text:
Telecommunications›
Global IoT market size 2016-2020
Size of the IoT market worldwide from 2016 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)
by Arne Holst, last edited Dec 5, 2017
The statistic shows the IoT market size worldwide from 2016 to 2020. In 2017, the IoT market is forecast to reach 194.68 billion U.S. dollars.
* Forecast
Internet connected devices usage penetration in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014
Likelihood of company being hacked through IoT device in the UK 2016
Concern about the impact on daily life with Internet of Things (IoT) in the UK 2016
Ownership of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the UK 2016
Statistics on "Internet of Things security in the United Kingdom (UK)"
Cyber attack prevention
How knowledgeable would you describe yourself in identifying devices that are considered part of the "Internet of Things"?*Knowledge about identifying "Internet of Things" devices in the UK 2016
Which of the following "Internet of Things" devices, if any, do you own?Ownership of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the UK 2016
Do you own or regularly use any of the following "connected devices"?*Internet connected devices usage penetration in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014
Which of the following "Internet of Things" devices, if any, would you like to get in the next 12 months?*Internet of Things devices to be obtained in the next twelve months in the UK 2016
How knowledgeable would you describe yourself in identifying "Internet of Things" devices that have been enhanced with Augmented Reality?Knowledge in identifying (IoT) devices enhanced with Augmented reality in the UK 2016
To what extent do you agree or disagree that your life would improve with these hypothetical applications of augmented reality in daily life, using Internet of Things devices.Concern about the impact on daily life with Internet of Things (IoT) in the UK 2016
Generally, how concerned, if at all, are you that potential Augmented Reality enhancements may make your "Internet of Things" device(s) more vulnerable to a privacy breach?Concerns about privacy breach with Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the UK 2016
To what extent will augmented reality provide you these benefits in the workplace?Potential benefits of augmented reality in the workplace in the UK in 2016
Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements on how the application of augmented reality in the workplace, using Internet of Things devices would make it easier to do your job*Level of agreement that work is easier with Internet of things devices in the UK 2016
What do you think is the likelihood of a company being hacked through an Internet of Things (IoT) device?*Likelihood of company being hacked through IoT device in the UK 2016
How concerned are you about the collection and usage of personal data by organizations through connected devices?*Level of concern over data collection by connected devices in the UK in 2015
At what age, if at all, do you think the average person in your country should be first educated about cybersecurity best practices?*Age at which education of cyber security best practices should occur in the UK 2015
Who, if anyone, do you think should be responsible for teaching children (under 18 years old) about the potential risks of the "Internet of Things"?*Suitable teachers for potential risks of Internet of Things for children UK 2015
In your opinion, how important is it that data security professionals at organizations that have access to your personal information hold a cybersecurity certification?*Importance of cyber security certifications for data security professionals UK 2015
How vulnerable do you think your current workplace is to "virtual graffiti" attacks?Vulnerability of workplace to 'virtual graffiti' attacks using IoT devices in UK 2016
Do you think your IT department is aware of all of your organization's connected devices?*Share of IT department's awareness of organization's connected devices in the UK 2016
Do existing security standards in the industry sufficiently address IoT?*Existing security standards addressing Internet of Things (IoT) in the UK 2015
Share of people intending to buy connected entertainment gear Australia 2016, by type
Italy: Internet of Things (IoT) market value 2015-2018
Italy: growth rate of Internet of Things (IoT) market value 2016-2018
Connected objects: sales share of high-tech items in France 2013-2020
Brazil: preferences about connected devices 2017
Connected objects: market value in France 2013-2020
Vehicle Services revenue worldwide 2017-2023
Vehicle Services revenue by segments in Germany 2017-2023
Smart home services consumers would be willing to pay 15 monthly euros in Spain 2016
Knowledge of the Internet of Things in Norway 2017, by age group
Internet of Things semiconductors by type worldwide by sector 2014-2025
Purchase intent of smart home devices in the UK 2016, by type
Latin America: IoT revenue 2017-2025
Vehicle Services revenue in China 2017-2023
Vehicle Services revenue by segments in Spain 2017-2023
Maintenance and Diagnostics revenue by segments in Germany 2017-2023
Main devices for drivers to prepare or guide journeys in Spain in 2015
Brazil: IoT revenue 2016-2021
Advanced Navigation average revenue per subscription in the United States 2017-2023
Maintenance and Diagnostics average revenue per subscription in the United Kingdom 2017-20...
Airports 4.0
Passenger airlines
Airline passenger experience in the U.S.
IoT trend watch 2018
Market Pulse Report, Internet of Things (IoT)
IoT Snapshot 2018
IoT - Internet of Things: Technology Landscape and IP Commercialization Trends
NarrowBand IoT - Wide Range of Opportunities
The Global Impact of the Internet of Things
Understanding the Internet of Things (IoT)
Paving the path to Narrowband 5G with LTE Internet of Things (IoT)
Building the Hyperconnected Society
LTE to 5G: The Global Impact of Wireless Innovation
5G: The chance to lead for a decade
Study on Implications of 5G Deployment on Future Business Models
Global Race to 5G - Spectrum and Infrastructure Plans and Priorities
The 5G era in the US
Spectrum Landscape for Mobile Services
How knowledgeable would you describe yourself in identifying devices that are considered part of the "Internet of Things"?*
Which of the following "Internet of Things" devices, if any, do you own?
Do you own or regularly use any of the following "connected devices"?*
Which of the following "Internet of Things" devices, if any, would you like to get in the next 12 months?*
How knowledgeable would you describe yourself in identifying "Internet of Things" devices that have been enhanced with Augmented Reality?
To what extent do you agree or disagree that your life would improve with these hypothetical applications of augmented reality in daily life, using Internet of Things devices.
Generally, how concerned, if at all, are you that potential Augmented Reality enhancements may make your "Internet of Things" device(s) more vulnerable to a privacy breach?
To what extent will augmented reality provide you these benefits in the workplace?
Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements on how the application of augmented reality in the workplace, using Internet of Things devices would make it easier to do your job*
What do you think is the likelihood of a company being hacked through an Internet of Things (IoT) device?*
How concerned are you about the collection and usage of personal data by organizations through connected devices?*
At what age, if at all, do you think the average person in your country should be first educated about cybersecurity best practices?*
Who, if anyone, do you think should be responsible for teaching children (under 18 years old) about the potential risks of the "Internet of Things"?*
In your opinion, how important is it that data security professionals at organizations that have access to your personal information hold a cybersecurity certification?*
How vulnerable do you think your current workplace is to "virtual graffiti" attacks?
Do you think your IT department is aware of all of your organization's connected devices?*
Do existing security standards in the industry sufficiently address IoT?*
Share of consumers intending to buy connected entertainment devices within the next 12 months in Australia as of July 2016, by type
Market value Internet of Things (IoT) in Italy from 2015 to 2018 (in billion euros)
Growth rate of the market value Internet of Things (IoT) in Italy from 2016 to 2018 (in billion euros)
Estimated percentage of connected devices within sales of high-tech products in France in 2013, 2014 and 2020* (in million euros)
Share of people who support the use of Internet of Things (IoT) in Brazil as of April 2017, by type of device
Estimated value of the connected objects market in France in 2013, 2014 and 2020 * (in million euros)
Revenues in the Vehicle Services segment worldwide* from 2017 to 2023 (in million U.S. dollars)
Revenues in the Vehicle Services segment in Germany from 2017 to 2023 by subsegments (in million U.S. dollars)
Services for smart homes for which Spanish consumers would be willing to pay 15 euros a month in 2016
Have you heard of "The Internet of Things" (IoT) through the Norwegian mass media?
Distribution of semiconductors in Internet of Things (IoT) devices worldwide from 2014-2025, by semiconductor type
Consumer intent to purchase connected home devices within the following 12 months in the United Kingdom (UK) as of May 2016, by type of device
Revenue generated by Internet of Things (IoT) in Latin America in 2017 and 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Revenues in the Vehicle Services segment in China from 2017 to 2023 (in million U.S. dollars)
Revenues in the Vehicle Services segment in Spain from 2017 to 2023 by subsegments (in million U.S. dollars)
Revenues in the Maintenance and Diagnostics subsegment in Germany from 2017 to 2023 (in million U.S. dollars)
Leading devices ranked by the percentage of drivers who used them to access to applications and interactive tools during their travel planning in Spain in 2015
Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) revenue in Brazil 2016 and 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Average revenue per subscription in the Advanced Navigation subsegment in the United States from 2017 to 2023 (in U.S. dollars)
Average revenue per subscription in the Maintenance and Diagnostics subsegment in the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2023 (in U.S. dollars)


"The LORD has done great things for us; We are glad.
"Some Christians," wrote Charles Spurgeon, "are sadly prone to look on the dark side of everything, and to dwell more upon what they have gone through than upon what God has done for them." As you go through, don't focus on the growling enemies nor the threatening wilderness, but on the promise.
Refuse to let past defeats and pains hobble you. Rather, celebrate what God did in bringing you through the crisis. Remember, He did "great things" for you back there. Keep that fact in the center of your vision as you go through, and you will have strength to go on.


text:
List Words : Ellie Kinsella | 24 October 2018
Britain's 7 most scenic rail journeys
Charming coastal views, jaw-dropping viaducts and National Park peaks – there's adventure around every corner on these unforgettable UK train journeys...
1. West Highland line, Scotland
The Jacobite, crossing Glenfinnan viaduct (Dreamstime)
Departing a short distance away from Ben Nevis, the Jacobite encounters some of the UK's most dramatic scenery. As the steam locomotive chugs along the 67km track, mountainous hillsides pierce the skyline and lakes glimmer in the distance. The route's extension to Mallaig was constructed over a century ago, with the intention to make the remote area more accessible, and it has successfully continued its service to the Scottish Atlantic coast since.
Perhaps the most recognisable part of the journey is the Glenfinnan viaduct, which featured in the Harry Potter film series. Beyond this, the train stops at Britain's westernmost mainland railway station and passes the shortest river in the UK, before arriving at Loch Nevis – the deepest seawater loch in Europe.
Starts and ends: Fort William to Mallaig, Scotland
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes
Best known for: Featured in the Harry Potter movies
2. Settle to Carlisle, Yorkshire Dales National Park
The train crossing Ribblehead viaduct (Dreamstime)
Over a third of the Settle to Carlisle route weaves through the Yorkshire Dales National Park, so expect to see rolling hills, lush green valleys, and stone-built barns dotted around the edges of the moorland.
Standing 31 metres high and 400 metres long, Ribblehead viaduct is the track's most dramatic feature – comprising of 24 soaring arches. Its backdrop of Pen-y-ghent mountain, one of the Three Yorkshire Peaks, is pretty spectacular too. Even when it's raining, this train ride still promises incredible scenery – and the rain only adds to the drama, with water flowing off the hills and forming waterfalls.
While connections in Leeds and Lancaster make accessing this trip easy, there is also an option to travel by steam train for a more classic journey.
Starts and ends: Settle to Carlisle, England
Best known for: Magnificent scenery
3. Caledonian Sleeper, London to Scotland
Caledonian Sleeper train (Iain McLean)
The Caledonian Sleeper train offers a convenient service from the UK capital to several of Scotland's most iconic locations. The service departs from London Euston station six nights each week (Sunday to Friday), taking passengers on a journey through the night, only to wake to the sunrise over some of Scotland's finest scenery.
While the service has always had its charms - on which other train in the world can you make new friends over a whiskey or two in the bar, or bump into kilted men in the corridors at 5am - new carriages are being rolled out in 2019 which will offer everything from upgraded "comfort seats" up to swanky cabins with double beds and ensuite facilities.
For those seeking a cycling thrill in the mountains, be sure to book online in advance for a free spot to park your two-wheel ride (subject to availability). Pet-lovers are also in for a treat; if you have a cabin this service permits furry friends on board at the cost of a reasonable additional charge.
Whether you arrive in the Scottish capital to magnificent hillside views of Edinburgh Castle, or venture to the land of lochs and the mighty peaks on an adventure to Fort William, a ride on the Caledonian guarantees to be a night to remember.
Start and finish: London Euston to Aberdeen/ Edinburgh/ Fort William/ Glasgow/ Inverness
Duration: 10 hours 5 minutes (Aberdeen), 8 hours 10 minutes (Edinburgh), 12 hours (Fort William), 7 hours 30 minutes (Glasgow), 11 hours 5 minutes (Inverness)
Best known for: Sleeper commute from London to various locations in Scotland
4. Snowdonia, North Wales
The train up to Mount Snowdon (Dreamstime)
If the idea of trekking to the top of Wales's highest mountain doesn't appeal to you, let the train take the strain.
Departing from Llanberis station, an 1896 locomotive hauls passengers at a steady pace to the summit, where a 30-minute stopover allows time to appreciate the view. On a clear day, the landscape of mountains and lakes stretches out before you, from 1,085 metres above sea level.
If you're worried about the weather turning (this is Wales, after all) fear not, as the café at the top provides shelter and coffee – really, there's a café atop one of the UK's national three peaks!
Starts and ends: Base to peak of Mount Snowdon, Wales
Best known for: Spectacular views from Wales's tallest mountain
5. Cornwall Sleeper, London Paddington to Penzance
Formerly known as the Penzance Sleeper, this London to Cornwall train route relaunched with the revitalised name of Night Riviera in 1983. Newly revamped, the train runs a six-night service per week, departing from London Paddington at 23:45 on weekdays and 23:50 on Sundays. Stops en route include Reading, Taunton and Exeter, before continuing on to Cornwall, where it calls at various locations, including Plymouth, Newquay, and Falmouth, before terminating in Penzance.
You can choose an airline style seat, or pay extra for a cabin by yourself or shared, for which you'll get use of shower rooms, a complimentary continental breakfast and access to the on-board lounge. Places on board this service are often fully booked, so be sure to book your spot well in advance.
Start and finish: London Paddington to Penzance
Best known for: Sleeper commute from London to Cornwall
6. Flying Scotsman, London to Edinburgh
The Flying Scotsman locomotive (Dreamstime)
Starting its service in central London, the Flying Scotsman passes many notable landmarks along its 630km route to the Scottish capital. Though surprisingly quick (4 hours, 20 minutes), the journey is relaxing and interesting – crossing through country fields, characterful cities and the charming Northumberland coastline.
It's difficult to miss The Angel of the North near Newcastle, with its wing-span of 54 metres. You may find it harder to spot the white sign that marks the world record steam train speed of 125.88mph, recorded on 3 July 1938, as you whizz past.
Starts and ends: London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
Best known for: Quick commute between capitals
7. Dawlish, South Devon
Dawlish coastline, South Devon (Dreamstime)
In 2014, this scenic train route was destroyed by a coastal storm – but it has since reopened and is back on track to showcase the stunning sea views of the South-West. The journey from the bustling city of Exeter to the quaint seaside town of Dawlish takes as little as 11 minutes, running parallel to the mouth of the River Exe and stopping at the very edge of the English Channel.
Not only is the Exe Estuary popular with families on holiday, but the clear waters provide a vital habitat for wildlife. Watch the sandbanks and upper estuary for swimming otters, breeding egrets and the occasional grey seal.
Starts and ends: Exeter to Dawlish, Devon
Duration: From 11 to 30 minutes
Best known for: Outstanding sea views
Love train travel? Let us inspire you:
7 awesome US train stations
How to travel India by rail
The great rail journeys of the world

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Q: Find count of employees who have applied for timeoff Below are 3 columns I have in my table along with 4 other columns.
ID  EMP_ID  APPROVAL_STATUS
103 0023946 Pending
105 0025830 Pending
109 0022786 Pending
111 0023946 Pending

My question: What is the query to count the number of employees planning to take timeoff?
Keep in mind employee with id 0023946 has applied timeoff 2 times but still it should count has 1 and the rest add to the total value.
The query I wrote in ASP:
SELECT COUNT(*), EMP_ID
FROM TimeoffDetails
WHERE APPROVAL_STATUS = 'Pending'
GROUP BY EMP_ID

Actual result should be 3 employees taking timeoff.  But above query is resulting 1 in asp whereas I ran this query in the database and it is resulting as 3.
Please help me to find the solution.

A: You could use a DISTINCT COUNT (For a single total value you don't need to use GROUP BY):
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT EMP_ID) FROM table_name TimeoffDetails WHERE APPROVAL_STATUS='Pending'

or with your GROUP BY:
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT EMP_ID), EMP_ID FROM table_name TimeoffDetails WHERE APPROVAL_STATUS='Pending' GROUP BY EMP_ID

A: Ok this works :
SELECT Count(*) AS count_employee FROM (SELECT DISTINCT EMP_ID FROM timeoffdetails);

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
AND Weekly Editorial – Long live 87 years of the Armed Popular Uprising of 1935
Editorial Staff of AND
Weekly Editorial – Long live 87 years of the Armed Popular Uprising of 1935
Rally of the National Liberation Alliance in Cinelândia, Rio de Janeiro, 1935
November 27 marked 87 years since the Armed Popular Uprising of 1935 of the National Liberation Alliance (ANL), led by the Communist Party of Brazil (P.C.B.) and under the guidance of Stalin's Communist International. A great event, the uprising mobilised millions of workers, peasants, small and medium owners, intellectuals, democrats and soldiers, with the programme of wiping imperialist domination and the scourge of semi-feudal latifundia from the country, and marching towards popular democracy, on the road to Socialism. The Uprising set up the first workers' and peasants' government in the history of Brazil, specifically in Rio Grande do Norte, but it could not achieve success because of errors in the leadership of the Uprising, of which the central point was not to have relied on the poor peasants as its main force.
Until today, the brilliant daring of the proletariat and popular masses causes terror to the reactionaries, particularly in the Armed Forces. They accuse the insurrectionists of being "traitors" and "cowards", naturally, adjectives that only fit the reactionaries, but which they seek to project onto their enemies. On the contrary, the insurrectionists were intrepid freedom fighters, who did not allow themselves to silently watch the advance of fascism and the growing misery caused by the perfidious regime of the ruling classes. They fell with dignity, many of them even after having surrendered. They are heroes of the Brazilian people!
And behold, on the occasion of that date, Hamilton Mourão decided to speak out. He, who since Bolsonaro's electoral defeat has striven to achieve protagonism in anti-communist chatter and coup blackmail, is certainly encouraged by having parliamentary immunity as a senator elected for the next eight years.
On November 27, Mourão pronounced: "On today's date, in 1935, traitors of the Homeland made an attempt against the State and the Brazilian people. The attempt of November 27 was the first stab of the International Communist Movement against Brazil. It would not be the last. Let them come, they will not pass!" Days before, he had already boasted: "Today, we are headed for a precipice. Thus, the time has come for the conservative right to organise to fight the revolutionary left. It is necessary to react with firmness, prudence and knowledge…"
We could ask: where was what you now claim as "firmness, prudence and knowledge" throughout the pandemic, when your genocidal government accumulated 689,000 deaths? (A disproportionate amount to the global average of deaths compared to the population; the country ranked 14th in the number of deaths, proportionally, in the world, ahead of Chile, Paraguay and Argentina). How about a word about the 60 Brazilian men and women that your government of rats and parasites left to perish, due to lack of oxygen, in January 2021 in the Amazon?
If we want to talk about a "stab against Brazil", instead of 1935, we should talk about the genocidal massacres that founded the Brazilian Army, as in the Paraguayan war, in which they did not spare even malnourished children and whose history reveals rampant corruption in the upper ranks of the military. We would still have to talk about the disgraceful massacre that the reactionary army carried out against the Revolt of Canudos, in which it exterminated, in the name of the republic of landlords and in the service of their power, more than 25 thousand men, women, elderly and children who fought for your freedom. We should also talk about the massive bombings launched by order of General Gaspar Dutra, in 1936, which made the entire community of Caldeirão de Santa Cruz do Deserto, in Ceará, disappear, since they feared that the communists were acting there. How about talking about the failed coup in 1954, against an elected president, traumatizing the Nation, and another one in 1964, all operated by foreign orders, from your master of the North, Yankee imperialism, of which you are disgusting sycophants? We could also talk about corruption: buying large amounts of aged whiskey, steak, beer. Something to declare about that? Are these the "deep virtues" of the reactionary generals?
The disgraceful situation to which the Nation has been dragged has, in the majority of generals, of all generations, the main responsible, in the last instance. It was you, gentlemen, who maintained and continue to maintain the country in the condition of a mere exporter of raw materials, based on semi-feudal landholdings with glossy facades and under the omnipresent domination of imperialism, mainly Yankee, generalising the exploitation and oppression of the working masses of the countryside and of the city, and the strangulation of the petty and middle bourgeoisie. Finally, from the people, who are the central constitutive element of the nationality against which you work, wrapping your country-sell nature with the patriotic language of the barracks.
General Mourão: from being a bravado in the Masonic plot he tried to carry out to depose the puppet Temer, he became an upstart as vice-president of Bolsonaro's genocidal government and now comes on the scene as a fisherman of troubled waters. What does he seek now? He seeks to get closer to this anti-communist and coup d'état mass movement, to take it from the Bolsonarist direction and put it under his leadership more in line with the plans of the Armed Forces High Command for a "slow, gradual and secure" coup d'état.
The contradictions of this old order, defended with iron and fire by the reactionary Armed Forces and other canids of the dominant classes, are insoluble within the framework of this old regime. The Democratic Revolution, inconclusive and pending, is again on the order of the day, acclaimed increasingly by the peasants and the poor of the city and countryside, and this fact terrifies the high-ranking militiamen, who soon recall 1935. You can tremble, shout and threaten! The system of oppression and exploitation they are in the pay of is collapsing all over the world towards the tomb of history. It is just a matter of time! Your preventive counter-revolutionary offensive will run up against the powerful wall which the exploited and oppressed masses are already erecting. And no matter how much you shout your anti-communist creed every day, and no matter how many threats and horrors you continue to commit, you will not be able to stop the fury of history and the whirlwind of revolts of the masses of our heroic and suffering people. Your putrid reaction can only struggle violently for survival; however, repression and genocide do not eliminate the popular struggle, but rather feed it, strengthen it and make it grow.
Previous Celebrate the birthday of Chairman Gonzalo
Next CPI(m) – Celebrate the 22nd Anniversary of PLGA! Intensify Class struggle-Guerrilla war Defeat 'SAMADHAN' offensive and Advance People's War!


text:
В Липецкой области три Ильи́нки:
 Ильинка (Долгоруковское сельское поселение) — деревня в Долгоруковском сельском поселении Долгоруковского района Липецкой области
 Ильинка (Свишенское сельское поселение) — деревня  в Свишенском сельском поселении Долгоруковского района Липецкой области
 Ильинка (Лев-Толстовский район) — село в Лев-Толстовского района Липецкой области

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
On Historical Societies by L. S. Johnson
By Jeyran Main on June 10, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )
On Historical Societies
Writing any kind of historical fiction, no matter how "alternate," requires research. Once you choose to set your story in some combination of place and year, you need to make that setting come alive. Through the frame of your character's POV, your readers will be experiencing the sights, sounds, and smells of your world. Whether it's the feel of a slippery damask dress or the sound of the knocker-upper tapping on a window, the coffeehouse debate about the latest opera or the visual feast of a market display, your world is conveyed as much in the details as in the broad strokes of cultures, politics, and economies.
For most of us, that means taking to our armchairs and researching my book and screen. But this method can have profound limitations, especially for those of us without access to major research libraries. Do you spend money on expensive out-of-print editions, just to fill in that one plot point? What if there's more recent research that's still only in a journal article? Research can be a rabbit hole, financially as well as temporally, yet skimping on it can lead to criticism and blowback. What's a writer to do?
One answer: the oft-overlooked historical society.
Ranging from museum-quality institutions to one-woman operations, historical societies share a primary mandate: to educate the public about local history. For writers, this means a treasure trove of focused research materials, with enthusiastic historians on hand to help you drill down to the information your book needs. Historical societies often have access to scholarly databases and specialist tomes, as well as archives of original material that will help you create a living, breathing world for your characters to inhabit.
My recent novella, Leviathan, would never have happened without the help of the Scarborough Archaeological and Historical Society. They provided me with suggested reading, scholarly articles, and maps that helped me create my fictional town of Medby. When it turned out that I had a chance to get to Scarborough, one of their historians kindly gave me a tour, pointing out buildings and details from my mid-18th-century timeframe. The Society's thoughtful assistance helped me to inhabit Medby in ways that no general reading could have accomplished, and Leviathan was the richer for it. Now I have a fabulous resource to add to my writer's toolkit.
L.S. Johnson lives in Northern California, where she feeds her cats by writing book indexes. She is the author of the gothic novellas Harkworth Hall and upcoming sequel Leviathan. Her first collection, Vacui Magia, was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award. Her novel remains vexedly in progress. Find her online at www.traversingz.com.
Written by L. S. Johnson
If you would like a book review click here
If you would like your book edited click here
Need help getting your book published? Contact Me.
Categories: Guest Blog
Tagged as: archaeological, harkworth hall, historical fiction, historical society, leviathan, novella, vacui magia, world fantasy award
Kid Friendly Books – (Day 6)
Recent Posts: Review Tales by Jeyran Main
The Melody of Three: (Evercharm Trilogy, Book 1) by Stephen Reeves (Book Review #691)
Magicmals: The beginning by April Enciso (Book Review #689)
Worldbuilding: Creating fantasy worlds as real as our own by R.J. Vickers
How a Memoir Transforms Lives By Robert Jacoby and John Robinette
Never let emotion get in the way of revenge by Jonathan Harries, author of Infatuation: A novel of questionable taste


text:
The Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center (abbreviated CRC, formerly known as the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center and the Georgia Tech Student Athletic Center) is part of the Georgia Tech campus.

History

Georgia Tech's athletic center began at its current location in 1977 as the Student Athletic Center, or SAC. Later, Georgia Tech was chosen as the site of the 1996 Summer Olympics aquatic venue, and the Aquatic Center was constructed next to the SAC. The Aquatic Center cost $16.8 million, and featured competitions in swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, water polo, and the swimming segment of the modern pentathlon competition. The stadium had a capacity of 14,600 at the time. It also had a temporary pool for the water polo competitions seating 4,000..
After the games, it has been used as a recreational facility for Georgia Tech students and faculty. Initially an outdoor stadium with a roof to protect spectators and competitors from rain, the Aquatic Center was renovated between 2001 and 2003 to enclose the Center completely. The seating capacity was reduced to 1,950. Above the Olympic pool, an upper floor of multi-purpose courts was added by suspending it from the roof; this set a record for the world's largest suspended concrete structure. At this point it was renamed to the Campus Recreation Center, or CRC.

The SAC also had a smaller recreational pool outdoors, which was contained in a pressurized bubble. During the conversion to the CRC, the pool was redesigned to be larger, and was enclosed and fully connected to the rest of the facility.

Technology

The Campus Recreation Center is a very modern building in many ways. The roof over the competition pool is entirely covered in Georgia Tech Research Institute-designed solar panels, which produce electricity (up to 340 kilowatts, averaging about 400 megawatt-hours per year) to supplement the Georgia Tech power grid, and also heat pool water which is pumped through pipes in the roof.

The competition pool is configurable for any event, with a removable bulkhead in the middle of the pool, and a false bottom that can be used to adjust the depth and slope of the pool. In addition to the competition pool, the CRC's recreational pool has six recreational lap lanes, a current channel, and a  water slide.

References

External links

 Georgia Tech Campus Recreation Center website
 Project Construction Website

Georgia Tech buildings and structures
Sports venues in Atlanta
College swimming venues in the United States
Venues of the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic diving venues
Olympic modern pentathlon venues
Olympic swimming venues
Olympic synchronized swimming venues
Olympic water polo venues
University and college student recreation centers in the United States


Compare Prices From Weiser Charter Bus Companies and Save Up To 25% On Rentals!
If you're searching for charter bus rentals in Weiser, ID, then you have come to the right place! We have access to the best charter buses, minibuses, and shuttles in the Weiser area. Some of the best bus rentals include incredible amenities like TVS, leather seats, premium audio systems, and restrooms.
We have charter buses that will travel to Coeur dAlene, Moscow, Sandpoint, Garden City, Hailey, Emmett, . Charter bus companies can cater to any type of event from corporate transportation to school field trips. Contact us today to charter a bus or make a reservation online!
The best and most convenient way to move around Weiser is by using Charter Bus Weiser. Our charter bus rentals in Weiser are on hand to take you to and from any destination in and around the city. Our charter buses come in different types and models like minibuses and motor coaches.
Using a charter bus in Weiser allows your entire group to travel together so you can create more shared memories on the road and not just at your destination. Our services come with experienced affiliate company drivers to ensure nice and the charter buses are spacious and have all the modern facilities to ensure that you have a comfortable and memorable time on the road.
Charter bus rentals are the best way for transporting huge groups. From sports teams to corporate transportation, the charter bus rental most definitely offer an entertaining tour. A motor coach should be reserved for long trips as well as nightlong transportation. These amazing buses could also be used for vineyard tours. Search on our website to get the low-cost rate. Contact us to answer your questions!
Charter bus rentals are the superior selection for transporting substantially sized groups of travelers. From musicians to executive transportation, the motor coach rental most definitely provide a soothing tour. A motorcoach can be reserved for long-distance trips and nightlong travel. These grand charter buses might also be rented for weddings. Book online to find the low-cost rate. Contact us for a free quote.
Coach buses are the leading selection for transporting big groups. From musicians to corporate transportation, our charter bus most definitely provide a calming tour. Each charter bus rental could be reserved for long range vacations as well as overnight transportation. These grand buses might also be reserved for your wedding guests. Make a reservation on our site to get the best price. Contact us to answer your questions.
A charter bus rental is the leading way for transporting big groups. From church groups to corporate transportation, our bus charter most definitely offer a relaxing tour. A charter bus could be booked for long field trips as well as overnight travel. These stunning bus rentals might also be reserved for your wedding guests. Search online to see the low-cost rates. Contact us to answer your questions.
Shuttle bus rentals will be the best ride for huge groups. Say you need to move a fraternity to a new city, shuttle buses are a perfect choice. In addition, bus rentals provide airport services. Almost all shuttles have space for everyone's luggage. This ride is also hired for wedding transportation and many more occasions. Reserve a shuttle bus rental here.
Shuttle buses most certainly will be the best automobile for big groups. If you need to transport a church group on a field trip, shuttles are the way to travel. In addition, style rentals provide airport pick-up & drop-off services. Almost all shuttles have storage for everyone's luggage. This bus rental is also used for bachelorette parties and a whole lot more. Reserve a shuttle today.
Shuttles most definitely will be the top ride for mid-sized groups. Say you need to take a frat across town, shuttles are the way to go. In addition, style rentals provide airport pick up and drop off service. Some shuttles have room for luggage. Our bus rentals are also hired for weddings and a whole lot more. Hire a shuttle bus rental here.
If you're going to need transportation services, hop inside this spectacular mini bus rental. The mini-bus has reclining seats, a stereo system, and air conditioning. Mini bus rentals commonly have storage space for your bags. Our fleet has minibuses in several colors including white. This vehicle is fit for airport pick up and drop off and special events like birthdays.
Provided you need transportation services, book this mid-sized mini-bus rental. This minibus includes reclining seats, a premium stereo, and cold AC. Mini-bus rentals generally have storage for luggage. We have mini buses in several colors including white. These automobiles are perfect for airport pick-up & drop-off and special occasions like bachelor parties.
This sprinter van is the hottest transportation for hire with an exclusive tour guide. Each ride can have either standard seats or limousine style seating. Hire the sprinter van that is best for your family. Sprinter buses are perfect vehicle for bridal showers as well as Fourth of July events! Hire a sprinter limo and have an amazing time this weekend. Check prices for this vehicle instantly.
Whatever the occasion, destination or size of your group, we have a charter bus to suit you. The services of charter bus rental Weiser are designed to ensure your comfort and nice. We have different charter bus capacities including minibuses and shuttle buses that take up to 30 people and bigger ones like motor coaches that will comfortably accommodate up to 50 passengers.
Airport Transportation: Get to and from Weiser Municipal Airport in comfort and on time. Our airport bus shuttles are available here and at other airports in the area.
Legends on Main: The bar has a variety of drinks, an impressive restaurant menu and is the perfect place to watch your favorite team play.
Weiser River National Recreation Trail: If you are looking for a place where you can go for a long hike, then this trail will be perfect for you.
Steck Park: The park is the perfect place to go camping and fishing.
When you need ground transportation anywhere in Weiser, ID, book through Price4Limo.com. Just like a Weiser destination management company, we provide logistics management and can organize limousine service and bus rentals for your company. We provide transportation services for destination management companies in Weiser.
We have tight-knit relationships with local limo and bus companies in Weiser that can handle guest arrivals and departures. Similar to a local DMC we focus on local transportation logistics and corporate travel planning. Insightful chauffeurs will be able to drive you to and from any specified locations, as well as recommend local favorites your group might want to check out.
If your party is looking for a rental school bus in Weiser Price4Limo can help you find one. Rental school buses are the ideal means of ground transportation for field trips, weddings, and parties. These buses can be used for a full day, half day or multi-day trips. How much does it cost to rent a school bus? Weiser Yellow school bus rental prices will be different based on your city and state, but are an inexpensive option for special occasions. Weiser mini school bus rental costs are even cheaper. Reach out to Price4Limo right now for a free quote for school bus rentals in Weiser, ID.
Searching for a cheap Weiser minibus rental is very easy when you complete a search on Price4limo.com. We make it easy for you and your party to rent a minibus in Weiser, ID. You can book a mini bus rental for a half-day or a weekend! How much does it cost to rent a minibus? Minibus rental prices vary based on your requirements. Get an immediate quote for Weiser rental minibuses near you!


"Grape" Dark Ruby, Champagne Stemglass, 210 ml - amazingly beautiful wine glass, designed in the Victorian style, which is handcrafted crystal. It is decorated with elaborate patterns and unique method of applying colored crystal and intricate carvings make it a true work of art.
Glass of champagne "Grape" Maroon is a collection of "Grape", the subject of which attract intense color. A distinctive feature of the collection is the ornate cut a vine.
In our store you can buy glasses and decanters Ajka Crystal, "Grape" Dark Ruby, Champagne Stemglass, 210 ml, price Ajka Crystal, "Grape" Dark Ruby, Champagne Stemglass, 210 ml — 12 208 rub.. Producer glasses and decanters Ajka Crystal. Delivery Ajka Crystal, "Grape" Dark Ruby, Champagne Stemglass, 210 ml.


Dayan Viciedo is currently #246 Overall and the #75 Outfielder. Will his ECR rise after this post?
Last week we revealed sleeper pitchers from 25 fantasy baseball experts. This week we've one-upped ourselves by pulling together sleeper hitters from 26 experts. Amazingly, only three players were named multiple times and no player had more than two mentions. I guess if everyone had the same sleeper he wouldn't really be a sleeper.
Before we dive into the picks, if you haven't already set up your leagues, you should consider creating a free one at Yahoo . By doing so you'll be able to use our coolest product, My Playbook, to import your leagues directly from Yahoo. Our soon-to-launch My Playbook feature provides free lineup alerts, news and advice…all customized for your fantasy teams. We'll support a few other league commissioner services too, but we're shamelessly promoting Yahoo for now since we'll receive a small referral fee for new sign ups (this is where I tell you about my family's rising diaper costs and my dwindling beer fund).
So let's get to the sleeper picks. To view a player's Expert Consensus Ranking and which experts like/dislike the player, just click on his name. We also encourage you to visit each expert's site to get more insight and advice.
Name your favorite sleeper (Hitters) and tell us why you think he might surprise us this year.
That's it for Part 2 of our fantasy baseball sleeper series. Part 3 will be an objective look at every expert's sleeper based on his rankings vs. ADP. At the end of the season we'll know exactly who hit and missed on their bold predictions. Speaking of accountability, we've been tracking preseason fantasy baseball rankings since last season, so stay tuned for the results of our accuracy study.


text:
Q: Having trouble passing parameters to a program within powershell I'm using yuicompressor to minify and obfuscate some javscript files. I'm trying to dynamically build the file path and pass it to the minifier from powershell.
Here's what works:
$results = java -jar c:\yui\yuicompressor-2.4.2.jar c:\MyFile.js -v --charset utf-8

Here's what doesn't work:
$yuiPath = "c:\yui\yuicompressor-2.4.2.jar"
$filePath = "c:\MyFile.js"

$results = java -jar $yuiPath $filePath -v --charset utf-8

It's apparently not liking the $filePath -v --charset utf-8 part because I successfully get the yuicompressor help text when I run it. Any suggestions?

A: I figured it out. The path to the file "c:\MyFile" didn't actually have the extension so I needed to pass --type js as an argument

A: May be you can use Join-Path cmdlet and try it out.


Can I buy Barbados Lottery tickets over the Internet?
No. Barbados Lottery tickets must be purchased from any of the more than 200 authorized Barbados Lottery retailers in Barbados. Click here for a list of authorized Lottery retailers.
When is the Barbados Lottery Website updated?
The Barbados Lottery Website is updated continuously throughout the day, Monday through Sunday. Winning numbers, jackpot information and prize payouts are updated as soon as they are declared official following each drawing. In the rare event when the Barbados Lottery Website cannot be updated as scheduled, every effort is made to post information as soon as possible.
Who can play and win Barbados Lottery games?
Barbados Lottery games can be played by adults 18 years of age or older.
Who is prohibited from playing and winning Barbados Lottery games?
Anyone under the age of 18, Barbados Lottery employees, relatives of Barbados Lottery employees living in the same household as the employee and certain employees of vendors who provide goods and services to the Barbados Lottery cannot play Barbados Lottery games.
No. Barbados Lottery winners cannot remain anonymous. The Barbados Lottery mandates the winner's name, address, game won, date won and amount won be provided; however Barbados Lottery winners' home addresses and telephone numbers are confidential.


WATERTOWN, MA – Tufts Health Plan will host the 37th annual Tufts 10K for Women on Monday, Oct.14. Women runners of all ages will join the 6.2-mile road race through Boston and Cambridge. The racecourse winds through the neighborhoods of Boston and Cambridge. Tufts Health Plan holds the race for individual health and fitness purposes.
The event will begin at noon. Thousands of runners, including elite and novice ones, will take part in the race. 20,000 spectators will stand along the racecourse, cheering the athletes on. The racecourse winds through the neighborhoods of Boston and Cambridge, from Beacon Street to Charles Street. To guarantee the safety of runners, the organizers will set up 6 water stations and a medical tent. Boston EMT bike teams and ambulances will also be ready to serve the athletes.
In addition to the main race, sponsor tents will hold Health & Fitness Pavilion activities from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m., including family fitness activities and 1K for Kids. Tufts Health Plan will present a $10,000 cash grant to the Sharewood Project, which provides free health care services to underserved communities in Boston.
Started in 1977, the Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women is the largest women's 10K race in the country. Anne Hannam of New Zealand set the course record in 1988 by running the race within 31 minutes and 38 seconds.
For more information, please visit www.tuftshealthplan.com or the Tufts10K Facebook page.


text:
JONAH JONES
THE JONAH JONES GALLERY
SCENE & WORD STORE
ORIEL JONAH JONES
Reopening of Mold Law Courts
Back to NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jonah's wall sculptures Justice and Mercy are at the centre of a complete refurbishment recently completed at Mold Law Courts, Flintshire. As part of the project the sculptures were repaired and the walls returned to their original duck egg blue colour as seen in slides taken by Jonah immediately after the works were erected.
Mercy, slate and marble, Mold Law Courts, 1968–69. Photograph: Beccy Lane
Made in 1968–69, Justice and Mercy represented a major change of direction in Jonah's public work to more abstract forms, though retaining clear symbolism. Together they made up his first wall sculpture. Her Majesty's Courts Service is to be congratulated for showing such respect and appreciation for this extremely important piece of work by Jonah and ensuring its preservation.
Justice, slate and marble, Mold Law Courts, 1968–69. Photograph: Beccy Lane
The principle contractor for the work was R.L. Davies while the project was managed by White Young Green of Cardiff on behalf of HMCS. The Mold Law Courts will be officially reopened on 7 May 2010.
Thanks to Paul Taylor of White Young Green for information on the refurbishment.
There are no related posts for this article.


You want me to recommend your new work to our comrades in the army. Is that not unnecessary?
Useful, interesting and patriotic, are values that recommend themselves sufficiently and my praise will not add to its certain success.
With your knowledge of foreign languages you could get into the archives of other countries for unpublished documents and thus give your book the valuable character of being the most accurate of any similar subject.
This is the first time that the drama so varied in its exploration is presented in a manner so complete, so real, so thrilling. You have cleverly managed to trace the role of cavalry in this final period of the First Empire, when the highest management of war was offset in part by the preponderant influence of the number. No question was more essential to be illuminated for so long to expose in all its truth, and we cannot thank you enough for having accomplished this difficult task.
Your story is also eventful as a reflection of the action between the opponents.
In this diary marching at the double, we see the vain stirring of all of the cavalry around which a legend was created if false. It collapses to the clarity of truth. You show us at work, without any understanding of the necessities of war, with its hesitations, its indecision, its lack of audacity, its judgments without cause, preyed upon by constant anxiety, letting itself at times be surprised, inquiring if it is not bad at all, when the opponent is reduced to almost nothing as he offers more counter attacks to the action of invading France. This moving page of history speaks loudly.
By showing all the mistakes in the past, as the propylæum of the campaign of 1870-71 where the German cavalry, in similar conditions, did not fight any better than the cavalry, of the allies half a century ago.
This comparison is obvious; it gives more interest in your book and makes it so informative. Proving once again that when rational exploration is conducted in either in the past or the present, it will undoubtedly inspire many of our brilliant cavalrymen with the desire to work towards better methods.
We learn more by faults than success.
In tracing the defective phases of exploration in all respects, you drive: I hope the efforts to make exploration more perfect in the future, and you'll have made an undeniable service to the army.
It was not without some trepidation that we deliver for publication the first volume of this book that has cost us more than ten years of research and work and which, according to the plan we had originally traced, would have been found in the second part, the conclusion of our Study of the Cavalry of the Allied Armies during the 1813 Campaign.
We wanted to remain faithful to this special program and limit it, by simply highlighting the essentially different processes employed by the Allied cavalry during these two campaigns and compare the spirit of initiative, the strength it had shown when it operated in a friendly country, the relatively restrained role it played during the campaign in France, the prudence, often carried up to being timid, which, except in a few special cases, hindered the initiative, denaturing the means of action of this arm from the day when coalition forces entered the country.
But in 1814, if we except the raids carried out by the flying corps of Geismar and of Meininger, in northern and central France, a few blows of the hand more or less hardy and for the most part of secondary importance attemptedby Scherbatov, Seslavin, Kaisarov, Tchernitcheff and Thurn, the mass of the cavalry of Schwarzenberg and of Blücher dared not do anything without the cooperation and in the immediate vicinity of the armies of Bohemia and Silesia.
We therefore decided we needed to extend the overarching framework of our study and follow step by step, day by day, the movements of armies.
We also found in the imperial and royal archives of the war in Vienna, so many and so precious documents that, while continuing to focus attention on the role of the cavalry, we have been led farther than we had intended.
Thus, by force of circumstances, we were led to try to write, as M. General Lewal has asserted in his Preface, a journal marching on the double, to highlight the weaknesses , errors, hesitations, the defective organization of the command of Allied Armies, in a word a reexamination on new basis the complete history of the campaign in France. If we have not succeeded in this delicate and difficult task, we hope that one will consider our efforts and find at least in its length some interesting information, some useful lessons to ponder.
We will add one more word to the preceding lines. We still have to pay the debt of gratitude we owe to the Austrian officers whose courtesy and kindness made our research so easy. Also, although several years have elapsed since then, we have not forgotten the gracious and friendly host who had been in Vienna, as well as the Department of Archives and the war we had in issuing this first volume was sent to H. E. Feldzeugmeister the Baron Bock, Chief of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army, his deputy, Field Marshal-lieutenant Galgotzy, and officers that we had the good fortune to find at the K. K. Kriegs Archive, a testimony, very weak, very late, but our sincere, deep and abiding gratitude.
© Copyright 1995 - 2016, The Napoleon Series, All Rights Reserved.


text:
Q: Using a security descriptor's DACL to only allow certain processes/applications to access Mutex Object I am creating a Security Descriptor for creating a mutex with CreateMutex(). It turns out that you cannot use the default descriptor that comes with the default discretionary access control list (DACL) when the creating process is within a service and the accessing process is from the user.
I do not want to use the NULL DACL because that has no security and is never recommended. What I would like to be able to do is create or use the DACL in a way that allows only specified processes access. Is that possible?
Is it possible for a DACL to have one access control entry that allows a specific process? Maybe using some sort of process ID or a constant?


text:
Donbas warzone update: Number of attacks on Ukraine almost doubles
Two members of Ukraine's Joint Forces were killed and five were wounded; another seven sustained combat-related injuries.
The number of attacks by Russia-led forces on Ukrainian positions in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, grew to 28 on Friday, June 7, with two Ukrainian soldier killed in action and five wounded in action.
"As a result of enemy shelling, two members of the Joint Forces were killed and five were wounded, while seven members sustained combat-related injuries," the press center of the Joint Forces Operation (JFO) headquarters said on Facebook in its morning update on Saturday, June 8.
Proscribed weapons – 152mm and 122mm artillery systems, 120mm mortars – were used in three instances.
Read alsoBlatant violation of Minsk agreements: Zelensky on deadly attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas
"The enemy was also shelling our defenders from cannons of infantry fighting vehicles, anti-tank missile systems, grenade launchers of various systems, large-caliber machine guns and automatic small arms," the update said.
"Each enemy attack received an adequate response. According to intelligence reports, two invaders were killed and another one was wounded," it said.
Since Saturday midnight, Russia-led forces violated the ceasefire in Donbas only once. "The Joint Forces reliably control the enemy along the contact line, while respecting the conditions of the ceasefire," the JFO HQ said.
Sixteen enemy attacks were reported on June 6.
Large Ukrainian casualties were reported in the In early hours on June 7, when Russia-led forces opened fire from proscribed 122mm artillery systems to attack Ukrainian positions near the village of Novoluhanske. Two soldiers from the Azov military unit, which is part of the National Guard of Ukraine, were killed in that attack, while 11 were reportedly wounded.
DonbasRussianAggressionKIAWIAPutinAtWarDonbasWar


Want to connect with Charviera?
I hope you are having a good day. I'm interviewing for a Babysitter placement in San Francisco, California. I promise to be hardworking, experienced person. I can alter my schedule to meet your needs. A little bit more information about myself is that I was born and raised in San Francisco I enjoy all the exciting attractions we have here. I have prior experience working for general hospital which I was and intern in there radiology department , ER and the psychiatric ward .
I am happy to help with transport to and from extracurriculars, overnight care, and pet care. I are willing to travel. When it comes to prior training, I have over a year of experience.
Send a message and I will reply shortly.


text:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="de" lang="de">
	<head>
		<script type="text/javascript" src="../lib/gl-matrix.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript" src="../lib/webgl-utils.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript" src="../lib/Stats.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript" src="../lib/poly2tri.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript" src="../lib/natural.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript" src="../lib/saveNatural.js"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript">
		window.requestAnimFrame =
		window.requestAnimationFrame       ||
		window.webkitRequestAnimationFrame ||
		window.mozRequestAnimationFrame    ||
		window.oRequestAnimationFrame      ||
		window.msRequestAnimationFrame     ||
		function(callback) {
		    window.setTimeout(callback, 1000 / 60);
		};

		var canvas = null;
		var _gl = null;
		var stats = null;
		window.onload = function(e) {
			initStats();
			initCanvas();
			initGL();
			initFun();
		};
		function initStats() {
			stats = new Stats();
			stats.setMode( 1 );
//			document.body.appendChild( stats.domElement );
			stats.domElement.style.cssText = "position: fixed; top: 0px; left: 0px;";
		}
		function initCanvas() {
			canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
			canvas.width = 512;
			canvas.height = 512;
			document.body.appendChild(canvas);
		}
		function initGL() {
			try {
		        _gl = canvas.getContext("experimental-webgl");
		        _gl.canvas = canvas;
		    } catch (e) {
		    }
		    if (!_gl) {
		        alert("Oops! No webgl? Buy a MacbookPro!");
		    }
		}
		function initFun() {
			if(_gl) {
				var img = new Image();
				var g = new Graphic(_gl);

				// let's draw in a draw
				var rt = new RenderTexture(_gl, 512, 512);

				img.onload = function(e) {

					initPlay();
				};
				img.src = 'images/face2.png';

				var count = 0;
				var center = {x: 300, y: 300};
				function initPlay() {
					stats.begin();

					rt.bind();
						_gl.viewport(0, 0, 512, 512);
						_gl.clear(_gl.COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | _gl.DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);

						g.pushMatrix();

							// flip y
							g.scale([1,-1,1]);
							g.translate([0,-512,0]);

							g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, 512, 512, 1.0);

						g.popMatrix();
					rt.unbind();

					g.clear();

					// hurray, you are drawing something you draw on a texture
					g.drawImage(rt, 25, 25, 462, 462, 0.2);

					//g.drawImage(img, 25, 25, 462, 462, 0.2);

					stats.end();

					count++;
					requestAnimFrame(initPlay);
					//setTimeout(initPlay, 8);
				}

				window.addEventListener("mousemove", function(e) {
					e.preventDefault();
					if( !e ) { e = window.event; }

					center.x = e.pageX
					center.y = e.pageY;
				});
			}
		}
		</script>
		<style type="text/css">
			html, body, * { padding: 0; margin: 0; overflow: hidden; }
		</style>
	</head>
	<body></body>
</html>

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


In case you haven't read Mark Cuban's blog post, "Am I Living The Google Lifestyle?" it's a great testimonial on his use of Google Apps. He is using the technology to move fast, get things done and make deals happen. Speed and productivity are the allure. As a platform, working with information, especially on a large scale is much easier to manage with the paradigm of Google Apps. Cuban claimed over 500K emails and an additional 2 Terabytes of storage upgrade. He saves everything for easy search and access later.
Integrate your devices. Your mobile devices, laptops and desktops all work with the cloud. Use them fluidly, quickly and with ease. Ensure they are fast so your searching is quick.
If in question, save everything. This allows you to have an accessible history of work. Email yourself notes. Treat your Gmail and Google Docs like an archive of your personal search repository.
Keep voice and text integrated. Google Voice should be used for logging information, accessing it quickly and responding. It becomes part of your searchable archive.
Value your content. Your inbound and outbound content is valuable to you. It has meaning in your world. Treat it like an asset for business decision making and action. Make it easy for yourself to access anywhere any time.
There are other deductions to make as well. In our Google Apps consulting, we work on best practices, so depending on your use case, the strategies for productivity and collaboration can range quite a bit. Push it to its limits and discover how you can go faster.
What are strategies you have developed in your Google Apps use?


text:
Sunday Brunch: A Chat with Three Can't-Miss YA Authors
By: Aurora Dominguez
[Note from Frolic: Our resident YA expert Aurora got the chance to sit down with some great YA authors and ask them a few questions each! Up first, Louisa Onome!]
Aurora: What was your inspiration behind your most recent novel?
Loisa Onome: My biggest inspiration came from my own upbringing in a primarily immigrant neighborhood in the Toronto area. Parts of it are reflected in Ginger East, the neighborhood in my book. I also really wanted to tell a story with a group of friends who had the same friends-as-family dynamic that I was familiar with from my youth. That, coupled with watching the Korean drama 'Reply 1988' and sobbing over the friends-as-family dynamic, was how Like Home was born!
What character in this novel do you most relate to and why?
I relate to all of them in different ways, but I'd say, personally, the most obvious would be my main character Nelo, who I would describe as bold, loyal, and incredibly stubborn. She's exactly the person I thought I was at sixteen.
Why do you feel novels with powerful and unique characters are so popular and have such a voice right now?
I think there's been such a shift in storytelling that we're allowing ourselves to consume and relate to different kinds of stories and, as a result, different kinds of characters. We're really taking a look at the depth of what diversity means. I personally love when I can read something and identify with the small specifics of a character, like a character who has a similar, obscure interest as me, or a character who speaks a language I've only ever heard at home. I think it's those smaller details that really turn an average character into a unique one, and allow readers to see characters as multi-faceted.
Please describe the content of your latest book and what can readers expect from it.
Like Home is a story about sixteen-year-old Nelo and the neighborhood she loves, but refuses to really see. She's had the best time growing up there with her close friends, including her best friend Kate. But when Kate's family's store is vandalized, Nelo is forced to take a hard look at the places she was raised and really come to terms with what it was and what it is. Readers can expect a fun, youthful, uniquely Toronto vibe, a sense of humor, and above all, a sense of belonging.
What's next for you in the bookish world?
I'm thankful to have another young adult contemporary out in 2022. This one is about identity and follows a Nigerian-Canadian girl as she struggles with being too much or too little of herself. It's pretty personal, but I had a lot of fun writing it and showing off aspects of my culture. I can't wait to share it with everyone!
Who is your current favorite writer? Why?
I don't have a favorite writer, but I do have writers I admire. The list tends to change from time to time, but I love Nicola Yoon, because her writing is sweet and magical. I feel the same way about Jenny Han. I think both of them do contemporary so well. I don't know if my writing would ever be described as sweet, though!
Any writing advice for aspiring writers?
Keep going! A lot of writing tends to be ego-fueled in a weird way, but it's important to learn to take feedback. Understand when it's coming from a constructive place, but also understand when and where to leave feedback that isn't vibing with you. Also, be fluid. If something isn't working, change it.
Up next, Zoe Hana Mikuta!
The inspiration behind GEARBREAKERS is my obsession with the mecha sci-fi subgenre. Pacific Rim is my absolute comfort movie, overly dramatic acting and plot holes everywhere, with big robots fighting big monsters—it's the best thing ever. I always thought those big mechas could be terrifying, though, if put into the wrong hands, and made Gods just for kicks, so that's how the Windups in Gearbreakers came to be. But at the same time, I wanted that contemporary beat to my debut, so I thought a love story would soften things up nicely.
I probably relate to Sona the most. She acts with her heart but that doesn't just mean, like, love all the time—it also means anger and sadness, and as a result she's very volatile with her actions. I wouldn't say it's something I relate to now—this side of her is something that she has to grow out of, as she gets in over her head again and again, and in writing her arc I've been able to grow out of that temperamentality myself. That, and she's also half-Korean and half-white, and queer, like me—I definitely want girls with my demographic to have a character like that when I didn't growing up.
I think you could have the blandest plot and it could still be the most engrossing book ever, if the characters are distinct. Even though someone might like to read one trope over and over again, what keeps it entertaining is that it's different characters supporting it—it's really hard to turn away from a fresh perspective.
I have Gearbreakers 2 under edits and am also working on my 3rd book, RABBIT & SICKLE, which is a gothic Alice-in-Wonderland retelling meets Attack on Titan, with a sapphic lovers-to-enemies romantic arc.
I have so many, but my current favorite has to be Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of MEXICAN GOTHIC and GODS OF JADE AND SHADOW.
Write what you have fun writing. It's very easy to tell when how much an author liked writing their story, and I think in this way you also can ease up a little into it, and that leads to refining your voice.
Last but certainly not least, Namina Forna!
Aurora: What was the inspiration behind your most recent novel?
Namina Forna: The Gilded Ones came from a dream, actually. When I was in undergrad at Spelman College, I would have this recurring dream of a girl in golden armor striding into the battlefield. I kept thinking, "huh," what's she about? And then, a couple of years later, the story arrived.
I feel that all the characters have different parts of me, but I most relate to Belcalis because of the level of rage that she has. I was a very angry person when I was younger, but I never fully voiced it. I believed all these toxic things about anger, and feared being seen as an angry black woman.
I think with Belcalis, she puts her finger on the pulse of things as they are and calls it all out. She's what I wish I could be, actually. I'm working on it.
Because people are sick, tired and angry. Honestly, the past few years have been a wringer, especially for young people, women, POC, and LGBTQIA people. The systems that are in place are failing, or worse, are outrightly nefarious constructs that were never meant to support certain groups.
People are looking for stories and characters that relate to their experiences—experiences that were, for so long, not allowed to be part of the mainstream. What's happening right now is a course correction that's been decades in the making, and I, for one, am happy to see it.
Please describe the content of your latest read and what can readers expect from it.
Oooh, I'm about to start "All the Tides of Fate" by Adalyn Grace. I loved her first novel, "All The Stars and Teeth" and am excited to delve back into her world and go on more adventures with Amora.
I'm editing book two of The Gilded Ones, and then, writing another YA novel!
Oof, this is a difficult question. Do I have to choose? Right now, I'd say Jordan Ifueko (Raybearer) and Christina Hammonds Reed (The Black Kids) because their writing is beautiful. I also love PJ Gardner because the world of "Horace and Bunwinkle" is very comforting.
Yes, go on Twitter! The writing community is there, and you can find critique partners, learn industry standards, and position yourself for success. Writing is not a solitary craft, you need people to read your work and root for you. A lot of them are on Twitter!
Aurora Dominguez
Aurora Dominguez is a high school English teacher, college professor and journalist in South Florida. Her work has appeared in The Miami Herald, Where Magazine and J-14 Magazine, all places where she worked as a writer and editor before going from the newsroom to the classroom. Her favorite days are "Caturdays," which she spends with a good book, her husband, Sebastian, and her cat, Luna. Her motto when it comes to reading: "No book left behind!"
PrevPreviousWeekend Podcast Guide: Hot Earl Summer and More!
NextSunday Brunch: A Chat with Authors AR Capetta and Alexandra Leigh YoungNext
Weekend Podcast Guide: Hot Earl Summer and More!
Sunday Brunch: A Chat with Authors AR Capetta and Alexandra Leigh Young


Th letter was sent by an Org calling itself Yaffed.
That's the basic message of a letter sent by concerned parents, former teachers, and former yeshiva students to New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina and seven district superintendents in Brooklyn and Queens expressing upset over the lack of a substantial secular education in at least 39 yeshivas.
To all of you who are jumping on the bandwagon saying this org Yaffed is doing a good thing I would urge you to take a look who and what kind of a person/persons is heading it. These are the same people running around all over the net bashing and defaming orthodox jewery.
I see the guy in Monroe, was able to make $50 million without secular studies. As was reported, the company's founder, president and CTO Shloma Baum is a Satmar chasid, an ultra-Orthodox Jew from the town of Kiryat Joel, New York. As such, he is part of a growing movement of charedi startup entrepreneurs in both Israel and the diaspora. Ultra-Orthodox Jews are underrepresented in the hi-tech community, partially because they do not always receive a rigorous math and science education and in part because the hi-tech world likes to hire people in its own image: young, male, privileged graduates of elite army units in Israel or prestigious colleges in the U.S. Baum has also developed a filter for haredi Internet users to help them avoid looking at sexually explicit or otherwise inappropriate sites.
The rabbonim, askanim and parents who deny these children a basic secular education and providing them with the skills necessary to function in society and earn a parnassah are mamash engaged in a form of child abuse and should be held accountable. A generation of dysfunctional graduates from these yeshivos whose families have to be for public and private welfare to survive a living proof of this abuse.
This is old news the almost exact letter was written to Kaiser Franz Yosef in the 1800s by the maskilem and it was bitterly fought by all the Rabonim of the day including the Chsav Sofer.They are walking in the "Footsteps" of Moshe Mendelssohn and his ilk.
Lets hope these modern day Maskilem have the same downfall as there forefathers.
This should have been done 50 years ago. Sure parents have a choice where to send their children but they have an obligation to ensure employment for them in the future.
No English, math, science, history, geography are taught in New Square. How will these kids survive? My nephew is in 5th grade and can't read simple sentences.
I hope Ms. Farina does not get involved in this private school matter. Parents are responsible for their children's education. Keep church and state separate!!
Finally AlterG can learn to write English !
The cause that Yaffed allegedly espouses, upon its own merits may be noble, if the intentions were pure; And that alone is debatable - by bigger and better people than us commentators on VIN. However, unfortunately the people behind Yaffed are entirely self serving, and that is a beef they have personally with the ultra-orthodox community. These are OTD rabble rousers and are just looking to give our Yeshivos and Mosdos a bad rap as well as stir up some trouble for their former co-religionists. There is no nobility in this whatsoever. I encourage readers to research the people behind Yaffed and see what their true agenda is. It is sad that the Orthodox community has failed these precious souls and perhaps that is something we need to look into in greater depth, but that is a different discussion. It is not always the message ONLY that needs to be looked at. The messenger plays a big role. And we need to be careful as to who we support. Easy to cast blame on a whole society. Anyone that feels they lacked proper education, and didn't see the value and values in their religious education, pick yourselves up by your bootstraps and hit the books. It is never too late. I had 60-70 year old classmates in my college classes. Time to stop pointing fingers and take responsibility for your life. Proceed with caution. Never a good thing to start up with Mosdos HaTorah.
The Holocaust happened because of the Maskilim YM'S starting with Moshe Mendelsohn. It's proven fact. Anyone out there a descendent of Moshe Mendelsohn? Don't even try because he has not even one Jewish descendent. Yaffed's supporters will go the same way.
All this shows is a complete lack of understanding of statistics on your part.
I for one believe that one should know the language of the country he lives in and I speak to my children in English. Saying that it's obvious this guy has an ulterior motive, He knows good and well that both parents and administrators are not going to change a schedule or curriculum that has been in place for 60-70 years. They will show tens if not hundreds of successful alumni. They will claim church and state. Finally this guy knows that we have a precedence called the Volozhina Yeshiva. If it would ever happen that a court would rule that would force a yeshiva to change their curriculum they would close their doors. This is what he really wants.
I do believe that all Yeshiva kids get a decent basic secular education. That being said, the Public School system is hardly one to talk.
I am a proud alumni of SATMAR, where I only attended English classes until age 13.
I now own my own firm, employing 28 people including 9 who are college graduates.
Out of my cheder class of 26 boys, 11 are multi millionaires.
This organization was founded by a bunch of lying losers !! Trying to blame their failures on someone else.
The fact is that in our great country America, if you are willing to work hard you can succeed regardless of the level of you elementary education.
For every success story, there are hundreds of people who barely make a living because of their lack of education.
Not to take away from him, but there are people in the secular world who can do the same thing without secular studies or a college education. But this man obviously spent many, many hours on a computer, which is banned in the Chareidi world and even if he did it in the privacy of his home still did "secular studies" so that he could make the $ 50 million. You can't say that a person can create the things he did while just learning Torah. It's impossible because of all the time you have to put into in order to learn what to do to create such a thing. So it's important to remember and acknowledge that this man was engaged in secular studies for many hours. of his day.
The high tech world hires people who know about technology. As in any industry, if they see someone who is ultra-talented they will take them even if they are ultra-orthodox.
The real problem is that Chareidi and Yeshivish families just do not believe in a secular education. When they see that someone gets rich from something like this, they think it comes out of thin air. They don't acknowledge that this person must have done secular learning in order to succeed. Continued in next post.
Real estate people learn about real estate instead of learning Torah and then they can get rich. Technology people learn technology and then they can get rich. Finance people learn finance and then they can get rich. But it all comes from some kind of learning that is not sitting and learning Torah. The learning might not be in a conventional college, but it is still secular learning.
So people who don't believe in secular learning have to admit that if they want their children to make a living, they have to do something other than learn Torah all day. We can admire the man from Monroe, but at the same time realize that he did not sit and learn all day.
This is plain anti frum nonsense. I grew up going to a school that does not teach English. I have classmates who, after getting married, decided to get professional degrees. Some are now very successful doctors, lawyers, and accountants. The fact that they didn't spend half their childhood learning limudei chol never stopped them from doing what they wanted or needed when it was the right time.
" This is old news the almost exact letter was written to Kaiser Franz Yosef in the 1800s by the maskilem and it was bitterly fought by all the Rabonim of the day including the Chsav Sofer.They are walking in the "Footsteps" of Moshe Mendelssohn and his ilk.
And that's why since the 1800's there are thousands that cannot obtain financial independence. Who said it was a good thing?
What about the other 15 boys in your class? How many are using food stamps, HUD, Medicaid, etc. to live?
Look at Kiryas Yoel where there is little or no secular education. The poorest place in the USA!
It would seem like the right thing is to support this group fighting for better education, but who wants to get into bed with bedbugs?
Three of my relatives were either survivors of the holocaust of children of them, and they are all very, very wealthy, in the mega millions. And the same happened to many holocaust survivors or their decedents. Despite lack of education, Hashem gave them bracha and they are extremely successful. Many others went to college and are now earnings meager salaries, or unemployed. Yes, college can help and many are making a nice parnassah. But TO EACH HIS OWN. Respect each others ways!
I'm not sure what the last two letters of TAFFED stand for, but for sure the one who is operating it has a mind and soul dysfunction.
the fact you made it despite being abused has no impact on the probably 8 out of 10 in your boat that don't.
Secular knowledge you can obtain while reading in the bathroom while Secular education is crap with salad dressing.
Noone says its impossoible to make it with no secular education. But for your typical joe shmo who is not a big entrepeanour, he needs to be able to walk into PWC and get a salaried accounting job.
Unfortunatley yes its only the OTD guys that can do our dirty work. If I as a frum jew, were to make noise about this my children would be thrown out of schools. I would be ex-communicated. Basiclly I'd be bullied into keeping my mouth closed.
As far as "Never a good thing to start up with Mosdos HaTorah. " Why is that? Are they all so ultrastic? What about when mosdos take in the rich connected guys over the poor guys? What makes them so holy?
Volozin never shut down due to secular education. Its a myth that yeshivas like saying. Research its history.
2) They agreed and did have secular studies. But teh government wanted that to be the primary study of the day with learing gemara only late in the afternoon. At that point why have a yeshiva so they shut down. It wasn't secular studies per say.
Say you are not the type of guy who has the know how or personality to open youw own firm. Many of us are straight gruda mechels. We need to work and get our salaries every other week and finshed. Those people which I think are the majorty need a secular education.
" What about the other 15 boys in your class? How many are using food stamps, HUD, Medicaid, etc. to live?
Do you really think KJ is the poorest place in the US or are they just extremely well connected and savvy at working the system?
Another issue not being addressed is are these children learing instead? How many 14 yr old ninth graders can sit & learn a whole day. How many get burnt because of it? Rabbiem have to shlep out the day just to keep the kids entertained.
What do we gain from depriving the kids of secular education? And are those who didn't have a secular education any greater talmidi chachhmim than those who did? I think by enlarge you'll find that perhaps thsoe who had english and a structured day are even greater talmdi chachimim.
Why is this only a USA problem. When will we fight the system in EY that produces poverty? Lets "adopt college programs" in EY. Adopting kollels won't alliveate poverty.
I'm one of the "fifty-two signatures" on the Yaffed letter. I'm not commenting here to get into a debate, and I won't waste my time arguing with people who reply to this because they're bored, but I do want to explain the rationale behind it.
I signed the paper for one reason, and one reason only. My "high school" gave me no secular education whatsoever. The sciences history and geography aside, I wasn't even taught English or math. I didn't sign it because I'm antagonistic towards the heimeshe world or because I think that it's impossible to make a living without having received an education. Rather I signed it because I believe that everyone should get an education.
Sure finances come into play, and although some people will be successful without an education most won't. However the fact that there can only be so many grocery stores opened up in Brooklyn pales next to the fact that there will be generation after generation of adults who can't even formulate a sentence in the language of the country that they live in.
the person behind the org is nick moster who is from footsteps!!!!
he doesn't care about our community one iota!!!
he has done nothing accept make problems!!!
the standard will be lower because English is not our primary language in the chassidishe circles. however he should be doing something productive rather then masser!!
what a loser don't be fooled by his fake sympathy!! he is a ex chassid seeking revenge in the guise of education. just as a side note I am a math teacher for ten years. I have taught in chassisidshe /yshivishe yeshivas my entire carrer. parents work hard and most kids get up to par if they work!!! btw the public schools are failing big time more than us how about calling an investigation mr moster so tony or albero will be matzliach!!
A+ for that comment. It's not the message which is the issue here but the messengers. I know some of them very well and their intentions are not pure. On the surface it seems that they would like education reform in the Yeshiva school system however most of its members are filled with deep enmity towards the community and feel that they have a score to settle. The main goal is to destroy the Yeshivas and mosdos. Do I believe in secular education? The answer is yes. However, when you force it upon Yeshivas it ends up backfiring. Don't throw your support behind this group so fast. Look at who the people are first and what their intentions are. I know some of them feel that they were wrongfully ostracized and abandoned by the community. However, that does does not grant one a free pass to try and destroy our community.
I went to a famous Yeshiva known for teaching secular studies. The problem is that some of the kids, from rich parents, in the class did not allow the teacher to teach. I wanted to learn math, English and Chemistry, but there was one particular boy who made a big joke in the class, refused to leave and because of him I couldn't learn. I resent that guy up to today, some 20 years later.
When teaching secular studies, Yeshivas should treat them seriously, and if bochurim disrupt the class, they should be expelled just like they would if they were a disruption for ruchnius studies. Otherwise, the secular studies are not going to be taken seriously and it will be just bitul Torah, as nothing is gained.
Do you use one of his internet filters ?
also, why are you even on the inernet and not studying at the yeshiva ?
" Volozin never shut down due to secular education. Its a myth that yeshivas like saying. Research its history.
Your statements are correct however it was the Maskilim who pressured the government to enforce a system on the Yeshiva which only allowed Gemara study late in the afternoon and that ultimately made it impossible to continue. Again, I agree with your previous posts but look at the people behind every movement before supporting it. I think this movement will cause more harm than benefit.
Oh yes try obtaining math knowledge while in the john big talker. It was my high school education that enabled and trained me to earn the living I earn.
What guy do you see in Mondrow?
The Chatam Sofer died almost a decade before Franz Josef became Emperor.
Yes. SOME of the people involved in this have less-than-honorable intentions in reporting this to the state. However, if everything were truly on the up-and-up we wouldn't be worried about it. The reasons the yeshivos panic is because they are not reporting truthfully to the state and we all know it. For every "millionaire" you find there are THOUSANDS living off the backs of their neighbors because they don't have the education to get a proper job and provide for their families. They have created a "lifestyle" out of abusing the welfare systems which are meant to provide temporary relief to keep people afloat. I cannot tell you how many frum yidden I've interviewed at our hospitals for entry-level positions and they can barely write a cohesive sentence in English.
I'm not saying this to jump on the basher bandwagon. Those people are bigots who do nothing to solve the problem. I'm saying this because there is a undeniable truth here. We are raising new generations of thieves who learn to scam the system to get the government to forcibly take from the fruits of their neighbor's hard work and give it to them. If only they worked as hard at getting an education.
To #11 who wrote " Anyone out there a descendent of Moshe Mendelsohn? Don't even try because he has not even one Jewish descendent."
That is fiction. There are descendants of his alive today and living in E"Y. I have been told they are frum.
And by the way, for those who say that Volozhin was closed because the Roshei Yeshiva refused to allow any secular studies there, that too is a lie. Read the book My Uncle the Netziv which has the daily seder hayom and you'll see they did study language and math. They closed up when the gov't demanded the entire day be secular subjects and only night seder for Torah. And even night seder could only be subjects approved by the gov't.
But the kanoim love to twist history to "prove" their point.
1) True it was the maskilim. But had they only pushed the government to enforce some limited secular education Voluzin would still be opened. Thats all todays maskilim are trying to do.
2) Re the people behind this, True those behind this are rotten. But at the end of the day no charedi can push for secular education lest he get ex-communicated. Nebach the only guys left is the OTD crowd. Thats doesn't make it an unnoble cause depite alterior motives.
He is not talking about Chasam Sofer, he is talking about his son, Ksav Sofer. Not that the man who goes by the name Avi or his talmidim would know the difference.
so god called you on his little phone and told you why the holocaust happened ?
We must have very different definitions of the words "proof" and "fact"
Your grammar level speaks for itself. It clearly shows that you have a problem keeping up to par in the business world.
Charlie you are correct. Unless comment #5 was referring to the Ksav Sofer, the Chsam Sofer's son who indeed had a very close relationship with the emperor Franz Josef. What's also inaccurate is that people are referring to Moses Mendelsohn as a maskil. Mendelsohn was and Orthodox Jew revered by most of the Rabbis of the time. It was his successors (Geiger and Weiss) that misinterpreted his ideas which ultimately let to the Reform movement.
Pains me to see, the ignorance of some of the people here, the name calling the bashing the entitlement and the hypocrisy .
" Pains me to see, the ignorance of some of the people here, the name calling the bashing the entitlement and the hypocrisy .
Clearly a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Education begins at home. If your son is indeed as poor a speller as you describe and you want to blame somebody - look in the mirror. You spell atrociously (although, much to your credit, you do know how to spell "scum") and you couldn't use punctuation marks to save your life.
yes, jump on the grammar, english is my 4th language as I grew up in Israel, and I am very proud of my english !
Now you're a seer too. How would you even fathom how I was raised?
Those who wish to draw a comparison to the agitation of the maskilim to get secular studies into the Yeshivos are missing some crucial information regarding that era that leads to crucial distinctions between that period and this situation: 1. The Yeshivos were for the elite of the chadorim to eventually become our rabbinic leaders. Everyone else needed to learn a trade. Yeshivos today are for everybody, the majority of whom need to learn a way to make a parnassa; 2. The maskilim were out to deconstruct our mesora and poison the well. These people in NY are legitimately upset about a very real problem regarding the education of young men and the law may very well a. Be on their side and b. Be the only way to get these Yeshivos to comply. ; and 3. Back then a trade was usually a handicraft learned in an apprenticeship or a simple sales business. Nowadays, with corporate retailers and foreign manufacturers dominating the handicrafts and other trades that were traditionally learned, the ONLY option for the majority of young men (aside from welfare programs) is to attain a degree and specialized training that can only be achieved with a decent high school education.
Even if a young man wants to go into business, there are many regulations and other requirements that must be complied with that require some decent English and math skills. Without those, he can land himself in jail: statutory fraud in many instances does not require a mens rea. You can be completely unknowing, yet be guilty because you should have checked. But without a high school education how is one even to know that such things exist? The bottom line is that it is in the best interests of these schools to get themselves aligned with the legal educational requirements. Silly comparisons to the haskala and the Yeshivos of Eastern Europe are not constructive and are delusional. No one is out to shove perceived kefira down talmidim's throats. They just want their kids to be able to deal with reality as it is. The state does not require those subjects to be taught. This letter just asks the state to enforce its laws as they stand.
I know you like picking on the small issues rather than the broader debate. But as a side note to rafuel and many other commenters; Spelling and grammer is becoming less of an important issue in todays modern society. My supervisor prefers text style e-mails where I get to the point in two sentences rather than proper grammer or spelling. While it is nice to have proper grammer it far from a hinderence. One can succeed in a corporation without it . Tech skills are a most though.
And a lack of education is still a very big probelm both here in the USA and in EY. In fact that its the ultimate cause of poverty in EY. As long as we "adopt kollels" not careers we will get nowhere on the war on poverty within our hiemisha societty.
I did not turn on my spell check for these comments. Sorry for the typos guys.
The Rambam says: "One who makes up his mind to involve himself with Torah and not to work, and to support himself from charity, has profaned God's Name and brought the Torah into contempt, extinguished the light of religion, brought evil upon himself, and has taken away his life from the World-to-Come..." (Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:10).


text:
Pontus Euxinus of Niewe en Naaukeurige Paskaarte...
This item has been sold, but you can enter your email address to be notified if another example becomes available.
Reiner & Joshua Ottens
Pontus Euxinus of Niewe en Naaukeurige Paskaarte van de Zwarte Zee . . .
Amsterdam / 1745
Reiner & Joshua Ottens Biography
The Ottens brothers, Reiner and Joshua, operated a successful printing partnership in the mid-eighteenth century (fl. 1726-1765). They began the venture in 1726, publishing maps and other prints as "R & I Ottens." They specialized in the reprinting of others' work, especially Guillaume De L'Isle. In 1750, Reiner died; his soon, also Reiner, took his place, but the firm began listing their works as "Joshua & Reiner Ottens." The firm lasted until Joshua's death in 1765. Joshua's widow, Johanna de Lindt, sold their remaining stock of plates in 1784.
Antique Maps / Europe
Antique Maps / Europe / Central & Eastern Europe / Russia
Antique Maps / Europe / Balkans / Balkans
Antique Maps / Europe / Turkey
Partie des Gouvernemens d'Astracan et de Woronez: le Kabarda et partie du païs des Cosaques du Don et du Jaik
Detailed map of the region north of the Black Sea and West of the Caspian Sea. One of the most detailed maps of the region to appear in a commercial atlas.
Typus Generalis Ukrainae sive Palatinatuum Podoliae, Kioviensis et Braczlaviensis terras nova delineatione exhibens
Finely colored example of Moses Pitt's map of Ukraine, divided into provinces, which appeared in a composite atlas by Abraham Wolfgang.
Estats de L'Empire des Turqs en Europe, ou sont les Beglerbeglicz our Gouvernements . . .
Scarce large format map of the Turkish Empire in Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, published by Jaillot, based upon the earlier maps of Nicolas Sanson .
Natolia quae olim Asia Minor (with Cyprus)
Rare Pierre Mariette map of Asia Minor, published in Paris.
(Russia in Asia) Partie de la Russie D'Asie No 21
Antique large-scale 19th-century French atlas map showing the Tobolsk Province in central Russia centered on the city of Yekaterinburg. Tobolsk is a moderately sized settlement east of the Ural Mountains and served as the historical capital for the vast region of Siberia. The city was only founded in 1590 during the period of Russian eastward expansion, but for most of its early history, it was most notable as a prisoner of war camp. This map first appeared in Vandermaelen's Atlas universelle de geographie physique.
Mosqee Chah-Zahdeh (Constantinople)
Fine view of the Shezade Mehmet Mosque in Istanbul.


text:
Dr Tun Aung
Dr Tun Aung is a respected community leader who has been arrested and jailed unlawfully by the military-backed government in Burma. He was arrested in June 2012 and charged under six different counts, including the Myanmar Wireless Telegraphs Act and Section 24 (1) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison but under a presidential amnesty, his sentence was reduced to one year in prison.
Please take action for the release of Tun Aung and the remaining political prisoners in Burma.
Email Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire, urging the UK government to take action to ensure the immediate release of all political prisoners.
You can also write a letter to Tun Aung to express your solidarity. Please write to:Tun Aung
C/O The Governor of Insein Prison
Insein Prison
Tun Aung was arrested in June 2012 as part of a Burmese government plan to arrest and detain Muslim community leaders to stop them from talking to international observers and journalists. He was charged under six different counts including under the Section 24 (1) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act for having 100 Chinese Yuan in his wallet, which was given to him by his daughter as a present.
Tun Aung is a 65-year-old medical doctor who is also a chairman of the Islamic Religious Affairs Council in Burma. He was arrested and accused of fuelling the communal riots in his hometown, Maungdaw, Rakhine State. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison but under a presidential amnesty, his sentence was reduced to one year in prison.
He is suffering from a pituitary tumor and needs regular medication but he has been denied medical treatment. His family members are gravely concerned about his health but they are not allowed to visit him in prison. On 6th February 2014, he was transferred to Insein Prison in Rangoon.
No innocent victims should be arrested illegally and treated inhumanely in Burma.
Free Tun Aung
Despite some welcome political changes in Burma, including the release of high profile political prisoners, hundreds of political prisoners remain in jail.
The international community must not forget those political prisoners still left behind in Burma's jails.
Please click here for more information about Burma's political prisoners.