Spring is always a bittersweet time for us. For those of you who don't like winter (gasp), spring is a time of hope, and recharging. The planet is waking up from its hibernation, and the urge to get outside becomes tough to resist. And if it has been a "bad" winter (and that's all about perspective) the draw to get outside can be even stronger. For us it's very sad to think about packing away our snowboards, but it is exciting to think about getting back on the water to explore new places and revisit our favorites.
Air temperatures can fluctuate by 40 or more degrees day to day (especially given the crazy weather extremes we have been facing) but water temperatures change much more gradually. In the northeast, ocean temperatures are still hovering right around 40 degrees. That is cold!
Even though when you paddleboard you are on your board, and not in the water, the vast majority of the time (unless you surf like I do, in which case that ratio is the complete opposite) you need to be prepared for the event that you end up in the water and perhaps can't get out immediately. We have posted on here before about cold water paddling safety and tips for how to dress for cold water paddling, but the false sense of security that longer days and budding temps provide can be especially dangerous.
For lakes and rivers that were frozen over just days or weeks ago, those water temperatures are still going to be cold. Mountain fed rivers and lakes will remain cold for quite some time as the snowpack melts and the icy waters make there way to lower ground.
So don't forget your safety gear. A PFD and a leash are must haves. Vest style PFDs are much safer than inflatables because they will keep your head above water, don't rely on you being able to deploy them, and they provide some insulation for your core. There is a common gasp reflex that happens when you hit cold water, and if your head is under water when you take that gasp, you risk inhaling water into your lungs. And don't forget a nice, warm pair of Neoprene booties.
It is also important to wear a dry suit or a wet suit so that you are protected from frigid water temps. It's very tempting to forgo these items because the air is so warm, but that's when disaster is likely to strike. A dry suit doesn't provide a lot of warmth on its own, it's dependent on what you layer under it. Remember if you get too hot out there, a quick dip in the water will take care of that.
Before you venture out is a good time to check all of your gear too.
Check your board and paddle for any cracks or dings that might need repairing before you put it in the water.
Make sure you have your fin and fin plate and screw.
Check your leash for any cracks or potential weaknesses. The swivel and attachment points, are usually where the leash will fail. And you should replace your leash every couple of years just to be sure that it hasn't weakened over time or in the elements.
If you have a dry case for your phone, test that out to make sure that it is still water tight.
And inspect carefully your wet or drysuit for any areas that need repair, gaskets that need replacing, zippers that need lubricating, etc. When you get on the water, you should certainly swim test your suit (this should really be done each time you go out, but realistically most of us aren't going to do that). If there are any leaks you are much better off finding out while you are still near the shore, than if you fall in miles from shore in 40 degree water.
It's also a good idea to inspect and test your booties, because it's very hard to paddle with frozen feet.
Check your PFD, if it is an inflatable, check the cartridge or change the cartridge if you want to be safe. If it is a vest style, check it for any damage and to make sure all of the buckles and adjustments are in good working order.
Spring is always an exciting time. It presents many wonderful opportunities to go on new adventures, and join in the earth waking up from winter. Just remember to take precautions and be safe out there.


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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, the world's oldest national ruler, turned 93 on Tuesday, using a long and occasionally rambling interview to vow to remain in power despite growing signs of frailty.
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He celebrated with his staff in a private ceremony in Harare as supporters and ruling ZANU-PF party officials filled state media with gushing messages of goodwill and congratulations.
During an hour-long, pre-recorded television interview broadcast late Monday, Mugabe appeared to grow increasingly tired, pausing at length between sentences and speaking with his eyes barely open.
"The call to step down must come from my party… In such circumstances I will step down," he said.
"They want me to stand for elections… If I feel that I can't do it any more, I will say so to my party so that they relieve me. But for now, I think I can't say so.
"The majority of the people feel that there is no replacement — a successor who to them is acceptable."
Mugabe, who has ridiculed regular reports that he is close to death, spoke about creating jobs in Zimbabwe's wrecked economy, the country's extreme cash shortage and his much-criticised wife.
Sitting in State House, his official residence in Harare, he appeared lucid at some points while at other times he drawled and lost track of his thoughts.
The Zimbabwean opposition used the birthday to say Mugabe was an outdated leader, incapable of solving the country's problems.
The president's main birthday celebrations will be held on Saturday at Matobo National Park outside Bulawayo, where thousands of officials and ZANU-PF faithful are expected to gather.
Large game animals are often slaughtered for the occasion. In previous years Mugabe has reportedly been offered elephants, buffalo and impala for the feast.
The veteran leader, who came to power when Zimbabwe won independence in 1980, is accused of holding office through ruthless repression of dissent and election rigging, also overseeing an economic collapse.
The state-owned Herald newspaper on Tuesday published a 24-page supplement of congratulatory messages from government departments and regime loyalists, while state television and radio broadcast tributes and songs of praise.
"As we celebrate his 93rd birthday today, we do so in the knowledge and comfort that our country is in very good and capable hands," the Herald said in its editorial.
The defence ministry message read: "Your wise visionary leadership continues to provide us with clear direction and greater resolve to defend our country."
Several incidents in recent years have highlighted Mugabe's advanced age — including a public fall in 2015 at Harare airport.
In September of the same year he read a speech to parliament apparently unaware that he had delivered the same address a month earlier.
Despite growing calls to step aside, his party has endorsed Mugabe as its candidate for general elections next year, and he remains widely respected as a liberation hero by other African leaders.
On Friday, his wife, Grace, claimed that Mugabe would be the voters' choice even after he dies.
Grace, 51, who has a reputation for extravagance and fierce verbal attacks on rivals, has also said she would use a wheelchair to transport him to election rallies if needed.
She was appointed head of the ZANU-PF women's wing in a surprise move that could make her a possible successor to Mugabe.
"She is very acceptable. Very much accepted by the people," Mugabe said in the interview, without giving further details.
A spokesman for the Movement for Democratic Change opposition party marked Mugabe's birthday with a stinging opinion piece in the privately-owned NewsDay paper.
"Today's problems need today's people. Yet you do not even belong to yesterday´s generation. At 93, you certainly belong to yesterday but one," wrote Luke Tamborinyoka.
Last year, security forces brutally quelled a series of street protests in Harare, a rare public expression of opposition to Mugabe's regime.
According to Bloomberg News, Zimbabwe's economic output has halved since 2000 when many white-owned farms were seized, leaving the key agricultural sector in ruins.
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Have you had any experience of systems not quite doing what you need them to? Did you take a different approach to working around the problem? Share your thoughts by leaving a comment below.
Yes. Your views are totally in sync with many people including me.
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Q: Is it possible to conduct ANOVA on paired samples? I have data similar to that (fake values):

| Individual | Profession  | Software_A | Software_B |
|------------|-------------|------------|------------|
| A          | Teacher     |        4.5 |        3.2 |
| B          | Cop         |        5.0 |        2.0 |
| C          | Teacher     |        2.0 |        1.2 |
| D          | Cop         |        5.0 |        2.0 |
| E          | Hairstylist |        1.0 |        0.5 |

Need to test if mean rates of Software_A is greater than Software_B for some Professions.
I can conduct a Paired Sample T-test comparing means, but that would give me the overall difference, not within groups.
Is there something like a Paired Sample ANOVA?
Possible solutions

*

*Should I simply compute a new variable called Rate_Difference = Software_A - Software_B and conduct ANOVA with Profession?

| Individual | Profession  | Software_A | Software_B | Rate_Difference |
|------------|-------------|------------|------------|-----------------|
| A          | Teacher     |        4.5 |        3.2 |             1.3 |
| B          | Cop         |        5.0 |        2.0 |               3 |
| C          | Teacher     |        2.0 |        1.2 |             0.8 |
| D          | Cop         |        5.0 |        2.0 |             0.5 |
| E          | Hairstylist |        1.0 |        0.5 |             0.5 |

*Should I restructure data turning Software_A and Software_B into different cases and perform a Bivariate ANOVA on Rate versus Software  versus Profession?

| Individual | Profession  | Software | Rate |
|------------|-------------|----------|------|
| A          | Teacher     | A        |  4.5 |
| B          | Cop         | A        |  5.0 |
| C          | Teacher     | A        |  2.0 |
| D          | Cop         | A        |  5.0 |
| E          | Hairstylist | A        |  1.0 |
| A          | Teacher     | B        |  3.2 |
| B          | Cop         | B        |  2.0 |
| C          | Teacher     | B        |  1.2 |
| D          | Cop         | B        |  2.0 |
| E          | Hairstylist | B        |  0.5 |

A: Unless there's something that I'm missing here, what you're looking to do is just to carry out a two-way repeated measures ANOVA. This will allow you to test whether software interacts with profession (i.e. does the effect of software vary from one profession to another).
You would need to ensure that each profession occurs a reasonable number of times in your data though. Maybe >5.

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There is a growth of the ageing population due to increased life expectancy. Complex life patterns results children failing to look after their elders. As a result the number of elders in elders' homes is increasing. Study was conducted to describe health problems of elders in elders' homes. Cross sectional descriptive study was conducted. The Kandy municipal area was selected where there were four elders' homes consisting of 172 residential elders. The total population was selected excluding elders unable to communicate. Thirty six percent elders had children. Problems identified were the non-communicable diseases and age related disabilities. Diseases were hypertension (45%), dyslipidemia (24%). Some elders had not undergone diagnostic tests. The percentage who had age related disabilities was 79.3% and 58.8% out of them did not have equipment to overcome them. The percentage who had visitors was 66.6%. Over 95% of the elders were satisfied with the basic facilities.


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UT already has assessment system: Letters, March 7, 2018
UT already has assessment system
The faculty interviewed by the News Sentinel do not speak for all university faculty concerning the enhanced post-tenure performance review proposed by the Board of Trustees. As head of the mathematics department, my chief concern is not that the proposal will "essentially eliminate tenure" (it won't). Rather, this proposal will add yet another layer of bureaucratic activity to departments that should be focused on teaching, research and service. The University of Tennessee already has a very robust system of assessment. Faculty are evaluated every year, and faculty who earn ratings below "meets expectations" are already subject to procedures that can ultimately result in loss of tenure. After all, academic freedom does not include the right to be a bad teacher, to stop doing research or not to carry one's weight in service. Department heads, who oversee this process, are motivated by their departments' national standings to provide constructive evaluations that will enhance productivity. A more impactful proposal by the board would tie EPPR to a promotion ladder for full professors, such as those at many other state universities, to help retain top faculty.
As for the second part of the proposal requiring evaluations of all faculty in "underperforming" departments or other units, there are issues with how this proposal is worded that will presumably be hashed out in discussions with university leadership. But departments that do their missions well should have little fear from such a proposal. The university already has periodic (five years) academic program reviews related to accreditation. These program reviews bring in evaluation teams not only from other departments on campus, but also from other prestigious universities. If a department cannot stand up to such scrutiny, then in my view a more thorough review is warranted.
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Auditorium renovations should add restrooms
On behalf of every patron of the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum, I request that the city add restroom expansion to the renovations planned for the auditorium. If Elon Musk can put a Tesla in orbit, then surely Knoxville can reduce the lines on the stairs.
I applaud Mayor Madeline Rogero for her prudent stewardship of the city's finances in managing the debt, but we should not let this opportunity go down the drain. A bathroom tax on each auditorium ticket, or a government/private partnership with pay toilets, would make this infrastructure improvement flush with the funds required.
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I have an iphone with a cracked screen so i replaced the screen. When I turn it on it works but the screen does not turn on straight away. There is a scrambled image and after one or two seconds it comes good. I have checked the cable connections from the screen/glass to the main board, they're ok. Do I have a faulty new screen?
I changed the back of my iphone, all normal, but I probably did something wrong in connecting the antenna, because I encountered problems like "no service" almost always. I ask for help to solve the problem.
I have tried rebooting my phone, deleting apps and pictures but my messages app still crashes. I even switched my Mail account to only the ICloud account. I'm not sure what else to do. Please help!
Having trouble with my daughter's Iphone 5s. We have changed the screen before and now it broke again and almost immediately after the toutch function stop working. We replace the screen but the error returned. What could be wrong ?? Thank you for all the tips.
Bri1987; I forgot my password and sign in account, how can I reset everything and create a new account. I have backed up my data.
My iPhone 5S unable to receive any incoming call, but can make outgoing call. Have verified with network service provider, and confirm it is not simcard issue or telecommunication issue as well. What will be possible root cause and how to solve it?
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Safety is important in anything you do with a car, either driving or working on it, so I used two jack stands under the rear of the car.
After taking off the rear wheels, I just needed a 13mm wrench to remove the FIAT brakes, with two bolts on each brake.
The old brake pads were worn a bit, but not down to almost nothing like the front pads. All cars use more braking in the front, something about the laws of physics applies to this, so I probably would have been fine with the rear pads. But, I figured why not have a full set, all new pads and fluid, so that the two days on the track will be safe.
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Longtime lobbyist Dee Simpson passed away
Simpson spent decades lobbying the Legislature on a wide variety of issues, including public workers, civil rights, worker's rights, sustainable technology, toxic contamination, voting rights, municipal and other local government initiatives. Services are pending
Jeff Crosby wrote the following on social media:
Dee Simpson was "boisterous, bedeviling, big-hearted, brave and never, ever boring. He had a strange intuition about people and politics that never made sense yet was usually perfectly accurate. At the peak of his career, he played with the big boys of Texas politics and, among many other accomplishments, secured significant support for Ann Richards by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) in 1990. Fueled by nicotine, caffeine, scotch, the Stones and Doug Sahm at volume 12, ADD meds, and "one of those double x green beers with a shot of your cheapest tequila," crazy lines constantly spilled out of his head much like his drinks on a bar table. Molly Ivins made sure that a few got printed, including his famous name for the Texas Legislature, "The National Laboratory For Bad Legislation." None of this is news to anyone who ever knew him. However, a lot of folks didn't know he was an enormous ally for those who were down on their luck or shoved into a corner. When the going got serious, Dee was a pro. To lean on an old cliche, Dee was a one-of-a-kind; we couldn't have handled two. I will be among the legions of people who will miss him terribly and remember him forever."
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The Golden Eagles finish their season with a 3-1 loss to Western Illinois.
ORU's Alex White scored the first goal of the game in the 7th minute. He was assisted by Gerardo Salas.
But this would be the last goal scored by the Golden Eagles.
WIU's Jacob Bevan scored an unassisted goal after getting a rebound from his first shot and punching it in.
Oscar Ortega scored the final two goals for WIU. The first was right out of the halftime break in the 46th minute off a through ball, with assists from Drew Whalen and Husref Jupic. The second was a header into the upper 90 with assists by Tyler Chavez and Drew Whalen.
The men's soccer team finished as the Summit League runner-up with a record of 6-8-4.
Western Illinois will continue on and face Denver, the regular season champs and overall number one seed of the tournament.


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Location and Features
The UMFS is located at the headwaters of the Little Tallahatchie River, which drains into the Yazoo River. These waters eventually flow into the Mississippi River, ultimately emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. The facility, with assistance from a knowledgeable and professional staff, supports research, educational, and service programs appropriate to the site. All UMFS programs are high quality sustainable efforts that respect both the participants and the natural environment.
What we have to offer:
The UMFS provides sophisticated indoor and outdoor research and teaching spaces that together comprise a natural laboratory, located 11 miles from the University of Mississippi campus at Oxford, MS. There are more than 740 acres of pine and mixed hardwood forest, bottomland forest, open fields, wetlands (including eight constructed wetlands), ponds and springs. There are also 200 constructed small ponds that allow for experimental manipulation and replication. Scientific questions may be posed related to processes operating at the interface between surface and groundwater systems, and between upland forests and seeps. Diverse disciplines, from academic, governmental and private institutions, are encouraged. Partnerships are developed to address questions relating to hydrological, ecological, chemical, environmental engineering, educational, biological, geological or other related topics.
The primary focus of the UMFS is research. As a research facility, the UMFS serves as a barometer against which spatial and temporal changes can be measured. With data from several similar facilities, information can be combined to characterize regional, national, and/or international trends. The facility collects and stores long-term data for weather, vegetation, water quality and other environmental parameters. The focus is on current University of Mississippi research strengths from a variety of departments and disciplines.
As an important part of a national network of biological field stations, the UMFS supports the six research priorities identified by the National Science Foundation for field stations and marine laboratories nationwide. These are (1) studying the fundamentals of basic biology and ecology, (2) assessing environmental change, (3) maintaining biodiversity, (4) sustaining ecological systems, (5) developing principles for predictive environmental management, and (6) studying environmental restoration and rehabilitation.
Education and Service
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The UMFS provides a service to the surrounding community by hosting programs for the general public, and by providing facilities for groups with similar missions. A spacious auditorium offers space for hosting research groups and conferences in a peaceful, rustic setting. And as a node within the larger network currently under development by the Organization of Biological Field Stations to collect long-term ecological data throughout North America, the UMFS fosters collaborations with other field stations, and can become an active participant in similar networks.
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Center for Water and Wetlands Resources (CWWR)
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Il Museo diocesano  Giovanni Tarantini di recente istituzione ha sede nel palazzo del Seminario in piazza Duomo a Brindisi.

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Nell'atrio sono materiali lapidei riferibili alla fabbrica della cattedrale e a chiese del centro storico; in particolare statua in pietra di  san Rocco (XVI-XVII secolo) e campana della chiesa di Sant'Anna, del maestro Bartolomeo (XIV secolo).

Nelle sale sono esposte l'Idria di marmo serpentino realizzata nell'VIII secolo in Egitto; la teca di San Teodoro, lavoro d'oreficeria meridionale del XIII o XIV secolo, a lastre d'argento sbalzate con Scene della vita del santo; resti di tessuto orientale (sciamito) del Duecento dalla teca di San Teodoro; leggio ligneo della chiesa di San Benedetto del 1665.

Tra i dipinti una pregevole tela di Antonio Verrio (Cacciata di Agar) e altri di botteghe locali o di scuola romana e napoletana: Madonna con Bambino, tela di bottega locale della seconda metà del XVI secolo; San Francesco Saverio, del brindisino Giovanni Scatigno (1749); Madonna del Purgatorio, di Barnaba Zizzi (1789); L'angelo con la scala della croce, simbolo della Passione attribuito ad ambito di Simon Vouet; Maddalena, olio su tela di ambiente solimenesco (XVIII secolo).

Vi è inoltre conservato l'importante l'Archivio Capitolare, con bolle pontificie e diplomi di re normanni, svevi, angioini; tra questi un Privilegium, pergamena del 1219 che reca la firma autografa dell'imperatore Federico II.

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Power supplies converting alternating current to direct current.
Logic circuits in an "OR" configuration.
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Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs): as the electrons cross the junction they emit photons. With the right materials and geometry, the light becomes visible.


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Home / News / PSU student pushes for deeper education of sexual assault
PSU student pushes for deeper education of sexual assault
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In a women's studies course, students are assigned an activism project in which they have to identity an issue that has an affect on women's lives and educate themselves about their chosen topic.
Margo Miller, sophomore in nursing, chose to focus her project on sexual assault.
"I think sexual assault is a big women's issue," Miller said. "A lot of women downplay their sexual assault stories or do not even come forward because of the judgment they will receive so I think educating everyone about the topic of sexual assault will help."
Miller hadn't had many experiences with learning about sexual assault until she became a student at PSU.
"I think I started to think about how I knew nothing of sexual assault until I came to PSU because I am from a rural town in Missouri, and we never had a learning of what sexual assault was," Miller said. "So, in freshman orientation is really opened by eyes about how little I knew."
Many cases of sexual assault go unreported.
"This project is important to me because women or anyone who has been sexually assaulted should not be unsure about what happened to them or if they should speak out," Miller said.
There are resources available on campus.
"One really great source for people who wish to learn more or are victim of sexual assault is right here on campus, The Students for Violence prevention," Miller said. "You can find the SVP at 103 Bryant Students Health center. They have great resources for information and are really helpful for victims."
Miller believes that sexual assault isn't spoken about enough.
"I think sexual assault is an under talked about topic because so many people think of sexual assault in the extremes," Miller said. "But the little things matter too. Many people will not come forward because they are unsure if what they even went through is sexual assault and that must come to an end."
Being educated on the topic is an important step in preventing it.
"The basics of sexual assault are what we are taught," Miller said. "That girls need to travel in groups, that you never leave your drink unattended or things like that… People need to learn correct actions, learning in depth about sexual assault will stop many actions that people think are 'okay' from happening."
Miller hopes to spread awareness and encourage people to educate themselves on sexual assault.
"I am hoping to educate people more about what sexual assault is," Miller said. "For them to hear that word and not think of the extremes. My goal is to educate people and girl victims the courage to come forward with their stories."
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Carlos António Alves dos Reis ComSE (Angra do Heroísmo, 28 de setembro de 1950) é um ensaísta e professor português, especialista em estudos queirosianos.

Biografia
Açoriano de nascimento, reside em Coimbra desde 1968, quando ingressou na Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra de onde se licenciou em Filologia Românica. Cedo se dedicou à carreira académica leccionando Literatura Portuguesa, Literatura Espanhola e Teoria da Literatura na sua alma mater.

Publicou o seu primeiro livro em 1975, Estatuto e perspectivas do narrador na ficção de Eça de Queirós, dando início a uma série de estudos sobre a obra queirosiana, a que se consagrou. Com uma dissertação sobre O discurso ideológico do neo-realismo português, doutorou-se em 1983.

Ao longo dos anos, tem sido professor convidado em diversas universidades, nomeadamente de Santiago de Compostela, Rio de Janeiro, Salamanca, Hamburgo, Wisconsin-Madison e Massachussetts-Dartmouth, além de ministrar regularmente cursos de Literatura Portuguesa em universidades brasileiras.

Em 1988 foi um dos fundadores da Universidade Aberta em Portugal, da qual foi Reitor. Para além de ter criado uma cadeira de Estudos Queirosianos na Universidade de Coimbra, Carlos Reis tem coordenado a Edição Crítica das Obras de Eça de Queirós em publicação na Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, na sequência do profundo estudo do espólio do autor de Os Maias, depositado na Biblioteca Nacional, da qual foi director entre 1998 e 2002. Carlos Reis foi, também, presidente da Comissão Nacional e da Comissão Executiva para as Comemorações do Centenário de Eça de Queirós, em 2000 e 2001 e presidente da Associação Internacional de Lusitanistas, entre 1999 e 2002.

Exerce também larga actividade em diversos jornais e revistas, sendo de destacar a colaboração regular no Jornal de Letras, Artes e Ideias. Recentemente tornou-se figura conhecida do grande público pela defesa acérrima que tem feito da adopção do Acordo Ortográfico de 1990 em Portugal.

Carlos Reis é Comendador da Ordem de Isabel a Católica de Espanha; benfeitor e sócio grande benemérito do Real Gabinete Português de Leitura do Rio de Janeiro e sócio correspondente da Academia Lusíada de Ciências, Letras e Artes de São Paulo. Recebeu o Prémio de Ensaio Jacinto do Prado Coelho em 1996 e, em 2001, foi distinguido com o prémio Multimédia XXI, na área Conhecimento, Descoberta e Cultura, atribuído ao CD-ROM Vida e Obra de Eça de Queirós, que coordenou. Carlos Reis é doutor honoris causa pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, onde lecionou por diversas vezes, a última das quais de agosto de 2011 a julho de 2012.

A 10 de Junho de 2008, foi feito Comendador da Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada.

Em 2011 demite-se de Reitor da Universidade Aberta e volta à Universidade de Coimbra.

Em 2019 foi distinguido com o Prémio Eduardo Lourenço, atribuído pelo Centro de Estudos Ibéricos da Guarda, em parceria com as Universidades de Coimbra e de Salamanca.

Obras
 Estatuto e perspectivas do narrador na ficção de Eça de Queirós, Coimbra, Livraria Almedina, 1975.
 Introdução à leitura d'Os Maias, Coimbra, Livraria Almedina, 1978.
 Introdução à leitura de Uma Abelha na Chuva, Coimbra, Livraria Almedina, 1980.
 Fundamentos y técnicas del análisis literario, Madrid, Ed. Gredos, 1981.
 Construção da leitura. Ensaios de metodologia e crítica literária, Coimbra, Centro de Literatura Portuguesa/INIC, 1982.
 O discurso ideológico do Neo-Realismo português, Coimbra, Livraria Almedina, 1983.
 Dicionário de Narratologia (com Ana Cristina M. Lopes), Coimbra, Livraria Almedina, 1987.
 Para una semiótica de la ideología, Madrid, Taurus, 1987.
 Introdução à leitura das Viagens na minha terra, Coimbra, Livraria Almedina, 1987.
 Dicionário de Teoria da Narrativa, São Paulo, Ed. Ática, 1988.
 A construção da narrativa queirosiana. O espólio de Eça de Queirós (com Maria do Rosário Milheiro), Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 1989.
 Towards a semiotics of ideology, Berlim e Nova Iorque, Mouton de Gruyter, 1993.
 História Crítica da Literatura Portuguesa. O Romantismo (com Maria da Natividade Pires), Lisboa, Verbo, 1993.
 O Conhecimento da Literatura. Introdução aos Estudos Literários, Coimbra, Livraria Almedina, 1995.
 Eça de Queirós consul de Portugal à Paris (1888-1900), Paris, Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, 1997.
 Diálogos com José Saramago, Lisboa, Caminho, 1998.
 Estudos Queirosianos. Ensaios sobre Eça de Queirós e a sua Geração, Lisboa, Presença, 1999.
 O Crime do Padre Amaro; edição de Carlos Reis e Maria do Rosário Cunha, Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 2000.
 O Essencial sobre Eça de Queirós, Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, 2000.
 Figuras da Ficção (coordenação), Coimbra, Faculdade de Letras, 2006.
 Diálogos com José Saramago, Porto Editora, 2015.
 Cronicas de D.João I- Fernão Lopes, Porto Editora, 2016

Referências

Ligações externas
 Biografia de Carlos Reis - Universidade de Coimbra
 Novos desafios que se colocam ao ensino do Português
 Eça ensaiou personagens de palco

Naturais de Angra do Heroísmo
Alumni da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra
Professores da Universidade de Coimbra
Escritores de Portugal
Jornalistas de Portugal
Académicos de Portugal
Reitores da Universidade Aberta
Comendadores da Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada
Bibliotecários-mor e diretores da Biblioteca Nacional de Lisboa


The M240 Flamethrower is a flamethrower used in the film Aliens. These flamethrowers appear to have been created from parts from M16 rifles with the M203 handguard. The 'faux' flamethrower used the upper receiver assembly of an M16A1 - cut into two parts, using the top carry handle facing forward, but the section with the ejection port turned backwards.


The 361° Initiative from A.T. Kearney predicts that collaboration with competitors will become an important success factor in the future. Do we have to rethink?
Digital networking such as Industry 4.0 changes industrial process worlds. But in the future, networking will be vital for the companies themselves. The study "Change or perish. An encounter with tomorrow's value creation" from the 361° Initiative from A.T. Kearney takes a look at Germany in 2064.
As digitalization progresses, the cards will be reshuffled. Competitors from outside the industry appear on the scene and throw their IT expertise in the ring. They question traditional supply chains. Their goal: disruption. The consultants believe that the best way for companies to prepare themselves for these game-changers is to form networks. As the A.T. Kearney Best Innovator competition shows, top innovators already rise above the masses by integrating their suppliers strategically into their research and development. Compartmentalization and secretiveness will not do. Instead of relying on their own strengths, companies should initiate know-how transfer outside their company. Also deliberately with former competitors.
The reason: "In the coming years, the competitive strength of companies will no longer be determined by the strength of their own value adding but by the strength of the value adding alliance that they build around themselves." Collaboration on all levels is needed—and has to be organized. The aim is to overcome internal resistance towards involving suppliers and customers and, above all, competitors. Cross-company development is the key in order to keep up with the market dynamics—and to be able to ward off new aggressive competitors that appear on the scene. "As companies increasingly become open and, as a result, successful, the pull of networks will become so strong that, at one point, no market players will be able to avoid it," is how the consultants summarize the situation.
The joint European and German research projects are already good networking opportunities for companies. And pre-competitive joint research is an established model for cooperation agreements between competitors. And last but not least, companies involved in photonics have been working together for some time in clusters such as OptecNet. In other words, there is already a solid basis on which the value-adding alliances of the future can build.


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By gerard oosterman
At the arrival at Moscow airport we were met by our Russian guide and went through customs with some strange requests. We had to declare all our money and jewellery, including our watch and were given a receipt of both money and jewellery. We had to be able to show receipts of any money spent during our stay and also show the jewellery again before departure. We were told that one could get good money for any western type of clothes, especially western jeans etc. We were at the middle of Russia's perestroika period and the freeing up was already having its effect whereby I did not get asked for any items of clothing and in fact so many young people wearing the same sort of fashion as in the west. Shops were almost nonexistent though. We were taken to a market place where women were queuing up and selling clothing or perhaps trading them for other items. I bought some apples that cost about five times as much as in Australia. We had a couple of Australian girls loaded up with enormous bags that everyone took turns with hauling to and from buses and trains. They told me they wanted mainly to go 'shopping'. Shopping in Russia!
I loved everything about those two weeks. I know Stalin was not the most benevolent leader but has anyone experienced the Moscow subways? The hotel we stayed in had been used for foreign journalists during the Moscow Olympics in 1980 and we all had a room each with television that would show a screen that flickered somewhat. It was an enormous hotel with lifts and many floors. Underneath was a post office that sold stamps if they bothered opening up which they did most times after 1pm, but was usually delayed till 2.30pm. Each floor employed a lady at the end of the corridor who would just sit on a chair and watch televisions that would miraculously work. They watched comedy and much laughter would well across the corridor which gave the hotel a certain ambience and an air of easy going bonhomie. It seemed that Russia in transit with perestroika in full flight did still have 'full employment', especially of ladies that would just sit on a chair and watch television. Of course, that did not stay once western style capitalism became established. Watching from my window at the Moscow street scene below, I noticed men busy stirring things in a drum which was burning something. This they did all day, just standing around a smouldering drum.
lovely toilet.
My bathroom had of course all the necessities including a toilet that was erratic in its flushing habits. I suspect that water was in short supply and flushing could not be achieved when the cistern did not fill with water. From the sound of rushing water into the cistern I worked out the times when water was 'on' and saved this water for only the essential part of ablutions. Another architectural oddity was that the toilet's waste pipe did not have an S bend; it just had a terracotta pipe going straight down but at an angle so absurd that one had to sit sideways, so that you could close the bathroom door and not be with knees pushing against the door. All in all, it gave me a good example how things can be different and this is what I mainly look for when elsewhere, a total difference.
My fellow travellers apart from the Moscow Library union man were doing the typical tourist thing of forever comparing how things were in Australia, and that by and large, Australia was far freer and superior and better in this and better in that. It started to grate me severely and I rebuked a couple when it came to having dinner at a restaurant connected to this Hotel. There were the usual complaints about how in Australia we cooked this and that, and had bigger steaks and what not else. There was a wedding going on and our food was the same as the wedding party which I thought was not only delicious but also genuinely Russian fare. There was borscht and piroshky and the wedding table was having such a good time that the moaning of my fellow travellers again about the food just made the bucket run over and I made the remark about the awfulness of dribbling meat pies and those brown streaked vegemite pieces of toast to our Russian guide. The horror of Australian food fortunately does not get a run in overseas restaurants except perhaps in some below pavement and well hidden dives in London's Kangaroo court.
We went to see, of all composers, the folk opera/ballet of Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin at The Bolshoi Theatre. It was an unforgettable experience and the encores and applause went on forever. Nothing casual of the theatre goers though, everyone dressed up and obviously out for a good night. Our travel guide had dressed up for the occasion in a splendidly looking dress with golden little applications to hems and collar. Her name of Natasha was all in style as well.
Patrick White.
There were sometimes fellow Russian students amongst us who were interested in Australian literature and to my surprise were much better informed than my Aussie travellers were in Russian writers. Of course they were also students; even so, I felt that the average Russian student had a keen interest in things away from materialism. Of course that long suffering society steeped for centuries in so much tragedy and misfortune with leaders imposing their murderous campaigns over and over again, could hardly be expected to contemplate the dribble of average weekly earnings or the state of cricket. While the Russian students knew Patrick White and even the recent P.Carey, they had not heard of Boris Pasternak and even Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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Well written especially on ignorant Oz tourists. A joy to read
Thanks, Herman.


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1919 Pneumonic Influenza Epidemic
Excerpt from the Healing Saint by Lindsay Ritchie
One precaution laid down by health authorities was the wearing of masks, even in public, and the hospital was placed under strict quarantine. Records show that nursing staff were the hardest hit of hospital personnel. More than half of the nursing staff succumbed to the virus at some stage of that year and had to be nursed themselves by their colleagues when they came off duty. Of six fourth-year nurses only two went on to graduate. The others died in the very institution that they had hoped would be the Alma Mater of their professional careers.
One of the surviving fourth-year nurses who went on to graduate was Nurse Clare Brearey (nee Wilkie), of Carrol Street, Kogarah, who passed on to her daughters a vivid description of the torrid conditions at the hospital that year:
My mother, together with her girlfriend (another nurse), volunteered to nurse those sick with the flu. Both contracted the disease and her nursing friend died. Fortunately, my mother pulled through although most of her hair fell out for a while. As they were under strict quarantine, a box for each patient and staff member was nailed on the hospital fence and my grandfather would come each day and leave food and fruit, plus any notes on what was happening in the family circle.
The influenza epidemic played havoc with the hospital's finances that year and the Health Department paid out the miserly sum of £970 towards defraying some of the cost. The nurses and attendants did receive a small gratuity when district organisations raised £120 to be shared among them, but little else to compensate for the long hours demanded during the crisis.
For the visiting medical staff, the period was one of chaos as hospital rosters were non-existent, due to the uncertainty of the availability of any doctor, but all shared the awesome responsibility of who they could save and those beyond saving.


Miramar beach is listed amongst the most popular beaches of Goa due to its location. Located in the Capital of Goa; it is very easily accessible by the tourists as well as the locals. Named Porta de Gaspar Dias by the Portuguese; today it is called Miramar beach. This beach is also a hot spot to celebrate local festivals. Clean, filled with soft sand; it is quite a destination for evening walks and early morning strolls.
Its a locals den; so there is nothing much on the beach itself as far as water sports activities are concerned. However, near to it is the Cabo Raj Bhavan Hillock which is famous for it adventure activities. A place dedicated to water sports; you can enjoy the water sports here.
Walk, swim and play on the sand – that is something which locals as well as tourists like to do here. A number of local shops selling souvenir items are lined up in one corner of the beach. You can shop for local stuff here, but nothing exotic. If you wish to buy something different then you have to walk to the main market of Panjim.
Explore eating Goan food and cuisine in the local well – maintained eateries. Try these shops only if you have a tough stomach otherwise it is a good idea to have the food at your hotel or in Panjim. If you are trying out the local food; then go for GOA chaat whose taste is a little different from that of North India.
A lot of Clubs and Bars are there for binge drinking. If you are looking for a good night out party; then drive to Panjim or Dona Paula which offer better services, but at a little higher cost than the ones in Miramar Beach.
Shopping is Miramar Beach means shopping for local stuff, including designer dresses, scarfs, hats, seashell bangles, jute shoes, artificial jewellery, showpieces and stuff like these. A lot of things like these are sold in the local beach side shops are sold here. For something exquisite, you will have to look into the shops of Panjim.
One can first reach Panjim; the Capital of Goa by air. From there one can then easily reach on foot to Mirmar beach. One can also hire a taxi or take a local bus to reach the beach. The nearest railway station is Karmali Railway Station about 12 kms away. Other stations are Margao and Vasco Da Gama railway stations. By road; the bus stand is just 3kms from the beach. It takes only 15 minutes to reach the beach by bus.
The best thing to do here is take morning and evening walks and try out the local stuff like Shawarma and Bhel Puri which are sold here in every second shop. Other fast food items too are worth trying if you are not that cleanliness crazy. This beach is quite crowded with a number of local people coming here.
So, keep an eye on your pockets. It is a good idea to keep little cash and card . Do not carry too much cash with you. Always keep your kids close by, and do not allow them to go out of eye – sight. Try to keep your travel guide by your side to be on the safer side.
A lot of places are around Miramar beach. Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate is a beautiful church which one ought to see. This church is also known for its spiritual sense, location and wedding which are held here. The Goa State Museum is a second such place which is filled with Portuguese era furniture, ancient coins, glasses, Hindu and Jain sculptures, ages old dresses, knives and things like these. It's a heaven for those who love history and would like to more about Portuguese.
There is this Archaeological Museum within the premises of Covent of St. Francis of Assi, which is popular amongst tourists. The St. Lawrence Church is just a walk away and good to be in the evenings. Dr. Salim Ali was a famous Ornithologist or bird observer. Dedicated to him is the Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sancturay, which is good to visit in the early hours of the day. Dona Paula Beach is another fantastic beach which is easy to reach and good to spend time in. Other places one can visit include Assagao, Reis Magos Fort and St. Michael's Church.


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Help! I have been diagnosed with young onset dementia because of antipsychotics. I stopped using them but the damage is continuing. I am concerned of the fact that repeated brain damage in all other ways leads to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a condition in which the brain continues to deteriorate even after the cause of the damage is long gone. There's no reason to think that a drug induced damage would somehow be immune to this; it's caused by repeated damage, much like the scarring of skin. It probably doesn't matter if it's caused by an internal or external force.
The medications are giving people permanently tardive dyskinesia and psychosis except that now they call it fixed, dystonic facial expressions, grimacing, rhisus sardonicus. They claim that it's a new genetic disease called bvftd. This illness has average life expectancy of two to six years. That's why people are dying early, very early. They start dying after many years on those medications.
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Mayor Donald R. Grebien issued an executive order establishing a joint planning commission for the development of a new train station. The Commission is comprised of the Pawtucket Planning Commission and the Central Falls Planning Commission. As we move forward with the development of the Pawtucket/Central Falls train station, it is critical that we implement a coherent plan to promote and sustain this valuable asset. The train station will drive our economy, employment, retail, and recreation. We are pleased to be forming this commission with Central Falls to cut red-tape and make strategic decisions that will benefit our communities for decades to come.
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Although I agree with budhism as it is a way of life and in an individual's way of life.
The spread of Budhism from Taxila was also facilitated through this route.
In his study of mysticism quoted above, Ben-Ami Scharfstein gives as examples Taoism and Zen Budhism.
These books seek to explore that change, the complex interactions between Daoxue, esoteric Buddhism, Taoist alchemy, Tiantai Budhism, and Zhengyi (Orthodox Unity) Taoism, and the many associated changes in law, medicine, economics, and politics that came with a new focus on rationalization, interiorization, and secularization and a single imperial government.
Budhism brought about a new way of life, thinking and a political culture based on Dasaraja Damma.
Case in point, what do we call the imaginative performance work of Puerto Rican auteur/director, Teo Castellanos, whose D-Project, a contemporary Dance/Theatre company based in Miami examines social issues through a ritualistic fusion of music, Zulu storytelling, Marori war dance, Yoruba chants, elements of Tibetan Budhism, Butoh and Hip Hop break-dance vocabulary?


In 2016, the annual growth of retail sales volume of cosmetics products in China witnessed an increase of 8.3%, while the sales volume of cosmetics and personal care products on JD.com saw a much higher growth of 102%. China is a huge market with tremendous potentials for the fashion and cosmetics industry. Nowadays, Chinese social media has become the battlefield for brands to reach out and sell to their target customers. More and more fashion and cosmetics brands have already established their presence primarily on WeChat and Weibo. Today, we have summarised 5 sales campaign ideas for fashion and cosmetics brands who would like to target customers in mainland China and get results primarily on WeChat.
This is the most common type of KOL cooperation on WeChat. KOLs write product reviews, provide usage tips, include sales information or merely repost content provided by the brand. Brands often sponsor KOLs for lucky draws or giveaways to increase user engagement. Purchase links can also be added so that interested readers can purchase items easily after reading an article. Olay launched a large Weibo campaign on Mother's Day this year to promote its gift package. The skin care brand also leveraged several large KOLs on WeChat for more in-depth promotion. Olay selected seven large KOLs in different industries and with different specialties, including Yitiao (一条; short video production), Lokwooo (乐活记, lifestyle content), kawo01 (卡娃微卡, emotion-related content) and fashion media like SELF and rayli.com. In this way, Olay got promotional articles from different angles so that different audiences were covered. Moreover, Olay used a smart timing strategy. These KOLs were asked to publish their own articles one by one from May 9th to 14th, so that the campaign period was extended to keep constant exposure on WeChat. Meanwhile, users had enough time to notice the campaign and purchase items or spread the word. As a result, their WeChat articles accumulated over 100,000 page views, and over 45,000 gift packages (398 RMB per package) were sold on Olay's online store on Tmall.
Recently, more and more fashion KOLs have opened their own WeChat stores or mini programs for e-commerce purposes, including Gogoboi (Store name: 不大精选), Becky Li (Store name: 种草好物馆) and Shiliupo (Store name: 石榴小卖部). Brands can offer special editions of their products in KOL WeChat stores. Recently, Becky Li, the fashion blogger who sold 100 Mini Cooper cars in 4 minutes, released her new e-commerce mini program. The first item she promoted was a co-branded 2018 Fantasy Notebook with Oriental Royal Jewelry (故宫文化珠宝). Becky launched a flash sales campaign, where users paid 0.01 RMB for a lucky draw ticket. The ticket number showed their payment order. 25 of them who got a special number (1, 10, 20… 50, 100, 200… 900, 1000, 2000… 10000) received a 2018 Fantasy Notebook for free. The 10,000 lucky draw tickets sold out quickly.
Coupons and vouchers are influential purchase incentives and WeChat Moments ads have an option for brands to distribute coupons and vouchers. This helps brands achieve better marketing results thanks to more accurate user targeting. Fashion brand GAP shows us a great example of using Moments ads and vouchers in its sales campaign early this year. In February, GAP launched a Moments ad which users could click to collect a voucher worth 20.17 to 2017 RMB as well as a membership card for use in brick-and-mortar stores. The campaign was a huge success as 60% of WeChat users who had seen the ad actually collected the voucher, and 26% of those who had collected the voucher actually purchased in offline stores. The ROI of the campaign exceeded 200%. GAP successfully converted potential online buyers into offline customers within the WeChat ecosystem – users finished the whole purchasing process from voucher collection to final checkout (using WeChat Pay) within WeChat. Encouraging users to collect membership cards helped them build a large customer database. With this database, GAP can nurture long-term relationships with these people and enhance their brand loyalty.
L'Oréal smartly leveraged the celebrity effect. Celebrities are fashion trend-setters who definitely drive sales when they represent a brand thanks to their large number of fans. Early this year, Estée Lauder engaged Yang Mi, who plays the heroine of the popular TV series Eternal Love (三生三世十里桃花), to be their brand spokeswoman. They produced a special edition lipstick under her name and launched a UGC campaign on Weibo showcasing a makeup style featured in the TV series. As Yang Mi is one of the top actresses in China, the collaboration between her and Estée Lauder was a huge success.
Female customers are undoubtedly the force behind the fashion and cosmetics industry so most brands launch their sales campaigns on special days for women like Women's Day, Mother's Day, May 20th, and the Qixi Festival (Chinese Valentine's Day). In fact, for the Qixi Festival in August, Dior also launched its own gift card mini program for customers to purchase perfumed lipsticks for their loved ones. This also creates incentives for male customers who want to buy presents for their wives, girlfriends or mothers on these special days. This makes gift cards a special feature that combine social connections and e-commerce.
Weibo: Since it's open and public, it's the ideal platform to use when brands want maximum exposure and widespread influence.
WeChat: As a semi-closed platform, it helps brands achieve a more intimate level of engagement.
For video campaigns, Miaopai, Meipai and Bilibili are the most popular video platforms.
Some camera apps that offer special stickers are also brands' favourites, like FaceU and B612. Brands can cooperate with the app and launch special stickers for users to add on their pictures. Then users can upload these pictures on Weibo to help brands earn exposure.
As for content, it's better to collect visually-oriented material like simple pictures or short written posts because they don't take too much time to make and it's easier for users to participate and share.
Since early this year, WeChat has been releasing more and more advanced features for mini programs. Now WeChat allows developers to add multimedia content in their mini programs. Mogujie (蘑菇街), a social commerce app where fashion products are sold, launched their own mini program that allows sellers to host live streams and sell in late July. In this mini program, sellers launch live streams to showcase the clothes and accessories they sell. If viewers are interested, they can select the items on the left, make an order and finish payment within the mini program giving it a "See now, buy now" feature. Flash sales campaigns can also be launched. According to an interview with Mogujie's project director, it only took about three weeks to develop and finally launch the mini program for live streaming. This means most brands' can launch their own mini program for both live streaming and e-commerce as an option to boost sales on WeChat.


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