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Die Strategie der Europäischen Union für den Donauraum ist eine Strategie der Europäischen Kommission, die auf eine engere Zusammenarbeit der Staaten entlang der Donau abzielt. Schwerpunkte sind dabei die Bereiche Infrastruktur, Umweltschutz, die Schaffung von Wohlstand sowie gute Regierungsführung.

Hintergrund

Das Konzept der Makroregion

Als Makroregion bezeichnet die Europäische Kommission "ein Gebiet, das mehrere Verwaltungsregionen umfasst, aber genügend gemeinsame Themen aufweist, um ein einheitliches strategisches Konzept zu rechtfertigen". Verschiedene Regionen der Europäischen Union beginnen damit, sich als Makroregionen zu benennen bzw. werden als solche bezeichnet – neben der Ostsee etwa das Mittelmeer, die Region Alpen-Adria, der Atlantikbogen oder die Donau. Ziel einer solchen regionalen Kooperation ist eine projektbezogene grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit in Sektoren, die für die betroffene Region von besonderem gemeinsamen Interesse sind. Die Europäische Kommission übernimmt hierbei die Koordinierung und unterstützt die betroffenen Akteure bei der Durchführung der jeweiligen Maßnahmen. Neben der Kommission sowie den beteiligten Staaten und Regionen begreift sich der Ausschuss der Regionen (AdR) als zentraler Akteur auf dem Gebiet der Makroregionen.

Der Donauraum als Makroregion

Die Donau durchfließt als Europas zweitlängster Fluss vom Schwarzwald ins Schwarze Meer zehn Länder, mehr als 100 Millionen Menschen leben in ihrem Einzugsbereich. Insgesamt vierzehn Länder beteiligen sich an der Donaustrategie. Acht von ihnen gehören der Europäischen Union an – davon sechs seit den beiden Osterweiterungen 2004/2007 –, sechs stehen außerhalb mit verschieden gelagerten Beitrittsperspektiven. Sowohl von den Anrainerstaaten als auch von der Europäischen Kommission wird die Donau dabei als verbindendes Element betrachtet. In der Donaustrategie werden Herausforderungen und Potentiale definiert, denen sich die betroffenen Akteure gemeinsam widmen wollen.

Entstehungsgeschichte der Donaustrategie

Die ursprüngliche Initiative zu einer Donaustrategie ging von der Europäischen Kommission aus. Auf einer Konferenz in Brüssel im Oktober 2008, zu der das Bundesland Baden-Württemberg und Ministerpräsident Günther Oettinger geladen hatten, forderte die damalige Kommissarin für Regionalpolitik Danuta Hübner "eine spezifische Strategie, vergleichbar mit der die wir für den Ostseeraum entwickeln". Schwerpunkte sollten "Ökologie, Verkehr und sozioökonomische Themen" sein. Im Zusammenhang mit der Formulierung der Ostseestrategie im ersten Halbjahr 2009 ersuchte der Rat der Europäischen Union auf seiner Tagung in Brüssel am 18./19. Juni 2009 die Kommission, bis Ende 2010 eine EU-Strategie für den Donauraum vorzulegen. Dem schloss sich am 7. Oktober 2009 der Ausschuss der Regionen an. Als Schwerpunkte der Strategie schlug der Ausschuss den Ausbau der Verkehrsinfrastruktur, die grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit im Hochwasserschutz, gemeinschaftliche Tourismuskonzepte und die regionale Kulturarbeit vor. Insbesondere wurde die "kulturelle Brückenfunktion der Städte und Gemeinden"  hervorgehoben.

Am 21. Januar 2010 kam auch das Europäische Parlament zu einer Entschließung zu einer europäischen Strategie für den Donauraum. Darin betonte es die Vorbildfunktion der Ostseestrategie und verwies auf die lange Tradition der Zusammenarbeit im Donauraum, die auf die 1856 gegründete Europäische Donaukommission zurückgehe. Zugleich machte es deutlich, dass angesichts der Tatsache, dass nicht alle Länder des Donauraums Mitglieder der EU sind, die Donaustrategie einen wichtigen Knotenpunkt zwischen der Kohäsionspolitik und der Europäischen Nachbarschaftspolitik darstellt. Durch ein Verständnis vom Donauraum als Makroregion könnten die regionalen Unterschiede in der Wirtschaftsleistung überwunden werden. Konkret solle die Strategie folgende Elemente umfassen: Umweltschutz, Verbesserung der Infrastruktur, Verbesserung der Wasserqualität, Sicherheit des Schiffsverkehrs, Tourismus sowie Bildung, Forschung und sozialer Zusammenhalt. Zudem sollten der akademische Austausch und der kulturelle Dialog gefördert werden.

Beruhend auf der Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments, veröffentlichte die Kommission am 2. Februar 2010 ein Rahmenpapier, in dem sie die alle beteiligten Akteure – Mitgliedstaaten, Nachbarländer, Regionen, Kommunen, internationale Organisationen, Sozialpartner und Zivilgesellschaft – zur Beteiligung aufrief. Darin unterteilte sie die Aspekte der Donaustrategie in die Punkte Verbesserung der Zugänglichkeit und der Kommunikationssysteme, Umweltschutz und Verbesserung der Wasserqualität sowie Stärkung der sozioökonomischen, menschlichen sowie institutionellen Entwicklung. Im Anschluss an die Konsultation stellte die Kommission am 8. Dezember 2010 ihren Vorschlag für eine EU-Strategie im Donauraum vor. Diesem wurde am 13. April 2011 von den EU-Mitgliedstaaten zugestimmt, die nun mit der Umsetzung der Strategie beginnen können.

Akteure

Beteiligte EU-Mitgliedstaaten

Bulgarien
Deutschland
Kroatien
Österreich
Rumänien
Slowakei
Slowenien
Tschechien
Ungarn

Andere beteiligte Staaten

Bosnien-Herzegowina
Moldawien
Montenegro
Serbien
Ukraine

Andere Akteure

Europäische Kommission
Europäisches Parlament
Ausschuss der Regionen

Schwerpunkte

Die EU-Strategie für den Donauraum besteht aus den vier Säulen "Anbindung des Donauraums", "Umweltschutz im Donauraum", "Aufbau von Wohlstand im Donauraum" sowie "Stärkung des Donauraums". Diese vier Säulen sind weiter in elf Schwerpunktbereiche unterteilt. Der EU-Regionalkommissar Johannes Hahn gab am 3. Februar 2011 gemeinsam mit dem ungarischen Außenminister János Martonyi Koordinatoren für die elf thematischen Schwerpunkte der EU-Strategie für den Donauraum bekannt. Die thematischen Schwerpunkte umfassen u. a. die Förderung der Nutzung nachhaltiger Energien, die Förderung von Kultur und Tourismus, die Verbesserung der institutionellen Kapazität und Zusammenarbeit.

Infrastruktur

Dies umfasst vor allem die Verbesserung der Anbindung des Donauraums durch Verbesserung der Mobilität, Förderung der Nutzung nachhaltiger Energien sowie Förderung von Kultur und Tourismus. Im Bereich Verkehr sollen die Binnenschifffahrt gestärkt und die Straßen-, Schienen- und Luftverkehrsinfrastrukturen verbessert. Zudem soll die Energieinfrastruktur modernisiert und werden. Im Bereich Kultur und Tourismus soll gemeinsames und nachhaltiges Konzept für die Aufwertung und Bekanntmachung des Donauraums erstellt werden.

Umweltschutz

Dies betrifft zum einen die Sicherstellung einer guten Wasserqualität entsprechend der EU-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie, zum anderen Katastrophenvorsorge- und -managementmaßnahmen entsprechend der Hochwasserrichtlinie, der Seveso-Richtlinie, der Bergbauabfallrichtlinie und der Umwelthaftungsrichtlinie. Dazu kommt die Erhaltung der biologischen Vielfalt und der Naturschutzgebiete.

Schaffung von Wohlstand

Dieser Bereich umfasst Investitionen in Bildung und Qualifikationen, Forschung und Innovation sowie die gezielte Förderung von Unternehmen durch bessere Vernetzung und die Einrichtung von sog. "Exzellenzzentren". Dazu kommen die Armutsbekämpfung und die Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen.

Gute Regierungsführung

Hierzu zählen der Erfahrungsaustausch über gute Verwaltungspraxis und der Kampf gegen Korruption, organisierte und schwere Kriminalität.

Siehe auch
 Rat der Donaustädte und -regionen

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
 Donaustrategie der Europäischen Kommission (PDF; 72 kB)

 Umfassendes deutschsprachiges Portal des gemeinnützigen Europa Zentrums Baden-Württemberg zur EU-Donauraumstrategie

Donau
Regionalpolitik der Europäischen Union
Zwischenstaatliche Kooperation in Europa


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This is a list of reports and publications that the SSI has either contributed to, or are related to software sustainability.
Recommendation of the OECD Council concerning Access to Research Data from Public Funding (2021): https://www.oecd.org/sti/recommendation-access-to-research-data-from-public-funding.htm
UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science (2021): https://en.unesco.org/science-sustainable-future/open-science/recommendation
NISO Reproducibility Badging and Definitions: A Recommended Practice of the National Information Standards Organization (2021): https://doi.org/10.3789/niso-rp-31-2021
Software Sustainability & High Energy Physics (2020): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4082137
OECD Building digital workforce capacity and skills for data-intensive science (2020): https://doi.org/10.1787/e08aa3bb-en
Six Recommendations for Implementation of FAIR Practice: By the FAIR in practice task force of the European open science cloud FAIR working group (2020): https://doi.org/10.2777/986252
Research Data Alliance COVID-19 Guidelines and Recommendations (2020): https://doi.org/10.15497/rda00052
UNESCO Paris Call: Software Source Code as Heritage for Sustainable Development (2019): https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000366715.locale=en
Research Software Engineers: State of the Nation Report 2017: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.495360
Research Software Sustainability: Report on Knowledge Exchange workshop (2016): http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/6332/1/Research_Software_Sustainability_Report_on_KE_Workshop_Feb_2016_FINAL.pdf
An Open Science Peer Review Oath (2015): https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/files/18438456/10.12688_f1000research.5686.2_20150122.pdf
e-IRG Policy Paper on Scientific Software (2012): https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/files/18702362/Policy_Paper_Scientific_Software_2012.pdf
UKRI Policy / Strategy
Shaping data and software policy in the arts and humanities research community: https://www.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AHRC-011122-SSIReport-ShapingDataAndSoftwarePolicyInTheArtsAndHumanities.pdf
BBSRC Review of Technology Development in the Biosciences (2022): https://www.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BBSRC-181122-ReviewTechnologyDevelopmentBiosciences.pdf
UKRI Net Zero Digital Research Infrastructure Scoping Project Interim Report (2022): https://zenodo.org/record/7016952#.Y5hac-zP2uM
Particle Physics: Towards a UK Technology R&D Roadmap for Accelerators, Detectors, and Software and Computing: A report provided by the Particle Physics Technology Advisory Panel on behalf of the STFC scientific community (2022): https://www.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/STFC-220822-ParticlePhysicsTowardsUKTechnologyRDRoadmapAcceleratorsDetectorsSoftwareComputingReport.pdf
ExCALIBUR Research Software Engineer Knowledge Integration Landscape Review (2021): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4986061
BBSRC Review of Data-Intensive Biology (2020): https://www.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/BBSRC-201120-ReviewOfDataIntensiveBioscience.pdf
The UK's research and innovation infrastructure: opportunities to grow our capability (2020): https://www.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/UKRI-201020-UKinfrastructure-opportunities-to-grow-our-capacity-FINAL.pdf
The UK's research and innovation Infrastructure: Landscape Analysis (2020): https://www.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/UKRI-201020-LandscapeAnalysis-FINAL.pdf
UKRI Science Use Case for UK Supercomputing (2020): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4985323
UKRI e-Infrastructure Roadmaps (2019): not publicly published
Calls for Evidence / Input
Future of Compute (2022)
UK Science and Technology Committee Reproducibility and research integrity inquiry (2021)
UKRI Open Access Consultation (2020)
US Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications (2020)
NSF Cyberinfrastructure Workforce Development (2020)
NIHR/AMS/MRC AI and Health Roundtable (2019)
UKRI AI Review (2019)
BBSRC Strategy (2017)
US NIH Strategies for NIH Data Management (2017)
BBSRC/MRC Vulnerable Skills Survey (2014)
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"I Believe in You", pjesma od Agnes Carlsson s albuma Stronger
"I Believe in You", pjesma od Boba Dylana s albuma Slow Train Coming
"I Believe in You", pjesma od Jaya Seana s albuma Me Against Myself
"I Believe in You", pjesma od Neila Younga s albuma After the Gold Rush
"I Believe in You", pjesma od sastava Stryper s albuma In God We Trust
"I Believe in You", pjesma od sastava Talk Talk s albuma Spirit of Eden
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"Believe in You", pjesma od Amande Marshall s albuma Tuesday's Child
I Believe in You. Your Magic Is Real album od sastava YACHT
"I Believe in You and Me", pjesma od sastava The Four Tops koju je obradila i Whitney Houston
"I Don't Believe in You", pjesma od sastava Talk Talk s albuma The Colour of Spring
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The Antos Tanning Oil provides a fast, intensive and lasting natural tan thanks to the inclusion of carotene. Extracts obtained from nut shells promotes the tanning processes and provides low UVA protection.
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Thanks to abundant imagination and skillful hands, human has created such beautiful, spectacular mazes all over the world.
Reignac-sur-Indre maze is a famous maze in France. It is the perfect destination for those who love mazes. This is the largest plant maze in the world.
One of the most intriguing mazes in the world is Longleat Hedge Maze, located in Wiltshire, England. The length of each hedgerow here is from 1.8 km to 5.4 km.
Glenmorgan Garden is a famous maze located in Cornwall, England. You'll be wandering through three valleys and if lucky, will find a small hut in the middle. This is where many visitors said they yearn to discover once.
Berlepsch, Germany. This is probably the maze built from corn field appeared in the nightmares of so many people.
Dole Pineapple Plantation, Hawaii, USA is maze with 4.5 km in length, was inspired by pineapple with 14,000 colorful trees.
Parc del Laberint d'Horta garden maze is one of the oldest parks in Spain. On the entrance of this maze is a marble relief of Ariadne and Theseus, in the middle is a statue of Eros.
Xinning, China. China is a country that hosts a lot of ice and snow festivals in winter. Coming here, you will see some really troublesome and chilly mazes on this occasion.
Guangfu town in Taiwan grows a lot of sugarcane. The Sugar Factory here is a favorite spot for tourists because they can enjoy the snow ice cream with countless different flavors. Besides, the large maze here also attracts many tourists, because looking down from high above, it is shaped like an aboriginal person.
Pollok House in Scotland contains a tiny maze, with super small but also incredibly beautiful fences. The flowers spread around it had been dubbed "Europe's most beautiful park".
Dixon, California. This corn field maze once received the World Guinness record for its extremely large size. This year, Cool Patch Pumpkins maze was built in 53 acres, and still is a problem with the whole corn and corn.


This paper highlights that the distribution of income and wealth in developing countries has become a matter of great concern to all those interested in development. The paper highlights that in Latin America, the poorest half of the population receives about the same share of income as the top 1 percent and the lowest 70–75 percent of the population the same share as the top 5 percent. It is clear that the distribution of income and wealth will have substantial implications for the pattern of consumption and production in developing countries.


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Home » interview • new release • prog » Stick Man for Stick Men: The Pat Mastelotto Interview, Part 1
Posted in interview, new release, prog By Bill Kopp On August 7, 2013
Stick Man for Stick Men: The Pat Mastelotto Interview, Part 1
Though his major-label introduction to the rock world was as drummer for Mr. Mister, Pat Mastelotto's résumé would subsequently include a staggering list of credits in a dizzying array of different projects. His work with King Crimson – as part of the renowned "double trio" configuration (on and off since around 1995) is perhaps his most well-known gig, but this busy percussionist is seemingly everywhere. I first met and interviewed him on the "Two of a Perfect Trio" tour (that aggregation has since renamed itself The Crimson ProjeKct). Recently I talked with him about Deep, the latest album from Stick Men, a power trio of sorts featuring Markus Reuter and Tony Levin along with Mastelotto. – bk
Bill Kopp: The relationship between percussion and bass guitar is pretty well understood. How does that relationship change – from your point of view – when you're working with a Chapman Stick player?
Pat Mastelotto: Aha…that's a pretty darn good question! The first thing that's a big, big difference is, the Stick is so percussive. The attack – a lot of times on recordings – it sounds like the kick drum. It's got so much punch, and there's just a different center to it. So it works in [a drummer's] favor, I think, to simplify your kick drum pattern. Because on a lot of those 16th-beat faster Stick parts, the sounds clash! (giggles)
And then you've got the whole thing that the rhythms Touch style Player gravitate towards, by playing hand to hand, seem more in line with the drummer's thinking. In terms of stickings, or "handings" (laughs) or whatever you might call 'em. Not so much the finger-tapping, but more the rudimental building blocks below the fingers.
BK: I hadn't thought about the percussive nature of the Stick until you mentioned it, but now I can definitely hear that…
PM: Oh, yeah. It's like having another bass drum player in the band. Y'know, when me and Bill [Bruford] play together, or Gavin [Harrison] or Tobias [Ralph of Two of a Perfect Trio, all percussionists] play together – or anybody – we try to really simplify our kick drums most of all, and limit the unison parts. And yet when you're trying to play with a Stick player…it's really tough to do.
And I can tell you a couple more things that come to mind right away. When you play with a bass player, he usually looks at you! Bass players turn toward drummers and groove. But Stick players look down (laughs). So all I see are backs of necks. These touch guys, it's a whole different thing. I tend to do that a lot myself; playing with my ear more than my eyes, especially with Markus [Reuter]. Even if he's on another instrument, he is of that nature: no clues. You don't look – or telegraph things – even to help your bandmates! (laughs) You just turn away and think, "[the other guy] should be able to do it blindfolded."
BK: How did the nature and sound of Stick Men change once Markus joined?
PM: No offense to Mike [Bernier], but it became much more consistent. Mike was a bit of a wild card. He played brilliant, just brilliant. But he played by ear. And sometimes – and an example – on a song that he'd start, he'd start it in a different key every night. (chuckles) He might have heard a different tonal center at that moment, and off he went. So after we'd finish, later that night, I'd say to Tony [Levin], "Tony, you never played the low part." And he's day, "I couldn't! Mike was in another key, so I had to transpose." Since I'm playing drums, I don't think about that "key" thing.
And then there's the whole flavor of songwriting in the band. Mike added a fusion-y element to the band, that sort of Mahavishnu kind of element. And Markus is very different from that. I don't know how to describe it; he's more stark…well, I'll leave it to you guys to describe it.
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As a working mother of two young children, dinners are often picked up on the way home. Then there are the numerous potlucks and family gatherings where everyone brings their own specialty dish.
For me, my specialty usually ends up being a la takeout. But thanks to restaurants such as Shiro's Saimin Haven, I can still bring a home-style cooked menu item, but without the time-consuming prepping, cooking and cleaning.
Founded in 1969 by Shiro Matsuo, Shiro's is known for its long list of saimin combinations, including a new Asian Vegetarian Saimin ($7.50) with aburage, shiitake mushrooms and vegetables. But the family-friendly restaurant (and a perfect place to take Mom for Mother's Day) also offers a wide variety of breakfast, lunch and dinner options, including burgers, sandwiches and Hawaiian food. Add great prices and a friendly staff to the mix, and it's no surprise that the eatery continues to be a local favorite.
As for its personalized catering service, the selections are endless as well. There are different types of chicken, beef, pork and seafood dishes, including barbecue short ribs, pork adobo, shoyu pork, garlic shrimp, fried noodles, sushi platters, bentos and more.
A popular choice, especially for "soccer moms" or any sports event, is the Hot Dog & Spam Musubi Platter ($20), which includes 16 small Spam musubi and 10 small hot dog musubi made with an original in-house teriyaki sauce. Another possibility is the Chicken Platter ($27 for 15 people, $45 for 25 people), which includes three choices of chicken (mochiko, garlic, lemon, Korean, yakitori, katsu or Buffalo wings).
"Our lemon chicken is different from other places in the fact that we use locally grown lemons, tangerines, oranges and other different citrus flavors such as calamansi," says Bryce Fujimoto, catering manager. "It's sweet and savory. Also, our Korean chicken is just a little spicy; it has just enough bite to it."
Large orders require three days' notice, and individual orders need only one-day notice. Limited delivery also is available on orders for 50 people or more.
During my most recent visit to the Waimalu restaurant, I was pleasantly surprised to see Shiro himself sitting at a booth enjoying breakfast. "He still makes it a point to come every morning," explains Fujimoto, noting that his grandpa just turned 93.
While Shiro is no longer involved in the day-to-day operations of the business, his heart remains at the core of everything, including the walls, where you'll find inspirational poems he's composed for more than 30 years.
Chicken Platter ($27 for 15 people, $45 for 25 people)
Asian Vegetarian Saimin ($7.50)
Hot Dog & Spam Musubi Platter ($20)
Servers Roy Cordero and Kristel Escano with founder Shiro Matsuo
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Only 3.6% Of 1% Are Entrepreneurs, And Other Useful Info
The next time a politician starts talking about "shared sacrifice" and "skin in the game," send them this Alternet article that puts that horse hockey in perspective: 1. Only THREE PERCENT of the very rich are entrepreneurs. According to
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The next time a politician starts talking about "shared sacrifice" and "skin in the game," send them this Alternet article that puts that horse hockey in perspective:
1. Only THREE PERCENT of the very rich are entrepreneurs.
According to both Marketwatch and economist Edward Wolff, over 90 percent of the assets owned by millionaires are held in a combination of low-risk investments (bonds and cash), personal business accounts, the stock market, and real estate. Only 3.6 percent of taxpayers in the top .1% were classified as entrepreneurs based on 2004 tax returns. A 2009 Kauffman Foundation study found that the great majority of entrepreneurs come from middle-class backgrounds, with less than 1 percent of all entrepreneurs coming from very rich or very poor backgrounds.
2. Only FOUR OUT OF 150 countries have more wealth inequality than us.
In a world listing compiled by a reputable research team (which nevertheless prompted double-checking), the U.S. has greater wealth inequality than every measured country in the world except for Namibia, Zimbabwe, Denmark, and Switzerland.
3. An amount equal to ONE-HALF the GDP is held untaxed overseas by rich Americans.
The Tax Justice Network estimated that between $21 and $32 trillion is hidden offshore, untaxed. With Americans making up 40% of the world's Ultra High Net Worth Individuals, that's $8 to $12 trillion in U.S. money stashed in far-off hiding places.
Based on a historical stock market return of 6%, up to $750 billion of income is lost to the U.S. every year, resulting in a tax loss of about $260 billion.
4. Corporations stopped paying HALF OF THEIR TAXES after the recession.
After paying an average of 22.5% from 1987 to 2008, corporations have paid an annual rate of 10% since. This represents a sudden $250 billion annual loss in taxes.
U.S. corporations have shown a pattern of tax reluctance for more than 50 years, despite building their businesses with American research and infrastructure. They've passed the responsibility on to their workers. For every dollar of workers' payroll tax paid in the 1950s, corporations paid three dollars. Now it's 22 cents.
5. Just TEN Americans made a total of FIFTY BILLION DOLLARS in one year.
That's enough to pay the salaries of over a million nurses or teachers or emergency responders.
That's enough, according to 2008 estimates by the Food and Agriculture Organization and the UN's World Food Program, to feed the 870 million people in the world who are lacking sufficient food.
For the free-market advocates who say "they've earned it": Point #1 above makes it clear how the wealthy make their money.
6. Tax deductions for the rich could pay off 100 PERCENT of the deficit.
Another stat that required a double-check. Based on research by the Tax Policy Center, tax deferrals and deductions and other forms of tax expenditures (tax subsidies from special deductions, exemptions, exclusions, credits, capital gains, and loopholes), which largely benefit the rich, are worth about 7.4% of the GDP, or about $1.1 trillion.
Other sources have estimated that about two-thirds of the annual $850 billion in tax expenditures goes to the top quintile of taxpayers.
7. The average single black or Hispanic woman has about $100 IN NET WORTH.
The Insight Center for Community Economic Development reported that median wealth for black and Hispanic women is a little over $100. That's much less than one percent of the median wealth for single white women ($41,500).
Other studies confirm the racially-charged economic inequality in our country. For every dollar of NON-HOME wealth owned by white families, people of color have only one cent.
8. Elderly and disabled food stamp recipients get $4.30 A DAY FOR FOOD.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) has dropped significantly over the past 15 years, serving only about a quarter of the families in poverty, and paying less than $400 per month for a family of three for housing and other necessities. Ninety percent of the available benefits go to the elderly, the disabled, or working households.
Food stamp recipients get $4.30 a day.
9. Young adults have lost TWO-THIRDS OF THEIR NET WORTH since 1984.
21- to 35-year-olds: Your median net worth has dropped 68% since 1984. It's now less than $4,000.
That $4,000 has to pay for student loans that average $27,200. Or, if you're still in school, for $12,700 in credit card debt.
With an unemployment rate for 16- to 24-year-olds of almost 50%, two out of every five recent college graduates are living with their parents. But your favorite company may be hiring. Apple, which makes a profit of $420,000 per employee, can pay you about $12 per hour.
10. The American public paid about FOUR TRILLION DOLLARS to bail out the banks.
That's about the same amount of money made by America's richest 10% in one year. But we all paid for the bailout. And because of it, we lost the opportunity for jobs, mortgage relief, and educational funding.
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Столпер — фамилия. Известные носители:
 Столпер, Александр Борисович (1907—1979) — советский кинорежиссёр и сценарист, педагог.
 Столпер, Вольфганг (1912—2002) — американский экономист австрийского происхождения.


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New study: Unsaturated fat associated with fatty liver disease
Bethesda, MD (June 14, 2017) — As the obesity epidemic continues, new data shed light on which nutrients and what quantity of those nutrients promote health or disease. In the American Gastroenterological Association journal, Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, scientists report on the role of macronutrients in the development of metabolically unhealthy obesity — cases where patients have diseases with obesity as the root cause, specifically nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).1
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), studied two groups of mice fed diets supplemented with either saturated fat or unsaturated fat. Surprisingly, they found that ingestion of starch and the monounsaturated fatty acid oleate led to fatty liver disease, mimicking the effects of a high-fat "western diet."
"Although purported to have many health benefits, including a favorable lipid profile, too much unsaturated fat can have significant adverse effects on metabolism," said lead author Caroline C. Duwaerts, PhD, of the department of medicine and The Liver Center at UCSF. "Our research adds new information to the understanding of metabolically unhealthy obesity and should lead to additional studies focusing on saturated vs. unsaturated fats and macronutrient concentration."
Writing in an accompanying editorial ("In NAFLD, You Are What You Eat, Not Simply How Much You Eat"2), Rotonya Carr, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania notes that "this study demonstrates clearly that nutrient composition (not simply total caloric intake) matters in the pathogenesis of NAFLD and supports the findings of other groups who have demonstrated similarly that the combination of high carbohydrate/high fat diet promotes liver injury."
Monounsaturated fats are a type of unsaturated fat that are thought to help lower cholesterol levels when used in place of saturated fats in a person's diet. Monounsaturated fats include oils, such as olive, peanut and canola, as well as avocados and some nuts and seeds. Saturated fats, which are found in animal-based foods, such as meat, cheese and butter, are thought to raise bad cholesterol and lead to increased risk of heart disease.
1 Duwaerts CC, et al. Specific Macronutrients Exert Unique Influences on the Adipose-Liver Axis to Promote Hepatic Steatosis in Mice, Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2017), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmgh.2017.04.004. http://www.cmghjournal.org/article/S2352-345X(17)30078-4/fulltext
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It is third in a series of national-level hackathon organised by team codeUtsava. It includes 6 speakers very renowned and respected in their own fields ranging from data structures and competitive programming to the latest blockchain. It would be a 28-hour event including hackathon and tech-talks.


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Steve Tate
Steven Artist Tate, 50, of Pfafftown passed away early Saturday morning, June 19, 2004, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born Feb. 6, 1954, in Forsyth County to Gorrell Lee and Ruth Artist Tate. Steve was previously employed by G&S Turf Equipment in Greensboro and Carswell Distributing Co. in Winston-Salem. Most recently he was owner and operator of Steve Tate Trucking Co. Steve was a member of Old Town Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his mother; and his mother-in-law, Mildred H. Sheek. Surviving are his wife, Deborah Gilland Tate of the home; his father of Winston-Salem; his sisters, Mickie T. Mizelle of Rocky Mount and Tina T. Royals and husband, Mark of Raleigh; an aunt, Joyce Gentry of Winston-Salem; a special cousin, Phil Gentry and wife, Sue of Kannapolis; his sisters-in-law, Renee Large and husband, Harrold of Pfafftown and Kelley Hedrick of Greensboro; five nephews, Tate and Chris Mizelle, both of Rocky Mount, Cameron Large and wife, Shana of Pfafftown and Travis and Chase Hedrick, both of Greensboro; and a special dog, Jenkins.


The Mendocino Complex fire in Northern California just made dubious history as the state's largest-ever blaze.
It's becoming commonplace that wildfires across the Golden State engulf homes, scorch heirlooms and family photos, and claim lives.
The reason these wildfires seem more destructive is that people and fires are coming together, experts say.
Strader, who tracks population growth, published a new analysis in the journal Natural Hazards, finding a 1,000 percent increase in the number of western U.S. homes at risk from a wildfire over the past 50 years – from about 607,000 in 1940 to 6.7 million in 2010.
About one-third of Californians live in areas where homes co-mingle with wildlands, called the wildland-urban interface. For instance, the entire city of Chico sits in that transitional zone between unoccupied land and human development.
Read about another significant factor that's causing the wildfire problem to get worse at mercurynews.com.
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The UHEC Patriarch Mstyslav Museum permanent collection consists of over 15,000 objects of folk art, fine art, religious ritual objects, textiles, and icons, as well as objects that document Ukrainian and Ukrainian American cultural, religious, and political history.
The UHEC Metr. Andrew Kuschak Memorial Archives holds hundreds of collections documenting the lives and work of Ukrainian and Ukrainian American individuals, families, organizations, and parishes. It also houses a major collection of Ukrainian recorded sound, which includes thousands of LPs and shellac discs, and hundreds of one-of-a-kind magnetic records in cassette and reel-to-reel format.
The UHEC has a library collection, which is currently maintained as part of the St. Sophia Seminary Library. Access to the library is free, and no appointment is necessary to use the collections. The library catalog is available online. For more information, please contact the library at 732-356-0090 or at library@uocofusa.org. UHEC members have borrowing privileges of 4 weeks for most library materials. Non-circulating material (reference books, periodicals, rare books, and sheet music) must be used on-site.
The UHEC draws on these collections to present exhibitions, create programming and web content. UHEC archival collections accessible to the public by appointment.
The UHEC Nashi Predky/Our Ancestors Family History Group is (to the best of our knowledge) the only active Ukrainian genealogy group in the United States. Nashi Predky presents in-person workshops and conferences, as well as online programming and assistance for family history researchers.


We celebrated maslentisa by taking part in a range of activities outdoor and indoor. Our outdoor activities consisted of an obstacle course, throwing activity and races. For each activity there was an opportunity for the children to win a first, second or third medal. Once the outdoor activities were complete all of the children waved goodbye to the malsentisa doll and hung their wishes on the tree.
Inside the children had lots of different activities they could choose from. In the nursery classrooms there were activities such as making maslentisa dolls out of fabric, making play dough pancakes and sticking the children's premade maslentisa pictures on one huge piece of card to create a kindergarten collage. In the reception classrooms there was the opportunity to play pin the nose on the snowman and to make Baranki necklaces. The children had a fantastic time and at the end of the celebrations every child was awarded with a small prize for participating.


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2014/15 Analysis & Opinion
Tilehurst End Debate: To Renew, Or Not To Renew Part Two
So yesterday you saw the first half of our debate on which players deserved a new contract, those we were unsure on, and those who we would be happy to see leave the club. Now here's the second half with five more players discussed, the results in full, and a chance for you to give your verdict on each player.
By The Tilehurst End News Desk, Wimb, Royal Hoops, BucksRoyal, Marc Mayo, jonnafon, and WilliamOwain Dec 4, 2014, 7:00am GMT
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Danny Guthrie
Bucks - MAYBE: The presumably high wages are a big factor in debating Guthrie's Reading future, but a new contract would be justified if he can put in the performances to match. Last season showed that, with the right partner and a run in the side, Guthrie can be a quality player at this level (consecutive Player of the Month gongs at the start of the season are testament to that). If Nigel wants to update the playing style, Guthrie could be a key cog in a new midfield engine, but he'll have to stake his claim throughout the rest of this season.
Hoops - NO: Talented, can pass, fits into Adkins' style of play, but far too injury prone to keep around—not to mention, I'm still pretty sore about the McDermott shenanigans he got up to. Oh, and that haircut... Eesh.
Jonny - NO: We haven't seen as much of Guthrie as we thought we would, thanks to arguments with the previous management and injuries seeming to always hold him back. Not worth the wages, or the hassle.
Marc - NO: Too expensive for what he offers, also injury prone.
Will - NO: Too injury prone and probably too expensive. Oliver Norwood and Aaron Kuhl have already proven they are more than capable replacements.
Wimb - NO: Too injury prone and too expensive. I'd much rather see Aaron Kuhl get the minutes going forward.
Jem Karacan
Bucks - YES: Club captain and one of our best players, Jem's a sure fire yes from me. He impresses me more than other academy products like Pearce and Hal Robson-Kanu and I think he has what it takes to play regularly for a Premier League side one day. The injury is obviously a complication but nothing that should stop him from being retained.
Hoops - YES: Forever. Never let him go!
Jonny - YES: Injury permitting. If the club captain comes back and shows no ill effects then he can still progress into a top player.
Marc - YES: Captain for a reason, needs time, we'll give him it.
Will - YES: He might struggle to show past form this season, but he deserves a chance to show what he can do. You don't make a player club captain and then let him go so soon.
Wimb - YES: On the presumption he actually returns from injury you'd be crazy to let Jem walk.
Ryan Edwards
Bucks - NO: Unless he suddenly bursts onto the scene at some point this season and cements his place in Nigel Adkins' plans, I don't see Edwards getting a new deal. He promised a lot with some encouraging performances in the summer, but hasn't done enough so far.
Hoops - YES: Still unproven and yet to impress, but Adkins likes him and he's still young. Keep him around for another season or two and see what happens. He's a handy squad player.
Jonny - MAYBE: See Cummings. Has shown a bit, but not enough to completely convince me. However, Adkins clearly saw something in him at the start of the season.
Marc - NO: Not as young as you may think - needs first team football.
Will - YES: It can't hurt to give him another year. Ryan Mason at Spurs is a perfect example of how sometimes it pays to keep youngsters and give them a chance to develop. Personally I would like to see more of him on the wing, where he looked very promising in the academy.
Wimb - NO: He's clearly got the heart but he's no more than a squad player at best and you want to give bench spots in your club to those that either produce a 7/10 every week or could one day be a star. Sadly for me, Edwards is neither.
Royston Drenthe
Bucks - NO: If Royston ever writes an autobiography, a great title would be 'What Might Have Been'. He's the typical 'he'll be great if we can just get him on form' type of player, but it never happens. Can't see him playing for Reading again, let alone getting a new deal.
Hoops - NO: Do I really need words? He's just not a professional footballer. Waste of wages!
Jonny - NO: Vaarwel stuurman.
Marc - NO: No!
Will - NO: Easy decision. There is something deeply wrong with going from Real Madrid to Reading in your mid-twenties. Perhaps most worryingly (for Drenthe), I actually think he tried pretty hard on the pitch last season.
Wimb - NO: Lol!
Craig Tanner
Bucks - YES: Along with Aaron Tshibola, Craig Tanner has been one of the academy players who threatened to break into the side this season, but has so far been sidelined by injury. What look to be a long-term layoff shouldn't keep from getting a new contract - he's a bright prospect.
Hoops - YES: One of the most talented players to come out of the academy in recent years, if what I hear is correct. Can play in the hole or up top, I'd sign him up for a few years, loan him out, and see what he can do. If he hadn't got injured, he may well have played a hefty amount of minutes earlier this season.
Jonny - YES: Deserves to be given a chance to prove himself.
Marc - YES: Give him time to get fit and go on loan for a year.
Will - YES: This is the easiest decision of the lot. That chest pass against Man City in the U21's cup final was enough to tell me that he has serious potential. I'm looking forward to seeing more of him.
Wimb - YES: Showed he's not overawed playing at the Madejski Stadium and its gutting he's got injured when he could have really broken through. A big talent and one to keep an eye on.
So here's the overall results for each player. It's no surprise that there was unanimous agreement that club captain Jem Karacan and Craig Tanner should stay, whilst the already banished Royston Drenthe should leave. There may be surprise from some fans that we all wanted Chris Gunter to stay, but none of us wanted Stephen Kelly to get a new deal. Shaun Cummings, Ryan Edwards and Alex Pearce were the players who caused the most difference in opinion.
YES MAYBE NO
Adam Federici 5 1 0
Mikkel Andersen 5 0 1
Chris Gunter 6 0 0
Stephen Kelly 0 1 5
Shaun Cummings 4 2 0
Alex Pearce 2 3 1
Danny Guthrie 0 1 5
Jem Karacan 6 0 0
Ryan Edwards 2 1 3
Royston Drenthe 0 0 6
Craig Tanner 6 0 0
So you've seen what we think. Now it's your turn to give your verdict on each player.
Here are the results so far.


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← A Christmas Message from Richard Armitage
Benedict Cumberbatch Leads Nominations For 2015 Anglophile Channel Awards →
The Queen's Christmas Speech 2014 [VIDEO]
Queen Elizabeth II gave her annual Christmas address, commonly known as "The Queen's Speech". In her 2014 broadcast Her Majesty recalls the Christmas truce of 1914 as she speaks of reconciliation and forgiveness.
The Queen's Speech 2014
She also spoke about visiting the Tower poppies memorial, Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, which marked the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. She said of her visit, "The ceramic poppies at the Tower of London drew millions, and the only possible reaction to walking among them was silence."
Stunned into silence, Her Majesty visits the Tower Poppies
Causing quite the flutter of Tweets, Her Majesty gave a shout out to "Game of Thrones" whose set she visited during her trip to Ireland although she says the most significant stop on that tour was her visit to former Crumlin Road prison remarking that,"What was once a prison during the troubles is now a place of hope and fresh purpose; a reminder of what is possible when people reach out to one another…"
The Queen visits Game of Thrones set
Her Majesty visits former Crumlin Road prison
The Queen recorded her Christmas message sitting next to an antique decorative brass Christmas Tin sent to the soldiers in 1914 during The Great War and photographs of her grandparents King George V and Queen Mary. Over 426,000 of these tins were distributed to those serving on Christmas Day 1914. The tins were filled with various items including tobacco, confectionery, spices, pencils, a Christmas card and a picture of the princess. The idea was the initiative of Princess Mary, the 17-year-old daughter of King George V and Queen Mary.
Princess Mary's gift to the soldiers serving during Christmas 2014
The Queen's Speech, which also paid tribute to medics and aid workers fighting the Ebola epidemic as well as spoke about the Scottish referendum, can be seen here in its entirety:
Merry Christmas from Lady Anglophile
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GetHuman: ~tlsevans - can you tell our other Best Buy customers when your case took place?
~tlsevans: Yeah. It was evening, on November 11th.
~tlsevans: "Return an Order" was why I was trying to call.
~tlsevans: Started trying to talk to a human at * am. It is now *:** pm, and I have been on hold, connected, then disconnected (* times), then reconnected or transferred * times only to be disconnected. I just called again and was transferred AGAIN and the call was dropped!!! I am furious!
~tlsevans: I'd give them a three out of five for ease of finding your way to help.
~tlsevans: I'd give them a one out of five on communication.
~tlsevans: For that I would say one out of five.
~tlsevans: Call them early in the day or late. Don't forget any personal or account information you might need for Best Buy to know who you are.
GetHuman: Well there you have it. Some useful feedback and words from ~tlsevans taken from his Best Buy customer service problem that occurred on November 11th, 2017.


What is GameTrailers Retrospectives about?
GameTrailers Retrospectives takes a historic look at some of Video Game's biggest and most beloved franchises. Past episodes have showcased such blockbuster hits as Zelda, Metroid, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, Star Wars, Metal Gear, & Fallout. Gametrailers.com was founded by Geoff Grotz and Brandon Jones in 2003. Jon Slusser and his company Hornet Animation invested in the startup, and Jon took over as CEO. The company was then acquired by MTV Networks in November 2005 for an undisclosed sum. In 2007, MTV Networks restructured its entertainment division, merging Ifilm.com and SpikeTV.com into Spike.com, and grouping this new property, GameTrailers, and Xfire, into Spike Digital Entertainment, with Jon Slusser as the new SVP in charge, Geoff Grotz as VP of Product Development, and Brad Winters as the new GM of Gametrailers.com.


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Home » tv & movies » Aubrey Plaza to topline season two of 'White Lotus'
January 11, 2022 tv & movies
The second season, which will be once again written and directed by Mike White, is expected to follow a different group of vacationers at another White Lotus property
"Parks and Recreation" star Aubrey Plaza will headline the second instalment of HBO series "The White Lotus".
Created, written and directed by Mike White, the satirical comedy-drama television series follows the lives of the staff and guests at the White Lotus, a tropical resort in Hawaii.
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The first season, which launched on HBO Max in July 2021, featured Murray Bartlett, Connie Britton, Jennifer Coolidge, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Lacy, Natasha Rothwell, and Steve Zahn.
The second season, which will be once again written and directed by White, will leave Hawaii behind for a new location and is expected to follow a different group of vacationers at another White Lotus property.
Plaza will play Harper Spiller, a woman on vacation with her husband and his friends.
Actor Michael Imperioli of "The Sopranos" fame will feature in the show as Dominic Di Grasso, a man traveling with his elderly father and recent college-graduate son.
Both will be series regulars in season two, which is also rumoured to feature the return of season one favourite Jennifer Coolidge.
"The White Lotus" season two will be executive produced by White along with David Bernad and Mark Kamine.
Plaza, who has also featured in movies such as "Black Bear", "Ingrid Goes West" and "Happiest Season", will next star in filmmaker Guy Ritchie's "Operation Fortune" and Hulu drama series "Olga Dies Dreaming".
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Geneva Fitzgerald Kirby
Mrs. Geneva Fitzgerald Kirby of Lewis Ferrell Road, South Boston died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, at her residence at the age of 95.
Mrs. Kirby was born in Java on Sept. 12, 1924 to the late Mr. Thomas Fitzgerald and Mrs. Queen Womack Fitzgerald. She was married to the late Mr. Charlie Kirby and was a member of White Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Mrs. Kirby is survived by three daughters, Ms. Blonzetta Kirby of the home, Mrs. Shirley Kirby Loftin (Jesse) of Fort Washington, Maryland, and Mrs. Velma Kirby Talley (Howard) of South Boston; one granddaughter, Ms. Erika Kirby; one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Shirley Gilchrist Kirby of Capitol Heights, Maryland; two sisters, Ms. Catherine Wolley and Ms. Minnie Carelock, both of Maryland; three brothers, Mr. James Fitzgerald and Mr. Tony Fitzgerald, both of Washington, D.C. and Mr. Melvin Fitzgerald of Danville; sisters-in-law; brothers-in-law; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Mr. Rayvon Kirby.
Funeral services for Mrs. Geneva Fitzgerald Kirby will be held Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, at 1 p.m. at White Oak Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Hayward Jennings, officiating and the Rev. Maurice Ferrell, eulogist. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Public viewing was held Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. at Jeffress Funeral Home.
The family will receive friends at the residence, 4231 Lewis Ferrell Road, South Boston.
Funeral arrangements are provided by Jeffress Funeral Home, South Boston.


The following are suggestions on how to approach image analysis with PlantCV.
When starting an image-based phenotyping project it is important to consider what the end goals of the project are. This is important because the goals of the project will determine the the camera type, imaging layout, and will help to guide downstream analysis. For example, if the goal of the project is to quantify the growth rates of a population of Arabidopsis plants, you may want to take timelapse images of whole flats of plants with an RGB (VIS) camera. If it was an experiment focused on drought of maize plants and your goal was to get information about water content of plants you might want to take side-view and top-view images of a single plant with a near-infrared camera. If the goal of the project is to classify disease symptoms on leaves then you may want to use a scanner to take detailed images of leaf tissue.
If color is analyzed, do you need a color card for color correction in each image?
If lighting is changing do you need a color card / white balance card to 'normalize' lighting across images?
Is the camera set at exactly the same vantage point in each image or do you need a size marker?
Is there enough contrast between the target object (plant) and the background or do you need to add materials to increase contrast (blue material for example).
If you are going to image more than one plant in an image, how long before the plants overlap each other? Is this long enough for the trait you are interested in?
Object segmentation (detection/isolation) - This is likely a multi-step process. There are many ways to approach object segmentation, we detail those approaches below.
Object analysis - Analysis on isolated objects, the categories of object analysis are below.
Regardless of the objective of the experiment, it will likely be necessary to segment features of interest in the image (likely the plant material in the image). Isolating the target object or objects can be approached a number of different ways in PlantCV.
White balancing an image can help to reduce variation between images due to overall lighting changes. This may help downstream image processing steps like thresholding to be the same between images.
Thresholding method (auto or manual) - A single channel of an image is selected for either binary thresholding or auto thresholding (Gaussian, mean, Otsu, or triangle). For a color image, selecting a channel of an image for thresholding likely involves conversion from RGB to HSV or LAB color space, then selecting Hue, Saturation, Value, Lightness, Green-Magenta, or Blue-Yellow channels. It's best to select a channel that maximizes contrast between the target object and the background. When thresholding an image to segment a target object, it may not be possible to isolate just the target object. Multiple thresholding steps on various channels may be necessary as well as downstream noise reduction steps. For an example of this approach see the VIS Image Pipeline.
Background subtraction method - This approach can be used if there are 'null' images (images with everything but the object in them). The null image can be a single image, or an averaged background image. For more information on background subtraction see the background subtraction function. There still may need to be noise reduction steps following the background subtraction method.
Machine Learning (classification) methods - For these approaches, target objects can be segmented after a training set is built (the training set might need to be built using background subtraction or thresholding methods). Once the training set is built, the trained classifier is used to segment the features of interest. See the machine learning tutorial and the naive Bayes function for more information. There still may need to be noise reduction steps following machine learning-based segmentation.
After a thresholding, background subtraction, or a machine learning approach for object segmentation, there will likely be some 'noise' (non-target-object spots) in the image. Those can be filled in using modules like fill or blur (median blur or Gaussian blur).
To further isolate an object from surrounding background a region of interest can be used to select the region of the image that contains the target object. To do this you first detect all the objects in the image, then define the region of interest, then determine if the objects are within, touching, or outside of the region of interest with the roi_objects function.
Once the target object or objects are segmented you then need to decide if it is desirable to connect or split the objects.
Even if there is a single plant in an image it may be detected as multiple objects, in which case it may need to be joined or composed together using the object_composition function.
If there are multiple plants in an object and you would like to analyze them individually (get shape parameters for each plant for example) then there are functions in PlantCV to split the image apart so there is a single target object in each sub-image. For more information on this process see the Multi Plant Tutorial.
Object shape parameters: see the analyze_shape and analyze_bound functions.
Object color or other signal intensity values: see the analyze_color, analyze_NIR_intensity, and fluor_fvfm functions.
Object classification (For example, classification of disease symptoms, identification of organ structures naive-bayesian multiclass mode).
For a detailed list of types of PlantCV measurement outputs see 'Summary of Output Measurements'.
Once a satisfactory pipeline has been developed and tested, the next step is to translate it from a Jupyter notebook to a Python script. For detailed instructions see the Using Jupyter Notebooks page.
Once the Jupyter notebook has been translated to a Python script (and tested!) the next step is to parallelize that script over a set of images. To do this follow the pipeline parallelization instructions.
If you run into an error, first use the error message as Google search terms to see if anyone else has run into (and solved) a similar problem. This isn't snark, the internet is a magical place.
If your problem isn't solved after a search post an issue on GitHub here. It's possible that you have discovered a bug, or there is a use error.
When posting an issue on GitHub the community can better help you if you provide detailed information. If you have triggered an error be sure to paste in the error message, the situation that you think triggered that error message, and what you are trying to do (end goal).
If you are having issues processing a specific image it is also fine to post on GitHub here. But again, be sure to include the image, the specific problem you are having and the end goal. Also, make sure you have looked over the available tutorials.


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Islamic & Ottoman History // Cultural & Political Critique // Poetry & Prose
An Anthology of Ottoman Saints' Lives
Arabic Script Typography and Open ITI OCR Resources
Devotion to Muhammad in Early Modern Islam
History of Islamic Societies
Medieval and Early Modern Arabic Script Hands: A Selection
Music of Islamicate Worlds: A Sampler
Two On Iran
On September 20, 2007 By JonathanIn East & West, History, Politics, War
First, a question: if the President of Iran isn't to be allowed a visit to the World Trade Center site because of his suspected ties to terrorism, then why is the President of the USA allowed to visit, when there is nothing left to suspect about his direct involvement in a massive act of terror- for if invading and destroying an entire country doesn't amount to terror nothing does- upon an entire nation? Not to mention the shameless manipulation of the events of 9/11 to sell wars of empire- something not even President Ahmadinejad, for all his perfidery (and while he's not the loomng Antichrist the rightists here would have us think, he's not a benign wonderful guy either, by any means, as Akbar Ganji below could attest). However, while there should be absolutely no need to say this, neither Iran nor President Ahmadinejad or any Shia groups anywhere had anything to do with 9/11. Really. I wonder, though, how long it will be before the propogandists here in the US start trying to convince us otherwise? Judging from the reaction to Ahmadinejad's proposed visit, perhaps it's already started…
A more encouraging piece, this one from the Iranian political dissident Akbar Ganji: Conservations with Akbar Ganji. Here are a few excerpts- maybe it's just me, but it seems his politcal philosophy is strikingly libertarianish in its tone. His words certainly apply to more places than just Iran:
One of the features of a fascist regime is that it completely suppresses all civil society and creates a society with one voice, but it's only one of the characteristics of a fascist society.
It's a system where you need to have a widespread political party. Culture is completely reduced to advertisements and propaganda, education is reduced to propaganda, and many other features in economy and politics. When you suppress civil society you reduce people to small particles and they become dissolved in a solution in the society. They have no characteristics of themselves, of their own. In the time of Stalin you had the opportunity to suppress all civil societies and the only voice to be heard was Stalin. You had the one-way radio and all you could hear was Stalin's voice.
… A market economy allows you to create institutions separate from the government. A totalitarian regime, or a fascist regime, requires that all economic aspects of life must be controlled by the government. The Communist economies have all been defeated. No one is going after Communist economics, and even all Social Democrats today defend a free-market economy. Once the free-market economy enters a society, the occurrence of fascism and totalitarianism become impossible. But at the same time, you can still have authoritarianism and despotic regimes.
If a regime closes all avenues of resistance and opposition there will be no other way except revolution. No one can plan for a revolution. A revolution in such conditions occurs naturally. When we speak of revolutions we speak of classical revolutions in the classical term. Classical revolutions want to change the economic, social, and political structure of the society. Such a thing is impossible and it's immoral, meaning that you can never achieve such a goal, but you will create a regime of fear. But you can change a regime in a non-revolutionary way. First, we don't want to change the whole thing but we just want to bring democracy, great freedom, through democratic means, through peaceful means, through civil disobedience.
{Interviewer} The Bush administration and the Congress believe that they can further the processes of democratization by intervening in countries like Iran. What is your take on that?
{Ganji} So far, what's happened is that they have harmed our democratic movement rather than helping it.
In what ways?
When you pursue such radical militaristic methods, you give an opportunity to your opposition to grow in a radical way. When there is a crisis, the first thing that gets damaged and gets harmed is democracy. What happened after 9/11 in the United States? Civil liberties, were they strengthened or were they weakened? Today they claim that they have arrested terrorist suspects in England. Have they actually increased security or reduced it? When you face dangers and crises, civil liberties go down and security measures go up.
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And what is the merciful heart? It is the heart's burning for all of creation…
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Filename: CWE535_Info_Exposure_Shell_Error__w32_wchar_t_15.c
Label Definition File: CWE535_Info_Exposure_Shell_Error__w32.label.xml
Template File: point-flaw-15.tmpl.c
*/
/*
 * @description
 * CWE: 535 Information Exposure Through Shell Error Message
 * Sinks:
 *    GoodSink: Write to stderr, but do not write the password
 *    BadSink : Write to stderr and include the password
 * Flow Variant: 15 Control flow: switch(6)
 *
 * */

#include "std_testcase.h"

#include <wchar.h>

#include <windows.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "advapi32.lib")

#ifndef OMITBAD

void CWE535_Info_Exposure_Shell_Error__w32_wchar_t_15_bad()
{
    switch(6)
    {
    case 6:
    {
        wchar_t password[100] = L"";
        size_t passwordLen = 0;
        HANDLE pHandle;
        wchar_t * username = L"User";
        wchar_t * domain = L"Domain";
        if (fgetws(password, 100, stdin) == NULL)
        {
            printLine("fgetws() failed");
            /* Restore NUL terminator if fgetws fails */
            password[0] = L'\0';
        }
        /* Remove the carriage return from the string that is inserted by fgetws() */
        passwordLen = wcslen(password);
        if (passwordLen > 0)
        {
            password[passwordLen-1] = L'\0';
        }
        /* Use the password in LogonUser() to establish that it is "sensitive" */
        if (LogonUserW(
                    username,
                    domain,
                    password,
                    LOGON32_LOGON_NETWORK,
                    LOGON32_PROVIDER_DEFAULT,
                    &pHandle) != 0)
        {
            printLine("User logged in successfully.");
            CloseHandle(pHandle);
        }
        else
        {
            printLine("Unable to login.");
        }
        /* FLAW: Write sensitive data to stderr */
        fwprintf(stderr, L"User attempted access with password: %s\n", password);
    }
    break;
    default:
        /* INCIDENTAL: CWE 561 Dead Code, the code below will never run */
        printLine("Benign, fixed string");
        break;
    }
}

#endif /* OMITBAD */

#ifndef OMITGOOD

/* good1() changes the switch to switch(5) */
static void good1()
{
    switch(5)
    {
    case 6:
        /* INCIDENTAL: CWE 561 Dead Code, the code below will never run */
        printLine("Benign, fixed string");
        break;
    default:
    {
        wchar_t password[100] = L"";
        size_t passwordLen = 0;
        HANDLE pHandle;
        wchar_t * username = L"User";
        wchar_t * domain = L"Domain";
        if (fgetws(password, 100, stdin) == NULL)
        {
            printLine("fgetws() failed");
            /* Restore NUL terminator if fgetws fails */
            password[0] = L'\0';
        }
        /* Remove the carriage return from the string that is inserted by fgetws() */
        passwordLen = wcslen(password);
        if (passwordLen > 0)
        {
            password[passwordLen-1] = L'\0';
        }
        /* Use the password in LogonUser() to establish that it is "sensitive" */
        if (LogonUserW(
                    username,
                    domain,
                    password,
                    LOGON32_LOGON_NETWORK,
                    LOGON32_PROVIDER_DEFAULT,
                    &pHandle) != 0)
        {
            printLine("User logged in successfully.");
            CloseHandle(pHandle);
        }
        else
        {
            printLine("Unable to login.");
        }
        /* FIX: Do not write sensitive data to stderr */
        fwprintf(stderr, L"User attempted access\n");
    }
    break;
    }
}

/* good2() reverses the blocks in the switch */
static void good2()
{
    switch(6)
    {
    case 6:
    {
        wchar_t password[100] = L"";
        size_t passwordLen = 0;
        HANDLE pHandle;
        wchar_t * username = L"User";
        wchar_t * domain = L"Domain";
        if (fgetws(password, 100, stdin) == NULL)
        {
            printLine("fgetws() failed");
            /* Restore NUL terminator if fgetws fails */
            password[0] = L'\0';
        }
        /* Remove the carriage return from the string that is inserted by fgetws() */
        passwordLen = wcslen(password);
        if (passwordLen > 0)
        {
            password[passwordLen-1] = L'\0';
        }
        /* Use the password in LogonUser() to establish that it is "sensitive" */
        if (LogonUserW(
                    username,
                    domain,
                    password,
                    LOGON32_LOGON_NETWORK,
                    LOGON32_PROVIDER_DEFAULT,
                    &pHandle) != 0)
        {
            printLine("User logged in successfully.");
            CloseHandle(pHandle);
        }
        else
        {
            printLine("Unable to login.");
        }
        /* FIX: Do not write sensitive data to stderr */
        fwprintf(stderr, L"User attempted access\n");
    }
    break;
    default:
        /* INCIDENTAL: CWE 561 Dead Code, the code below will never run */
        printLine("Benign, fixed string");
        break;
    }
}

void CWE535_Info_Exposure_Shell_Error__w32_wchar_t_15_good()
{
    good1();
    good2();
}

#endif /* OMITGOOD */

/* Below is the main(). It is only used when building this testcase on
   its own for testing or for building a binary to use in testing binary
   analysis tools. It is not used when compiling all the testcases as one
   application, which is how source code analysis tools are tested. */

#ifdef INCLUDEMAIN

int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
    /* seed randomness */
    srand( (unsigned)time(NULL) );
#ifndef OMITGOOD
    printLine("Calling good()...");
    CWE535_Info_Exposure_Shell_Error__w32_wchar_t_15_good();
    printLine("Finished good()");
#endif /* OMITGOOD */
#ifndef OMITBAD
    printLine("Calling bad()...");
    CWE535_Info_Exposure_Shell_Error__w32_wchar_t_15_bad();
    printLine("Finished bad()");
#endif /* OMITBAD */
    return 0;
}

#endif

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Arcimoto Moves to Mass Production of its Functional and Recreational Electric Vehicles
As we move toward a cleaner and more eco-friendly future, the interest in electric vehicles has remained constant for investors, with companies such as Tesla (TSLA), Nio (NIO), General Motors (GM) and QuantumScape (QS) garnering much of this attention. Federal, state, and municipal governments are also incentivizing the shift to sustainable transportation; the White House released an infrastructure plan to electrify federal fleets and build out a robust charging network to "enable a clean transportation future."
One company worth keeping an eye on as they move into mass production of their all-electric vehicles is Arcimoto (NASDAQ: FUV).
Created with a mission to catalyze the shift to a sustainable transportation system, Arcimoto designs, develops, and manufactures three-wheeled electric vehicles for everyday driving, with a top speed of 75 mph, a range of 102 miles per charge, and are actually fun to drive.
Putting the Fun in Functional
"We're a public company with a public mission. I wanted a light-footprint electric vehicle that was affordable, fun, and dialed for the everyday. I couldn't find it, so I started Arcimoto," explained Founder and CEO Mark Frohnmayer.
The company offers a variety of vehicles ranging from functional to recreational, all built on the same platform to maximize efficiency and utility.
The Arcimoto Deliverator was launched at the onset of the pandemic. Designed for local and last-mile delivery, the Deliverator features 23-cubic feet of storage that suits a wide variety of fleet options, as well as a small-footprint that is easy to park in tight spots. Arcimoto says the Deliverator is currently in low-volume production, and the company is currently taking orders from potential fleet customers.
Arcimoto's Rapid Responder is built for security and EMS, and is intended to improve response times, reduce operating costs, and eliminate carbon emissions.
The Fun Utility Vehicle (FUV) is designed as an everyday driver, targeting everyone from commuters to students to retirees. It features a panoramic roof, heated seats and grips. Every FUV is backed by a 3-year/36,000-mile warranty which includes nationwide roadside assistance.
All three vehicles are capable of speeds up to 75 mph, have a 173.7 city mpg e-battery and 102 city mile range.
Arcimoto has most recently finished the development of its open-air electric road trike, the Roadster. Marketed as "the ultimate on-road fun machine," the Roadster is built on the company's patented three-wheel, all-electric platform and features dual-motor front-wheel drive, instant torque and a fully connected seating stance.
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Final Roadster pricing, options and accessories will be announced soon.
Moving Into Mass Production
To keep up with the demand, Arcimoto recently completed the purchase of the rAMP, a 185,000 square foot manufacturing site in Eugene, Oregon. More than five times larger than Arcimoto's current manufacturing facility, the AMP, the rAMP is primed to meet the company's production rate goal of 50,000 vehicles per year at full capacity.
At the end of April, Arcimoto had a market cap of approximately $300 million. This positions Arcimoto with the strongest financial foundation in the company's history, and it predicts being able to execute its next steps with ease, efficacy, and efficiency.
Additionally, the company received approval from NASDAQ to begin listing its shares of common stock on The NASDAQ Global Market earlier this year. The move to The NASDAQ Global Market from The NASDAQ Capital Market reflects the significant growth of Arcimoto's business and market capitalization.
"With the growing demand for alternative clean energy transportation options, we believe Arcimoto is poised for expansive growth. Meeting this demand through mass production is now our primary goal. To that end, we've entered into an agreement to purchase a facility that will increase our manufacturing footprint more than fivefold," commented Frohnmayer.
Arcimoto's mission is to further encourage the world to move away from oversized, overpriced, polluting vehicles to EVs that everyone can afford. Gas-powered vehicles are a thing of the past, and it is time for the world to move to more affordable, compact, and efficient options. We can't afford not to.
Find out more at https://www.arcimoto.com/.
Arcimoto is a partner of Benzinga. The information in this article does not represent the investment advice of Benzinga or its writers.
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