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#3: Zebra Finches Reward Themselves for singing well
dr. dolittle | October 23, 2017
The #3 post so far this year explored how zebra finches reward themselves for singing well: Dopamine is an important hormone released from neurons involved in reward pathways. Researchers at Cornell University wanted to know if dopamine signaling was involved in how birds learn songs. Their findings, recently published in Science, present evidence that neurons in the brain of zebra finches do in fact decrease dopamine signals when the birds hear an error in their song in comparison to when they sing 'correctly'. The researchers also found that dopamine signaling was enhanced when the birds…
Pigeons outperform humans when it comes to multitasking
Brain and Behavior dr. dolittle | September 28, 2017
Sara Letzner had humans compete against pigeons in a behavioural experiment. Photo from: Ruhr-Universitat at Bochum A new study conducted by Drs. Sara Letzner and Onur Gunturkun (Ruhr-Universitat at Bochum) as well as Dr. Christian Beste (Technische Univeritat at Dresden) shows that pigeons are better than humans when it comes to multitasking. Their findings were published in Current Biology. The findings from the study show that the mammalian cerebral cortex, with all of its cortical layers, is not the only type of brain that can perform complex tasks as birds do not have a…
How bird eggs got their shape
dr. dolittle | June 25, 2017
Image of a variety of bird eggs from Internet Archive Book Images, via Wikimedia Commons Ever wonder why bird eggs are shaped the way they are and what drives the variations in egg shapes across species? I never really wondered that either until I saw an article in Science that explained a possible reason...then I just HAD to know. Some theories had been proposed suggesting that their shape prevented eggs from rolling out of nests or otherwise sustaining damage, and so on. According to the new study, the shape of a bird's eggs may be related to their ability to fly. Researchers compared…
Experimental Biology 2016 - Day 3
dr. dolittle | April 5, 2016
I LOVE THIS MEETING! DAY 3 included several very interesting comparative physiology sessions. Image of birds from Wikipedia Eldon Braun (University of Arizona) spoke about how birds have a unique way to prevent water loss and thereby dehydration. In mammals, the kidneys are responsible for recovering water from the urine. However when birds are well-hydrated, the urine enters the colon and moves backwards up the gastrointestinal tract to facilitate water reabsorption prior to voiding the urine. Hiroko Nishimura (The University of Tennessee) spoke about work she had done over the years…
What kind of bird landed on Bernie's podium?
You all know this happened. But there is some controversy over what kind of bird it is. There is no doubt whatsoever that the bird was a finch. However, what kind? Most likely a house finch, because they are common, and the most likely to live in a big auditorium thingie and not be fearful of people. A pic of the bird is above. Here is another: What do you think it is?
Birds seeking safety of alligators
dr. dolittle | March 25, 2016
I came across this neat video summarizing a study that found some birds build nests near alligators to protect themselves from other predators. But the protection is not without a price.
Why so many of us sleep
Brain and Behavior dr. dolittle | March 11, 2016
A special thank you to reader Dr. Barbara Goodman, Professor of Physiology at Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota who sent me a story from The Scientist about sleep in animals complete with footage of a dolphin that was seen apparently "sleeping" (video posted on YouTube): Why do animals sleep? This is a question with many potential answers. It is known that birds and mammals experience slow-wave and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep patterns. During the first pattern, slow waves with high amplitudes can be seen if measuring electrical activity (EEG) in the cortex.…
Carbohydrate regulation during prolonged flight
Canadian Geese. Image take near Lakeview, OR. Image from: Bureau of Land Management A new study conducted by researchers Eric Vaillancourt and Jean-Michel Weber at the University of Ottawa examined blood sugar regulation in a bird that specialize in long distance migration, the Canada goose (Branta canadensis, image above). As referenced in the study published in the American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Canadian geese migrate approximately 7,000 km on their way to the Arctic, a trip that includes non-stop flights of up to 1,000 km at a time…
Creating Healthier Turkeys
dr. dolittle | November 28, 2014
Image from www.chow.com Did you know that the typical Thanksgiving day broad-breasted white turkey develops in as little as 136 days (on average)? This remarkably quick development is a result of years of selective breeding. The average turkey in 1929 was only about 13 pounds, whereas modern turkeys average around 30 pounds with much of the weight centered in the breast muscles. The Poultry Science Association claims that this breeding program has resulted in skeletal problems as muscle growth outpaces bone growth, heart problems, and a lower ability to mount immune responses to certain…
Tuesday: Grand Challenges in Physiology
Life Sciences dr. dolittle | October 8, 2014
Image from the American Physiological Society's website.http://www.the-aps.org/mm/Conferences/APS-Conferences/2014-Conferences/… Tuesday was no less exciting than Monday! Here are some highlights: I thoroughly enjoyed a session called "Overcoming a Major Physiological Barrier: Adaptation from Saline to Freshwater Habitats" which highlighted the need for several species to shift how they regulate ion balance when they migrate between fresh water (ion absorption from the water) and salt water (ion secretion to the water). Clements K, Bojarski L, Johnson K, McMillan S, White L, Angert E (Univ…
Comparative Approaches to Grand Challenges in Physiology-updates
Life Sciences dr. dolittle | September 29, 2014
Image from the American Physiological Society's website.http://www.the-aps.org/mm/Conferences/APS-Conferences/2014-Conferences/… I am really excited about the comparative physiology conference that starts this weekend in San Diego! Here is a press release about the meeting (author Stacy Brooks from the American Physiological Society): Bethesda, Md. (September 25, 2014) — More than 400 comparative and evolutionary physiologists will gather to present new research and discoveries in animal physiology at the American Physiological Society's 2014 intersociety meeting "Comparative Approaches to…
City life makes bigger spiders
dr. dolittle | August 23, 2014
A new study from researchers at the University of Sydney shows that golden orb-weaving spiders (Nephila plumipes) that live in the city are larger and produce more offspring as compared to country living. When they say the spiders are big, they mean really big. The females can reach up to 20-25mm (males are only ~5mm). Image from Spiders of Australiahttp://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian/nephila/Nephila.html The researchers speculate that the urban heat island effect, which is attributed to a lack vegetation and hard surfaces, may lead to the increased body size as invertebrates in…
What do a hummingbird and chicken have in common?
Life Sciences dr. dolittle | July 17, 2014
Brandy Velten (doctoral student) and Dr. Kenneth Welch (Comparative Physiologist) from the University of Toronto wanted to know whether birds with very different speeds at which they flaps their wings (i.e. wingbeat frequencies) had correspondingly varying types of myosin proteins in their muscles. Their findings were published in the American Journal of Physiology last month. In their study they compared ruby-throated hummingbirds and zebra finches which reportedly have some of the highest wingbeat frequencies (20-60Hz). As you can imagine, their flight muscles are made up of almost…
If only we could breathe like birds
dr. dolittle | May 8, 2014
Here is a neat video that I watched at the David Bruce Undergraduate Poster session at the Experimental Biology conference last week. It describes the amazing physiology of the avian lung and was created by an undergraduate student researcher, Peter Luu for the Physiology Video Contest sponsored by the American Physiological Society. This video won the Viewer's Choice Award: To see more of the submitted videos, visit the American Physiological Society website.
Pigeons on the menu for some catfish
I came across this interesting video today from Animal Wire that shows a population of catfish caught hunting pigeons on land: Who knew that catfish had more in common with cats than just their whiskers.
Ever wonder why birds fly in "V" formation?
New research provides more evidence of how birds conserve energy by flying in a "V" formation:
Ever wonder why bats sleep upside down?
Clip Art from www.LeeHanson.com Just in time for Halloween: Besides being an excellent way to avoid predators, roosting or hanging upside down is optimal for taking off into flight. Bats are not able to launch into flight from an upright position because their wings do not generate sufficient lift while at a dead stop. Additionally, their hindlegs are rather underdeveloped, so they are not able to run to generate lift for take-off. Instead, bats essentially fall into flight. Learn more in this video comparing flight mechanics in bats and birds: Source:Animal Plant
Hadeda Ibis, an iconic South African bird
dr. dolittle | October 9, 2013
An article came out today in Wunderground.com about an iconic bird (in both good and bad ways) in South Africa, the Hadeda Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash). There are stores named after the birds, songs dedicated to them and even a documentary called "Hadeda Sunrise" that you can watch here:
Shy birds build "better" bonds
dr. dolittle | September 23, 2013
Image of male great tit from BBC Nature News. A new study published in Ecology Letters suggests that shy male great tits build stronger bonds with birds in their own flock. This population of birds has been studied in Wytham Woods, near Oxford, UK since 1947. In case you are wondering, the team determined "shyness" and "boldness" by capturing birds and placing them in a novel environment for 10 minutes. Shy birds were slow to explore the new environment whereas bold birds explored it quickly. The birds were then tagged and tracked using radio transmitters. The researchers observed that "…
Birds missing anti-inflammatory protein common to other classes of animals
Image from www.123rf.com A new study published in the American Journal of Physiology presents data suggesting that birds do not carry a specific anti-inflammatory protein critical for keeping inflammation under control in mammals, reptiles and amphibians. The specific protein is tristetraprolin (TTP). It functions mainly by inhibiting key mediators of inflammation in the body, such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFa). In fact, mice that are missing this protein have chronic systemic inflammation from unchecked TNFa. Moreover, mice missing the protein specifically in myeloid cells develop…


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Seven Steps to a More Diverse Board
There is now broad consensus that having a diverse board provides the breadth of perspective that is essential in today's global dynamic environment. But heightened awareness does not always translate to greater progress.
There is now broad consensus that having a diverse board, where directors are drawn from both genders and from an array of races and ethnicities, provides the breadth of perspective that is essential in today's global dynamic environment. But heightened awareness does not always translate to greater progress.
For example, it has taken the full decade from 2005 to 2015 for the percentage of women on the boards of S&P 500 companies to rise from 15 percent to 20 percent. The trend for racially and ethnically diverse directors is even more sobering: among the largest 200 S&P 500 companies, the percentage of board seats held by racially and ethnically diverse directors has remained at 15 percent for the last five years.
Many boards are now looking for concrete suggestions for successfully making diversity an integrated part of their agenda. In working with hundreds of nominating and governance committees around the world from a wide range of industries, we find that the boards that have made the greatest strides follow many, if not all, of the seven steps listed below:
1. Establish diversity as a priority from the top. As the following points illustrate, fostering boardroom diversity is about more than filling a vacant seat with a diverse candidate—it reaches from the board's culture to the company's talent pipeline. Because of this, it is critical for the board chair, the lead independent director and the nominating and governance committee chair to be personally committed to diversity and to view diversity as an ongoing, multifaceted process.
2. Critically assess the board's current nomination process. This goes beyond a review of the bylaws and director succession plan. The nominating/ governance committee's track record in building a diverse board needs to be examined at each step, from the identification of possible candidates to the creation of a short list to the actual nomination and acceptance. Where diversity is below the desired level, the board must determine whether there is a process issue, like failure to reach beyond personal networks or unconscious biases in how candidates are evaluated. Boards wishing to jump-start their diversity momentum may consider mandating that diverse candidates be included in each director search (the so-called Rooney Rule, discussed further in From the NFL to the Boardroom ).
A board can fail to provide an inclusive environment without realizing it.
3. Leverage the focus on board composition. Activist and institutional investors have placed a heightened emphasis on the alignment between the organization's strategy and the competencies and experiences around the boardroom table. This provides an opening for casting a net beyond the usual pool of current and retired CEOs to include diverse candidates who may be a rung below the CEO, yet who have the necessary perspectives and expertise aligned with the company's strategic imperatives.
4. Think far ahead. Identifying viable diverse board candidates below the CEO level requires a concentrated effort that continues between active board searches. The nominating/governance committee needs to gather intelligence on an ongoing basis as potential candidates move up the ranks and should forge relationships with them early. This will allow the committee to make a confident evaluation when the time comes and make it more likely that these highly sought after candidates accept a seat.
5. Take a hard look at board culture. The benefits of having diverse perspectives in the boardroom are considerable, but they can be realized only if the board's discussions and decision making incorporate and value a range of viewpoints. A board can fail to provide this inclusive environment without realizing it; for example, a board may emphasize consensus to the point that dissenting views are stifled. A third- party assessment by an experienced facilitator often can identify these roadblocks through confidential interviews, an examination of the board's workflow and procedures, and other diagnostic tools. (Beyond the Annual Assessment: How Boards Can Build an Actionable Road Map for Greater Effectiveness includes three short case studies that illustrate the board assessment process in action.)
6. Have a solid onboarding process. Ideally, a board is not just an oversight committee but a tightly knit group that relies on trust and collegiality inside and outside the boardroom. For the viewpoints of diverse directors to be given weight in the board's deliberations, those directors need to be integrated into the social fabric of the board and to be supported in building relationships with management. At least one senior board member needs to take responsibility to ensure that diverse members are not just invited but truly included in the board's informal gatherings and discussions.
7. Tend to the pipeline issue at home. According to a recent McKinsey & Company study of 118 U.S. corporations, while women are approaching parity (45 percent) with men in entry-level management track positions, that figure drops to 32 percent at the mid-management director level and 17 percent in the C-suite—and other research s hows many of those female C-suite members are leading support functions such as marketing or legal1. Our observation has been that the state of ethnic and racial diversity in leadership pipelines is no better.
The percentage of Egon Zehnder's board searches filled by female directors rose from 27 percent in 2012 to 37 percent in 2015.
Achieving greater diversity in senior P&L positions is a key step in promoting greater diversity in the boardroom because P&L leaders form the bulk of the pool of future board members. But establishing a more diverse leadership pipeline is a complicated problem involving broad societal issues like work-life balance, gender roles at home and the default tendency of people to gravitate to—and provide opportunity to—those most like themselves. Boards should ensure that management is promoting diversity in the development of the company's leadership ranks, and individual directors should exert their influence on boards on which they serve and the company where they hold a management position. Increasing the diversity of management pipelines is a joint problem that requires collective effort.
While awareness of the importance of diversity continues to grow, actual progress has not kept pace. CEOs and boards that recommit themselves to greater diversity in the boardroom and the C-suite can become meaningful role models for others while achieving the benefits diverse perspectives bring to leading in a complex world.
Access the full paper Seven Steps to a More Diverse Board.
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This piece may be small but it packs a punch! Make a statement with this chunky cocktail ring. The combination of peach and pink glass rhinestones, and the gold plated base let this piece work on it's own. Pair with your favorite little black dress and watch it sparkle as you lift a cocktail to your lips.
Open the glue and put a generous amount onto the back of the peach glass rhinestone.
Place the peach rhinestone on the flat center of the ring base. Wiggle slightly back and forth to distribute the glue evenly.
Add some glue to the back of one pink baguette rhinestone. You can use a wood skewer for more precise application but that's totally optional. You can also just put some onto the back straight from the tube.
Place the first baguette onto one side of the peach rhinestone. Pushing it all the way to the top.
Put glue on the back of the remaining rhinestones and line them up on the sides. Make sure there is enough glue to secure a good hold.
Adjust the rhinestones while the glue is still wet so they are all evenly lined up. Let dry for at least 12 hours before wearing.
its a beautiful ring! SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Made this ring today...can't wait for the glue to dry completely so I can wear it! Great piece - love it!
After only wearing this ring twice, most of the gold has rubbed off the side of the ring. Has anyone else experienced the same thing?
I absolutely love this ring! Unfortunately, one of the pink stones fell out of the setting. Where can I get another? Thanks!
Hi @prettybirdpress we put one in the mail for you!
The same thing happened to mine, @staciebrown - I wore it once and the gold plating rubbed off. I'm wondering if anything can be done to protect these sorts of gold plated jewelry components so this doesn't happen? I've had this happen a couple of times so far.
Esprague, back in the day, my friends and I used to use a thin coat of clear nail polish on gold plated costume jewelry. That might help.
I totally love this ring, but one of my pink stones fell out of its setting as well! How can I get a replacement stone? I am dying to wear the ring again!!
@pupperduck - we'll get one out to you!
Ps thank you @connieharison1 ! That is genius!
@tessaranea we'll put some new stones in the mail for you!


What does Bible Prophecy say?
Welcome to Bible in the News, this is David Billington with you. Greece is again descending into chaos; having a weak tottering government, the street of Athens erupting into violence with protestors revolting over the austerity measures and the banking system on the verge of collapse. Other European banks have a large exposure to Greek debt and there is again a dangerous risk of contagion. If Greece defaults on it loans, the effects could cause catastrophe for other weak Eurozone economies. These events would spread ripples throughout the financial system worldwide.
The Greeks are angry because of austerity - cutbacks, unemployment, corrupt leaders who they say got them into debt and so forth. The Germans are angry because they have to pay for the Greeks unresponsible fiscal policies. It seems there is plenty of anger to go around and the crisis hasn't even hit yet. This is a small picture what it will be like when the European project, known prophetically in the Bible as "Babylon the Great", completely collapses when the Lord Jesus Christ returns to the earth and judges them.
Today, however, from the Bible, we expect Europe to be unifying rather than disintegrating. In Revelation the beast is a symbol used to track the Roman Empire through it's various phases; from Pagan Rome, to the Holy Roman Empire and so on. The meaning of this symbol is found by examining other scriptures and allowing the Bible to interpret itself. The prophecy of Daniel's four beasts, portraying the kingdom of men, allows us to see that the beast in Revelation does in fact symbolize the Roman Empire. Revelation 13:2 demonstrates to us that these two prophecies go hand in hand. All four of the beasts described by Daniel chapter 7 can be found here.
Here we find the lion, bear, leopard and great and terrible beast of Daniel 7. In Daniel 7 the lion clearly depicted Babylon. The power of Babylon was transferred to the Medo-Persian Empire represented by the bear. The powers of this empire were then transferred to the four headed Grecian Leopard and then finally to the Roman great and terrible beast. The book of Revelation continues the story and fills in for the servants of Christ, the continuing saga of the phases of this Roman Empire - an empire which has persecuted them down through the centuries.
The Economist magazine in an article about the Euro Crisis, under the sub-heading "Charlemagne's coin", points out an interesting historical point with regards to the Euro.
"Europe's creation of a single currency remains both futuristic and weighted with history. At a conference about the ECB on June 10th, Volker Wieland, an economist at Goethe University in Frankfurt, said that the euro was the first venture on such a scale in Europe since Charlemagne created a single currency in his empire in 794."
Charlemagne ruled the "Holy Roman Empire", this is depicted in Revelation as the Beast of the Earth (Revelation 13:11). Today the Roman Church's vision is for a revival of this powerful empire. This is what we expect from Bible prophecy. This later-day phase of the Roman Empire is pictured prophetically by a scarlet coloured beast in Revelation 17:3.
A little later in the chapter we are given more information as regards the identity of the ten horns.
Here we see that the nations of Europe will hand over their sovereignty to the beast empire. This is the issue today at stake in Europe. The monetary union only, has proven to be unworkable. Europe must decide if they will proceed to complete integration - monetary and political, or disband the union based mostly on the common currency as being unworkable. The Economist article comments on this "bigger issue".
"But a still bigger issue is at stake. Even if the European Council manages to cobble together a compromise that buys time for Greece, the fear is that Europe's bold experiment—creating a monetary union among diverse economies without the underpinning of a fiscal union—may have been too audacious. If it founders, this would be an extraordinary setback for the larger cause of European integration."
There may be some setbacks, but the road to integration in Europe will ultimately be unstoppable. The kings of Europe will surrender their power and strength unto the beast. The inherent antisemitism in Europe, largely stemming from the teaching of the Roman Church will cause this Empire to oppose the Lord Jesus Christ, when he reestablishes the Jewish kingdom in Israel. Revelation 17 continues in verse 14: These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful."
So it is that we watch the financial crisis in Europe with keen interest, as the big question is the future of the European Union and what shape it will take. This is a riveting topic for watchers of Bible Prophecy. Thanks for listening and come back next week, God willing to www.bibleinthenews.com.


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Q: Hilbert-Samuel function and that of the irreducible components. How to obtain a relation between the Hilbert-Samuel function of the local ring at a point of a reduced, but not necessarily irreducible variety, and the Hilbert-Samuel functions of the corresponding local rings of its irreducible components?
More concrete. R, a regular local Noetherian ring, complete if you wish, I an ideal in R that is the intersection of some prime ideals I_k such that there are no embedded primes.
I am looking for a formula relating the HS function of R/I and those of R/I_k? The filtration is with respect to the maximal ideal of R.
Edit:  Info: There is also an analogous formula for Hilbert functions (analogous to the associativity formula for multiplicity). Proposition 3.2 in Equimultiplicity and blowing up, by Herrmann, Ikeda and Orbanz. $H^{(i)}[\underline{x},a,M]=\sum_{p∈Assh(M/aM)}e(\underline{x},R/p)H^{(i)}[aR_p,M_p]$, where $M$ is finitely generated $R$-module, $a$ and ideal in $R$, and $\underline{x}$ a multiplicity system for $M/aM$. If I put $R$ as my ring $R/I$, $a$ as the maximal ideal, and $M:=R$, if I understood their definition of $Assh$ this only gives me information about those components $p$ having $dim(R/p)=dim(M)=dim(R)$.

A: There is an associativity formula for Hilbert-Samuel multiplicity which says, the multiplicity is the sum of the multiplicities of the irreducible components in your concrete case, i.e. $e_0(m,R/I) = \sum e_0(m,R/I_k)$. You may want to take a look at Theorem 14.7 of Matsumura, commutative ring theory for the general statement. But I don't know the answer to the relationship between Hilbert-Samuel functions.

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The core is the main system of the ORY Editor. It contains the logic for creating and modifying layouts and is responsible for handling plugins.
the Redux store is created as well. Because of this, it is important to only instantiate the Editor once in your application lifetime (this is called the singleton pattern).
const editor2 = new Editor() // Don't do this.
Now we know how to create an empty editor. Let's add some plugins as well. We will use plugins available from the ORY Editor repository. We call those plugins "ory plugins" because they are written and maintained by us.
Let's take an image plugin for starter. The image plugin is a simple content plugin that allows you to add an image by pointing the plugin to an image URL. It does not support uploading images at the moment.
We assume that you are running webpack with a plugin capable of importing CSS. If this confuses you, go to https://gitter.im/webpack/webpack and ask for help - they are very nice.
Next we create the editor instance and pass the image content plugin via the constructor.
It is also possible to add/set/remove both layout and content plugins during runtime (meaning after creating the editor instance) as followed. Using these methods will force an editor re-render.
All we did was render the Editable component using ReactJS and passing the editor instance. There's however a problem here - nothing will happen. This is because there is no content available to render. Let's change that!
To create an empty state, the core exports a method called createEmptyState. The result is a JSON object containing, amongst others, a unique id.
console.log(editable.id) // gives something like "29fb21c6-6e00-416f-a8e1-2be9fb84801c"
Now that you know how to render an editor and fill it with an empty state, let's take a look at how saving and loading looks like.
You can catch changes using the onChange property of <Editable>. onChange accepts a function with a single argument - the editable's state.
The state you receive is a serialized version of the internal editor state. It contains primitive values (string, number, array, map) only and is safe to serialize to JSON.
or use the `trigger` API.
editor.editable.update(editable) // update adds an editable if it does not exist yet, or updates it when it exists in the store.


Mr. Gray and I moved back to this area in 2008 after our stint at A&M. We were part of a small group at our church in College Station, and we were hungry for a way to build up our marriage and connect with other believers in this area as well. We were in a town with no one we knew. It was summer when we moved, so I was off work, which meant I spent my days shopping. Trust me, this is relevant.
Many days, I found myself at a little boutique in San Marcos. The employees were helpful and friendly. It was easy to shop and chat the afternoons away. One day, my mom was with me, and she struck up a conversation with the owner–she knew her from years back at their previous location. We started talking to her and then to her daughter.
Her daughter was my age, and my mom mentioned Mr. Gray and I were looking for a couples' Bible study. The daughter told us that she and her husband, along with another couple led a Heart Group; it wasn't necessarily people from their church. The group was young married couples seeking God's presence in their marriages. One couple had a baby, but other than that, it was just couples. Since it was summer, they weren't meeting regularly, but they got together a few times over the summer. We weren't able to make it any of summer meetings, but when they kicked off their regular Heart Group times that Fall, we were there. This was an amazing group; it did wonders for our marriage and we developed some amazing friends.
This Fall, we met for the last time as a large, collective Heart Group. With kids, schedules, and growth, it was time to move on to new groups, ministries, and callings.
Mr. Gray and I prayed over what to do next. We have come to love our time with other couples seeking the Lord. We attended a Rev Group this past semester, but we continued to pray about what our role should look like. Starting this evening, we will be leading a Rev Group. We will be able to use the skills we learned in our Heart Group and minister to others in their walk. I look forward to this next chapter and what it holds for us and our marriage.
By the way, the boutique? The shop where I now help with marketing and accounts payable. The owner? Happy. The daughter? Honey. The lone baby of the group? Shooby. The amazing friends? Many of them are pictured above. We are so grateful for our Heart Group and all that it brought us.
It's amazing what walking through a store door can do–sometimes it's just the door God needed you to open to find some amazing opportunities.
LOVE this! We miss our heart group! We learned so much during our time with the group! Good luck as leaders. Our group out in VA has been amazing as well. Nothing like doing life with other believers who are cheering you on in your walk and in your marriage!


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Q: Eigenvalues of $6 \times 6$ matrix? Which of {$\pm1,\pm i$} are the eigenvalues of matrix A, $$A=\begin{pmatrix}
        0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0   \\
        0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & 0  \\
       0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1   \\
        1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0   \\
        0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0  \\
        0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0  \\
  \end{pmatrix}$$
My working suggested $+1$ and $+i$. Am I correct?

A: Hint: For this particular matrix, you have eigenvectors of the form $(1,0,0,1,0,0)$ and $(1,0,0,-1,0,0)$ etc.

A: Your matrix exchanges $x_1$ with $x_4$, $x_2$ with $x_5$, and $x_3$ with $x_6$. So if $x_1$ and $x_4$ are the same, then you have an eigenvalue of $1$ with that eigenvector. The same holds for the other two options.
What happens when $x_i = -x_{i+3}$?. Checking that case will account for six independent eigenvectors, so any other is a combination of those.


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[SOLVED] Switching Language Input Method Quickly on Mac. Only One Keyboard Key is Needed!
Amazon I recently got a Macbook. I use both English input method and Traditional Chinese language input method very often, and I would like to switch between them very quickly. Specifically, when I am in the Chinese language input mode, I want to press a key to switch to English so I can type an English word, and then press the same key to switch back to Chinese. I do not want to use the complete hot key to switch between two languages, but such hot key is often a combination of two or more keys, and I find it inconvenient.
On my Macbook the complete shortcut key to switch between English and Traditional Chinese keyboard method is Command + Space Bar.
How do I easily switch between two language input methods without using the full shortcut key?
The solution is easy. When you are in the Chinese language input mode (or any other language input mode), simply press caps lock key. You are now in English language input mode. Type some English. Press caps lock key again to go back to Chinese input mode.
The answer is press caps lock key to change between input languages.
Isn't it simple? I cannot believe I could not find this solution on Google. That's why I decided to write this post. Hopefully it will rank high enough on Google so that you can find it and learn how to go from one keyboard input method to another by pressing one single key on the keyboard.


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The Rich Got Rich And The Poor Got Poorer. But Ain't We Got Fun?
Good thing Democrats control the White House, House and Senate, huh? Because we know they're working hard to correct these horrible income discrep
Good thing Democrats control the White House, House and Senate, huh? Because we know they're working hard to correct these horrible income discrepancies!
Bueller? Anybody?
The gap between the wealthiest Americans and middle- and working-class Americans has more than tripled in the past three decades, according to a June 25 report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
New data show that the gaps in after-tax income between the richest 1 percent of Americans and the middle and poorest parts of the population in 2007 was the highest it's been in 80 years, while the share of income going to the middle one-fifth of Americans shrank to its lowest level ever.
The CBPP report attributes the widening of this gap partly to Bush Administration tax cuts, which primarily benefited the wealthy. Of the $1.7 trillion in tax cuts taxpayers received through 2008, high-income households received by far the largest -- not only in amount but also as a percentage of income -- which shifted the concentration of after-tax income toward the top of the spectrum.
The average household in the top 1 percent earned $1.3 million after taxes in 2007, up $88,800 just from the prior year, while the income of the average middle-income household hovered around $55,300. While the nation's total income has grown sharply since 1979, according to the CBPP report, the wealthiest households have claimed an increasingly large share of the pie.
Arloc Sherman, a researcher for CBPP, said the income gap is expanding not because the middle class is losing income, but because the wealthiest incomes are skyrocketing.
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Andrew Keith is Aurecon's Advisory Leader - Resources, ANZ & Asia.
He has an extensive track record in the management of multi-disciplinary teams as a study manager and project manager on large, complex projects and was Aurecon's Indonesian operations manager for twelve years.
He is a civil engineer, with expertise in bulk material handling and other major multi-disciplinary studies and projects. Andrew has particular technical skills in water engineering.
Positive collaborative outcomes - there is no better feeling than the collegiate espirit de corps resulting from a hard won result whether it is a successful bid outcome or a well delivered project. When you can look back and say "all that hard yakka was worthwhile", that is a big part of your reward right there.
Coffee shops! They get you out of the office and allow your mind to consider things from a different angle. I find some of my best responses to challenges come after a brief break out of the office for a coffee or a walk.
Keys to a successful project delivery?
Three things - planning, planning and planning. Taking time to plan a project at the beginning, and review and replan on the way through is never time wasted or a "cost" and it takes discipline to make sure this is done thoroughly when there are activities, solutions and deliverables crying out for attention.
The fourth thing is communication - communicating the plan, progress, information etc. to the client, the team and the business so that there are no unexpected surprises.
Be prepared to take responsibility for everything you are involved in whether the outcome is good or not so good. If you look to others to lead and take the fall for anything that goes wrong, they will also get the kudos for what goes right. And, in a successful business, more goes right than wrong, by definition.
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The Beat Scene: Photographs by Burt Glinn by Jack Kerouac, Tony Nourmand, Michael Shulman, and Burt Glinn. This magnificent volume features a remarkable collection of largely unseen photographs of the Beat Generation by renowned Magnum photographer Burt Glinn. This amazing, untouched treasure trove of images was discovered when Reel Art Press was working with Burt Glinn's widow, Elena, on a larger retrospective of Glinn's work. Archived with the negatives was a short essay by Jack Kerouac entitled "And This Is The Beat Nightlife of New York," which is published here alongside the photographs. The book features black-and-white shots, and also—uniquely, for images of this era—more than 70 in color. An extremely rare find, these photographs capture the raw energy of the Beat Generation in a way that has never been seen before in print.
The photographs were shot between 1957 and 1960 in New York and San Francisco and feature nearly everyone involved in the scene, including writers and artists such as Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, LeRoi Jones, Jay DeFeo, Wally Hedrick and many more. Glinn was celebrated for his extraordinary talent as a social documentary photographer, and during his time with the Beats his camera captured the spirit of the counterculture—writers, musicians and artists meeting in cafes, bars and parties pursuing a truth and future the mainstream would and could not acknowledge.
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A bush walk with a magical destination. Drive through the farm, wander through the forest, feast at the flames. Go to the Home page for photos and tour info.
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Anyone who has served in the United States Armed Forces is entitled to certain privileges when it comes to their funeral arrangements. For instance, every veteran is entitled to be buried in a national cemetery, with a grave marker and a flag. Families of the deceased are not charged anything for opening and closing the grave, nor are they charged for a vault or a liner. In some cases, the family is responsible for many other funeral expenses, depending on the type of services the wish to have, and the types of arrangements they make, including flowers.
When planning funeral or Veteran services in Davis, CA , the costs depend on when the person passed away. For instance, if they were on active duty at the time of their death, all of their funeral expenses are covered by the military. In addition, the next of kin will receive a death gratuity in the amount of $12,000. If the death was caused by a service-related injury, the next of kin will receive a burial allowance of $2,000. If the veteran was in a VA facility at the time of their death, transportation of the body is paid for by the military. If the death occurred while the veteran was collecting a VA or disability pension, or if the cause of death was not related to the service, the military gives the next of kin $300 for burial costs. There is no financial compensation for the family if the death occurs while the veteran is not living in a VA facility, or is not receiving a military pension.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe is one of the most famous and popular pieces of Civil War literature. Drawn from selected pieces of real life anecdotes, Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book that drew many people into the fight over the institution of slavery. Stowe's novel is designed to illustrate for the world the evils of slavery. The separation of slave families, the physical abuse inflicted on slaves, and question of racial equality are three major themes that run throughout the novel. One of the most liked novels in the world. Now illustrated and abridged for young readers.


Law 46/1999 incorporated formal water markets into the Spanish legal and regulatory framework, allowing spot water markets and the creation of water banks. The implementation of water markets in Spain aimed at improving the efficiency of water use by reallocating water towards uses with higher added value. However, the performance of water markets in Spain has been rather disappointing, since they have been operative only during drought periods, and even under these extreme scarcity situations, trading activity counted for less than 5.0% of total water use. The narrowness of the market suggests that there are some barriers hampering their effective functioning. This paper examines the evolution and performance of water markets in Spain, relying on a transaction costs analysis framework. This analysis allows the identification of the main factors impeding water markets from operating effectively as a water reallocation tool. This analysis also provides some guidelines on how to overcome these obstacles and, thus, how to improve the efficiency of water use.


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I first heard about Chiropractic Without Borders (CWB) when I attended the Massage and Chiropractic Conference in Niagara Falls last September. If you know what Doctors Without Borders does, then you'll have a pretty good idea of what CWB is all about (if you don't already know).
CWB, based in La Prairie, Que., is made up of volunteer chiropractors and chiropractic students across Canada who travel to developing countries around the world to deliver chiropractic care to poor communities. They educate people on spinal health and support the development of local skills, according to a statement from CWB's website.
A profession working to effect change in the world while spreading the benefits of chiropractic to people who would not otherwise have the means to experience it is an inspiring endeavour. These are chiropractors who take time away from their practice and source of livelihood to volunteer their time, skills and money to help.
The experience, she said, was not just one of clinical (adjusting and treating patients) but also one of friendship and learning and inspiring a whole new world of people with a new appreciation for chiropractic doctors.
Throughout its existence, the chiropractic profession has been working hard to carve its own name in the bigger health-care landscape, and international humanitarian initiatives, like CWB, will only serve to etch that name a little deeper and raise the profile of the profession a little higher. In the best way they know how, the CWB is doing its part in promoting health and wellness to poorer communities around the world.
"Without borders" is an apt phrase in this era of borderless global interaction through web and social media communities, when information about humanitarian efforts is magnified a hundred times by today's 24-hour news cycle and Twitter generation. This is why international response – whether from established relief organizations or through citizen-initiated efforts – to disaster or emergency situations has accelerated in the last few years.
Social media can be an important tool for CWB to expand its reach, recruit more volunteers, raise more funds and conduct more missions. Many chiropractors are perhaps only starting to scratch the surface when it comes to the potential of social media to promote their business and/or their advocacy.
I would like to see the CWB volunteers succeed in their objectives, and become ambassadors for global health.
If you would like to know more about Chiropractic Without Borders, visit the group's website: www.chiropratiquesansfrontieres.ca.


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New Pokemon GO Update Blocks Jailbroken Phones
Users with jailbroken iPhones or rooted Android phones may find themselves booted from the game.
National Video Games Day: Gaming For a Good Cause
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Former Blizzard designer teams up with Riot Games to form new indie studio.
Today is National Video Games Day, and serves as a celebration for gaming across all platforms and genres. The camaraderie gamers share with each other is always a beautiful sight, especially when working together to benefit a good cause.
The charity Extra Life is one of those great causes.
Indie Obscura is teaming up with LevelCamp to do a 24-hour livestream in effort to support the Extra Life charity. For those who are unfamiliar with this organization, Extra Life raises money in support of Children's Miracle Network hospitals. You can also sign up to play your part in supporting this charity on Extra Life's website.
Once you've signed up, pick a day and commit yourself to playing games for 24 hours. If you're unable to commit to a certain day, or are unable to complete the gaming duration you can choose to put your game time wherever it works best for you. The funds raised for Extra Life go directly to the Children's Miracle Network hospital of your choice in an "unrestricted funds" format.
This means that the hospital is able to decide where to put the money in order to make the biggest impact possible. This money could go to things like research, life-saving equipment, or even uncompensated care for families of children unable to manage the medical expenses.
Be sure to join us today for our 24-hour stream over on LevelCamp's official Twitch page. We'll be streaming throughout Monday, September 12th so even if you read this post late you'll still be able to come say hi!
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For more gaming news, be sure to read up on how Pokemon GO will be blocking jailbroken phones, a detailed look at the new Friday the 13th game and trailer, and what the Pokemon GO Plus accessory is and how you can get one!
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Prince Harry in Edinburgh as countdown on his final royal duties begins February 26, 2020
Britain's Prince Harry was in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Wednesday to take part in a conference about sustainable travel, one of his final engagements as a senior member of the royal family before retiring at the end of March.
Weinstein upbeat at Manhattan hospital after sex crimes conviction, lawyer says February 26, 2020
Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was in good spirits on Tuesday, as he accepted visitors while under police guard at a Manhattan hospital, his lawyer said, despite having been convicted a day earlier of sexual assault and rape.


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As an option it can be fitted with a wiper, washer & pump unit. This is ideal for extremely dusty environments or in areas such as along the coast, where a housing is needed which one can easily clean. Ease of installation is provided with this housing with ready-fitted connectors and integrated PSU. The E-HEG housing can be utilised for a variety of applications, like traffic and highway monitoring, particularly if coupled with the E-PTH911 Pan/Tilt unit.


Consumer Reports recently released their annual top products list, which had 398 items. The Palm Pre is on the smartphone section. The Pre was given a score of 67, while the first place had a 73.
The low score was taken by the BlackBerry Pearl 8130 on Sprint, with a 59. That puts the Palm Pre right in the middle, which by the way, has the old sticker price of $200. If they had use the newer price, the Pre could have gained some extra points.
Jim Suva, analyst at Citigroup, expressed his opinion regarding the Motorola Droid and its impact on other handsets' sales.
According to Jim Suva, Motorola has launched one of the best offerings, referring to the Android 2.0-based Droid. At the same time, this handset could impact in a major manner on other launched devices of the same type. Directly involved could be the Palm Pre and the RIM's BlackBerry Storm2.
The Droid happens to be very fitted to work with built-in Microsoft Exchange support and benefits from the largest and most aggressive promoting campaign in recent history. Verizon has launched this ad campaign, including a billboard in Times Square, directly targeting the Droid's most powerful competitor, the iPhone handset from Apple.
Analysts think that Verizon even minimized the importance of another intensively mediated device, the BlackBerry Storm2, by scheduling the presentation of the Droid the same day as the Storm2's shipping and downplaying the RIM's phone for the rest of this year.
Citigroup analysts do not think, however, that this dramatic promotion of the Motorola's Droid would have a significant impact on iPhone's sales, Apple's device having earned a solid position on the market.


Psalm 149:4 For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
The LORD is pleased with his people, and he gives victory to those who are humble.
The LORD takes pleasure in his people; he honors the humble with victory.
For Yahweh takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with salvation.
For the LORD is pleased with his people; he beautifies the afflicted with salvation.
For the LORD takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.
For the LORD takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.
Because Lord Jehovah is pleased with his people and he gives salvation to the poor.
because the LORD takes pleasure in his people. He crowns those who are oppressed with victory.
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For the LORD takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.
For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; and will exalt the meek with salvation.
For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people; he beautifieth the meek with salvation.
For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.
If they obey and serve Him, they will end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
Verse 4. - For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people. God had shown by the mercy, whatever it was (ver. 1), recently vouchsafed to his people, that he was well pleased with them, and might be counted on to support and sustain them. He will beautify the meek with salvation. Those who patiently submit to his chastisements God will ultimately "adorn," or "beautify," with his salvation.


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Jardinage à l'anglaise () est un film britanno-américain écrit et réalisé par Joel Hershman, sorti en 2000.

Synopsis
Le pénitencier britannique de Edgefield expérimente un programme inédit de réinsertion de détenus : chaque membre du centre doit apprendre un métier. Quand Colin (Clive Owen), Fergus (David Kelly), et trois autres incarcérés choisissent le jardinage et l'horticulture comme discipline de réinsertion, ils n'imaginent pas à quel point ces domaines seront pour eux source de renaissance. L'aide de Georgina Woodhouse (Helen Mirren), experte en horticulture, va leur permettre de devenir candidats au concours de paysagistes de la prestigieuse exposition de Hampton Court Palace.

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 Titre original :
 Titre français : Jardinage à l'anglaise
 Réalisation et scénario : Joel Hershman
 Direction artistique : Neesh Ruben
 Costumes : Frances Tempest
 Photographie : John Daly
 Son : Derek Norman
 Montage : Justin Krish
 Musique : Guy Dagul
 Production : Travis Swords, Daniel J. Victor
 Sociétés de production : Boneyard Entertainment, Fireworks Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Travis Swords Productions, Winchester Films, Xingu Films
 Pays d'origine : ,
 Langue originale : anglais britannique et américain
 Format : couleur -  - 1,85:1
 Genre : comédie
 Durée : 91 minutes
 Dates de sortie :
 Canada :  (première mondiale au Festival de Toronto)
 États-Unis :  (sortie limitée)
 Royaume-Uni :
 France :

Distribution
 Clive Owen  : Colin Briggs
 Helen Mirren  : Georgina Woodhouse
 David Kelly  : Fergus Wilks
 Warren Clarke  : le gouverneur Gerald Hodge
 Danny Dyer  : Tony
 Adam Fogerty  : Raw
 Paterson Joseph  : Jimmy
 Natasha Little  : Primrose Woodhouse
 Peter Guinness  : Dudley
 Lucy Punch  : Holly
 Sally Edwards  : Susan Hodge
 Donald Douglas  : Nigel
 Kevin McMonagle  : Laurence
 Julie Saunders : Sarah
 Jordan Maxwell : John
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  : le fonctionnaire de la cour royale de Hampton
 Trevor Bowen dit T. R. Bowen  : le président de la société
 James Woolley  : le juge de libération conditionnelle
  et selon le carton du doublage français sur le DVD zone 2.

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Liens externes

Film britannique sorti en 2004
Film de Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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If you're worried that you won't be able to see your newly dim screen in bright sunlight, just turn on your phone's auto-brightness feature—or "adaptive brightness," as Google calls it. Tap Settings > Display, then toggle on the "Adaptive brightness" setting.
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Even when it's sitting quietly in your pocket, your Android phone is constantly checking your email, syncing your Google account data, and juggling the activity of all your various background apps. That's a lot of gears turning every minute of every day, and it all consumes battery power—or at least, it does whenever your handset isn't plugged into a charger.
You can set Battery Saver mode to switch itself on if your phone's battery is about to flatline.
That's why I'm a fan of Lollipop's "Battery Saver" mode, which puts your Android phone into a low-power state whenever you need to wring a little extra juice out of your handset's battery. When Battery Saver mode is on, your phone will stop its obsessive email checking, cease all its vibrating, and keep background data use at an absolute minimum. Your device will feel awfully sluggish whenever Battery Saver mode is on, but at least it won't be as dead as a doornail.
You can turn on Battery Saver mode any time you want, but there's also a setting that'll switch it on automatically if your phone's battery is about to flatline.
Sure, you can set your Android phone to work triple-time—using GPS, Wi-Fi and cellular all at once—to determine its exact location, but you'll pay a premium in terms of battery life.
Unless you really need pinpoint location accuracy, you can probably get away with switching your phone's Location mode to the "battery saving" setting.
Unless you really need pinpoint location accuracy, you can probably get away with turning off your phone's power-hogging GPS sensor and relying on just cellular and nearby Wi-Fi networks to triangulate where you are.
To do so, tap Settings > Location > Mode, then tap Battery saving.
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Don't need Google Photos to back up your snapshots right away? If so, here's a power-conscious setting you should try.
The "Wi-Fi only" setting is a prudent one, especially for those with cellular data caps, and it'll also spare your battery from grinding that much harder to upload hefty images over a 3G or LTE connection.
But unless you're dead-set on backing up your snapshots the very moment you connect to Wi-Fi, there's an even more power-conscious setting for Google Photos' auto-backup feature.
Open the app, tap the menu button in the top-left side of the screen, tap Settings > Back up & sync, then enable the "While charging only" setting.
I'm a sucker for "live" wallpaper—that is, animated wallpaper images that pulse, shimmy, and otherwise dance across your home and/or lock screen.
"Live" wallpaper is nifty, but static wallpaper images are a lot easier on your handset's battery.
Unfortunately, those eye-popping live wallpaper images put additional—and unnecessary—strain on your handset's already maxed-out battery.
Tap Settings > Display > Wallpaper, and pick a static background image instead. Boring, yes, but your phone's battery will thank you.


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Q: Where are methods in java.awt.Graphics defined? I've been thinking a lot about making my own Java3D API for a few projects of mine. (Yes, I've seen the Java3D API provided by Oracle.) Many methods in java.awt.Graphics are defined, such as drawRect(), however some basic functions, such as drawLine(), are abstract. How is it possible to create a Graphics object (as in the code below) when there is no implementation in Graphics.java?
public void paint(Graphics g) {
    g.drawString("Hello World!");
}

Any help or explanation is greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

A: This is implementation-specific, but these methods are usually implemented natively so that they can interface directly with the native windowing system.  You cannot instantiate a Graphics object because the concrete implementation of Graphics that you would want to use is probably an implementation-specific subtype of Graphics that interacts with the native system.  Forcing the Java libraries and JVM implementers to create this object for you prevents you from having to deal with the nastiness of OS-level details and provides a generic, type-safe interface to the graphics package.
If you want to implement your own package, you would probably have to use JNI to implement a graphics package.  You could then implement the graphics on top of OpenGL, DirectX, or whatever other system that you'd like.
Hope this helps!

A: [copied from my comment:] These are natively implemented by the JRE.
You can create a buffered image, and get a graphics objects for it:
BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g2 = image.getGraphics();

See also: http://www.coderanch.com/t/345202/GUI/java/Create-Graphics-object


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