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Wikimedia-l July 2013
Quarterly reviews of high priority WMF initiatives
by Erik Moeller
Hi folks, to increase accountability and create more opportunities for course corrections and resourcing adjustments as necessary, Sue's asked me and Howie Fung to set up a quarterly project evaluation process, starting with our highest priority initiatives. These are, according to Sue's narrowing focus recommendations which were approved by the Board [1]: - Visual Editor - Mobile (mobile contributions + Wikipedia Zero) - Editor Engagement (also known as the E2 and E3 teams) - Funds Dissemination Committe and expanded grant-making capacity I'm proposing the following initial schedule: January: - Editor Engagement Experiments February: - Visual Editor - Mobile (Contribs + Zero) March: - Editor Engagement Features (Echo, Flow projects) - Funds Dissemination Committee We'll try doing this on the same day or adjacent to the monthly metrics meetings [2], since the team(s) will give a presentation on their recent progress, which will help set some context that would otherwise need to be covered in the quarterly review itself. This will also create open opportunities for feedback and questions. My goal is to do this in a manner where even though the quarterly review meetings themselves are internal, the outcomes are captured as meeting minutes and shared publicly, which is why I'm starting this discussion on a public list as well. I've created a wiki page here which we can use to discuss the concept further: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings/Quarterly_r… The internal review will, at minimum, include: Sue Gardner myself Howie Fung Team members and relevant director(s) Designated minute-taker So for example, for Visual Editor, the review team would be the Visual Editor / Parsoid teams, Sue, me, Howie, Terry, and a minute-taker. I imagine the structure of the review roughly as follows, with a duration of about 2 1/2 hours divided into 25-30 minute blocks: - Brief team intro and recap of team's activities through the quarter, compared with goals - Drill into goals and targets: Did we achieve what we said we would? - Review of challenges, blockers and successes - Discussion of proposed changes (e.g. resourcing, targets) and other action items - Buffer time, debriefing Once again, the primary purpose of these reviews is to create improved structures for internal accountability, escalation points in cases where serious changes are necessary, and transparency to the world. In addition to these priority initiatives, my recommendation would be to conduct quarterly reviews for any activity that requires more than a set amount of resources (people/dollars). These additional reviews may however be conducted in a more lightweight manner and internally to the departments. We're slowly getting into that habit in engineering. As we pilot this process, the format of the high priority reviews can help inform and support reviews across the organization. Feedback and questions are appreciated. All best, Erik [1] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Vote:Narrowing_Focus [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Metrics_and_activities_meetings -- Erik Möller VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
Go away, community (from WMF wiki at least)
by Tomasz W. Kozlowski
Hi all, for those of you who do not watch the RecentChanges on the Foundation wiki <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges>, I think it might be somehow surprising to see that in a top-level decision, almost all volunteer administrators of the wiki have been stripped off their adminship yesterday evening (UTC time). As far as I know, community members have been helping out maintaining this wiki for as long as 2006, spending countless hours of their free time on categorising existing pages, importing translations from Meta, and recently, deleting unnecessary and broken pages left over by WMF staff. Apparently, this is something that not only isn't appreciated, but unwelcome. Let me repeat that: the WMF does not wish volunteers to help out with running their wiki, even if they have been helping out almost since the very start of the wiki. Some questions come to my mind right now: 1) Who made the decision to remove adminship from all community members? (I'm assuming it was Gayle, but it could've be someone from the Communications department for all we know.) 2) Why did you make this decision now? What changed? 3) Why did you decide to desysop people straight away instead of discussing things with them first? These are questions directed at the WMF—for you regular folks, I have a riddle (I'll give a WikiLove barnstar to the first person to submit a correct answer). There is /at least/ one community member who does not hold any official position within the WMF, and who has not been desysopped in yesterday's purge—do you know who this person is? -- Tomasz
Office hour with WMF researchers
by ENWP Pine
Hi everyone, WMF researchers have agreed to participate in an office hour about WMF research projects and methodologies. The currently scheduled participants are: * Aaron Halfaker, Research Analyst (contractor) * Jonathan Morgan, Research Strategist (contractor) * Evan Rosen, Data Analytics Manager, Global Development * Haitham Shammaa, Contribution Research Manager * Dario Taraborelli, Senior Research Analyst, Strategy We'll meet on IRC in #wikimedia-office on April 22 at 1800 UTC. Please join us. Pine
Update ED Transition Team pages
by Jan-Bart de Vreede
Hi Everyone, As mentioned after Sue's announcement of her intention to depart the Foundation we will try to ensure transparency in the work of the Transition Team where possible (and respect privacy where necessary). To that end I would like to draw you attention to a set of recent changes made to the Transition Team pages on Meta: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Executive_Director_Transition_Team These changes include a preliminary timeline, FAQ and an invitation to add people to the "connectors list". Please feel free to add more questions and other discussion points. We expect to add more information (such as the choice we made with regards to the Search firm that will assist us) in the coming week. Regards Jan-Bart de Vreede Chair Executive Director Transition Team
About the concentration of resources in SF (it was: "Communication plans for community engagement"
by David Cuenca
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I think your anti-Americanism is misplaced. Let's look at some of the > key people involved in the VisualEditor project. Erik is German, James > F is British, Roan Kattouw is Dutch, Timo Tijhof is Dutch. If you were > to skim the list of the engineering staff, they are extremely diverse, > with many remote employees throughout Europe and a number of relocated > Europeans (and others) working in San Francisco. So I think your > implication that the VE is some element of arrogant American > imperialism is false, and you should retract it so that others will > continue to take your feedback seriously. > I don't agree with Romaine's view that it is a cultural problem, but it is true that the WMF management seems to prefer to have all development concentrated in SF. As you say: "a number of relocated Europeans (and others) working in San Francisco." This concentration of resources in only one place is not healthy. And it has additional problems like finding technical staff at a reasonable price there and having to relocate people from all over the world, when some development centers could be open at other locations too, which might be cheaper: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_budget#Development_centers_in… Why is this not done? Wikidata is being developed that way, so it is possible. Is there anything against repeating the experience? Cheers, Micru
Re: [Wikimedia-l]	About the concentration of resources in SF (itwas: "Communication plans for community engagement"
by Michał Buczyński
Hi, +1 to this question. If we learn that there are items where we are invited to the MediaWiki and some estimates how many e.g. developerdays we would need to finance so we know it is possible. However, we should mind that most of the chapters are not really development houses and we are lacking experience in this area. michał. 28 lipca 2013 5:41 Craig Franklin <cfranklin(a)halonetwork.net> napisał(a): > > > Hi Erik (and whomever from WMDE), > > For the benefit of chapters that are interested in this space, can you > offer any examples of projects that are of an appropriate size and type for > a chapter to take on? I think that most chapters* would be willing to help > out in the software development space if we got a bit of direction on how > we could be the most useful. > > Cheers, > Craig Franklin > > * Keeping in mind that my chapter probably wouldn't have the capacity to > start anything in this space for at least another twelve months. > > > On 27 July 2013 09:57, Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:39 PM, rupert THURNER > > <rupert.thurner(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > If WMF is serious about letting development activities grow in other > > > countries this might be taken into account in FDCs allocation policy. > > > > For my part, I'm happy to offer feedback to the FDC on plans related > > to the development of engineering capacity in FDC-funded > > organizations. I'm sure Wikimedia Germany, too, would be happy to > > share its experiences growing the Wikidata development team. I'd love > > to find ways to bootstrap more engineering capacity across the > > movement, as so many of our shared challenges have a software > > engineering component. If any folks on-list want to touch base on > > these questions at Wikimania, drop me a note. :) > > > > Erik > > > > -- > > Erik Möller > > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Wikipedia Zero in Google search result
by Benjamin Chen
Hi, I noticed that when I'm searching on Google, many Wikipedia results are in the form of lang-code.zero.wikipedia.org, perhaps just since a day or two ago. I'm not sure what items are indexed this way, but it would really be a trouble - there is no link on the page that jumps you to the standard site (even the notice links to main page of m.wikipedia.org, not the corresponding article on m.wikipedia.org) Regards, Benjamin Chen / [[User:Bencmq]]
next Wikidata office hour
by Lydia Pintscher
Heya folks :) Denny and I will be doing another office hour for all things Wikidata after Wikimania. Everyone is welcome to ask questions about Wikidata. We'll be doing this on IRC in #wikimedia-office and start with a quick update in the current state of Wikidata and its development. It'll be on the 26th of August at 16:00 UTC. For your timezone see http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Wikidata+office+ho… Hope to see many of you there. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher Community Communications for Technical Projects Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Obentrautstr. 72 10963 Berlin www.wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 Nz. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.
Fwd: Mapping the SOPA-PIPA Debate: Social Mobilization and the Networked Public Sphere
by Samuel Klein
The Berkman Center just came out with a report on the public discussions surrounding the SOPA-PIPA actions; drawing on the Media Cloud work by Yochai Benkler and others. It provides context for the discussions on the English Wikipedia, and captures the differences between the grassroots and top-down decisions by different organizations and media channels who took part in the blackout. An interactive time-visual shows how the conversation was driven at different times by different communities: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/mediacloud/2013/mapping_sopa_pipa/# SJ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Publication Release: July 25 Social Mobilization and the Networked Public Sphere: Mapping the SOPA-PIPA Debate Dear Friends and Colleagues, The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to announce the release of a new publication from the Media Cloud project, Social Mobilization and the Networked Public Sphere: Mapping the SOPA-PIPA Debate, authored by Yochai Benkler, Hal Roberts, Rob Faris, Alicia Solow-Niederman, and Bruce Etling. Social Mobilization and the Networked Public Sphere: Mapping the SOPA-PIPA Debate >From the abstract: In this paper, we use a new set of online research tools to develop a detailed study of the public debate over proposed legislation in the United States that was designed to give prosecutors and copyright holders new tools to pursue suspected online copyright violations. Our study applies a mixed-methods approach by combining text and link analysis with human coding and informal interviews to map the evolution of the controversy over time and to analyze the mobilization, roles, and interactions of various actors. This novel, data-driven perspective on the dynamics of the networked public sphere supports an optimistic view of the potential for networked democratic participation, and offers a view of a vibrant, diverse, and decentralized networked public sphere that exhibited broad participation, leveraged topical expertise, and focused public sentiment to shape national public policy. We also offer an interactive visualization that maps the evolution of a public controversy by collecting time slices of thousands of sources, then using link analysis to assess the progress of the debate over time. We used the Media Cloud platform to depict media sources ("nodes", which appear as circles on the map with different colors denoting different media types). This visualization tracks media sources and their linkages within discrete time slices and allows users to zoom into the controversy to see which entities are present in the debate during a given period as well as who is linking to whom at any point in time. The authors wish to thank the Ford Foundation and the Open Society Foundation for their generous support of this research and of the development of the Media Cloud platform. About Media Cloud Media Cloud, a joint project of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and the Center for Civic Media at MIT, is an open source, open data platform that allows researchers to answer complex quantitative and qualitative questions about the content of online media. Using Media Cloud, academic researchers, journalism critics, and interested citizens can examine what media sources cover which stories, what language different media outlets use in conjunction with different stories, and how stories spread from one media outlet to another. We encourage interested readers to explore Media Cloud. The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University was founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development. For more information, visit http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/.
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ESSAY SAMPLE ON "A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION"
Buddhism is one of the major religions of the world. It was founded by Siddhartha Guatama (Buddha) in Northeastern India. It arose as a monastic movement during a time of Brahman tradition. Buddhism rejected important views of Hinduism. It did not recognize the validity of the Vedic Scriptures, nor the sacrificial cult which arose from it. It also questioned the authority of the priesthood. Also, the Buddhist movement was open to people of all castes, denying that a person's worth could be judged by their blood.
The religion of Buddhism has 150 to 350 million followers around the world. The wide range is due to two reasons. The tendency for religious affiliation to be nonexclusive is one. The other is the difficulty in getting information from Communist countries such as China. It's followers have divided into two main branches: Theravada and Mahayana. Theravada, the way of the elders, is dominant in India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia. Mahayana, the greater vehicle, refers to the Theravada as Hinayana, the lesser vehicle. It is dominant in India, Tibet, Japan, Nepal, Taiwan, China, Korea, Vietnam, and Mongolia.
Siddhartha Guatama was born in Kapilivastu. His father was the ruler of the small kingdom near the Indian/Nepal border. As a child, his future was foretold by sages. They believed that he would someday be a fellow sage or leader of a great empire. He led a very pampered and sheltered life until the age of twenty-nine. It was at that time that he realized that he had led an empty life. He renounced his wealth and embarked on a journey to seek truth, enlightenment, and the cycle of rebirths.
In the first years of his journey, Siddhartha Guatama practiced yoga and became involved in radical asceticism. After a short time, he gave up that life for one of a middle path between indulgence and self-denial. He meditated under a bo tree until he reached true enlightenment by rising through a series of higher states of consciousness. After realizing this religious inner truth, he went through a time of inner struggle. Renaming himself Buddha (meaning enlightened one), he wandered from place to place, preaching, spreading his teachings by word of mouth. He also gained disciples, who were grouped into a monastic community known as a sangha.
As he neared his death, Buddha refused a successor. He told his followers to work hard to find their salvation. After his death, it was decided that a new way to keep the community's unity known as was needed, since the teachings of Buddha were spoken only. To maintain peace, the monastic order met to decide on matters of Buddhist doctrines and practice. Four of these meetings are considered to be the Four Major Councils.
The first major council was presided over by Mahakasyapa, a Buddhist monk. The purpose of the first council was to preach and agree on Buddha's teachings and monastic discipline.
The second major council supposedly met at Vaisali, one hundred years after the first. The purpose of this council was to answer the ten questionable acts of the monks of the Vajjian Confederacy. The use of money, drinking wine, and other irregularities were among the acts. It was decided that the practices were unlawful. This decision has been found to be the cause of the division of the Buddhists. The accounts of the meeting describe a quarrel between the Mahasanghikas (Great Assembly) and the Sthaviras (Elders). Tensions had grown within the sangha over discipline, the role of laity, and the nature of arhat.
Pataliputra, now Patna, was the sight of the third council. It was called by King Asoka in the 3rd century BC, and was convened by Moggaliptta. The purpose was the purify the sangha of the false monks and heretics who had joined the order because of its royal associations. During the council, the compilations of the Buddhist scriptures (Tipitaka) and the body of subtle philosophy (abhidharma) to the dharma and monastic discipline were completed. Missionaries were sent forth to many countries as a result of the council.
King Kanishka patronized the fourth council in 100 AD. Historians are not sure if it was held at either Kasmir or Jalanhar. Both divisions of Buddhism are said to have participated in the council. The council tried to establish peace between them. However, neither side was willing to give in. Because of this, the religion divided into many sects, including the traditional eighteen schools.
The traditional eighteen schools of Buddhism were a result of different interpretations of Buddhist teachings. Together, these divisions were seen as too conservative and literal towards the teachings of Buddha. Theravada was considered too individualistic and unconcerned with the needs of the laity. It caused a liberal wing of the sangha to break away from the rest of the monks during the second council. Original group of monks continued their honoring of Buddha as a perfectly enlightened human teacher. However, the liberal Mahasanghikas developed a new interpretation. They began to think of Buddha as an eternal, all powerful being. Believing the human Buddha was an apparition sent down for human benefit, the Mahasanghikas began Mahayana.
Not even the names of Mahayana's founders are known. Historians argue whether or not the new sect began in southern or northwestern India. However, they have narrowed the date to in between the 2nd century BC and the 1st century AD. Beliefs in a godlike Buddha continued well past the era of Christianity and came together in the Mahayana doctrine of threefold nature.
Buddhism spread throughout Asia after the two divisions came about. King Asoka's children, Mahinda and Sanghamitta, are responsible for the Buddhist conversion of Sri Lanka. During the reign of Asoka, it is said that Theravada was introduced to Burma by Sri Lanka, around 5th century AD. Burma spread Theravada to Thailand in the 6th century. Cambodia was influenced by Mahayana and Hinduism at the end of the 2nd century. Nearly one-thousand two- hundred years later, Theravada became the primary religion.
At the beginning of the Christian era, Buddhism was introduced to Central Asia. From there, it entered China through trade routes. It influenced and adapted to Chinese culture. It was opposed by many, though, and its followers were persecuted at times. Buddhism's major Chinese influence ended after a great persecution in 845 AD. However, the meditative Zen sect and the Pure Land sect continued to thrive.
Despite disagreement from Confucian authorities, Mahayana's influence was seen in Vietnam by 189. China introduced Buddhism to Korea in 372 AD. From that point on, it was gradually converted through Chinese influence for many centuries. Korea introduced Buddhism to Japan in 552 AD. Prince Shotoku made it the official state religion of Japan forty-one years later.
Tibet was introduced to Buddhism by foreign wives of the king starting in the 7th century AD. By the next century, it had become an important aspect of Tibetan culture. It was spread by the Indian monk, Padmasambhava, who had arrived there in 747 AD to spread Tantric Buddhism. Several centuries later, Tibetan Buddhists began to believed that the abbots of its great monastaries were reincarnated bodhisattvas, individuals who have attained perfect enlightenment but delay entry into final nirvana in order to make possible the salvation of others who had not reached enlightenment. The chief abbots became known as the Dalai Lama, the ruler of Tibet. They ruled as a theocracy from the 17th century until the Chinese takeover in 1950.
One of Buddhism's greatest strengths is its ability to adapt to many conditions under a variety of cultures. It is opposed to materialism. It does not recognize a conflict between itself and modern science. On the contrary, it holds that the Buddha applied the experimental approach to the questions of ultimate truth.
Growing interest in Asian culture and spiritual values in the West has led to the development of a number of studies and practice of Buddhism. Zen has grown in the United States to create more than a dozen meditation centers and a number of monastaries. Interest in Vajrayana has also increased. As its influence in the west slowly grows, Buddhism is once again changing and adapting to the new environment. Although its influence in the United States is still small, it seems that if Buddhism repeats its history, new forms and sects of Buddhism may develop.
ESSAY SAMPLE ON "A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BUDDHIST RELIGION" 8.1 of 10 on the basis of 4069 Review.


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Q: What is a "pixel shader"? I have noticed that some games quote the requirement for "pixel shader 3.0 or better".
What is a pixel shader and is it some software requirements or hardware requirements?

A: Simple answer
Pixel shaders are tiny programs that can do operations on a single pixel on the screen, as opposed to geometry shaders and vertex shaders which work on the geometrical primitives (triangles) that make up everything you see on the screen. The most common use for pixel shaders is 'shading', approximation to real world lighting. Commonly used shading model is Phong.
Pixel shaders are executed on your video card, so your video card needs to support them. Each new version provides more capabilities, so an older video card will not run newer shaders. A new version of the pixel shader specification (e.g. Pixel Shader 3.0) is usually released for each new version of DirectX (more accurately, Direct3D).
Software Requirements
You need to have the correct version of Direct3D (or OpenGL) installed in order to use the shaders. For example, Pixel Shader 4.0 requires at least Direct3D 10. Normally you don't have to worry about this, every game that uses Direct3D will install the correct version for you when you install the game. The only exceptions are Direct3D 10 and later, which will not run on Windows XP or earlier. You will need at least Windows Vista in order to play a game that uses Direct3D 10 or 11.
Wikipedia provides a nice list of Pixel Shader versions, the version of Direct3D you need, and the types of graphics cards that work with them.

Technical answer
The 'standard' stages of a 3D rendering pipeline are as follows (somewhat simplified):

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*Transformation (Moving, rotating and scaling all the objects in the scene)

*Lighting

*Projection ('Squashing' the 3D world into a 2D plane)

*Clipping (Removing anything outside the field of view)

*Rasterising (Converting the vector graphics (triangles, etc) into raster graphics (pixels))

*Texturing

*Display

Pixel Shaders are used as an alternative to the standard texturing phase. During rasterisation, each triangle is converted into pixels. These pixels do not have their final colour yet, but the do have a bunch of parameters associated with them. These include base colour, texture coordinates, lighting information, etc. The Pixel Shader is a small program that takes these parameters and uses them to calculate the final colour as it is displayed on the screen. The Pixel Shader has access to all texture data, and can use them to do interesting things such as blending two textures (to create a 'dirty' look), using a texture as a bump map (to simulate a relief), or to simulate reflections.
Hardware
On the hardware side, Pixel Shaders are executed on 'Shader Units', small processors on your GPU. Each Shader Unit is basically a very simple CPU, but a modern video card may contain thousands of these things (an AMD Radeon HD6990 contains over 3000). Older GPUs had different Shader Units for different tasks: Pixel Shaders were executed on different parts of the system than Vertex Shaders. Modern GPUs have so called 'unified shader units' which can perform all of these operations.

A: Basically, you start off with the base pixel which has some color.
Then you give the pixel shader details about where the pixel is (lighting, z-level etc) and it computes the modified color.
Think about a bright red pixel in the sun.  When it's in the shade, or in the background, that pixel will be a darker color.  That's pretty much it.
Note that it only works on one pixel at a time.

A: They are both a hardware and software requirement.
Pixel shaders (and shaders in general) are part of your video card (or GPU) hardware. However, you also need a version of DirectX/OpenGL recent enough to support that video card's capabilities, or your game can't really use them.
Shaders are part of the rendering process that contribute massively to your game looking totally awesome and they do it with very little resources. They rock, so every game developer is going to be using them. If new games are beginning to warn you that you need new shader versions, your system's becoming obsolete.
Need to upgrade?
Wikipedia has a list which covers the maximum shader version supported by various video card series. Make sure your DirectX/OpenGL are up to date, update them if not, then go buy yourself a new video card.
Pixel Shader 3.0 was released in 2004, so considering how old it is, video cards that don't support it probably aren't even sold anymore.

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The Oklahoma State Cowboys came from two scores down to beat the Texas Longhorns 32-24 on Saturday in Austin. The win propelled the Pokes to 6-0 on the season and a possible Top 10 ranking come Week 8 of the college football season.
Considering how unusual this season has been for the Pokes, with tough early-season wins against Missouri State, Tulsa and Boise State, who saw this Oklahoma State team getting off to a 6-0 start?
Admittedly, not this guy. But here we are, and this is why college football is great.
Anyway, Mike Gundy was enjoying himself in the Texas locker room after the game, with his dance move that has become a staple in recent seasons.
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— Gavin Gundy (@gundy_child) October 16, 2021
Gundy should be extra pumped as he's doing it with the unusual combination of defense and the running game, not a high-flying passing attack that has been a staple of the head coach's career in Stillwater.
The Longhorns were averaging nearly 500 yards per game coming into this game, but they were held to 317 yards by the Cowboys defense. And while Bijan Robinson still had a good day in the box score, with 135 rushing yards and two touchdowns, he slowed down as the game progressed, as the Cowboys gave up just seven points in the second half, including pitching a shut out in the fourth quarter. In fact, Oklahoma State held Texas to just six total yards in the fourth quarter.
Those are the kind of stats that will make a grown man dance.
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"Mr. Crappie" is the perfect nickname for Wally Marshall.
Yes, he has his own line of top-selling crappie fishing videos, a television show and dozens of crappie-related fishing products to his name. The man lives, eats and breathes crappie fishing.
"It's what I do," he said.
A couple of years back at Lake Fork Lodge, I spoke with Marshall. I had known him for a number of years, but we had never fished together so he invited me out to remedy that and allow me to tap into his knowledge of crappie.
As we idled into a cove loaded with timber, Marshall said that anglers could spend hours trying to find fish without electronics. "You really won't have an impact on fishing unless you know how to use electronics," he said. "It is important for any kind of fishing, but to consistently locate crappies, it is crucial.
Marshall said the spot we were fishing was a brush pile that stretched between two trees.
"What we're going to be fishing with is a jig I have out through Strike King called The Joker," he said. "It has incredible action and really lures in the crappie." We fished these lures with six-pound test line on long fly-style poles Marshall has out through Lew's.
"Throw right there," he said pointing to the corner of a tree.
A keeper black crappie hit my line. Then a few seconds later Marshall had one on. "Yesterday it was all whites," he said.
As soon as the sun came out the bite turned on, I caught a two-pound white crappie. A few minutes later, Marshall did the same thing.
"I told you there are some big fish here," he said.
Marshall said Lake Lavon is "bar none" the best crappie fishery in the state right now, but that he just returned from a 100-fish day on Rayburn and that Lake Fork is real sleeper for slabs. "This lake not only produces big bass but also big crappie and lots of them," he said.
My time with Marshall reminded me how underappreciated the "intelligence" of crappie is among anglers, and my own experience showed me just how tuned-in Mr. Crappie is to these great fish.
Guides Roger Bacon and Ronnie Burnett with a huge strap of crappie caught on Sam Rayburn.
Back in 2005, I had the amazing opportunity to dive with and hand-feed "Splash," the 121-pound blue catfish caught by angler Cody Mullenix on Lake Texoma.
The fish was brought in alive and housed at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens. My goal for the dive was to establish the perspective of a diver encountering a catfish of record proportions for an article I was doing about the legends of giant catfish below dams.
Before the dive, the dive master handed me a mesh bag with a few koi and a rainbow trout to feed "Splash" and another full of shiners and crickets to feed the bass and perch. After achieving the goal of hand-feeding the giant catfish and having someone photograph to show the scale of such a huge catfish and a grown man, I took a few minutes to feed the other fish.
My eyes were immediately drawn to a massive crappie in the tank. The fish had to be every bit of three pounds, and as soon as I broke out the food, it started my direction. I held out a shiner toward it and was amazed as the fish slowly swam up to it, stopped and then blew a hard jet of water over my shiner (and my fingers) a second or two before lunging forward and inhaling it.
After catching a few of these super-sized slabs on Sam Rayburn, it did not take long to connect the dots between my diving experience and the bites of these big fish. These trophy crappies, in my opinion, were either testing or shocking the bait before the strike.
My fishing guide friend Roger Bacon often feeds the crappie a little line by peeling it off the spool of his Falcon spinning reel. He then sets the hook when he thinks it is a big one.


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You find download link and installation instructions at the bottom of this post.
This script lets you modify your PlayHistory and/or PlayCount.
This little function adds one HistoryPlay with TimeStamp now, increases the PlayCount and sets the LastPlayedDate to now.
Useful to fix the playcount/history before you skip to next song or similar since MM doesn't do this unless the full song is played.
Works on single tracks only.
Here is it possible to add one HistoryPlay to multiple tracks at once. The tracks gets a TimeStamp which is incremental based the StartTime, their order and length. The LastPlayedDate is only updated if the given TimeStamp is later than the current LastPlayedDate.
You can optionally choose not to increase the playcount.
This works on single tracks only but lets you add multiple HistoryPlays at once. You need to set the StartTime and EndTime in which the plays should evenly be created. You can also adjust the TimeStamp on the individual Plays if they are incorrect. "Change" means that is already exists a History Play for that specific TimeStamp.
This also only works on single tracks. It lists all your PlayHistory for the selected track and lets you remove the ones you select.
The LastPlayedDate is only updated if the latest HistoryPlay is removed.
You can optionally choose not to decrease the playcount.
This works either for all tracks played in the selected period or only the selected one(s). It's primarily supposed to be used if you accidentally added plays with the "Added one play, timestamp X" to several files at once or if you left MM playing over night or similar. Note, that the form is horizontally resizeable.
which synchs LastPlayedDate and increases the PlayCount.
needs to get more HistoryPlays created. Use AddPlays for that.
Lets you correct the LastPlayedDate if it is incorrect for some reason.
Only the PlayCounter is affected and you can either Add, Remove, Set To the specified number or Set To Count of HistoryPlays for all selected track in one go.
Note that you can press multiple times on a button. The change is immediately displayed in the tracks but only saved when you press the Save-button, pressing the Cancel-button revert made changes.
LastPlayedDate is blanked out if the PlayCounter reaches zero. It's also set to Now if you set or increase the PlayCounter from zero.
Special thanks to Nyn who has helped with testing the script and suggested some smart changes.
- Added Save and Cancel buttons in "Adjust Only Playcounter"
1. Download the .mmip file and double click on it.
As above but if you wish to save the old version simply rename its extension to .BAK or similar before you run the installer.
Last edited by Bex on Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:04 pm, edited 11 times in total.
I am so glad this one is officially released, I have enjoyed testing it. This is definately one of the ones that I will use ALOT. Thanks for all your hard work and tolerating me.
Thanks for your great work Bex.
For those who feel the need to alter their play stats, this will be very handy.
I personally believe that a database should be left true and accurate.
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dypsis wrote: Thanks for your great work Bex.
Assuming the program works properly, I agree. I had several issues with MM when I first started using it in that it wouldn't increase play counts intermittently. I now have the occasional slip-up where I will accidentally or idiotically do stuff that requires me to fix the play counts/dates later.
Can you refresh my memory of the start time in the Add One Play, Timestamp X section. When you select several tracks, does it automatically display the logical start time for these tracks to have been played?
It can of course be adjusted.
Thanks, I don't need to make any adjustments, my times were coming out incorrectly but that was because I wasn't paying attention to the time displaying before I added my adjustments.
When you get a moment, can you add a progress bar to the Add One Play, Timestamp X section? Thanks.
Sure, I'll put it on my to do list.
I assume there's no version for 2.5?
Thank you very much for this script. It does simply and cleanly what I used to do in multiple steps. I use my Zen Vision for music during my work day and commute, but when I sync it with MM the play count is increased but not the Last Played date or the internal play history. This allows me to easily make sure that all my daily listening has the correct play info.
I wish my Zen and MM got along a little better, but this script helps fill in the gaps!


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La heurística de la representatividad es una regla informal para estimar la probabilidad de un evento B dado otro A, basándose en el grado en que A es representativo de B, es decir, en la semejanza de A con el estereotipo de B. Esta regla intuitiva permite, a partir de lo que ya se conoce, inferir sobre el suceso B. El concepto fue propuesto por los psicólogos Daniel Kahneman y Amos Tversky a principios de los años setenta. Según estos autores, cuando A es altamente representativo de la categoría B, la probabilidad de que A tenga su origen en B se juzga alta. Lo contrario ocurre si A no se asemeja a B. Como ejemplo, los médicos constantemente aplican esta heurística para sus diagnósticos: conocidos los síntomas de un paciente (evento A), diagnostican como más probable aquel tipo de enfermedad B cuyo subcaso más frecuente, prototipo o estereotipo tiene síntomas A.

Aunque el uso de esta heurística conduce en muchas ocasiones a inferencias razonables, no deja de presentar algunos problemas. Kahneman y Tversky destacan cómo las personas ignoran sus conjeturas a priori sobre la probabilidad de B (las que tenían antes de saber que A se ha producido), en contra de lo que recomienda el cálculo bayesiano. Como consecuencia, la probabilidad de cometer sesgos es mayor porque el hecho de que algo sea más representativo, en realidad, no lo hace más probable. Como ilustración, en un experimento

".. se mostraron a los sujetos breves descripciones de la personalidad de varios individuos supuestamente elegidos al azar de un grupo de 100 profesionales, ingenieros y abogados. Se pidió a los sujetos que para cada descripción estimaran la probabilidad de que esta fuese la de un ingeniero y no la de un abogado. En una parte del experimento se dijo a los sujetos que el grupo del que se habían tomado las descripciones se componía de 70 ingenieros y 30 abogados. En otra parte se dijo a los sujetos que el grupo se componía de 30 ingenieros y 70 abogados..los sujetos de las dos partes emitieron esencialmente los mismos juicios de probabilidad".1

Es decir, a pesar de haber tenido la información necesaria para favorecer una opción u otra, los participantes usaron la representatividad para asociar dicha descripción a un estereotipo de profesión. En términos de probabilidad, violaron la regla de Bayes.

Determinantes de la representatividad
Ciertos factores del juicio o de la decisión a tomar hacen más probable el uso de la heurística.

Semejanza
Al juzgar la representatividad de un evento, se suele prestar más atención a la similitud con un evento estándar o prototipo que sirve de referencia. Sin embargo, este tipo de juicios no está sujeto a las reglas de la probabilidad y, por consiguiente, a las tasas base. El problema de considerarlas irrelevantes ocurre cuando se posee información particular y solo es aplicable cuando se concentra en la actividad. Según Kahneman, las impresiones intuitivas que estas produce son a menudo más exactas de lo que serían las estimaciones de posibilidades. Los individuos, bajo ciertas circunstancias, son guiados por estereotipos que consiguen predicciones casi tan exactas como la realidad de los hechos. Un ejemplo podría ser el siguiente: Considere un individuo que ha sido descrito por sus vecinos de la siguiente manera:"Steve es un hombre retirado y muy tímido, que no ayuda a las personas pero tiene un poco de interés en ellas, en su mundo o en la realidad. Posee un alma ordenada que lo obligada a tener todo ordenado y estructurado, siendo su pasión el detalle". Cuál es la probabilidad de que Steve haya trabajado en una de las siguientes profesiones (por ejemplo, farmacéutico, vendedor, piloto comercial, bibliotecario o físico)?... (Tversky y Kahneman, 1974). En esta heurística de representatividad, la probabilidad de que Steve sea un bibliotecario, por ejemplo, está asociado al grado de similitud entre su personalidad y el estereotipo de dicha profesión.

Aleatoriedad
La irregularidad y la representatividad local afectan los juicios de aleatoriedad. Las cosas que no parecen tener ninguna secuencia lógica se consideran representativas de la aleatoriedad y por lo tanto más probable que se produzcan. Por ejemplo, la serie de lanzamientos de monedas «cruz, cara, cruz, cara, cruz, cara» no sería considerada representativa de las tiradas de monedas generadas al azar, ya que está demasiado bien ordenada.

La ley de los pequeños números es el opuesto a la ley de los grandes números, una hipótesis que plantea que cuanto mayor sea el tamaño de la muestra, más cerca está las estimaciones del verdadero valor poblacional. Por ende, la representatividad local es una suposición en la que la gente confía en la ley de números pequeños, por lo que se percibe que las muestras pequeñas representan a su población en la misma medida que las grandes muestras (Tversky y Kahneman, 1971).

Las decisiones de los individuos pueden estar condicionadas a probabilidades inciertas basadas en la creencia de la no aleatoriedad de los sucesos. Tversky y Kahneman (1971) plantearon que la heurística de representatividad conlleva a las personas a comprometerse en la falacia del apostador –la creencia de que una oportunidad de buena suerte proviene luego de una serie de mala suerte (es decir, la afirmación de que una serie de sucesos independientes con el mismo resultado pronto son procedidos por el resultado contrario). Por ejemplo, un dado que haya sido lanzado 6 veces con resultados diferentes, puede llegar a considerarse como un patrón independientemente de la secuencia o el número de intentos porque los individuos ignoran su aleatoriedad.

Referencias
1.	Tversky, Amos; Kahneman, Daniel (1974). "Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases" (PDF). Science. 185 (4157): 1124–1131. doi:10.1126/science.185.4157.1124. PMID 1783545

2.	Tversky, Amos; Kahneman, Daniel (1971). "Belief in the law of small numbers". Psychological Bulletin. 76 (2): 105–110. doi:10.1037/h0031322

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That storytelling, one of humankind's oldest activities, is topping the list of 2014's most compelling "technologies" is a testament to the power of a good narrative to transform even the most challenging situations. Narrative helps us to understand where we come from, and explains who we are to others. Narrative limns life's possibilities, and inspires us to extend ourselves beyond what we believe is possible.
In recent weeks, the news media have been awash in reports of the challenges faced by technology firms in diversifying their workplace, and the consequences to those firms, and to our country's economic future, if we fail to fill those jobs with Americans from all backgrounds. Google, standing at the apex of today's global economy, has revealed its own shortcomings in fostering workplace diversity, and has publicly affirmed its commitment to rectifying the problem. Yet, the company is still searching for more effective ways to boost the numbers of women and minorities in the pipeline for jobs in computing, technology and the sciences. Could the power of storytelling be harnessed to solve the problem?
Writer and editor Walter Isaacson, in his superb 2014 National Endowment for the Humanities Jefferson Lecture, not only contends that the humanities and the sciences are natural bedfellows, he enchants us with the story of Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron, who was a mathematical prodigy and, as the first computer programmer, the progenitor of the women whose stories we are telling. Isaacson presents this pioneering female technologist as the epitome of the intersection of the sciences and humanities. The goal of The Human Computer Project is to approach this intersection with the strengths of both the humanities and technology: use history and narrative to provoke a discussion on the participation of women and minorities in science and technology; use technology to enhance the impact and the diffusion of this story that must be told.
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Knicks trade Travis Outlaw to 76ers for forward Arnett Moultrie
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According to Marc Stein of ESPN.com, the New York Knicks have traded veteran swingman Travis Outlaw and a 2019 second-round pick to the Philadelphia 76ers for forward Arnett Moultrie. In addition to Outlaw and the second-round pick, the 76ers also received the right to swap future second-round picks in the deal.
Trade calls for Sixers to send Arnett Moultrie to New York and take in Travis Outalw, who is likely to be released by Philly
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) October 27, 2014
Philadelphia is likely to waive Outlaw, and the Knicks have already waived Moultrie.
Outlaw, 30, has played 11 seasons in the NBA, with his most productive days coming as a member of the Portland Trailblazers. In 07-08, Outlaw averaged 13.3 points and 4.6 rebounds per game with Portland. Outlaw has also had stints with the Clippers, Nets and Kings.
Moultrie, 23, was selected with the 27th overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft by the Miami Heat. He averaged 3.6 points and 3.1 rebounds per game in two seasons with the 76ers.
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Alice in Wonderland is celebrating her 150th birthday this year and during the summer we visited RHS garden Harlow Carr which was celebrating with an Alice in Wonderland trail. We were given a booklet of trail activities and as well as completing puzzles and quizzes we counted the Queen of Hearts' tarts at each activity station. The Alice in Wonderland trail was a fun introduction to the story and its characters so we came home and read the book.
The Story: Alice's adventures begin when she follows a White Rabbit down a rabbit hole. After unsuccessful attempts to get into a beautiful garden Alice swims with a strange group of animals in a pool of her own tears. She then takes part in a Caucus race and meets The Duchess and The Cheshire Cat before joining The Mad Hatter's Tea Party. She finally succeeds in entering the beautiful garden and finds a bizarre game of croquet taking place. Her visit to The Mock Turtle is interrupted by news of the Knave of Heart's trial and Alice argues with The Queen of Hearts before being woken by her older sister.
Alice in Wonderland includes a colourful cast of characters including The White Rabbit who mistakes Alice for his servant, Mary Ann, The Mock Turtle who has a very bizarre conversation with Alice and The Queen of Hearts who threatens to behead anybody in sight. I have a very soft spot for Bill the Lizard and my daughter's favourite character is The Mad Hatter. She enjoyed The Mad Hatter's tea party with its strange rules and especially liked The Dormouse' story about treacle but her favourite part of the story was when the hedgehogs kept unrolling themselves during the Queen's croquet game.
There are many editions of Alice in Wonderland but we chose to read this edition with Sir John Tenniel's original black and white illustrations. My daughter pored over them as I read, she was fascinated by the strange creatures described in the book and the pictures brought them to life. One of our favourite illustrations shows The Mad Hatter and The March Hare putting the dormouse into a teapot!
This is the first time that I've read Alice in Wonderland since I was a child and it struck me as quite a bizarre story although I guess that is the nature of dreams! Several of the conversations were difficult for my daughter to understand but she enjoyed listening and wanted to read to the end of the book.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is the ninth book that we have read for the 2015 Classics Challenge.
I love Alice in Wonderland – one of my all time favourites! Love the sound of the trail!
It's very different reading it as an adult, I didn't remember how bizarre some of the conversations were!
My daughter is seven and she really enjoyed it although sometimes the language was difficult to understand.
I have recently bought this book for my kindle as although I know the story and am sure it was read to me as a child at school, I have never read it myself.
It is quite random but I guess that many of our dreams are too!
I read both Alice books recently and you're right, you forget how completely bizarre it all is! Still loved it though.
I love them too, somehow the bizarre nature of the stories went over my head as a child!
We'd recommend this one but there are lots of 150th anniversary editions to choose from.
It's not the easiest read as an adult, I was quite surprised that my daughter was happy for me to continue reading as I often had to explain words to her (or not explain words when they were complete nonsense!).
I've always loved this book…not a fan of all the movie depictions, but I love the book!!
Thanks Amanda, we really like this version although I'm wondering about getting simpler version for my daughter to read on her own.
Loved Alice in Wonderland as a child. My oldest daughter was a fan as well, but I guess I didn't realize it was 150 years old! My youngest likes the fractured fairy tales more and enjoyed that version of Alice better. In fact last Halloween she was one of the characters.
Alice in Wonderland has some great characters to dress up as, I went to a fancy dress party dressed as The Mad Hatter once.


Parts of two third-order Neoproterozoic (Marinoan) depositional sequences are documented in the Wilpena Group (Wonoka Formation and Bonney Sandstone) at Patawarta diapir, located in the central Flinders Ranges, South Australia. These sequences represent an overall regressive succession transitioning upwards from outer to middle wave-dominated shelf deposits to a tidally dominated barrier bar to coastal plain. The lower, middle, upper limestone and green mudstone informal members of the Wonoka Formation comprise the Highstand Systems Tract of the lower sequence. The Sequence Boundary is at the top of the Wonoka green mudstone member and is overlain by the Lowstand Systems Tract of the upper sequence, which includes the lower dolomite, sandstone and upper dolomite beds of the Patsy Hill Member of the Bonney Sandstone. The upper sequence Transgressive Systems Tract comprises the Bonney Sandstone. These units comprise one complete tapered composite halokinetic sequence (CHS). The lower halokinetic-sequence boundary is associated with the Maximum Flooding Surface of the lower depositional sequence and the upper halokinetic-sequence boundary is interpreted as the Transgressive Surface of the overlying depositional sequence where an angular truncation of up to 90° is documented.


I grew up as an avid athlete, competing in practically any sport that could distract me from doing homework. At a very young age, I was fortunate to realize that physical activity was my absolute favorite part of being human.
My mother was a genius. She enrolled me in every sport she could think of and in an attempt to wear me out before I got home. She knew that if I was supertired by the end of the day, her life would be way easier. Her mission was to feed me dinner and put me to sleep. Because of that, I played soccer, baseball, basketball, more soccer, more soccer and more baseball.
I remained very active throughout high school and college, and, despite my penchant for frequent exercise, I developed Type 1 diabetes during my senior year of college. Unlike most Type 1 diabetics who usually get diagnosed sometime in adolescence, I was 22. I was the first to admit that I didn't know anything about diabetes. All I knew was that it had something to do with chocolate cake and syringes. I had never devoted any time to understanding diabetes at its root. Now I had no choice but to get to the heart of the matter.
Strangely enough, Type 1 diabetes was my third autoimmune condition—I had developed autoimmune Hashimoto's thyroiditis (hypothyroidism) and alopecia in the six months preceding. Something very strange was happening in my body, and no one could offer expertise. Medical professionals often referred to me as "interesting" and were unable to offer me guidance other than to "monitor your blood sugar closely." Picture the scene: You go from being an active athlete eating what you thought was a healthy diet to generally sedentary, out of energy and uncontrollably depressed.
For the first time in my life, I was faced with a series of challenging questions for which no one seemed to have the answers.
How do I inject insulin? How much? How often? What are the dangers of too much insulin? Too little? Are there foods I shouldn't be eating? What are they? Can I still exercise? How much should I exercise? Should I eat while I exercise? How do I eat? What should I eat? What should I not eat? When should I eat?
Being a senior at Stanford University studying mechanical engineering, my life was consumed with math, physics, the machine shop and lots of beer. I didn't understand what I had done wrong. More importantly, I just wanted to be normal. I wanted to finish college and not have to worry about a complicated health condition that I didn't fully understand.
I'll never forget the moment I decided to change everything.
One night, I was sitting on the couch watching TV, recovering from a soccer game that I had played three nights earlier. My hamstrings were tight, my back was uncomfortable, and I was extremely tired. I checked my blood sugar, and it was 290 mg/dL—three times higher than normal. I felt out of shape, constantly dehydrated, lethargic and downright confused. I was frustrated, annoyed and out of control.
It was in that moment that I hit rock bottom.
Cyrus. The time has come. Learn how to eat.
For the first time, I listened to that voice. And boy was I glad that I did.
The next day, I went to a bookstore and started reading cookbooks on diabetes nutrition. In a nutshell, I was uninspired. I was already eating the way these books instructed, and my health was worse than it had ever been.
Cyrus Khambatta went against mainstream education on diabetes and consumed a high-carbohydrate vegan diet rich in fruits such as mangos. His health has soared on this diet.
The general advice that nutritionists and endocrinologists give people with diabetes is simple: restrict carbohydrate intake. Their logic is simple. Since carbohydrates metabolize to glucose and glucose is the source of blood glucose, limit carbohydrate intake in order to keep insulin usage low. At first, it seem like a very logical approach to managing blood sugar and overall health, but what I did not realize at the time is that this low-carbohydrate approach only treats the symptoms of diabetes (high blood sugar) and does not treat the underlying condition (insulin resistance).
Insulin resistance is if the underlying condition of all forms of diabetes, including Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes. Insulin resistance occurs when the muscle and liver tissues become overloaded with lipids as a result of eating a diet high in fat and protein. So the low-carbohydrate approach increases fat and protein intake, which exacerbates the condition of insulin resistance, leading to an increased need for insulin in the long term.
Less carbohydrates = less blood glucose = less insulin (in the short term).
Less carbohydrates = more fat and protein = lipid overload = increased insulin resistance = more insulin (in the long term).
After having eaten a low-carbohydrate diet for approximately one year, my health was worse than it had ever been. When I hit rock bottom, I knew that I needed a drastic change in the way I ate, I just had no idea what to do. That is when I decided to take matters into my own hands and seek out information from people with real-life experience.
After hundreds of hours of reading, attending scientific lectures and talking with people, my mind was opened to the idea of eating a plant-based whole foods diet. The concept of veganism took me by storm and revolutionized my understanding of the difference between plant and animal foods.
In this journey, I met a community of raw food vegans, who opened my eyes to the world of uncooked food. They told countless stories of abundant energy, increased vitality and reduced disease.
It wasn't until I met Douglas Graham, author of The 80/10/10 Diet, in 2003, that I decided to give raw food-ism a try. Up until that point, I was moderately convinced by the community that I had met, however, I was still skeptical whether I could be a high-functioning athlete and eat uncooked food exclusively.
I asked myself a simple question: Is it possible to be a competitive athlete and raw food vegan? I was skeptical but open-minded.
Douglas Graham is an amazing individual, a phenomenal teacher and a shining example of a man who practices what he preaches. At the age of 23, I thought that I was nimble, strong, flexible, powerful and a good athlete. Doug could do everything that I could do but better. He was stronger, faster, had better balance, he could recover from athletics quicker, he had better mental resolve and he made me look like a child in many athletic events. His athletic prowess was enough to convince me that I should give raw food-ism a try. I figured that if my health didn't improve, I could always return to the standard American diet. I had nothing to lose.
Within one week, positive change was blatantly apparent. Instead of feeling lethargic, mentally groggy, dehydrated and physically fatigued, eating a truly healthy diet made me feel alert, fully rested, full of energy and eager to exercise hard. I felt limber, energetic and excited to be alive. For the first time in my life, I was gaining control of my health. It felt amazing.
Within the first three days of changing my lifestyle, I was forced to reduce the amount of insulin because my body was becoming noticeably more sensitive to its effects. Over the course of the next two months, my total daily dose of insulin fell from about 45 units/day to about 25 units/day, a reduction of almost 45 percent. For the first time, I could predict my blood sugar readings 24/7. No longer did I feel out of control, victimized or confused. I was now the master of my own health. All because Doug Graham showed me a better way to live. And for that I thank him from the bottom of my diabetic heart.
Fascinated with quick and profound difference that eating healthy had made to my personal health, I decided to return to school to study towards a Ph.D. in nutritional biochemistry at the University of California at Berkeley in order to understand the fundamental biology underlying insulin resistance, diabetes and nutrition. I was eager to understand the science behind the incredible experiment taking place within my body. In the process, I became a published author in peer-reviewed scientific journals and wrote a dissertation on the effect of calorie restriction on overall health and lifestyle factors that influence Type 2 diabetes.
I actually have not reversed anything, but all three of my autoimmune conditions have seen significant improvement. Because Type 1 diabetes does not currently have a cure, the most important thing that anyone with this condition can do is reduce their insulin usage. There are a lot of people with Type 1 diabetes who are constantly asking for a "cure"; however, this doesn't exist right now. That being said, I have reduced my insulin usage by more than 40 percent. I still also have Hashimoto's thyroiditis; however, I have been reducing my dependence on thyroid medication consistently over the past two years. Generally, people with Hashimoto's experience an increase in the amount of synthetic thyroid medication they require over time, and their dosage increases accordingly. I have been fortunate to stabilize this process and slightly reverse it. I am, however, still hypothyroid but moving in the right direction.
The third autoimmune condition that I have is alopecia universalis, which is 100 percent total hair loss. I consider it a blessing in disguise, because I love having no hair and actually do not want it to return. However, my girlfriend notices that I do have random hairs that pop up all the time, sometimes on my legs, sometimes on my shoulders, sometimes on the back of my neck. Whether or not this condition will ever reverse itself is unknown. That being said, I'm not very interested in making that happen.
I started MangomanNutrition.com in 2013 to teach people with diabetes the fundamentals of lifestyle management through informed nutrition and exercise. By providing nutrition and exercise coaching, I have been able to positively influence the lives of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics and enable them to resume their lives free of the stress that having an uncontrollable and life-threatening chronic disease can create.
I teach individuals how to identify lifestyle habits that are sabotaging their quest for exceptional health. My clients follow a six-month, small-group, community based curriculum that focuses on plant-based whole foods nutrition and strategic fitness training. The program is modeled after a highly effective, evidence-based approach from human clinical trials that focuses on small-group interaction to provide the two factors that promote successful lifestyle change: accountability and community.
Cyrus Khambatta and his girlfriend goof off in posing for a photograph.
Two current clients are prime examples of the powerful effects of my program. The first is a 60-something gentleman who had developed Type 2 diabetes as a result of a sedentary lifestyle, poor diet and frequent chemotherapy for small-cell lung cancer. In working closely with him, he adopted new lifestyle habits almost immediately and witnessed his fasting blood sugar fall predictably and consistently. Through trial and error, he developed a solid understanding of the connection between dietary fat intake, exercise, stress and insulin usage. Within two months, he had lost nearly 30 pounds, was exercising multiple times per day and had completely changed his outlook on whole foods nutrition. By the third month, Type 2 diabetes was a thing of the past. He now enjoys his life free of diabetic equipment, medication and anxiety.
The second client is a high-intensity athlete who developed Type 1 diabetes at the age of 24. Her blood glucose values were as high as 400 mg/dL, four times their normal value. She was told not to exercise, to limit her intake of carbohydrates and to eat foods high in protein and fat in order to minimize insulin usage. She tried it, and it didn't work. I taught her the fundamentals of muscle physiology, and in a short period of time, Maggie adopted lifestyle changes that brought her blood sugar into the target range within the first 30 days. Within one week, she was able to return to long-distance trail running, and within one month, she was able to resume mountaineering training to set the world record for the fastest ascent of 15 14,000-plus-foot mountains.
My goal as a coach, educator and scientist is simple: to inspire diabetics to live their lives in the driver's seat by adopting lifestyle habits that reverse the effects of insulin resistance. The epidemic of diabetes is a very preventable phenomenon and it is, therefore, vital for people with diabetes to understand that focus, determination and impeccable habits can lead to a disease-free future.
Cyrus Khambatta earned his Ph.D. in nutritional biochemistry from U.C. Berkeley and a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. He was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 22 and has spent the past 11 years of his life studying pancreatic islet cell failure and insulin resistance. Often described as enthusiastic and passionate about nutrition and exercise, Cyrus works with clients across the globe through Mangoman Nutrition and Fitness coaching to teach the principles of attaining top-notch blood-sugar control by reversing the root cause of diabetes—insulin resistance—instead of just treating the symptoms of high blood sugar. He recently published the Carbohydrate Ninja Recipe Guide.
Does cyrus khambatta's way of eating cause cancer to grow?
Thanks for asking, Guinlan. Many have healed and prevented cancer diagnoses from leading a fruit-based raw vegan diet. You can explore more about cancer on my website: https://www.fruit-powered.com/?s=cancer. Megan Sherow reversed stage 3 brain cancer with this diet: https://www.fruit-powered.com/megan-sherow/.
I'm 72 type 2 diabetic and cannot afford to go to your seminars. Not being very athletic, but implementing what info I can get from the website, it seems to start to work lower glucose.
Guinlan, just so you're aware, this is not Cyrus' website. This website belongs to me, Brian Rossiter. If you are interested in raw food coaching, you can explore what I offer here: https://www.Fruit-Powered.com/fruit-powered-life-force-center/fruit-powered-lifestyle-coaching-program/. I also work one on one with clients who want to eliminate chronic pain, enjoy a functional body and get into the best shape of their lives: https://www.Fruit-Powered.com/posture-exercises-method-pain-relief-peak-performance/.


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Bruce DeSilva, né en  à Taunton au Massachusetts, est un écrivain américain, auteur de roman policier.

Biographie
Il grandit dans sa petite ville natale de Taunton, au Massachusetts, frappée, alors qu'il est âgé de 10 ans, par la fermeture de l'usine et principal employeur.

Il travaille pendant quarante ans comme journaliste au The Hartford Courant et au The Providence Journal, avant de devenir critique littéraire pour The New York Times et Publishers Weekly. Il se consacre ensuite entièrement à l'écriture.

En littérature, il est surtout connu comme l'auteur de la série policière ayant pour héros le reporter Liam Mulligan.

En 2011, il obtient le prix Edgar-Allan-Poe et le prix Macavity du meilleur premier roman pour Rogue Island (Pyromanie).

Œuvre

Romans

Série Liam Mulligan

Autre publication

Prix et distinctions

Prix
 Prix Edgar-Allan-Poe 2011 du meilleur premier roman pour Rogue Island
 Prix Macavity 2011 du meilleur premier roman pour Rogue Island

Nominations
 Prix Anthony 2011 du meilleur premier roman pour Rogue Island
 Prix Barry 2011 du meilleur premier roman pour Rogue Island
 Prix Shamus 2011 du meilleur premier roman pour Rogue Island
 Prix Barry 2015 du meilleur roman pour Providence Rag

Notes et références

Liens externes

  Biographie et bibliographie sur le site Fantastic Fiction

Naissance en 1946
Naissance à Taunton (Massachusetts)
Romancier américain du XXIe siècle
Auteur américain de roman policier
Lauréat du prix Edgar-Allan-Poe
Lauréat du prix Macavity


A unique church doing life together in Lawrence, KS. Their mission: Grow disciples who come together often and dig deep in order to plant a culture that serves our city and reproduces disciples.
The church loves to serve the city. They ask the question; if GreenHouse was gone would the city notice?
This 6 year old church has just purchased a building in downtown Lawrence and is converting an old Buffalo Wild Wings into a front café and the main meeting area inside. The building has an upper business wing that has been converted into Youth Ministries spaces.


I am trying to run the JDBC sender adapter every 3 minutes based on the poll interval to select rows from Oracle db.
In the select and update statements when I use the rownum < '11' and flag condition (Y or N), then I see XI is picking up 10 rows in a two times and I see two parallel processes in SXMB_MONI.
I want XI to run only pickup 10 rows for every 3 minutes and update only 10 rows in Oracle to "N" from "Y".
When I take out the rownum condition from update I do not see this issue.
Update <TABLE> set status_flag = 'N' WHERE status_flag = 'Y' and rownum < '11'.
Can some body point me in the right direction ?
See if this works. Though I never came across such a scenario, I can think what to be done in this case.
Create a staging table as same structure as from where our JDBC adapter is picking up the data currently.
Whrite a tigger(after delete) on staging table to call a stored procedure.
stored procedure will select the data from source table and insert them in to staging table (rownum<11) as well as update the flag column in source table.
Now load the staging table initially from source table with only 10 rows (one time process). Configure your JDBC adapter on staging table. In update sqlquery field of JDBC adapter write delete statement for all the data from staging table to be purged, as there will not be more than 10 rows at any time and after each time the adapter supplied Delete statement will purge the data so you dont have to worry about selecting 10 rows or updating 10 rows from JDBC adapter. As every time the trigger after delete statement will fire and load only 10 rows from source marking those 10 rows as read_already status.
NOTE: for Calling stored procedure from trigger follow your database SQL reference documentation.
I realized that I cannot use the temp table solution as I have to <u>update the source database</u> table with the return data (unique field) from R/3 to the corresponding row.
I think, the only option is using the Update statement as you mentioned.
Also just check to use some of Advance Mode Parameters of the Sender JDBC Adapter..


One of the most romantic cities in the world, Udaipur is nestled among the lush green Aravalis ranges. A legend goes into the making of the city. When the Emperor Akbar sacked Chittaurgarh, the capital of Maharana Udai Singh, a holy man guided the Maharana to re-build his capital here.
A travel to Udaipur would take you to the enchanting land where grand palaces overlook picture-pretty lakes, temples and havelis play hide and seek with myths, legends and history. The city aptly merits the epithet - the "Venice of the East".
Take a peek at the royal garments, armory and utilities of daily chores at the City Palace Museum, cruise in boat on the Lake Pichola or pay a visit to the exquisite sculptures in its temples as you travel to Udaipur. Saunter around in the lanes and by-lanes of the city, where old havelis has a separate tale of valor and romance to tell you.
Treasure your travel to Udaipur with a stay at a heritage hotel. Exquisite chandeliers, antique furniture, rare paintings, unique crystal crockery would transport you to a fairytale world of royal grandeur.
Last, but not the least important is the Shilpgram ! Don't give it a miss as you travel to it if you have a penchant for traditional Indian art and craft.
Udaipur is often referred as the 'Venice of the East'. The picturesque landscape, filled with lakes, temples, palaces, gardens and monuments, is one of the most romantic cities in India. 'How to reach Udaipur' provides helpful information to access the city by air, rail or road. Udaipur deservingly features among the most important tourist destination in the state of Rajasthan. No wonder that in the peak seasons, the city is a huge hit with visitors across the globe.
By Road - The city is conveniently connected with important destinations of Rajasthan and neighbouring states like: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra by extensive road network. Besides, the government run RST (Rajasthan State Transport) buses can also be a help for commuting in and out of the city.


As I've previously stated, it was a relatively low key trip to Edmonton, Canada that got me into Harry Potter. I didn't have much to do, so thought "what the hell?" and with trepidation gave it a go. I'm glad that I did of course, being the big Harry Potter fan that I am now. The experience taught me literally to never judge a book by its cover, and since one of the cousins I'm staying with here in Edmonton has all of the Twilight saga I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to check those out too. Unfortunately it didn't pay off this time. Quite the opposite in fact. Twilight was bad.
I'd be the first to admit that I'm a sappy guy. I love rom-coms, thrive on teen drama and get sucked in by literary romance. So no, I don't think my opinion of this book simply stems from me being a guy who "just doesn't get it". For a start, I like to think I can distinguish between good and bad literature - and since even Twilight fans themselves admit that the books are badly written I think we can accept that this ain't no literary masterpiece.
But it's not necessary technical excellence which makes a good book good. You also need a good plot, good characterisation and a sense of realism (which itself doesn't have to be possible in real life). We'll tackle these in order, shall we?
The plot is non-existent. For the most part it revolves around Bella; what she eats for breakfast, what classes she has in school and what she wants to wear each morning. Okay, there is the non-trivial aspect of her relationship with Edward, but this is presented in such a mundane and haphazard way it hardly qualifies as something that a whole book can ride on. Toward the end things change a bit - for the better - and we're at last treated to a bit of progressive drama, but it's hardly worth it over all.
Characterisation is admittedly pretty good. The problem here is that the characters are all annoying waste-of-spaces - Bella being a self involved little cow and Edward a bit too inhumane (which might actually be the point). They're extremely imbalanced both in how the emotions, thoughts and actions are demonstrated and what they actually are; anyone reading would think there's extreme levels of puberty hormones in the water of Forks.
Finally there's the level of realism or believability. This stuff was unreal; and no, not just 'cos it involved vampires (you're reading the blog of a die-hard Buffy fan, remember?). It read like a cheap Mills & Boon novel with talk of "marble-like-chests", "angel like perfection" and numerous breaths being taken away. There's only so many "you complete me"s one can take before wanting to slap all those involved.
There really isn't much good I can say about Twilight, and I'm honestly baffled at the popularity of such a book. That such cheap and shallow literature has made it so big is kinda scary, especially when this success revolves around such a basic premise (that's Edward, by the way). I've not been so disappointed since reading The DaVinci Code.
Apparently this was the best book in the series. I shan't be reading the other three. So no, no recommendations here; if you want good a good love story pick up something like The Time Traveller's Wife instead.
watch the movie...it's just as bad!
haven't read it. won't read it. tried to read some Harry Potter but found it awfully written.
instead read Philip Pullman's BRILLIANT His Dark Materials (but don't watch the awful awful movie version of The Golden Compass).
you just lost fifty followers..or is that twitter?