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Home CAMPUS LIFE Diversity in Delhi University
Diversity in Delhi University
"India is a bouquet of different flowers."
India, the country which has set examples in past and present; whether it is the difference in geography, culture, religion or languages which change with every hundred steps; India has always been looked up as a country which includes so many religions, cultures etc. and still is a very united country. This unity comes because of humanity which teaches all to treat every human same.
Any kind of teams, groups, organisations or educational institutions have a variety of people working in them. These teams include a mixture of people from all states in India and everyone is treated equally, because when they are a part of an institution they belong to that particular institution totally ignoring the fact that these people come from different places.
Similarly, University of Delhi, the elated institution consists of thousands of students and the University is full of students from all the states in India. The University is all-inclusive and the students are united by one single identity which is that, they are DUites. Within the colleges also there is a variety of students belonging from every state in India. This is a very good thing for all the students as when they become friends with students from different places they will come to know more about the places their friends belong to and in this way they will understand India better. Diversity exists everywhere and friendships strengthen the unity in the country. University of Delhi attracts people from all states and everyone wants to be a part of the University because of the presence of a variety of courses and of course a Delhi University student is treated with a lot of respect. Presence of students from different states in the University gives an edge to the college life of many students. Knowledge is acquired over the years about different cultures, myths and beliefs in all over the country which is very important from each and every student as a citizen also. One should be aware of each and everything which happens in India. Students belonging to different regions of India give a chance to every student to know India better. The feelings of patriotism and the feelings of respect towards every culture can get induced in an individual this way. If students know about the place from where they are from and also about the places which are constituted in that place, then only these students will feel a connection.
As far as the University is concerned, no matter from where its students are, it educates all the same way. Education is always equal for all. The presence of a variety of students, only influences students studying inside the colleges as the presence of so much diversity makes each individual very interesting in oneself. People are curious to know about each one's culture and in this way they can rise above the stereotypical facts related to each culture and regions and know the exact facts right from the person who belongs to these regions.
Diversity is very important as it allows an individual to be more sensitive and more respectful towards all, this emotion of sensitivity and respectfulness gives birth to 'unity in diversity'.
Delhi University is an institution which consists of people who are united by education, no matter which state they are from but are a part of India, the largest democracy of the world.
Antra Sinha,
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La hipotètica existència d'un amfiteatre romà a Barcelona ha estat formulada en un treball de l'arqueòloga Jordina Sales, que el situa a l'actual barri de la Ribera, amb una planta de forma oval desenvolupada al voltant de l'actual església de Santa Maria del Mar. Ara bé, més recentment, Luis Conde Moragues ha publicat una segona hipòtesi, en què proposa ubicar l'amfiteatre al voltant de l'església de Santa Maria del Pi, a l'altra banda de l'antiga Bàrcino. Conde empra alguns dels arguments de Sales per a sustentar la seva proposta, però no cita la tesi que pretén desplaçar. No ha d'estranyar que, de rebot, s'hagi volgut veure indicis d'un hipotètic circ precisament a la zona del Born.

La Colònia Barcino

Els romans van arribar a la costa oriental de la península Ibèrica l'any 218 aC, quan un exèrcit comandat per Cneu Corneli Escipió, desembarcà a Empúries amb la finalitat de convertir-la en una base militar de suport en la llarga lluita que Roma sostenia amb els cartaginesos pel domini del Mediterrani. En els anys de trànsit entre el segle III i el II aC, aquest procés colonitzador va anar avançant per una àmplia zona del territori. Els romans mantenien contacte directe amb les diverses tribus d'ibers de la zona i convertien els seus nuclis urbans principals en centres de control romà. Amb el pas del temps i les conquestes, aquelles poblacions van acabar romanitzades del tot i els antics assentaments ibers van esdevenir ciutats plenament romanes, de vegades traslladant-se a una nova ubicació propera. Barcino, l'actual Barcelona, va ser una d'aquestes ciutats, fundada com a colònia de legionaris veterans entre els anys 15 i 13 aC, en època de l'emperador August.

Barcino apareix en un moment de gran impuls urbà, que va prolongar-se fins a la mort d'August, l'any 14 dC. La ciutat tenia la típica estructura de les ciutats romanes, de forma rectangular amb els angles caironats, emmurallada, amb quatre portes i dos eixos viaris principals que les unien i es creuaven al fòrum, i amb una distribució interior de les illes en quadrícula. Era una ciutat petita, comparada amb altres ciutats de la península: el clos emmurallat delimitava unes 10 hectàrees i en la seva màxima esplendor demogràfica va assolir com a molt els 8.000 habitants.

Esports i jocs documentats a la Barcelona romana

Tot i que Barcino era una colònia rellevant a la província d'Hispània Citerior, conserva molt pocs vestigis arqueològics i documentals de les seves activitats lúdiques, tot i que les havia de tenir com qualsevol altra ciutat romana. Sí que s'han trobat diverses referències indirectes d'aquestes activitats:

 Es conserva una làpida dedicada a Luci Minici Natal Quadroni, que fou campió olímpic de la cursa de quadrigues l'any 129, i que després va arribar a ser cònsol. Malauradament, aquesta dada no ens aporta gaire perquè el cert és que Luci Minici va haver de traslladar-se a Tarraco per fer la seva preparació per als Jocs Olímpics.
 Es troben documentades donacions que feia el ciutadà Luci Cecili Optat per la celebració d'uns jocs anuals de pugilat a Barcino i Tarraco. És cert que no es diu que a Barcino els jocs fossin a l'amfiteatre, però tampoc no ho diu de Tarraco, i tanmateix l'amfiteatre de Tarragona existeix.
 S'ha trobat a Barcelona la làpida funerària d'un comptable de l'escola de gladiadors gals i hispans que, lògicament, podria ser que estigués ubicada a la mateixa ciutat. Els gladiadors eren els professionals que oferien el seu espectacle a l'amfiteatre.
 Finalment, tenim el mosaic trobat el 1860 sota el Palau Reial Menor, que representa brillantment una cursa de cavalls real, il·lustrada fins i tot amb els noms dels animals, no sabem si esdevinguda a Barcelona mateix, però podria ser. Ara bé, convé no oblidar que les curses de cavalls eren més pròpies del circ que de l'amfiteatre.

Arguments per a un amfiteatre romà de Barcelona
La doctora Sales formula la seva hipòtesi, apuntada ja en diversos treballs anteriors, a partir de sis arguments que considera prou sòlids:

Primer argument: Sancta Maria Arenae
En la mateixa ubicació on ara es troba Santa Maria del Mar, des del  hi hagué una altra església i monestir dedicats a la màrtir santa Eulàlia de Barcelona, ja que, segons la tradició, fou enterrada en aquest lloc i, de fet, el bisbe Frodoí la'n va exhumar l'any 877, segons la versió oficial d'aleshores.
Aquesta primera església després s'hauria anomenat Santa Maria de les Arenes, segons consta en un document molt posterior, del 1104. Aquest apel·latiu "de les arenes" no es referiria, com s'havia suposat tradicionalment, a les sorres de la platja, donat que ara se sap que la costa, en aquella època, no diferia gaire de l'actual i, a més, no fóra lògic haver edificat una església precisament a la platja, exposada als oratges, ja que la costa no era gens elevada en aquest punt. A més, s'han trobat prou restes romanes a la Ribera per a imaginar que hi hagué tot un barri extramurs en aquesta zona en època romana, i que degué ser abandonat a l'alta edat mitjana i substituït per la necròpoli i per l'església primitiva. L'apel·latiu del temple s'havia de referir, necessàriament, a l'arena d'un amfiteatre, com passa a diverses altres ciutats romanes: Saint-Martin-des-Arenes, a Nimes, o la Capella dels Scrovegni (Capella degli Scrovegni nell'Arena), a Pàdua, per exemple. En tots aquests casos, l'església s'edificà dins de l'arena precisament per santificar el lloc on havien estat sacrificats els primers cristians, com podem observar també en el cas de Tarragona, únic conegut i provat a tota la Hispània romana.

De fet, els amfiteatres ja havien iniciat la seva decadència quan l'emperador Constantí va legalitzar el cristianisme i va prohibir les lluites de gladiadors i, finalment, l'Església cristiana es va acabar imposant com l'única permesa a tot l'Imperi.

Segon argument: el cementiri altmedieval
L'arqueòleg Marià Ribas publicà el 1977 les seves excavacions del subsòl de l'església, realitzades entre 1940 i 1967, on va trobar part d'una important necròpolis dels segles  a VI amb més de cent enterraments efectuats en un sòl de sorra aportada i allisada prèviament, segons afirma. Altres enterraments integrants de la mateixa necròpolis s'han trobat també als carrers de l'entorn de l'església. Aquesta sorra, que no era la platja, com ara sabem, ni tampoc seria lògic que s'hi hagués posat precisament per fer-hi un cementiri, correspondria necessàriament a l'arena de l'amfiteatre, segons Sales, i reprenent la idea de la reconversió d'un lloc de martiri en un lloc sagrat.

En tot cas, podríem afegir que no sembla lògic haver edificat una església sobre un cementiri anterior, trepitjant les tombes, quan el més habitual és que els cementiris es desenvolupessin dins i al voltant de temples ja construïts.

Tercer argument: l'urbanisme medieval
Observant la fotografia aèria del barri de la Ribera, Sales assegura que es poden distingir algunes façanes amb la curvatura que es correspon amb l'el·lipse de l'amfiteatre (especialment, l'edifici de la Plaça de Santa Maria, 7, que per darrera forma el carrer de les Caputxes), i també alguns carrers que formen una trama sensiblement radial, que havia de confluir per la banda oest davant d'aquell edifici (Argenteria, Mirallers, Banys Vells i Montcada, concretament). El mateix fenomen, l'adaptació de l'urbanisme posterior a les traces o a les runes d'un amfiteatre fora d'ús, ha servit per localitzar amfiteatres totalment perduts a ciutats com Lecce i Còrdova, i també és evident en altres casos on les restes de l'antic amfiteatre són perfectament identificables en la trama urbana, com ara a Lucca i a Florència. Pel que es pot veure als casos coneguts, les edificacions medievals que han ocupat el lloc d'un amfiteatre sense ús han tendit a aprofitar-ne els fonaments, si no tota una secció de la càvea. Els carrers nous s'han anat formant a partir dels camins que hi confluïen, i l'arena, en general, ha tendit a quedar poc o molt lliure d'edificacions (des d'una major proporció de patis que a la resta de la ciutat fins a la preservació íntegra de l'espai, com en el cas de Lucca, on s'ha reconvertit en una plaça). Segons la premissa que els antics amfiteatres es van envoltar de carrers curvilinis, Sales ha calculat que l'amfiteatre de Barcelona podia tenir unes dimensions aproximades de 117 m x 93 m, similars a les de qualsevol altre del seu tipus a Hispània, de manera que l'església actual hi cap tota sencera, però superant el límit de l'arena, que devia ser, aproximadament, de 60/65 m x 35/40 m i, per tant, la seva construcció hauria suposat el final definitiu de les runes de l'amfiteatre.

Fins i tot, si baixem a observar els carrers de la zona, hi trobem un nombre inusual de voltes o arcs, molt més que a la resta de la Barcelona medieval, sobretot si hi comptem els casos ja desapareguts, però que es coneixen per documentació antiga o per la tradició, que es podrien deure a l'aprofitament en temps medievals d'estructures arquitectòniques romanes.

Sales fins i tot es pregunta, com una hipòtesi més, si la depressió del terreny que encara avui s'aprecia al Fossar de les Moreres no seria el testimoni de l'antic fossar de l'amfiteatre, on s'haurien ubicat les carceres subterrànies o potser fins i tot una piscina per a espectacles aquàtics (naumàquia) com les que tenien els amfiteatres de Mèrida o Verona.

Quart argument: la centuriació romana
El possible amfiteatre de Barcelona s'hauria situat entre la muralla i el mar, de manera similar als casos de Tarragona i Cartago Nova, tots de la costa mediterrània d'Hispània. I era inevitable que se situés extramurs, ja que dins no hi cabia. A més, Sales apunta que el carrer de l'Argenteria ja existia en l'època d'August, es corresponia amb la diagonal d'una centúria de l'ager barcinonensis i unia la porta principalis sinistra amb un punt on aparentment no hi havia res. Podria ser l'amfiteatre de la ciutat que, a més, hauria de ser de l'època d'August. I l'eix longitudinal de l'església de Santa Maria del Mar, NE-SW, que seria el mateix eix longitudinal de l'amfiteatre, coincideix pràcticament amb els de la centuriació romana.

Cinquè argument: què pot ser sinó?
Jordina Sales aplica la lògica més elemental per deduir que, si aquest lloc, que fou un cementiri durant el Baix Imperi (segles  a VI, com ja s'ha dit), i en canvi no ho era abans, durant l'Alt Imperi, només podia ser perquè no hi havia res o bé perquè tenia un altre ús. La primera opció no pot ser, perquè el carrer de l'Argenteria no tindria sentit. I, pel que fa a la segona opció, si bé no tenim cap rastre d'estructures, sí que sembla clar que tenim l'arena sota el cementiri.

Sisè argument: un circ romà al Born?
El Born, al costat mateix de l'absis de Santa Maria del Mar, fou un espai lúdic a l'edat mitjana i a l'Edat moderna, ja que la memòria popular ens ha transmès que s'hi feien torneigs de cavallers. Sales es pregunta si no podria haver estat un circ contemporani de l'amfiteatre, tot i que no pensa entrar de moment en aquesta part de la seva especulació. En tot cas, la possible confluència d'amfiteatre i circ en aquest espai recorda molt el cas de Florència, on aquests dos equipaments lúdics són perfectament identificables l'un al costat de l'altre mitjançant la fotografia aèria.

Crítica
El problema amb Sancta Maria Arenae és que no apareix documentada fins a una època molt tardana, com ja s'ha dit, i, a més, que no es concreta la seva ubicació, de manera que qualsevol de les dues esglésies dedicades a Santa Maria extramurs és susceptible de ser identificada com l'església martirial de Barcino.

Tot i que la troballa de la sorra sota Santa Maria del Mar és tan significativa, no ens indica necessàriament un possible amfiteatre, ja que tampoc no podem descartar-hi la possibilitat d'un circ.

En relació amb la depressió del terreny al Fossar de les Moreres, convé assenyalar que era un espai edificat fins als anys '80 del , ocupat per l'antic pont que unia Santa Maria del Mar amb el Palau del Virrei i unes botigues, de manera que no té cap valor arqueològic. D'altra banda, en una excavació a la placeta del Pi el 2009 hi han aparegut tres pilars romans que podrien correspondre a l'estructura que hauria suportat la tarima de fusta sobre les fossae bestiariae o carceres d'un hipotètic amfiteatre.

Al voltant de l'església de Santa Maria del Pi, Conde Moragues ha identificat fàcilment dos grans fragments d'una el·lipse, corresponents als carrers Cardenal Casañas i Cecs de la Boqueria, de manera que ha pogut calcular uns eixos de 110 m i 140 m, aproximadament, mesures molt semblants a les dels amfiteatres d'Itàlica, Verona, Nimes, Arle i Mèrida. El cert és que la contundència visual d'aquesta trama urbana fossilitzada sembla suggerir millor que cap altra prova el record d'un amfiteatre, que s'hauria situat davant mateix de la porta principalis destra, aprofitant un replà del terreny entre el Mont Tàber i la riera que ara és La Rambla. Val a dir, però, que la suposada fossilització d'aquesta estructura lúdica en el lloc que proposa Conde Moragues s'enfronta, entre altres, a dos grans problemes: la Basílica de Santa Maria del Pi és construïda sobre un contrafort del Mons Taber que té, aproximadament, el contorn proposat i que condicionaria la llera del torrent del Pi (carrer Cardenal Casañas), perfectament documentat almenys des del , cosa que explicaria suficientment bé la corba de Cardenal Casañas. Per altra banda sembla poc plausible pensar que una estructura que tenia una funció simplement lúdica fos situada just sobre la principal via de sortida de la ciutat cap a ponent, la Via Augusta, obligant-la a fer un gran revolt. Tenint en compte la mentalitat de la societat romana, aquest supòsit contradiria raons d'economia de mitjans, d'estratègia militar i de practicitat prou evidents.

A favor de la teoria de la ubicació prop de la Boqueria, hi ha el testimoni del Viage de España en que se da noticia de las cosas mas apreciables y dignas de saberse que hay en ella, escrit el 1785 per Antoni Ponç, que relata com Joan Pau Canals, baró de la Vallroja, li va ensenyar unes possibles restes de l'anfiteatre romà.  Si hubo anfiteatro pudo estar situado desde la calle que llaman de la Boquería hasta la antigua plaza de la Trinidad, que antiguamente se llamaba Arenaria. El Barón de la Valroja, D.Pablo Canals me habló sobre los residuos de arcos, bóvedas y paredones que por allí se encuentran, en los mismos términos que á Bosart, y me llevó también á verlos, persudiendo a todos que aquellas eran las ruinas del Anfiteatro Romano que hubo en Barcelona L'eix de Santa Maria del Mar també coincideix amb el del passeig del Born. I si es consideren les restes fossilitzades que Sales ens indica a la plaça de Santa Maria i al carrer Caputxes en relació amb aquest eix, no costa gaire imaginar-se un hipotètic circ que s'hauria pogut estendre fins al Rec Comtal, sota el modern mercat del Born, si se li suposen unes dimensions semblants a les del circ romà de Tarragona.

La resposta a la pregunta que es formula Sales («què pot ser, sinó?») també podria incloure altres edificis lúdics proveïts d'una arena, i no només un amfiteatre. El cert és que, si ens fixem en les dimensions del bulevard actual, hauria de ser un circ realment petit, o potser és que l'actual passeig del Born només seria una petita part romanent de l'antic circ romà, que hauria estat molt més gran (com sabem que passa, per exemple, amb la plaça de la Font i l'antic circ romà de Tarragona). Així doncs, tota la zona hauria estat ocupada per aquest hipotètic circ, amb la capçalera situada precisament on ara hi ha el carrer Caputxes, amb els seus arcs i la façana corbada del número 7 de la plaça de Santa Maria.

Cal apuntar també que, en qualsevol cas, sembla estrany que existissin aquestes estructures tant importants en una ciutat petita com Barcino, tenint en compte que, per exemple l'amfiteatre del Pi resultaria més gran que el de Tarragona i això que aquesta ciutat era capital i Fòrum Provincial de la Tarraconensis, la porció més important de la Hispània romana.

Conclusions
Per tant, segons Jordina Sales, la Barcelona romana va tenir un amfiteatre. Això sembla que estaria clar. Una altra qüestió és el lloc exacte on s'hauria trobat aquest amfiteatre. Si, com suposa Conde Moragues, era a Santa Maria del Pi, segurament els indicis trobats per Sales ens estarien indicant, en realitat, un circ romà a Santa Maria del Mar. En tot cas, aquesta possibilitat fa aconsellable ser prudents amb les obres que es facin a la zona, amb vista a preveure les excavacions arqueològiques oportunes que podrien aportar més llum sobre aquestes dues hipòtesis, aparentment enfrontades d'entrada i, tanmateix, complementàries quan les analitzem amb una mirada més general.

Algunes hipòtesis més
A part de la idea de situar un hipotètic circ romà al Born, que ja s'ha apuntat, perquè no podem suposar també l'existència al voltant de l'antiga Colònia Barcino d'un teatre romà? A més, si hi havia una escola de gladiadors, com també s'ha dit, on era situada? Dins del recinte emmurallat no sembla plausible que hi hagués prou lloc per a totes aquestes edificacions, generalment grans, pel que sabem de les dimensions massa reduïdes i la densitat edificatòria massa alta de la petita ciutat, on ja se situaven les termes, el temple, situat al fòrum (que potser ocupava l'actual plaça de Sant Jaume i una mica més, o potser s'orientava d'alguna altra manera), i, inevitablement, també hi devia haver un edifici de govern (un pretori o com es digués, en aquest cas).

Totes aquestes meres suposicions s'hauran d'esperar una mica més per poder ser formulades com a veritables hipòtesis de treball.

Referències

Bibliografia

Bàrcino
Amfiteatres
Circs romans
Edificis romans de Catalunya

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Steven Rowe, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal
Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force Arrests Harrisburg Man Wanted for Shooting
Harrisburg, PA – Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Zaequan Amir Black, a 20-year old Harrisburg man.
On November 6, 2020, the Harrisburg Bureau of Police investigated a shooting in the 1800 block of Zarker Street which left one person wounded. Based upon their investigation, detectives obtained an arrest warrant charging Black with aggravated assault, illegal possession of a firearm, and lesser included offenses. At the time of the shooting, Black was wanted by the Dauphin County Sheriff's Office for failing to appear on two previous assault charges. Attempts to find Black were unsuccessful and the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Fugitive Task Force was asked to apprehend him.
Today, at about 11 a.m., members of the fugitive task force checked a home in the 1800 block of Walnut Street in Harrisburg and arrested Black without incident. He was returned to Harrisburg police for processing and arraignment.
U.S. Marshal Martin Pane said, "The U.S. Marshals Service recognizes the importance of bringing those charged with violent crimes to justice and we give these types of cases our utmost attention. It is my hope that the community will find comfort knowing the alleged attacker will face justice."
The U.S. Marshal Service Fugitive Task Force in the Middle District of Pennsylvania is comprised of 20 state, county and local police agencies, including: the Harrisburg Bureau of Police; the Pennsylvania State Police; the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole; the Lower Paxton Township Police Department; the Swatara Township Police Department; the Derry Township Police Department; the Dauphin County Adult Probation Office; and the Dauphin County Work Release Center - all of whom participated in this arrest.


As well as being THE place for celeb-spotting – Jamie Oliver, Jude Law, and Gwen Stefani all live here – Primrose Hill is also home to one of London's best-loved and most popular parks. Perched atop the hill, situated on the north side of Regent's Park, picnickers have sweeping views of London – and a prime spot for some great people-watching. If that gets boring, there are always the surrounding pubs, where you can prop up the bar next to a seriously big star.


Slowly the way people use software and computers is changing, design is getting better thanks to a focus on usability and the technique of Responsive Web Design. But this idea can be taken further when user interfaces respond and adapt to the particular and specific needs of the person using it.
A "one size fits all" approach where designers dream up an ultimate solution for how everyone should interact with the software or device has to disappear, indeed I believe it will, because what is beautiful and useful to consume information for one person might not be for another.
My Swiftkey typing heat map showing where and how often my thumbs tap. Shouldn't our keyboards adapt to us? Note how I don't tap on top of the A, if that key shifted slightly for me, would I type faster?
It might be OK for some if the search bar is vertically placed, or if the "back" button is not an arrow and it's not positioned to the left. What about people who can't see at all? These are very simple examples but the breadth of human culture and history should teach us that people see and interact with the world in different ways to the point that the things that are the most important in our lives are usually personalized and made our own. The "one size fits all approach" to software interfaces should especially be challenged as the world finally becomes connected in its entirety.
I'm not putting forward the idea that designers should come up with new and crazy designs for people to choose from, like in the way "skins" and interface layers are placed on software. Instead I believe that the idea of "responsiveness" taken to its full expression really escapes the designer and becomes the user's territory, the user experience and information architecture should morph to serve the user in all of her intricacy.
The advent of tracking vital signs and other biological information through wearables such as fitness trackers and phones with medical sensors opens opportunities for adapting interfaces to a persons different physical states. Think of an interface enriched by the idea of the feedback of a mood ring.
The size and of buttons and other interface elements could slowly become bigger or smaller depending on the size of the users fingers. Children have small fingers, older people might have less precision in theirs, while some disabled people might not have any. The interface should sense and change to their needs.
Devices themselves could change and respond to specific user needs if the aspiration of smart materials is fulfilled.
User context, where they are, who they are with, what they are doing should also be an automatic factor for adapting software interfaces. If I get into my car, the way I interact with software should change. If i'm with friends, social activities should be on hand.
The possibilities of Gamification have only just begun to be explored, both to reward and encourage the user. Platforms like Adwords could greatly be enhanced with game-like feedback.
The layout of the interface could shift and re-arrange depending on where the users' eyes are spending the most time.
Texture and depth are part of the everyday world, why couldn't a screen and interface aim to mimic this reality to create deeper connections with users?
Perhaps in a dystopian way, if software could respond and adapt to our very thoughts and mental states the line between our own mind and software could become seriously blurred.
As more people use software, and they become more adept at using it, the challenges grow to provide a solution for all the use cases and preferences that they will undoubtedly call for. Information must be freed from the constraints of the vessel that is holding it, like wine in a glass it must be spilled and allowed to be rearranged by the user. Responsive Design as a concept, should go beyond the mere arrangement of the graphics on your screen to a tailored user experience that is unique to you.
Google is making strides in this space with Material Design approach which is the idea of using rules akin to those in the physical world in a UX design.
Indeed, when design really adapts and responds to the individual it will usher user experiences that truly fit the timeless aspiration that Steve Jobs coined to explain effortless user interfaces: It just works.


Cocktail Events is a project of COC Amsterdam/Almere that brings together newcomers to the Netherlands and local LGBT people. We organize social get-together events for asylum seeker and refugee LGBT people living in the Netherlands. Cocktail Events builds communities of support and friendship. Participation is free. This initiative is not a dating organization, and our team cannot give legal, financial or medical help. However, Cocktail can introduce newcomers to the local LGBT scene, local institutions or organizations, and organizes events and activities to help build your social network in your new home.
You can join the closed (membership) Facebook group at www.cocktailevents.nl to be informed about coming events, or you can mail to cocktailevents@cocamsterdam.nl and get information via email. Feel free to inform other LGBT newcomers about this group and have them join via www.cocktailevents.nl.


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FAQ: When Does A Hill Become A Mountain?
1 What qualifies a hill as a mountain?
2 What is the difference between mountain and hills?
3 How high is a hill?
4 Is the top of a hill or a mountain?
5 What height is classed as a mountain?
6 Is Snowdon a hill or mountain?
7 What separates a mountain from a hill?
8 Which peak is highest in India?
9 What is the tallest hill in the world?
10 What is the top of a hill called?
11 What is smaller than a hill?
12 Do mountains hold the earth together?
13 What is the slope of a mountain?
14 What is the slope of a hill called?
15 What is the slope of a mountain called?
What qualifies a hill as a mountain?
Hills are easier to climb than mountains. They are less steep and not as high. But, like a mountain, a hill will usually have an obvious summit, which is its highest point. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there is no official difference between hills and mountains.
What is the difference between mountain and hills?
In general understanding, mountains are snow-capped tall hills. Whereas, hills are shorter in height and rarely see snow even though the climate can be very cold. A hill generally is rounded and shorter in height than to a mountain. A mountain is steep and is covered in snow.
How high is a hill?
Some accepted characteristics of a hill are: A natural mound of earth created either by faulting or erosion. A "bump" in the landscape, rising gradually from its surroundings. Less than 2,000 feet high 2
Is the top of a hill or a mountain?
The transitive verb "summit" refers to reaching the top of a hill or mountain. 'summit' and 'summited,' are the terms I've heard most frequently employed by actual mountain climbers.
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What height is classed as a mountain?
Most geologists classify a mountain as a landform that rises at least 1,000 feet (300 meters) or more above its surrounding area.
Is Snowdon a hill or mountain?
The National Park has 15 mountains that sit over 3000 feet and the most famous of them all, Snowdon or Yr Wyddfa, is the highest at 1085m. Making it the highest mountain in England and Wales.
What separates a mountain from a hill?
In short, the main difference between a mountain and a hill is elevation. The idea that a mountain is taller than a hill is perhaps the most widely accepted difference between the two. Additionally, mountains are often considered to have a much more defined and pointed peak than that found on a hill.
Which peak is highest in India?
Kangchenjunga at 8586 m Also known as the Five Treasures of Snow, Kangchenjunga stands tall at the elevation of 8586 m above sea level. The mountain by Tamur river lies between India and Nepal. It is the highest peak in India and the third highest summit in the world.
What is the tallest hill in the world?
Mount Everest, located in Nepal and Tibet, is usually said to be the highest mountain on Earth. Reaching 29,029 feet at its summit, Everest is indeed the highest point above global mean sea level—the average level for the ocean surface from which elevations are measured.
What is the top of a hill called?
crest. noun. the top of a hill or mountain.
What is smaller than a hill?
For a while, the U.S. defined a mountain as being 1,000 feet (304.8 m) or more tall. Any similar landform lower than this height was considered a hill. A hillock is a small hill. Other words include knoll and (in Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England) its variant, knowe.
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Do mountains hold the earth together?
The root can reach several times the height of mountain above the ground. This can be understood that mountain fixes the earth's crust and preventing it from sliding all over to other layers. As conclusion, the mountain functions as a nail holding the earth together and this process is known as isostasy.
What is the slope of a mountain?
A slope is the side of a mountain, hill, or valley. A slope is a surface that is at an angle, so that one end is higher than the other.
What is the slope of a hill called?
hillside. the side or slope of a hill. mountainside, versant. the side or slope of a mountain. piedmont.
What is the slope of a mountain called?
A cliff-like slope of a mountain is called a face and is named after the direction in which it 'looks': for example, 'north face' or 'south face'.
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With the implementation of the German General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which all set to launch on May 25, 2018, businesses that handle any personal or individual data relating to German inhabitants must need the services of data protection officer. Since the business organizations will need to appoint a Datenschutzbeauftragter or data protection officer; here are some of the qualities one must check before appointing an officer.
Expertise in IT and Law: Since this is a new law you must choose a data protection officer who is expert not only in IT but he/she must be capable to handle law related issue. This will help the business to save some sorts of money because a single person handling both the issues whether IT or Law.
Privacy Audit: In order to put clients on the right path, there is a need of scanning the data processing processes. The firm or person you choose must be able to do private audit and should be capable of privacy audit to rest assured that your data are in safe hands and cannot be misplaced.
IT Forensics Expertise: The officer you employ must be able to recover deleted data and contribute to the elucidation of criminal offenses through forensic analysis. This can be done only when the data protection officer has IT forensics expertise.
Revision-Proof Data: Since it is new law the legal body you employ must delete your data carriers in a revision-proof manner and use recognized deletion standards. This is necessary in accordance with the law.
Expertise in Computer Science: The data protection officer must assume the objective determination of facts. This is the reason why expertise in computer science is necessary besides IT forensics expertise.
Licensing: The officer must be able to identify over or under licensing and accompany audits accordingly.


TECHNIS is pleased to invite you to a free webinar. TECHNIS webinars focus on IP and innovation examining recent legal, economic, managerial, ethical and policy issues related to technological innovation. Our approach is interdisciplinary and presentations are given by experts in different fields such as economics, law, management, STS, sociology, anthropology and philosophy. Webinar presentations last for 20min and are followed by a 40min discussion.
Please join us for a webinar on Tuesday the 19th of March 2019 at 12:00 London time i.e. 13:00 Brussels time, 14:00 Athens time. The speaker is Naomi Hawkins, University of Exeter, UK.
The title of the talk is "Patents and genomic medicine".
The moderator will be Dr. Andreas Panagopoulos.
The program we use to deliver webinars is called VSee and you can easily download it for free. A very short demo of VSee can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDb7-Mrz0L4.
This webinar is free and open to all.
Significant controversy exists about the potential for patents on human genes to have a negative effect on patient care. Numerous patents in relation to human genetic material have been granted, and whilst some of these have been overturned in legal proceedings in the USA and Australia relatively recently, many continue to exist. Concerns over disease gene patents, patents for non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) and in relation to CRISPR gene editing technologies are ongoing.
In this presentation I will explore some of the questions that arise from the application of intellectual property law in human genetics and genomics in clinical practice. In particular, I will report the results of empirical work considering the role of patents in the development and delivery of NIPT. NIPT is an early innovation in genomic medicine to be implemented into clinical practice, and is the precursor of many new technologies which are predicted to transform medical practice in the near future. The role that patents play in this field therefore constitutes an excellent case study to predict the impact of patents in practice in the burgeoning field of genomic medicine.
12:00 GMT to 13:00 GMT.


Based on November 1 conditions, Nebraska's 2017 corn crop is forecast at 1.66 billion bushels, down 2% from last year's production, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Area to be harvested for grain, at 9.30 million acres, is down 3% from a year ago. Yield is forecast at 179 bushels per acre, up 1 bushel from last year.
Nationally corn production is forecast at 14.6 billion bushels, down 4% from last year but up 2% from the October forecast. Based on conditions as of November 1, yields are expected to average 175.4 bushels per acre, up 3.6 bushels from the October forecast and up 0.8 bushel from 2016. If realized, this will be the highest yield on record for the United States. Area harvested for grain is forecast at 83.1 million acres, unchanged from the previous estimate but down 4% from 2016.
Soybean production is forecast at a record 328 million bushels, up 4% from last year. Area for harvest, at 5.65 million acres, is 10% above 2016. Yield is forecast at 58 bushels per acre, down 3 bushels from last year.
Nationally, soybean production is forecast at a record 4.43 billion bushels, down less than 1% from October but up 3% percent from last year. Based on November 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 49.5 bushels per acre, unchanged from last month but down 2.5 bushels from last year. Area for harvest in the United States is forecast at a record high 89.5 million acres, unchanged from last month.
Sorghum production is forecast at 14.4 million bushels, down 19% from last year. Area for harvest, at 150,000 acres, is 14% below 2016. Yield is forecast at 96 bushels per acre, down 6 bushels from last year.
Sugarbeet production is forecast at 1.44 million tons, up 2% from last year. Area for harvest, at 44,600 acres, is down 6% from 2016. Record yield is forecast at 32.3 tons per acre, up 2.4 tons from last year.
Potato acres of 19,000 were planted in 2017, up 15% with harvest set at 18,900 acres, up 15%. Production is forecast at 8.88 million cwt, up 20% from last year. Yield is estimated at 470 cwt per acre, up 20 cwt from last year.


One of the most heated rivalries in sports history was revived 70 years ago, and though the Iron Bowl has seen its fair share of change, it remains just as pure as ever.
In 1948, both Alabama and Auburn's student body presidents, Willie Johns and Gillis Cammack, came together in what is now Birmingham's Linn Park to bury an actual hatchet to signify the end of a 41-year dispute between the schools. A 6-6 tie, the only one in the series' long history, as well as disputes over player expenses and deciding who would officiate the future games ended the rivalry in 1907. But the hiatus concluded with the burying of the hatchet, and the state finally had its historic rivalry back in full force.
The 1948 game is significant for both schools not only because it was the series' revival, but it was also the first meeting to be played at Birmingham's Legion Field. Auburn fans probably cringe at the thought of the end result, a 55-0 shutout. The Crimson Tide owed most of its points to quarterback Ed Salem, who threw for three touchdowns, rushed 17 yards for another, and kicked seven extra points to produce the series' largest margin of victory. Salem also had a hand in shutting out the Tigers by playing safety on defense.
Legion Field played a crucial role in Iron Bowl history. The game was played on this "neutral" site until 1989, when Coach Pat Dye finally made the change and took Auburn's half of the games to Jordan-Hare Stadium. Since Alabama played several games a year at Legion Field, the atmosphere felt more like a Crimson Tide home game rather than a true neutral site to Auburn fans.
After moving the game to Auburn. Dye recalled a conversation on the matter with legendary Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant to AL.com.
"You ain't trying to scare me now, are you, Pat?" Bryant responded.
The Tide eventually followed the Tigers' lead and moved its half of the games to Bryant-Denny Stadium in 2000, and finally abandoned the iconic "Old Gray Lady" in Birmingham completely after the 2003 season opener against South Florida – Mike Shula's first game as head coach.
Still, Legion Field will always hold a special place in the hearts of Iron Bowl fans on both sides as numerous historic moments happened there. Auburn fans will happily bring up the 1972 "Punt Bama Punt" game in which the Tigers survived thanks to Bill Newton blocking two Alabama punts in the fourth quarter, both of which were recovered and returned for touchdowns by David Langner in a 17-16 comeback win. Or Bo Jackson's iconic leap over a mass of lineman the end zone known as "Bo Over the Top" to break the Tigers' nine-year losing streak in 1982.
Alabama fans will always gloat about 1967's "The Run in the Mud" when Ken Stabler broke a 53-yard touchdown run in the icy rain for a 7-3 win. Or "The Kick" in 1985 when Van Tiffin nailed a 52-yard field goal as time expired for a 25-23 victory.
Both teams have many more cherished memories where those came from, but its Alabama that owns Birmingham (34-18-1) as well as the overall series (45-36-1). However, Auburn owns Jordan-Hare (9-5) and games played in Tuscaloosa (7-4). The two teams actually played games in Tuscaloosa in 1895 and 1901, and Auburn won both, 48-0 in 1895 and 17-0 in 1901.
The atmosphere is quite different now, but the rivalry continues to produce magic moments. Like in 2009, when Greg McElroy led Alabama 79 yards down the field at Jordan-Hare and connected with Roy Upchurch on a 4-yard touchdown to take the lead with only 1:24 remaining in a stunning 26-21 victory.
On the Auburn side, no one can forget 2013's insane "Kick Six" when Auburn's Chris Davis returned a short Alabama field goal attempt for 109 yards as time expired to miraculously win 34-28 at home.
Kickoff for Auburn and Alabama is 2:30 p.m. CST on CBS.


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Ovechkin's 2 goals help Caps down Pens 6-3
Alex Ovechkin had two goals and an assist as the Washington Capitals snapped a three-game losing streak with a 6-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday.
Niklas Backstrom had three assists, Tomas Fleischmann had a goal and an assist and Viktor Kozlov, Alexander Semin and Jeff Schultz also scored for Washington, which had four third-period goals.
Miroslav Satan had a goal and an assist and Sidney Crosby had two assists for the reeling Penguins, who have lost eight of 10 overall and six of seven at home. Evgeni Malkin and Ryan Whitney also scored for Pittsburgh.
Senators 3, Thrashers 2
At Atlanta, Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson each had a goal and an assist as Ottawa kept Atlanta reeling at home.
Dean McAmmond broke a 2-2 tie for the winning goal 14:23 into the second period. Jarkko Ruutu floated a pass up the ice for McAmmond, who scored on a breakaway ahead of trailing defenseman Ron Hainsey.
Rookie goaltender Brian Elliott improved to 2-1-0 after stopping 29 of 31 shots to win his second straight start.
Todd White and Chris Thorburn scored for Atlanta.


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Q: Typing reduce function which takes generics (noImplicityAny) I have a function which takes an object and converts its keys to snake cased strings and returns it. I'm using reduce to construct the new object but can't seem to resolve this error:

Element implicitly has an 'any' type because type '{}' has no index signature.ts(7017)

Which occurs on the line return { ...o, [snakeCase(k)]: evt[k] }; stating that evt[k] has the any type. How do I resolve this? Are index signatures discarded because this is an empty object even though it has a type which has an index signature?
interface StringKeyMap<T> {
  readonly [key: string]: T[keyof T];
}

function snakeCaseKeys<T extends object>(evt: T): StringKeyMap<T> {
  const initial: StringKeyMap<T> = {};

  return Object.keys(evt).reduce<StringKeyMap<T>>((o, k) => {
    return { ...o, [snakeCase(k)]: evt[k] };
  }, initial);
}

A: The problem is that the return type of Object.keys(evt) is string[] and not Array<keyof T>.  This is intentional, although a lot of people have reported this as an issue.  Anyway, since k is just a string, then evt[k] is not considered safe, despite k coming from Object.keys().
The easiest way to address this is via a type assertion somewhere so that k is treated as keyof T.  For example:
  return Object.keys(evt).reduce<StringKeyMap<T>>((o, k) => {
    const z =  { ...o, [snakeCase(k)]: evt[k as keyof T] };
    return z;
  }, initial); // no error

Hope that helps.  Good luck!

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"I want my daughter to understand there are people in need and it's nice to help when you can."
Like most parents, Kellie Utz is always on the look out for ways to teach her daughter about gratitude.
Kellie has been aware of Kmart's Wishing Tree program since her days of working at the store and decided it was the perfect way to teach Ashley about the importance of giving rather than receiving.
The Kmart Wishing Tree appeal has been going strong for over 30 years. Last year 300,000 gifts were collected across Australia to give to families in need.
Kellie says she's wanted to participate for a long time but let life get in the way. "I think with things like these, people don't make the time in their busy lives. But it's an important tradition because it teaches kids to think of others.
Waiting until Ashley was four turned out to be a good thing though. "My daughter is a great age to start as she actually understands the meaning of Christmas and Santa," she explains.
Kellie has made a convert out of me and I took my kids to Kmart on the weekend to put some things under the wishing tree. While my youngest had a small crisis when he had to part with the teddy bear he'd chosen, it was a great maths exercise for my eldest who worked through the different combinations of gifts that might fit into his budget. It was a lovely day and instead of coming home with stacks of toys to find room for, we came home with full hearts.


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See what you're paying, control your bill
The Flick App is a world-first mobile app that shows Kiwis the price they're paying for electricity, real-time. This means, with access to wholesale power prices through Flick, you can make a choice about when to use electricity to reduce your power bill.
Live power prices
Know exactly what you're paying for power, real-time. The Flick mobile app shows you the live price of power for your household, which changes every half hour if you're accessing spot prices on Flick Freestyle. The Flick app also sends alerts when prices get high or low, and gives you a forecast price for the upcoming half hour period, so you'll know when to turn things on and off to manage your power bill.
If you're on Flick FIXIE in a network area where your price changes depending on the time or season, the price in your app will change so you'll know when to use power to take advantage of lower price times.
Live carbon emissions
If you're interested in reducing the carbon impact of your household, the CHOICE tab in our mobile app shows you the mix of electricity in the grid at any one time, and it applies to all Kiwis, regardless of the power company you're with. So when the mix is dirty, you can choose to turn things off.
Flick customers can also track their carbon emissions from electricity, and offset their impact through our partner charity, Trees That Count.
Control what you pay with Volt
Pay the actual cost of your bill weekly, or choose to pay a regular amount with Volt. By paying a regular bill that's a little higher than your normal weekly bill, you'll build up a wee stash of cash that you can then use to knock the top off a higher than normal bill. You can open, pause and change the settings of your Volt easily in the Flick app.
What's behind the number on the price dial?
For Flick customers, the price dial shows the live variable charges for their electricity, including the spot price of generation which come from WITS (run by NZX), the lines charges at their place based on their meter set up from their local network company, Flick's variable retailer fee and the Electricity Authority levy. Each Flickster's price is unique to them because every property is set up differently.
For Flick app users who don't buy their electricity from Flick, the price dial indicates where the current, nationwide average spot price is sitting. This information comes from WITS (run by NZX). We don't put a number on this because we don't want people to think that the spot price of generation is the only charge that makes up their power bill.
How do you calculate emissions?
We calculate emissions using the emissions factors from a number of sources, as no single source exists for all generation types.
The 2019 emissions factor for geothermal, coal and gas is published by MBIE.
The factor for diesel is unpublished but is based on average diesel emissions over the past 10 years, also supplied by MBIE.
The emissions factor for co-gen comes from EnergyLink, and excludes Kinleith's wood fired station.
Hydro and wind are rated at zero.
The classification of each generation station and unit as to generation type is undertaken by Transpower, based on the information available from generators. More information is available here (PDF).
To get your personalised carbon emissions, we calculate the portion of your usage attributed to each energy source for each half hour period, and we multiply these by relevant emissions factors. These are added together to give the total emissions for each half-hour period, and each half hour is added up to give a daily total.
So, you'll work out my individual carbon emissions from NZ-wide information?
That's right. The electricity market operates nationally - not locally or individually - so we believe that calculating your individual carbon emissions using the average emissions at a national level is most appropriate. Plus, we're all responsible for how much power we use as a country. That's because our electricity supply is influenced by national demand, or how much we're all using at any given time. If demand exceeds the supply of cleaner, renewable electricity, our non-renewable energy sources (like coal and gas) are fired up to meet it, and they produce lots more carbon emissions.
Are there things that might be different for each person, though?
You betcha! Once it's in the national grid, electricity discharges at the first available grid exit point, so if you live close to a renewable generation station, you're more likely to use electricity from that source than any other. Here are a few factors that can have an impact on the generation mix, and might mean your carbon emission profile is different to the national profile:
Where you live - most of our hydrogeneration is in the South Island so if you're a Benmore local it's likely that more of the electricity you use comes from hydrogeneration. When there are constraints in the market, like power outages and maintenance on the HVDC cable (which transports electricity from the South Island to the North Island) it can mean that the power generated down south can't be moved north and will stay, and be used, down south.
Whether you're near any embedded generation - NZ has generation stations which are embedded within local networks rather than connected to the National Grid. If there is embedded generation near your property then the electricity you use is more likely to be generated there.
How much power is lost in the lines on its way to your place - we calculate your emissions using the volume of electricity recorded at your meter. To supply you that electricity, the generators have to generate slightly more electricity than what's needed, because some is lost in the process of getting power from sites of generation, through the National Grid and into the local distribution network. It's usually around 7% that's lost, though this can vary depending on where you live.
How do I keep track of the spot price going up and down?
You don't need to follow the spot market in order to save on your power bill with Flick - many Flicksters set and forget, and still save heaps with access to wholesale power prices. But to really ramp up those savings, you've got tools at your fingertips!
Flick has a clever little mobile app that gives you everything you need to keep track of live power prices, including a forecast price for the upcoming half hour period. Your Flick dashboard let's you analyse your usage, track your savings and gives you a forecast price for the upcoming four hours so you can plan your power use to make the most of low price periods.
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Image Analysis Technique Provides Better Understanding of Heart Cell Defects
Link to article: The scanning gradient Fourier transform (SGFT) method for assessing sarcomere organization and alignment
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2020 — Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and other industrialized nations, and many patients face limited treatment options. Fortunately, stem cell biology has enabled researchers to produce large numbers of cardiomyocytes, the cells that make up the heart or cardiac muscle and have the potential to be used in advanced drug screens and cell-based therapies.
The three images show individual heart cells (outlined in white) that have elongated and aligned their internal cytoskeletal structure when grown in micropatterned lanes. The addition of bridges between lanes results in synchronized contraction over a large 2D area. CREDIT: Brett N. Napiwocki
One of the pitfalls of these stem cell-generated cardiomyocytes is that they do not represent adult human cardiomyocytes but remain immature without further intervention. Additionally, current image analysis techniques do not allow researchers to analyze heterogeneous, multidirectional, striated myofibrils typical of immature cells to determine when new interventions are coaxing the cells to organize.
In the Journal of Applied Physics, from AIP Publishing, researchers showcase an algorithm that combines gradient methods with fast Fourier transforms, the scanning gradient Fourier transform or SGFT technique, to quantify myofibril structures in heart cells with considerable accuracy. Myofibrils are the elongated contractile unit of a muscle cell.
"If you look at adult human cardiac tissue, everything is not in perfect alignment. Everything is not stacked nicely and neatly like a bookshelf," said Wendy Crone, an author of the paper. "The structures are more complicated. We wanted to be able to quantify the organization."
This level of analysis, combined with new emerging studies of the effects of cell mutation, has the potential to produce new insights regarding the mechanisms underlying the generation of myofibrils and various cardiomyopathies, which make it harder for the heart muscle to pump blood to the rest of the body.
"There is myofibril disarray in certain diseases of the heart," said Crone. "With our technique, we can quantify the disarray, which provides a better understanding of the severity of disease in heart cells."
The heterogeneous, striated patterning that this new method can detect and quantify occurs in countless other instances in biology and elsewhere. For instance, the SGFT technique clearly detects the distribution of collagen organization and orientation in breast tissue biopsies, which is significant since breast tissue with cancer has more organized collagen structures. As prior studies have shown, the morphology of collagen fibers in breast cancer tissue is a strong prognostic indicator of the malignancy of the tumor.
The SGFT technique could also potentially be used to quantify striated patterns in early stage neurons derived from stems cells.
"Our code can quantify the organization of neural rosettes, too," said Crone.
Larry Frum
The scanning gradient Fourier transform (SGFT) method for assessing sarcomere organization and alignment
Wendy C. Crone, Max R. Salick, Brett N. Napiwocki, Rachel A. Kruepke, Gavin T. Knight, Randolph Ashton
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
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The Raptors are currently riding a 3 game winning streak, after claiming victories over the Suns, the Nets, and the Kings - despite an ugly loss to the Clippers in LA earlier this week. However, if there's one particular thing that we ought to be encouraged with, it's the improvement in Jonas Valanciunas' game this past week. JV has been a beast and his confidence is starting to become more and more evident. Likewise, DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry continue to wow us and show that they ought to be regarded as the best backcourt in the entire NBA.
Joining me to discuss these and other topics is our reliable guest - Mr. Peter Kaye of Life In Repeat. Being at the past two home games, Peter provides us with a description of the atmosphere during JV's turnaround, as well as Kyle & DeMar's dominance. We also break down Vince Carter's return, his impact on the city of Toronto and basketball in Canada in general, his legacy, and how he ought to go out. Lastly, we preview the upcoming games against the Hornets and the 76ers (x2). All of this more on this week's edition of the South of the 6ix Podcast!


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Why Are PC Sales Up And Tablet Sales Down?
Peter Yared	5 years
Peter Yared Contributor
Peter Yared is a co-founder and the CTO at Sapho.
Microsoft's slow creep back into mobile
Software is due for a bundling event
Editor's note: Peter Yared is the founder and CTO of Sapho and was formerly the CTO/CIO of CBS Interactive.
When iPads first came out, they were hailed as the undoing of the PC. Finally, a cheap and reliable computing device for the average user instead of the complicated, quirky PC. After a few years of strong growth for iOS and Android tablets and a corresponding decrease in PC sales, the inverse is suddenly true: PC sales are up and tablet sales are "crashing." What happened?
The tablet slowdown shouldn't be a surprise given that tablets have hardly improved beyond relatively superficial changes in size, screen resolution, and processor speed. The initial market for tablets is now saturated: grandparents and kids have them, people bought them as Sonos controllers and such, and numerous households have them around for reading. People that want tablets have them, and there's just no need to upgrade because they more than adequately perform their assigned tasks.
Businesses and consumers alike are again purchasing PCs, and Mac sales are on the rise year-over-year. Businesses in particular are forced to upgrade older PCs now that Windows XP is no longer supported. When purchasing a new PC, the main driver to choose a PC versus a tablet is fairly obvious: If you are creating any type of content regularly, you need a keyboard, a larger screen, and (for most businesses) Microsoft Office.
Reigniting Tablet Growth with "Super Tablets"
For the tablet category to continue to grow, tablets need to move beyond what Chris Dixon calls the "toy phase" and become more like PCs. The features required for a tablet to evolve into a super tablet are straight from the PC playbook: at least a 13" screen, 64 bit processor, 2GB of RAM, 256GB drive, a real keyboard, an actual file system, and an improved operating system with windowing and true multitasking capability. Super tablets form factors could range from notebooks to all-in-one desktops like the iMac. Small 7" and 9" super tablets could dock into larger screens and keyboards.
The computer industry is littered with the detritus of failed attempts to simplify PCs ranging from Sun Micrososytems' Sun Ray to Oracle's Network Computer to Microsoft's Windows CE. But this time, it's actually different. The power of mass-produced, 64-bit ARM chips, economies of scale from smartphone and tablet production, and — most importantly — the vast ecosystem of iOS and Android apps have finally made such a "network computer" feasible.
Businesses Need Super Tablets
As the former CIO at CBS Interactive, I would have bought such super tablets in droves for our employees, the vast majority of whom primarily use only a web browser and Microsoft Office. There will of course always be power users such as developers and video editors that require a full-fledged PC. A souped-up tablet would indeed garner corporate sales, as Tim Cook would like for the iPad … but only at the expense of MacBooks.
The cost of managing PCs in an enterprise are enormous, with Gartner estimating that the total cost of ownership for a notebook computer can be as high as $9,000. PCs are expensive, prone to failure, easy to break and magnets for viruses and malware. After just a bit of use, many PCs are susceptible to constant freezes and crashes.
PCs are so prone to failure that ServiceNow — a company devoted to helping IT organizations track help desk tickets — is worth over $8 billion. Some organizations are so fed up with problematic PCs that they are using expensive and cumbersome desktop virtualization, where the PC environment is strongly controlled on servers and streamed to a client.
And while Macs are somewhat better than Windows, I suggest you stand next to any corporate help desk or the Apple genius bar and watch and learn if you think they are not problematic.
The main benefits of super tablets to enterprises are their systems management and replaceability. Smartphones and tablets are so simple and easy to manage that they are typically handled by an IT organization's cost-effective phone team rather than more expensive PC technicians, who are typically so overwhelmed with small problems that they cannot focus on fixing more complex issues. Apps can be provisioned and updated by both IT and end-users without causing conflicts or problems. If a device is lost, it is easy to remote wipe data and to provision a new device with all of the same settings.
Programs like BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) just accentuate the fact that smartphones and tablets are so easy to manage that enterprises are comfortable letting their employees pick the devices themselves. Users also get great benefits, including instant-on, long battery life, simplicity, and access to legions of apps from the iTunes and Play app stores.
Why Can't the Big 3 Deliver a Super Tablet?
Former Apple executive Jean-Louis Gassée has long pointed out that Apple is gradually converging Mac OS X and iOS and will likely replace Intel processors with ARM processors. However, Apple is steadfast in maintaining a separation between the tablets and PCs and is bridging the divide with its new Continuity features. While Microsoft is willing to hack a touch interface onto a desktop experience, Apple will understandably not go there until the experience is perfect.
Apple will have to make this switch at some point soon, however, as users are increasingly expecting every screen to be touch-enabled. Tim Cook claims that he is not afraid of cannibalizing businesses, but Apple seems reticent to cannibalize its growing $20 billion Mac business.
Google's Chromebook is essentially a PC that can only run web apps. As many commentators have puzzled, Google should be focusing on a desktop version of Android rather than Chrome OS. The market has decided that it wants native apps on smartphones and tablets, so clearly users are going to want native apps on their PC replacements, as well.
Android has a huge advantage with its large app store and developer community. The Chrome OS has an inherently flawed mission – why try to compete with Windows whilst Microsoft itself is moving beyond Windows? The new generation of ChromeBooks based on ARM chips closely matches the specs of a super tablet – there just aren't any apps because of the Chrome OS constraint. The hardware is right, but the operating system is wrong.
Microsoft is actually very well positioned for a super tablet world with its Office 365 for iPad and Android, since as a subscription product it can draw revenue long after a manufacturer cashes in the thin margins on the hardware itself. This is an opportunity for Microsoft to make more money on a Mac than Apple does, as Microsoft did in the 1990s. Microsoft has already written off making money on Windows on low-end hardware and is setting itself up for a post-Windows future around devices and services under Satya Nadella's leadership.
Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 is a somewhat valiant attempt to reinvent the PC as a super tablet; however it is expensive and has a small screen, a subpar keyboard, a power hungry Intel processor and all of the headaches of managing Windows. The much-panned Surface 2 with Windows RT is ironically a step in the right direction, but its 32-bit ARM processor is underpowered and there aren't many apps in the Windows Store. Microsoft coincidentally offered Windows CE devices in the late 1990s that were actually quite close to super tablets, but like with Windows touch tablet, they entered the market far too early.
The ecosystem around building, distributing and maintaining PCs is massive and Apple, and the PC companies are understandably reluctant to cannibalize their sales. Lenovo offers a 10″ Android notebook and HP is reportedly soon shipping one, but these are intentionally small and underpowered in order to not compete with notebooks. This vacuum presents an opportunity for companies like Sony that have exited the PC business but continue to sell smartphones and tablets.
Samsung in particular is reportedly looking to shutdown its PC business, and must be evaluating how to grow its tablet business now that its smartphone sales have slowed. Samsung could offer up Office 365 bundling in exchange for royalty-free device sales in its next patent conflict with Microsoft.
The Enterprise Legacy Web Holdup
An interesting side note is that large enterprises typically run numerous legacy web applications that do not work on modern web browsers, with some legacy web applications only working on ancient browsers like Internet Explorer 6. Many of these applications were built in the first wave of the Internet to enable "employee self-service" and have not been touched since that era. Perhaps the move to a simpler, cheaper PC replacement will finally shift the cost/benefit equation such that these web applications will finally be upgraded or replaced with SaaS solutions.
Here's hoping that the Apple, Google and Microsoft can soon move into a super-tablet future where most businesses and consumers will be able to manage and customize their PCs as easily as they manage their phones and tablets … and us techies can move on from our part-time tech support jobs.


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How women engineers at Flipkart are closing the gender gap
Arjun Paul
They are risk-takers and adventurers, willing to jump into the unknown, making the most of opportunities that come their way. They have remarkably positive and open attitudes, even when their work proves difficult or when times are hard. Meet the inspiring women engineers of Flipkart — each with a unique story about their journey in one of India's most progressive workplaces. In conversation, we unravel their stories as they navigate and claim their rightful place in what is globally seen as a male-dominated industry
Information technology in India is one of the fastest-growing sectors, estimated to reach $225 billion by 2020 according to the IBEF (India Brand Equity Foundation). Technology evolves rapidly and women have always played an integral part in this story. With their intelligence, creativity and value orientation, women engineers bring to this discipline differential perspectives that enhance it in unimaginable ways. In fact, Amar Nagaram, Vice President – Engineering at Flipkart, is first to upend the stereotype that ties prowess at technology with masculinity. "Women engineers definitely bring in more dynamism to the workplace. Innovations at Flipkart are mostly driven from the bottom to the top, and many of these ideas come from our women engineers," he says.
That said, women in the technology industry, globally, face unique challenges. A joint study by NASSCOM and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP reported that there is a far lower percentage of women than men in senior management roles. The flip side, however, is that rate of women employees who resign for reasons of maternity or post-maternity has seen a decline in the last few years as more firms adopt friendlier employee policies. "At Flipkart, we strive to create a work environment built on meritocracy. The challenge of fostering such a culture is as much about celebrating equality, talent and diversity, as it is about empowering women with a level playing field at work." says Ravi Garikipati, Chief Technology Officer at Flipkart.
Women engineers today account for a more substantial proportion of the workforce in India than they did in decades past. With more sensitive workplaces and inclusive benefits, their tribe shall doubtless increase in years to come. This positive change will have far-reaching effects — engendering more role models to inspire and embolden legions of future women who take up engineering as a career.
Today's women engineers, who are in every way as qualified and competent as their male counterparts, want more from a sector that has traditionally been favorable for men. They want equal pay, equal opportunities, and bigger responsibilities. However, rather than demand sops or reservations on account of their gender, they want to be seen as equals in the workplace, at home, and everywhere — all of which makes their endeavor a subset of a much larger struggle.
Women engineers today account for a more substantial proportion of the workforce in India than they did in decades past
Women engineers at Flipkart stand their ground
For Shikha Agrawal, Engineering Manager at Flipkart, fascination for engineering stemmed from a desire to be an engineer — just like her father. "What also made engineering an obvious career choice was that I loved physics and solving puzzles," she says. The youngest of six sisters, she pursued her B Tech from Aligarh Muslim University and became the first woman engineer in her family. She says, "Hopefully I will also inspire my nieces to pursue a career of their choice."
Shikha Agrawal, Engineering Manager, Flipkart Cloud Platform, says she has never been treated differently or felt excluded in any way
At Flipkart, Shikha is part of the cloud platform team that builds cloud services that helps engineering teams to be more efficient and build at scale. Speaking about her experience at Flipkart, she says, "Here, it is all about your work and impact that translates into reward and recognition. At Flipkart, my work is the only factor that can impact my growth. While I am the only woman engineering manager in my group, this is the first time I have come to realize it. Clearly shows Flipkart's gender neutrality at work."
Equal pay is not a myth at Flipkart
Software development engineer Bhavana K also avers that the gender pay gap is absent at Flipkart. She says, "Flipkart has always encouraged talent irrespective of gender. I witnessed the company conducting special recruitment drives to hire women employees, and offering Flipsters additional incentives to bring in more women staff."
For Bhavana, working at Flipkart means getting to interact with some of the best talent. "Despite having spent five years in this sector, there is still so much I can learn and explore, and Flipkart is enabling me to do just that."
Bhavana K, Software Development Engineer, feels that bias only encouraged her to work harder
It is not just the support at work that keeps her going. Bhavana's family has been a constant source of support, too. "Mine is a close-knit family of five," she says. "My elder sister is also an engineer, so perhaps they are used to the field and its challenges. My family has supported me every step of the way." But were there obstacles to overcome? Plenty. After all, when Bhavana was studying engineering, the ratio of boys to girls was 15:1. What about bias? "Sure, but all it did was encourage me to work harder and climb up the ladder quicker."
Pooja Ambekar, Engineering Manager at Flipkart, has had her tryst with bias too. "While I have experienced gender bias outside, it has never been so at Flipkart. I consider being an engineer at Flipkart special, but being a 'woman engineer' does not matter. I believe that Flipkart as an organization has a tremendous responsibility to encourage the rest of the society to take up gender-neutral policies too."
As a part of the retail engineering team, Pooja bridges the gaps among suppliers and brands, sellers and Flipkart. She and her team have developed software that connects these entities to enable seamless interaction in the virtual marketplace. She also loves the fact that at Flipkart, she gets to work with "some of the smartest people in the country towards bringing groundbreaking innovations on the e-commerce scene," as she puts it.
Pooja Ambekar, Engineering Manager, Retail Platform believes that Flipkart has a tremendous responsibility to encourage society to take up gender-neutral policies
Perhaps her passion is informed by her childhood and upbringing. "My parents brought me up in a very gender-agnostic environment. They've always supported my decisions. While I have witnessed patriarchal attitudes from the society at large, I have never experienced it while growing up or at work." Pooja studied engineering at a women's-only engineering college — Cummins College of Engineering for Women in Pune — and completed her MS in Computer Science from Arizona State University.
"Can't be better than this," are the words that Chandana Pavuluru, Senior Engineering Manager, uses to sum up her experience of working at Flipkart. "It is a level playing field as long as I am playing as good as any other Flipster." A typical workday for her is all about mentoring her team of engineers and working on the delivery of technical solutions based on business needs. "As an engineering manager, I am responsible for the technology stack [the operating system and related programs necessary to support and run applications] that manages the catalog data."
Chandana Pavuluru, Senior Engineering Manager, has worked on three editions of The Big Billion Days
Finding camaraderie and a lot more
Her desire to join Flipkart took root when she bought hardbound notebooks from Flipkart — her first purchase. "The experience was seamless enough to make me visit the site again and scroll down to 'Careers'. In fact, I regularly did follow-ups with the recruiting team there to make sure I got hired at whichever position was available." It has been a roller-coaster ride for Chandana since then, working in a culture that is demanding, to say the least. Three years down, she has worked with gusto on three Big Billion Days at Flipkart, met wonderful people, and made great friends.
Deepti Agrawal, Senior Engineering Manager, Customer Shopping Experience at Flipkart, believes the roles at Flipkart are assigned purely on merit
Just like Chandana, the exhaustive range of opportunities to grow has motivated Deepti Agrawal, Senior Engineering Manager, to be on her toes from the time she joined Flipkart five years ago. An M Tech graduate from IIT-Bombay, Deepti is part of the core services team that provides backend support to Flipkart's desktop and app. And she loves the fast-paced action of her job.
"When it comes to engineering at Flipkart, there is always some feature or application update going live," she says with a grin. The exhilarating rush to perform is what keeps her going, and she shares her love for engineering with her father and brother, who are both mechanical engineers. A typical day for her involves making the most of every task and creating an impact with each keystroke of code. Is there room for anything else?
"Gender does not come into the picture. And the kind of roles you are assigned is purely on merit," she says.
Where rewards are about more than wages
The first engineer in her family, Manisha Sangwan, Software Development Engineer at Flipkart, is no stranger to standing out. She says, "At Flipkart… gender does not affect ambition!"
But has she experienced that feeling of being the 'other'?
"Most male professors in my college believed that women are essentially not technology-savvy, which meant they couldn't make a great career for themselves in the technology sector." Despite the bias, she believed that succeeding at a tech job was a matter of talent. And that's exactly what she finds at Flipkart. A team player, she gets along well with her team, and socializes with them outside the office. "No boys-only club here!" she says with a smile.
Manisha Sangwan, Software Development Engineer – User Growth Acquisition fought bias in college. In Flipkart, she says, there's no boys-only club
Suvadra Tripathy, UI Engineer at Flipkart, agrees with Manisha. Her journey on the less-trodden path started when a faculty member at school encouraged her to take up a C++ course. "I was in the 11th grade back then and we had this excellent computer science teacher who encouraged me to take up a basic C++ course, which I really enjoyed doing." She comes from a family of professionals — her father is an engineer and her mother is a doctor. "My father wanted me to do electronic engineering, but I prevailed and opted to study computer science."
Suvadra joined Flipkart in mid-2014, and talks about the work allocation at the company setting the tone. "It is always a question of 'Which developer wants to take this up?' It has never been a question of 'Who is the man who can do it?' No gender disparity there."
Suvadra Tripathy, Software Development Engineer – User Growth Acquisition, says that pay increments at Flipkart are made on the basis of performance alone
This was evident even before she was officially on board, Suvadra says, when Flipkart hired her right after she completed her Masters. "When I joined Flipkart, there were 20-odd students from other colleges, and all of us were offered the same salary package. Then a revision in the earnings took place, and all were given the same revised package. Post then, all increments have been made on the basis of performance."
Flipkart values the talent and potential it sees within Flipsters. More so, it values people at a human level. This consideration has been central to designing employee benefits. They have been handcrafted to bring out the best in employees while reassuring them that they are well looked after. Priya Dharshini, who is part of Flipkart's tech team, emphasizes this fact when she says that Flipkart's maternity policy enabled her to choose the hospital she wanted for her baby's delivery and have the expense reimbursed without worries.
When it comes to creating an inclusive workplace, Flipkart walks the talk
According to Satheesh K V, Director – Total Rewards at Flipkart, what has created an impact are policies that have not only struck a chord with employees, but also built an emotional bond. "We strive to create an inclusive workplace and this is reflective in our people practices such as equal employment opportunity, no gender pay gap, inclusive employee policies, and other gender diversity initiatives. We have not only focused on extending the maternity leave period to six months, but also designed it in a manner to help them get back to work life smoothly by creating a proactive support system. We want to support women employees achieve work-life balance as they continue to focus on their careers," says Satheesh.
Satheesh K V, Director – Total Rewards at Flipkart, believes the company wants women employees to achieve work-life balance as they continue to focus on their careers
Is the gender gap closing? It might be too early to say, as the proportion of women engineers to men in the workplace globally has still not struck a balance. Empowered by a truly equal-opportunity workplace and progressive policies, women engineers at Flipkart have put their best foot forward. In years to come, perhaps more organizations will take the cue and build workplaces founded on policies that are geared towards true equality, and not merely on paper.
Read more tales of exceptional Flipsters in our series FlipTales. Looking to work at Flipkart? Check out Flipkart Careers to find your fit
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