego es incluido en el lanzamiento del cuarto Humble Indie Bundle, que junto a Jamestown incluye otros cuatro juegos: Bit.Trip Runner de Gaijin Games, Super Meat Boy de Team Meat, Shank de Klei Entertainment y NightSky de Nicalis. Pagando más de la media, además, se incluían otros dos juegos: Cave Story + y Gratuitous Space Battles.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony Página web oficial del juego
 Jamestown teaser trailer en YouTube

Videojuegos para Windows
Videojuegos para Mac
Videojuegos para GNU/Linux
Videojuegos cooperativos
Videojuegos de 2011
Matamarcianos
Videojuegos de un solo jugador y de multijugador
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Katee Sackhoff rumored to be joining Vin Diesel in "Riddick"
Posted by Terri Schwartz on November 1st
In the seven years since "The Chronicles of Riddick" hit theaters, franchise creator David Twohy has had plenty of time to figure out what he wants to do with his upcoming sequel, "Riddick." With pre-production underway in Montreal and stars Vin Diesel and Karl Urban returning to the project, Twohy is busy bringing together a group of supporting actors to flesh out the rest of his cast.
Bloody Disgusting did some digging and found out that Twohy has made offers to four new actors to join the "Riddick" series. "Battlestar Galactica" star Katee Sackhoff, "Total Recall" action hero Bokeem Woodbine, WWE wrestler Dave Bautista and video game voice actor Andreas Apergis have all been given potential roles in the upcoming sci-fi adventure film.
According to the site, Sackhoff has been offered the role if Dahl, a Nordic mercenary tracking Riddick. Apergis could play Krone, a commander of the story's dark theocracy. It's unstated who Woodbine and Bautista would play.
"Riddick" follows the title character after he's been betrayed by his fellow humans and left for dead on a desolate planet. While he stays busy fighting for his survival against alien predators, bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy flock to the planet to try to kill him. But they're actually all pawns in his quest for revenge, and he attacks them before returning home to Furya to save his planet from destruction.
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Home | » | Poker | » | Updated On April 25, 2018 | » | Establishing a Tight Poker Table Image
In poker, image matters. Throughout a poker tournament, your table image will help determine how much action you'll get and, ultimately, how you can manipulate your opponents into making big calls or big lay downs at the wrong times.
While establishing a loose, aggressive image early on can help build your initial chip stack, I believe it's important to develop a tight table image in the later stages of a tournament because it gives you the ability to maneuver at the times when the chips matter most.
When the action is folded around, some players will always raise from the cutoff and the button. The problem with this play is that's its predictable and can be easily exploited. If you always raise from the button, the players in the blinds catch on sooner or later and will put in a big re-raise with any two cards. You will also find players just calling you with a much wider range of hands from the blinds before putting in a big check-raise on the flop.
Why do they do this? Because you have been presenting a loose table image by raising any time the action is passed to you. During late-stage play, this image hampers your ability to maneuver because any time you try to make a move, it's likely that someone will play back at you.
It doesn't take long before your loose table image will make you a target for the experienced players at the table (or even the inexperienced players who get tired of being pushed around). The amount of chips you risk by being loose in these situations is usually not worth the reward of just picking up the blinds. Be careful, though, because when you play too tight you end up missing many opportunities to slowly accumulate chips or even just stay afloat. Ideally, you want to project a very tight image while actually being somewhere in between the standard perceptions of "loose" and "tight."
I have one very simple piece of advice to help you with this part of your online poker game. It may sound so simple you would wonder why I bother mentioning it but, in fact, this is one of my most important rules: Always fold junk.
By always folding junk hands, you accomplish a number of goals:
You resist the temptation to attempt a blind-steal just because action was passed to you. With the level of aggressiveness that characterizes today's play, it's better to pass on bad hands even in position. You avoid pot-committing yourself with a hand that will usually be dominated in a race with a short-stack.
For example, if you raise from the cutoff for 3x the big blind with J-3 attempting to steal the blinds and a stack with 8x the big blind moves in behind you, you are in a bad spot. It's better to just avoid these situations altogether.
Most importantly, you further cement your image as a tight player. Now when you raise with a hand like A-8, you can feel confident that your tight image will allow you to steal the blinds although you're actually playing a bit looser.
Another temptation players face is to pick on someone's blind just because they view that player as "weak." I rarely pick on someone's blinds without a decent opening hand. Opening from the cut-off with a hand like K-9 suited is about as low as I'm willing to go in attempt to just pick up the blinds.
Using my tight table image enabled me to maneuver through a very tough field in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold 'em event at the 2007 WSOP*. After I doubled up early in Day 2, I used my table image in the late stages to steal blinds and to pick up a number of pots in key situations. I was able to carry this momentum to the final table, where I was fortunate enough to win the bracelet.
Remember, it takes more than good cards to be a winning player. By creating a solid table image in the late stages of a tournament, you may actually be able to play a wider variety of hands than your opponents expect and take down key pots at critical times.
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New screenshots of the now cancelled Stargate MMO surface.
Earlier today we here at SGGamingInfo talked to creator of Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment and Dark Comet Games Jim Brown on the shut down of the online third person shooter Stargate Resistance.
A look into Stargate Worlds dialing mechanic.
Stargate Worlds and Stargate Resistance sites have come back online.
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SGGamingInfo is offering more Stargate Worlds Info today with all 29 songs available for download, footage from Stargate Worlds and a screenshot to cap it all off.
The last Stargate Worlds Sneak Peek episode. Some nice features for the final part for you guys and girls to enjoy.
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MGM's bankruptcy approved. Find out in the article who to contact if you want to try and save SGW and SGR.
Part 3 of the SGW audio sneak peek is now here. Today we have the song called Narim and a SGW Quest audio clip.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! I thought I'd join in with other bloggers by highlighting my favorite designs of the year. I didn't think I had gotten much stamping time in this year until I started looking back at all my designs for the year. These are the cards I couldn't help but show off again! Enjoy!
Look at these wonderful gifts and cards I received this Christmas!
This awesome framed Christmas collage is by Barbara Welch, and I received it in our weSTAMP gift exchange. This lighted glass block is by Lorri Heiling. It was difficult to get a picture of it that represents how gorgeous it is in real life. It uses Stampin' Up!'s Jingle All The Way Decor Elements, and Lorri created a beautiful garland/ribbon/bells combination for it!


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As mentioned on PeteHatesMusic, The Decemberists are one of the contributers to the soundtrack for the movie, The Hunger Games. You can now listen to the track that they recorded, called One Engine. Listen to the new track, and check...
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Biography of Cary Grant
by Deepak Kulshrestha | May 20, 2021 | actor | 0 comments
Actor Cary Grant performed in films from the 1930s through the 1960s. He starred in several Alfred Hitchcock films, including the 1959 hit 'North by Northwest.'
Who Was Cary Grant?
Actor Cary Grant ran away from habitat at 13 to accomplish as a juggler as well as than a comedy troupe. They higher toured the United States, where he honed his acting skills. In the 1930s he signed following Paramount Pictures. He made films ably into the 1960s, establishing a debonair persona that made him a screen icon. Sometimes referred to as the "epitome of elegance," Grant exuded style, draw and sophistication. He died in 1986, having customary an honorary Oscar in 1970.
Cary Grant was born surrounded by suggestion to January 18, 1904. He grew happening in Bristol, England, as Archie Leach, the son of a clothing presser and a homemaker. His father, Elias, left the relatives for a job in Southampton, and there he took occurring as soon as substitute girl. The couple soon had a child of their own.
When he was 10 years archaic, Grant was told that his mom was dead even though, in intention of fact, she had been working to an institution by his daddy. Devastated by the loss, Grant was basically upon his own, taking into account little sticking to from his father. At 13, he started hanging when mention to a local theater, where he performed a few weird jobs.
He traveled gone the group for two years, the theater in all types of acts from juggling to comedy bits to acrobatics. In 1920, Grant branched out vis–vis his own, desertion the troupe during its visit to New York City.
Career Breakthrough
By the tardy 1920s, Grant had made several appearances vis–vis speaking Broadway. He got the lead portion in the 1931 musical Nikki behind Fay Wray, playing a soldier named Cary who fights for Wray's affections. While the production proved to be sudden-lived, Grant's role garnered him plenty rave review to on fire a role in a quick film, Singapore Sue. Finally experiencing some studio inclusion, Grant approved to have emotional impact out to Los Angeles.
Grant landed a contract taking into consideration Paramount Studios and took about a adding together identity. Archie Leach became Cary Grant at the studio's demand. According to Hollywood legend, his first make known came from his earlier stage role and his last state from a list unchangeable to him by the studio. Grant starred opposite such famed leading ladies as Marlene Dietrich and Mae West.
Films of 1930s and 1940s
By the late 1930s, Grant had become an traditional leading man in Hollywood. He appeared in a range of movies, from skirmish dramas to mysteries to comedies. His career, however, reached subsidiary heights starting in 1937, behind Topper. He had a proficiency for both brute humor and comic timing.
Grant made some of his greatest films on the subject of this period; such comedies as The Awful Truth (1937) back Irene Dunne and The Philadelphia Story considering Katharine Hepburn and Jimmy Stewart have become classics. In many of his roles, Grant played a same typea man behind wit and polish.
He did, however, occasionally attempt to defy the audience's expectations of him. He played a potentially lethal husband opposite Joan Fontaine in the 1941 thriller Suspicion, which marked his first film once director and master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock. In Penny Serenade (1941), Grant balanced humor considering grief as a husband who experiences both joy and heartbreak in his marriage. His behave in the film netted him an Academy Award nomination.
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His greatest dramatic leap was in 1944's None but the Lonely Heart. Directed and co-written by Clifford Odets, the film featured Grant as a drifting prodigal son who returns residence to confirm his poorly mother (Ethel Barrymore). He picked occurring his second Academy Award nomination for this now mostly forgotten film.
By the in the future 1940s, Grant became one of the first actors to home status as a pardon agent, choosing not to be under accord to one of the many film studios that ruled Hollywood at the period. Instead, he picked his own parts, becoming increasingly selective nearly what roles he'd receive. One of his first decisions as a forgive agent was to act another Hitchcock film1946's Notorious. Starring opposite Ingrid Bergman, Grant played an American agent in fable to the trail of some neo-Nazis.
Later Films
Two of Grant's most memorable jarring roles had him as soon as anew full of zip considering Hitchcock. He played a reformed criminal accused of a robbery he didn't commit in 1955's To Catch a Thief. In the film, Grant starred opposite Grace Kelly. Hitchcock later put Grant through his paces in 1959's North by Northwest.
Grant furthermore teamed occurring in the by now Audrey Hepburn for the 1963 droll and ardent thriller Charade, which gently poked fun at the genre. Grant retired from filmmaking after this movie.
Final Years and Death
After walking away from acting, Grant yet appeared in public. He became a director of the Faberg company and served as the toilet water unlimited's brand ambassador, traveling roughly to quality its products.
Grant declared numerous honors for his contributions to film in his well along years, including a special Academy Award in 1970 for his "unique mastery of the art of screen acting." In 1981, he earned the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor for Career Achievement in the Performing Arts closely such greats as Helen Hayes and Count Basie. He suffered a fatal achievement in his hotel room.
As he had in vibrancy, Grant continued to intention privacy after his death. President Ronald Reagan said that "He was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood and his elegance, wit and attraction will comply to coarsely film and in our hearts."
Unlike his suave film characters, Grant seemed to be in suffer in his affectionate energy off-screen. He was married five era and went through four divorces. Several of his ex-wives described him as controlling. His fourth wife, actress Dyan Cannon, said that he tried to declare her what to wear. She has plus claimed that he angry her to receive LSD, a drug he took himself.
Some have said, including Cannon herself, that Grant's scared childhood affected his loving dealings. After believing her to be dead, Grant discovered his mother was yet conscious gone he was 30 years pass.
While his loving relationships may have been scared, Cary Grant was an attentive daddy. He only had one child, a daughter Jennifer, who was born in 1966, once wife Dyan Cannon. Grant became a admiring and adoring parent. After he and Cannon divorced, Grant spent as much grow primeval as he could as soon as his daughter.


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Q: [Java]How to include a max and min on random while excluding a number in the middle I am trying to created integer method that will track the position of where someone will be at while using a random int of either -1 or 1 where it will display my position a times. Example( pos = 0, pos = 1, pos = 2, pos = 1, etc.). So far I have a min and max of -1 to 1 however I do not want to include the zero and I am not sure how to get rid of it. Additionally is it possible to add up all the steps taken? Example: If example above was all added up it would be 3 steps taken (every step backwards and forwards counts as one step) I would like to include the total amount of steps taken but I am not sure how to do it.
import java.util.*;
public class randWalking{
    public static int walkingStepsRand(int a){
    Random rand = new Random();
    int pos = 0;
     for(int i = 1; i <= x; i++){
        pos = pos + rand.nextInt((1 + 1) + 1) - 1;
     System.out.println("Pos: " + pos);
  }

  return pos;
  }

     public static void main(String[] args){
        randomWalk(5);
        }

}

A: There are several ways to answer this question:

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*How to generate a random item from the set {-1, 1}

*How to generate a random item from any given set

*How to generate a random number within two distinct, non-overlapping ranges.

I'll try to answer all three.

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*How to generate a random item from the set {-1, 1}:
If you can generate a number from the set {0,1}, it's simple to translate this to a choice from {-1,1} - multiply this number by 2, and add (-1). e.g. `random.nextInt(2) * 2 - 1

*How to generate a random item from any given set
Define an array of items, and choose a random index between 0..length, e.g.
int[] choices = {1,5,6,8,9};
int randomChoice = choices[random.nextInt(choices.length)];

*How to generate a random number within two distinct, non-overlapping ranges.
There are several ways about this. One simple approach would be to decide on which continuous range using a random number, then generate numbers within the continuous range:
// generate a random number in the integer interval [0, 25) union [75, 100)
int value = (r.nextInt(2) == 0? r.nextInt(25) : 75 + r.nextInt(25));

If the intervals have the same width and are of same distance from each other as in the example above, you could also use:
int spacingBetweenIntervals = 75;
int numIntervals = 2;
int intervalWidth = 25;
int value = (r.nextInt(numIntervals) * spacingBetweenIntervals) + r.nextInt(intervalWidth);

Or, you could manipulate the resulting value over a continuous range, similar to what I offered in option 1.
int value = r.nextInt(50);

// anything that's 25 and above should be shifted to another interval
value = value >= 25? value + 75 : value;

I hope this answers your question.


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The 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) revealed gaps in Nigeria's performance on the SDGs targets and indicators that would be used by United Nations (UN) member states to set their agenda of political policies over the next 10 years.
The SDGs are collections of 17 global goals designed to be a "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all." The SDGs, set in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and intended to be achieved by the year 2030, are part of UN Resolution 70/1, the 2030 Agenda.
However, the information provided by the 2018 NDHS is essential for programme managers and policymakers to evaluate and design strategies for improving the health of Nigerians.
Regrettably, the estimates of the latest survey on fertility levels, marriage, sexual activity, family planning, breastfeeding practices and nutrition, despite certain marginal progress, fell below expectations of SDGs after five years of initiation.
Similarly, its evaluation of childhood and maternal mortality, maternal and child health, malaria, domestic violence, disability and female genital mutilation leaves much to be desired.
Nigeria Needs N126 trillion For SDGs
Commenting on the gaps revealed by the 2018 NDHS on the state of children, women and general human development against the SDGs, Dr. Davis Omotola, Independent Development Consultant, said that Nigeria requires N126 trillion ($350 billion) to meet the SDGs set for 2030.
Omotola said the NDHS further showed that the current public sector gap was estimated at 36.7 trillion ($100 billion) after all other possible incomes, including oil revenue and the Abacha loot, have been pooled together.
The Independent Development Consultant spoke during during a two-day workshop on Media Dialogue for Editors and Reporters on Data-Driven Reporting and Dissemination of NDHS 2018 Result and SDGs in Port Harcourt, River State, organised by the Child Rights Information Bureau and the Federal Ministry of Information, recently.
In his presentation, titled; 'Nigeria's Progress towards the SDGs: Why Nigeria may not meet the SDGs,' he bemoaned growing poverty amid population explosion and insecurity.
He lamented that 70 per cent of the poor people in Nigeria was found in 10 states which all happen to be in the North.
Visibly worried that lack of effective policies and budget constraints could serve as barriers for achieving the SDGs in the next 10 years, Omotola maintained that Nigeria needs a large chunk of money to achieve the 17 SDG goals.
"We have 10 years, but Nigeria does not plan. We are in a country where people just wake up and whatever happens, is what we do. We have been talking about insecurity, what is the plan to solve it? We should have a robust plan.
"There are so many plans and policies; we have even the national population policy which proposes four children per family.
We are talking about quality education for all, but we have different definitions of education in different parts of Nigeria.
"We just developed the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) by 2017, the SDG has been on since 2016, the discussion started from 2012 yet when we were doing ERGP, we didn't factor in the SDGs except we now begin to realign the ERGP into the SDGs.
"The SDG is about leaving no one behind and to achieve that we need N126 trillion ($350 billion) and our total income in 2018 was N146 trillion ($398 billion) so it means that we should just spend all that money to achieve the SDGs."
He asked rhetorically; "The President said he wants to lift 100 million people out of poverty, we already have 98 million poor people as at 2018 and 70 per cent of them we know where they are, so what programme are we putting in place for them?
"Most of our children do not have an education that is skill-based that will make them to get the right employment.
"It's not all these small intervention programmes, we must have policies that are effective, policies that are implemented and of wide coverage."
Maureen Zubie-Okolo, United Nations Children's Fund, (UNICEF) Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, while reviewing the 2018 NDHS figures on immunisation at the event decried the percentage of children that have received all-round immunisation in Nigeria between 2008 and 2018, noting; "It remains very low at 31 per cent."
Zubie-Okolo said; "The percentage of children who received none of the basic vaccinations declined from 29 percent to 19 percent during the same period in review.
"But, the percentage of children age between 12 and 23 months who received all basic vaccinations increased from 23 percent in 2008 to 31 percent in 2018."
She explained that immunisation coverage was one of the indicators used to monitor progress towards a reduction in child morbidity and mortality as it was one of the most cost-effective public health intervention.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist said that the objective of the NDHS was to provide estimates on fertility levels, marriage, sexual activity, family planning, breastfeeding practices and nutrition.
Others she said were childhood and maternal mortality, maternal and child health, malaria, domestic violence, disability, and female genital mutilation.
"This information is essential for programme managers and policymakers to evaluate and design programmes and strategies for improving the health of Nigerians," she said.
Elaborating, she noted that the latest NDHS (2018) was the sixth one in Nigeria since 1990 as part of the Demographic Health Survey programme.
According to her, the sample design for 2018 NDHS is to provide estimates at the national level, for six zones, for 36 states, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and for urban and rural dwellers.
She, however, stressed that while the 2018 NDHS trends showed an improvement, they still fell short of SDGs Three which the target is for more than 90 per cent coverage of all basic vaccination among children age 12 to 23 months.
Breastfeeding Within One Hour Of Birth Records Nine Percent Increase In Five Years
According to the 2018 NDHS, the percentage of Nigerian children who started breastfeeding within one hour of their birth only increased by nine percentage points since 2013, from 33 percent to 42 percent.
Experts say that initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour of life is important for both the mother and the child.
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