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Emerging car trends to watch out for in 2022
Many sectors are booming and waxing stronger as the years go by, and the automotive industry isn't left behind.
If you're a car lover or looking to own one this year, here are some automotive trends to watch out for this year.
1. Self-driving cars
Okay, this one may sound like something that's already here, but the truth is, it's more or less still in development. However, one thing's for sure: it would be very strange if we don't get to see self-driving cars on Dubai streets in 2022.
A self-driving car is one that doesn't need someone to drive it. It uses several technologies, including radar, lidar, sonar, and odometry, to understand and navigate its surroundings while maintaining a safe speed.
You may ask, "Who needs a driverless car since you can't drive it to work?" Well, you can just sit at the back seat, chat, and even press your laptop while a self-driving car takes you to and from work. Plus, it's an ego boost.
2. Smarter cars
One automotive trend we'll be seeing in 2022 is more feature-packed cars. Think about cars with Wi-Fi access, driving aid, and vehicle-to-vehicle communication. Cars, indeed, will become much more than a transportation method; convenience, functionality, and safety will see newer heights.
Some vehicles allow you to stream videos. Some also come with massage seats, heated seats, air purification, and other sophisticated features. When you take a peek into cars in Dubai, you'll likely see some of these feature-rich vehicles that make driving more entertaining and convenient.
3. Auto Insurance will take a new shape
With growing advancements in technology and self-driving cars, risks will be assessed using software and AI. Auto data will become more accessible than ever before, and at-fault parties may even be ascertained by assessing the data after accidents.
Furthermore, insurance companies will look towards using satellites and datasets to predict risks more accurately.
4. More environmentally friendly cars on the streets
Tesla is currently the leading manufacturer of electric cars. These cars are environmentally friendly as they do not require the burning of fossil fuels. Right now, the prices of electric cars are high.
But as we very well know, no one company remains the sole producer of commodities forever. Many other automobile corporations are already buying into the idea, and soon, perhaps in 2022, the streets will be flooded with affordable electric cars.
Other factors that will promote this electric car trend include:
The rising cost of petrol
Growing awareness about environmental issues
The narrowing gap between ICE vehicles and EVs
Tightening emission norms
The Tesla Model S, the Range Rover Velar, and the Ford Mustang Mach-e are currently the environmentally friendly cars available. Their seats are made from recycled materials rather than leather. If you're conscious about your carbon footprint or are a vegan, such cars are a great way to abide by your beliefs.
5. Blockchain in the automotive industry
If there are self-driving cars and those that can communicate with each other, it means there will be considerable data shared. Notably, some automotive companies are already sharing data using blockchain. This aims to facilitate ride-sharing and deliveries and enable self-riding cars to access traffic data with accuracy.
Even insurance and repairs will soon be facilitated via blockchain technology.
6. Vehicle-to-vehicle communication
This has been mentioned but deserves a session of its own.
You see, no matter how careful and experienced you are as a driver, it is challenging to anticipate the actions of other motorists. One reckless driver can cause serious harm to several other experienced ones on the same road.
To minimize such occurrences, the tech industry is building a vehicle-to-vehicle communication (V2C) that allows cars to share info about speed, location, and the direction they're headed. It also activates safety alerts when required, intending to prevent catastrophic damages.
7. Top-level vehicular security
Have you ever had your car destroyed or burgled? Or do you worry if that will someday happen to you?
To prevent such issues, manufacturers and cybersecurity experts are already working hand in hand to prevent cybercriminals from stealing data from vehicles, manipulating the vehicle, or attacking it physically.
Since there will be more advanced cars, such as self-driving ones, considerable data will be present in its system. With many software and hardware incorporated, cars will become like smart devices that can be hacked. So without a doubt, we would see more heightened security for vehicles in 2022.
8. Auto manufacturers and big tech collaborations
As the world braces itself to be hit by a massive surge of tech-sophisticated cars, we would be seeing much collaboration between auto manufacturers and tech companies.
Both industries would have to work hand-in-hand to materialize these futuristic ideas and technologies that we all already visualize.
9. Machine learning, AI, and connectivity
Tech experts are using AI and machine learning to advance car functionality. Perforce predicts that 96% of new cars will have connectivity built-in by 2030. This will allow drivers to connect their cars to their tablets, smartphones, the internet, and other public services. Such connectivity would be most useful for fleet management.
Notably, integrating machine learning and AI will bring about more advanced features such as emergency braking. Imagine having a car that brakes on its own on noticing (via AI) an obstacle ahead.
Yes, some of such cars are already here, and they're about to go boom!
10. Advanced safety features
One of the automotive trends we'll be seeing in 2022 is improved safety features. As convenience and functionality improve, safety is also given priority.
Some advanced safety features that will likely trend this year include blind-spot detection, lane departure warnings, emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, and electronic stability control.
Chances are, if you purchase a 2021 or 2022 car model, some of these features will be present.
We cannot deny the fact that stares us in the face: soon, the world will become much like what we see in sci-fi movies. Hopefully, with smart cars on the streets, driving will become more fun and safer.
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YARMOUTH, Maine – With so much on the line, HME providers can't afford not to use connected technology with their oxygen concentrators, manufacturers say.
Dan Van Hise of CAIRE says health systems want to know when they discharge a patient with COPD, that the provider supplying them with oxygen will do everything they can to keep them from coming back.
CAIRE in October launched CAIREview powered by SynsorMed, a mobile app and software that uses Bluetooth technology to track the location of its Companion 5 stationary oxygen concentrator and Eclipse 5 POC and troubleshoot alarm codes. More importantly, it also monitors their performance and patient use.
Invacare also in October launched an O2 Connectivity Platform that comprises a Platinum Mobile Oxygen Concentrator that transmits data using a Bluetooth-enabled dongle, the Piccolo O2 App for patients and the O2 Provider Portal.
Because capital investments are a tough sell in today's HME market, Invacare has made the technology, as it currently exists, a value-add for the Platinum. CAIRE charges a one-time fee per patient of $20 for CAIREview.
Malcolmson says the Internet of Things is changing how health care is delivered—and home health care is no different. It's a ship providers can't let sail without them.


Julie: Hey Floyd! Thanks for your time today! With a little better than three months left in the year we both know that what sales professionals do NOW will determine what kind of holidays they have and how they hit the ground running in January. What are a couple of your best fourth quarter strategies for success?
Floyd: Hi Julie, it's my pleasure! I think there are two questions facing salespeople right now. First, "how do I hit my goal for the year?" and secondly, "How do I position myself to start the new year off with momentum?" In terms of hitting your goal for the year, the first thing you have to do is convert that goal to numbers. In other words, what percentage of the way to your goal are you? Are you on track or how far off track are you really? Next, you have to convert that number to daily production. Then work your formula from there. So if you're a real estate agent for example, you can break your goal down by listings. How many more listings do you need to hit that number? How many appointments do you need to get those listings? How many contacts do you need to make to get those appointments? So, my advice is this – spend a little time off by yourself and look the rest of your year numerically and decide what you have to do to hit your goal. Numbers will always tell you exactly what to do.
Next thing you have to look at is how important it really is to you to hit your goal. Do you go for it or adjust downward? We all know what winners do and what losers do – in terms of pouring the energy into your daily activities -- that's where it you have to begin.
Julie: Oh I can hear it now…"But Floyd – how do I do that?" Right?
Floyd: Oh yeah, I've heard that a time or two. Some smart "basics" to start with? Pairing up with someone else is always healthy. Find an integrity partner that you like and respect who also has goals to hit and help each other out. I also recommend staying BOOKED. I wouldn't shut down for the holidays until I knew that I already had the first two weeks of 2012 booked. The salespeople who don't start booking themselves until January 3rd or 4th are giving everyone else a head start. (Take advantage of it!) Plus you can have a more peaceful holiday knowing you've already got things in place to hit the ground running next year.
Julie: Great advice. I'm a big fan of working together to ensure everyone's on track. What else can they do to ensure they start the new year strong?
Floyd: Complete your circles. For most of you, there are at least some unfinished systems, solutions or projects that you've been "meaning to" get implemented. Get those in place. Maybe it's a database, or a marketing system or a virtual assistant or all of the above. Take advantage of the slow moments to make the business decisions and systems implementations you need to complete those circles. You'll be better prepared for the new year and you'll have more peace of mind because you won't have unfinished business looming over your head.
Julie: Yeah, those incomplete circles make me nutty too! You often talk about winning "formulas." Can you share a winning formula for our real estate friends?
Floyd: The most basic formula in real estate is that your inventory level will determine your income level. If a person did anything for themselves to ensure their success this year and next - it's to focus your energies this last quarter on building your inventory. If you can start your January with a larger inventory than you're carrying now your odds greatly increase on having a successful year.
Julie: Floyd, our market shifts have left a lot of people feeling overwhelmed, down and in a reactionary rather than a proactive mode. What are some ways that you stay motivated and can you share a couple of tips to help folks get re-focused, re-energized and ready to turn their obstacles into opportunities?
Floyd: Well that reminds me of the kind of like the guy that says the doctor, "Doc, every time I move my arm like this it hurts." And the doctor says, "Stop moving it like that." People who are reactionary rather than proactive are not in positive control of their lives or careers --- and because of that they will always have more aches and pains than the rest of us. It's a personal decision every day. Things come up – they always will. But it's up to you how you handle those interruptions. If you know to hit your goal & complete your circles by the end of the year you have to do this, this and this each day and you commit to it – then commit. If something comes up you have to decide – ok, is this something I have to take care of now that I know will take me off track or is it something I can manage after I've completed my tasks for the day?
Sometimes people live their whole lives in a pattern where no matter what they have planned they let other people or situations control their time. We have a phrase that we teach in my classes, "Nobody slaps me around anymore!" (How many of you have heard that?) Listen, you have to stay in positive control of your time, activity and mindset – or someone else will and they don't have to pay your bills! No one is going to call you up in a year and say I'm sending you a check for $50k as my way of apologizing for taking control of your time this year." So, guess what – it's up to you.
Floyd: Oh yeah, happens every year. Right around Halloween is where people's mentality starts leaning towards that "after the holidays" type thinking. Then thanksgiving rolls around and they really get into the "after the holidays" mode. Before you know it we're closing in on New Year's and then they start saying, "Well after the first of the year." It starts off small; put this off, that off, this customer on hold, that project on hold and it snowballs.
A good salesperson takes positive control of that situation. They wisely equip themselves with everything they need to stay on track. For example, they know every answer to questions like "What are the benefits of buying a house or putting a house on the market before the first of the year?" "Should I wait for the market to change?" "Will our home sell during the holidays?" A great salesperson gets creative about knowing every benefit, and overcoming any objection (whatever time of year it is!) When you let your creative imagination get rolling – it's amazing what you can come up with.
In our business, where people still have to talk to people though – the bottom line is you have to get voice-to- voice or face-to-face. Social media is outstanding for creating interest, building your brand and capturing the attention of the consumer – but in what we do – people aren't going to buy or sell unless the like us, trust us and know that we've got their best interests at heart. It still comes down to the relationship with the person.
Julie: Awesome Floyd – any last nuggets for us?
Floyd: Just to remember that nothing lasts. Not the good or the bad. There are a lot of great things happening out there right now. If you haven't experienced it yet – hang in there. The good is coming. I always say that times are good - put some in your left pocket to save for when they aren't. Counting our blessings gives great perspective. So if success is what you want in your sites -- start by looking at your numbers, close those circles, get yourself booked and count your blessings!
Julie: Thanks Floyd – terrific advice as always – wishing YOU and yours a terrific fourth quarter and an amazing holiday season ahead!
If you want to learn more about Floyd or the training or coaching he provides, be sure to visit his site today at www.floydwickman.com and follow him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/floydwickman.
If you want to learn more about how you can easily put some of those systems in place, close those circles and get yourself booked for the new year, visit the folks at ProspectsPLUS! online at http://www.prospectsplus.com/specials.aspx or call their incredible marketing team at 866.405.3638 today!


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Alejandro is a Director at the Integrated City Planning Team at Arup in London and Milan. He has been working in the Arup Integrated City Planning Team since 2002 in the UK and Europe and has led, and contributed to, the planning and implementation of large scale urban masterplans, multi-portfolio programmes for sports events and reconstruction globally, for government agencies, private companies and public private partnerships.
He is currently the Technical Assurance Lead for Integral Solutions for the United Kingdom Delivery Team, in the context of a government-to-government (G2G) agreement between the UK and Peruvian governments, to support a countrywide Reconstruction with Changes Programme after the impact of El Niño event in 2017.
Between 2012 and 2016 he was the Executive Director of CREO Antofagasta, a public-private initiative to develop and implement a strategic urban plan for Antofagasta, the mining capital of Chile; and Executive President of Construye 2025, a government led public-private initiative to improve environmental sustainability and productivity across the construction industry in Chile.
His experience has developed in advising clients in strategies and plans for cities and districts where public-private initiatives need to address multi-stakeholder engagement, environmental sustainability, socio-economic benefits and commercial viability in an integrated manner.
As a thought leader in his field of expertise he has been a speaker and was invited to lecturer at a number of institutions including the London School of Economics, Said Business School – Oxford University, Architectural Association-UK, Royal Institute of British Architects, UCL Bartlett School of Architecture, and Imperial College London.

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Horror Movie Locations You Can Visit
by Emmaline Soken-Huberty July 5, 2017
written by Emmaline Soken-Huberty July 5, 2017
Home » Travel & Nature » Horror Movie Locations You Can Visit
Fans of classic horror and thriller fans are familiar with locations like the hotel from "The Shining" and countless cemeteries from zombie movies. Did you know that you can actually visit a lot of the places featured? Here's a list:
Movie: "Night of the Living Dead"
Place: The graveyard
The Evans City cemetery in Evans City, Pennsylvania, is where this classic zombie flick opens. The leading lady, Barbara, witnesses a grisly death while kneeling by a tombstone of Nicholas Kramer. It's a real tombstone, and you can go see it when you visit the cemetery.
Movie: "Friday the 13th"
Place: The camp
Camp Crystal Lake is where the first movie of the Jason series is set, and where Jason himself died before the events of the film. The real name of the Hardwick, New Jersey camp is actually Camp No-Be-Bo-Sco, and originally served Boy Scouts. Now, it's private property, and open only for special events. If you can't make it there when it's open, go hang out at Blairstown Diner, which filmmakers used for the Crystal Lake Diner.
Movie: "Halloween"
Place: Michael Meyers' house
"Halloween" is a 1978 slasher about a psychopath who killed his sister as a child, and escapes from a sanitarium years later to wreck havoc. His California house features in the movie, and you can go see it now, though it's been changed into a chiropractic office.
Movie: "The Exorcist"
Place: The stairs and the real-life exorcism house
In Washington D.C. in Georgetown, you can go see the stairs where Father Karras died, and defeated the demon tormenting young Linda Blair. They're called the M Street Stairs, and very popular with tourists. If you wanted to see the real house (since the film is based on true events), where an exorcism that inspired the book and movie occurred, you'll have to travel to St. Louis, Missouri.
Movie: "The Shining"
Place: The hotel
The setting of the famous horror film "The Shining" is the Overlook Hotel, which is haunted and pushes Jack Nicholson over the edge of sanity. The hotel's exterior was filmed at the real-life Timberline Lodge in Mt. Hood, Oregon. If you want to see the hotel that actually inspired Stephen King, head down to Estes Park, Colorado, where you can find the Stanley Hotel. King experienced some weird events that led him to write the novel, and there have been rumors about various ghosts in the hotel, like a housekeeper who moves luggage around. The hotel is still up and running, and if you turn to channel 42 on your room TV, it's playing "The Shining" on a loop.
Movie: "The Omen"
Place: The church
There's a very famous scene in "The Omen," which is about the childhood of the Antichrist, where a priest gets impaled on a lighting conductor. To see where the scene was filmed, go to the All Saints Church in London, next to Bishop's Park.
Movie: "American Horror Story"
While it's technically a TV show, the fifth season of "American Horror Story" featured a hotel based on a real place, specifically, The Cecil Hotel (or Stay on Main, they share the same building) in Los Angeles. This 700-room hotel was built in 1924, and has seen its share of suicides and even some murders. One legend says that Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia, stayed there the night before she died. In 2013, people started reporting that the water from the hotel taps looked and tasted weird. When a repairman went to fix the problem, a young student was found dead in one of the rooftop water tanks. After a video of the woman acting strangely in the elevator was released, some people began to wonder if she had been possessed. My husband actually stayed in the hotel recently, and while there, he did not experience anything strange, though there was a creepy chair shaped like a hand in his room.
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Emmaline Soken-Huberty
Emmaline Soken-Huberty is a freelance writer specializing in topics such as healthy living and cookbooks. She lives in Oregon with her husband. When not working, she enjoys reading, baking, and exploring nature.
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U.S. may raise interest rate four times this year: Fed official
SEOUL, June 1 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve could raise its interest rate four times this year if the economy strengthens, a senior Fed official said Thursday.
John C. Williams, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, said that three rate increases this year is a reasonable baseline view, but there is potential for more.
"But I could imagine if the economy strengthens, four rate increases this year would be appropriate," Williams said in a news conference in Seoul on the sidelines of an international conference hosted by the Bank of Korea.
In March, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised its key rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a target range of 0.75 to 1 percent. It also signaled that additional hikes would be made in a gradual manner later this year.
Williams said the Fed will do its best to communicate, explain and act in a gradual manner in raising rates, to reduce unnecessary and avoidable volatility in the global financial markets and global economy.
Last month, the Bank of Korea unanimously voted to keep the key rate at 1.25 percent, extending its wait-and-see approach for the 11th consecutive month.
BOK Gov. Lee Ju-yeol vowed not to "mechanically raise" the key rate in case of a U.S. rate hike.
On Thursday, Lee called for measures to cope with population aging that could undermine growth in Asia's fourth-largest economy, noting South Korea is not well-prepared for its rapidly increasing older population.
Experts have expressed concerns that the aging population, coupled with a low birthrate, poses a serious threat to South Korea, as it could lead to fewer working people and increased spending on health and welfare.
Last year, the number of South Koreans over 65 came to more than 6.76 million, accounting for 13.2 percent of all people living in the country, according to the statistics office. Nations become an "aged society" if people aged over 65 years make up 14 percent or more of the population.
Statistics Korea said people aged over 65 could reach more than 12.9 million, or 24.5 percent of South Korea's population, by 2030.
"The negative effects of population aging on growth seem likely to be substantial," Lee said in an opening address at an international conference at a Seoul hotel.
"In response to this, proper policy measures need to be put in place to ease the rapid drop in spending by seniors, while we at the same time strengthen social support related to childbirth and child care support."
South Korea has been trying to raise its birthrate, though no significant progress has been made yet, as many young people delay marriage amid a prolonged economic slowdown and the high cost of raising kids.
South Korea's total fertility rate -- the average number of children a woman bears in her lifetime -- stood at 1.25 in 2016, much lower than the replacement level of 2.1 that would keep South Korea's population of 51 million stable.
Lee also called on countries to intensify structural reforms to help sustain fledgling growth momentum while calling for inclusive growth meant to help more people share the benefits of economic growth.
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Maps and schedules are available on golynx.com.
Link 155 – The Loop/Buena Ventura Lakes/Osceola Parkway (Osceola County) – The route will now travel between Greenwald Way and Centerview Boulevard via Osceola Parkway.
FastLink 407 – Kissimmee/OIA/Medical City (Orange County/Osceola County) – During the morning peak, trips to Lake Nona will first serve the VA Medical Center. Morning peak inbound trips to Kissimmee will serve Nemours Children's Hospital and the USTA National Campus. Midday and afternoon peak service will remain unchanged, except for minor schedule adjustments.
NeighborLink 613 – Pine Hills (Orange County) – NeighborLink zone will be extended north to include the Park Promenade Plaza.
Link 61 - LYMMO Lime Line (City of Orlando) – Adding new bus stop on Amelia Street at Terry Avenue.
FastLink 441 – Kissimmee/Orlando (Orange County/Osceola County) – Inbound and outbound trips will now each serve a bus stop at South Orange Blossom Trail and Centerview Boulevard.
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Not the roaring 20's by Bob Ryan
August 23, 2015 by Bob Ryan 2 Comments
The 20's….no..not the roaring 20's …a forerunner to the 60's….but the 20's of August…when they arrive it means lots of things….school has started (or will soon)….summer swimming is seeing its waning days….the "routine" is starting again for many…..in baseball it also means….all the bloom is off the season's flower by now….the season is stale and repetitious unless you're a contender…it's the final days until all the "promising' players are called up on Sept 1 and ur playing time will be reduced…players on non-contending teams are now focused on personal achievements despite a body that is slower, bruised and aches far more than the glorious days of March spring training…so let's take a look at what's going on in these 20's …
…Recently, Michael Wacha had a very unusual AB…he was assigned to bunt…as he squared, bent his knees, the pitch ran right in on him—right at this face….he DID get the bunt down…as the pitcher mishandled his bunt, Wacha no doubt was considering, as he jogged to 1B, how close he really came to being struck right between the eyes
…does anyone still have any doubts that $silent $tan is moving to LA? I don't. Our hopes…as I said months ago is the Oakland team….I'm really afraid that the StL committee (which has worked very hard and very well) will have worked in vain….btw…one of my friends, a non-sports person, said to me recently," well learn to be without it and anyway it's our tax money and not everyone goes"….well, our tax money already goes to many pleasurable activities—zoo, library, art museum…not everyone goes to those wonderful areas either..I'm not saying that we should lessen or remove our fiscal support of those areas only that a stadium provides enjoyment for a sizable segment of our society –just as these other activities do for others…unfortunately in the "me 1st and me only" society that we function in now….supporting verbally & fiscally the interest of others ..and accepting that we're all different….doesn't gain much traction
…clearly the two best hitters in the MLB are Bryce Harper & Paul Goldschmidt (at least by the numbers)….Harper has these credentials as of today—BA-.328,OBP .452 OPS-1.089; Goldschmidt's numbers are BA-.334, OBP-.447 and OPS 1.017..they are the only two MLB hitters over 1.00 in OPS
…so …part of the Grichuk package was the history of Grichuk having been on DL frequently in the minor leagues…I always wondered why LAA gave him to us so cheaply
…one of my friends emailed me a copy of a survey taken of our college students being quizzed…it was so sad…most could not name the vice-president, from which country we claimed independence, who won the Civil War but…they all knew about some rock star's (can't remember her name) husband and former husband…couldn't we give a competency test (which would change every year so teachers don't just teach the test) to receive a HS diploma? Forget about those "gimme" grades….they often mean very little is some schools
…we've had some dismal QB tandems in StL over the past couple years…here's another one that seems to be of the same ilk….it's in Buffalo…the fight for the QB spot is between Tyrod Taylor, Matt Cassel and EJ Manual (who once was thought the be "the chosen one" but now sits at #3 on the depth chart). The fleet-footed Taylor leads this threesome as we head into week 2 of NFL pre-season.
….is Maty Mauk causing some worries at Mizzou after his dismal showing at the intra-squad game? 50% passing completion, considering the many short passes in this offense, is really unacceptable and won't win many SEC games
….the Angels are still battling for a playoff spot with Trout hitting .295 and Albert trudging along at .252 (albeit 33 HR) …btw not ONE batter is hitting .300 in LAA lineup..does LAA sound like an airport to you too?
…I tend to agree with James Harrison…participation trophies are really superfluous….just because you play on a team, it doesn't merit a reward…participation ITSELF should be the reward—the fun, enjoyment, satisfaction of learning, developing, mastering skills and then moving upward to tougher skills and learning how to interact with others both as teammates and as players subordinate to coaches while learning that you may not always be the star…or even good…. but the importance of working towards a team goal (like you'll do in the workplace) is important..on a personal note…my youngest son who lived through the participation trophy stage…would line up his trophies in two rows….the front row was the achievement trophies and the back row the participation trophies…I rest my case
…a tip of the hat to a HS football coach who demonstrated by his actions…not only his words…some good sportsmanship….Farrell Shelton took over the prestigious Kirkwood football job after 14 terrific seasons at Eureka…leading Lindbergh 35-0 at half in Friday night's opening game and probably being tempted to please everyone by scoring more points….he took the high road….final score Kirkwood 35 Lindbergh 7…great job Coach! Other coaches, I'm sure, also displayed good sportsmanship by easing up also… but this one is a real obvious one to notice.
…the Steelers have lost long-time (10 years) d-coordinator, Dick LeBeau…he's moved to Tennessee to become Asst head Coach. Keith Butler assumes the duties of the d-coordinator and promises more flexibility in his alignments…LeBeau was simple but innovative.. he trained his players to do the basics—keeping it simple enough that the players could Play w/o thinking and yet was the inventor of the zone blitz package now commonly used by NFL, college & HS teams…btw…LeBeau is 7th in NFL History in Interceptions!
…will the SI Cover Jinx haunt the Cardinals now? The story on the depth, training and success of Birds is followed by an article on the Pirates…guess what, Clint Hurdle (Pirate MGR) is now reading Manifesto Mike's book—the Manifesto!
…seldom mentioned, Josh Donaldson has really been terrific this year–.296, 33 HR, 94 RBI, 90 runs, OPS .939—since the trading deadline, Toronto has been on a tear (don't know if it actually is Tulo or the sign from Toronto mgmt. that we're "all in"
….Pirates,who are 55-1 when leading after 7 innings, tried shoring up their bullpen with the acquisition of Joakim Soria but the starting staff may be starting to crumble…..AJ Bartnett is on DL, Gerrit Cole has now lost his last 3 starts. The Pirates have the 3rd best record in baseball (behind Cards & KC)…btw….I think that those 3 teams all play tremendous defense—which really supports their pitchers and keep them in just about every game
…the Rams brawl with the Cowboys in a "scrimmage" is typical….very typical…of scrimmages between pro teams…trash talk, hard hits, late hits…bingo…we got ourselves a brawl…I'm sure that the toughness, intensity, quickness of a team is elevated at those scrimmages..in fact, they are probably better to watch than the ho-hum pre-season games where meaningless players occupy the playing time while the starters sit on the sidelines joking, gawking at cheerleaders, pretending that they're drinking water (what do you really think is in that bottle?), and occasionally taking glimpses at the game
….OK …World Series could now extend to Nov 4th…well…I guess the fans could treat it like a football game…tail-gate, get fortified with some anti-freeze prior to the game, watch through blurry eyes as the temp drops throughout the evening and you keep trying to stay warm with libations, then wake up next day wondering who won J-…
…while the Lou is justifiably excited about rookie Randall Grichuk….the Astros SS, Carlos Correa really has the Houston area buzzing…hitting .278, 15 HR ,OPS .871 with 10 SB…some have compared him to a young (and uncorrupted) A-Rod
…sad NFL stat—1 in 6 players go bankrupt during their life…pls don't blame that on concussions.
…Thx to Thomas Williams for catching me on Superfly Jimmy Snuka…the Superfly HAS NOT PASSED but it was discovered this month that he has stomach cancer. He had his lymph nodes, part of his stomach and all apparent cancer removed. Keep on Splashing Superfly!
…33 year old, Mizzou grad, Ian Kinsler (Detroit) is still holding his head above the .300 water level..he's in his 10th year of MLB with over 5300 AB
…recent publication predicts 5 things about Mizzou football—1) Kentrell Brothers will lead league in tackles; 2) Russell Hansbrough will rush for 1200 yards; 3) Evan Boehm -will become SEC's best center (he's son of Lee Summit West HS coach); 4) after winning it 2 consecutive years, Mizzou will NOT have the SEC Def Player of the Year; 5) Mizzou's unbeaten streak in the last 2 Novembers will come to an end…interesting…seems to me like if #1 comes true, #4 will likely be wrong…hmmmm… Mizzou's Nov schedule includes Miss State, Ark, Tenn, BYU, (in that order of skill level)…tough ending…
…puzzles me why Tom Brady is listed around #5-9 in QB ratings in most Pre-Season Fantasy QB…who else would YOU rather have on a final drive down the field?
….which teams have most/best records in one-run games to this point of the season? Sitting down?…The Cubbies are 27-17, Cards 27-19, Atlanta 23-16, KC Royals 19-11
…the defensive OF of Grichuk, Heyward and Piscotty is clearly out best OF defensively (not counting the weak hitting Bourjos as an everyday player)…that would leave us Holliday & Adams for one starting spot….hmmmm…on the other hand….how often are all five of these guys healthy at one time?
…having a strong 2015 for the Yanks is A-Rod (24 dingers, 63 ribbies) but I think the long layoff in 2013 and 2014 is catching up to him now in the hot, long 20's as he's hitting .212 in the last 30 days…interesting…just learned that A-Rod missed only ONE game (total) in the 3 year stretch of 2001-2002-2003 for Texas (I guess steroids were providing the stamina)
….watch which players "get hot" during the 20's….wanna bet that they're in the final year of their contract?
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Jim Pleimann says:
I find nothing wrong with gawking and anti-freeze!!! LOL
The Correa kid really looks to me to be the real deal for years to come!
I also will agree with the Grichuk and the DL – they do seem to go hand-in hand!
I also lean to believe in the SI Curse……. Oh, Oh!!!
I also hate that the seasons are changing and we have to listen to all the NFL dribble. Baseball talk diminishes and we are stuck with all the NFL yakking and our team – what is left of it, isn't worth being in one single discussion because they are horrible. Let's GO BLUES!!!!!!!
Denis Heneghan says:
Didn't see any of the Rams scrimmage but if it was anything like it was when the starters were in the game last night we are in for another long season. It is hard to believe that they are still trying to tackle these guys will their shoulders. I get tire of the Rams saying they are just running vallina plays. You think the other teams are opening up their playbook??
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Q: Is there a generic word or short phrase for "while taking into account both the [probability/amount] and the [effect size]" For example, the word could be used like this:
-This decision will likely help, but it is a [foobar] bad choice: The result of the decision is most likely positive, but if it does end up negative it will be so strongly negative that this outweighs the gains even so.

A: Your example is called a "long tail problem". It is a very general term in management circles (very loosely defined). Statisticians seem to be fighting a loosing fight to keep their formal definition of the term in play.

In business, the term long tail is applied to rank-size distributions or rank-frequency distributions (primarily of popularity), which often form power laws and are thus long-tailed distributions in the statistical sense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_tail
See also heavy tail - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy-tailed_distribution
Kurtosis is the term describing the tailedness of a distribution, usually quantified as the forth moment of the data set.
Distributions with big tails (kurtosis > 3) are said to be leptokurtic. I wouldn't use that last one at the watercooler though, unless you are in a statistics or economic research facility.

Is there a generic word or short phrase for "while taking into account both the [probability/amount] and the [effect size]"

Yes. "Considering the long tail on the negative side, the risks still outweigh the gains."

This decision will likely help, but it is a [foobar] bad choice

This decision has a high likelihood of helping, but suffers from a long tail on the negative side.
It is idiomatic to refer to, or caution against, being blind to the long tail. That thanks to the work of Nassim Taleb. In effect, he has single-handedly given us a common language for talking about this. Read his books.

A: The downside outweighs any chance of gain. I do not think that there is a single word that encompasses that.

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After going 0-for-3 in Sunday's 3-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks, the Wings currently sit 25th in the league at 16.5 percent.
Although the results have mostly been the same, Wings coach Jeff Blashill sees a difference.
"I think one of the biggest things in coaching is that you fight through frustration," Blashill said. "You see things as they are. And the same can be said when you have success and sometimes it's fool's gold. You have to see things as realistic as possible and right now it's frustrating where the power play's at. I think the power play spent time where it wasn't dangerous at all, where we weren't doing a good job with our entries, where the process wasn't very good. Just like our team game, I guess.
"But lately I've felt the power play has felt way more dangerous. We've had opportunities to score. I think our entries have been good. The last power play last night wasn't good enough for sure, so we gotta make sure we get rid of any of those stinker power plays. We've gotta consistently go out there and have good power plays, and if you do that you're gonna score. We got also understand that the best power plays in the world at best score once every four times. You're not gonna score every time. You just gotta keep the process great, and I think it has been much better. If it stays like that, we'll get results. I would say the same thing with our team. The challenge is to make sure it stays like that."
Thomas Vanek also compared the power play to the overall team play.
Just shooting from the hip but it seems PP percentage is only as high as it is , is a result of extended 5 on 3's. Seemed earlier PP success, goals were often scored by point players getting involved like Cholo.
I thought PP against Vancouver looked better overall than in the previous recent games.


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EA's Popular F1 racing game franchise was launched on July 16th for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC and its launch came with quality graphics, easy instructions for better installments, and at a better time.
The recently released next-gen consoles gave the series the chance to utilise better technology than ever before. Formula 1 has exploded in popularity over the past couple of years, particularly here in the United States, thanks in part to the Drive to Survive series on Netflix.
The 2021 F1 game is more fun than the past installments. This is a great new entry to the series and easily one of the most realistic racing games on the market.
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Fans absolutely hate these Philadelphia Phillies contracts
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Philadelphia Phillies fans absolutely hate these contracts
The Philadelphia Phillies have been around since 1883, so they've had ample time to make a lot of bad decisions.
This week, we asked our Twitter followers to tell us the worst contract the Phillies have ever given out, and the results were a mix of the expected and totally unexpected.
https://twitter.com/FS_TBOH/status/1481677296964706304?s=20
Let's dive into what Phillies fans think are the worst contracts in the history of the franchise…
Adam Eaton
After the 2006 season, the Phillies signed Adam Eaton to a three-year deal for $24.5M, which was an absurd amount of money at the time.
Eaton had never been particularly impressive; he was coming off a 5.12 ERA season with the Texas Rangers when the Phillies inexplicably decided to shell out.
Between 2007-08, Eaton pitched to a 6.10 ERA over 51 games, and went 14-18.
And to really drive the point home about how bad he was, the Phillies ultimately decided to release Eaton and just pay him the remaining $9M on his contract.
David Robertson
David Robertson's Phillies tenure was a case of 'keep your friends close and your enemies closer,' as the Phillies had watched Robertson end their championship dreams in the 2009 World Series.
Of course, that had been almost a decade before, and the Phillies still thought they were making a good move by signing the 34-year-old for the 2019 season. To make this more embarrassing, Robertson negotiated his own deal and convinced the Phillies to pay him $23M over two years, with a club option for a third year.
Instead, he pitched in seven games, finished three, and posted a career-worst 5.40 ERA. The Phillies bought out his option for another $2M.


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Houston Music
Snap, Crackle and Pop to the Electrifying El Jumbotron
Jesse Sendejas Jr. April 19, 2018 5:00AM
El Jumbotron Photo courtesy of El Jumbotron
We were at Houston Undrgrnd for a show recently when the venue's sound engineer, Eric Christian, asked whether we'd ever seen the band that was onstage killing it for an enthralled audience. I told him we hadn't. We consulted the event page and learned the band was El Jumbotron.
Christian, who is a Houston music veteran with his own projects, most notably Gold Cherry, thoroughly approved of the sound (guitar-driven anarcho punk) and the energy (manic and inspired). Since then, we've talked with others who've caught the fledgling act and they've echoed approval. Critics can have their opinions, but the best way to know whether a new band has something solid happening is to ask other musicians their opinions on a first listen. Whether you're a musician or not, you can hear what El Jumbotron is delivering this Friday at Darwin's Pub. They're sharing a set with Bernie Pink, in what should be one of the wildest 4/20 shows in town.
The band formed with roommates Jeffer Thomason (guitar and vocals) and bassist Johnny Schaefer writing songs in January 2017. It took them eight months to find the right drummer, Gabriel Jamster. The trio recently released Hello Ubermensch, an EP with nods to influences like The Clash, Pixies, Tripping Daisy and Franz Ferdinand.
"It's all about trying to make simple, colorful, catchy songs with lots of energy to them to get people moving," Thomason said.
Mission accomplished. The album's five tracks sizzle and crack like a live wire. When you start to get comfortable riding each song's musical current, you're shocked back into alertness by provocative lyrics.
"Jeffer has been playing some of these songs for years and when we moved in together I heard him play a few on his acoustic guitar and we ended up jamming using all my guitars, amps and drum kit," Schaefer said. "Jeffer had about a dozen songs with the guitar parts written and I filled in the blanks on the bass. One of the first songs we had ready for the EP was 'Border Patrol' and it came from a bassline I wrote back in March that Jeffer riffed off."
"Johnny and I had multiple altercations with the border patrol on our way to Big Bend in the summer. After being locked up for a few hours after the fourth checkpoint I was exhausted, sitting in the car listening to a really rough recording of the song I had on my phone," Thomason recalled. "It really stood out to me in that moment because the drop I wrote for it had this bull fight/matador vibe to it and I was thinking about all these families affected by the border issue here in the U.S. and the refugees washing up on the shores back home in Europe.
"The rest of the EP is similarly themed," he continued, "whether it's about that age-old tale of people falling for the strongman politician who promises to fix everything but just speeds up collapse through war in 'Nature's Revenge' or 'One for The Money' being about the growing political divide between the left and right, particularly among kids on college campuses and the threat of what grows out of that divide."
None of the band's members are native Houstonians. Thomason was born and raised in Scotland. Jamster hails from El Salvador. Schaefer grew up in Indiana and Ohio. Their perspectives, formed in different parts of the globe, snap together tightly for Hello Ubermensch.
"The EP is called Hello Ubermensch because I like to think of the system we're born into as being this big robot —Jumbo-tron — or a Frankenstein's monster running amok, threatening to make humans obsolete. It keeps spreading, getting smarter, more efficient, learning our habits whilst absorbing and trying to neuter any forms of rebellion that young people throw at it so that it can keep growing," Thomason explained. "The idea for the song takes place during the somewhat-inevitable clash between this transhuman, all-consuming machine and the individual – ubermensch - who has the discipline to completely reject it and instead tries to build the world in a different image in balance with nature."
Like any band, El Jumbotron has overcome some challenges and gotten better for them. Schaefer said the search for a drummer was exhaustive and frustrating until "Gabe met me in the mosh pit of a Metanoia show at Avant Garden. Gabe saw me going hard and offered me a drink and we exchanged info. I hit him up the next day to jam, he came over, despite the fact he didn't actually remember who I was. When we heard Gabe hit the drums hard as fuck Jeffer knew immediately that was the sound he was looking for."
The band also attempted to record the EP twice before "getting it down the third time with Gabe's friend Ed Drano at his Insanity Star home studio in November," Thomason said. "By the third attempt of the EP we were a bit tighter and got everything but the vocals down live. The first single, 'Hello Ubermensch,' was done in one take and the rest of the EP recorded in about four hours."
We ask about the live show, since it's what first caught our attention. The band has polished its act with a monthly gig at Avant Garden and is ever adding shows to its calendar. They'll be at Austin's punk haven, Kick Butt Café, this Saturday and were recently added to Houston Punkfest, April 28-29 at Continental Club.
L-R: Jamster, Thomason and Schaefer
Photo courtesy of El Jumbotron
"Our live shows are everything to this band! We are trying to fully embody the spirit of rock and roll that I feel has been missing in recent generations. I personally just want to go nuts and put on a show for the people coming out," Schaefer said. "The reactions of our Houston audiences have ranged from people leaving the venue complaining that we play too loud to people bouncing off the walls, dancing and moshing."
"Yeah, our shows lately have been getting more intense. The monthly Avant Garden shows have been great because the room upstairs fills up pretty quick and we're right there crammed up against the audience," Thomason said. "Last show, we had about 40 stay and check it out. The show before that, we had people moshing so hard during 'Border Patrol' a bunch of them crashed into the PA system and we had to start the song all over again.
"We've got some bigger shows lined up with established local bands in the coming months so I'm excited to see how the energy transfers in front of those audiences," he continued. "We've got nine or ten songs down now so it's almost time to start thinking about recording our first album."
We reminded Schaefer of that night at Houston Undrgrnd and he's happy to report the positive reaction is becoming more commonplace for the band.
"We have had a very good response to all of our songs! A lot of people have told us they enjoy listening to the EP front to back and a bunch of musicians in other local bands have hit us up to say they're digging it too," he said. "Separating myself from my own bias, I would have to say our songs are attractive because they pack a punch. They have hooks and drops at the verses and choruses that hit you right in the gut like a wave of energy"
El Jumbotron joins Bernie Pink 9 p.m. Friday, April 20 for Damn Good Fridays at Darwin's Pub, 33 Waugh. Free.


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Representative government and representation
Kuxlejal Politics: Indigenous Autonomy, Race, and Decolonizing Research in Zapatista Communities
by Mariana Mora
Cloth: 978-1-4773-1446-3 | eISBN: 978-1-4773-1449-4 | Paper: 978-1-4773-1447-0
Library of Congress Classification F1256.M718 2017
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
Over the past two decades, Zapatista indigenous community members have asserted their autonomy and self-determination by using everyday practices as part of their struggle for lekil kuxlejal, a dignified collective life connected to a specific territory. This in-depth ethnography summarizes Mariana Mora's more than ten years of extended research and solidarity work in Chiapas, with Tseltal and Tojolabal community members helping to design and evaluate her fieldwork. The result of that collaboration—a work of activist anthropology—reveals how Zapatista kuxlejal (or life) politics unsettle key racialized effects of the Mexican neoliberal state.
Through detailed narratives, thick descriptions, and testimonies, Kuxlejal Politics focuses on central spheres of Zapatista indigenous autonomy, particularly governing practices, agrarian reform, women's collective work, and the implementation of justice, as well as health and education projects. Mora situates the proposals, possibilities, and challenges associated with these decolonializing cultural politics in relation to the racialized restructuring that has characterized the Mexican state over the past twenty years. She demonstrates how, despite official multicultural policies designed to offset the historical exclusion of indigenous people, the Mexican state actually refueled racialized subordination through ostensibly color-blind policies, including neoliberal land reform and poverty alleviation programs. Mora's findings allow her to critically analyze the deeply complex and often contradictory ways in which the Zapatistas have reconceptualized the political and contested the ordering of Mexican society along lines of gender, race, ethnicity, and class.
Mariana Morea is an associate professor and researcher at the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS). She coedited the book Luchas "muy otras": Zapatismo y autonomía en comunidades indígenas de Chiapas.
A brilliant ethnography of a movement from below that simply refused to accept the prevailing ideological, social, and political structures of oppression.
— Latin American Perspectives
[An] innovative book…decolonial approaches are needed to reframe research and knowledge production in geography; such a reframing should be attentive to multiple and diverse ontologies and epistemologies…Kuxlejal Politics is exemplary of how the work of reframing might be done. More than that, it is a vision of a life politics that gives me hope.
— Journal of Latin American Geography
Mora's project is a model of collaborative research with the communities she did research in....Mora does not romanticise the Zapatista movement; rather, she allows her research subjects to step out of the background of data collection. In this way, her conceptualisation helps us to understand the historical roots and current practices of Zapatista communities by placing them centre stage.
— ALMA Reviews
Kuxlejal Politics is a most eloquent testimony to the dynamic Zapatista struggle and to what an engaged academy can do when it genuinely walks along the paths of subaltern groups intent on defending their worlds. By theorizing and embodying a farsighted vision of decolonized and decolonizing research, Mora renews our commitment to the idea that another academy is possible and practicable. This work is a gift to us all by one of the most inventive exponents of Mexican anthropology at present, in the best tradition of Latin American critical thought.
— Arturo Escobar, Professor of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
This book shows in meticulous detail how the Zapatista movement responds to deep-rooted forms of oppression inflicted on colonized peoples. It reveals, in particular, how women gain agency under the collective decision-making practices of mandar obedeciendo, a pedagogical component of self-governance, spurred by differences of race, class, age, and gender, allowing the community to defend itself through a morality based on cooperation and collaboration.
— Pablo González Casanova, Professor Emeritus, UNAM
Remarkable…Mora does not limit her analysis to examine Zapatista indigenous autonomy from a de-colonial framework, but also decolonizes her own research methods...Kuxlejal Politics contributes to expand the discussion on the various autonomous projects underway in Latin America and to challenge the research methodology of the anthropology in contact with indigenous peoples.
— European Review of Latin American and Carribean Studies
One. A Brief Overview of the First Years of the Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities (1996–2003)
Two. The Production of Knowledge on the Terrain of Autonomy: Research as a Topic of Political Debate
Three. Social Memories of Struggle and Racialized (E)states
Four. Zapatista Agrarian Reform within the Racialized Fields of Chiapas
Five. Women's Collectives and the Politicized (Re)production of Social Life
Six. Mandar Obedeciendo; or, Pedagogy and the Art of Governing
Conclusion: Zapatismo as the Struggle to Live within the Lekil Kuxlejal Tradition of Autonomy
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The Deaf Community And Its Culture
During registration last semester, when I decided to take this course to see if I wanted to continue onward with ASL as my minor, I was not sure what to expect. Through my brief introduction of Deaf culture during my first sign language courses, I knew some vague details about historical events. Gallaudet had been mentioned several times within not only my workbook, but also by my professor. I could have given you a short synopsis of the oral movement that threatened to wipe ASL out as a language. Though I knew these facts, and a few traits about Deaf culture that I had experienced firsthand, there was so much that I had not considered before the readings and journals for this course opened my eyes.
The Deaf community is a group that is made up of many different people, who all have different backgrounds both culturally and linguistically. Every single person in the Deaf community is unique, yet they share a common quality that brings them together. These people understand what it feels like to be labeled differently from the "norm" of society, to be discriminated against or misunderstood, sometimes even by their own families. Deaf people share a pride in the culture they share. This pride is something everyone could afford to learn from, as the Deaf community prides itself on its beautiful and expressive language, as well as the accomplishments of its members. This linguistic minority group is one that has bonded together over the physical difference that separates them from normal people, and that is their varying levels of hearing loss. "The traditional view of deaf people focuses only on what is not there" (TKH p.1) this quote from our textbook is a brief synopsis of how most of the hearing world views those who cannot hear, but there is so much more to the Deaf community than just the physiological condition.
The concept of a Deaf community is not new, it is a cultural group which gives Deaf people the support they need to live a quality life (p.3). Deaf culture not only encompasses people, but also the customs and traditions that are associated with it. Over the course of this semester, my view has been expanded to view deafness as not a disability, but a "linguistic minority" (p. 55-56). Going back to my very first reading reaction, I discussed how it had been brought to my attention that a large community of people existed alongside hearing culture, but was rarely heard about. Even now, it still baffles me that most people know so little about the Deaf community, given its size. According to our textbook, about 17% percent of the population in the United States could be considered either deaf or hard-of-hearing (p. 37). ASL is one of the most used languages in the entire country, yet most people only know of it through exposure. The exposure to Deaf culture and ASL is possible through the Deaf communities in each city or town. Some places such as Rochester, New York, home of the National Technical Institute for the...
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Una medida cónica es un tipo de material de laboratorio que consiste en una copa cónica con una muesca en la parte superior para permitir el vertido fácil de líquidos y contiene marcas graduadas en el lateral para permitir una medición fácil y precisa de los volúmenes de líquido.

Material y usos
Este material de laboratorio puede ser fabricado de plástico, vidrio o vidrio de borosilicato, dependiendo del uso al que irá destinada la medida cónica. Un tipo de medidas cónicas de plástico, comúnmente conocida como tazas de medición son utilizadas por los pacientes para medir medicamentos o alimentos líquidos para administración oral. Las medidas cónicas de vidrio de borosilicato se utilizan para preparación de medicamentos y dispensación extemporánea, dentro de la profesión de farmacia.

No son tan precisas como las probetas graduadas para medida de volúmenes de líquidos, pero son muy útiles por su fácil vertido y la capacidad para mezclar soluciones dentro de la propia medida..

Historia

Durante sus experimentos, Abu al-Rayhan Al-Biruni (973-1048) inventó la medida cónica, con el fin de encontrar la relación entre el peso de una sustancia en el aire y el peso del agua desplazada, y para medir con precisión el peso específico de las piedras preciosas y los metales correspondientes. Los resultados que obtuvo están muy cerca de las mediciones modernas.

Referencias

Instrumentos volumétricos
Equipamiento de laboratorio
Recipientes de laboratorio
Material volumétrico (química)
Islam y ciencia

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Yuliana Ortiz Ruano (Limones, 1992) es una escritora ecuatoriana.

Realizó sus estudios superiores en la Universidad de las Artes, donde cursó la carrera de literatura.

Su primera obra fue el poemario Sovoz, publicado en 2016 por la editorial Hanan Harawi. A esta le siguieron los poemarios Canciones desde el fin del mundo (2016) y Cuaderno del imposible regreso a Pangea (2021). Su poesía le ha valido reconocimientos como el primer lugar en el Concurso de Poesía Libre Libro 2019 y una mención de honor en el Concurso Nacional Poesía en Paralelo 0 en 2017.

En octubre de 2022 publicó su primera novela, Fiebre de carnaval, de la mano de la editorial española La Navaja Suiza. La obra fue bien recibida por la crítica y obtuvo el Premio IESS a la Ópera Prima, en Italia. Además de ello, fue incluida por la edición en español de la revista Vanity Fair como uno de sus libros recomendados de 2022 y señalada por la escritora Mónica Ojeda como su novela favorita del año. La trama de la obra sigue la historia de Ainhoa, una niña de ocho años que crece en la isla de Limones, Esmeraldas, durante la época de la Crisis económica en Ecuador de 1998-1999 y que pronto descubre la violencia de su entorno.

Obras
Novelas
 Fiebre de carnaval (2022)

Poesía
 Sovoz (2016)
 Canciones desde el fin del mundo (2018)
 Cuaderno del imposible regreso a Pangea (2021)

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Esmeraldeños (provincia)
Escritores en español del siglo XXI
Novelistas de Ecuador
Poetas de Ecuador del siglo XXI
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This is the wish made by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who was officially visiting Turkey after he visited the Orthodox Halki Seminary as part of his İstanbul visit.
Tsipras is the first Greek prime minister in history to visit the Orthodox Halki Seminary in İstanbul's Heybeliada.
Heybeliada is the second largest of the Prince Islands in the Sea of Marmara, Halki was the ancient name of the İsland in the Byzantium period.
Along with his delegation, Tsipras arrived in İstanbul on Wednesday morning. At the İstanbul leg of his official visit, Tsipras went to Orthodox Halki Seminary where he was accompanied by Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew and Turkish Presidential spokesman İbrahim Kalın. Tsipras, Bartholomew and Kalın planted a plane tree in Halki Seminary's garden.
"Monotheistic religions should not discriminate but rather unify. It is regrettable both the Greek minority here had suffered when they perform their religious practices like the Muslim minority in Western Thrace. Today we observe an improvement. In modern democracies, concepts such as respecting human rights are important.
"We have been expecting our positive dialogues in recent years will bear fruit. I wish minority rights to be preserved reciprocally both by Turkish and Greek minorities, who live in Turkey and Greece," added Tsipras.
The Halki Seminary (Ruhban Okulu in Turkish), once the main school of theology of the Eastern Orthodox Church's Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, has been closed since 1971 when the Turkish Parliament banned private higher education institutions.
And so, like a museum, it remains, frozen in a particular section of time and perched above Heybeliada like a brilliant secret among the green rush of trees. Appropriately named the Hill of Hope, the U-shaped monastery also houses a 17th-century chapel, Aya Triada (The Chapel of the Holy Trinity) in the middle, which holds a unique icon depicting Christ embracing his mother the Virgin Mary. The icon, more than 150 years old, was discovered to be double-sided during restorations and is believed to fulfil the wishes of the devout, who hang rings and small plates of silver around its frame.


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Since the discovery of the metastable γ'-Co3(Al,W) phase of L12 (ordered fcc) crystal structure, development of new γ'-strengthened Co-based alloys has moved extremely quickly when compared to development cycles of years past. This talk will focus on the development of new γ'-strengthened Co-based superalloys for single crystal high pressure turbine blade components in gas turbine engines and will focus on the maximization of the γ'-solvus temperature and γ' superlattice intrinsic stacking fault (SISF) energy. Through use of the CALPHAD method for phase equilibria calculations, the γ'-solvus can be optimized through a balance of Ni, Al, W, Ta, Nb, and Ti additions. First-principles calculations utilizing density functional theory can then determine the composition- and temperature-dependent SISF energies, which control the high temperature creep strength of this new class of alloys. The current state-of-the-art alloys will be presented alongside the path taken, through ICME-based approaches, to arrive at the current generation of Co-based superalloys.
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