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Rethink arms funding to protect vulnerable, say Vatican webinar speakers
by Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service
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An Israeli soldier fires a tear gas canister toward Palestinian demonstrators in Hebron, West Bank, Sept. 18, 2020. A Vatican webinar March 23 explored steps toward "integral disarmament" and to overcome vulnerabilities to events like the pandemic. (CNS photo/Reuters/Mussa Qawasma)
Cleveland — The world needs to rethink personal security and move away from the idea that complex weapons systems can protect people, said speakers at a Vatican-led webinar.
"We need to rethink our concept of security, placing human beings at the center," Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, told viewers during the program developed by the Vatican's Dicastery for Integral Human Development.
The U.N. estimates that the pandemic has erased six years of development in poor countries, with women bearing the bulk of the cost, Nakamitsu said in the webinar's opening session.
Despite the cease-fire proposal, she said, violent conflicts have continued, while spending on armaments has increased, and a new arms race is developing as more complex weapons systems are sought worldwide.
"This is the opposite of where our efforts should be going," Nakamitsu said.
Drawing on pleas early in the pandemic from U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres — and soon after echoed by Pope Francis — for a global cease-fire so a coordinated worldwide response to COVID-19 could occur, participants in the March 23 event stressed that it is time to prioritize vital human needs over the limited interests of violent conflict.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, recalled the words of Pope Francis in the 2020 encyclical "Fratelli Tutti, on Fraternity and Social Friendship," explaining how people must recognize the importance of their bonds as brothers and sisters on a planet fraught with poverty, inequality, illness and hunger.
The diplomat urged the adoption of mutual respect, trust and confidence to build a truly secure world rather than one dependent on destructive weapons.
"Collective security becomes common security and therefore integral security," he said.
The webinar explored myriad efforts underway to reduce the production and distribution of conventional, chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
The most ambitious — a treaty calling for the gradual dismantling of all weapons systems with the goal of full disarmament — has been proposed by the Strategic Concept for the Removal of Arms and Proliferation, or SCRAP, at SOAS University of London. SCRAP collaborated with the dicastery in developing the webinar.
Dan Plesch, SCRAP director, said the program can provide the tools to achieve peace through integral disarmament that Pope Francis writes about in "Fratelli Tutti."
Warning that local conflicts and the threat of war are escalating and that suffering among women and children is tolerated, Plesch said time has come to adopt a mechanism to achieve disarmament so that the $2 trillion spent annually on weapons can be allocated for the common good.
The treaty as drafted, he explained, includes verification procedures to promote confidence and trust in arms control protocols to "achieve a soft landing from the present race into a literal dead end."
Greet Vanaerschot, secretary-general of Pax Christi International, joined the webinar from Brussels to describe how members teach nonviolent conflict resolution to young people in Congo, where conflict over minerals and natural resources has been ongoing for decades.
"Students learn about the effectiveness of nonviolence and are rethinking political security. In geography, they study globalization with the view of global supply and interdependence," Vanaerschot explained.
At PAX in the Netherlands, which has ties with Pax Christi International, engagement with investment bankers has long been underway to end financing of weapons makers.
Susi Snyder, program lead in the nuclear weapons project of PAX, described the Don't Bank on the Bomb campaign to promote divestment in weapons-related industries, especially corporations involved in the manufacturing of nuclear weapons.
She said the outreach to investors has highlighted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which came into force in January after being ratified by 50 governments. The Vatican was the first entity to ratify the treaty soon after it was passed at the U.N. in 2017.
One long-standing encounter, Snyder said, led a U.S. manufacturer to end production of cluster munitions, which scatter over a broad area when dropped and pose particular danger to civilians.
"Our experiences show that working with the financial sector as allies in creating change can work. But in doing so, we have to be really clear, really direct. No financial institution wants the bad publicity being known as in investor in something designed to destroy cities," she said.
In Africa, the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar is supporting the Silencing the Guns program of the African Union. Launched early in 2020, the program is working to achieve a conflict-free Africa, prevent genocide and rid the continent of wars, violent conflicts and human rights violations.
Fr. Jean Germain Rajoelison, deputy secretary general for SECAM's Justice, Peace and Development Commission, explained that the importance of ending violent conflicts can only be addressed by ending the proliferation of weapons, including small arms, throughout Africa.
SECAM has called on heads of state to work toward disarmament by promoting dialogue over violence so that the lives of vulnerable people are protected as long as the pandemic exists and beyond.
With fewer conflicts, the integral development of people as envisioned by Pope Francis can occur, Rajoelison said.
Agreeing, Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Vatican representative to U.N. agencies in Geneva, noted that human development can occur only in peace. "There is no human development with war," he said.
He called for peace education to be integrated widely among people of all ages.
"We have to be very much concerned that the capacity today to kill is much bigger and will grow in the future. The worst aspect of this growing capacity is that killing can be an automated procedure," Jurkovic said.
He warned that new weapons are being developed for use against civilian populations rather than military forces.
"The military can survive almost any attack. The worst thing is that cities that are bombed cannot survive," he explained.
"We have to do everything to be sure that the worst war that human beings have ever fought is already behind us," the archbishop continued. "That anything we are going to face in the future is going to be at least mitigated by a growing of human conscience, a better conviction that we are the same human family and that we are going to be defeated if there is anybody going to war."
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Ірраціональною ескалацією або ескалацією прив'язаності називають базовану на когнітивному викривленні поведінку людини, коли вона відчуває себе зобов'язаною підтримувати рішення, прийняті раніше, певними діями чи вкладанням нових ресурсів, незважаючи на те, що це рішення виявилося неефективним чи хибним .

За Брокнером та Стоу/Росс поведінку можна описати як ірраціональну ескалацію, коли виконуються такі умови:

 вже були інвестовані значні ресурси (гроші, час, емоції);
 не обов'язково продовжувати дотримуватися попереднього рішення;
 людина має вибір, чи продовжувати вкладати ресурси в підтримання попереднього рішення, чи ні.

Більшість людей, опинившись у такій ситуації, вирішує продовжувати інвестувати в попереднє рішення і надалі.

Ірраціональна ескалація була вперше описана Баррі М. Стоу в його роботі 1976 року «По коліно у болоті: дослідження зростання прив'язаності до обраного напрямку дій» (). Пізніше також почав вживатися термін омана неповоротних витрат для опису феномену, коли люди виправдовують зростаючі вкладення у рішення, спираючись на кумулятивний ефект попередніх вкладень, незважаючи на те, що нові докази свідчать, що починаючи з поточного дня витрати на продовження якогось шляху дій переважають очікуваний зиск від нього. Це можуть бути грошові вкладення або навіть — у випадку військової стратегії — людські життя.

Термін також використовується, щоб описати неоптимальний процес прийняття рішень в бізнесі, політиці та азартних іграх. Зокрема, цей термін був використаний для опису втягування США у військові конфлікти, включно з В'єтнамом в 1960-1970 роки та Іраком в 2000-і, коли безповоротні втрати,  як фінансові, так і людські, використовувалися для виправдання їх продовження.

Крім того, «ірраціональна ескалація» (деколи також називається «ірраціональна ескалація прив'язаності» або «упередження прив'язаності») — це термін, який часто використовується в психології та соціології для позначення ситуації, коли люди приймають ірраціональні рішення на основі раціональних рішень у минулому або виправдовують ними вже здійснені дії. Приклади таких дій часто можна побачити на аукціонах; ті, хто купують, часто за фактом сплачують значно більшу ціну, ніж предмет торгів коштує насправді, щоб виправдати початкові витрати, пов'язані з торгами (наприклад, дослідження). Це наслідок змагального інстинкту.

Чотири визначальні групи чинників
Основними групами чинників, що змушують вкладатись у збиткову справу, є:
 соціальні;
 психологічні;
 проектні;
 структурні.

Приклади
  — уявний експеримент, який демонструє це когнітивне упередження;
 вважається, що після гарячого та агресивного процесу торгів Робер Кампо виклав за мережу Bloomingdale's на 600 мільйонів доларів більше за її справедливу вартість. Газета «Уолл-стріт джорнелl» відмічала, що «йдеться вже не про ціну, а про его». Невдовзі після придбання Кампо оголосив про своє банкрутство.
Стоу та Гоанг провели дослідження в Національній баскетбольній асоціації, у якому перевірили, чи впливає порядок, в якому гравців наймали у команду, на тривалість їхньої гри та ймовірність їхньої заміни. Дослідження однозначно показало, що гравці, найняті до складу НБА раніше, отримували більше ігрового часу, їх рідше продавали іншим клубам та загалом їхній час перебування в НБА виявлявся довшим. Загалом дослідники дійшли висновку, що вирішальними під час прийняття рішень щодо залученості гравців виявлялися саме вже вкладені в них кошти, а не фактичні успіхи гравців на ігровому полі. Отже, у великому спорті ірраціональна ескалація може призводити до того, що більше замовлень отримують слабші гравці, в яких вже було вкладено багато грошей, а не нові сильні гравці.
в повсякденні прикладом ірраціональної ескалації може бути поведінка людини, яка продовжує чекати на автобус у ситуації, коли вже давно могла пройти цю відстань пішки.
японська медіакорпорація SoftBank Group вклала значні кошти у порятунок компанії WeWork у 2019.
ірраціональної ескалації зазнають 30-40% проектів з розробки програмного забезпечення: відсутність вчасного "фідбеку" від користувачів перешкоджає об'єктивно оцінити перспективність проектів.
ірраціональну ескалацію використовують деякі із шахрайських схем, як, наприклад, Нігерійські листи, коли люди продовжують вкладати гроші в підозрілі пропозиції, хоча іншим, не втягнутим в справу людям очевидно, що йдеться про обман.
Великий бостонський тунель, найдорожчий проект в історії будівництва США.
будівництво Євротунелю під Ла-Маншем: витрати на проєкт на 80 % перевищили заплановані, а його концесіонер, Євротунель, переоцінив потік транспорту і мав фінансові ускладнення.
зведення Берлінського аеропорту в Берліні, витрати на який на 2019 рік на 6,5 мільярдів євро перевищили заплановані, а час на будівництво затягнувся на 10 років. Політики та економісти висловлювали сумніви щодо завершення цього проекту, але у відповідь звучав контраргумент, що проект "надто дорогий, щоб кинути його".

Див. також
 Безповоротні втрати
 Перелік когнітивних упереджень
 Фіксація (прийняття рішень)
 Пастка прогресу
 Умова нульового прибутку

Примітки

Поведінкова економіка
Теорія ігор

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Watt has never missed a regular-season game.
Last season, he played through a herniated disk in his back, and had surgery for a disk issue. He also had a broken hand and five torn muscles in his core area last season, and had major surgery to repair the muscles after last season ended and had been rehabbing ever since.
Despite the injuries, Watt won his third defensive player of the year award, and recorded 17.5 sacks.


To recap, the main component of Basel III's liquidity requirements, the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), requires internationally active banks to maintain a stock of "high-quality liquid assets" that's sufficient to cover cash outflows in a 30-day stress scenario. The cash outflows in the stress scenario are calculated by applying "run-off rates" to each source of funding (e.g., unsecured wholesale funding, repos, etc.). Most of the action/controversy here is in the different run-off rates used.
101. These contingent funding obligations may be either contractual or non-contractual and are not lending commitments. Non-contractual contingent funding obligations include associations with, or sponsorship of, products sold or services provided that may require the support or extension of funds in the future under stressed conditions. Non-contractual obligations may be embedded in financial products and instruments sold, sponsored, or originated by the institution that can give rise to unplanned balance sheet growth arising from support given for reputational risk considerations. These include products and instruments for which the customer or holder has specific expectations regarding the liquidity and marketability of the product or instrument and for which failure to satisfy customer expectations in a commercially reasonable manner would likely cause material reputational damage to the institution or otherwise impair ongoing viability.
Did you catch that? Banks have to set aside high-quality liquid assets to cover liquidity support for clients that they're not technically required to provide, but likely would anyway. Some people might look at that and immediately say it's ridiculous, because how can a regulator predict what a bank will do to protect its reputation in a crisis? Or what a bank considers "material reputational damage"? But it's not actually ridiculous. Moreover, to be truly effective, this is something the LCR absolutely has to grapple with.
Citi had been the largest sponsor of structured investment vehicles (SIVs), which invested in long-term assets, including MBS and CDOs, and funded themselves by selling short-dated asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) and medium-term notes. Citi structured, underwrote, and then "advised" its SIVs. The SIVs' senior debt was primarily sold to Citi's institutional clients, while money-market mutual funds were the main buyers of the short-term ABCP. When the ABCP market imploded in the Fall of 2007 due to subprime concerns, the SIVs were forced to sell assets into an illiquid market in order to fund themselves, leading to large losses on their MBS holdings.
However, had Citi simply hung the senior debt holders out to dry and refused to provide any support to the SIVs, they almost certainly would've lost a good deal of business from those institutional clients, and suffered a big reputational hit.
Citi announced today that it has committed to provide a support facility that will resolve uncertainties regarding senior debt repayment currently facing the Citi-advised Structured Investment Vehicles ("SIVs").
This action is a response to the recently announced ratings review for possible downgrade by Moody's and S&P of the outstanding senior debt of the SIVs, and the continued reduction of liquidity in the SIV related asset-backed commercial paper and medium-term note markets. These markets are the traditional funding sources for the SIVs. Citi's actions today are designed to support the current ratings of the SIVs' senior debt and to allow the SIVs to continue to pursue their current orderly asset reduction plan. As a result of this commitment, Citi will consolidate the SIVs' assets and liabilities onto its balance sheet under applicable accounting rules.
And this wasn't limited to SIVs: Citi later rescued four of its hedge funds (including the Vikram Pandit-run Old Lane Partners), none of which Citi had been under any explicit contractual obligation to support. The hedge funds had a combined $15bn in assets, which Citi had to eventually bring back on its balance sheet.
There's no doubt that this was a big, sudden drain on Citi's liquidity. The SIVs alone probably issued between $10–$15 billion of commercial paper per month, which Citi had suddenly committed itself to buying on an ongoing basis. And then there were the SIVs' medium-term notes, which Citi also had to roll over.
This is the kind of situation that "the Citigroup rule" is designed to protect against. The cash outflows are reasonably foreseeable — everyone knew that Citi was eventually going to rescue its SIVs — but not contractually obligated. Forcing banks to account for these cash outflows its their liquidity pools is critical because in a real crisis, banks really will end up providing this kind of liquidity support (no matter how vehemently they insist otherwise). Another benefit is that the rule will help prevent the abuse of off-balance-sheet accounting, where banks move assets into facilities that are technically off-balance-sheet, but that everyone knows will come back on the banks' balance sheets if things go sour.
Obviously, what qualifies as a "non-contractual funding obligation" will have to be determined on a case-by-case basis, and will necessarily be at a regulator's discretion. But determining when a bank is likely to choose to provide liquidity support shouldn't be as tricky as it sounds. Think about it: for the bank's failure to provide liquidity support to cause "material reputational damage," it would have to be obvious to pretty much everyone that the bank should have provided liquidity support — because if it's not obvious to pretty much everyone, then would it really cause material reputational damage?
As to the run-off rate for these "non-contractual funding obligations," I'd advocate a very high run-off rate. This kind of non-contractual liquidity support is, almost by definition, required precisely when the market is least liquid (and thus liquidity is the most expensive for the bank). After all, if the market was still liquid, then there would be no need for the bank to provide the liquidity support in the first place. Also, if the regulator determines that the bank would step in and buy an entity's commercial paper, or would buy back a bond that it just underwrote, then there's no reason to think that the bank would only buy some of the commercial paper, or repurchase some of the bond issue. If the bank is providing liquidity support specifically to maintain its reputation, then it's only natural to assume that the bank will go the whole 9 yards.
1. If a regulator determines that a bank has non-contractual funding obligations to an off-balance-sheet entity, doesn't that invite the question as to whether that entity ought to be on-balance-sheet? If we can crack the nut on the issue of how spot such non-contractual obligations, can't we just link that to the accounting rules for consolidation? The implications of this approach strikes me as attractive: (a) there are no (or however many fewer) off-balance-sheet obligations, and (b) such obligations will be subject to the same consistent set of liquidity and capital requirements.
2. If we can't imagine that regulators will be able to credibly identify these non-contractual obligations, can we somehow build some incentives for banks to self-identify them? Two possibilities strike me as plausible: (a) ex ante, make the liquidity or capital charges on non-contractual obligations punitive relative to contractual ones; or (even better)(b) ex post, put in place dire consequences to the bank (and it's executives) for providing non-contractual funding to an entity it hadn't identified as a potential beneficiary of these implicit obligations. One way to accomplish the latter might be to create a rule that providing any off-market funding or guarantees to a non-consolidated entity during a time of market stress constitutes a trigger for FDIC (or Systemic Regulator) intervention--i.e. it triggers prompt corrective action in the form of orderly liquidation. I realize that this amounts to banning off-balance-sheet financing. That's a feature, not a bug in my view.
Outstanding post - you are absolutely correct - but take it one step further - the investors they put into the short-term paper were very likely the same investors that FUNDED Citi's daily cash needs. You don't support the SIVs, we don't buy your paper.
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But it's not actually ridiculous. Moreover, to be truly effective, this is something the LCR absolutely has to grapple with.
So what did Citi do?
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Q: I've been trying to install react-native-maps to y project but whenever i rebuild my app it gives me this error continuously I am using Gradle 8.0 and it won't allow me to build the app with the react-native-maps installed. I have tried every solution like clearing the cache and even compiling it on another device where it is compiled properly but I keep getting this error.
Task :react-native-maps:generateDebugRFile FAILED

Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 8.0.

You can use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings and determine if they come from your own scripts or plugins.

See https://docs.gradle.org/7.5.1/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings
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Execution failed for task ':react-native-maps:generateDebugRFile'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':react-native-maps:debugCompileClasspath'.
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      > Could not find react-native-0.71.0-rc.0-debug.aar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.71.0-rc.0).
        Searched in the following locations:
            https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/facebook/react/react-native/0.71.0-rc.0/react-native-0.71.0-rc.0-debug.aar

* Try:
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> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
> Run with --scan to get full insights.
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2: Task failed with an exception.
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* What went wrong:
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* Try:
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error Failed to install the app. Make sure you have the Android development environment set up: https://reactnative.dev/docs/environment-setup.
Error: Command failed: gradlew.bat app:installDebug -PreactNativeDevServerPort=8081

FAILURE: Build completed with 2 failures.

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* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':react-native-maps:generateDebugRFile'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':react-native-maps:debugCompileClasspath'.
   > Failed to transform react-native-0.71.0-rc.0-debug.aar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.71.0-rc.0) to match attributes {artifactType=android-symbol-with-package-name, com.android.build.api.attributes.BuildTypeAttr=debug, org.gradle.category=library, org.gradle.dependency.bundling=external, org.gradle.libraryelements=aar, org.gradle.status=release, org.gradle.usage=java-api}.
      > Could not find react-native-0.71.0-rc.0-debug.aar (com.facebook.react:react-native:0.71.0-rc.0).
        Searched in the following locations:
            https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/facebook/react/react-native/0.71.0-rc.0/react-native-0.71.0-rc.0-debug.aar

* Try:
> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
> Run with --scan to get full insights.

2: Task failed with an exception.
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* What went wrong:
java.lang.StackOverflowError (no error message)

> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
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BUILD FAILED in 54s

Here is the info of my device on which im trying to make this project
info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
    OS: Windows 10 10.0.19044
    CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
    Memory: 1.05 GB / 7.89 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.17.1 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
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    npm: 8.15.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
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    Visual Studio: 17.3.32819.101 (Visual Studio Community 2022)
  Languages:
    Java: 18.0.2.1
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La revuelta de esclavos de Nueva York de 1712 fue una revuelta de 23 esclavos africanos en la ciudad Nueva York, en la provincia británica de Nueva York. Mataron a nueve personas blancas e hirieron a otras seis antes de que fuesen detenidos. Se arrestó y encarceló a 70 personas negras, de las que 27 fueron llevadas a juicio y 21 fueron condenadas y ejecutadas.

Acontecimientos

A principios del siglo XVIII, la ciudad de Nueva York tuvo una de las poblaciones de esclavos más grandes de entre las colonias de Inglaterra. La esclavitud en la ciudad se diferenciaba de las de otras colonias porque no había grandes plantaciones. Los esclavos trabajaban como sirvientes, artesanos, trabajadores portuarios y diferentes tipos de peones especializados. Los esclavos africanos vivían cerca los unos de los otros, lo que facilitaba la comunicación entre ellos. A menudo también trabajaban entre negros libres, una situación que no existía en las plantaciones del sur de Estados Unidos. Los esclavos en la ciudad podían así comunicarse y planear una conspiración más fácilmente que los de las plantaciones.

Entre los acontecimientos que presuntamente llevaron a la rebelión estaba la disminución de la libertad y el estatus producida después de que los ingleses se hiciesen cargo de la colonia en 1664. Bajo el gobierno de las Provincias Unidas de los Países Bajos, cuando la ciudad formaba parte de la provincia colonial de Nuevos Países Bajos, los esclavos liberados tenían algunos derechos legales, tales como la posesión de tierras y el derecho al matrimonio. Tras la toma de control de los ingleses y la creación de la colonia de Nueva York, se promulgaron nuevas leyes que restringieron la vida de los esclavos. Se construyó un mercado de esclavos, cerca del actual distrito financiero de Wall Street, para adaptarse al incremento de la importación de esclavos de la Royal African Company.

A comienzos del siglo XVIII el 20 % de la población neoyorquina eran personas negras esclavizadas. El gobierno colonial restringió este grupo por medio de diferentes medidas: estaban obligados a llevar un pase si viajaban más de una milla (1,6 km) de su casa; se desalentaba el matrimonio entre ellos; se prohibieron reuniones de grupos de más de tres personas y estaban obligados a sentarse en galerías separadas en los servicios de la iglesia.

Un grupo de más de veinte esclavos negros se reunió en la noche del 6 de abril de 1712 y prendieron fuego a un edificio en Maiden Lane, cerca de Broadway. Mientras los colonos blancos intentaban apagar el incendio, los esclavos negros, armados con pistolas, hachas de mano, y espadas, atacaron a los blancos y luego huyeron. Al poco tiempo de su huida, los esclavos fueron atrapados y llevados a sus dueños.

Consecuencias
Las fuerzas coloniales arrestaron y encarcelaron setenta negros. Se informó que 6 de ellos se suicidaron y 27 fueron llevados a juicio, de los que 21 fueron condenados y sentenciados a muerte, entre los que había una mujer con un niño.  Veinte fueron quemados y uno fue ejecutado en la rueda. Tras la revuelta, muchos propietarios de esclavos le echaron la culpa de la violencia a Elias Neau por cuenta de la escuela abierta a los afroamericanos que fundó un año antes. La situación llegó a tal punto que durante muchos días este evitó salir a la calle por cuenta de las amenazas contra su vida.

Después de la revuelta, la ciudad y la colonia promulgaron leyes más restrictivas para los esclavos. No se permitía que los esclavos se reuniesen en grupos de más tres, ni llevar armas y el juego les estaba prohibido. Los crímenes que involucrasen daños a la propiedad, violación o conspiración para matar se condenaban bajo pena de muerte. Los negros libres todavía podían poseer tierras. Así, Anthony Portuguese, también conocido como Portugies, poseía tierras en la zona que actualmente es Washington Square Park y fueron heredadas por su hija y sus nietos.

La colonia requería que los dueños de esclavos que quisieran liberar los suyos pagasen un impuesto de 200 £ por persona, una cantidad mucho más alta que el coste de un esclavo. En 1715 el gobernador Robert Hunter argumentó en Londres ante la Cámara de Comercio que la manumisión y la posibilidad de que los esclavos heredasen parte de la riqueza de sus dueños era importante para mantener la riqueza de Nueva York. Señaló que era una recompensa apropiada para un esclavo que había ayudado a su dueño a ganar la fortuna de su vida y que esto podría evitar que el esclavo cayera en la desesperación.

Referencias

Rebeliones de esclavos
Rebeliones del siglo XVIII
Historia de la Ciudad de Nueva York
Historia afroestadounidense
Política en 1712


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Q: Unexpected token '.' when running bot on a cloud server I set up a pre-made Discord Music bot, added some of my own special features and it's been moderately working. I decided to host the bot on a cloud server, because it was only running locally on my PC before
The problem is when I try to start the bot on the cloud server, the console shows the following logs down below. I'm not sure what I need to edit on my code to resolve this issue. I am also going to provide my index.js code.
const fs = require('fs');
const Discord = require('discord.js');
const Client = require('./client/Client');
const {token} = require('./config.json');
const {Player} = require('discord-player');

const client = new Client();
client.commands = new Discord.Collection();

const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync('./commands').filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));

for (const file of commandFiles) {
  const command = require(`./commands/${file}`);
  client.commands.set(command.name, command);
}

console.log(client.commands);

const player = new Player(client);

player.on('error', (queue, error) => {
  console.log(`[${queue.guild.name}] Error emitted from the queue: ${error.message}`);
});

player.on('connectionError', (queue, error) => {
  console.log(`[${queue.guild.name}] Error emitted from the connection: ${error.message}`);
});

player.on('trackStart', (queue, track) => {
  queue.metadata.send(` | Started playing: **${track.title}** in **${queue.connection.channel.name}**!`);
});

player.on('trackAdd', (queue, track) => {
  queue.metadata.send(` | Track **${track.title}** queued!`);
});

player.on('botDisconnect', queue => {
  queue.metadata.send('❌ | I was manually disconnected from the voice channel, clearing queue!');
});

player.on('channelEmpty', queue => {
  queue.metadata.send('❌ | Nobody is in the voice channel, leaving...');
});

player.on('queueEnd', queue => {
  queue.metadata.send('✅ | Queue finished!');
});

client.once('ready', async () => {
  console.log('Ready!');
});

client.once('reconnecting', () => {
  console.log('Reconnecting!');
});

client.once('disconnect', () => {
  console.log('Disconnect!');
});

client.on("messageCreate", async (message) => {
  if (message.author.bot || !message.guild) return;
  if (!client.application?.owner) await client.application?.fetch();

  if (message.content === "!deploy" && message.author.id === client.application?.owner?.id) {
      await message.guild.commands.set(client.commands).then(() => {
        message.reply("Deployed!");
      })
      .catch((err) => {
        message.reply("Could not deploy commands! Make sure the bot has the application.commands permission!");
        console.error(err)
      });
  }
});

client.on('interactionCreate', async interaction => {
  const command = client.commands.get(interaction.commandName.toLowerCase());

  try {
    if (interaction.commandName == 'ban' || interaction.commandName == 'userinfo') {
      command.execute(interaction, client);
    } else {
      command.execute(interaction, player);
    }
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
    interaction.followUp({
      content: 'There was an error trying to execute that command!',
    });
  }
});

client.login(token);

This is the error message:
06.10 21:15:05 [PebbleHost] Received start command
06.10 21:15:05 [PebbleHost] Loading server properties
06.10 21:15:05 [PebbleHost] Starting server!
06.10 21:15:05 [PebbleHost] Loaded config for "NodeJS Bot"
06.10 21:15:05 [PebbleHost] JAR file not found, copying from global JAR directory
06.10 21:15:05 [PebbleHost] Failed to copy jarfile from global JAR directory
06.10 21:15:05 [PebbleHost] Server executable "node" not found, server startup might fail!
06.10 21:15:06 [PebbleHost] Updating eula.txt file
06.10 21:15:06 [Server] Startup 9896dd7d06c465a4660b1a527c7c5e3ea260d00cbf5ad463253ca373e2533630
06.10 21:15:08 [PebbleHost Loader] Checking if 'npm start' command is set up in package.json
06.10 21:15:08 [PebbleHost Loader] Didn't find a start command - will use the main file index.js
06.10 21:15:08 [PebbleHost Loader] ----------------------------------------------
06.10 21:15:08 [Server] Startup /index.js:67
06.10 21:15:08 [Server] Startup if (!client.application?.owner) await client.application?.fetch();
06.10 21:15:08 [Server] Startup ^
06.10 21:15:08 [Server] Startup SyntaxError: Unexpected token '.'
06.10 21:15:08 [Server] Startup at wrapSafe (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1047:16)
06.10 21:15:08 [Server] Startup at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1097:27)
06.10 21:15:08 [Server] Startup at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1153:10)
06.10 21:15:08 [Server] Startup at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:977:32)
06.10 21:15:08 [Server] Startup at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:877:14)
06.10 21:15:08 [Server] Startup at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:74:12)
06.10 21:15:08 [Server] Startup at internal/main/run_main_module.js:18:47
06.10 21:15:09 [PebbleHost] Server shut down (running)
06.10 21:15:09 [PebbleHost] Not restarting crashed server.
06.10 21:15:09 [PebbleHost] Server stopped

A: Remembered the answer to this thanks to MrMythical. When I was first making the bot, I forgot that I came across this same error because I was using the recommended version of Node.js (Version 12.7) instead of the latest version (Version 16.7). I just upgraded to the latest version and it resolved the issue. Booted up no problem. Thanks!


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El festival s'havia introduït a Grècia des d'Orient, probablement en temps de les guerres mèdiques, i com molts altres ritus orientals se celebrava a moltes ciutats gregues, segons diu Aristòfanes. La celebració durava dos dies a Atenes, encara que en altres llocs podia durar-ne més. Eren les dones les que la celebraven, i al primer dia recordaven quan Adonis va desaparèixer (ἀφανισμός, 'destrucció', 'extermini'), lamentant el fet i plorant, i el segon sortien a buscar el seu cos (ζήτησις, 'cercar de descobrir'). El primer d'aquests dies eraun dia de dol, i el segon d'alegria i diversió amb jocs i endevinalles que es feien pel carrer, perquè aquell dia Adonis va poder tornar a la vida per viure amb Afrodita durant sis mesos.

Les dones, durant les Adònies, plantaven el que en deien «Jardins d'Adonis», petits recipients plans amb poca terra on hi sembraven plantes de creixement ràpid com a símbol de la breu durada de la vida humana. D'aquesta festivitat en parlen Plutarc, Ateneu de Nàucratis i l'enciclopèdia Suides.

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Festivals de l'antiga Grècia


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Venue Fivestar Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
Date Jun 1, 2012
1Rhinestone Cowboy03:14
2Wichita Lineman03:43
3Gentle On My Mind03:09
4A Better Place01:58
Glen Campbell walked down the steps that run along the residence - which belongs to Conor Oberst when he's in town -- that sits on the property of Fivestar Studios in Laurel Canyon. He looked healthy and dashing in a yellow Western shirt, slacks and boots. He leaned on his wife, Kim, for information and for deciphering the names offered with handshakes in introductions. He asked for a sparkling water and was overjoyed when someone brought him one, forgetting that he made the request, instead believing that someone had just read his mind - an outcome that could be considered exponentially better. It was an extraordinarily beautiful and sunny early May day and Campbell, the 76-year-old country legend was relishing it, happy to be there for whatever reason it was. None of the above should be read or misconstrued as tongue-in-cheek acknowledgement of his battle with Alzheimer's disease, but it's his reality - the forgetfulness, the difficulties with names and the constant reminding - all asked for and delivered with grace, humility, kindness and a smile. He immediately sensed that he'd been to that spot before - at a party with Jackson Browne back in the 70s or 80s - and everyone around him insisted that he was probably right, as those old memories are still mostly sharp and vivid. The outdoor grill and the rope swing dangling from a fat limb of a tree growing by the fire pit were likely new to the yard, but the general layout triggered something. It might be a similar thing when he plays his guitar and sings his songs. He couldn't be sharper and he couldn't sound more at peace. He gives off a glow and an innocence when he sings - even when it's those songs that he's played thousands of times for millions of people over the years. It's incredible listening to the words to those classic hits that he cut as a solo artist, while still working mostly as a session artist with the Wrecking Crew and as a touring member of the Beach Boys - most of which were written by other men - and how they are so touching and relevant to his life today. John Hartford's "Gentle On My Mind" is particularly poignant as Campbell fights this disease. He sings about the long-gone, but not long-lost memories of an old love and an old face, as the rambling around the country took him to all the corners and backrooms. Those memories were saviors then and they must perform the same duties for him now, only all the more heroically. These memories are those flickering lights that stand out in the dimmed passageways. When he sings about his memory keeping a specific woman "ever gentle" on his mind, it tears you up a little bit more these days. It's almost like it hurts, but as he sings those words, you can tell that Campbell believes in them even more now than he ever did. The song's meaning has elevated itself to a place that's even more personal. He sings, "It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy planted on their columns now that bind me/Or something that somebody said because they thought we fit together walking/It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving/When I walk along some railroad track and find/That you're moving on the back roads by the rivers of my memory and for hours you're just gentle on my mind," and you swell with the wonderful knowledge that he has all that and it's not going anywhere.
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Sports in space: A Pitt professor, physicist weighs in
Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor
By Ted Zhang / for The Pitt News
What's the best planet in space to dunk a basketball? What about throwing a javelin?
With a background as an experimental particle physicist, a large part of Tae Min Hong's job description is theorizing about physics in space — but he can also use that knowledge to speculate about zero-gravity athletics. The Pitt News talked to Dr. Hong, an avid sports fan and assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh, to try and answer questions about how athletics would work in the great unknown.
Hong mused about "solar sailing," Olympic athletes racing on the moon and other nuances of sports in the final frontier.
The Pitt News: Would injuries heal faster in space?
Tae Min Hong: If the injured athlete is traveling close to the speed of light, then it'd appear slower to the stationary doctor. The phenomenon of the athlete's clock seemingly ticking slower is described by Einstein's theory of special relativity. This theory allows amounts of space and time to convert to the other depending on the speed of the moving system. Unfortunately, the athlete's clock doesn't slow down in his or her own frame of reference.
Let's suppose that no one is moving that fast. Then I presume that if the injury is a cut, then bacteria growth shouldn't be affected very much by the weaker gravitational field. But blood flow is easier, so I presume that the affected area is treated faster.
TPN: How does outer space affect athletes' stamina?
TMH: I would be tired from driving the spaceship. It's a long trip.
Let's consider a floating training center high in altitude. Then endurance athletes like a marathon runner could train in an environment with thinner air. But it wouldn't be in space or even close to it, since at some point, even fighter pilots wear oxygen masks. Oxygen is less abundant at higher altitude.
TPN: Would someone be able to run faster on the moon?
TMH: Is this like "me on the moon" versus "Usain Bolt on Earth?" I'll have on all this gear, so I'm going with Bolt in any scenario. Naively, you might expect that the gravitational fields being weaker helps you. But if you had no gear on, your body wouldn't survive, so are we considering a fantasy scenario?
With a very weak gravitational field, the sport of running would have to change because after the initial push off there would be nothing to pull the athlete back down. So the new sport would be called "push off," and whoever can do this best would win. Think of astronauts in zero-gravity environments and swimmers pushing off the wall when changing directions.
TPN: What, if anything, would be a driving point to send athletes into space?
TMH: Science awareness and raising money. I bet Shaq would do it.
Almost all sports people play rely on the ability of the athlete to move precisely or react quickly. The lack of a gravitational field would take away the person's normal sense of knowing which way is "up," so the athlete's sense of orientation would be confused.
Space would be difficult, but what about a different planet with a slightly higher gravitational field? Then it could prepare an athlete who wants to jump higher, for instance. It would be similar to jumping while wearing a weight vest.
TPN: What planet would be easiest to dunk a basketball?
TMH: Pluto. For the planet deniers, my reply is tongue-in-cheek because Pluto got demoted in the past decade. It is no longer considered a proper planet but a "dwarf" planet. In any case, it is the smallest planet with the least mass in our solar system. In combination with its physical size, its gravity on the surface would be the least.
TPN: What sport[s] would you make up in space?
TMH: Solar sailing. Light from the sun imparts a small bit of momentum on the surface of the object it strikes. Since there are no external forces acting on the solar sail, the tiny bit of momentum transfer would cause it to move. It would be similar to the sport of curling, in that the sails move very slowly. But the solar sailor can be good at redirecting sunlight to move faster.
Black hole ball. The winner would be whoever throws a ball closest to a black hole that does not get sucked in. If you throw a ball and it does not come back out, you lose. Black holes exist — there are photos of them by NASA online — and exist in many sizes. So there could be different weight classes of black hole ball. Its weight could as big as 10 billion solar masses.
TPN: What sport would you want to play in space?
TMH: Water polo. The players would have to wear scuba gear in an enclosed aquarium.
Javelin throw. Since gravity is weaker, it'd fly further. It's fun to throw things far.
TPN: How would you throw a curveball in space?
TMH: Normally, a curveball is thrown with a lot of rotation while it is moving toward the plate. The curveball generates a difference in pressure zones on each side of the ball with respect to the plane defined by the ball direction and the axis of rotation. This difference causes a net force in the direction of the weaker zone. In space, the lack of an atmosphere would make this difference moot. So no curveball.
In a fantasy scenario, I would put a piece of really heavy dark matter in the path of the ball. Astrophysicists have observed that a lot of dark matter permeates the universe and imparts gravitational attraction on them, but it is "dark" because we can not see it visually. Particle physicists think it might be as small as an electron. If it happens to be heavy, I can use it for baseball without anyone seeing it.
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"NHS Near Me is a secure and reliable system which uses web-based technology to provide an easy, convenient and safe alternative to in-patient appointments.
"At a scheduled time, someone can log in from a location of their choosing and speak face-to-face with a clinician.
"We've been using NHS Near Me in specific areas for a little while now, and it has proven extremely robust and useful – helping to remove the need for unnecessary travel, assisting people to manage long-term conditions and being used to address loneliness and social isolation.
"NHS Near Me is not appropriate for all appointments or every person, but instead joins a mixture of approaches including in-person appointments and telephone appointments. And at a time when we're working to prevent the spread of coronavirus, we believe it will serve a very important role."
The new system has been delivered through Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Care Partnership's Sustainability and Modernisation Programme, 'SAM'.
To use the system, a patient simply clicks on a link which they will have been provided – accessing a virtual waiting room.
At the scheduled time, they will then find themselves face-to-face with their clinician.
And as part of the long-term rollout of NHS Near Me, hubs are being established in local communities so that people who may not have access to a device or may require support can still take advantage of the service.
People who have already used the service include David Hirst of Wigtownshire, who said: "I'm a renal patient who has had a transplant, and I think NHS Near Me is really brilliant.
"I live 54 miles away from Stranraer as a round trip, so to come in and see a consultant takes me most of the day. The consultant is coming from Dumfries, so that's two hours there and two hours back – that's four hours. They see about three patients an hour, so that's 12 appointments they're losing every day.
"I can sit in my own lounge, have a 15 minute or 20 minute appointment with my consultant, and get everything done that I need to do without the expense of it or time.
"The system itself is as easy as using Skype, it's confidential, and I can't see any drawbacks to it at all."
Kim Crosbie who lives in a village new Newton Stewart has been using NHS Near Me in relation to treatment for cancer.
Admitting that 'travelling is a big thing for me', Kim said: "When I was first asked did I want to have this video conference link it was a bit strange – 'Will it work, won't it work?' But because I was used to doing Skype and Facetime with family from all over the country, I just looked at it as being the same.
"It was really nice, and probably more unclinical because it seemed a more friendly, comfortable environment to be talking to someone that way."
For more information about NHS Near Me, visit the website www.attendanywhere.org.uk


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Britain Liberal Democrat peer tabled amendments for Murdoch, BPI and ISPs
Liberal Democrat peer tabled amendments for Murdoch, BPI and ISPs
Lord Clement-Jones, the Liberal Democrat Lord whose amendment to the Digital Economy Bill would have got websites blocked by the courts, has now admitted that he tabled amendments for the BPI, and for James Murdoch's Sky, as well as for consumer groups and the Internet industry.
Does it make it ok because he tabled amendments for everyone? Is it not rather a betrayal of all parties, not least of which are the UK citizens?
LordClement-Jones revelation in the Guardian informs us more about the corruption at the highest levels of Westminster. He appears to have thrown his toys out of the pram in the interview with the Guardian, saying that it would be 'ludicrous' to declare his interest in his law firm, DLA Piper, each time he 'opened his mouth' in the House of Lords.
According to The Guardian, Lord Clement-Jones has
worked with the FA Premier League to clamp down on websites offering live coverage of football games without the organisation's permission. The same report says that he also advised Universal Music about its digital music plans, and points out that his amendment could get YouTube blocked by a court.
The web blocking amendment he tabled was drafted by the BPI (the four major music labels, which include Universal whom he advises). This was revealed first on iptegrity.com (see my previous articles). His weak defence was the everybody does it, and there is 'nothing unusual' in tabling an amendment for a lobbying firm such as the BPI, 'if they have merit'. The question is, on what basis does this BPI proposal have merit, and on what basis is Lord Clement-Jones making that judgement?
He admitted that his firm works for 'thousands' of clients worldwide in the high-tech industries. He now admits that he tabled amendments for the ISP industry. The ISPs are desparate to block this Bill, and they most definitely oppose the BPI and its attack on their industry.
Very few of the amendments the ISPs wanted actually got into the law, and those that did were of minimal impact. The law is going ahead in much the same shape that it started.
This would suggest that he has betrayed them in his own interest. The BPI web blocking amendment will harm high-tech companies, as will the copyright enforcement measures which make up a majority of the Digital Economy Bill.
Lord Clement-Jones' firm, DLA Piper, will stand to gain from the fees they will have to pay in order to avoid the onerous liabilities that are going to fall on them with the Digital Economy Bill. And as a partner, he will gain personally when the firm's profits are divided up.
He went on to attack the Internet users, making an unsubstantiated accusation about 'unpleasant comments'. What he does not see is that people are angry at him for abusing a privilege, and working to change the law to benefit not only his clients but his own pocket. His claim to have tabled amendments for the consumer champion, Which? rings hollow.
On the other hand, it might be interesting if a few more of their Lordships threw their toys out of the pram. Then the UK public might learn what the true level of corruption in Westminster is. The expenses scandal only scratched the surface, don't you think?
Here is the Guardian article.
This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial-Share Alike 2.5 UK:England and Wales License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ It may be used for non-commercial purposes only, and the author's name should be attributed. The correct attribution for this article is: Monica Horten (2010)Liberal peer tabled for Murdoch, BPI and ISPs http://www.iptegrity.com 27 March 2010


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Joseph Philippovich von Philippsberg (n. 1818, Gospić - d. 6 august 1889, Praga) a fost un general austriac cu rădăcini într-o veche familie creștină bosniacă, văr primar cu economistul și profesorul universitar vienez Eugen Philippovich.

În iulie 1878 a avut comanda trupelor care au intrat în Bosnia, acțiune militară care s-a finalizat prin anexarea Bosnei de către Austro-Ungaria.

În decembrie 1880 a fost numit comandant al corpului 8 al Armatei Austro-Ungare, cu sediul în Praga.

Distincții
În data de 2 mai 1879 a fost decorat cu Ordinul Maria Terezia.

Legături externe
 http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/biog/philippovic.html  (în engleză)
 http://aeiou.iicm.tugraz.at/aeiou.encyclop.p/p392638.htm (în germană)

Militari austro-ungari


Apart from making smartwatches like the Gear S2 and the new Gear S3, Samsung has not forgotten about their fitness wearable segment. The latest incarnation of Samsung's fitness bands, the Gear Fit2 certainly sports quite a few upgrades compared to its predecessor. Read on to find out what we think.
In terms of looks, it is rather similar to the original Gear Fit, with the same curved screen and rubbery strap. They have however streamlined it so its face merges seamlessly into its colourful strap; which is available in Blue, Black and Pink. It features a touch-enabled 1.5″ curved AMOLED (216×432) display, 512MB RAM, 200mAH battery, built-in GPS and 4GB internal storage which you can load music into. Yes, the Fit2 can also stream music to any Bluetooth-enabled audio device.
The textured rubber straps come in two sizes, S size which would accommodate wrists 125-170mm in diameter and L which will accommodate 155-210mm. We don't know if Samsung will be making more strap options available in the future, but we hope they make more colour options available at least.
Also, you'll find no open ports on the Gear Fit2. Instead, the charging is handled via a charging dock. This is to ensure the device remains dust and waterproof up to an IP68 rating. Overall we do like the fit of the watch, and it did rest very snugly on our wrists without sliding around so it definitely gets comfort points.
In a nutshell, the Gear Fit2 is somewhere between a proper smartwatch and a fitness tracker. It has all the usual features like a heart rate sensor, step counter and will happily sync to your S-Health app so you can keep track of your progress. You can even compete with friends who also have the Gear Fit2 to see who can record the most steps in a day.
On top of that, you get a bunch of different screens which you can customise from a range of apps at your disposal, which goes from the usual all the way to tracking your daily coffee and water intake. You should be able to add more apps but as of the moment, you can't download much from Samsung's store, and sadly Spotify support is only available for those in the US.
That basically takes away a lot of functionality from the Gear Fit2, making it more a glorified fitness tracker with a nice screen than it is a smartwatch.
Also, if you want to listen to music from the Gear Fit2, you will have to manually transfer the music from your phone via your Gear manager as the cradle doesn't seem to transfer data. Thankfully it's a pretty straightforward process, though it isn't the fastest.
The screen however, is one of nicer ones we've seen. The colours are sharp and crispy and it's pretty easy to see outdoors, though it's a tad bit glossy. It's made with Gorilla Glass 3 so it's essentially scratch resistant.
The apps generally work fine too, so in terms of inbuilt functions, we don't have anything to complain about. Even if the watch does bug us to get up if we've been sitting for too long.
Last but not least, it is compatible with any Android 4.4 device and above, but you will have to install additional apps to get it to play nice with the Gear Fit2. If you're using a Samsung Galaxy device, you won't need to install anything more than the Samsung Gear app.
As far as battery life is concerned, we're quite impressed. Granted you won't be getting a week's worth of power like on a Fitbit, but you will be getting about 4 days worth of battery life between charges on normal use. As for charging, it will take you about 90 minutes to go from zero to full, which isn't half bad for the amount of juice you get out of the Gear Fit2.
If you are streaming music from it to your IconX or a Bluetooth device, expect it to wind down a bit faster, but it depends on your usage. When your battery gets low, it will prompt you to switch on low-power mode; which turns your screen to monochrome and restricts tracking to the bare essentials.
As a whole, we feel that the Gear Fit2 is trying to have the best of both worlds, being just as much a fitness device as it is a smartwatch. However, the lack of available apps does make it fall slightly flat, and that beautiful screen feels like it's gone to waste.
However, we do dig the ergonomics of it and it more or less does what is advertised on the tin, but it could have been so much more. At RM 699 you probably won't find many fitness bands that come cheaper than the Gear Fit2. The Fitbit Charge 2 is pricier and it falls short on display, comfort and functionality. We do hope that Samsung will eventually buff up their app availability for the region so the Gear Fit2 can really shine.


Created by Hong Kong-based design studio Shannnam, the clear plastic rings feature a tiny landscape or scenario, ranging from comical and charming to sad and touching. Must see!
Click on the picture to enlarge and see amazing details of every ring!
I never seen somethings like these!!
how can it be made??
Amazing work, so beautiful and extremely clever.


Retired Air Force OSI agent Greg McKenzie thinks his troubles with the Metro Nashville Police are a problem. Then he brings a "souvenir" Dead Sea Scroll home from the Holy Land and things go from bad to worse. A Palestinian terrorist group invades his home, fails to find the scroll, and takes his wife, Jill, hostage. Greg finds himself with an ancient Hebrew scroll worth millions, wanted by both the Palestinians and a radical far-right Israeli organization. When he tries to exchange it for Jill's freedom, everything goes wrong. Then the police target him as a suspect in his wife's disappearance, and he sets out alone on a perilous chase to save her life.


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It's a scary time for the world, says Martin Scorsese
Film director Martin Scorsese was at Trinity College Dublin
February 24 2017 08:06 PM
Martin Scorsese has warned the world is walking into a scary time.
In Ireland to accept an honour, the Oscar-winning director said recent global developments remind him of the years leading into the Second World War.
"Being fascinated by history, I read as much as I can," he told an audience at Trinity College Dublin.
"It just reminds me of the late 20s, the 30s .. reading about how these things could have happened at that time.
"It's a scary time."
Referring to the rise of global terrorism, Mr Scorsese said that the aftermath of the 2003 Iraq invasion "had created thousands and thousands of Travis Bickles."
"They say they have nothing to lose," he added.
Bickles is the depressed loner at the centre of his classic 1976 thriller Taxi Driver who is drawn to violence in his disgust against the decadence and sleaze he perceives around him.
Mr Scorcese was in Dublin to collect a gold medal from Trinity College's Philosophical Society.
Arriving in a blacked out Mercedes car, he said it "was a great honour" and that he was "surprised and moved" by the award.
Former recipients include US Vice President Joe Biden, Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Al Pacino, Tim Cook and Dame Helen Mirren.
Later Mr Scorsese addressed hundreds of students in the college's examinations hall, many of whom had queued for up to six hours to see the director behind some of the most celebrated films over the past five decades.
During his address, he attacked celebrity culture as a "monster that has to be fed", adding that it is "the work that matters".
Over the weekend, Mr Scorsese will also receive the Irish Film and Television Academy's John Ford award during a special ceremony in Dublin.
President of Ireland Michael D Higgins will present the honour.
Speaking ahead of the event, Mr Scorsese said an award created in celebration of "John Ford's artistry and prestige has great personal significance for me".
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Some of our staff and persons served were invited to assist Deanne Mundt in decorating the center ring for the Des Moines Springfest Horse Show. The horse show is an annual benefit event to raise money for Blank Children's Hospital STAR Center. Deanne purchased all of the flowers for center ring from our greenhouse – then sold them to participants and visitors of the horse show. All proceeds raised from the sale of the flowers are donated to Blank. Prior to the show, the Day Program individuals were invited to visit Deanne at her stables, to meet her and her horses. As a special treat for their hard work, the individuals were able to attend the actual horse show the next morning.


Explore the Cuddledry collection, from bath ponchos, hair towels, natural sea sponges and Cuddleducks to the original Cuddledry baby bath towel. Made from super soft cotton and natural bamboo fibre, they are available in fun colours and patterns - how about dress up as a giraffe or a dinosaur? Make bath time fun for your little one.


This is a condition that refers to compulsive hair pulling.
there is pleasure, satisfaction or relief when pulling out the hair.
Trichotillomania can only be diagnosed if it is not caused by another mental or medical condition and if it causes significant distress or interference to the person involved.
It is thought there is no one single cause, but it is probably the case that an increased genetic risk, or other biological factors play a significant role here.
Some doctors believe that compulsive hair pulling is a type of addiction, so the more you pull your hair out, the more you want to keep doing it, whereas others feel it is a reflection of a mental health problem a way of relieving stress or anxiety.
In some cases, trichotillomania may be a form of self-harm, where deliberate injury occurs as a way of seeking temporary relief from emotional distress.
In children, boys and girls are equally affected, whereas in adults, trichotillomania appears to be more common in women than men.
The exact number of people in the UK suffering from trichotillomania is unclear.
Trichotillomania is defined as a type of mental and behavioural disorder by both the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) classification systems.
What are the common parts of the body that hair is pulled from?
Pulling can occur on any part of the body, however, the most common are: .
When do sufferers tend to pull their hair?
Hair pulling can occur at any time, but the most common times tend to be when other activity is not occurring, such as watching TV, in bed, reading or sitting still.
Stress can cause hair pulling to get worse so worries about exams, financial problems, relationships and problems at work can make the problem worse.
A combination of education, medication, and behavioural therapy tend to be the most effective way of treating this problem, but every person has to be evaluated on an individual basis to find out what best suits them.
Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that is often recommended as it helps sufferers address their thoughts about themselves, their relationships with others and how they relate to the world around them.
It aims to help change behaviour and so reduce hair-pulling behaviour. It is also known as habit-reversal therapy.
Several medications have been used to treat trichotillomania.
These include antidepressants called SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) and a tablet called clomipramine, which has been tested found to be effective at reducing hair-pulling behaviours.
However, the evidence as to the long-term effectiveness of medication for this condition is limited.
Depending on the degree of pulling, this condition can cause severe hair loss, which may result in the need to cover up bald patches with hats, hair pieces and/or wigs.
Time to talk about it- opening up on mental health: Mental health problems affect one in five of us at some point in our lives. But many people are reluctant to bring up the subject, fearing other people's reactions.
Developments in mental health care: There is a variety of care options available to help patients to cope with mental health conditions, ranging from medication to counselling.
Mental health professionals: A person who is depressed can seek professional help from many sources. They may see their GP for initial help or go to an independent counsellor or psychotherapist.