Adam Cole, the author of Motherless Child and The Girl With the Bow, explores music from unexpected angles in his books and articles. He incorporates his experience as a bandleader and educator into his various fiction and nonfiction works. He is happiest when speaking to writers, educators and business leaders about the unexpected lessons that can result when looking at life from a jazz perspective!
Adam has been featured in Reader's Digest, Psychology Today, and NBC.com and serves as a regular contributor to periodicals such as UpWorthy, Transzion and Fupping. He engages with readers around the world on the subject of creativity and learning through his books and public speaking engagements. In addition to his numerous fiction titles, he has created many effective music education resources for teachers.
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Faculty Directory for Criminal Justice Department
Dr. Mustafa Demir
Mustafa Demir joined the faculty at SUNY Plattsburgh in the fall 2016 after completing his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He received double M.A. degrees in criminal justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Rutgers University respectively.
He has 20 years law enforcement experience as a police administrator in Turkish National Police. He also worked for the international organizations including the United Nations for one year and OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) for two years.
His teaching interests are primarily in the areas of research methods, statistics, environmental criminology, criminology, crime analysis, crime prevention/control, introduction to criminal justice, and police related courses.
He has significant years of teaching experience where he instructed a variety of courses to various target groups including middle school students, high school students, police officers, college and undergraduate students. He taught various courses to undergraduate students at Rutgers University in New Jersey, John Jay College of criminal Justice, and County College of Morris in New Jersey. He taught 16 undergraduate courses before he joined SUNY Plattsburgh. He also taught various courses to local police officers while he was working in the United Nations, OSCE, and Turkish National Police.
His research interests primarily focus on a variety of policing issues including police body-worn cameras (BWC's), legitimacy, procedural justice, police-citizen encounters, SQF (Stop-Question-Frisk), police officers being killed in the line of duty, suicide, witness protection, terrorism, space and crime, and traffic safety.
For more information about Dr. Mustafa's academic record see his curriculum vitae in the contact information.
Ph.D. in Criminal Justice, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, May 2016
M.A. in Criminal Justice, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, May 2014
M.A. in Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, (CUNY), New York, May 2010
B.A. in Security Sciences, Turkish National Police Academy, Turkey, June 1996
Teaching Areas and Interests
Crime & Intelligence Analysis
Criminal Justice Research Methods
Environmental Criminology
Contemporary Policing Strategies
Police and Society
Police Ethics
Police Management and Leadership
Comparative CJ Systems
Issues in Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice: Theory in Practice
Capstone Seminar in Criminal Justice
Policy Planning and Evaluation
Crime and Crime Analysis
Reducing Local Crimes
Media, Crime and Criminal Justice
Police Body-Worn Cameras (BWCs)
Police Legitimacy & Procedural Justice
Stop, Question and Frisks
Police Deaths in Line of Duty (particularly locations where police officers have been killed)
Witness Protection
Place-Based Crime
Demir, Mustafa, Braga, Anthony, & Apel, Robert. (2020). "Effects of Police Body-Worn Cameras on Citizen Compliance and Cooperation: Findings from a Quasi-Randomized Controlled Trial". Criminology and Public Policy, 19(3), 855-882.
Demir, Mustafa & Kule, Ahmet. (2020). "The Effect of Body-Worn Cameras on Satisfaction and General Perceptions of Police: Findings from a Quasi-Randomized Controlled Trial". European Journal of Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477370820905105
Demir, Mustafa. (2019). "Citizens' Perceptions of Body-Worn Cameras (BWCs): Findings from a Quasi-Randomized Controlled Trial". Journal of Criminal Justice, 60, 130-139.
Demir, Mustafa. (2018). "Age differences in suicide methods". Forensic Research & Criminology International Journal, 6(6), 512-517.
Demir, Mustafa. (2018). "Who commits suicide most? Suicide by gender and age". Forensic Research & Criminology International Journal, 6(6), 505-510.
Demir, Mustafa; Apel, Robert; Braga, Anthony; Brunson, Rod; Ariel, Barak. (2020). "Body Worn Cameras, Procedural Justice, and Police legitimacy: A Controlled Experimental Evaluation of Traffic Stops". Justice Quarterly, 37(1), 53-84.
Demir, Mustafa. (2018). "Trends in Suicide Methods by Age Group". Journal of Asia-Pacific Psychiatry. 2018; e12334. https://doi.org/10.1111/appy.12334
Demir, Mustafa. (2018). "The Perceived Effect of a Witness Security Program on Willingness to Testify". International Criminal Justice Review, 28(1), 62-81.
Demir, Mustafa. (2018). "Suicide methods by gender and age in Turkey". Journal of Forensic Research and Analysis, 2(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.16966/jfra.106
Demir, Mustafa. (2018). "Gender differences in suicide rates". Forensic Science and Addiction, 2(4). FSAR.000550
Dr. Mustafa DemirAssistant Professor of Criminal Justice166 Redcay Hall101 Broad StreetPlattsburgh, NY 12901Phone: 518-564-3305[email protected]Curriculum Vitae
Faculty Directory for Criminal Justice
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Dr. Zakir Gul
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The International School strives to make our program accessible to as many children as possible. To this end, nearly 20% of students receive financial assistance each year – significantly more than the national average.
Tuition assistance is available on the basis of demonstrated need. If you believe that your resources are not sufficient to meet the total costs of an education from The International chool, you are encouraged to apply.
Please complete a Grant & Aid Application, which is filed through a third-party aid assessment service called FACTS.
Families must re-apply for every year that they wish to be considered for aid. The school gives priority for financial aid to its returning students.
FACTS processes the Grant & Aid Application and estimates the amount a family can invest toward the cost of tuition. The school's financial aid budget is limited, so every family is still expected to make a substantial contribution toward the cost of tuition. Need-based financial aid is available to students in all grades. The school does allocate a greater portion of the budget to students in kindergarten through 5th grade and families may find that their aid rises as their child moves from pre-school to kindergarten.
Any family currently receiving financial aid will automatically receive application deadlines and other relevant information for the following academic year. Families not currently receiving financial aid should contact the Admissions Office no later than January 15th for returning families and March 2 for families that are new to the school to ensure they receive updated application information. The application deadline is in February for current families and at end of March for new families. Families who complete their financial aid applications by the deadlines generally receive award notification along with their enrollment contracts.
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Please note: The International School cannot review financial aid applications before the deadlines. All applications submitted by the deadlines will be evaluated together. Please also note that the financial aid application is year specific. If the form for the incorrect year is used, the Financial Aid Committee may be unaware that a family has applied for aid.
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TONE: The tone that a musician achieves is probably the most elusive and abstract part of playing an instrument, yet it is also one of the most important qualities. (Who wants to sit through a performance if it's not pleasant to listen to?) How do we develop a good tone?? Feedback and good examples are of prime importance. One of the best ways to achieve this goal is to work with a private teacher who can play with and for the student. A second way is to listen to lots of performances and recordings.
So, when you are looking for good gift ideas, consider a recording! Below is a list that has been compiled. It is obviously not an exhaustive list, but it should help you get started. I have chosen music that you should enjoy listening to; however, you may not be used to listening to this type of music, so I encourage you to listen to the album/artist/piece several times with an open mind before judging.
The easiest way to purchase recordings is through iTunes. Other distributors include Barnes and Noble, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.walkingfrogrecords.com , or as we do with everything else…just Google it…(ex. "Flute CDs" or "Flute recordings").
BAND: Good band recordings are sometimes hard to find, but they often include solo baritone horn (euphonium) work, which is even harder to find! British Bandsman Centenary Concert features solos on euphonium and cornet; Making Tracks, by the Desford Colliery Caterpillar Band, features solos on baritone, tuba, flugelhorn, cornet and percussion; The Eastman Wind Ensemble has many fine recordings, and I highly recommend the military band CDs. One of my favorite band recordings is titled Live in Osaka: The Eastman Wind Ensemble.
OBOE: Performers to look for: Heinz Holliger, John De Lancie, John Mack, Harold Gomberg, Ralph Gomberg (Boston area), Marcel Tabateau. Be aware that European performers (other than Holliger) have a school of thought on tone that is very different than ours. Composers and standard repertoire: Mozart (concertos, sonatas, and quartet with strings), Poulenc, Hindemith, Handel (sonatas concertos and concertos for 2 oboes and continuo), Vivaldi, Telemann and Britten. Specific recordings of interest: any Holliger or De Lancie recording; The Art of Oboe Playing (Tabateau) – includes performances and discussion, may be out of print; The Gift (Nancy Rumbel with Eric Tingstad) – a Christmas album with lots of solo oboe and English horn.
BASSOON: Performers to look for: Sherman Walt, Claus Thunemann, John Miller, Christopher Weait, Judith Leclaire, Frank Morelli, Milan Turcovic. Be aware that French performers use different instruments and have a very different school of thought on tone than we do. Composers and standard repertoire: Vivaldi, Mozart, Boismoiter. Specific recordings of interest: Four Centuries of Music for Bassoon (Weait); Mozart Bassoon Concerto (Sherman Walt) and Mozart Clarinet Concerto (Harold Wright).
WOODWIND QUINTETS: (flute, oboe, clarinet, french horn and bassoon): Performers to look for: Dorian Woodwind Quintet, Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet, New York Woodwind Quintet. Composers: Ibert, Bozza, Francaix, Poulenc, Milhaud, Danzi.
TRUMPET: Classical performers to look for: Maurice Andre, Armando Ghitalla, Wynton Marsalis (crosses styles and is equally good in classical and jazz), Rolf Smedvig (a Bostonian), Steven Burns, Hakan Hardenberger, Timofey Dokschitser (Rhapsody, Concert Pieces, Preludes), Rafael Mandez (Rafael Mandez, vol.1 is really awesome!), Edward Tarr, Doc Sevrinson (has some nice classical recordings as well as the jazz. Composers and Standard Classical Repertoire: Hummel Concerto, Haydn Concerto, Hindemith Sonata, Telemann, Artunian. Specific recordings of interest: All brass quintet recordings are excellent; anything with Ghitalla; Eastman Wind Ensemble – Wynton Marsalis – he plays Aaron Copland's "Quiet City"; A Portrait of Wynton Marsalis (?exact title) – includes Hummel Concerto and Flight of the Bumblebee; Baroque Miscellaneous Material – Suggested Listening 3 Masterpieces for trumpet and organ (Tarr). Jazz performers: Arturo Sandoval, Dizzie Gillespie, Blue Mitchell, Clifford Brown (With Strings), Chuck Mangione, Maynard Ferguson (Chameleon), Miles Davis (Miles Ahead, Birth of the Cool), and of course Louis Armstrong (although he does non-conventional things with his tone!). Also check out some other greats: Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Louise Baranger, Nicholas Payton, Roy Hargrove.
HORN: Performers to look for: Hermann Baumann, Froydis Ree Werke, Barry Tuckwell, Dennis Brain, Alan Civil, Phil Farkas. Composers and standard repertoire: Mozart concertos, Vivaldi, Telemann, Brahms Trio (horn, violin, piano), Richard Strauss. Specific recordings of interest: All brass quintet recordings are excellent; Horn Club of Los Angeles recordings – works for multiple horns (even 40 or more!); Baumann Mozart Concertos on natural horn (no valves: half-steps achieved by moving the hand in the bell).
TROMBONE: Classical performers to look for: Christian Lindberg, Ron Barron (Boston based), John Swallow, Bradnimir Slokar, Doug Yeo (principal bass trombonist of the BSO). Composers and standard classical repertoire: Hindemith, David, Gilmont, Milhaud, Larson, Mozart. Specific recordings of interest: All brass quintet recordings are excellent; Lindberg is THE name in trombone right now and has many recordings out on the Swedish label "Bis": The Virtuoso Trombone, Stolen Works, Romantic Trombone Concertos, Winter Trombone; Cousins, with John Barrows on trombone and George Swartz on cornet. Four of a Kind: Music for Four Trombones. Jazz performers: Melba Liston (The first professional woman jazz trombone player & a great arranger!), Hal Crook (with Phil Woods), JJ Johnson (Quintergy), Urbie Green (Big Beautiful Band), Slide Hampton (World of Trombones), Frank Rosolino (Conversation), Bill Watrous.
BARITONE/EUPHONIUM: Performers to look for: Brian Bowman, Robert Childs, Nicholas Childs, Roger Behrend, Jean-Pierre Chevallier. Specific recordings of interest: Child's Play and Euphonium Music (both by the Childs brothers) on Summit Records (not always in stores) -Box 26850, Tempi. AZ 85282; Elegance-Barat (Behrend).
TUBA: Performers to look for: Sam Pilafian, Roger Bobo, Dan Perantoni, Gene Pokorny, Jim Self. Composers and standard repertoire: Vaughn-Williams Concerto and show-off pieces like "Flight of the Bumblebee." Specific recordings of interest: All brass quintet recordings are excellent (the Boston Brass Quintet has a wonderful tuba player!); Travelin' Light (Pilafian) – kind of jazzy; Tuba Tracks (Pokorny); Changing Colors (Self). The last two are on Summit Records (not always available in stores) – Box 26850, Tempi, AZ 85282.
BRASS QUINTET: (two trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba): Performers to look for: Boston Brass Quintet; Canadian Brass Quintet (the consummate performers: serious and humorous with a mix of styles, they are entertainers and incredible musicians!); Empire Brass; Philadelphia Brass Quintet; Phillip Jones Brass Ensemble. Specific recordings of interest: Canadian: High Bright and Clear (baroque era), Basin Street (jazz), Canadian Brass Christmas, Champions (a mix), and a number of videos of concerts. A Cool Brassy Night at the North Pole (French Horn, Tuba, and trumpet – Thomas Bacon, David Hickman, Sam Pilafian).
JAZZ: We play Big Band arrangements; mostly swing style, so I am going to focus on the big band era. Soloists for specific instruments are included above. Big Band Groups to look for: Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman.
Jazz bass performers: Ray Brown, Charlie Mingus, Milt Hinton, Jaco Pastorius, Ron Carter, Christian McBride.
Davis on "Steamin' with Miles Davis" are some student suggested album.
Scofield, Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny.
Metheny), Chick Corea, Toshiko Akiyoshi.
fairly new to the scene – Diana Kroll.
Have some suggested listening of your own? Email your suggestions, and possibly earn some extra credit! Sorry, suggestions of musicians in the style of Pop, Rap, Alternative, Rock, Country, etc. will not be accepted.


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Reiss is still apprehensive around nurses and doctors, and is fighting us on sitting in a chair and walking. I think the only thing helping to get Reiss out of bed is the opportunity to walk by the babies in the department and say hi.
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Before we continue loading up your arsenal, take a step back and consider your growing knowledge of bullying. A great deal of power is now in your hands. How will you use that power?
I've seen good people become bullies, backstabbers and manipulators because they adopted the behaviors of successful executives in the company. Bullying seemed to be a faster route to success, but they paid a terrible price for their impatience (terminations, bankruptcies, ruined partnerships, ruined friendships, even ruined marriages).
Anyone with a poorly developed conscience may decide to adopt the way of the bully, perhaps believing that financial success can buy personal fulfillment. But even the most self-absorbed, self-serving person, once he has experienced the agony of being bullied, should understand that how you achieve success is all-important. Not only to the well-being of others, but to one's own personal fulfillment. The karmic law always prevails; you reap what you sow.
So really there is no choice, not for anyone with enough intelligence to realize that bullying others is harmful to your mental and emotional health, destroying your ability to achieve sustained happiness.
Now that we've got that out of the way, let's cover a few more weapons you can use against a bully.
When you don't cooperate with a bully, his most primitive weapon is to threaten you. To combat threats, you must demonstrate that you don't yield to verbal aggression.
If the bully's threat is subtle, bring it into the open (using techniques covered in prior sections). You can then neutralize the threat by either acting amused or nonchalant. Both techniques carry a strong message: you will never submit to that type of bullying.
Or just casually ignore the threat and offer the bully a gracious compliment to diffuse the situation. Your calm manner is the greatest weapon you have against his threats.
This website does not address situations where someone crosses the line into sexual harassment, or potential or actual physical aggression. If you suspect you will be a target of these behaviors, you should address that as a priority.
Some types of harassment represent the worst of bullying behaviors. Most obvious is a workplace bully who frequently yells at you in anger.
If he begins yelling again, just walk away.
These examples may be counterproductive in dealing with bullies, though they can be effective with good people who uncharacteristically lose control.
Similar techniques are useful with less blatant (and less noisy) forms of harassment. For example, if his persistent criticisms become a torment, confront him with questions that help you uncover his underlying motivation. Make it clear that you are seeking a more professional relationship, and ask for his cooperation. Ask him what he would like from you, then look for common ground.
Or just keep asking him to explain himself until he gets tired of bothering you.
A workplace bully may ridicule and belittle you, then dismiss it as harmless teasing. If you let him get away with it, he feels free to ridicule you again.
A variety of techniques can be used to combat ridicule, including direct confrontation. if you convey your displeasure with his style of "teasing," he is less likely to repeat the offense.
Aggressive body language can be used by a bully as a subtle method to intimidate, belittle or undermine others. Your objective should be to force him to speak aloud what his mannerisms are implying.
When you do this in a meeting, you focus others on the bully's inappropriate behavior, helping neutralize the impact.
You may also open the door to uncovering deep-rooted issues. Rather than get angry at his annoying mannerisms, take the opportunity to question him until you get to the bottom of his thinking. Clarity benefits everyone (except an obfuscating bully).
On the other hand, let's say he's trying to prevent opposing viewpoints from being considered. His aggressive body language is a tactic to distract, minimize and undermine. If you bring to light his behavior, others should be able to ignore further aggression. They might even recognize his inability to conduct himself in a professional manner.
An underhanded bully may spread rumors about you. Unless he is a recreational gossiper, these are intended to undermine your reputation and diminish your power. Or he may initiate a rumor, perhaps using innuendo.
He may add other observations, or perhaps tell some minor lies, to lead others to a false and malicious conclusion.
If you think someone has slandered you, confront him as soon as possible. Be simple and straightforward. Tell him what you heard, then ask him to confirm it.
He will probably deny slandering you. Don't pursue it further: you've already made it clear to him that you can uncover his rumor-mongering, and that you'll always confront him directly. With this knowledge, he is less likely to repeat the behavior.
Those who are seduced by a bully into his world of hearsay, innuendo and gossip are setting themselves up to be future targets. Also, if you get on the bad side of the bully, he may suggest to upper management that you seem to keep up with all the latest gossip, and that you are a bad influence on the rest of the team (when in fact you were merely a willing listener to the bully's spreading of unfounded rumors).
We've now covered the full array of techniques for dealing with a workplace bully. You are fully armed and ready to handle any type of bullying situation.
In the next section we will customize your new arsenal.


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There is no single treatment for interstitial lung disease (ILD). The treatment depends on the particular condition.
Every patient we see at Boston Children's Hospital receives treatment based on his or her specific diagnosis and symptoms. For the treatment of children with ILD, we have a multi-specialty group that meets on a frequent basis to review evaluation and treatment plans.
Boston Children's is part of the Children's Interstitial Lung Disease Research Network and is actively involved in research projects aimed at developing the best treatments for these specific disorders.
Low oxygen levels are detrimental to growth and development and can strain the heart, so we will play close attention to diagnosing and treating low oxygen levels. Oxygen is provided as needed to maintain appropriate blood oxygen levels. Occasionally other devices (non-invasive ventilation/pressure machines or tracheostomy tubes/ventilators are needed to maintain gas exchange.
It is important to reduce the work required to breathe so that your child can use more of the calories that she needs to grow. We often use anti-inflammatory therapies (such as steroids or immune modulation medications) to treat lung inflammation, as inflammation can make it harder to breathe. We also do things like chest PT to help remove built up mucous in the airways so that doesn't cause a lack of oxygen.
Children with ILD may work harder to breathe and it may be difficult to take in enough calories to supply the energy to breathe and grow. We have a nutritionist on our team who provides expert advice on how to add supplemental calories and needed nutrients. Occasionally our ILD patients require therapy with additional calories provided through feedings tubes; if we think your child might need this, we will discuss this in depth with you before moving forward.
Infections can cause a flare-up in respiratory symptoms, so we recommend that you keep your child's vaccinations up to date. We'll also help you keep your child's airways clear using clearance therapy mucous doesn't build up and increase the risk of infections. If you child does get an infection (or an infection is suspected), we will treat her aggressively if indicated.
Some specific ILDs are associated with problems in other organ systems. Through our multi-disciplinary group we work to coordinate and consolidate care of associated conditions.
Sometimes lung transplantation becomes a treatment option for children with ILD. If this is the case with your child, the Lung Transplant Program team here at Boston Children's Hospital provides expert review and opinion, as well as other services and support.


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It is taken from this paper.
All the variables are discrete (and can take only 2 possible states) except "Size" and "GraspPose", which are continuous and should be modeled as Mixture of Gaussians.
Authors use Expectation-Maximization algorithm to learn the parameters for conditional probability tables and Junction-Tree algorithm to compute the exact inference.
As I understand all is realised in MatLab with Bayes Net Toolbox by Murphy.
I tried to search something similar in python and here are my results:

*

*Python Bayesian Network Toolbox http://sourceforge.net/projects/pbnt.berlios/ (http://pbnt.berlios.de/). Web-site doesn't work, project doesn't seem to be supported.

*BayesPy https://github.com/bayespy/bayespy
I think this is what I actually need, but I fail to find some examples similar to my case, to understand how to approach construction of the network structure.

*PyMC seems to be a powerful module, but I have problems with importing it on Windows 64, python 3.3. I get error when I install development version
WARNING (theano.configdefaults): g++ not detected ! Theano will be unable to execute optimized C-implementations (for both CPU and GPU) and will default to Python implementations. Performance will be severely degraded. To remove this warning, set Theano flags cxx to an empty string.
UPDATE:

*libpgm (http://pythonhosted.org/libpgm/). Exactly what I need, unfortunately not supported by python 3.x

*Very interesting actively developing library: PGMPY. Unfortunately continuous variables and learning from data is not supported yet. https://github.com/pgmpy/pgmpy/
Any advices and concrete examples will be highly appreciated.

A: Try the bnlearn library, it contains many functions to learn parameters from data and perform the inference.
pip install bnlearn

Your use-case would be like this:
# Import the library
import bnlearn

# Define the network structure
edges = [('task', 'size'),
         ('lat var', 'size'),
         ('task', 'fill level'),
         ('task', 'object shape'),
         ('task', 'side graspable'),
         ('size', 'GrasPose'),
         ('task', 'GrasPose'),
         ('fill level', 'GrasPose'),
         ('object shape', 'GrasPose'),
         ('side graspable', 'GrasPose'),
         ('GrasPose', 'latvar'),
]

# Make the actual Bayesian DAG
DAG = bnlearn.make_DAG(edges)

# DAG is stored in adjacency matrix
print(DAG['adjmat'])

# target           task   size  lat var  ...  side graspable  GrasPose  latvar
# source                                 ...
# task            False   True    False  ...            True      True   False
# size            False  False    False  ...           False      True   False
# lat var         False   True    False  ...           False     False   False
# fill level      False  False    False  ...           False      True   False
# object shape    False  False    False  ...           False      True   False
# side graspable  False  False    False  ...           False      True   False
# GrasPose        False  False    False  ...           False     False    True
# latvar          False  False    False  ...           False     False   False
#
# [8 rows x 8 columns]

# No CPDs are in the DAG. Lets see what happens if we print it.
bnlearn.print_CPD(DAG)
# >[BNLEARN.print_CPD] No CPDs to print. Use bnlearn.plot(DAG) to make a plot.

# Plot DAG. Note that it can be differently orientated if you re-make the plot.
bnlearn.plot(DAG)

Now we need the data to learn its parameters. Suppose these are stored in your df. The variable names in the data-file must be present in the DAG.
# Read data
df = pd.read_csv('path_to_your_data.csv')

# Learn the parameters and store CPDs in the DAG. Use the methodtype your desire. Options are maximumlikelihood or bayes.
DAG = bnlearn.parameter_learning.fit(DAG, df, methodtype='maximumlikelihood')
# CPDs are present in the DAG at this point.
bnlearn.print_CPD(DAG)

# Start making inferences now. As an example:
q1 = bnlearn.inference.fit(DAG, variables=['lat var'], evidence={'fill level':1, 'size':0, 'task':1})

Below is a working example with a demo dataset (sprinkler). You can play around with this.
# Import example dataset
df = bnlearn.import_example('sprinkler')
print(df)
#      Cloudy  Sprinkler  Rain  Wet_Grass
# 0         0          0     0          0
# 1         1          0     1          1
# 2         0          1     0          1
# 3         1          1     1          1
# 4         1          1     1          1
# ..      ...        ...   ...        ...
# 995       1          0     1          1
# 996       1          0     1          1
# 997       1          0     1          1
# 998       0          0     0          0
# 999       0          1     1          1

# [1000 rows x 4 columns]

# Define the network structure
edges = [('Cloudy', 'Sprinkler'),
         ('Cloudy', 'Rain'),
         ('Sprinkler', 'Wet_Grass'),
         ('Rain', 'Wet_Grass')]

# Make the actual Bayesian DAG
DAG = bnlearn.make_DAG(edges)
# Print the CPDs
bnlearn.print_CPD(DAG)
# [BNLEARN.print_CPD] No CPDs to print. Use bnlearn.plot(DAG) to make a plot.
# Plot the DAG
bnlearn.plot(DAG)

# Parameter learning on the user-defined DAG and input data
DAG = bnlearn.parameter_learning.fit(DAG, df)

# Print the learned CPDs
bnlearn.print_CPD(DAG)

# [BNLEARN.print_CPD] Independencies:
# (Cloudy _|_ Wet_Grass | Rain, Sprinkler)
# (Sprinkler _|_ Rain | Cloudy)
# (Rain _|_ Sprinkler | Cloudy)
# (Wet_Grass _|_ Cloudy | Rain, Sprinkler)
# [BNLEARN.print_CPD] Nodes: ['Cloudy', 'Sprinkler', 'Rain', 'Wet_Grass']
# [BNLEARN.print_CPD] Edges: [('Cloudy', 'Sprinkler'), ('Cloudy', 'Rain'), ('Sprinkler', 'Wet_Grass'), ('Rain', 'Wet_Grass')]
# CPD of Cloudy:
# +-----------+-------+
# | Cloudy(0) | 0.494 |
# +-----------+-------+
# | Cloudy(1) | 0.506 |
# +-----------+-------+
# CPD of Sprinkler:
# +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+
# | Cloudy       | Cloudy(0)          | Cloudy(1)          |
# +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+
# | Sprinkler(0) | 0.4807692307692308 | 0.7075098814229249 |
# +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+
# | Sprinkler(1) | 0.5192307692307693 | 0.2924901185770751 |
# +--------------+--------------------+--------------------+
# CPD of Rain:
# +---------+--------------------+---------------------+
# | Cloudy  | Cloudy(0)          | Cloudy(1)           |
# +---------+--------------------+---------------------+
# | Rain(0) | 0.6518218623481782 | 0.33695652173913043 |
# +---------+--------------------+---------------------+
# | Rain(1) | 0.3481781376518219 | 0.6630434782608695  |
# +---------+--------------------+---------------------+
# CPD of Wet_Grass:
# +--------------+--------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
# | Rain         | Rain(0)            | Rain(0)             | Rain(1)             | Rain(1)             |
# +--------------+--------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
# | Sprinkler    | Sprinkler(0)       | Sprinkler(1)        | Sprinkler(0)        | Sprinkler(1)        |
# +--------------+--------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
# | Wet_Grass(0) | 0.7553816046966731 | 0.33755274261603374 | 0.25588235294117645 | 0.37910447761194027 |
# +--------------+--------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
# | Wet_Grass(1) | 0.2446183953033268 | 0.6624472573839663  | 0.7441176470588236  | 0.6208955223880597  |
# +--------------+--------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+

# Make inference
q1 = bnlearn.inference.fit(DAG, variables=['Wet_Grass'], evidence={'Rain':1, 'Sprinkler':0, 'Cloudy':1})

# +--------------+------------------+
# | Wet_Grass    |   phi(Wet_Grass) |
# +==============+==================+
# | Wet_Grass(0) |           0.2559 |
# +--------------+------------------+
# | Wet_Grass(1) |           0.7441 |
# +--------------+------------------+

print(q1.values)
# array([0.25588235, 0.74411765])

More examples can be found on documentation the pages of bnlearn or read the blog.

A: I was looking for a similar library, and I found that the pomegranate is  a good one. Thanks James Atwood
Here is an example how to use it.
from pomegranate import *
import numpy as np

mydb=np.array([[1,2,3],[1,2,4],[1,2,5],[1,2,6],[1,3,8],[2,3,8],[1,2,4]])

bnet = BayesianNetwork.from_samples(mydb)

print(bnet.node_count())

print(bnet.probability([[1,2,3]]))
print (bnet.probability([[1,2,8]]))

A: It looks like pomegranate was recently updated to include Bayesian Networks.  I haven't tried it myself, but the interface looks nice and sklearn-ish.

A: For pymc's g++ problem, I highly recommend to get g++ installation done, it would hugely boost the sampling process, otherwise you will have to live with this warning and sit there for 1 hour for a 2000 sampling process.
The way to get the warning fixed is:
1. get g++ installed, download cywing and get g++ install, you can google that. To check this, just go to "cmd" and type "g++", if it says "require input file", great, you got g++ installed.
2. install python package: mingw, libpython
3. install python package: theano
this should get this problem fixed.
I am currently working on the same problem with you, good luck!

A: Late to the party, as always, but I've wrapped up the BayesServer Java API using JPype; it might not have all the functionality that you need but you would create the above network using something like:
from bayesianpy.network import Builder as builder
import bayesianpy.network

nt = bayesianpy.network.create_network()

# where df is your dataframe
task = builder.create_discrete_variable(nt, df, 'task')

size = builder.create_continuous_variable(nt, 'size')
grasp_pose = builder.create_continuous_variable(nt, 'GraspPose')

builder.create_link(nt, size, grasp_pose)
builder.create_link(nt, task, grasp_pose)

for v in ['fill level', 'object shape', 'side graspable']:
    va = builder.create_discrete_variable(nt, df, v)
    builder.create_link(nt, va, grasp_pose)
    builder.create_link(nt, task, va)

# write df to data store
with bayesianpy.data.DataSet(df, bayesianpy.utils.get_path_to_parent_dir(__file__), logger) as dataset:
    model = bayesianpy.model.NetworkModel(nt, logger)
    model.train(dataset)

    # to query model multi-threaded
    results = model.batch_query(dataset, [bayesianpy.model.QueryModelStatistics()], append_to_df=False)

I'm not affiliated with Bayes Server - and the Python wrapper is not 'official' (you can use the Java API via Python directly). My wrapper makes some assumptions and places limitations on functions that I don't use very much. The repo is here: github.com/morganics/bayesianpy

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Charley says LIST! Christmas 2010
On the night (well, actually the 11.30 AM) before Christmas I thought I'd list you some of the brand new Christmas tunes that have come out of Belgium and The Netherlands these last few weeks!
Above we find the brilliant but un-Googleable 'It's Christmas' by Do. We first met Do when she the voice on DJ Sammy's 'Heaven', a Bryan Adams cover she would go on to release an unplugged version of her own of. More solo success came with the release of the amazing pop tune 'Love Is Killing Me'. After her second album underperformed it all went a bit quiet around Do. Around 2008, 2009 things were looking up again with a Playboy shoot and a place among the judges of Belgian X Factor. We finally got some new music as well with 'Zingen In Het Donker'. The single can be found on the album of the same name, which was a charity release for a domestic violence cause. A cover album and one with original English songs were set to follow, but haven't yet materialised. To ease the wait, december 2010 saw the release of 'It's Christmas'. An original Christmas tune which shows Do's qualities as a gorgeous, fun and most of all amazing singer.
Belgium has never really had much of a Christmas pop tradition. Off the top of my head, the only recent-ish properly released songs I can think of are Laura Lynn's remake of a Marva classic and one from the first season of Big Brother. Radio station MNM saw the time fit to make a change and instructed three Belgian pop acts to come up with some fresh material. All three songs can be heard here by clicking ">> KLIK HIER EN BELUISTER DE 3 MNM-KERSTLIEDJES". Brahim recorded a soulful cover of 'White Christmas', while Lester & Abdou made 'Jingle Bells' sound like a cross between 'Riverside' and 'The Time (Dirty Bit)'. The third artist to record an MNM Christmas song is Charley says POP! favourite Katerine Avgoustakis. Two years ago she already covered 'All I Want For Christmas' as part of a free download action, so it was time to up her game. Katerine ended up getting together with producer Yves Gaillard and creating 'Merry Xmas'. This brand new track which, as far as I know, is the only one of the three to be available on iTunes.
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In any case, I want to conclude by wishing you all a very merry Christmas! Also, a big thank you to all the artists, their teams and record companies who have helped along the way! I've recently learned that in the last six months some stuff hasn't been going smoothly with the Charley says POP! e-mail address. Some mails that have been sent to me have not properly arrived and some mails that I've sent out appear to not have reached their destination. I hope to sort this out as soon as possible to once again ensure a smooth stream op pop blogging! Most of all, a huge thank you to all the people who visited this site! Thank you for reading my ramblings, commenting and coming back!
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Move over, Jasper Erkens and Freaky Age. Here's Breathe The Sound! Above is lead singer Simon Nuytten. Below is their song 'Dance'. Over here is a live cover of Michael Jackson's 'Man In The Mirror'. And this is the band's MySpace profile. This isn't usually my kind of music, but I find myself liking this quite a bit.
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Charley says ARTIST! Tom Dice
I am absolutely loving the Tom Dice album.
Before I give you guys a proper review of 'Teardrops' I wanted to put together a full artist profile of the young singer who will be representing Belgium at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest with 'Me And My Guitar'.
Back in 2008 Tom auditioned for the second season of Flemish X Factor. He got through to the live shows where he immediately impressed with an acoustic rendition of Leona Lewis' 'Bleeding Love'. From then on he was the one to beat and sailed through to the final.
However, in the final school teacher Dirk De Smet was the one who ended up taking the record deal home. Not that it was anything to be jealous of, Dirk only got offered a two single deal. His winner's song 'Walk And Don't Look Back' only got to number 4 and sophomore release 'So Little' didn't even bother the Bubbling Under chart.
Since Sony was barely interested in the show's actual winner, it seemed like there was no hope for runner-up Tom. Luckily, his X Factor coach Maurice Engelen, the man behind Lords Of Acid, stepped in, started up a new label and signed Tom as one of his first artists. The other act being Mathieu & Guillaume, two brothers who had also been X Factor finalists.
Bleeding Love (Live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W-_5Jm3jYQ
In the summer of 2009 Tom released his debut single. The aforementioned cover of 'Bleeding Love' would have also been his winner's song had he won the show, so it was decided to release it after all. While Tom's version isn't bad, I think it's a shame they didn't stick with the stripped down backing music that made his X Factor performance stand out. With a little help from a couple of instore signings 'Bleeding Love' managed to scrape into the top 10 for a week at number 7.
We'll get to the success of 'Me And My Guitar' and Tom's debut album 'Teardrops' next time, but before I end this post there's one more thing I'd like to tell you about.
Network vtm doesn't seem to realise that having guest performers benefits both the show and the Flemish music industry, so it was a bit of a surprise when one week they announced that Craig David would be appearing on the show. That week's show even got a Craig David Week theme. Yes, seriously. Rather unexpectedly Tom gave his best performance that week. He managed to turn '7 Days' into a brilliant pop/rock tune that I still revisit every now and again. Also: judge Do's thumbs up face in that clip.
See also: Charley says ALBUM! Tom Dice – Teardrops
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This much is not doubtful: Beyond any doubt, this will be dragged out to the last possible minute.
It's a beautiful thing, if you like that sort of thing.
It recalls a certain Sunday morning in 2011, when Duke sent Kyrie Irving onto the court at the Greensboro Coliseum for a very prolonged and visible workout in the hours before the Blue Devils played North Carolina for the ACC title, the freshman point guard having been out for months because of a toe injury.
Irving didn't play – Duke beat North Carolina for the championship, and Irving returned a few days later, against Hampton in the first round of the NCAA tournament – but the will-he-or-won't-he speculation took up more of the morning than the waiting line for lunch at Stamey's.
It's deja shoe all over again.
Krzyzewski, inadvertently or deliberately, has once again left North Carolina preparing for two different Dukes on Saturday.
Not that North Carolina hasn't been on the other side. In 2009, Ty Lawson jammed his right big toe on the basket stanchion in practice the day before the season finale against Duke. "No status," was the official word on the eventual ACC player of the year heading into the game.
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski isn't ruling Zion Williamson out for Saturday night's game against North Carolina. Krzyzewski said Williamson, who is out with a sprained knee, is doubtful but a decision will be made on Saturday, March 9. 2019.
With the help of a painkilling injection, Lawson played 36 minutes in North Carolina's win. (He then soaked the injured toe in an Epsom salt bath and missed the entire ACC tournament and North Carolina's NCAA opener after his toe swelled to the point where he couldn't get a shoe on his foot.)
This time, the foot is on the other hand.
"We're still preparing like Zion is going to play," North Carolina coach Roy Williams said Thursday. "And at the same they're going to make that decision, so we have no say over it, so why worry about that part of it?"
Normally, you wouldn't. But Williamson, as always, is a special case.
He exerts an outsized impact on the games in which he plays and, accordingly, North Carolina's preparations. It's clear at this point Duke is a many-splendored team with him and a mono-dimensional team without him. His presence requires a completely different approach than his absence.
Krzyzewski's relative pessimism aside – he said Williamson still hasn't had a full-contact practice, and would not Friday – it still feels like there's every chance Williamson, ruled out at 11 a.m., is dressed and on the bench at 6 p.m. At that point, anything would be possible.
Or he waits for next week and Duke's ACC tournament opener in Charlotte, giving him another four days of rest and practice. From a purely pragmatic perspective, it may even make more sense, although it's hard to believe someone as competitive as Williamson wouldn't want to try to beat North Carolina at the Smith Center if he's able to any degree.
Check out photos from UNC's win over Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, NC Wednesday night, Feb. 20, 2019.
If he wanted to finish the season in a dull game, he could have gone anywhere. (Clemson, his second choice, hosts Syracuse on Saturday in what figures to be a rock fight somewhere approaching igneous on the spectrum.) Williamson came to Duke for a reason: to play with R.J. Barrett and Cam Reddish and Tre Jones, and to win something.
Depending on what happens to Virginia earlier Saturday, here's his shot – not to mention, a chance to add a new page to the Legend of Zion and a new wrinkle to a rivalry that isn't exactly short on them.
North Carolina is preparing as if Zion Williamson, left, will play Saturday while Duke says he's "doubftul.". Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com
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US News Digital Democracy: EU Commission plans stricter rules for platforms
12:10 04 december 2020 Source: t3n.de
German leading index Dax grows to 40 companies
- by Hans Seidenstücker © Reuters / KAI PFAFFENBACH People with umbrellas pass by bull and bear outside Frankfurt's stock exchange during heavy rain in Frankfurt Frankfurt (Reuters) - The Dax is in front of the largest Reconstruction of its more than 30-year history. The most important German stock exchange index will grow by ten to 40 members in September 2021, as Deutsche Börse announced on Tuesday.
The European Commission is presenting its European Democracy Action Plan to empower citizens and build more resilient democracies across the EU . With the digital revolution under way, citizens must be able to make choices where views can be expressed freely, facts distinguished from fiction
The European Commission 's policy fosters a trusting, lawful and innovation-driven online platforms ' environment in the EU . The Observatory on the online platform economy accompanies the new rules . It monitors and analyses the latest trends and issues in the online platform economy.
The EU Commission has presented a plan to combat digital threats to democracy. This includes stricter rules for online platforms.
© Damir Sencar / Shutterstock The European Commission in Brussels.
Anyone who spreads false information online should be punished more severely in future. This is what the EU Commission has set out in its so-called Action Plan for Democracy. It wants to strengthen free and fair elections and freedom of the media and fight disinformation. The major platforms should be made more responsible for this.
"In view of the digital revolution, citizens must be able to make decisions in an environment in which they can express their opinion freely," says Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, describing the intention of the plan according to press release .
Söder calls for stricter containment measures for Corona hotspots
Before the new Corona summit by the federal and state governments, Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) has called for stricter measures in hotspots. For particularly badly affected areas there must be "clearer rules", he said on Wednesday in the ARD "Morgenmagazin". "We need a hotspot strategy." In his opinion, this included masks in schools, but also "restrictions" for shops.
Democracy represents itself in many different forms. In a society like the US, people elect representatives to sit on Similarly, in a supranational body like the EU , members of the European Parliament are elected by the Your workers may also provide critiques of these plans ; bringing the
Embracing digital finance would unleash European innovation and create opportunities to develop better financial products for consumers, including for people currently unable to access financial services. It unlocks new ways of channelling funding to EU businesses, in particular SMEs.
Voluntary Code to be tightened
In October 2018, several platforms signed a voluntary Code of Conduct of the EU Commission, which regulates the handling of disinformation. This voluntary obligation is to be revised in such a way that strict monitoring and supervisory regulations apply to platforms. This should happen "in accordance with the upcoming law on digital services ". The commission intends to present the law this month.
It remains unclear whether the code would still be voluntary and to what extent the platforms would agree to it. The commission plans to publish guidelines for the renewed code in spring 2021.
More transparency in political advertising
The Commission also wants to propose legislation for more transparency in political advertising. The rules are intended to apply to online platforms, advertisers and political advisory firms. This is intended to make it easier for users to recognize when the content is sponsored political advertising.
Protecting the media better
The Commission also wants to strengthen the safety of journalists. They are more exposed to physical and digital attacks in several Member States.
Brexit: the probability of a "no deal" increases .
© Reuters, Olivier Matthys The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, talks with the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, and the President of the European Parliament, David-Maria Sassoli, in Brussels, Belgium, December 10, 2020. In Brussels, the risk of no agreement on the future commercial relationship between London and the 27 is gradually emerging.
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The European Digital Strategy. Technology that works for people. A European way to digital transformation which enhances our democratic values, respects our fundamental rights, and contributes to a sustainable, climate-neutral and resource-efficient economy.
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Q: Using the default contact picker photo in my app In my app I have a ListView of contacts with basic information (name, phone number) as well as the contact image, very similar to the default Android contact picker.  If the contact has no image, it displays the app icon in its place.  However, I would like to use the default silhouette image that the contact picker uses instead.  My question is how can I access this image and use it in my app?  Here is the section of my code that loads the contact image:
Contact c = new Contact();

    final String[] projection = new String[] {
        Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME, // the name of the contact
        Contacts.PHOTO_ID // the ID of the column in the data table for the image
    };

    final Cursor contact = getContentResolver().query(
        Contacts.CONTENT_URI,
        projection,
        Contacts._ID + "=?", // filter entries on the basis of the contact id
        new String[] {String.valueOf(contactId)}, // the parameter which the contact id column is compared to
        null
    );

    if(contact.moveToFirst()) {
        final String name = contact.getString(
                contact.getColumnIndex(Contacts.DISPLAY_NAME));
        final String photoId = contact.getString(
                contact.getColumnIndex(Contacts.PHOTO_ID));

        // Get photo data for this contact
        if(photoId != null) {
            final Cursor photo = managedQuery(
                Data.CONTENT_URI,
                new String[] {Photo.PHOTO}, // column for the photo blob
                Data._ID + "=?", // select row by id
                new String[] {photoId}, // filter by photoId
                null
            );

            // Convert photo blob to a bitmap
            if(photo.moveToFirst()) {
                byte[] photoBlob = photo.getBlob(
                        photo.getColumnIndex(Photo.PHOTO));
                final Bitmap photoBitmap =
                    BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(photoBlob, 0, photoBlob.length);

                c.setPhoto(photoBitmap);
            }

        }

        c.setName(name);

Here is the code in my ContactAdapter class which associates the ImageView with the contacts photo:
ImageView photo = (ImageView) v.findViewById(R.id.contact_photo);

if(photo != null) {
            if(c.hasPhoto()) photo.setImageBitmap(c.getPhoto());
            else photo.setImageResource(R.drawable.app_icon);
        }

A: There are actually 3 different images that are used in Android.  You can find them in the drawable folder of the resources that come with the emulator, or you can download them from here:


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Operainitiativet är en ideell förening som grundades 2008. Föreningens huvudsakliga syfte är att verka för en ny nationalscen i Sverige för opera, balett och annan scenkonst.

Operainitiativet arbetar för en ny operabyggnad i Stockholm, utan att förlora den gamla. Operainitiativets alternativa förslag till nybyggnad är ombyggnad av det gamla operahuset vid Gustav Adolfs torg, och 2013 utlovade Regeringen Reinfeldt två miljarder kronor till  att bygga om Kungliga Operan i Stockholm - istället för att bygga ett nytt operahus. Statens fastighetsverk fick i uppdrag att tillsammans med Operan ta fram en plan som skulle redovisas under 2014.

Noter

Externa länkar
föreningens webbplats
intresseföreningar i Sverige
organisationer bildade 2008


I am getting a rendering error with the Barcelona theme for subtable implementations. The column header text appears along with the column data! Below is a piece of code. I am unable to attach a the screen shot of the web page.
It is not a PrimeNg issue. Please use PrimeFaces forum.


Developer Chronicles: Where Java is headed?
10 years ago we have been introduced to Java with Duke dancing in a web page. Duke's reveluationary approach of portable clean code running in VM has inspired client side programming, flash, .net even todays latest approaches of ajax and flex.
While developers playing with applets, Duke was headed to Enterprise Application Servers with enterprise beans, message driven beans, jms etc... All vendors came up with their own implementation and approach integrated in their tools. Enterprises started migrating their systems to EJB implementations and while they were struggling with complexity Duke's friends came up with open frameworks such as hibernate and spring. Later this simple approach had been labeled as POJOs. Also while client side developers were struggling with new JSP/Servlett specifications duke came up with JSF coupled with Ajax. The idea was simple but very clever. Ajax had already been on market since Explorer 5 and JSF was built on success of Struts.
Right now Duke is still trying to enforce EJB 3 to POJO fans, Java 6 with netbeans matisse gui tool to desktop developers. Duke has always found an unexpected way to stay popular. I hope he does it again otherwise 10 years later Java would be alive just because Cobol does today.


"A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing," offered 18th-century author Samuel Johnson. Johnson's commentary on the cucumber came well before selective breeding had eliminated much of the bitterness of the vegetable. The author also was lacking current knowledge of the considerable benefits of the now-mild tasting cucumber. The cucumber is a source of slow-release energy and a potent tool in your efforts to lose weight.
Although the cucumber is famously held in high regard by the British, its early history lay in the Mediterranean region, where Greeks, Romans and Egyptians cultivated it since about 4000 to 3000 B.C. The cucumber migrated up to France and eventually to England by the 1300s. It was brought to the New World by Christopher Columbus and has made its way across the globe, appearing in cuisines around the world in salads, sandwiches, salsas, relishes and sauces, such as Indian raitas and Greek tzaziki. A member of the squash family and cousin to zucchinis and watermelon, the cucumber has never attained the status or popularity of other vegetables that are eaten raw, such as lettuce, celery and carrots. Set aside whatever bias you might harbor, however. It's time to invite the lowly cucumber to your daily plate, especially if you are trying to lose weight.
Just as you may think of solar or wind power as providing clean energy, you can think of the cucumber as providing clean energy to your body. The cucumber is unencumbered by the negative nutritional qualities you can find in many of the foods that are probably lurking in your refrigerator and cupboards. An 85 gram serving of cucumber, about ¾ of a cup, has a mere 11 calories. It has virtually no fat, cholesterol or sodium. It has 2 grams of carbohydrates and 1 gram of sugar.
Dieters can find much to love in the lean caloric profile of cucumber as few foods have fewer calories than the cucumber. Even romaine lettuce and celery, which have 14 and 12 calories, respectively, in an 85-gram serving, have more calories than a cucumber.
Although slim on calories, the cucumber manages to offer good nutrition. It is an excellent source of vitamins A, C and K, folate, potassium, and manganese, and it is a good source of riboflavin, pantothenic acid, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and vitamin B6.
The cucumber offers about 0.5 gram of fiber in an 85-gram serving. This bit of fiber helps slow the release of the few calories in cucumber, stabilizing blood sugar and sating your appetite. The slow release of calories means your body has energy available to it for a longer period of time. This might seem like a small amount of fiber compared to other vegetables, but there is a reason for this. A cucumber is almost 97 percent water by weight, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This means that when you eat cucumbers, you are mostly consuming water with a little bit of fiber, slow-release energy and some decent nutrition. Your body benefits from the hydration and the water quells your appetite.
Perhaps you are thinking that the cucumber could be the perfect diet food, if only it tasted not like a cucumber but more like onion rings or chocolate. However, the mild flavor, texture and adaptability of the cucumber make it an ideal ingredient in several dishes that offer up diverse flavors and textures. Add sliced cucumber to your salads or sandwiches and wraps for vitamins and crisp bulk. Make cucumber salads, mixing equal portions of cucumber and fresh tomato along with half portions of green pepper and onion. Top with low-calorie, fat-free Italian dressing. Try the cucumber raita recipe described at IFood. Raita is a popular Indian condiment made of cucumber, yogurt and cumin that serves as a cool contrast to spicy curries. It's time to stop neglecting this ally in your efforts to curb your appetite and drop those pounds.


Look kids, I like helping you out. I do. I like giving you reviews on stuff. I like telling you about cool and nerdy things. I even like helping to make sure that your digital life is secure and safe. But sometimes, every once in a while, it's my responsibility to step in and help protect you. Not from viruses or malware. Not from hacks or security holes. But from yourselves.
What brings this up tonight are some things I've been seeing on my Facebook feed. I thought it was debunked and killed around the time of the Facebook IPO only to see it rear its ugly head again a couple of months ago. And then when it came back, I again thought, foolishly, that it was sufficiently slain and done with. But social media has a way of enhancing the viral power of internet memes and their dark cousins the hoaxes, where this is the tale of the latter. This thing spread like wildfire, with users copying and pasting quicker than my news feed could keep up, until I'd had enough and decided to lay it out for you all. Take a look at the examples below, then stay with me while I tear into them.
Example 1: For those of you who do not understand the reasoning behind this posting, Facebook is now a publicly traded entity. Unless you state otherwise, anyone can infringe on your right to privacy once you post to this site. It is recommended that you and other members post a similar notice as this, or you may copy and paste this version. If you do not post such a statement once, then you are indirectly allowing public use of items such as your photos and the information contained in your status updates.
Example 2: In response to the new Facebook guidelines I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details, illustrations, comics, paintings, photos and videos, etc. (as a result of the Berner Convention).
(Anyone reading this can copy this text and paste it on their Facebook Wall. This will place them under protection of copyright laws, By the present communiqué, I notify Facebook that it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, disseminate, or take any other action against me on the basis of this profile and/or its contents. The aforementioned prohibited actions also apply to employees, students, agents and/or any staff under Facebook's direction or control. The content of this profile is private and confidential information. The violation of my privacy is punished by law (UCC 1 1-308-308 1-103 and the Rome Statute).
This hoax can be seen in a number of status updates on your feed – self contained declarations of independence railing against the Facebook empire, assuming that their recent status update as "publicly traded company" affords them the right to reach out and annex all content as their own. But that's not all. All of these status updates cite obscure regulations and criminal codes that have little to no (mostly no) bearing on anything having to do with content posted on Facebook like the UCC and the Rome Statute. I'll get into that more later on.
1. This is a hoax. It was during the IPO, and continues to be now. Copying and pasting this sort of malarchy or coming up with your own means exactly zero. Your already-agreed-to Facebook agreement governs this, not status update legalese. That's right – if you're a Facebook user, you've agreed to the terms before you posted your first bit of whatever on your wall.
2. The UCC does not apply. Nor does the Rome Statute. and the "Berner Convention?" Not even a real thing.
Exceptions naturally exist for content that was already copyrighted by another entity, but the statement's pretty clear. If you want to control who has access to your information, you should not only stop worrying about just any legal sounding block of text, but stop ignoring both Facebook and the nerds in your life that have always strongly urged that you keep track of your privacy settings. Personally my privacy settings are for friends only, which means unless I am friends with a particular user, they can't see any content that I post outside of my profile picture and name. I'm comfortable with that level of public sharing, so that's where I keep them. Change them to what you're comfortable with.Check those embedded links above to see those sections in detail.
As I mentioned previously, these things are crafted in a flavor of legalese that can convince the everyday user, but would make anyone familiar with law, tech, or both raise an eyebrow. Let's take a look at what's cited. First is the UCC. UCC stands for the Uniform Commercial Code, and the oft-cited section 1-308 of said code was designed to address the idea of reservation of rights when it comes to contract performance in a commercial setting. It also says that using phrases like "without prejudice" and the like defend individuals in a commercial setting. For some reason this makes people think that adding it to an agreement gives them legal superpowers. Without real legal understanding, it could actual cause more harm than good.
Next is the Berner Convention. That never happened. The similarly-named Berne Convention was in fact a real thing, and focused on protecting the rights of artistic and literary works. I'll let you scour through it over at Cornell Lawyourself, then you can tell me how it applies here. Seeing as the FB terms of service is the core binding agreement, I don't think you'll find a way. The convention basically said that countries will recognize copyrighted works from other countries.
And the Rome Statute? The Rome Statute outlines the establishment of the International Criminal Court, which "shall have the power to exercise its jurisdiction over persons for the most serious crimes of international concern" according to the text. Check out the statute for yourself. You'll be hard pressed to find anything applicable.
I'd like you to start reading user agreements and license agreements. They're long and they may be boring, but they will save you a lot of headache in the long run and maybe acclimate you to how software and online services work. Knowing a little bit more about the systems we use every day is never a bad thing. On top of that, we should all exercise a little bit more scrutiny and common sense with things like this. Just because it sounds good doesn't make it true. If you're unsure of something or it seems hokey, put some Google-Fu on it and look up what it's all about! If you have any questions about that sort of content, you can always consult your local legal eagle or tech nerd and they can help you understand what it is you're reading.
I also strongly suggest that you like Facebook Site Governance on Facebook. It helps keep you up to date on proposed rule changes and other news in the Facebook universe. And please check your privacy settings to make sure you're only sharing what you want to who you want.
64. goodbye 28-day wait to rent a new movie, hello zediva. and thank you, copyright loophole.


Maple Cinnamon Roasted Chickpeas. Nut free, gluten free and vegan. This may be the easiest snack you ever make. Seriously. You need to try them asap!
First, I found Kale Chips, and I thought I was in love. Then it was Cauliflower Popcorn. But this snack beats them all hands down.
It will satisfy your sweet craving without adding the pounds. Even my daughter, Meadow, who claims to hate all beans, ate them.
In fact, she grabbed the bowl away and took off with it! Man, she is a sneaky one sometimes! It was gone pretty darn fast. I am roasting another batch as I type this.
Here is a little video of how to make them. For more videos, you can subscribe to my You Tube Channel.
Looking for more roasted chickpea recipes?
Pour the mixture onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
Roast in the oven for about 45 minutes, shaking every 10 minutes to keep them from burning. That's it. Easy peasy!


USDA recently published practical, science-based nutrition standards for snack foods and beverages sold to children at school during the school day. The standards, required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, will allow schools to offer healthier snack foods to children, while limiting junk food.
The health of today's school environment continues to improve. Students across the country are now offered healthier school lunches with more fruits, vegetables and whole grains. The Smart Snacks in School standards will build on those healthy advancements and ensure that kids are only offered tasty and nutritious foods during the school day.
Smart Snacks in School also support efforts by school food service staff, school administrators, teachers, parents and the school community, all working hard to instill healthy habits in students.
• 100% fruit or vegetable juice diluted with water (with or without carbonation), and no added sweeteners.
Elementary schools may sell up to 8-ounce portions, while middle schools and high schools may sell up to 12-ounce portions of milk and juice. There is no portion size limit for plain water.
• Other flavored and/or carbonated beverages that are labeled to contain < 5 calories per 8 fluid ounces or ≤ 10 calories per 20 fluid ounces.
• Beverages with ≤ 40 calories per 8 fluid ounces, or ≤ 60 calories per 12 fluid ounces.
• The sale of food items that meet nutrition requirements at fundraisers are not limited in any way under the standards.
• The standards do not apply during non-school hours, on weekends and at off-campus fundraising events.
• The standards provide a special exemption for infrequent fundraisers that do not meet the nutrition standards. State agencies may determine the frequency with which fundraising activities take place that allow the sale of food and beverage items that do not meet the nutrition standards.
• Accompaniments such as cream cheese, salad dressing and butter must be included in the nutrient profile as part of the food item sold.
• This helps control the amount of calories, fat, sugar and sodium added to foods by accompaniments, which can be significant.