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Bangladesh drop Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes and four others from national contract, freeze pay after poor year
Updated Apr 19, 2018 | 16:46 IST | AFP
The Bangladesh Cricket Board late Wednesday decided to retain just 10 players on contract, with three others to be added at a later time. Bangladesh axed six players from national contracts after a year of poor performances with players who escaped the chop being denied a pay rise.
Bangladesh Cricket Team | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspAP, File Image
Dhaka: Bangladesh axed six players from national contracts after a year of poor performances with players who escaped the chop being denied a pay rise, an official said Thursday. Opening batsmen Soumya Sarkar and Imrul Kayes were among the six to miss out on a contract as Bangladesh cricket warned players to shape up, selector Habibul Bashar said.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board late Wednesday decided to retain just 10 players on contract, with three others to be added at a later time. "For contracts, we mostly preferred players who would perform regularly over the next one year," Bashar told AFP. "Some players have lost their regular spot in the team. They needed to be sent a message. Getting dropped does not mean the door is closed for them. Everyone will get a fair chance in future."
Mosaddek Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Taskin Ahmed and Kamrul Islam Rabbi were the four others whose contracts were not renewed. Sabbir was already excluded from a contract on disciplinary grounds.
Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mominul Haque, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Taijul Islam and Mehedi Hasan were the 10 players awarded contracts.
BCB president Nazmul Hassan told reporters that contracted players would not be given a pay rise this year. The top remunerated players -- Shakib, Mushfiqur and Mortaza -- are paid 420,000 taka ($5,121) per month from the board.
The board also said it would review contracts for around 80 first-class players. Bangladesh lost Test series against New Zealand, India and South Africa in 2017, and just managed to scrape a draw against Sri Lanka and Australia.
Their limited-overs side made the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy in the UK but were drubbed in all but four of their 14 one-day international matches. Bangladesh won just one of seven Twenty20 internationals over the same year.

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Summer Music Festivals Are Overrated. Go to These Clubs Instead.
What's that? You say you like summer concert festivals? Outside, in the heat, with a field packed full of dead grass and strangers in various stages of undress? You want to make a pilgrimage to the men's room, which isn't really a room, and lacks plumbing? The festival where you wait through eight acts to get to your favorite? That's your game, is it?
Try this instead: Go to a club. A small one. Get close to a good band and enjoy it. Buy yourself a beer. If I'm there, I'll buy you another. Seeing a band in an intimate club is elemental, and perfect summer. Everybody at the show is there for the same reason, to see the same band. And it does make a difference. A festival is like a long tasting menu at a fancy restaurant: It's very expensive, there are a lot of courses you didn't order and water is expensive.
Here's a handful of summer shows from around the country that will get you to the right, visceral state of mind with no chance of getting sunburn.
Yo La Tengo's favorite club for good reason is closing later this year. It's tragic news and a perfect reason to make a pilgrimage. We just saw We Were Promised Jetpacks last weekend and it was terrific: visceral and propulsive. Any show is worthwhile — many are sold out. But Brazil psychedelic rockers Os Mutantes should be a wild ride. Get your last licks in while you can.
Jay Farrar, formerly of Uncle Tupelo, explores classic Americana in carefully wrought songs. Son Volt is supporting their new record, Honky Tonk, and it should be an evening of bittersweet pleasures and lessons learned. The bourbon will go down easy.
Weekend understands the season — the opening song on their debut record is called "Coma Summer." Influenced by Ride, My Bloody Valentine, and other misanthropic shoegazers, this band thrives with a mix of swirling guitars, distorted vocals, and bass lines that move. Jinx, their second album, comes out in July. Exhilarating.
This is technically on the small outdoor stage of the venerable Austin club, but you make an exception when you get a chance to see a double bill of David Lowery's bands. Cracker has a more overt country influence, and while Lowery's voice has grown wiser and more wistful with age, Camper Van Beethoven still makes mischief of the best kind.
This is the club that Prince made famous (though the stage has been blessed by everyone from James Brown to R.E.M.). Best Coast, the LA lo-fi duo, is a band that was made to be seen in summer. Their new record, The Only Place, is a tribute to Los Angeles: sunny, infectious, laced with nostalgia.
David Coggins is a writer living in New York.


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Q: Multiple functions with same controller I'm on a project using arduinos.This is my idea:
I have a squared signal that can slightly change. This signal gives me 58 pulses and then 2 empty spaces, indicating the cycle's beginning.
My objective is to generate another signal that changes according to this one.
My idea is to first get a sample of the signal for each X time, to get the number of pulses.After this, I want to read my cycle's start, to be able to know where my signal is every time.Then I'll generate my signal depending on that.
My problem is that I think I'll need a loop for getting my sample, which lasts as long as the pulse of the signal that I want to generate, or probably even longer, and another loop for detecting my start.
Is there any way of doing this with the same chip?Or my function is always gonna get stuck with the sample instead of generating my pulses?
Thanks!

A: yes it is possible, and there are a lot of way to solve this problem.
I would use a state machine.
In the first state, you are waiting for your "start", so you do a pulseln() on the input pin, if the pulase duration is good you'll increase a variable, if not reset that variable.
After that look at variabile value: if it is 56 you enter the second state.
In the second state you do what you have to do, and eventually fall back to state 1 (waiting a new "start") or enter another state.
As you can see, that approach is good if you have a finite (and relativly small) number of state, like a protocol. You can just use the code from state 1 if you need only to do something after the "start" and go backj to wait "start"

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Lexical properties: Trademarks, dictionaries, and the sense of the generic
Bellido, Jose, Pottage, Alain (2019) Lexical properties: Trademarks, dictionaries, and the sense of the generic. History of Science (Special Issue: Technologies of the law / law as technology), . ISSN 0073-2753. (doi:10.1177/0073275318766160)
The third edition of Webster's International Dictionary, first published in 1961, represented a novel approach to lexicography. It recorded the English language used in everyday life, incorporating colloquial terms that previous grammarians would have considered unfit for any responsible dictionary. Many were scandalized by the new lexicography. Trademark lawyers were not the most prominent of these critics, but the concerns they expressed are significant because they touched on the core structure of the trademark as a form of property in language. In the course of eavesdropping on everyday usage, Merriam-Webster's lexicographers picked up on the use of trademarks as common nouns: "thermos" as a generic noun for any vacuum flask, "cellophane" as a term for transparent wrapping, and so on. If Webster's Third were to be taken as sound evidence of the meaning of words, then the danger was that some of the most familiar marks in the USA would be judged "generic" in the legal sense, and would thereby cease to be proprietary. In this article, we explore the implications of this encounter between law and lexicographic technique.
Dictionaries, genericity, lexicography, property, trademarks
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Hollywood Improv (The Main Room)
8162 Melrose Avenue Hollywood, CA 90046
See Tickets link for prices
Two item minimum purchase required.
Want a better seat? Arrive an hour early to dine before the show. This also waives the 2-item minimum!
This show will be a phone-free experience. Use of cellphones, smart watches, smart accessories, cameras and recording devices will not be permitted in the performance space.
Upon arrival at the venue, all phones and smart watches will be secured in Yondr cases that will be opened at the end of the event. Guests maintain possession of their phones at all times, and can access their phones throughout the show at designated Phone Use Areas in the venue. All phones will be re-secured in Yondr cases before returning to the performance space. Guests are encouraged to print their tickets in advance to ensure a smooth entry process.
Anyone seen using a cellphone during the performance will be escorted out of the venue. We appreciate your cooperation in creating a phone-free viewing experience.
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Ben Morrison
Ben Morrison is a Los Angeles based actor, writer, comedian and filmmaker. Acting since he was 6 years old, Ben is a graduate of NYU's TISCH School of the arts where he trained under William H. Macy and David Mamet, and added stand-up comedian to his resume shortly thereafter. It's been a blur ever since.
A staple of LA area comedy clubs, Ben is a regular at the Improv and Laugh Factory, and most recently wrote and acted in The Telethon for America, a star-studded get-out-the-vote comedy special with Chelsea Handler, Charlize Theron, Natalie Portman and many more. Before that he served as one of the head writer/producers on 140 episodes of the syndicated comedy gameshow Funny You Should Ask.
On camera, Ben is best known for his recurring role as Young Eli David on NCIS, as the lead on a season of MTV's Punk'd, starring in a season of Mr. Personalities for Marc Cuban's HDNet, or guest-starring opposite Jon Lovitz and Bill Bellamy on Mr. Box Office. Additionally, Ben has been seen as a lead in feature films Ouija Exorcism, From the Dead, and FOX's 30 Nights of Paranormal Activity where he played an eerily good Abe Lincoln.
As a comedian, Ben has made multiple television appearances on Last Comic Standing, Comics Unleashed and AXSTv's Gotham Comedy Live, hosted by SNL's Michael Che, among others. He is also the creator of Superfunny!, a monthly showcase of anything-goes-hilarity at the world famous Hollywood Improv. He loves it there.
Maija DiGiorgio
Maija Di Giorgio is recognized by New York's Time Out Magazine as one of "the freshest, funniest, unique voices to grace the microphone". Maija has been featured on HBO Def Comedy Jam, Hot 97, Fox's "Laughs", NBC's "Comics Unleashed", HBO's "Sex & The City", "Uncontrolled Comedy Hour" and more, after receiving a standing ovation on her first television appearance on NBC's "Live from the Apollo". Maija has performed on many tours landing her on stage at the Beacon Theater, the Stand Theatre in Louisiana, Essence Festival in New Orleans, the HBO Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, and all the way to Scotland's prestigous Edinburgh Festival. She was more than happy to lend her performances serves for our troops stationed overseas in Korea, Okinawa, and Japan.
The New York's Daily News warns "Don't miss Maija!"
You know his face from some of your favorite television commercials but OWEN SMITH is a stand up comedian. He made his late night stand up comedy debut on Conan but he was funny on several other shows before that: Russell Simmons Presents: The Ruckus (Comedy Central), Def Comedy Jam (HBO), Premium Blend (Comedy Central), Chocolate News (Comedy Central), Hip Hop Squares (MTV2), Love You Mean It (Bravo), Latino Laugh Festival: The Show (SiTV). He's made people laugh at festivals, colleges, universities, performed in 48 of the 50 states and has two Hour Comedy Specials: Owen Smith: Anonymous and Good Luck Everybody under his belt. The latter of which made history by being the first ever comedy special shot entirely on iPhones. Owen bought 10 iPhones shot the special, then the next day, returned the iPhones.
Owen is also a writer who has penned several teleplays that appeared on television. Some of his credits include: The Arsenio Hall Show, The ESPY's, The Guy's Choice Awards, Whitney (NBC), Deon Cole's Black Box, the Ice Cube sitcom Are We There Yet, and the Chris Rock hit Everybody Hates Chris. He is currently writing and producing for the LeBron James series on Starz called Survivor's Remorse.
Owen is repped by Paradigm and Barry Katz Entertainment and lives in Santa Monica, CA with his funny and beautiful wife Ralinda.
Their wedding was July 20, 2014 and they were registered at www.amazon.com.
J Chris Newberg
Pete Giovine
Sun Jul 21 2019 7:00 PM
Hollywood Improv (The Main Room) Hollywood CA
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import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;

import org.apache.poi.xdgf.usermodel.XDGFShape;

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 * The text is returned in arbitrary order, with no regards to
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public class ShapeTextVisitor extends ShapeVisitor {

    protected StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();

    public static class TextAcceptor implements ShapeVisitorAcceptor {
        public boolean accept(XDGFShape shape) {
            return shape.hasText();
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    }

    protected ShapeVisitorAcceptor getAcceptor() {
        return new TextAcceptor();
    }

    public void visit(XDGFShape shape, AffineTransform globalTransform,
            int level) {
        text.append(shape.getText().getTextContent().trim());
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    /**
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    public String getText() {
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Q: How can open date toggle in Angular npm mydatepicker? I am using Angular npm mydatepicker(https://www.npmjs.com/package/mydatepicker). I want to open date toggle If I click input of datepicker. It only opens and closes When Datepicker button is clicked.

This is my code:
<my-date-picker name="mydate" [options]="myDatePickerOptions"
        (dateChanged)="onDateChanged($event)" [placeholder]="'Дата оплаты'">
</my-date-picker>

Can Anyone help me? Thank you.

A: Refering to the doc, there is an option for this:

name: openSelectorOnInputClick
  default: false
  type: boolean
  description: Open selector when the input field is clicked. Can be
  used if inline = false and editableDateField = false.


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import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

/**
 * Creates a new {@link MaximumTimeWindowStatisticsConfig} object
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public class MaximumTimeWindowStatisticsConfigurer {

    private MaximumTimeWindowStatisticsConfig config = new MaximumTimeWindowStatisticsConfig();

    public MaximumTimeWindowStatisticsConfigurer timeWindow(long timeWindow, TimeUnit timeUnit) {
        config.setTimeWindowSeconds(timeUnit.toSeconds(timeWindow));
        return this;
    }

    public MaximumTimeWindowStatisticsConfigurer minimumTimeWindow(long timeWindow, TimeUnit timeUnit) {
        config.setMinimumTimeWindowSeconds(timeUnit.toSeconds(timeWindow));
        return this;
    }

    public MaximumTimeWindowStatisticsConfigurer maximumTimeWindow(long timeWindow, TimeUnit timeUnit) {
        config.setMaximumTimeWindowSeconds(timeUnit.toSeconds(timeWindow));
        return this;
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    public MaximumTimeWindowStatisticsConfig create() {
        config.validate();
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This EP was recorded prior to the band renaming to Chromelodeon, and has been referred to the"Adventures In a Haunted House" EP. The title of this archive entry reflects the CD release artwork. CD releases of this EP did not include Papa So Get Angry.


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Football players [illustrative].(Photo by: INGIMAGE)
Mild blows may cause major head injuries
In the NFL, other professional sports, and especially school sports, concern has grown about the long-term neuropsychiatric mconsequences of repeated mild trauatic brain injury.
Even mild concussions – without the player complaining about trauma – suffered during amateur tackle football games can cause brain damage, according to new research just published in JAMA Neurology, a publication of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The research by Ben-Gurion University and Soroka-University Medical Center brain imaging experts compared 16 players from Israel's professional football team, Black Swarm, to a control group of 13 BGU track-and-field athletes.
The conclusions were said to be relevant not only for American- style football but also for soccer, hockey, and other games that may involve trauma to the head.
The study used for the first time a contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device developed at the university to visualize injury in the blood-brain barrier (BBB). The new instrument can help coaches decide whether an injured player can return to the game without harm.
According to Dr. Alon Friedman, who discovered the new diagnostic technique, "Until now there wasn't a diagnostic capability to identify mild brain injury early after the trauma.
In the NFL, other professional sports, and especially school sports, concern has grown about the long-term neuropsychiatric mconsequences of repeated mild trauatic brain injury (mTBI) and specifically sports-related concussive and sub-concussive head impacts."
Limitations of this study included a relatively small sample size and lack of long-term follow- up. Further research, wrote the researchers, is warranted toward understanding the natural course of BBB dysfunction in mild traumatic brain injury.
Medical researchers, including Friedman's group at BGU, are working to find drugs that will target the BBB and facilitate its repair, potentially allowing for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease and other brain-related diseases.
The goal of the study, said Friedman, was to use the new method to visualize the extent and location of BBB dysfunction in football players using dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI). The DCE-MRIs were given between games during the season and revealed significant damage: 40 percent of the examined football players with unreported concussions had evidence of "leaky BBB" compared to 8.3 percent of the track-andfield control group.
"This showed a clear association between football and increased risk for BBB pathology that we couldn't see before," Friedman explained. "In addition, high-BBB permeability was found in six players and in only one athlete from the control group."
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The NBA Closer is written by Matt McHale, who would like to know where the bleep Boston's killer instinct is. When he's not freaking the bleep out over the Celtics playing stall ball, he can be found venting his bleeping angst over it at bleeping Basketbawful. Enjoy!
Well, that was bleeping ridiculous. With 7:55 left to go in Game 2, the Celtics were up 95-71. And they obviously figured — as did most people watching the game, I'm guessing — that a 24-point fourth-quarter lead was pretty safe. The Boston bench was all grins and giggles. Paul Pierce broke out in a huge smile after getting called for traveling. It was good times, good times ... for everybody except the Lakers. So, naturally, the Mamba slithered into the team huddle and bared his fangs.
After the game, this is how Kobe described the Matt Foley-esque motivational speech he gave his teammates. "Get our bleep in gear. Play bleep harder, a bunch of other bleeps. It's beep, beep, beep, beep. 'Eddie Murphy Raw' times 10."
And the Lakers bleeping responded. From that point on, L.A. went on a 31-9 run — thanks to an NBA finals record-tying seven three-pointers — to make it 104-102 with 38.4 ticks left on the clock. And the Celtics must have been been ready to bleeping pee themselves. But Paul Pierce drew a foul, connected on two free throws, and smacked Sasha Vujacic's hand blocked Sasha Vujacic's three-point attempt to put a bleeping stop to L.A.'s near-miracle comeback. James Posey then sealed the deal by hitting a pair of foul shots with 12.6 seconds left.
Said Boston coach Doc Rivers: "We've got to play for 48 minutes, and I didn't think we did that. I thought we got cute when we got the lead." Well, no bleeping bleep, Doc. Thanks for that expert analysis. Hey, I've got a question: Who's job is it to keep the Celtics from getting all cutesy-pie when they're up by a jillion? Oh. Right. It's yours. I sort of forgot. And so did you, apparently.
Pierce, gimpy knee and all, powered the Celtics with 28 points (9-for-16), 4 rebounds and 8 assists. Kevin Garnett had 17 points and 14 rebounds. Ray Allen added 17 points. Rajon Rondo had a personal playoff-best 16 assists. Leon Ka-Powe surprised the Lakers and the world by going off for 21 points in only 15 minutes. Boston shot a blistering 53 percent and had 31 assists on 36 baskets. Oh, and they had a wee little advantage at the line. Like, a 38-10 advantage.
Kobe led the Lakers in points (30), shots (23), misses (12), assists (8) and bleeps (47). L.A. also got double-doubles out of Pau Gasol (17 points, 10 rebounds) and Vladimir Radmanovic (13 points, 10 rebounds). Lamar Odom chipped in with 10 points and 8 boards. And Vujacic and Jordan Farmar came off the bench to hit 5-for-7 from three-point range.
And how to the Celtics feel about building a 2-0 series lead despite almost choking away a 24-point lead? Said Pierce: "We're happy because we won, but we definitely learned a lesson." I bleeping hope so.
Game 3 is Tuesday night in L.A.


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Ryan Seacrest was the longtime host of 'American Idol.' And he'll be back!
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Ryan Seacrest will be back hosting American Idol when it returns for a first season on ABC. Kelly Ripa made the announcement on Thursday's Live with Kelly and Ryan, which she has co-hosted with Seacrest since he joined her in May.
Here's a look at every 'American Idol' winner; reality show comes to an end in 2016
Seacrest has a long history with Idol during its smash-hit run on Fox from 2002 through 2016. Reclaiming that job gives him an additional role in the Disney family, which owns ABC and produces the syndicated Live.
Seacrest's possible return to Idol had sparked much speculation, even though it airs from Los Angeles and Live airs mornings from New York. The busy Seacrest will also continue his syndicated Los Angles morning drive-time radio show, as well as a nationally syndicated Top 40 radio show, from his iHeartMedia studio in New York.
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Mongabay, a leading resource for news and perspectives on environmental and conservation issues related to the tropics, has launched Tropical Conservation Science - a new, open access academic e-journal. It will cover a wide variety of scientific and social studies on tropical ecosystems, their biodiversity and the threats posed to them. Tropical Conservation Science - March 8, 2008.
At the 148th Meeting of the OPEC Conference, the oil exporting cartel decided to leave its production level unchanged, sending crude prices spiralling to new records (above $104). OPEC "observed that the market is well-supplied, with current commercial oil stocks standing above their five-year average. The Conference further noted, with concern, that the current price environment does not reflect market fundamentals, as crude oil prices are being strongly influenced by the weakness in the US dollar, rising inflation and significant flow of funds into the commodities market." OPEC - March 5, 2008.
Kyushu University (Japan) is establishing what it says will be the world's first graduate program in hydrogen energy technologies. The new master's program for hydrogen engineering is to be offered at the university's new Ito campus in Fukuoka Prefecture. Lectures will cover such topics as hydrogen energy and developing the fuel cells needed to convert hydrogen into heat or electricity. Of all the renewable pathways to produce hydrogen, bio-hydrogen based on the gasification of biomass is by far both the most efficient, cost-effective and cleanest. Fuel Cell Works - March 3, 2008.
An entrepreneur in Ivory Coast has developed a project to establish a network of Miscanthus giganteus farms aimed at producing biomass for use in power generation. In a first phase, the goal is to grow the crop on 200 hectares, after which expansion will start. The project is in an advanced stage, but the entrepreneur still seeks partners and investors. The plantation is to be located in an agro-ecological zone qualified as highly suitable for the grass species. Contact us - March 3, 2008.
A 7.1MW biomass power plant to be built on the Haiwaiian island of Kaua'i has received approval from the local Planning Commission. The plant, owned and operated by Green Energy Hawaii, will use albizia trees, a hardy species that grows in poor soil on rainfall alone. The renewable power plant will meet 10 percent of the island's energy needs. Kauai World - February 27, 2008.
Tasmania's first specialty biodiesel plant has been approved, to start operating as early as July. The Macquarie Oil Company will spend half a million dollars on a specially designed facility in Cressy, in Tasmania's Northern Midlands. The plant will produce more than five million litres of fuel each year for the transport and marine industries. A unique blend of feed stock, including poppy seed, is expected to make it more viable than most operations. ABC Rural - February 25, 2008.
The 16th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition - From Research to Industry and Markets - will be held from 2nd to 6th June 2008, at the Convention and Exhibition Centre of FeriaValencia, Spain. Early bird fee registration ends 18th April 2008. European Biomass Conference & Exhibition - February 22, 2008.
'Obesity Facts' – a new multidisciplinary journal for research and therapy published by Karger – was launched today as the official journal of the European Association for the Study of Obesity. The journal publishes articles covering all aspects of obesity, in particular epidemiology, etiology and pathogenesis, treatment, and the prevention of adiposity. As obesity is related to many disease processes, the journal is also dedicated to all topics pertaining to comorbidity and covers psychological and sociocultural aspects as well as influences of nutrition and exercise on body weight. Obesity is one of the world's most pressing health issues, expected to affect 700 million people by 2015. AlphaGalileo - February 21, 2008.
A bioethanol plant with a capacity of 150 thousand tons per annum is to be constructed in Kuybishev, in the Novosibirsk region. Construction is to begin in 2009 with investments into the project estimated at €200 million. A 'wet' method of production will be used to make, in addition to bioethanol, gluten, fodder yeast and carbon dioxide for industrial use. The complex was developed by the Solev consulting company. FIS: Siberia - February 19, 2008.
Sarnia-Lambton lands a $15million federal grant for biofuel innovation at the Western Ontario Research and Development Park. The funds come on top of a $10 million provincial grant. The "Bioindustrial Innovation Centre" project competed successfully against 110 other proposals for new research money. London Free Press - February 18, 2008.
An organisation that has established a large Pongamia pinnata plantation on barren land owned by small & marginal farmers in Andhra Pradesh, India is looking for a biogas and CHP consultant to help research the use of de-oiled cake for the production of biogas. The organisation plans to set up a biogas plant of 20,000 cubic meter capacity and wants to use it for power generation. Contact us - February 15, 2008.
The Andersons, Inc. and Marathon Oil Corporation today jointly announced ethanol production has begun at their 110-million gallon ethanol plant located in Greenville, Ohio. Along with the 110 million gallons of ethanol, the plant annually will produce 350,000 tons of distillers dried grains, an animal feed ingredient. Marathon Oil - February 14, 2008.
Biofuel consumption soars in Thailand: biodiesel up more than 1000%, ethanol up 64%
The consumption of alternative fuels in Thailand is growing rapidly as the government continues to keep contributions to the state Oil Fund lower for biofuels than for traditional fuels. Demand for B5 soared by growing over 1000%, E10 grew with 64% and natural gas for vehicles more than doubled. Thai ethanol producers who were seriously mired by overproduction at the beginning of the year (previous post) thus see their troubles coming to an end.
Average B5 diesel retail prices are now one baht per litre lower than petro-diesel (€0.021/liter or $0.121/gallon), and 'gasohol' (E10) is 4 baht (€0.086/liter or $0.485/gallon) cheaper than premium petrol and 3.30 baht (€0.071/liter or $0.4/gallon) cheaper than regular petrol.
According to Metta Bunturngsuk, director-general of the Department of Energy, B5 diesel (5% biodiesel) consumption jumped from 3.43 million litres in October last year to 65.13 million litres last month - a staggering increase, but not exceptional for a fuel that is just beginning to take off. Petro-diesel grew slightly by 2.2% to 1.49 billion litres from 1.43. billion a year earlier.
Ethanol is a more established fuel in Thailand. The total consumption of gasohol 95 and 91 - or 10% ethanol mixed with 90% gasoline - rose 63.7% to 179 million litres in October from 110 million litres during the same period last year.
Premium and regular gasoline consumption fell 11.4% to 441 million litres from 498 million litres last year, the second consecutive month it has fallen.
Consumption of natural gas for vehicles also jumped 110% in October to 29.6 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) from 14 million mmcfd last year. Next year NGV consumption is likely to double from this year due to strong support from the Energy Ministry and PTT Plc, which is offering free NGV kits and is selling the fuel at petrol stations. However, Mettha Bunthuengsuk conceded that NGV is now unavailable for sale in some areas since there is a shortage of gas cylinders:
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Thailand's state-owned energy giant PTT Plc had already shifted a purchase order for the cylinders to companies in Brazil from South Korean companies in order to address the shortage. It is expected the problem would be solved in a few months.
Liquid petroleum gas (LPG) consumption grew 15.6% from 9.2 million kilogrammes to 10.7 million kilogrammes as more motorists converted their engines to gas from petrol. But the figure will probably drop next year as the government says it will no longer subsidise LPG, which is also used as cooking gas.
Crude oil imports in October dropped 12.8% from 4.238 million barrels to 3.696 million barrels. The value of crude oil imports also dropped 0.3% from 62.56 billion baht last year to 62.35 billion this year.
Energy policy planners also announced that they intended to promote new names for what is currently described in Thailand as 'gasohol': gasoline E10/95, gasoline E10/91 and gasoline E20/95.
Diesel fuel will be completely replaced by B2 nationwide on April 1, 2008. The new names will be B2, B5 or whatever proportion of biofuel is mixed with regular fuel.
Bangkok Post: Ethanol-based fuel sales jump in October - November 27, 2007.
Bangkok Post: Bio-fuel use soars in first 10 months - November 27, 2007.
Biopact: Thai ethanol producers stuck with surplus - April 09, 2007
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Researchers at the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute (TFRI) and North Carolina State University in the U.S. have developed genetically modified Eucalyptus trees that store far more carbon dioxide and contain less lignin. - Biopact Sept. 17, 2007
The International Eucalyptus Genome Consortium's sequencing effort has been taken up as a project under the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Joint Genome Project for the year 2008. - Biopact June 12, 2007
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Vietnam's Institute of Tropical Biology to invest in Jatropha research - Le courrier du Vietnam - Sept. 6, 2006
Genetic study proves humans have pushed orangutans to the brink of extinction; genetic decline coincides with establishment of oil palm plantations in Malaysia/Indonesia since the 1950/60s- Public Library of Science / Biology, Volume 4/Issue 2 - February, 2006
Synthetic Genomics and the Asiatic Centre for Genome Technology Sdn Bhd (ACGT) have created a multi-year research and development joint venture to sequence and analyze the oil palm genome. In-depth genomic analyses will be followed by subsequent studies that will analyze the oil palm's root and leaf microbial communities, to identify biomarkers and metabolic pathways that affect the plant's growth and viability. Biopact - July, 2007
Researchers at the International Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics have developed a sweet sorghum for the production of ethanol. The new variety has a very high sugar content in its root. Average yields in trial fields in the Philippines were between 95 to 125 tons, considerably higher than those of sugarcane - ICRISAT - Feb. 28, 2007
Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania, develops sorghum and millet processing technologies suitable for local conditions in effort to empower small farmers - IPP Media - Sept. 6, 2006
South Africa blocks GM Sorghum project for fears over contamination of local wild sorghums - Kruger Park - Aug. 26, 2006
Brazilian authorities have given their fiat for field trials with genetically modified sugar cane plants. The Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira (Cane Technology Center - CTC) will test three genetically modified varieties that are expected to yield 15% more sugar - GMO Compass
Bamboo planting can slow deforestation, scientists from the International Center for Research in Agroforestry in Nairobi, Kenya, say. Bamboo rapidly becoming economically beneficial crop with large potential for energy, bioremediation, and afforestation - Chosun (S.Korea) Aug. 30, 2006
"The beauty of miscanthus is that you only have to sow it once...Because of the way it grows, there is no need for fertilisers or chemicals", an English entrepreneur talks about his experience with Miscanthus as an energy crop - Grantham Today Aug. 8, 2006
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Enfin j'essaie toujours de faire du mieux possible.
Well, I always try to do the best I can.
Whether you spell the variable forms with an i or a y is completely up to you (except for nous essayons and vous essayez, which you must spell with a y). However, there's a bit of a catch: the pronunciation of the verb changes depending on which spelling you use. You can hear the difference in the two captions above: Zaz pronounces the -aie of essaie as a short "e" (as in mai, "May"), and the -ayes of essayes as a longer "e" (as in pareil, "same"). That's how we knew to spell them the way we did.
Petite particularité pour le verbe "payer": on peut dire "je paie avec ce billet" ou "je paye avec ce billet".
A small particularity for the verb "to pay": you can say "I pay with this bill" or "I pay with this bill."
Variable spellings don't only occur in the present indicative form of -ayer verbs. You'll also come across them in the future (e.g. vous paierez/payerez, "you will pay"), in the present subjunctive (qu'ils essaient/essayent, "that they try"), in the present conditional (tu paierais/payerais, "you would pay"), and in the imperative (essaie/essaye, "try!").
Some other common verbs that follow this pattern are balayer (to sweep), bégayer (to stutter), délayer (to mix, dilute), effrayer (to frighten), égayer (to cheer up), and rayer (to scratch, cross out).
See this WordReference page for a full conjugation of essayer and other verbs like it.
Pouvoir is an elementary French verb meaning "to be able to." It's an irregular verb, which means it's not conjugated like most other verbs ending in -ir. In this lesson, we'll be focusing on the first-person present indicative form of pouvoir, which has two variants: je peux and je puis (I can). How do we know which one to use?
Qu'est-ce que je peux faire différemment?
Que puis-je faire? Puis-je voir ces hommes?
What can I do? May I see these men?
Qu'est-ce que je peux faire? Est-ce que je peux voir ces hommes?
C'est un petit peu notre... notre crédo si je puis dire.
It's a little bit like our... our credo, if I may say so.
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Alors je pourrais essayer la nuit, Monsieur Watt?
Then I could try at night, Mister Watt?
Puis y en a qui donnent beaucoup moins.
Then there are some who give a lot less.
In our previous lessons on the French conditional, we briefly mentioned si (if) clauses, which express the possibility or likelihood of an event. These are comparable to "if/then" constructions in English, as in "if you didn't want to go, then you should have said something" or "if I rest now, I'll have more energy later." French si clauses are made up of two parts: a condition (e.g. "if I rest now") and a result ("I'll have more energy later"). They come in three different forms, each expressing different likelihoods and employing different verb tenses and moods. Let's break them down one by one.
Si on surveille pas, elle les prend et puis elle les fait tomber un par un.
If we don't watch, she takes them and then makes them fall one by one.
Donc si vous pouvez éviter de sortir, évitez.
So if you can avoid going out, avoid it.
Même aujourd'hui, si on me fait chanter, je chanterai.
Even today, if you make me sing, I'll sing.
Si on avait pas tant de bénévoles... cela serait pas possible.
If we didn't have so many volunteers... it wouldn't be possible.
Je pourrais aller au cinéma avec toi si je n'étais pas malade.
I could go to the movies with you if I weren't sick.
As you can see from the above example, the "result" doesn't always have to follow the "condition"—it can just as easily be placed before it. So we could rewrite the "Farmer François" sentence as: Cela serait pas possible si on avait pas tant de bénévoles (it wouldn't be possible if we didn't have so many volunteers). As long as both parts of a si clause are in the right tense/mood, it doesn't matter which comes first.
Si j'avais su, je serais venu avec deux chevaux.
If I had known, I would have come with two horses.
Hier j'aurais levé le bras pour appeler le taxi si j'avais d'abord soigné mon épaule.
Yesterday I would have raised my arm to hail the taxi if I had treated my shoulder first.
To learn about some other meanings of si besides "if," check out this lesson. And if you have any suggestions for future lesson topics, feel free to tweet us @yabla or email us at newsletter@yabla.com.
As Patricia mentions in her recent video, the French conditional mood only comes in two tenses: present and past. While the present conditional expresses something you would do, the past conditional expresses something you would have done. We discussed the present conditional in our previous lesson, so now we'll focus on the past.
On aurait pu les cuire individuellement, mais là ça va le faire.
We could have cooked them individually, but here, this'll do it.
Je serais allé à la plage mais il faisait trop froid.
I would have gone to the beach, but it was too cold.
L'histoire officielle dit que ce drapeau serait né sous la Révolution française de dix-sept cent quatre-vingt-neuf.
Official history says that this flag was supposedly born under the French Revolution of seventeen eighty-nine.
The important thing to remember is that in the past tense, you only need to conjugate the auxiliary verb in the conditional, not the main verb (so you wouldn't say on aurait pourrait or je serais irais, for instance).
Hier, j'aurais levé le bras pour appeler le taxi si j'avais d'abord soigné mon épaule.
Yesterday, I would have raised my arm to hail the taxi if I had treated my shoulder first.
We'll talk about si clauses in further detail in a future lesson. In the meantime, you might want to check out the song Si by Zaz, which contains a good number of si clauses and verbs in the conditional.
C'est and il/elle est are two common expressions used to describe people or things in French. Though they have the same meaning (he/she/it is), they're not interchangeable. So how do you know when to use which? It all depends on what comes after the verb est (is). Let's look at some examples.
Il s'appelle André. Il est très intelligent.
His name is André. He's very smart.
Elle est japonaise. Elle est bouddhiste. Elle est chimiste.
She is Japanese. She is Buddhist. She is a chemist.
Note the difference between the French and the English in that last sentence. You don't need an indefinite article (un, une) after il/elle est when talking about someone's profession. So you don't say elle est une chimiste, but simply elle est chimiste.
His name is André. He's my friend.
Ah, oui, c'est moi. -C'est toi mais c'est vrai!
Oh, yes, it's me. -It's you, but it's true!
The State, it is I (or "I am the State"; attributed to King Louis XIV of France).
Cette histoire n'est pas inventée. Elle est vraie.
This story isn't made-up. It's true.
Ah, ce sont les fameuses pommes de terre violettes.
Oh, they are the famous purple potatoes.
Ne vous approchez pas des ours. Ils sont très dangereux.
Don't go near the bears. They are very dangerous.
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[Les cheveux] peuvent être noirs.
Ensuite vous avez mon écharpe noire, une simple étole.
Then you have my black scarf, a simple wrap.
In the first sentence, noir modifies the masculine plural noun cheveux ("hair" is always plural in French), so it takes the masculine plural ending -s (noirs). In the second sentence, noir modifies the feminine singular noun écharpe, so it takes the feminine singular ending -e (noire).
J'ai acheté des chaussures orange.
Tu as acheté des chaussures rouges.
Regardez ces chiens. Ils sont marron?
Look at these dogs. Are they brown?
[Les cheveux] peuvent être châtains. "Châtain", c'est marron.
[Hair] can be chestnut-colored. "Chestnut" is brown.
Some other invariable color adjectives are: abricot (apricot), ardoise (slate), argent (silver), azur (azure), brique (brick), bronze (bronze), café (coffee), caramel (caramel), champagne (champagne), chocolat (chocolate).
Il a les yeux bleu clair et les cheveux brun foncé.
He has light blue eyes and dark brown hair.
Il a les yeux bleus et les cheveux bruns.
He has blue eyes and brown hair.
As you may have noticed, like many other adjectives, color adjectives always follow the noun in French. See our previous lesson for more information on that. And for a good introduction to colors in French, check out Lionel's video on the subject.
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Je suis né à Paris mais j'habite à Lyon.
I was born in Paris but I live in Lyon.
Ma famille habite au Botswana et en Angola.
My family lives in Botswana and in Angola.
Donc, treize, quatorze jours de vacances aux États-Unis.
So, thirteen, fourteen days of vacation in the United States.
Aujourd'hui nous sommes à Londres et demain nous irons à Dublin.
We're in London today and we're going to Dublin tomorrow.
Je viens (I come)... de New York (from New York).
des Pays-Bas (from the Netherlands).
Knowing these prepositions will make it easier to describe where you're from, where you are, and where you're going in French!
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In French, an indirect object pronoun usually replaces "à (to) + a person." Unlike direct object pronouns, which can refer to either people or things, indirect object pronouns only refer to people.
Je jette le ballon à mon amie. / Je lui jette le ballon.
I throw the ball to my friend. / I throw her the ball [or "I throw the ball to her"].
The following example contains a mixture of direct and indirect pronouns. How did the speaker know when to use which?
It all depends on whether the verb in question would normally be followed by the preposition à. Garder isn't followed by à: you would say garder quelque chose (to keep something), but never garder à quelque chose. If you watch the video, you'll know from context that the speaker is referring to le fromage (cheese). So instead of saying je garde le fromage, he uses the direct object pronoun le (je le garde). On the other hand, you would say dire à quelqu'un (to tell someone), but never dire quelqu'un. Because of that à, the speaker knows to use the indirect objects me and lui.
We know these are indirect object pronouns because they all replace "à + person" in the verbal expressions parler à quelqu'un (to speak to someone), donner à quelqu'un (to give to someone), and envoyer à quelqu'un (to send to someone).
As you learned in our last lesson, when a direct object pronoun is followed by a verb in the past tense (passé composé), the past participle needs to agree in number and gender with the direct object pronoun. On the other hand, you don't have to worry about agreement in the passé composé with indirect object pronouns. That's why you have je leur ai envoyé in the example above and not je leur ai envoyés or je leur ai envoyées.
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A direct object is a noun that receives the action of a verb, such as the word "cookie" in the sentence, "I'm eating the cookie." It generally answers the question "what?" or "whom?" ("What am I eating? The cookie.") A direct object pronoun replaces the direct object when the latter is already implied. So instead of "I'm eating the cookie," you could just say, "I'm eating it."
Do you hear it, do you see it?
La tarte à l'oignon! -Ouais, comment vous la faites? -Je la fais pas, je l'achète.
Onion tart! -Yeah, how do you make it? -I don't make it, I buy it.
In the first example, the le of le vois refers to le silence. In the second, the la of la faites/la fais refers to la tarte à l'oignon. Both examples demonstrate another rule that applies to all singular direct object pronouns (me, te, le, and la): when the verb that comes after the pronoun begins with a vowel or silent h, the e or a of the pronoun is dropped and is replaced with an apostrophe (this is known as elision). That's why you have l'achète instead of la achète, l'entends instead of le entends, and t'appelle instead of te appelle.
Est-ce que tu aimes les pommes? -Non, je ne les aime pas.
Do you like apples? -No, I don't like them.
Je n'ai pas les jouets. Je les ai oubliés.
I don't have the toys. I forgot them.
Mais si toutes ces technologies existent depuis si longtemps, pourquoi est-ce qu'on ne les a pas utilisées?
But if all these technologies have existed for so long, why haven't we used them?
The root (masculine singular) forms of the above past participles are oublié and utilisé. But since jouets is masculine plural, we need to add an s to oublié to make it plural (oubliés). And since technologies is feminine plural, we need to add an e to utilisé to make it feminine and an s to make it plural (utilisées).
Stay tuned for part two of this series, which will focus on indirect object pronouns. À bientôt!
Yeah, give me the info.
Let's break that down: donne is the imperative verb (give), la is the direct object pronoun ("it," referring to "the info"), and moi is the indirect object pronoun (to me). Note that in imperative expressions like this, the direct object pronoun always comes before the indirect object pronoun. You can learn more about French object pronouns here.
Ne me la donne pas.
Don't give it to me.
Cap. 18, Arthur H et M: Est-ce que tu m'aimes?
Sachez qu'il y a de nombreux trains directs de Paris vers Trouville, Deauville.
Know that there are numerous trains direct from Paris toward Trouville, Deauville.
Veuillez ne pas quitter. Vous allez être mise en relation avec notre secrétariat.
Please stay on the line. You will be connected to our secretary's office.
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Où tout te dira: Meurs, vieux lâche! il est trop tard!
When all will say to you: Die, old coward! It is too late!
The imperative is fairly simple to learn, since it only exists in the second-person singular (tu), second-person plural (vous), and first-person plural (nous) forms, and because it's conjugated almost exactly like the present indicative. To make a verb imperative, you just take the present indicative tu, vous, or nous form and drop the pronoun. That's it! So in the example above, meurs is the present indicative tu form of the verb mourir (to die). If Baudelaire had left in the tu, he would have had: Tu meurs, vieux lâche! (You are dying, old coward!) But by simply removing the tu, he changed the meaning to something much more forceful.
Tu manges tes légumes. / Mange tes légumes.
You are eating your vegetables. / Eat your vegetables.
Nous mangeons nos légumes. / Mangeons nos légumes.
We are eating our vegetables. / Let's eat our vegetables.
Vous mangez vos légumes. / Mangez vos légumes.
Who wins without cheating, every time! It's the law.
We'll continue our discussion of the imperative in our next lesson. In the meantime, why not read some more Baudelaire?
In our last lesson, we introduced the general rule for conjugating French verbs in the present subjunctive: take the third-person plural (ils/elles) present indicative form of the verb, remove the -ent, and add the subjunctive endings: -e, -es, -e, -ions, -iez, and -ent.While this rule applies to the vast majority of verbs, some of the most common French verbs have irregular subjunctive conjugations.
The first verb is être (to be), which is conjugated as follows in the subjunctive: je sois, tu sois, il/elle/on soit, nous soyons, vous soyez, ils/elles soient. Note that the first soit in the above caption is not the same as the third-person subjunctive form of être—it's a separate word meaning "either." See our lesson Either/Or for more information on that.
The second verb, avoir (to have), looks like this in the subjunctive: j'aie, tu aies, il/elle/on ait, nous ayons, vous ayez, ils/elles aient.
Like the first-person subjunctive forms of avoir, those of aller (to go) also begin withai-: j'aille, tu ailles, il/elle/on aille.
But in the nous and vous forms, the i changes position: nous allions, vous alliez. Then it goes back to where it was for the third-person plural: ils/elles aillent.
Most forms of vouloir (to want) contain the letters euille: je veuille, tu veuilles, il/elle/on veuille, ils/elles veuillent.
…il n'y a rien d'autre à faire qu'à attendre que le vent veuille bien se lever.
…there's nothing else to do but wait until the wind finally decides to pick up.
But its nous and vous forms look a little different: nous voulions, vous vouliez.
Maintenant qu'on est en numéro trois, il faut qu'on fasse quatre, cinq, six.
Now that we are on step three, we have to do four, five, six.
Et maintenant pose ton assiette en or devant moi pour que je puisse manger son contenu.
And now set your gold plate before me so that I can eat its contents.
Finally, there's savoir (to know), which has a ch in the subjunctive: je sache, tu saches, il/elle/on sache, nous sachions, vous sachiez, ils/elles sachent.
Comment tu veux que je le sache moi?
How do you want [expect] me to know?
Congrats! You're now fully capable of conjugating any French verb in the present subjunctive. Feel free to send us any suggestions for future lesson topics by tweeting us @yabla or emailing us at newsletter@yabla.com.
In this lesson, we'll be tackling the subjunctive, a verbal mood that expresses a wide range of situations, such as a wish, an obligation, a possibility, a doubt, or an emotion. Whereas the indicative mood simply describes something that happens, the subjunctive mood describes something that may happen, something you want to happen, something you're afraid will happen, and other hypothetical situations. It's the difference between the phrases "you are here" and "I wish you were here."
The general rule for forming the subjunctive in French is to take the third-person plural (ils/elles) present indicative form of the verb, remove the -ent, and add the subjunctive endings: -e, -es, -e, -ions, -iez, and -ent. Take a look at this handy chart for a concise summary of the conjugation of regular subjunctive verbs. We'll go over irregular subjunctive conjugations in another lesson.
Qu'est-ce que tu veux que je te dise?
Avec tout ce choix, il faut que je réfléchisse.
With all these choices, I have to think about it.
Besides the conjugation, the most important aspect of the French subjunctive is that it almost always follows the word que (that), as in the expressions tu veux que and il faut que above. Vouloir que (to want) and il faut que (it is necessary that) are among the large number of French expressions that require the subjunctive. You can find a detailed list of these expressions here.
On est vraiment très heureux que nos huit jeunes puissent partir.
We are truly very happy that our eight young people are able to go.
Je suis triste que mon ami ne vienne pas au concert avec nous.
I'm sad that my friend isn't coming to the concert with us.
J'aime le karaoké bien que je ne chante pas très bien.
I love karaoke even though I don't sing very well.
...avant que leurs enseignements ne soient exploités par l'industrie.
...before their lessons are exploited by industry.
As the above example demonstrates, some subjunctive constructions (like avant que) require a ne without a pas (known as a ne explétif) before the verb. See our previous lesson for an in-depth look at this special use of ne.
Je ne pense pas que ça serve à grand-chose, ce que tu comptes faire.
I don't think it's going to help much, what you're planning to do.
Je pense que ça sert à beaucoup de choses, ce que tu comptes faire.
I think it's going to help a lot, what you're planning to do.
To sum up, the subjunctive is used after a vast number of expressions that convey a wide variety of subjective and hypothetical states. This multitude of usages makes learning the subjunctive no easy feat, but the fact that the subjunctive almost always follows the word que makes it a little less daunting. So if there's one thing you should take away from this lesson, it's that whenever you see a verb after the word que, there's a good chance it should be in the subjunctive!
Donc, en effet, il y a des vagues, il y a du courant. Le courant est fort.
So, indeed, there are waves, there is a current. The current is strong.
Il y avait un lièvre mais, tu vois, il courait trop vite.
There was a hare, but you see, it was running too fast.
Quand il est mort, il y a eu un million de Parisiens qui ont suivi le cortège.
When he died, there were a million Parisians following the procession.
Il y aura beaucoup de tableaux à voir au musée.
There will be many paintings to see at the museum.
On a commencé il y a dix minutes.
We started ten minutes ago.
Il y a trois mois que j'habite à Paris.
I've lived in Paris for three months.
Ça fait trois mois que j'habite à Paris.
Voilà trois mois que j'habite à Paris.
J'habite à Paris depuis trois mois.
Another more informal way of using il y a is when you notice someone looking sad or upset and you ask them: Qu'est-ce qu'il y a? (What's wrong?) Even more informally, you can shorten that question to: Qu'y a-t-il? If you're wondering why there's suddenly a "t" and two hyphens there, check out our lesson on inversion for a full explanation.
C'est festif, euh... Y a de la barbe à papa.
It's festive, uh... There's cotton candy.
Qu'est-ce qu'il y a? -Je suis en colère parce qu'il y a trop de tableaux au musée du Louvre. Il y a trois mois que j'habite à Paris et je n'ai pas encore tout vu!
What's wrong? -I'm mad because there are too many paintings in the Louvre. I've lived in Paris for three months and I still haven't seen everything!
Which shirt do you prefer?
Laquelle de ces chemises préfères-tu?
Which of these shirts do you prefer?
There's a slight but important difference between these two questions. Though quelle and laquelle both mean "which," laquelle more specifically means "which one." Since laquelle is a pronoun, you can simplify the second sentence and just say, Laquelle préfères-tu? (Which one do you prefer?) However, you can't simplify the first one (Quelle préfères-tu?) because quelle is an adjective and therefore always precedes a noun.
Note that quelle and laquelle agree in number (singular) and gender (feminine) with the noun they refer to, chemise. Their other forms are quel/lequel (masculine singular), quels/lesquels (masculine plural), and quelles/lesquelles (feminine plural). As you can see, the pronoun is formed by combining the definite article le, la, or les with the corresponding form of quel.
Par exemple, j'ai ma deuxième robe, dans laquelle je chante mon duo.
For example, I have my second dress, in which I sing my duet.
Voici le livre duquel je t'ai parlé hier.
Here is the book about which I spoke to you yesterday.
Voici le livre dont je t'ai parlé hier.
Here is the book I spoke to you about yesterday.
Il est bordé des quais de Valmy et de Jemmapes au bord duquel se trouve le fameux Hôtel du Nord.
It is bordered by the Quais de Valmy and Jemmapes, along which is found the famous Hôtel du Nord.
Another important note: Though it's common in English to end a clause with a preposition like "about" or "from," you can never do this with de, duquel/de laquelle, etc., or dont. For example, you can say "the book I spoke to you about," but you can never say le livre je t'ai parlé duquel or le livre je t'ai parlé dont. You can only say le livre duquel je t'ai parlé or le livre dont je t'ai parlé (the book about which I spoke to you).
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Cop's gun disappears from public bathroom
WAREHAM, Mass., Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts courthouse was searched after a Plymouth police officer's gun disappeared while he was using the bathroom, officials said.
The gun, which vanished bout 3 p.m. Monday in the Wareham District Court building, was not found despite an extensive search, The (Quincy) Patriot Ledger reported.
Plymouth Police Chief Michael Botieri said Capt. John Rogers Jr. put his department-issued weapon down while he was in a bathroom.
Everyone in the building had to go through a metal detector. Employees were also told to sign log-in sheets and to list all visitors in their offices.
Court officers searched the area around the building, including the parking lot and bushes.
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Ronda Rousey joins Mizuno athlete roster
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Mizuno, a global sporting goods company, has signed Ronda Rousey, the "baddest woman on the planet," as the latest achievement in its list of athletes in North America. Rousey joins a list of influential athletes, including April Ross and Jennie Finch, who represent the brand with powerful, inspiring messages of courage, determination, and drive.
"Ronda is one of the greatest female athletes of all time – she is constantly pushing for new impulses and motivates young athletes to strive beyond what they thought was possible. It gives the sport a work ethic, passion and charisma that is perfectly aligned with Mizuno's mission and values, "said Tomohiro Ota, Chief Marketing Officer at Mizuno USA. "Ronda represents the advantage for the brand in the training category and beyond. We are proud to have her with us as part of the family. "
Rousey helped find a way for women to open doors for female athletes by putting words into action. Rousey has taken the sports world by storm and made a significant contribution to the change in women's sports, which made this announcement – on the National Girls & Women in Sports Day – even more meaningful.
As a longtime Mizuno fan from her youth, Rousey began to wear his gear during her years of judo competition training. Today Rousey fans can see the recognizable RunBird on their gear inside and outside the ring.
"Mizuno is a brand that I've loved since I was 11. I have tried other brands over the years and have always been impressed by the quality, attention to detail and focus on the performance of Mizuno equipment. It is beyond all other sports brands, "commented Rousey.
"It is one of the brands that fly under the radar. It is a brand that is only aimed at elite athletes – but it has so much to offer athletes on their entire sporting path. I am honored to have the opportunity to play an influential role in the next phase of the brand and to introduce Mizuno to other athletes. "
Known for the intensity of her training program, Rousey's partnership with the brand will embody her energy spirit, desire for continuous improvement and personal growth that will take Mizuno Training to the next level. Rousey will play an important role in the development of training equipment and will represent the brand in the areas of advertising, communication and public relations.
"Ronda is the epitome of female self-determination and a leading, authentic change in voice behavior and an opportunity for female athletes. On the US market, we are facing the abyss of putting ourselves in the shade and being part of the athletes' journey. The perspective that Ronda can offer us as a competitive high-performance athlete is crucial, "said Harper Cornell, Brand Marketing Lead at Mizuno USA.
"It is the right moment and the right partner to share with us Mizuno's deep-rooted expertise that existed more than a century ago."
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The science behind meditation, and why it makes you feel better
Meditation yields a surprising number of health benefits, including stress reduction, improved attention, better memory, and even increased creativity and feelings of compassion. But how can something as simple as focusing on a single object produce such dramatic results? Here's what the growing body of scientific evidence is telling us about meditation and how it can change the way our brains function.
Before we get started it's worth doing a quick review of what is actually meant by meditation. The practice can take on many different forms, but the one technique that appears most beneficial, and which also happens to be among the most traditional, is called mindfulness meditation, or focused attention.
By mindfulness, practitioners are asked to focus their thoughts on one thought and one thought alone. An overarching goal is to be firmly affixed to the present moment. This typically means concentrating on the breath — observing each inhalation and exhalation — and without consideration to other thoughts. When a "stray" thought arises, the practitioner must be quick to recognize it, and then turn back to the focus of their attention. And it doesn't just have to be the breath; any single thought, like a mantra, will do.
Now, if you've ever tried it, you know how unbelievably difficult this is — particularly in this day in age when our attention spans are taxed to the limit. Our minds are notorious at wandering and moving from thought-to-thought; it's hard sometimes to string just a few seconds of focused attention together.
And indeed, notions that meditation is simply about relaxation or cleansing the mind of all thoughts are common misconceptions. Meditation is hard work and it takes a lot of practice to get better. The more you do it, the easier it becomes to stay focused. Progress can be measured by how long a single thought can be focused upon without straying.
Remarkably, for something so exceedingly simple, it can produce an astounding number of health benefits. Eager to learn more, a growing number of scientists are looking into the cognitive effects of meditation, including studies on Buddhist monks. And they're learning that meditation is a very powerful tool indeed.
As a quick aside, most of the studies cited here consider the benefits of focused attention. That's not to suggest that other practices, like open attention, can't yield positive results as well.
Changes to the Brain
Buddhists have meditated for literally thousands of years. They're familiar with its positive effects, including the way it works to instill the inner strength and insight required for the overarching spiritual practice; meditation, or "sitting," is to Buddhist monks what prayer is to Christians. But instead of trying to hack into the mind of God, Buddhists are trying to hack into their own mind to harness it under control.
Image: "Theologue" by Alex Grey.
But it has only been in recent times that neuroscientists have been able to peer directly into the brain to see what's going on. The advent of fMRIs and other brain scanning techniques have largely paved the way.
For example, neuroscientists observing MRI scans have learned that meditation strengthens the brain by reinforcing the connections between brain cells. A 2012 study showed that people who meditate exhibit higher levels of gyrification — the "folding" of the cerebral cortex as a result of growth, which in turn may allow the brain to process information faster. Though the research did not prove this directly, scientists suspect that gyrification is responsible for making the brain better at processing information, making decisions, forming memories, and improving attention.
Indeed, as much of the research is showing, meditation causes the brain to undergo physical changes, many of which are beneficial. Other studies, for example, have shown that meditation is linked to cortical thickness, which can result in decreased sensitivity to pain.
Or take the 2009 study with the descriptive title, "Long-term meditation is associated with increased gray matter density in the brain stem." Neuroscientists used MRIs to compare the brains of meditators with non-meditators. The structural differences observed led the scientists to speculate that certain benefits, like improved cognitive, emotional, and immune responses, can be tied to this growth and its positive effects on breathing and heart rate (cardiorespiratory control).
The integrity of gray matter, which is a major player in the central nervous system, certainly appears to benefit. Meditation has been linked to larger hippocampal and frontal volumes of gray matter, resulting in more positive emotions, the retention of emotional stability, and more mindful behavior (heightened focus during day-to-day living). Meditation has also been shown to have neuroprotective attributes; it can diminish age-related effects on gray matter and reduce cognitive decline.
A study from earlier this year showed that meditators have a different expression of brain metabolites than healthy non-meditators, specifically those metabolites linked to anxiety and depression.
But it's not just the physical and chemical components of the brain that's affected by meditation. Neuroscientists have documented the way it impacts on brain activity itself. For example, meditation has been associated with decreased activity in default mode network activity and connectivity — those undesirable brain functions responsible for lapses of attention and disorders such as anxiety, ADHD — and even the buildup of beta amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease.
And finally, meditation has been linked to dramatic changes in electrical brain activity, namely increased Theta and Alpha EEG activity, which is associated with wakeful and relaxed attention.
While most of the studies listed above addressed the neuro-cognitive aspects of meditation, other studies have correlated meditation with many of the health benefits already described.
Perhaps the most significant benefit of meditation is its ability to improve attention. In 2010, researchers looked at participants who practiced focused attention meditation for about five hours each day over the course of three months (which is a lot!). After conducting concentration tests, the participants were shown to have an easier time sustaining voluntary attention. Which makes sense; if you can concentrate for extended periods of time during meditation, it should carry over to daily life. Focused attention is very much like a muscle, one that needs to be strengthened through exercise.
As an aside, five hours of meditation per day is a bit excessive. Other studies show that 20 minutes a day is all that's required to get beneficial results, like stress reduction.
Indeed, other research has shown that even a little bit of meditation can help. Studies indicate that, after 10 intensive days of meditation (pdf), people can experience significant improvements in mindfulness and contemplative thoughts, the alleviation of depressive symptoms, and boosts to working memory and sustained attention.
A not-so-surprising study from last year showed that meditation can significantly reduce stress after just eight weeks of training (pdf; more here). Participants who meditated, as compared to those who did not, performed better on stressful multitasking tests. This may have something to do with reduced levels of cortisol, which is a stress hormone. And interestingly, meditating before a stressful situation may help reduce feelings of stress during the event.
For you creative types, open-monitoring (OM) meditation can promote idea generation. OM meditation is basically the polar opposite of focused attention meditation, requiring practitioners to non-reactively monitor the content of experience from moment to moment.
And lastly, meditation has also been shown to increase levels of empathy, but it has to come from a specific practice known as loving-kindness-compassion meditation. It's a kind of focused attention meditation, but the practitioner is asked to concentrate on feelings of love, compassion, and understanding. By comparing fMRI scans of novices to those of expert Buddhist monks (each with more than 10,000 hours of practice), researchers watched as emotional stimuli (sounds of people in distress) caused those areas of the brain linked to empathy light up; the monks exhibited greater degrees of empathetic response than the novices. In turn, the scientists speculate that compassion meditation can make a person more empathetic.
So what are you waiting for? Start sitting, and transform your brain!
Additional reporting by Joseph Bennington-Castro.
Images: brickrena/Shutterstock, Frank Merfort/Shutterstock; Twonix Studio/Shutterstock.
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Serious question; What if one suffers no ill effects that mediation is supposed to releive, and already has a high degree of attributes (such as attention, memory, etc) that meditation is supposed to improve? I hate how everybody tells me "you should meditate, it'll do this for you" as if I was doing something wrong, and didn't already by either my very nature or some quirk of habits I've developed that replicates the same effect, and I was worse off for it.
In essence, what I'm saying is all these meditation articles give off an atmosphere of "you're doing it wrong, here's how to do it better". Instead it should say "if these conditions describe you, perhaps you should consider meditation".


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Christian Mortification—Praying in Body and Soul
What is the true meaning of "mortification" in our Christian life. An article by Jutta Burggraf (PhD in Theology from the University of Navarre), who passed away in 2010.
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A brief summary of four articles on the meaning of Christian mortification.
What was Jesus' attitude towards penance?
One of the 50 frequently asked questions about Jesus Christ and the Church, answered by a team of professors of History and Theology at the University of Navarre. Juan Chapa is a Doctor of Theology from the University of Navarre.
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Imitating Christ: The Meaning of Christian Sacrifice
Javier Sesé holds a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the University of Navarre.
The Beauty of the Saints and Christian Mortification
Pablo Marti del Moral has a doctorate in Theology from the Pontificia Università della Santa Croce.
Lent: a deep sense of reparation
"Let us give our mortification and penance (which have to be more intense during this time of Lent) a deep sense of reparation," Bishop Alvaro del Portillo advised us in a 1990 Letter.
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