How does a geek's start menu look like?
Not that I wouldn't have guessed if someone asked me, but I think my bias towards Microsoft technologies is kind of noticeable.
However, I never would've guessed to what extent until today. Look at my start menu!
A few days ago I finished reading Steve Krug's book, Don't Make Me Think. It is amazing how this guy has been able to summarize so many useful advice in what can be read in a few hours. I believe the architects and designers from big corporations should all read a copy of this book, because in the end a big part of the success of a product lies on whether end users like your product and make it part of your life.
– Dropbox vs Live Mesh: in this one Live Mesh tried to present an offering that had everything you need and in doing so made a product so unusable that a simple "have a root folder, drop all your stuff there" approach worked as it fitted for the biggest number of users.
And I can go on and on and on… However I just wanted to point out how sometimes building a great product is only a matter of building it usable. You know the old saying, "Elegant simplicity is the ultimate sophisticaiton". That's what I try to do with everything I build in my life.
BTW: AS I am writing this post, I bumped into this dialog. I can't count how many times I've said "later" or did the process and it still comes up. This can't be more annoying!
I found an extremely interesting article today which talks about why some people love meetings and others hate them, but still go to meetings quite often.
New rule for me: for every meeting that I have control over, something actionable will come out of it.
New rule #2: avoid meetings that are only to "discuss XYZ" but nothing actionable nor any decision is taken, or that we do a meeting that will just lead to another meeting.
In fewer words, I will make my best not to waste anybodies time nor mine.
Racsa es malo o Amnet hace chanchullo?
Esta semana me pase a full racsa. Pues apenas lo hice internet dejo de funcionar casi por completo!!!! Sirve un par de horas al dia.
Raro dado que es el mismo servicio, por el mismo cable modem de amnet y los vecinos que tienen amnet les funciona perfecto. Que pasa?! Sera que amnet esta tratando de joder a Racsa o que Racsa no sabe lo que hacen?
De todas formas, no se como crei que Racsa me iba a dar un buen servicio. Esta un poco mas que deficiente….


text:
James Tedesco - Contributor July 28, 2018
Matt Levy - Contributor
Some people think International Day of People With Disability is only about awareness, but Matt Levy says that's not enough.
Ned Hanigan - Contributor
It doesn't matter where rugby takes Ned Hanigan, he's always looking up the weather in Coonamble.
Matthew Wade - Contributor
When Matthew Wade was dropped from the Australian Cricket team in 2017 he began a carpentry apprenticeship. His time on the tools, and battle with cancer at 16, have made him appreciate how lucky he is to be back playing for his country again.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


China's consumers aren't ready to drive the economy's growth.
With the external pressures on China's economy growing, authorities appear to be fighting the trade war on multiple fronts, including increasing tax rebates for exporters, loosening monetary policy and easing policy constraints on infrastructure developments. The latter is perhaps the biggest surprise, given that a crackdown on unauthorised projects by Beijing – in part an effort to address unsustainable debt at the local government level – was a component of the recent deleveraging program. To return to such an old fashioned form of stimulus points to a lack of progress in China's development – the still limited role of the consumer.
Recent trends in retail sales point to a problem for Chinese authorities in attempting to combat US trade measures. China doesn't consume enough – household consumption was only around 39% of GDP in 2017 – and isn't growing fast enough (particularly recently). Real retail sales increased by just 6.6% yoy in August – below the growth rate of the broader economy in Q2 2018 – suggesting that consumers aren't yet ready for a larger role in driving growth.
There are a range of factors that explain why China's consumption has remained comparatively low. These include: inequality, weak wages growth, rising household debt, demographic changes and limited social security.
According to the IMF, the key measures to increasing domestic consumption are a strengthening of the social security system, reducing income inequality and increasing household incomes. For the former, this would include large transfers to poorer households as well as boosting expenditure in areas such as education, healthcare and pensions (where spending lags advanced economy rates). Lowering inequality is challenging, but improving the tax system – particularly to make it more progressive – is one part, as well as further reforms to the household registration (Hukou) system – to reduce the disadvantage of migrant workers.


text:
The importance of Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in healthcare research and transformation
Involvement Mental Health
Covid-19 has led to significant changes in how mental health services in south London have been delivered. There has been a rapid shift from face-to-face to remote telephone and video consultations. Although remote consultations bring about many benefits for those using them, they can also be challenging.
As a key part of the Remote Consultations in Mental Health project, the Health Innovation Network (HIN) collaborated with King's Improvement Science (KIS) at King's College London who facilitated the set-up of our experts by experience team. This team have been part of the project's Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) group to better understand the benefits and challenges of remote consultations in mental health settings.
Involving people with lived experience, including service users and carers, through PPI is a vital part of healthcare research and transformation. For our Remote Consultations in Mental Health project, our PPI group is comprised of people with lived experience of physical and mental health conditions, as well as a variety of treatment experiences and ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
The Health Innovation Network would like to thank our PPI group collaborators – Mel, Lana, Paul, Sarah and the patient and public involvement co-ordinator from KIS Len, who also has lived experience of using mental health services - for sharing their reflections on the project with us through the blog that follows:
Why we got involved
Many of us in the project group have lived experience of how dramatically the changes brought about by Covid-19 have affected the provision of mental health services. For all of us, regardless of whether we come from a place of being a current service user or have been one in the past, we wanted to ensure that mental health services were fit for purpose given the scale of change that has happened very quickly.
We all have specific things that we want to bring to the project. For example, we have members of the group who have been inpatients during the pandemic and haven't had access to the internet – making them reliant on different methods of communication, and significantly changing their therapeutic relationships.
It's so important to have people talking about their own experiences of health care during these turbulent times. It can be easy to overlook people who are "digitally excluded" if they are just numbers on a page, but we think being able to talk about our experiences first-hand really helps clinicians understand the day-to-day complexities of living with a mental health condition.
We were determined to make sure that PPI was not about going through the motions. PPI is a term you hear a lot and isn't always done right. The group has been involved in project meetings and work since September 2020 and, given the challenging situations we have worked through over the last 18 months, we are grateful to have been able to input and provide expertise to the project team. Although we strive for coproduction, what we achieved in this project was good PPI throughout the project timeline.
Working as part of the PPI group has provided a great opportunity for many of us to contribute experiences in order to better support the improvement of mental health services. We had the chance to get involved in a wide range of different activities with numerous goals.
Throughout the work, we have seen the power of bringing people with lived experience and health professionals together. Whilst we as the PPI group have been empowered to help shape the work of organisations, such as the HIN, we also hope that we empower the health professionals that we work with by providing them with a deeper level of understanding of the human side living with a mental health condition – not just from our own personal experiences, but reflecting the wider shared experiences within our communities.
One of the key elements we have worked on has been a series of infographics that are designed to be clear summaries of the latest research in this area which can be understood by everyone from public to clinicians and researchers. As well as deciding the content, we also shaped the visual look of the infographics and the language used, using our own experiences to make the final products inclusive and accessible for the widest possible audience. PPI can often seem like an abstract concept, but we were lucky enough to have something tangible that the group could see evolve in real time and have ownership over. The infographics provided us an opportunity to tap into our creative side and condense a lot of information in a succinct way, helping us to connect the wider service user population back to the work of the project.
We also felt we had a key part to play in highlighting the challenges with remote consultations in mental health settings, particularly around digital exclusion. For example, one important point that we discussed during the work was that there are easily overlooked groups, such as service users in the criminal justice system. This was interesting as it looks like many pieces of research about remote consultations weren't necessarily including insights or experiences from such groups.
More symbolically, we think it is reassuring for the wider service user population that we are visibly involved in the work. Change can bring anxiety for many people and we hope that knowing the patient and service user voice is represented in these changes will let people know that it isn't just clinicians or commissioners who are making decisions that will affect their treatments.
Pictured above: An infographic co-created with the PPI group.
One of the big takeaways from all this work has been that remote consultations offer a useful choice for lots of people in how they access mental health services. For many people, having appointments remotely is beneficial– saving time and money and being more convenient.
We think the key point that we want to make sure is heard is that technology giving us more options is a positive thing, but letting an enthusiasm for technology run unchecked can be absolutely disastrous. We cannot let new technology cause harm through worsening digital exclusion, and we have to keep listening to service users when they say they want choices in how they access care – not just going with the latest and greatest technological solution.
More generally, we hope that this kind of involvement of service users, carers and public members within research continues and is strengthened in the future. We feel that the project has benefitted from PPI and we have in turn benefitted from our involvement – we are proud that the process has felt nothing like "ticking a box"!
Delve deeper into this project by exploring our dedicated resource page.
Latest inInvolvement, Mental Health
Collaborating to reduce restrictive practice: reflections from a visit to an acute psychiatric mental health ward
Restrictive practices are techniques such as physical restraint, seclusion and rapid tranquilisation used to limit a person's liberties, movements or freedom to act independently in potentially dangerous situations.
Mental Health Patient Safety Workforce
Partnering with People at the HIN: HEAL-D
In the UK, Type 2 diabetes affects African and Caribbean communities at a higher rate than white European communities. To address this disparity, a type 2 diabetes self-management, and education progr
SBRI Healthcare awards over £180,000 to HIN-backed innovations for autistic people and people with learning disability
SBRI Healthcare has awarded over £180,000 to two HIN-supported projects that help narrow inequalities for autistic people and people with learning disability in south London. The projects include an


text:
Home Hockey
Did Major Dhyan Chand really have a magnet in his hockey stick?
by Saivee Phatak
in Hockey
Major Dhyan Chand
Major Dhyan Chand, is regarded as one of the greatest players in the field of hockey. He was an Indian Hockey player and was widely known for his goal scoring feats. He won three Olympic Gold Medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936, at a time when India was dominating the Olympics in field hockey.
He joined the Army at the tender age of 17 and was selected to play for the forces that same year. His excellent dribbling skills got him selected for the New Zealand tour in 1926 where the team won 18 out of 21 matches. India made their Olympic debut in 1928 in hockey under Dhyan Chand's leadership. They won the gold medal with the Major scoring 14 goals. India won the Olympic gold again in 1932, winning against the hosts 24-1, where Major Dhyan Chand scored 12 goals.
The 1936 Olympics were a milestone in his career. He leads the team to victory against Germany (8-1), after getting defeated by them in the warm-up matches. Hitler even asked him to play for Germany, an offer which the Major declined.
His superior dribbling skills and exceptional control over the ball made him one of the greatest players of all time.
His exceptional skills made officials check Dhyan Chand's hockey stick
Dhyan Chand's magical skills made people come to watch his matches from other fields as well. His exceptional control over the ball often made the officials and the crowd wonder whether the ball was stuck to his stick.
"The Olympic complex now has a magic show too." was the headline of a German newspaper. Soon after that Berlin was set up with posters everywhere saying "Visit the hockey stadium to watch the Indian magician Dhyan Chand in action."
Such were his skills that during one of the matches in Netherlands, it was reported that the officials broke his stick to check if there was a magnet inside. Officials in Tokyo were also reported to break his stick to check if there was any sign of foul play.
In 1951, Captain Dhyan Chand was honoured at the National Stadium with the Dhyan Chand tournament. He retired at the age of 51 in 1956, from the Army with the rank of Major. The government awarded him with the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award, in 1956. He remains the only hockey player to receive such honour.
India's highest award for lifetime achievement in sports is termed after him. Since 2002, the Dhyan Chand award is given to sportspeople who contribute to the sport, especially after retirement, and his great legacy lives on.
Also read: 1936 Olympic Games: When Major Dhyan Chand declined Hitler's invitation to play for Germany
Tags: 1936 Olympic GamesDhyan ChandIndian Hockey Team
Saivee Phatak
Saivee is an avid follower of F1, golf, athletics and pretty much any other sport she can watch. Being a sportsperson herself, her passion for sports is deep rooted. A student currently residing in Pune, she hopes to learn something new about sports everyday!
"It will happen," Frank Warren assures fans of the mega-fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk
by Soumya Ranjan
Dr Jordan Peterson blames Joe Rogan for putting his practicing license under threat
WATCH: Khabib Nurmagomedov hilariously asked to put phone away by coach during training
Everton announce veteran Premier League manager as new coach after sacking Frank Lampard


text:
(, na numeração romana) foi um ano comum do século XI do Calendário Juliano, da Era de Cristo, a sua letra dominical foi C (52 semanas), teve início a uma sexta-feira e terminou também a uma sexta-feira.
No território que viria a ser o reino de Portugal estava em vigor a Era de César que já contava 1091 anos.

Eventos
 Haroldo Godwinson sucede a seu pai como conde de Wessex.

 Garcia Sanches III, rei de Pamplona, manda construir o Mosteiro de San Millán de Yuso.

 Badis ben Habus, rei zirida de Granada conquista a taifa de Málaga, possivelmente para o hamúdida . Badis assumiria o trono de Málaga em 1058.

Nascimentos
 7 de julho — Shirakawa, 72º imperador do Japão .

 Gémeos Raimundo Berengário II  e  — condes de Barcelona.

Falecimentos
 Goduíno — conde de Wessex .

1053

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
KBHB Music Vault 4:05pm - 11:59pm
Longtime Division I coach to take over D-II Northern State
The Associated Press - June 11, 2019
ABERDEEN, S.D. - Small-college stalwarts Northern State of South Dakota pulled off an NCAA Division I swap when it landed Saul Phillips to coach its men's basketball program.
The former North Dakota State and Ohio University coach was named Tuesday to replace Paul Sather, recently selected to lead Division I University of North Dakota.
Phillips has won 215 games at the Division I level. He led North Dakota State to two national tournament appearances and won a second-round game in 2014.
The Wisconsin native took over at Ohio in 2014. He was 81-77 with the Bobcats, including one 23-win season. He was let go this year after back-to-back losing campaigns.
The Wolves advanced to the Division II title game two years ago. They have led Division II in attendance for 11 straight seasons.


text:
'use strict';

/**
 * Module dependencies.
 */
var should = require('should'),
	mongoose = require('mongoose'),
	User = mongoose.model('User'),
	Field = mongoose.model('Field');

/**
 * Globals
 */
var user, field;

/**
 * Unit tests
 */
describe('Field Model Unit Tests:', function() {
	beforeEach(function(done) {
		user = new User({
			firstName: 'Full',
			lastName: 'Name',
			displayName: 'Full Name',
			email: 'test@test.com',
			username: 'username',
			password: 'password'
		});

		user.save(function() {
			field = new Field({
				name: 'Field Name',
				user: user
			});

			done();
		});
	});

	describe('Method Save', function() {
		it('should be able to save without problems', function(done) {
			return field.save(function(err) {
				should.not.exist(err);
				done();
			});
		});

		it('should be able to show an error when try to save without name', function(done) {
			field.name = '';

			return field.save(function(err) {
				should.exist(err);
				done();
			});
		});
	});

	afterEach(function(done) {
		Field.remove().exec();
		User.remove().exec();

		done();
	});
});

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


(a) This guide is continually updated. Each Chapter has the latest revision at the top, and a full table of revisions at the end.
(b) Upon subscribing, we email you a Certificate, showing you are an active subscriber.
(c) In the ACCOUNTS area you can see (and demonstrate) your reading history.
Safety in the workplace is a model, not a set of rules. Rules can only cover so much and in the entertainment industry we always look for ways to do things differently which would require a constant rewriting of documents and further confusion of workers.
If we replace the 'rules' by a range of concepts that highlight a hazard or a risk and a range of solutions to control that risk or hazard than we can cover a much broader area without being too onerous or restrictive. The downside, you'll have to do some work and apply some thought.
The main purpose of the guide is to bring together all the pieces of information you will need to make a balanced decision how to run a safe workplace. Each workplace is unique, each production is unique, each element within that production is unique for that specific purpose. Sometimes you may find that things done previously can apply for the current job, however there will be times you need to rethink how to approach the subject and how to make it work on all levels.
This guide is not about telling you how to do your job, it is about giving you the information so that you can decide what to do and how to document it.
Legislation will change over time, best practices will change over time, this guide will change over time. We are committed to keeping the information correct and up-to-date as good as possible but we are also human. Mistakes can be made and there will probably be a few in this edition too. We count on you to point out these mistakes so that we can correct them and help each other building a better environment for everyone.
Codes of practice are practical guides to achieving the standards of health, safety and welfare required under the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act and the WHS Regulations in a jurisdiction.
To have legal effect in a jurisdiction a model Code of Practice must be approved as a code of practice in that jurisdiction. To determine if a model Code of Practice has been approved in a particular jurisdiction, check with the relevant work health and safety regulator.
An approved code of practice applies to anyone who has a duty of care in the circumstances described in the code. In most cases, following an approved code of practice would achieve compliance with the health and safety duties in the WHS Act, in relation to the subject matter of the code. Like regulations, codes of practice deal with particular issues and do not cover all hazards or risks which may arise. The health and safety duties require duty holders to consider all risks associated with work, not only those for which regulations and codes of practice exist.
Australian Standards are a great reference point for businesses but they are not always legally binding. Only if an Australian Standard is incorporated into legislation by government (and some are), then the Standard will become mandatory and legally binding.
Standards are also incorporated into various Codes of Practice, particularly as part of workplace health and safety recommendations. Although these Codes of Practice may not all be binding, they are often referred to by inspectors in recommendations as 'best practice'.
It is a good idea to be aware of what Australian Standards apply to your business operations to meet your obligations under the WHS Act and Regulation.
NOTE: When searching the on-line store, Australian Standards that are mentioned in legislation or Codes of Practice will be labelled like this.
However, to find out where they are referenced is more difficult, the LexConnect and CodeConnect are paid for services.
Standards have other uses too. They can often are referred to in contracts to specify minimum standards that the parties need to achieve, and can be enforced if a party fails to meet them.
A full list of applicable Australian and International Standards can be found in the 'Australian Standards' chapter.


text:
IvyRose Holistic
Therapies & Treatments
Study Therapies
Healthy Lifestyle Articles
Angel Support
Diet & Nutrition News
Animal & Wildlife News
Rocks and Crystals
Human Body (A&P)
Human Eye and Vision
07 April 2020 - Saffron adopted through ABC's Adopt-an-Herb Program
07 April 2020 - World Health Day 2020: Support Nurses and Midwives
31 March 2020 - How to get along when staying at home
28 March 2020 - Handwashing campaign targets a billion people worldwide
25 March 2020 - Hand sanitiser plant to be built in 10 days to make 1 million bottles / month
25 March 2020 - U.S. Regulator (FDA) helps enable veterinary care during COVID-19 pandemic
23 March 2020 - COVID-19 Mental health and social impact study
07 February 2020 - Kale is in season in February
01 February 2020 - AMA (USA) offers 6 tips for better heart health
01 February 2020 - Food Aid for Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh
All News April 2020
All News March 2020
All News February 2020
All News January 2020
All News December 2019
All News August 2019
All News July 2019
All News June 2019
All News October 2018
All News September 2018
29 January 2020 - Free to access online data about latest clinical research on novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV
Date Published: 5 March 2012
Small personality changes can improve wellbeing
More news from or about Manchester.
See also books about Manchester.
Small positive personality changes may lead to greater increases in happiness than other changes such as earning more money, marrying, or gaining employment according to psychologists from Manchester University and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Manchester University has suggested that the recent study should be of interest to British Prime Minister David Cameron, who has suggested that a measure of the nation's 'happiness' was a better guide to how the country was performing than Gross Domestic Product (GDP) alone.
Lead author Dr Chris Boyce, from Manchester University's School of Psychological Sciences, said:
" We found that our personalities can and do change over time – something that was considered improbable until now – and that these personality changes are strongly related to changes in our wellbeing.
_ Compared with external factors, such as a pay rise, getting married or finding employment, personality change is just as likely and contributes much more to improvements in our personal wellbeing."
Previous studies have shown that personality accounts for up to 35% of individual differences in life satisfaction, compared to just 4% for income, 4% for employment status and between 1% and 4% for marital status. However, because it was believed our personalities were fixed, policies to improve wellbeing have focused on these lower-impacting external factors.
Dr Boyce said:
" Our research suggests that governments could measure 'national personality'; for example, whether the population is becoming more extroverted, conscientious, open to experience, and agreeable, and how this links to national events.
_ Fostering the conditions where personality growth occurs – such as through positive schooling, communities, and parenting - may be a more effective way of improving national wellbeing than GDP growth."
Dr Boyce, with Manchester colleague Dr Alex Wood and the LSE's Dr Nick Powdthavee, used a large data set of 7,500 individuals from Australia who had answered questions on their life satisfaction and personality at two time points four years apart.
Personality was measured using a well-validated personality questionnaire assessing five broad dimensions which cover the breadth of a person's personality: openness-to-experiences, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. The researchers then looked at the extent to which personality changed and how these changes related to life satisfaction in comparison to external factors, such as changes to income, changes to employment and changes to marital status. They found that personality changes at least as much as these external factors and predicted about twice as much of changes to life satisfaction over the study period.
Dr Boyce added:
" The focus of many wellbeing studies in economics is on how changes to our circumstances, such as a higher income, getting married or a different job might influence our wellbeing. The influence of our personality is often ignored in these types of studies in the belief that our personality can't or doesn't change. We show that personality can and does change and, not only is it more likely to change than an income increase, it contributes much more to changes in our wellbeing.
_ Our research suggests that by focusing on who we are and how we relate to the world around us has the potential to unlock vast improvements in our wellbeing. The findings have implications for wellbeing policy – something the Prime Minister has talked about in the past – and how best to help individuals and nations improve their outlook on life."
Ref to Paper:
'Is Personality Fixed? Personality Changes as Much as "Variable" Economic Factors and More Strongly Predicts Changes to Life Satisfaction,' published in Social Indicators Research, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0006-z
Health News is included on the IvyRose website to inform visitors about current health issues and research, but not to endorse any particular view or activity. Any views expressed in the article above are not necessarily those of IvyRose Ltd.. Material in this news item was released by the source indicated below on 05 March 2012 and may have been edited (e.g. in style, length, and/or for ease of understanding by our international readers) for inclusion here. For further information, please visit their website.
Source: Manchester University, England (UK)
http://www.manchester.ac.uk
Also in the News:
Efforts to diagnose cancer early need to be better tailored to different age groups (UK) - 2 Mar '12
Automated system to kill bacteria in hospital water systems and taps - 2 Mar '12
Babies born a few weeks early have worse health outcomes than full-term babies - 2 Mar '12
FDA approves two new pancreatic enzyme products, Ultresa and Viokace, to aid digestion - 1 Mar '12
Overuse of the herbicide glyphosate - 1 Mar '12
More mental health support for children and young people (UK) - 1 Mar '12
More people surviving leukaemia and pancreatic cancer in Northern Ireland - 27 Feb '12
Non-invasive diagnostic for Adenovirus - 17 Feb '12
More news about ...
For 22nd January
Ask for the Angels' protection as you expand throughout this new day.
Yesterday's Angel Thought Angel Thoughts by IvyRose.
Study Sections
Geology, Rocks & Crystals
Although care has been taken when compiling this page, the information contained might not be completely up to date. Accuracy cannot be guaranteed. This material is copyright. See terms of use.
IvyRose Holistic 2003-2021.


When we released Apache Kafka 0.9.0.0, we talked about all of the big new features we added: the new consumer, Kafka Connect, security features, and much more. What we didn't talk about was something even more important, something that we had spent even more of our time on — correctness, bug fixes, and operability. These are always more important than new features.
According to Apache JIRA, 290 bugs have been fixed for 0.9.0.0 release and some of them are quite important. Even more exciting is the fact that while working on 0.9.0.0, we added a brand new distributed testing framework and over 100 new test scenarios that use this framework. We are now testing replication, node failures, controller failures, MirrorMaker, rolling upgrades, security scenarios, Kafka connect failures, and much more. This allowed us to not only catch many issues for this release but will give us the confidence that we are maintaining the high quality that Kafka is known for in the future.
Replication is the backbone of Kafka. When replication goes wrong, bad things happen. In Kafka 0.9.0.0 we fixed varied replication issues. For example, we found and fixed an obscure race condition where if a machine ever gets slow enough that context switching between threads is slower than a remote call, it is possible for a broker to think it has fallen out of sync and as a result delete all its data (KAFKA-2477), min.insync.replica default configuration not working as expected (KAFKA-2114) and replication lag being impossible to configure (KAFKA-1546).
MirrorMaker is Kafka's cross-cluster replication tool. In the 0.8 release line, MirrorMaker buffered messages between the consumers reading from source cluster and the producers writing to the destination. Consumed offsets were stored using a separate thread (marking messages as "done"). When MirrorMaker process crashed, in some cases messages in the buffer were considered "done" even though they were never written to the target cluster, thereby losing these messages. Kafka 0.9.0.0 includes a newly refactored MirrorMaker with a simpler design that prevents message loss by making sure message offsets are stored only when we are certain the messages were written safely to the target cluster. (KAFKA-1997).
Log Compaction is one of the most exciting Kafka features, enabling a variety of new use-cases. Unfortunately, it also had some nasty bugs, so many users opted out even for use cases where compaction was a natural fit. For 0.9.0.0 we fixed a large number of log compaction bugs and limitations. The biggest improvement is the ability to compact topics with compressed messages (KAFKA-1374), but there was a very large number of additional improvements (KAFKA-2235. KAFKA-2163, KAFKA-2118, KAFKA-2660, KAFKA-1755).
Connection leak can be an issue in a shared environments when applications connecting to Kafka can't be relied on to properly close their connections. Kafka 0.9.0.0 includes two patches that make the server much more efficient at detecting and cleaning dead connections (KAFKA-1282, KAFKA-2096).
Kafka broker metadata includes a list of leaders and replicas for each partition. This metadata is stored in ZooKeeper and is also cached in memory of each broker. 0.9.0.0 release includes multiple bug fixes for cases where the metadata cache falls out of sync (KAFKA-1867, KAFKA-1367, KAFKA-2722, KAFKA-972).
The Request Purgatory, where client requests wait until they can be responded to, underwent a complete re-write into a far more efficient data structure in 0.9.0.0. In the process we also fixed a bug where the purgatory was growing out of control (KAFKA-2147).
Producer timeouts for the new producer were not strictly enforced in 0.8.2, so some operations would block for much longer than specified timeout. In 0.9.0.0 the tracking of timeouts was improved and timeouts are now consistent and work as expected (KAFKA-2120).
I expect some of these issues may ring an alarm bell, maybe even a loud and annoying bell, in which case the reason to upgrade to Kafka 0.9.0.0 should be clear. Even if you have not come across any of these issues yet, you don't know when you will. It is much better to have time to plan for an upgrade, rather than have to upgrade under pressure because your production system just hit a bug that was fixed 8 months ago.
To make things easier, Apache Kafka can be upgraded with no downtime by using rolling upgrades. Check our documentation to learn the exact process and start planning your upgrade.


Gridline every 10px, w/10 subdivisions. Icons are based on a 10×10 grid. I made the color black so they're easy to see.
Make sure snap to grid and snap to point are turned on, and that you can see the grid.
Note the extra strokeless/fill-less 20x20px box around the icons. You need this to copy/paste into fontlab and not have them get scaled up.
I copy/pasted each icon-the shape and the invisible bounding box- into a separate glyph in fontlab. I tried to make it intuitive; "a" is appearance, "d" for dashboard. "p" was problematic; posts, pages both have p.
After I generated the otf file, I used @font-face to embed it on a test page. I set a base size to 62.5% and set the icons to 2.0em; effectively rendering them at their native 20×20 pixels. The key thing is the -webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased property in the css. Without it, they look like garbage. They pretty much look like garbage anyway in firefox/opera, and I have no clue how to get them in IE. But in webkit it's gold.


text:
← Roger Olson Blog – Part 7
Rob Bowman Can The Bible Be Trusted – Part 1 →
The Wives of Joseph Smith Visit Manti
Posted on July 9, 2015 by Sharon Lindbloom
The annual Christian outreach at the Mormon Miracle Pageant in Manti, Utah concluded about 2 weeks ago. During this year's outreach, 34 women, dressed in pioneer clothing, each took on the identity of a wife of Joseph Smith. This was a powerful visual representation that helped Mormons better understand what 34 wives actually looks like. Eric Johnson snapped a couple of photos of the actresses gathered together. In this one, rather than smiling for the camera, the women's expressions reflect the discontent of their polygamous identities:
When this same visual representation was performed in Manti for the first time (in 2008), most Mormons were completely unaware that Joseph Smith had more than one wife. They reacted to the parade of 34 women with the accusation that the whole thing was nothing but a vile lie. Even though the Mormon Church itself has now published an essay that admits Joseph had up to 40 wives, many Mormons still do not know that Emma was but one of Joseph's dozens of plural wives.
In this short (4-minute) video, Aaron names Joseph Smith's wives and provides a few important facts about these women. This, too, is a powerful visual presentation.
For more information about Joseph Smith's polygamy, check out this excellent video of Chip Thompson and Doris Hanson discussing and teaching on the topic. This video also presents a visual representation of Joseph Smith's 34 wives – along with 11 additional husbands to whom Joseph's plural wives were also married.
Visually Illustrating Joseph Smith's Wives to Provoke Thought and Start Evangelistic Conversations at the Manti Miracle Pageant
Troubled by Joseph Smith's Polygamy
Testing Joseph Smith's Integrity
This entry was posted in Early Mormonism, Joseph Smith, Mormon History, Polygamy and tagged Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith, Manti, Mormon Church, Mormon History, Mormonism, Outreach, Plural Marriage, Polygamy. Bookmark the permalink.
9 Responses to The Wives of Joseph Smith Visit Manti
So our "chapel" Mormons tell us that this is a vile lie. Where do they go when they find out that this is not a lie but is indeed the truth? For those who aren't familiar with the term, a "chapel" Mormon is a naive individual who believes all of the lies and obfuscation put out by the LDS church. These chapel Mormons have had the emotional buzz that comes with buying a feel good narrative.
I suppose it sounds like I'm picking on these folks but some how I have trouble viewing them as victims. The real victims are the women, some married to other men, and the adolescent girls who succumbed to Joseph Smith's shameless manipulation and lies.
There has to be a way for these chapel Mormons to rescue their faith as expressed in the five points of the LDS canned testimony. In order to recover from "shaken faith syndrome" an explanation must be formulated. One of my favorites, as it is applied to the married women Smith married is that heavenly father had given these women to (Smith) in the pre-existence.
It's painful to face the truth about something or someone that has been invested in so heavily.
This had to be one the best ways to get Mormons attention at Manti to the fact of how they have been fooled into joining a man made religious organization masquerading as Jesus' Church . No doubt those who thought this was all a lie were doing so because they relied on a "testimony" which they just knew had to be from the Holy Ghost . Yet another example of the unreliability of the Mormon "testimony" , their so called "spiritual witness " , to test the latter days prophets of Mormonism .
May God open their eyes to the fact of latter days counterfeit prophets which Jesus warned would come . Sadly , the Mormon people have let feelings override proper testing of their prophets like Joseph Smith , Brigham Young etc . 1 Jn 4:1 .
There are a lot of words to describe what Joseph Smith was up to with this but at the very least he was defrauding these women. That's what frauds do. They defraud people. Also, when looking at the dates of his marrying these women a pattern develops. The dude was definitely on a "spree" at the end of his life; totally out of control. If he had lived, his religion would have had difficulty surviving. His death and BY taking over probably saved the sect.
I don't know if folks have ever watched someone out-of-control destroy themselves, but it isn't a pretty picture. Pick the vice. I've seen it very readily with alcoholics who end-up dead as a result of their drinking. Smith is more in line with guys like Jim Jones and David Koresh.
One thing most Mormons choose to ignore is the fact that Joseph Smith lied to them, and that LDS leaders have been lying to them for over 170 years. That's every LDS prophet, every LDS apostle, every LDS bishop. Some of those leaders were lying to the church membership and the public because, in fact, they had been lied to by their leaders.
Do you doubt this? Then look at the Mormon Church's recent confession of the truth at
https://www.lds.org/topics/plural-marriage-in-kirtland-and-nauvoo?lang=eng
Then compare that to published LDS "scripture":
"Inasmuch as this church of Christ has been reproached with the crime of fornication, and polygamy; we declare that we believe that one man should have one wife; and one woman, but one husband, except in the case of death, when either is at liberty to marry again." — Joseph Smith, 1835 Doctrine and Covenants, C1, p. 251 (1835). http://mit.irr.org/joseph-smith-statements-denying-polygamy
There's an old adage that applies here. "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." Mormons: How many times has it been now?…
Just a little historical fun fact. From the introduction in D&C 132.
"Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Nauvoo, Illinois, recorded July 12, 1843, relating to the new and everlasting covenant, including the eternity of the marriage covenant and the principle of plural marriage. Although the revelation was recorded in 1843, evidence indicates that some of the principles involved in this revelation were known by the Prophet as early as 1831."
From the student manual:
"It is clear that the Prophet Joseph Smith received section 132 before it was recorded but delayed making it known. The Prophet knew the Lord's will on plural marriage within the new and everlasting covenant probably as early as 1831 (see History of the Church, 5:xxix). "
"The revelation was not made public until Elder Orson Pratt, under the direction of President Brigham Young, announced it at a Church conference on 29 August 1852. The revelation was placed in the Doctrine and Covenants in 1876."
I wish I had found this myself but it comes by way of former LDS bishop Lee Baker. He said it was this that shook his faith to the foundation. I believe this may have been the last straw for Lee Baker. You might ask why? Well it's because up until 1876 the LDS church was denying that its members practiced plural marriage. In fact, the D&C entries on marriage were all about monogamy. So what upset Lee was that the leaders of the LDS church were ignoring what was in the D&C and doing just the opposite of what was the covenant the LDS people were to follow.
His point is, who wants to follow men who don't even follow what was in there own "sacred" doctrines and covenants. So plural marriage gets put on the books in 1876 and in 1890 by way of a manifesto, gets put on hold. Remember, plural marriage is still part of the doctrine and covenants. It's just not practiced……….yet.
A couple of good videos. The first is 10 minutes and the second 20 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-_tIuVstdQ
Interview with a couple of the wives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNfIhPq-DB4
This issue of Joseph Smith's polygamy , and Mormon polygamy in general , is important when looking at the Mormon church's claim of authority . When we look at what Mormon leaders taught about polygamy , as well as the testimonies from dedicated LDS who followed them , we can get a very good picture that will come in handy when testing of the claims of authority of Mormonism is undertaken .
A foundational claim of Mormon authorities is that soon after the deaths of Jesus' apostles a complete apostasy occurred and the results were :
– Christianity died off [ Apostasy and Restoration , 1983 p. 9 , published by the Church ] .
– The gospel of salvation was altered , corrupted , by men who mixed in their man made teachings to
it thus rendering it a false gospel . Thus for 1700 years there was darkness and salvation was not
available to man until 1830 when Joseph Smith showed up and restored / reestablished, Jesus'
gospel and church [ Mormon Doctrine p 396 ] .
Thus only Mormon leaders , since 1830 , have preached the true gospel of salvation having been commissioned and then supervised since then by Jesus Himself to teach His church body and mankind the correct identity of Himself , His Father , and what is required to gain a right relationship with them as well as a complete salvation from them . In short the Mormon church is the exact same church that Jesus established through His apostles centuries ago , with the very same gospel as Paul, for example , taught then .
These are indeed incredible claims .
But they are laced with half truths and even some outright falsehoods .
Mormon leaders inserted polygamy into Jesus' gospel ! . Mormon leaders testified that it was an essential ordinance of the gospel and in Jesus' church [ Joseph F. Smith , JofD. vol 20 , p28 ] .
By succumbing to that behavior Mormon leaders drifted even farther from the truth and continued to offer a " gospel " but not the true authentic one Jesus' apostles ,like Paul , preached — Rom 1:16 .
Thus the verdict is clear : Mormon apostles have been tested and found guilty of preaching a counterfeit gospel and are therefore only religious men not sent by Jesus . Rev 2:2
Good interview with Lee Baker posted a month ago following this year's Manti outreach. It's worth the twelve minutes it takes to watch it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO_FIrXDPEc
I guess it will appear that I'm on a Lee Baker promotional tour here, but he has some very good things to share for those who are questioning Mormonism. This is a 48 minute video done with Sacred Groves and posted May 22 of this year. It covers our topic of conversation on this thread.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLV_H-qp2g4
Lee Baker says that it took him five years to work his way out of Mormonism. He was comfortable there. What happened though, is a young man who was a Christian asked him a question, gave him the reference and Lee said he'd look it up. It's the quote where Joseph Smith claims to have done more than Jesus. Lee was shocked to find out that the quote was true. That set him to asking other questions and looking for answers in LDS sources.
He says that the embarrassing thing was that the information was there all along but he didn't know what he didn't know and therefore didn't know what questions to ask. The whole deal with polygamy threw him for a loop since he learned that the leaders were going directly against the D&C and lying to everyone.
So Lee advices that we ask Mormons questions that are prefaced by, "Is it true that…………" and then let them look up the answers themselves. I'd say this follows that old piece of advice, "If I tell you something you can doubt me. If you say it, it's true."


What does SIHO stand for?
The core responsibility of SIHO (Support Centre for Inclusive Higher Education) is supporting institutions of higher education in Flanders in the implementation of the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. SIHO's main focus lies on enhancing the participation of students with a disability in Flemish higher education, increasing the representation of these students in higher education and optimizing their chances of obtaining a degree.
To accomplish this goal, SIHO functions as a link between the different institutions of higher education in Flanders in order to exchange and develop knowledge and experiences. It also creates a bridge between policymakers and educational institutions and is proactively involved in policy changes and development. Furthermore, it tries to enhance the social perception of the general public on disability. Finally, SIHO organizes trainings, provides advice and coaching and develops materials on disabilities in higher education.
In Flanders, every institution of higher education has a specific contact person for students with a disability. Within their institution they are responsible for the guidance and assistance of students with a disability.
Here you can find an overview of all contact persons.
SIHO was also partner in an Erasmus+ funded project 'Universal Design for Learning – License to Learn (UDLL)'.
SIHO is partner in the EAIE Expert Community 'Access and Inclusion in Higher Education'.
A documentary on 5 students with a disability who talk about their experiences in higher education, their worries, dreams and ambitions.


text:
Criminal Finances Bill
Counter Terrorist Financing
MiFID 2
MLD 4/5
The MLROs.com Advisory Board
Those of you who have been fortunate to attend our events in 2017 & 2018 may have seen us advertising for applicants to join a new structure within MLROs.com; the Advisory Board. After several months of active searching, we are pleased to announce our new board. They will be assisting us in the development of new events for you as well as other exciting ventures we will be undertaking.
The Advisory Board was instigated to provide MLROs.com with great strategic and practical content management. As well as the provision of SME's with significant standing and gravitas within the Financial Crime professional's ecosystem! We are aiming to have at least one SME board member to cover each area of specialisation.
Simon Airey
Chairman of the Advisory Board, Partner at Paul Hastings
We welcome Simon as the chairman of the board. Simon recently joined Paul Hastings to head their new investigations department in London.
Siân Jones
Founder, EDCAB European Digital Currency & Blockchain Technology Forum
Siân is a founder member of the UK Digital Currency Association and co-led its Regulation and Banking Group from 2014 to 2016. She has been instrumental in guiding the EU's regulations for virtual currencies.
Andrew McDonald
Andrew has a wealth of experience in Counter Terrorism Financing from his former position as the head of the NTFIU. He also has a fantastic knowledge of fraud and cybercrime from his 30 years in the police force!
Wendy Langridge
Chief Regulatory Officer at BCS Prime Brokerage Limited
Wendy has over 20 years compliance experience working in exchange, trading platforms, investment banking and fund environments. She has been involved in the development and management of UK and international compliance activities since 2012.
Peter Haines
Global Head of GRC Training, CCL Academy
Peter has a wealth of experience within regulation and compliance over the past 30 years. Currently a visiting fellow at the University of Reading and Henley Business School, Peter is sure to be a fantastic addition to the board.
Helena Fearon
Director of Risk and Compliance for Auto Trader
Helena is the Director of Risk and Compliance for Auto Trader and will give the board another alternate viewpoint into the world of compliance. Her fantastic experience is mostly in a field that will benefit a lot of our members.
Global AML Risk Framework Manager, HSBC Global Banking and Markets
Andrew has a history of investigations from his 30 years in the Metropolitan Police. He has been involved with training and reviewing AML and sanctions policies at a variety of Tier 1 banks and corporations.
Jonathan Williams
Principal Consultant, Mk2 Consulting
Jonathan Williams is an independent consultant in payments, identity and fraud prevention working for advisory firm Mk2 Consulting. Jonathan also brings experience in cybersecurity, telecommunications and software to his clients. Areas of special interest are PSD2, Identity Assurance, financial crime and ACH fraud.
Peter is the current MLRO at AT Global Markets (UK) Limited His experience, in another important sector to our members, will only strengthen the ability of the board to provide the best advise for us curate the best events possible.
David is an expert on the confluence of technology, financial and economic crime, cybersecurity and international security. He is one of the leaders of the Centre for Strategic Cyberspace and Security Science, an international cyber think tank, and also a contributing editor of the Terror Finance Blog, one of the leading sources of expert analysis on terror financing and sanctions.
Jonathan Cox
Jonathan is one of the leading experts on whistleblowing globally with extensive experience of the whole process from strategy to implementation and troubleshooting.
David Symes
Former UK chapter President ACAMS, CEO Compliance Recruitment Solutions, London Chapter President ICAEW
David is a chartered accountant and has been a leading light in the AML and compliance community for decades, he brings a wealth of experience in the strategic management of membership organisations and the recruitment of compliance personnel.
Bill Peace
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Kings College
Bill is an academic with impeccable credentials in the area, he is currently head of research at stopthetraffik.org and a current researched for RUSI, UCL, Kings College, and has done significant work for Transparency International and many others.
Toni Vitale
Partner, Winckworth Sherwood
Toni is a former head of data and GDPR at MoneySupermarket.com, GBL Group and a former partner at Adelshaw Goddard. He is an expert on Data Protection, use and regulation and the real world interface between regulation of data and its use in the commercial environment.
Regulatory Round-Up
Existing Members Login
E: info@mlros.com
Copyrights © 2016 MLROs.com, All rights reserved | Cookies | Privacy | Terms


text:
Hoosier Sports Report
Home of the 'Hoosier Scoop'
Hoosier Historia
Davis Era
Sampson Era
On March 29 in IU history: Hoosiers unbeaten in '76
March 29, 2020 Jeremy Price Men's Basketball 25 comments
For the first time in NCAA Tournament history, two teams from the same conference met in the championship, but the result was the same as the first two regular-season meetings as Indiana rolled past Michigan, 86-68, to cap an undefeated season at 32-0. It's a feat that has not been duplicated since, earning the Hoosiers a unique place in the history of college basketball.
Beating the Wolverines, who pushed IU to overtime in the previous meeting at Assembly Hall, one last time wasn't easy. That was especially true when Bobby Wilkerson suffered a concussion just two minutes into the game. Minus its defensive specialist, Indiana trailed at halftime, 35-29.
But in the second half, the Hoosiers' offense roared to life, shooting 60 percent from the floor behind the 1-2 punch of national player of the year Scott May and Kent Benson. May scored a game-high 26 points to go with eight rebounds, while Benson had 25 points and nine rebounds. Quinn Buckner added 16 points, eight rebounds, five steals and four assists, while Tom Abernethy had 11 points.
The result was the first national championship for Indiana coach Bob Knight at the age of 35, although it might have been two but for Scott May's injury in 1975.
Previous Post:IU women looking to the future
Next Post:On March 30 in IU history: Two titles and a title game
Seemed as though all was right in the world…even though it wasn't.
The ROCK says:
That's pretty cryptic, t.
Can you sort of elaborate? I mean, we have time on our hands here (and, gang, I am hoping that all who read this realize that we need to keep our hands clean and do not touch our face if our hands might have touched something that someone with COVID-19 has touched (and that could be anyone, so you need to wash your hands before touching your face).
That, and "sustained proximity" with ANYONE is, shall we say, discouraged.
Take care, all, and t, I'm truly wondering what you were referring to (and I Hope is it not something to do with IU Football, IU Baseball, or IU Women's Basketball).
Rock. I was referring to the pinnacle achievement for IU basketball of what dreams are made of. All those people from players, coaches, fans and any association in the state of Indiana and elsewhere were kinda on top of the sports world with joy.
As joyful as that time and event was for the individuals noted above, I was referring to the world at that time still had its issues and problems. (General Statement)
Harvard for Hillbillies says:
On the bright side, some companies are reporting zero Covid-19 infection rate/spread at the plants where some are remaining on the work floor on a daily basis. On the down side, they now sit rather idly. Why is there no spread of the disease? Conversation is limited. I'm pretty sure none of them even speak of how "trade schools" made a difference. Movement is limited to only what's necessary. Sustained proximity? Regrettably, they are almost touching elbows….But management has always enforced a strict policy of no bumping or touching.
They just wait and hope for things to get moving again. Healthcare? Management offered these workhorses none …but they still don't seem to worry about sickness. Food may soon run out at the plant but none are complaining of hunger yet.
I wonder if anyone misses them while they home at work…though work has stopped? What to do when you have nowhere to go, perfect immune systems and all the time in the world?
Podunker says:
I was a senior in High School visiting IU and Bloomington that day/night to see if I wanted to attend IU. My head and my heart were already 90% certain that I did, but WOW, being on campus and downtown that night left no doubt.
As a first year alum in 1981, my future wife (also and IU alum) and several of our friends from IU were in Bloomington the day/night IU won it again. I'll never forget piling out of Nicks into the mass of humanity on Kirkwood that night. It was a good crowd and well behaved (no cars overturned or fires lit that I recall seeing), just thousands upon thousands of people celebrating another Championship.
I will always remember the mixed emotions I experienced that day. The President had been shot. Would the game be postponed? Then we learned the game would be played as scheduled. Was that the right thing to do? Then IU won and it was a surreal but wonderful experience.
When you write "the world at that time still had its issues and problems" are you referring to the concept "The Government is the problem" (Ronald Reagan) and "We don't have a Society, we have Individuals" (Margaret Thatcher)? I'm in self-isolation and worried about contracting COVID-19 (and a little bored) so forgive me for prying. Your comment interested me and you don't need to reply if you don't want to.
Simply put. As great as an event may be at a certain time in a certain place…There have always been problems in the world someplace sometime or one could say everywhere all the time from very mild or unimportant to severe and very important.
If I may weigh in…? I see those days as the last days of an American Dream attainable for more than just a very select few. It was the beginning of wages never keeping pace with massive inflation. It was corporations structuring to keep the top comfortable and everyone else barely making a sustainable wage. It was small businesses in small towns finding a niche while still invisible to what was around the corner; the mega stores and collapse of vibrant mom & pop retail. Online shopping would soon destroy more.
It was gas prices going through the roof and various oil embargoes creating skyrocketing prices at the pump.
It was Jimmy Carter and others talking of getting off oil/fuel dependency….And we still just blow the same empty talk today as thousands drive around in planet destroying SUV's the size of buses.
It's pretty much been 'goodbye to America' since the '70s. Greed went into overdrive. Sherman Antitrust Act disappeared. Monopolies and price fixing …along with everything built to protect the shareholder and the precious stock market began to turn a diverse and (somewhat) fair economy into corporate socialism.
But why did any of us pipsqueaks care…? We were enjoying the heyday of Hoosier hoops. Most of us didn't feel the weight of change. We were young, full of hormones… and the women of college classrooms were never so divine. There was plenty of sunshine while the darkness grew in the gut of America.
And I don't need any thank you ….All falls upon deaf ears.
It's hard to find any positives with so many people dying …(and it's many of the elderly who were rocks in families going out in cold and lonely fashion).
There was massive negligence. When this thing first popped up in Seattle, action should have went into high gear.
Oh, I'm still supposed to see a positive…Well, here it is….The planet is getting to breathe again. Unfortunately, China is getting up to speed soon and they'll start choking the air again. Did any of you see the satellite imagery of the earth showing the massive reductions in pollution throughout the globe? Amazing …..how the planet can get some relief when this human species gets scared and confined to pajamas. Amazing how we can find trillions of dollars now….but helping maintain the planet is just too expensive and too much on our shoulders. Well, isn't that all just so lovely and positive…? Breathe, planet, breathe again….Gosh, a few more months and maybe the waters would even feel the improvement.
Pandemics won't mean sh__ for our kid's kids if we continue to destroy the largest isolation chamber- our wonderful one-of-a-kind blue oasis in the universe. Earth getting some rare social distancing….and it's happy.
Kings, Lords, Chiefs, Warriors, Queens, Bishops, Knights, Rooks, and pawns.
Then, there were the Presidents/Political unleaders, Owners, CEOs, Executive Elites, Large Share Stockholders, Boardrooms, White Color Criminals all in the Lobby and what was left were the rest of them.
Hoosier Clarion says:
What BS. Make your bed you lay it. Burn your ass you set on it. Envious bitching and crying it's someone's fault just wastes o2.
Harv, I'm just late in noticing, but I am, as always, thankful for your informative and entertaining comments. On your post, however, H4h, I believe you might have pointed the finger in a proper direction but not completely accurate: The worst global polluter is the U.S. Military Industrial Complex. (I state this because it's consistent with my quotes from folksy Ronald Reagan and the horrific Iron Lady).
And, t, you are also, as always, on the mark.. Thank you.
HC, I hope you are able to receive some counseling….your comment is way out of line and not at all consistent with the tone of the conversation. Help is available, seek it before it's too late, my friend.
thinkaboutit says:
Rock, et al.,
Just a little food for thought. Would recommend you broaden your information sources considerably. Would know that the U.S. MIC is not even close the worst global polluter.
Secondly, no particular fan of the corporations that t and H4H have been panning so frequently. However, I think it would surprise some people if they were to learn exactly who populates the boardrooms of all the corporations and what their political persuasions happen to be. Certainly not the stereotype which is out there. Finally, a lot of people like to bash the corporations but fail to realize that their very own 401k's are dependent upon the success of those corporations.
With regard to pollution, I would suggest you check the per capita numbers….(as is the suggested method when assessing basketball talent which normally puts Indiana near the top).
401K ….? Biggest illusion in the American economy. It was a method to disguise wage disparity. Designed for the Bernie Madoff of the world.
It makes people believe they are making more "real" dollars and it breeds contentment with underpaid wages which have not kept pace with inflation for four decades. Lastly, the vast majority of Americans put very little into such accounts…They live from paycheck to paycheck. And with our weak healthcare system, one health crisis in a family would wipe out more than 20 years of putting minuscule contributions into such accounts.
Outside of the vast majority of Americans surviving paycheck to paycheck, do you honestly think the millions upon millions drowning in student debt will ever have the luxury to build mountains of roller coaster piggy bank funds into 401K accounts? Those who believe this pandemic has put a financial strain on the country ain't seen nothin' yet. The student debt crisis keeps being put to the back of the classroom. Pennies in 401K accounts won't put a dent in the monstrous blobs in healthcare costs and student loan costs which outpace earnings increases tenfold.
Simply because many need the corporation for their survival hourly rate to live paycheck to paycheck, doesn't excuse the greed and abuses which come with protecting the top shareholders at the expense of lifting up the masses.
]It was easy to see this day coming….Sadly, it's taking thousands up thousands dying in a pandemic to prove just how much most of our society lives on a thread of financial stability. Blame the house owner as they did in the housing crisis. Blame the wage earner with no healthcare and making $15.00/hr and holding 75,000 in student loan debt for not having a safety net …or a 401K account. Should have built more piggy banks, losers. Why weren't you putting $1.00 from every Walmart paycheck to amass your fortune?
We can do better…..Corporations aren't the enemy. It's merely the scoundrels with with devil in the veins who run many of them. Those scoundrels can live in small businesses as well. Valuing your work force and provide real standards of living doesn't discriminate based on size of company. But conglomerates do hold a lot of the cards in America…And the more our economy is based on fewer choices for all(work and purchasing), the more abuses of power at the top seem inevitable.
H4H,
You bemoan the plight of those with staggering amounts of student debt, yet never ask, "Why does it cost so much to get an education? Why does so much have to be financed?" The hue and cry is always about the symptom. which is the debt load, but never about the root cause. Why did the 4 yr degree and/or grad degrees cost so much in the first place? Worse yet, why is there no employment market willing to pay enough to offset the educational costs?
Why does society never do this? It is because we don't want to face the reality of what those root causes are. If you start digging into the root causes of student debt you will find for a great number that it is one of the worst ROI's out there. You have trade school grads in many fields knocking down 6 figures a year with employers willing to foot the education bill while 4 yr and above degrees may only bring 50k if lucky. Why is that??? I can give you the answer but I doubt most want to hear it because it certainly conflicts with the popular narrative.
I guess it is because we are sporting event starved that we are deviating into such territory as this but it is indicative of the overall problems with our society.
Rock you must live in a fog. US has worked hard and for many years has moved far away from being the worst polluter. Only gullible people always on the hunt for someone to blame believe BS like that. But I don't expect you to believe it or to research it to be disappointed when you find how wrong you've been led to believe. I don't whine, bitch or cry like the 1's you didn't like my response to. I figure out a way to overcome obstacles, change and challenges to attain a successful outcome. It's a full time task. I wake up every morning viewing my glass as overflowing. Not wasting time cyphering whether my eyes see it half empty or half full. My life, I determine the results.
The minute you climb into a giant SUV you classify as a 'worst polluter.'
Our highways are ruled by egomaniacs driving pickup trucks and SUV's the size of military vehicles. Needless expressions of 'bigger is better'…..as with 'bigger is better' homes and 4-car garages. Our mindset is to pollute and to waste….whether its food or symbols of status. Maybe we build better filters on cigarettes, too….? Well, the globe is one small family room for all the chain smokers and chain polluters. It ain't a competition. And until we (as in all) change the mindset and respect the living organisms beyond the "me first" human race, it's a race already lost.
Most religions are built on "humans first" philosophies/doctrines. Who is going to save "you?" Who is going to save "me?" It's all egocentric in nature with zero regard for the decency we give the planet and other creatures with value and minds.
Meanwhile, at the beginning of this pandemic, the president's son was attaining a license to head to Alaska to kill a grizzly bear. I pray for the bear to have him for lunch in the afterlife.
I guess we could just attribute everything to 'survival of the fittest.' We can use it to excuse abuses causing wage disparity and healthcare disparity. We can use it to defend all the riches in a capitalist economy leaving so many out of the bank vaults. And I guess we can simply thank Darwin for pandemics as well….It just a game for the 'fittest.' We've been a heartless nation for many, many decades…..If you were meant to survive, you will survive.
We've always attributed gains and losses in life, liberty and happiness on what you fight, claw or out-think to attain. But there is an irony in it all…Those who always believed they had won the fight to stay atop and be the "fittest" capitalist have found a virus doesn't care about your winnings. Darwin never considered compassion muddying up the playing field….or how disease can level the food chain in the flash of one sunrise on a planet billions of years old. Maybe a lack of compassion is a disease? And maybe those with an ounce of it are more fit?
Only time will tell. Maybe heaven is just another place for the fittest and earth is the testing ground? Maybe just take an easy aim at that grizzly through your high-powered scope and just don't give a sh__. You are the fittest.
…and after all that slothful crap my glass is still overflowing…
I bet it's the Niagara Falls of LaPorte, Indiana…but who's complaining? Nobody is complaining. Four more years! To complain to any 'king' is weak….Hell, it might soon come with a beheading courtesy of the grizzly hunter? And thank god we have the king doing such a great job during the pandemic. He counts the deaths like a dinner tip at the Ritz.
Bitch and moan, bitch and moan, overflowing sloth jibberish. The goal of losing, owns resumes homed in the circular file.
That's a wonderful photo of Knight, May and Buckner ….with the huge smiles on their faces. But I still like the one I'm about to show you more. This photo, in my humble opinion, epitomizes the Bobby Knight Hoosier team of 1976. It's a far more uncommon shot taken far from a place of cornfields, gym floors ..or bright lights. It was a rare window into the soul of a team taken by very astute and talented photographer who encapsulated the stride of men undaunted and on a mission.
It's how I prefer to remember Bob Knight….Walking the streets of New York with his boys. All great things to come unknown and untasted.
Just Hoosiers on a mission. Been forever (maybe never again) since such swagger has been present in those who don the candy stripes.
Got to agree with you H4H,
Nothing like that photo!
And since this is a so-called entertaining sports blog I will specifically correlate the "Rook" that benefit from all the Crooks with sports…players, coaches, ADs and the entertainment industry. After all the Crooks rape the working class middle America with lies and brainwashing…resulting in poor use of tax dollars, high crime, more poverty and corporate welfare that built plus continue to build their version of taj mahals throughout the land. Then, present brainwashing statistics that make daily hundreds of thousands and sometimes millions $ lottery hits for Professional coaches, players, and entertainers…. they all probably own a castle or two and sometimes maybe more than a couple of castles. Then, outside of the sport or entertainment they represent are often perceived as experts in things they know hardly anything about. Not what the market will bear or bare but how wealth is distributed leads to an imbalance of undeserving and unearned opportunities. If one watches the Oscars ever notice how every single entertainer is the greatest as each one pats the other on the back in self worshipping not only themselves but one another in self promotion. Books and other opportunities are made for elite class individuals of fame not because of their expertise or are even that good at writing a book or whatever versus the non famous part of the middle class… another gross imbalance. What was wrong with the old football field to play a football game? What was wrong with the old fieldhouse to play a game of basketball? What was wrong with all the old football stadiums and basketball gyms? What was wrong with the ""Rooks" (sports and entertainment) who benefit from the Crooks doing what they do for a living wage? Maybe, in times of a pandemic there would be money to buy a face mask.
RichBeckman on IU's losing streak to Purdue stretches to eight in 81-69 loss
BeatPurdue on Hoosiers to hire Georgia's Charlton Warren as defensive coordinator
V13 on Hoosiers to hire Georgia's Charlton Warren as defensive coordinator
Hoosier Clarion on Hoosiers to hire Georgia's Charlton Warren as defensive coordinator
As a handful of Hoosiers leave, younger players must step up January 18, 2021
Hoosiers to hire Georgia's Charlton Warren as defensive coordinator January 17, 2021
IU's Stevie Scott will forgo senior season for NFL Draft January 15, 2021
IU's losing streak to Purdue stretches to eight in 81-69 loss January 14, 2021
Berger, defense push No. 18 IU women past Purdue January 14, 2021
1940 Introduction
Catching Up With … former Hoosiers
The Kelvin Sampson Era, 2006-08
The Mike Davis Era, 2000-06
lemonwhale
Big 10 / IU sports links
AnnArbor.com
Columbus Dispatch
Harrisburg Patriot-News
Lafayette Journal & Courier
Lansing State-Journal
Lincoln Journal-Star
Madison.com
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
IU Hoosiers official site
Inside the Hall
Inside Indiana
Crimson Quarry
Punt John Punt


Until the opening of the twentieth century, Western music had offered, at its best, a perfect blend of emotion and intellect, with the heart and the mind governing and assisting each other. With the onset of modernism, that balance was jettisoned in favor of a carefully calculated rationalism. Can beauty, after all, be proven to exist, with absolute certainty, beyond the shadow of a doubt? The answer of our age, sadly, has been (in the arts as in philosophy) that we cannot know beauty to exist, ergo, beauty does not, in fact, exist. The pure rationalism that provided the background for the spectacular success of all the sciences from astronomy to medicine became the undoing of the arts. Because the arts are the traditional repositories of values that may be ultimately ungraspable, but without which human life is also unimaginable: beauty, truth and love.
The central logical error of modern man, in all areas of thought, is to arbitrarily reduce the data set by the criterion of certainty. The function of that criterion is nothing other than intellectual ease. We declare that what is not repeatable in controlled environments does not, therefore, exist. The reason we so declare is that we prefer to work in controlled experiments. We find it more convenient.


text:
Limited spaces remaining on our bestselling Isles of Scilly tour. Book today >
Overview Availability Itinerary Accommodation
Explore Scotland's Highlands and islands by comfortable yacht on a seven-night cruise
Sail on a comfortable yacht with all meals included
Explore the most spectacular places in the Highlands with all excursions included
Enjoy a whisky tasting at Oban's 240-year-old distillery
Highlands seven-night cruise
In association with TS Tours
Call now and book 02039934304 Quote ref: CL TST LOTG 7-NIGHT
Call now and book 02039934304
Quote ref: CL TST LOTG 7-NIGHT
Visit remote islands, fairytale castles and charming port towns over seven nights on a comfortable small ship
To book our five-night 2023 itinerary, click here.
If you were going to compile a bucket list of British breaks, this is surely a contender. On this trip, you'll have the chance to sail on a comfortable yacht through the Highlands and islands of Scotland, exploring the endlessly beautiful Caledonian Canal, hidden sea lochs and the magical islands of Scotland's western shore.
Loch Ness, Loch Nevis, the Sound of Mull, Iona, Eigg, Skye, Fort Augustus… the names conjure up images of glistening waters, wild landscapes and towering castles, of majestic flora and fauna, and of myths and legends.
There is no better way to explore than on board the Lord of the Glens. This is not a cruise, but a small ship experience, similar to the Royal Yacht Britannia. With just 27 outward-facing en suite cabins and a maximum of 54 passengers, the yacht offers comfortable accommodation and superb cuisine.
There are also fascinating excursions on a choice of two amazing itineraries. So, sit back with a wee dram and book your place on this glorious Scottish adventure.
To read more about this trip:
Download the brochure here
Reasons to book
Discover Culloden and the Clava Cairns
Visit the battlefield where Bonnie Prince Charlie's forces were defeated in 1746, then see the ancient standing stones of Clava Cairns.
Explore Skye, Mull and Eigg
You will visit Skye and Mull, with its eye-catching painted houses. On Eigg, look for Atlantic seals, minke whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Enjoy seafood and whisky in Oban
The seafood capital of the islands, Oban is home to McCaig's Tower, which dominates the skyline and has great views of the Western Isles.
Sail on Lord of the Glens
Lord of the Glens has a superb restaurant, elegant bar, panoramic windows, armchairs from the Orient Express and David Roberts lithographs.
See Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle
You'll sail past the romantic ruins of Urquhart Castle and up an impressive flight of locks that run through the heart of Fort Augustus.
Drink at Britain's most remote pub
Forget remote working; how about remote drinking? In Inverie you can order a round at the British Isles' most remote pub, The Old Forge.
Share this trip
Tour brochure
Download a PDF tour brochure
Stay in an outward-facing cabin on Lord of the Glens for seven nights
Full-board basis (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Enjoy all excursions as indicated in the itinerary
All port dues and taxes
Transfers from/to Inverness at pre-determined times
Mon, Mon, May 22, 2023
£2,800*
* Price based on two sharing an entry level cabin, subject to availability. Price and itinerary correct at time of print, subject to change and weather conditions. Single supplement on request. Deposit: 20%. A good degree of mobility is required. In the case of unforeseen circumstances, expert(s) may be substituted, and any expert-led events may be subject to change. Expert(s) will not join you for your full trip duration unless otherwise stated. Travel insurance should be taken out at time of booking. Images used may not reflect your actual tour experience. This holiday may be sold through other selected brands. Tour is operated by and subject to the booking conditions of TS Travel Ltd (ATOL-bonded).
Mon, Mon, Sep 18, 2023
Call now to book 02039934304
Got any questions about this trip? Send us an enquiry
Arrive in Inverness
Inverness, United Kingdom
Embark in Inverness at 4pm, before an evening welcome reception and dinner. You'll moor in Inverness overnight tonight.
Meals - Dinner
Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle
Fort Augustus, United Kingdom
This morning visit Culloden, the infamous battlefield where "Bonnie" Prince Charlie's Jacobite forces were defeated in 1746, and then see the ancient standing stones of Clava Cairns. At Culloden, your first stop should be the visitor centre to make the most of your visit. Set sail this afternoon on the Caledonian Canal, built between 1803 and 1822 to connect Loch Ness with the Great Glen's three other lochs. Enter Loch Ness, cruise past the romantic ruins of Urquhart Castle. Ascend an impressive flight of locks that runs through the heart of Fort Augustus. Moor this evening at Fort Augustus.
Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Loch Lochy and Corpach
Corpach, United Kingdom
Sail through the tree-lined section known as Laggan Avenue and into Loch Lochy and on until we descend Neptune's Staircase, a set of eight interconnected locks, to the village of Corpach, nestled in the shadow of Ben Nevis, Great Britain's highest mountain. In the afternoon we take the West Highland railway line (standard scheduled service on Scotrail) over the renowned viaduct to beautiful Glenfinnan, surrounded by mountains. Moor overnight at Corpach.
Oban, United Kingdom
Today we enter the ocean, passing mysterious lochs and islands till we reach Oban, the seafood capital of the Highlands. Join us for a walk up to McCaig's Tower dominating the skyline of the town with great views of the Western Isles. Overnight at Oban.
Isle of Iona and Isle of Mull
Tobermory, United Kingdom
This morning we sail to Craignure for the excursion to the Isle of Iona, with a pause in front of Duart Castle for photographs. Visit Iona, the last resting place of some 50 Scottish Kings and where St. Columba introduced Christianity to Britain. Later sail to Tobermory, again on the Isle of Mull. Tobermory's most striking feature is the gaily painted houses that line the waterfront originally built by the British Fisheries Company to house its workers for £20 each. Moor Mull overnight.
Wildlife on Eigg
Eigg, United Kingdom
Sail north from Tobermory to tiny Eigg this morning, catching glimpses of the islands of the Inner Hebrides along the way. At Eigg you can get a sense of what life is like for the roughly 90 people who live on this island community. Look for marine animals and birdlife, including Atlantic seals, minke whales, dolphins, porpoises and a variety of seabirds. Then sail to the town of Inverie in Loch Nevis, where you can have a drink at the most remote pub in the British Isles.
Kyle of Lochalsh, United Kingdom
Early morning sail across the Sound of Sleat to Armadale and the Isle of Skye. Visit the Clan Donald Centre. Later sail to Kyle of Lochalsh from where we visit Eilean Donan Castle and Plockton. Evening Farewell Reception and Dinner. Overnight in Kyle.
Disembark after breakfast for your transfer to Inverness.
Meals - Breakfast
Lord of the Glens
A charming, small ship with elegant furnishings, a comfortable bar and restaurant, panoramic windows and outward-facing cabins.
There are nautical nods, including scaled models of ocean-going vessels and hardwood flooring inlaid with compass motifs made by artisans. There are 27 outward-facing State Cabins spread over three decks and finished in rich hardwood, plush carpeting, and en-suite facilities.
A single restaurant serves freshly prepared dishes by a loyal brigade of chefs, drawing on the rich bounty of local produce. The aft area is reserved for the Bar, a comfortable, relaxing place, and a stern-facing viewing deck.
TS Tours
This tour is operated solely by TS Tours
TS Tours Ltd is the UK's leading specialist in creating bespoke tours, cruises and rail journeys in the company of experts. Its exclusive trips combine unique experiences as well as access to inspirational people. All trips are ATOL-protected and financially bonded.
For general information, click here.
To view TS Tours' supplier's terms and conditions click here.
This tour is protected by the following:


text:
Shia LaBeouf Details Transformers
By Darren Franich
Updated June 28, 2011 at 06:50 PM EDT
Credit: Jaimie Trueblood
You can't blame Shia LaBeouf for wandering down some strange tangents in his recent interviews. This is the third time he's had to do publicity for a Transformers movie, and considering that his character hasn't noticeably evolved over three movies despite dating underwear models and visiting robot heaven, the guy must understandably want to talk about anything besides the new movie, which I believe is called Transformers: Bad Moon Rising. But in a trio of recent interviews, LaBeouf has practiced nothing less than a scorched-Earth policy, happily explaining why every movie he has made in the last half-decade has been terrible, while also effusively gabbing about all the co-stars he's hooked up with. Here's the essential talking points from his new interview with Details magazine:
-LaBeouf and Megan Fox hooked up while filming Transformers 1. As LaBeouf explains: "Look, you're on the set for six months, with someone who's rooting to be attracted to you, and you're rooting to be attracted to them," and therefore they had to hook up because Stanislavski told them to. Now, this hook-up appears to have come at a time when Fox was dating her now-husband Brian Austin Green. When asked if the couple was together at the time, this is LaBeouf's actual response: "I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. It was what it was." (Representatives for Fox did not comment on LaBeouf's assertions.)
–LaBeouf and Isabel Lucas were "philandering around" while filming Transformers 2. This was at a time when Lucas was dating Entourage star Adrian Grenier, so now we can all start theorizing about the unique fetish that forces LaBeouf to hook up with co-stars who are in relationships with TV actors. "Neither one of us, I think, were in love," says LaBeouf, "Just sort of experimenting or whatever." Pause to picture LaBeouf and Lucas in a laboratory conducting elaborate scientific experiments, then putting on a matching set of top hats and monocles and philandering around Victorian England.
-LaBeouf knows exactly what went wrong with Wall Street 2. To explain why a film that could have been a darkly comic indictment of the American financial system wound up being a sappy family drama about the redemptive power of Carey Mulligan's tears, LaBeouf explains that director Oliver Stone "was trying to play nice. But for a movie like Wall Street that had so much bite the first time around to come out without fangs and preach a message of hope wasn't what people were looking for."
He also knows exactly what went wrong with Transformers 2. Says the star, "None of us had any clue what we were doing." This seems like a remarkably accurate critique, since Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen does seem to have been written by people who don't know how to write, directed by someone who doesn't know how to direct, performed by robots struggling to understand human emotion, and edited by an over-caffeinated chimpanzee with easy access to scissors.
LaBeouf also offers his own perspective on the never-ending battle to decide exactly who replaced Megan Fox with Rosie Huntington-Whitely, explaining that after Transformers 2, Megan Fox started to feel "like a prostitute." Someday, someone will write an Off-Broadway play about the war to cast an attractive placeholder actress in threequel about robot cars, in which Megan Fox is a metaphorical hooker working for a metaphorical Hitler who is fired by the non-metaphorical director of Schindler's List and then replaced by a metaphorical angel. It can't possibly be worse than a Transformers movie.
Meanwhile, over the weekend, the LA Times ran a profile of LaBeouf in which he found a delicate way to note that his affiliation with Steven Spielberg is simultaneously the best and worst thing to happen to his career. "Steven introduced me to the world in a way. The man has been incredible to me. But the work that I've done with him, the character variation is not heavy. It's sort of all in the same vein." (He's talking about the Transformers trilogy, Indiana Jones 4, and Eagle Eye, and it surely says something that the first Transformers is the best of that bunch.)
To finish off your LaBeouf Round-up for the day, the Transformers star talked to David Letterman last night. He genially explained that Michael Bay is "a caricature of himself," but noted that it's a real honor for interns to be yelled at by him, which is exactly the kind of thing someone who has never been an intern would say. But everything wasn't rosy on the set of these Transformers movies. Here's LaBeouf discussing his big face-off with Michael Bay, which came down to one awe-inspiring showdown over whether or not LaBeouf could play his Feist song in front of badass military dudes:
In short, LaBeouf is either charmingly honest about his shortcomings or completely incapable of adhering to even the most basic Hollywood codes of conduct. But don't worry, he didn't compare anyone to a fascist dictator, and he's a dude, so he will almost certainly work in this town again.
PopWatchers, what the hell do you make of all this? Does this get you even remotely excited to see Transformers: Under a Tuscan Moon or whatever?
Follow Darren on Twitter: @EWDarrenFranich
EW's 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' Review
Michael Bay on Megan Fox's Hitler remark: Spielberg said, 'Fire her right now'
Shia LaBeouf says Megan Fox had too much 'Spice Girl strength' to work well with Michael Bay


text:
Applications Information
The AV-1010-B is a voltage pulse generator capable of generating ±100V into 50 Ohm loads, with less than 10 ns rise time. If a laser diode is inserted in series with the 50 Ohm resistance, the instrument acts as a ±2A current source with 50 Ohm output impedance. This method of pulsing a diode has the advantage that the 50 Ohm resistor can act as a termination for a 50 Ohm transmission line. This is illustrated in Figure 1. By using transmission line techniques, the diode under test can be located several feet away from the instrument, without incurring the large inductive voltage spikes that would normally be present.
This basic technique, and other current pulsing techniques, are described further in Application Note 3A.
This technique works well when driving packaged diodes, because the diode and the terminating resistance can be made into a relatively compact circuit, without adding too much series inductance. However, some end-users need to test unpackaged diodes in probing stations. Getting fast current pulses into the probing station can be a challenge, because relatively long lengths of cable, and several inches of probing needles, are present. However, since most probing stations have provision for feeding in 50 Ohm coaxial transmission lines, the technique described above can be used with a good degree of success.
Example Waveforms
To demonstrate this technique, we'll first show the pulser operation at +100V into a 50 Ohm load, connected via a 2 foot length of RG-174 coaxial transmission line, without a diode (or probing station) present. The circuit diagram is shown below:
An Integrated Sensor Technologies Model 711 current transformer probe is shown in the circuit, so that the current can be measured directly. (Suppliers of high-speed current transformer are listed in Application Note 5). The current probe provides an output of 1 Volt per Amp. The resulting waveforms for a 100 ns wide pulse are shown below:
The bottom trace is the voltage across the 50 Ohm resistor, and the top trace is the output of the current transformer. The current transformer introduces a small amount of overshoot into the waveform. This photo tells us that the best current waveform that we can achieve, with an ideal termination, has perturbations on the order of 3% (this includes the current transformer's contribution).
Next, we'll add a blue-wavelength light-emitting diode in series with the current probe and resistor, as shown in the schematic:
This is a less ideal termination for the transmission line, so it is not surprising when higher overshoot is observed on the output waveforms, shown below. The increased overshoot may also be partly due to the turn-on transient of the diode.
Also, due to the high forward voltage of this experimental diode (around 20V!), the output current has fallen from 2A to 1.6A (i.e., 100V-20V / 50 Ohms = 1.6 Amps).
This waveform photo establishes that the best current waveform that we can expect in a probing station will have ringing/overshoot of 10% or so.
The next test establishes that we can in fact obtain this performance in the probing station. The circuit diagram shows the a 2 foot coaxial line is used to connect to the first probing needle, which contacts the diode anode. The cathode is contacted with a second needle, which in turn, is connected to the 50 Ohm terminating resistor via a 2" length of 24 AWG hookup wire. This wire is also fed through the current transformer. The 50 Ohm resistor is soldered directly to the shield of the coax input.
A photo of the actual test setup is shown below:
For this setup, these waveforms are obtained:
Despite the presence of the 2" of hookup wire, and approximately 2" of needle length, the waveform is as good as it was under the best-possible diode plus terminating resistance scenario illustrated previously.
It is possible to deliver relatively clean and fast current pulses to a device under test (DUT) in a probing station, if a voltage pulse generator is used to drive the DUT with a 50 Ohm series resistance, and if 50 Ohm coaxial cables are used.
In the example presented here, an AV-1010-B was used to deliver a 1.6 Amp pulse with rise times less than 10 ns to a blue output light emitting diode (LED).
(version 1.0, November 12, 1999)


text:
Q: How to use .map (or other) to change the values of several columns in a Pandas data frame I have a large df with similar categorical ordinal values that I'd like to change into a numerical scale.
A mock df to try to explain:
data = {'Fruit':[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10],
        'Weight':[23, 45, 31, 28, 62, 12, 44, 42, 23, 32],
        'Taste':['good', 'so so', 'very good', 'awful', 'awful', 'very good', 'good', 'good', 'awful', 'good'],
       'Look':['good', 'good', 'so so', 'awful', 'so so', 'very good', 'very good', 'good', 'awful', 'good']}

df = pd.DataFrame(data)

I would like to change the values in 'Taste' and 'Look' from very good etc to 4-1. If it were one column I'd just write: df['Taste'] = df['Taste'].map({'very good': 4, 'good': 3, 'so so': 2, 'awful': 1})
but that doesn't work with df[['Taste', 'Look']] = df[['Taste', 'Look']].map({'very good': 4, 'good': 3, 'so so': 2, 'awful': 1})
I've also tried with: df.update(df[['Taste', 'Look']].map({'very good': 4, 'good': 3, 'so so': 2, 'awful': 1})) which doesn't work.
Any tips and tricks?

A: Use DataFrame.applymap with get:
d = {'very good': 4, 'good': 3, 'so so': 2, 'awful': 1}
df[['Taste', 'Look']] = df[['Taste', 'Look']].applymap(d.get)

Solution with map is possible, but need stack with unstack:
df[['Taste', 'Look']] = df[['Taste', 'Look']].stack().map(d).unstack()

print (df)
   Fruit  Weight  Taste  Look
0      1      23      3     3
1      2      45      2     3
2      3      31      4     2
3      4      28      1     1
4      5      62      1     2
5      6      12      4     4
6      7      44      3     4
7      8      42      3     3
8      9      23      1     1
9     10      32      3     3

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange