This bee isn't actually greedy, he just looks like it.
If you go to enough environmental activist group meetings, you are bound to hear, at some point, "What we need is more education"; the assumption being that the general public is too ill-informed to know that their behaviours are causing Issue X (biodiversity loss, climate change, smog, ozone depletion, mountain-top removal, whatever), and that if only they knew better, true and correct behaviours would flow forth naturally from their hands and hearts forevermore.
It's interest and passion that drive the need to be well-informed, not vice-versa. Pouring knowledge, statistics and information into the cranium of an otherwise unmotivated person is precisely like pouring boiling water into a candle-mold: it won't stick, and you'll get them all steamed up.
More importantly, education does not transform behaviour without a great deal of forethought, planning, audience-targeting, message-crafting and follow-up–and even then, Dear Readers, it's a tough slog. The general public is already overwhelmed with information that they perceive to be irrelevant to their lives, overly complicated or technical, outside of their control, or too frightening to be entertained. Your educational efforts on Issue X when directed towards someone who is uninterested or frightened will almost certainly go to waste, and may be perceived as harassing or worse.
Environmental psychologists have been puzzling over the interesting quandary of what exactly gets people to adopt pro-environmental behaviours (PEB–I do love good jargon) with increasing alarm over the past several decades. Are you ready? It's not what you think.
OK, it's not just values; but values count.
But! Researchers also learned that they could manipulate a person's value system: for example, by "priming" someone with exposure to nature, either through images or through going to natural settings, a person's value system notably shifted towards biospheric orientations. Whereas priming someone with a message about how adopting PEB X–let's say, compact-fluorescent lightbulbs, programmable thermostats and fuel-efficient cars–benefited them, their values shifted towards egoistic and they became less likely to adopt PEB in other areas, where it might cost them.
Your kindergarten teacher was right, and the geniuses in charge of Wall Street are wrong: greed is not good. Sharing is good. Greed is bad. Greed is the end of human civilization: the rampant and uncaring destruction of any ecosystem we personally can't live in where we can derive temporary and short-term economic benefit by such destruction; the devil-may-care extinction of 50-150 species per day on the basis that we personally can't miss what we never knew; the theft of a viable future from our grandchildren by wanton disregard for atmospheric physics today; the insatiable modern consumer appetite for stuff over any thing that might actually matter (more on that one next time); greed kills. Those who promote greed as an answer to any significant problem ought to be tarred, feathered, and lit on fire in a public square.
OK, not really (I'm too nice for that–I have a biospheric values orientation). But greed is not the answer. When you appeal to people on the basis of greed, you teach them to be greedy. I'm not claiming that greed has never motivated the development of a system or technology with the capacity to be a solution to our environmental problems; it has. But greed prevents us from adopting those systems and technologies in any useful way by encouraging us to spend our savings instead of saving it, as per the Rebound Effect. The Rebound Effect is greed in action.
Selling pro-environmental behaviours on the basis of perceived self-interest backfires, and it backfires spectacularly. Stop doing it.
If you want to save the world–or, if you'd like to move the general public a little bit closer towards a sustainable society on Issue X–move your audience closer to a biospheric values orientation.** The farther they shift towards caring about living things in a global sense, the more receptive they will be to your educational efforts and the more likely they are to adopt pro-environmental behaviours even when expensive or inconvenient.
Whereas when you sell the public on a pro-environmental behaviour on the basis of self-interest, that is exactly what they will do. And that is all they will do. When it's easy. When it's cheap. When it affects them personally. And nothing else.
Next up: why modern greed is the biggest shill ever devised, and how shifting towards biospheric values not only opens up space for rainforests, endangered species of frogs and impoverished third-world villages, but for happiness too.
*I've posted an annotated bibliography on my favourite papers on this subspecies of environmental psychology for the viewing pleasure of anyone interested in where to go for more information or to track down sources and statistics. Enjoy.
**What that means and how it works is a post for another day, but as a first step: encourage connections and identifications with non-human nature; talk about values–the kind of people we want to be, the kind of world we want to live in, the dreams we have for our children.
Looking at this picture may make you a better person.
Maybe it's not that nice people care about the world and get involved in issues like environmentalism. Maybe it's that people who spend time outside grow both to become more altruistic and more attached to the environment, and express both of those values through activism and in their personal lives.
Or maybe other recent studies are right and people who do the right green thing often offset that by screwing other people over. Of course, that study did nothing to differentiate those who act on environmental issues out of guilt vs. love, or obligation vs. desire. My guess is that those who buy recycled paper products because they love nature will not show the same behavioural patterns as those who buy them because they're sick to death of the kids haranguing them. Much like someone who eats fruit because they like fruit will probably not eat as much cake later as someone who eats fruit because the kids are watching and the doctor's been bugging them to lose twenty pounds. Of course this is entirely speculative.
But evidence from environmental psychology has been piling up for a few decades now: exposure to nature is good for us; or, phrased in a more evolutionarily-correct way, nature-deprivation is very very bad for us. People in hospital rooms with a view of a tree heal faster. Walking in nature is more restorative and restful than walking on a city street. No, never mind, just go read Richard Louv's Last Child In the Woods, and if that doesn't convince you that adults and children both need non-human nature in their lives on a regular basis, nothing ever will.
And then maybe stop trying to goad your children into behaving better by surrounding them with Proper Moral Messages in book and television form, and supplement that with a few trees and flowers. You've got to admit that's more appealing than yet another half-hour show with a Very Important Lesson learned in the last ninety seconds and delivered at super-human pitch. Trees and flowers: prettier, quieter, and they make you a better parent, too.
*By the way, the author of the SciAm blog post, P. Wesley Schultz, is one of the major researchers in environmental psychology. He knows whereof he speaks.
Pardon the pun: my recent mini-article on Wind Turbine Syndrome for This magazine has gone on-line.
And yes, I still intend to write something here before August. Promise!
I may be a bit quieter for the next couple of weeks while I work on a new article about wind power, this one about the issues around siting wind turbines or wind farms in and near Toronto. We have one (at the Ex) and if Toronto Hydro gets the results they want from the anemometer off the Scarborough Bluffs, we could have a bunch more. This ruffles all of the usual feathers.
But where exactly are we supposed to build them? Everyone likes renewable energy–and every opponent of any given wind project I've interviewed has said that at least once, so it must be true–but somewhere else, apparently. The technical siting constraints are considerable: you need to have enough wind; you need to have enough space; you don't want to build it in a migratory zone for birds or bats, and you don't want to chop down significant habitats to construct them. So you might think empty country is better–but then how do you connect them to the grid? Miles and miles of transmission cable aren't exactly environmentally friendly, plus you lose more electricity in the lines the farther it has to travel. From an economic perspective and from certain environmental perspectives, producing electricity where it will be consumed makes sense. Just like growing food where it's going to be eaten.
I have no answers yet, and twenty-five days to come up with some and put them in a well-written and persuasive article. Wish me luck.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on the issue of mixing wind turbines and cities. Would you want one in your backyard? Close enough to see it in the distance from your kitchen window? Are they modern works of art or eyesores? If you live in Toronto, what do you think about the WindShare turbine at the Ex and Toronto Hydro's hoped-for plans off the Scarborough Bluffs? Where should they go, and why?
Want to have an easier time acting on environmental issues? Find a(nother) source of meaning or purpose? Be happier? There's one simple thing you can do to achieve all three: go for a walk.
In other words, nothing to sneeze at. But how do you go about increasing your sense of connection to nature? It's as simple as going outside. Subsequent studies have shown that spending even small amounts of time in non-human environments–even wild-animal parks or, in some cases, watching nature videos (though the effects were not as large)–increases a person's sense of connection to nature.
Which probably explains why this running-biking-park walking-gardening nature-lover can get a tank of gas to last for three months and is spending her work-life and her free time on environmental issues (my score on the scale was about 4.99/5; the mean was about 3.6 and most people fell between 3 and 4.2. I'd post it here but I'm cautious about copyright infringement). It might also be why as a type 1 diabetic single mom of a little girl with an undiagnosable genetic form of dwarfism I am, most of the time, pretty happy, even though I spend a couple of hours every day steeped in climate catastrophe, mass extinction and ecosystem collapse.
Anecdotal evidence, I know. But what do you have to lose? Go for a walk.
Schultz, Wesley P. & Jennifer Tabanico. "Self, Identity and the Natural Environment: Exploring Implicit Connections with Nature." Journal of Applied Social Psychology (2007) 37: 6.
Climate change often sounds like it's something that happens somewhere else: the ice at the poles melts, island nations (and manhattan) go under water, more Category 5 hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico. But what about Toronto? OK, summer's hotter, winter's warmer, especially at night–does that sound so bad? (Though keep in mind that more heat means more smog, and smog kills about 1,700 people each year in Toronto.) A longer growing season? More shorts weather? We're going to complain?
Well, yes. For one thing, those catastrophic weather events will hit here too; in fact, that thunderstorm a couple weeks ago with winds so strong they ripped the heating and cooling equipment off the roof of my office building is exactly the kind of thing that climate change predicts for Toronto. But forget about that. Humans are actually not the only living things in the city. Let's take one example: birds.
Bird species that over-winter, such as chickadees, may increase. Winter will not be as deadly; food will arrive earlier in the spring. But migratory songbirds (whose populations have already declined by over 50% over the last four decades as a result of habitat fragmentation, pesticides, lighted office towers and tropical/boreal deforestation) will not fare so well. Their migration is frequently driven by hours of sunlight; but the appearance of their food sources (plants, insects, etc.) is often driven by temperature. As climate change progresses and spring arrives earlier, the overlap of the migration routes and food sources will shrink, meaning that by the time the migratory songbirds get to Toronto their favourite tasty caterpillars will already have metamorphosed into butterflies and flown away.
This effect is more pronounced among bird species that migrate over longer distances. Experts hypothesize that its easier for birds to respond to changing climates by changing the timing of migration when the distance is short–say, the mid-US to South Canada–because the climates are not as different, and the mid-US winter will offer clues about the onset of spring in South Canada. But birds that winter in the tropics and fly each spring to Canada's northern boreal forests have no such clues, and their migration timing is not shifting in response to the changing climate. Sadly, those are the very species whose populations are most suffering already from the issues listed above. For all these reasons combined, experts estimate that 30% of migratory songbirds may go extinct with a change in temperature of 2.0 degrees Celsius (which we have now already committed to, thanks to carbon already released to the atmosphere).
Hooded Warblers and Acadian Flycatchers are two songbird species that migrate to southern Ontario each year from the neotropics; thanks to the disappearance of their preferred Carolinian forest summer habitat locally, Acadian Flycatchers are listed as endangered and Hooded Warblers as threatened; both species are already shifting their habitat northward in response to warming, though how far north they can go when Carolinian forests only exist in southern Ontario is anyone's guess. The American Bird Conservancy projects that a doubling of CO2 levels will see American Goldfinches move north of Toronto; we are already nearly there.
So say goodbye to goldfinches, Hooded Warblers and Acadian Flycatchers; but you might be able to say hello to the Bobolink, a migratory songbird that currently lives only south of the Great Lakes but, due to warming, will soon be found, experts predict, only in Canada.
Spring may not be silent in a few decades, but it sure won't sound the same.
My google alert on climate change in Canada has been faithfully telling me now for several days about an emerging global consensus that climate change is all a hoax. It's all over the papers, apparently: all the scientists at the Heartland conference on climate change would like to assure the global public that there is no need for alarm and we can go on burning fossil fuels indefinitely (or at least until we run out–separate problem).
Here's the thing: If Will [conservative American columnist known largely for getting climate science embarassingly wrong and refusing to apologize] is right, and there is no global warming, then much of what we think we know about chemistry and biology and ecology and thermodynamics and geology and physics is wrong. If Will is right, then thousands of climatologists are not only wrong, but participating in a global conspiracy to conceal the truth about the state of the planet's ecosystem. The climatologists have nothing to gain from perpetuating the "lie" of anthropogenic global warming, but they're doing it anyway, just to be mean.


This one kind of left me wondering on why we were reviewing this one also seeing how it has a nice number of clones of itself for other clans (namely Lien for Royal Paladins and Shout for Nova Grapplers off the top of my head). With that being said, this skill is pretty decent as it helps you get the cards that you need by ditching random useless cards like dead Draw Triggers or an abundance of Grade 3's that are stuck in your hand. In this case, people would probably use this to drop Monica/Carbuncles, Gatling Claw Dragons or other random cards to try and get to their Dragonic Overlord The Ends faster. However, most Kagero players already have a tight amount of space left to use this as they are already mainly using Bahr, Heatnail Salamander, Barri, Kimnara and even Aermo. If anything, some people run Gojo over Aermo and vice versa.
In short, this card is very nice, but you only need 2-3 copies tops if you even are considering using him at all.
Gojo is the Kagero clone of Lake Maiden Lien, Nostrum Witch Arianrhod, etc. Turn it sideways, giving up your ability to attack or boost with it for the turn, discard a card, and draw a card. I highly recommend the use of cards like Gojo. They can help stabilize early hands that can be full of junk, and add some draw power, potentially avoiding getting grade locked. The best use of Gojo is as a first turn ride; you can't attack anyway, so you might as well dig a little deeper into the deck. Outside of the early game, Gojo is a solid 7k booster, boosting Berserk and Bellicosity Dragons to 16k, Dragonic Overlords to 18k, enabling them to threaten cross ridden vanguards. If the worst should happen and you do get grade locked, Gojo is the most reliable way to get out of it as soon as possible. There are other ways to draw extra cards (ie. Aermo) but they are conditional on your attack hitting. A wise opponent will recognize that and guard appropriately, making Gojo the best option.
Rating: 3/5 – Great for first turn and getting out of grade locks, but only okay elseware.


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Economists opine on tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
I've noted a flurry of opining on pricing emissions, perhaps because I'm Canadian and the small, homogenous eco-econo group heard a blast that disturbed the herd, but two recent works from south of the border also caught my attention.
Carbon pricing under binding political constraints, by Jesse Jenkins and Valerie Karplus, provides an explanation of why a straight carbon tax is rarely implemented - and when it is, generally at very low levels.
...persistent political economy constraints motivate a search for climate policies that are politically feasible, environmentally effective, and economically efficient. As in many other domains of economic regulation, second best (and third and fourth best) climate policy mechanisms abound. By paying close attention to the distributional impacts of different climate policy instruments and their interaction with potentially-binding political constraints, economists, political scientists, and policy makers can help design climate policy responses that are both palatable enough to be implemented today and economically superior to alternative second-best instruments.
... we implement constraints of varying severity on:
the maximum feasible CO2 price itself;
the maximum tolerable increase in final energy prices;
a maximum tolerable decline in energy consumer surplus; and
a maximum decline in fossil energy producer surplus.
The full paper contains many, many equations. The stated "main objective of this exercise was to put an analytical framework around," and I think that's achieved more in noting the contraints than in the attempts to measure them. The authors' conclusion invokes scenarios where public opinion could be moved towards increasing the price of CO2, as the first best option, but...
Meredith Fowlie delivers a warning that policies taken outside of pricing carbon have been to the detriment of carbon prices, in Time to Unleash the Carbon Market?
What's a ton of carbon (dioxide equivalent) worth? Not much if you ask the world's carbon markets. The graph below summarizes prices and quantities covered by existing carbon emissions trading programs (green) and carbon taxes (blue). Nearly all carbon market prices are below $13/ton.
...when complementary measures mandate relatively expensive abatement options, the carbon price we observe in the market will not reflect the marginal cost of reducing emissions. Second, a reliance on complementary measures to reduce emissions can significantly drive up the costs of hitting a given emissions target.
In California and in Europe, there is growing evidence that low allowance prices in the carbon market belie much higher abatement costs associated with complimentary policies. For example, this paper estimates that the California Solar Initiative delivered emissions reductions at a cost of $130 – $196 per metric ton of CO2. California's LCFS credit price (which reflects the marginal incentive to reduce a ton of MCO2e) is currently averaging around $120 per metric ton CO2. In Europe, researchers estimate that the implicit costs of renewable energy targets per metric ton of CO2 are on the order of hundreds of euros for solar (and wind in some locations).
The full post should be read at the energy at HAAS blog.
There's a counter-productive nature to these subsidies pushing down carbon pricing according to one of my favourite works, Lion Hirth's 2013 The Market Value of Variable Renewables. That paper showed industrial wind would have lower market penetration under higher carbon pricing as nuclear and carbon-capture-and-storage (CCS) projects were built - unless those technologies were specifically banned:
...both higher and lower CO2 prices reduce the absolute market value of wind power (Figure 21). At a CO2 price of 100 €/t, about half of all dispatchable capacity is nuclear power, such that the merit-order effect is so strong that even absolute revenues of wind generators are reduced – despite a significant increase in electricity prices. This might be one of the more surprising results of this study: tighter carbon prices might actually reduce the income of VRE [variable renewable energy] generators, if the adjustment of the capital stock is taken into account.
Being a cynic, I'd say when one sets a carbon price at an ineffectual level due to concerns for political constraints, and then supplements it with subsidies for politically popular things (like renewable energy), one is just making the economics up - and exposing their whimsy.
Whimsy seems like a good time to cover a couple of articles from Mcleans, a Canadian magazine. The first one that caught my eye was by "University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe".
It's ridiculous to call a carbon tax a sales tax. Here's why.
...Words matter. Thoughts matter. How we communicate and debate matters.This question matters.
So are they correct? Is a carbon tax a PST? No. The two taxes have different effects, different objectives, are levied on very different things, and have different legal implications. In short, a carbon tax is no more a sales tax than income taxes are.
This argument seems rigorous and obvious. Bravo.
In the real world it's also insulting.
I displayed a graphic from the Fowlie article showing Sweden with, by far, the highest carbon tax. The Jenkins-Karplus article I cited notes:
Sweden, for example, appears to have the highest carbon price in the world. Yet the carbon tax was implemented as part of a series of reforms in 1991 that simultaneously reduced existing energy taxes by 50 percent. The total effect was to lower overall tax rates on fossil energy consumption
This is real-world carbon pricing - melted with sales and fuel taxes and manipulated to avoid taxing business but not displease the electorate so much that political power is lost.
In Ontario energy was excluded from general sales taxes up until 2011, and then it wasn't, and for 2017 carbon pricing will impact energy costs some more.
Elsewhere energy is often taxed at a lower rate than the more broadly applied Value Added Tax.
"more" or "another", are the most polite adjectives many people use for a tax - much more so than "carbon" and "sales" - and that's because many people learn experimentally, although perhaps not those at the University of Calgary.
The following day the same Mcleans site carried "The economic cost of carbon policy" by Andrew Leach, noted as "professor of energy policy at the University of Alberta" and "The chair of Alberta's climate change advisory panel." Leach politely notes, in The economic cost of carbon policy, the event in Alberta prompting academics to opine on carbon taxation, which was the leak of an internal government analysis on the impacts of carbon pricing obtained by the Calgary Herald:
According to a projection for Finance Minister Joe Ceci and obtained by the Herald, the climate plan would lower the province's gross domestic product by 1.0 to 1.5 per cent by 2022, "due to the decline in energy investment, weaker production and lower consumer spending."
Oil exports would be crimped by 0.5 per cent from the business-as-usual (BAU) case in 2018-19, the study says.
Consumer spending would fall by almost two per cent by 2022, "due to the impact on employment and slower wage growth."
As well, corporate profits would decline about $1.5 billion, or 1.7 per cent, from the BAU scenario by 2022.
These key impacts are based on several assumptions rolled out by the province on Nov. 22, such as implementing a $30-a-tonne carbon tax by 2018, phasing out coal-fired power plants and investing in renewable energy.
That's one carbon pricing tool, and two other things - banning (regulation) and subsidizing angels (renewable energy) - which hopefully people are starting to see as one step towards pricing carbon and two steps away from doing so meaningfully.
From Professor Leach's article:
...people need to understand that carbon pricing in and of itself is not a magic bullet. Below are some of the reasons why.
First, stringency matters: there's no reason to expect that a carbon price will do more than a stringent set of regulations—economics simply tells us that in most cases, a carbon price applied broadly could likely accomplish the same outcome at a lower total cost to the economy than would be possible through a suite of regulations...
Second, interaction with other policies and constraints matters...
Third, there are distributive impacts of policies which a textbook analysis of the first best can often ignore...
Fourth, and related to each of the points above, political constraints matter...
Economics students should review their majors if politics seem to be the only thing that matters.
What would likely exist as an alternative is a world where Alberta faces increasingly discriminatory and punitive policies and barriers to trade both from within and from outside Canada, and where firms face mounting shareholder and institutional investor pressure not to invest in Alberta. The costs of these are speculative, and more difficult to quantify, but we are confident that they far and away exceed the cumulative costs of the actions we've recommend. Simply put, if you assume there is no value in reducing emissions, you'll find that there's no value in reducing emissions. We believe that our policy recommendations will be of net benefit to Alberta, yes in terms of the avoided costs of greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, but also in terms of the avoided costs of discriminatory and punitive policies imposed upon Alberta,
Canada had a federal election last year where the "sunny ways" party won largely on a storyline that reducing emissions would be good for the economy.
Now Canada has a $30 billion a year deficit planned - and in the quiet of non-election seasons, elite economists who say there's a price to pay for reducing emissions.
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TAG_MULTIPLE_COMPONENTS
org/omg/IOP/TAG_MULTIPLE_COMPONENTS.java .

TAG_ORB_TYPE
org/omg/IOP/TAG_ORB_TYPE.java .

TAG_POLICIES
org/omg/IOP/TAG_POLICIES.java .

TAG_RMI_CUSTOM_MAX_STREAM_FORMAT
org/omg/IOP/TAG_RMI_CUSTOM_MAX_STREAM_FORMAT.java .

TransactionService
org/omg/IOP/TransactionService.java .

Class Summary

CodecFactoryHelper
Codecs are obtained from the CodecFactory.

ComponentIdHelper
Standard way of representing multicomponent profiles.

Encoding
org/omg/IOP/Encoding.java .

IOR
org/omg/IOP/IOR.java .

IORHelper
org/omg/IOP/IORHelper.java .

IORHolder
org/omg/IOP/IORHolder.java .

MultipleComponentProfileHelper
An array of tagged components, forming a multiple component profile.

MultipleComponentProfileHolder
An array of tagged components, forming a multiple component profile.

ProfileIdHelper
Profile ID

ServiceContext
org/omg/IOP/ServiceContext.java .

ServiceContextHelper
org/omg/IOP/ServiceContextHelper.java .

ServiceContextHolder
org/omg/IOP/ServiceContextHolder.java .

ServiceContextListHelper
An array of service contexts, forming a service context list.

ServiceContextListHolder
An array of service contexts, forming a service context list.

ServiceIdHelper
A service id, represented as an int

TaggedComponent
org/omg/IOP/TaggedComponent.java .

TaggedComponentHelper
org/omg/IOP/TaggedComponentHelper.java .

TaggedComponentHolder
org/omg/IOP/TaggedComponentHolder.java .

TaggedProfile
org/omg/IOP/TaggedProfile.java .

TaggedProfileHelper
org/omg/IOP/TaggedProfileHelper.java .

TaggedProfileHolder
org/omg/IOP/TaggedProfileHolder.java .

Package org.omg.IOP Description

This package contains the <TT>IOP</tt> module specified in the OMG document
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refer to that OMG specification for further details.

Please note that we do not provide all parts of the <tt>IOP</tt> module from
the specification.  We only provide those parts that are referenced as
return values or parameter types in public APIs, most notably,
Portable Interceptors.

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Publix Super Markets Charities sponsored the Habitat for Humanity of Craven County home in the Duffyfield neighborhood of New Bern.
The John Rex Endowment awarded three grants totaling more than $120,000 to support nonprofit capacity building. Recipients include Families Together, Lucy Daniels Center and SAFEchild.
The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina raised $10 million for their So All May Eat capital campaign.
The North Carolina Humanities Council chose six cultural sites throughout rural North Carolina to host the 2018 Museum on Main Street project, a collaboration with the Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition Service.
Triangle Land Conservancy will hold it's Grand Opening for the Brumley Nature Preserve, its 7th public nature preserve on Earth Day, April 22nd.
The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce held a forum focusing on the work and economic development trends to support all citizens on April 4th.
Guilford Green Foundation held their Camp Iwanna Bingo night, on April 7th with proceeds benefiting the foundation.
WAKE Up and Read in Wake County and Read Charlotte in Mecklenburg County have been honored as Pacesetters by the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading for exemplary work in eliminating barriers faced by children from low-income families on the path to becoming proficient readers.
The North Carolina Community Foundation and local affiliate foundations, the Northern Albemarle Community Foundation and the Chowan Community Funds Foundation, hosted a Pop-Up Philanthropy event on March 29th in Elizabeth City.
The Hispanic League held its first 2017 FaithAction ID Drive Friday, March 31st, at Iglesia Cristiana Sin Fronteras. This is the second year the Hispanic League has offered the community ID program.
ZZZ Bears and The Sole Addiction Mobile Shoetique were selected as winners in the American Small Business Championship.
The Durham Art's Council held a Poetry in the Parks event in the Duke Gardens on April 8th to celebrate spring through nature.
Junior Achievement of Eastern North Carolina celebrated a successful first quarter of 2017 by raising approximately $85,000 and earning 4 star status from Junior Achievement USA.
The American Heart Association held special events for National Walking Day throughout the Triad on April 6th.
WAKE Up and Read has been honored as a Pacesetter by the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading for exemplary work in eliminating barriers faced by children from low-income families on the path to becoming proficient readers.
United Way of Alamance County will host Taste of Alamance on April 24th at the Alliance Convention Center in Burlington. This event is broken up into 2 parts: a luncheon from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm and a food extravaganza from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
Moore, Randolph, and Wake Community Foundations are now accepting grant applications from their community grantmaking fund. Visit for nccommunityfoundation.org more information.
The 24 Foundation will hold their fourth annual "Pink to Drink" cancer fundraiser on April 20th at Sugar Creek Brewing Company.
NC Warn will hold a Roadshow on Slowing the Climate Crisis with stops in Pittsboro, Charlotte, Asheville and Winston Salem throughout April.
Registration is open for the Susan G. Komen's 2017 Triangle Race for the Cure, locally presented by Duke Cancer Institute on May 6th.
The Mint Museum will hold a Taste of the Mint: Portals to the Past night on April 12th featuring small plates and wine pairings and a curator-led tour of the exhibition Portals to the Past: British Ceramics 1675 – 1825.
The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation will hold a fundraising event at Chetola Resort of Blowing Rock to support restoration efforts at Moses H. Cone Memorial Park on August 4th.
AFP Triad will hold its monthly meeting on April 25th including a presentation on "The Four Pillars of Donor Communications" in Kernersville.
Kidznotes will hold its annual gala, On The Front Porch With Kidznotes, at Marbles Kids Museum on April 21st.
Durham Area Volunteer Administrators is hosting a workshop titled "Leveraging Skilled Volunteers" on April 13th in Durham.
The 2017 SHIFT NC Annual Conference on Adolescent Sexual Health will be held on May 24th-26th in Greensboro.


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Q: Converting a string into an integer parameter
Possible Duplicates:
How to convert a number to string and vice versa in C++
c++ - convert pointer string to integer

Is there a way to convert a string into an integer parameter without any big algorithms?
string = "100";

integerFunction(int string);

I've tried atoi functions and tried to manually convert each number over with the string[count] - 48 way but it needs to be in a way where the number of digits don't become a problem with this. Any suggestions or algorithms out there that can help? I really appreciate it.

A: Like this:
int StringToInt( const std::string & str )
{
  std::stringstream ss(str);
  int res = 0;
  ss >> res;
  return res
}

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El raión de Lida  es un raión o distrito de Bielorrusia, en la provincia (óblast) de Goradnia. Comprende una superficie de 1569 km² y su capital es Lida.

Demografía
Según estimación 2010 contaba con una población total de 135096 habitantes.

Subdivisiones
Comprende las ciudades subdistritales de Lida (la capital) y Biarózauka y doce consejos rurales:
 Bélitsa
 Bérdauka
 Váverka
 Hancharý
 Dvóryshcha
 Dzitvá
 Dubrounia
 Krúpava
 Mazhéikava
 Tarnova
 Tratstsiakoutsy (con capital en Yodki)
 Jódarautsy

Referencias

 Censo 2009. (en inglés)

Enlaces externos
 Sitio web oficial.

Lida

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Kerry Fiero began her career in the music industry as a personal manager, working initially at the nationally recognized management firm, The Rosebud Agency before starting her own company, Strive Management. She represented both signed and unsigned artists in R&B, Hip Hop and Jazz. She co-founded The Strive for More Music Showcase which helped launch young talent into the music industry, including Kehlani and Rozzi. Kerry's other roles have included working at an Entertainment Law Firm doing tour support/legal for singer Goapele; being the Artist Liaison at SFJAZZ, the California Music Awards, the Art & Soul Festival and more; managing the SF venue Biscuits & Blues and booking live music for an Oakland music venue; and working as an Event Planner/Producer for dozens of clients. Kerry has been an Adjunct Professor for 12 years at San Francisco State University's Music/ Recording Industry (MRI) Program & Event Planning Program and she teaches in the new Entertainment Business Program at SAE Expression college. She and her husband own the company Fiero Flair, an empowerment company focused on events, media and products that facilitate professional & personal development. Their signature event is Girl Power! Women working in the Music Industry Conference, which will have it's 6th annual gathering in early 2019. Kerry is a connector and always striving to find the win-win collaboration.


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Billions to be handed to metro mayors to deliver transport overhaul
Rishi Sunak is set to pump billions of pounds into transport to give metro mayors the power, and responsibility, to improve key links.
The Treasury said nearly £7 billion would be given to areas such as Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and South Yorkshire for projects ranging from tram improvements to introducing London-style improvements in infrastructure, fares and services.
The investment will be seen as a win for Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, who has been heavily lobbying the Government to hand over the cash for his region to launch a London-style transport system.
Labour's Mr Burnham had called for £1 billion and put pressure on ministers during the Tory Party conference in Manchester earlier this month.
He had said that handing over the money for him to introduce his London-style Bee Network would make political sense for the Government, because Boris Johnson could blame him if it failed and take credit if it succeeded.
And the Treasury has confirmed Greater Manchester will be given £1.07 billion in next week's Budget and spending review.
The announcement is also being touted as a vote of confidence in the devolution agenda as all those awarded cash are areas with metro mayors.
Mr Burnham said the funding was an "important first step" that "shows the Government is listening to the case that Greater Manchester is making".
But he said that ongoing revenue funding would also be needed.
"As welcome as it is, infrastructure investment alone will not make levelling up feel real to the people of Greater Manchester.," he said.
"That will only happen when the frequency and coverage of bus services are increased and fares are lowered to London levels.
"So we are now hopeful that the Government will soon build on this foundation and match this allocation with revenue funding to make our Bee Network vision a reality."
Elsewhere, there will be £830 million given to West Yorkshire, £570 million in South Yorkshire, £1.05 billion in the West Midlands, £310 million in Tees Valley, £540 million in the West of England and £710 million for the Liverpool City Region.
Andy Street, the Conservative mayor of the West Midlands, welcomed the announcement and said: "I am absolutely delighted that our ambition has paid off and we've secured more than £1 billion of Government investment to continue our transport revolution here in the West Midlands.
"It is the largest single transport sum we have ever received, and I know the team cannot wait to press on and start getting diggers in the ground on some truly game-changing schemes.
"From more metro lines and train stations, to new bus routes and electric vehicle charging points, this cash will help us to continue to build a clean, green transport network that connects communities and tackles the climate emergency."
Some £5.7 billion will be transport settlements for the regions, while £1.2 billion of new funding will go towards transforming bus services to deliver London-style journey times, fares and number of services.
Mr Sunak said: "Great cities need great transport and that is why we're investing billions to improve connections in our city regions as we level up opportunities across the country.
"There is no reason why somebody working in the North and Midlands should have to wait several times longer for their bus or train to arrive in the morning compared to a commuter in the capital.
"This transport revolution will help redress that imbalance as we modernise our local transport networks so they are fit for our great cities and those people who live and work in them."
The £5.7 billion is a five-year settlement, and has been increased from the initial £4.2 billion proposed, the Treasury said.
While the £1.2 billion of funding for buses is part of £3 billion that the Prime Minister committed to spending on a "bus revolution" in March.
The Confederation of Passenger Transport, which represents the bus and coach industry, said the fact that the full £3 billion had not been reached yet meant the Government's "rhetoric is unfortunately not being matched by reality".
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: "We're absolutely committed to building back better and boosting regional economies right across the country, and these investments are a clear example of how we're doing that.
"Modernising our transport network sits at the heart of our levelling up agenda.
"This funding will serve as a catalyst for the regeneration of towns and cities by improving infrastructure and ensuring more people have better access to jobs and education."
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will also receive additional funding through the Barnett formula.
Mr Burnham has been calling for more powers and funding for Greater Manchester's transport system and on Thursday tweeted a photograph of a train ticket from Manchester to Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside, which he said was a one-stop 20-minute journey, which cost £8.00.
He said in the tweet: "To be levelled up, we need London-level fares. Accept nothing less."
However, there were tensions with Labour MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark Neil Coyle who said in reply on Twitter: "It is *more expensive* to have a season ticket from Croydon to central London than Chorley to central Manchester.
"These cheap digs at London are inaccurate and need to end, not least for anyone interested in Labour doing well, or anyone interested in facts."
Alec Baldwin did not know weapon contained live ammunition court documents show
An assistant director unwittingly handed Alec Baldwin a loaded weapon and told him it was safe to use in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer, according to court documents. "Cold gun", the assistant director announced, according to a search warrant filed in a Santa Fe, Arizona court. Instead, the gun was loaded with live rounds and when Baldwin pulled the trigger on Thursday on the set of […]


Hailed by the New York Times as "deeply expressive" for his groundbreaking recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations on solo marimba, Pius Cheung is widely known as one of the most important percussionists of his generation. He has presented solo recitals at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, National Concert Hall in Taipei, Kyoto Arts Center (Japan), as well as music festivals around the globe such as the Usedom Music Festival (Germany), Manchester Music Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Taiwan International Percussion Convention, Chiapas International Marimba Festival (Mexico), Drum Fest (Poland), Percussion Plus Festival (Denmark), Italy PAS International Percussion Festival, Osaka Percussion Festival and Shenyang International Percussion Festival (China).
He is one of the most sought-after composers for percussion today. His latest works include Allegro Brutale for solo marimba, commissioned by Dame Evelyn Glennie; Heaven and Earth, a 20 minute tone poem for the Ju Percussion Group; and a marimba concerto for the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra.
Furthermore, Mr. Cheung frequently serves as a judge at national and international competitions, as well as presents masterclasses at renowned institutions such as the Juilliard School, Curtis Institute of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Amsterdam Conservatory, Paris Conservatory, Toho Gakuen (Japan) and Beijing Central Conservatory.
Mr. Cheung endorses Yamaha, Zildjian, Remo, and Innovative Percussion, which produces his signature mallet series. Mr. Cheung is currently an Associate Professor and Chair of the Percussion Area at the University of Oregon.


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Q: Phonegap doesn't show images I have a problem with my current application built with PhoneGap. Images are not loading :
http://i.stack.imgur.com/0p5bv.png
Here is my code:

    <img src="images/tareas.png" class="dashboard_icon"/

EDIT 2: and here the application structure:
PG\assets\www (contains the html page) and the image folder...PG\assets\www\images\
Any idea how to solve this problem ?

A: Make sure that you have specified the correct directory for the images. Try putting the actual http link to the images as the src. For example, "http://yourdomain.com/images/tareas.png"


There are a number of individual products that make up the Regupol® Acoustic Underlay Collection. All of them have been developed with specific applications in mind, however, many of them provide more than one area of application.
When selecting an acoustic underlay it is important to get all the information. Noise and vibrations travel through every building differently and every building has different noise expectations* relating to how much impact noise is acceptable.
That is why we have developed a number of Acoustic Systems that incorporate various floor coverings with an appropriate Regupol® Impact Soundproofing Underlay as well as a Regupol Adhesive. Additionally, we can develop systems that are tailored to suit our customers specific acoustic criteria.
* Noise expectations include that of the Building Code of Australia, the specifying architect, builder, developer, acoustic engineer, Local Council, the strata By-Law etc.
Regupol® 4515-S 3mm is a direct stick soundproofing acoustic system designed to isolate approved resilient flooring from the main structure of the building, reducing impact energy generated by general footfall.
Soundproofing acoustic underlay for under resilient floor coverings.
Regupol® 4515 4.5mm is a soundproofing acoustic underlay designed to isolate approved rubber, textile and hard floor finishes from the main structure of the building, reducing impact energy generated by general footfall.
Soundproofing acoustic underlay for under direct fix tiles and screeded tile floors.
Regupol® K225 5mm is a soundproofing acoustic underlay designed to isolate approved parquetry floors from the main structure of the building, reducing impact energy generated by general footfall.
Soundproofing acoustic underlay for under parquetry floors.
Regupol® 5512 5mm is a soundproofing acoustic underlay designed to isolate approved bonded screed beds and engineered timber or laminate from the main structure of the building, reducing impact energy generated by general footfall.
Soundproofing acoustic underlay for under engineered timber, laminates and screed beds.
Regupol® 6015 6/3mm is a soundproofing acoustic underlay designed to isolate approved floor finishes from the main structure of the building, reducing impact energy generated by general footfall.
Soundproofing acoustic underlay for under screeded tile floors and engineered timber.
Regupol® 6010 8/4mm dimple is a soundproofing acoustic underlay designed to isolate approved floor finishes from the main structure of the building, reducing impact energy generated by general footfall.
Soundproofing acoustic underlay for under screed beds and engineered timber.
Regupol® 6010 10mm is a soundproofing acoustic underlay designed to isolate approved floor finishes from the main structure of the building, reducing impact energy generated by general footfall.
Soundproofing acoustic underlay for under engineered timber or laminate and screeded tile floors.
Regupol® 6010 17/8mm dimple is a soundproofing acoustic underlay designed to isolate approved floor finishes from the main structure of the building, reducing impact energy generated by general footfall.
Soundproofing acoustic underlay for under T&G timber & plywood as well as customised acoustic systems.


Since the 2018 elections, The Centre Party have been the majority party on the council, in a coalition with The Moderate Party, The Liberal Party and The Christian-Democrat Party.
The Regional Executive Board is the committee which monitors the operations of the other committees and the business conducted through corporations.
The Regional Executive Board also manages the finances, executes the decisions of the Regional Council and prepares or comments on matters before the council. The committees are responsible for (manage) the operations as directed by the council and frequently as regulated by law.
The Regional Council is the "parliament" of Region Gotland and the Regional Executive Board comprises its "government".
There are twelve committees working under the Regional Council that are responsible for different operational areas.
The Regional Executive Board is the committee that leads and coordinates the region's overall mission, and follows up the work of the other committees. This committee also follows developments in areas that are important to the region.
Each committee has one or more departments made up of employees, so-called officials. Region Gotland's highest manager is the Chief Executive, who manages the region's officials. The departments implement what has been decided by the committees. There are eight departments in Region Gotland.
Responsible for overall management and direction.
Detail and overall planning, building permits, environment and health protection.
Property management, water and sewage, harbour and park environments, water and refuse, public transport and emergency services.
Sports, exercise and recreation establishments, libraries and culture.
Childcare, schools upper secondary education, adult education and folk high school.
Care for the elderly, the functionally impaired and individuals and families.
County health care, specialist health care, primary health care and dental care.
Those registered as living on Gotland can bring a suggestion to the Regional Council, a so-called citizen suggestion. This right also applies to children, adolescents and people with foreign backgrounds who don't have the right to vote in municipal elections. Organisations, businesses etc. cannot make citizen suggestions.
There is a special form for citizen suggestions which must be signed in writing and posted.
Visit the website of the Election Authority www.val.se for current information about general elections.


One of the most important changes we made to the Sunshine Sam store layout when we moved to Montclair was to display products by interest and not by age. We found that shoppers asked us to recommend a gift for a child who likes to build, play sports, is a fashionista, enjoys puzzles, etc. Age was the second characteristic they mentioned, and as we all know, children develop skills at different paces. Similarly, every family is different. One size doesn't fit all, but these picks are fantastic for all types of personalities.
6) BEST WAY TO EXPRESS YOURSELF: Wear Your Flair!
New to Sunshine Sam this year, is a giant collection of "FLAIR" from all over the world. Flair can be a button that makes you laugh, a cool patch that turns a plain jacket into "your unique awesomely cool jacket", or even a unicorn horn head band. Flair starts conversations and makes people smile…so wear your flair. (pictured: Smarty Pants Balloon Dog, Whistleburg, Australia Koala, and Baymoon Studio in Pennsylvania.
Father-daughter team John and Riley (age 7), the artists behind Little Lux, send sunshine into the world with jewelry that is meant to be collected. Whether it's my current favorite, the "Strong, Smart, Bold" tassel necklace, or another with a curious little gnome, all of G & L's necklaces are statement pieces. Riley's success inspires children to pursue entrepreneurism and follow their dreams at any age. After all, I don't know many seven year-olds who have been written about in Forbes and Vogue!
Handcrafted in Austin, TX out of laser cut cork. Lyrics are engraved.
Idea Boxes are small boxes of wooden "coins" with activity suggestions on them. If you've ever shopped at Sunshine Sam, you know I rave about Idea Boxes as a "must-have" tool for all parents. Jennifer Young, the busy mother of three, is the creator of these simple but genius boxes that range from science experiments to scavenger hunts. At this time of year, especially, The Wiggle Box has been a life-saver on those rainy or snowy days when Sam really needs to get his energy out, but playing outside isn't an option. We grab The Wiggle Box and pull out a coin, which directs him to do a creative, safe and active task. One of our favorites is to act like a boxer. Air box fast, then slow, then as fast as possible for as long as possible. Before I know it, Sam is exhausted and calm is restored!
How does the owner of a toy store choose a favorite game? The answer is… I can't! All from Blue Orange, the brains behind Fastrack and Spot it!, Dr. Eureka, Brix and Yam Slam are our best sellers for families who like to play together.
Not sure which game is right for you? Stop by and try them out at our game tables!


PURPOSE: Global exposure, service, evangelism, discerning "Am I called to go?"
Sponsored by Encompass World Partners Crisis Response.
If you are able to do manual labor, have some construction skills, and can take time from work, we want to have a group ready to respond when called upon. These teams are deployed to meet needs after domestic and international natural disasters. Costs depend on the project location and duration.
By the end of your experience, be partnered with at least one of our Global Teammates (prayer and giving) and partnered with one of our community ministry partners (prayer and volunteering).


Building Managers International is an organization of Community Association Managers dedicated to improving the education and professionalism of licensed Community Association Managers in the State of Florida. BMI is the only statewide organization created and operated by and for the benefit of Florida Managers. Our National Board of Directors and the Boards of each local chapter are made up of Managers and Associates working together.
Founded in 1965 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, BMI rapidly grew to be recognized as an invaluable source of education, information and professional association by condominium, cooperative and homeowner associations throughout the State. BMI through their lobbyist, Legislative leaders and financial support brought about CAM licensing. BMI plays a pivotal role in CAM education for the renewal of licenses.
The Members of BMI come from all different areas in the State and from many different walks in life. We represent high-rise, mid-rise and low-rise buildings. We manage beachfront, lakefront, riverfront and inland communities. We have between one and sixty employees. We work for investment properties and owner occupied associations. We've been in this business from six months to thirty years. Some of us are independent managers, some are a part of a management team and some work for management companies. Some manage a single association, some a multitude of properties. In spite of this varied background, we have discovered that our membership does demonstrate certain qualities common to each and every member. Most importantly our commitment has always been education, networking and integrity.
When a member is qualified he or she may earn an accreditation as a "Certified Building Administrator" or C.B.A.®. The C.B.A.® test can be taken for a fee of $50 after you have been a member of BMI for one year. The C.B.A.® test consist of Florida Statutes and general information regarding management. This designation adds considerably to the prestige of management and is recognized by the State of Florida.
Associate members are not allowed to pass out any promotional material, including business cards, unless they are sponsoring that specific event or have been approached by the manager to obtain their information.


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National Health Law Program Priority Goals for Improving Health Care in California
By: Kimberly Lewis
In a letter to California Governor-Elect Gavin Newsom, the National Health Law Program provides its "priority goals to improve health care in California" in 2019. "Your administration has an opportunity to further expand the coverage gains our state has made, while protecting individuals and families across the state from ongoing federal threats," Managing Attorney of National Health Law Program's Los Angeles office Kim Lewis writes. "To accomplish these aims, it is critical that your administration commits to reducing health disparities. Together, we must address the persistent socioeconomic and geographic inequities that plague health care access and health outcomes in California."
Download the letter for the three key ares where California can reduce disparities and strengthen California's health care system.
The National Health Law Program's experts cover a number of issues impacting access to and the quality of care for low-income and underserved people and families. Read more here »
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California Policy Needs During and After COVID: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention
Alicia Emanuel and Skyler Rosellini
The COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) has fundamentally altered how California's Medi-Cal program is administered. At the start of…
Health Care Advocates' Vision for Transforming Access to Medi-Cal Mental Health Care
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La fonologia és la ciència que estudia els fonemes, les classes de sons considerats distintius en un sistema lingüístic concret, i les relacions entre ells. És una branca de la filologia i té relació amb la síntesi de la veu i la lingüística computacional. Estableix quins són els fonemes d'una determinada llengua, és a dir, els sons distintius que serveixen com a trets bàsics per a diferenciar unes paraules d'altres. També estudia els fenòmens de contacte entre els sons i la seva constitució en síl·labes. La transcripció fonològica dels fonemes es posa entre // per distingir-la de la fonètica, dels fons, entre claudàtors [ ].

Desenvolupament i adquisició del sistema fonològic
La fonologia estudia el contacte entre els sons d'una paraula, ens posa en alerta  quan un nen té problemes fonològics importants i li cal un tractament logopèdic individualitzat. Fins als tres primers anys de vida els infants aprenen el codi lingüístic i sovint trobem assimilacions, omissions i substitucions de caràcter no estable però cal vigilar-ne l'evolució. Més enllà dels quatre anys les omissions de les consonants inicials i intervocàliques ja no es consideren evolutives i és convenient fer una valoració del seu perfil fonològic (La prova del desenvolupament fonològic de Laura Bosch és un test molt adequat). Si s'observen trets greus en el perfil, cal recomanar un tractament logopèdic. El nen que frontalitza els sons i transforma les velars (/c/ /g/) i la fricativa (/s/) en el fonema /t/ necessita una intervenció aviat. Als cinc anys són processos fonològics preocupants la simplificació dels grups consonàntics directes, la no diferenciació entre els sons /l/ /r/ /d/, l'omissió de consonants i síl·labes inicials i la simplificació de diftongs. Als sis anys el desenvolupament fonològic ha d'estar completat perquè és necessari per a l'adquisició de la lectoescriptura.

Referències

Bibliografia

Fonologia


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Q: Calculate percentage given condition I am new to this website and to coding as well. I was wondering if any of you could help me out
I need to calculate the Top 5 Movies, by rating distribution, calculating the percentage of ratings for each movie that are 4 stars or higher.
So far I was only able to calculate the number of occurrences using dplyr.
Is it possible to calculate it using dplyr (something similar to my coding)?
I'm not sure whether I need to mutate to come up with the solution or if there's another way to do so.
My code so far:
dfAux1 <- na.omit(dfAux)
dfAux1 %>%
  group_by(movie) %>%
  summarise(tot = n()) %>%
  arrange(desc(tot))%>%
  head(5)

the result should be something like this:
**Expected result**:
0.7000000, 'The Shawshank Redemption'
0.5333333, 'Star Wars IV - A New Hope'
0.5000000, 'Gladiator'
0.4444444, 'Blade Runner'
0.4375000, 'The Silence of the Lambs'

and so far this is my result:
# A tibble: 5 x 2
                              movie   tot
                             <fctr> <int>
1                         Toy Story    17
2          The Silence of the Lambs    16
3         Star Wars IV - A New Hope    15
4 Star Wars VI - Return of the Jedi    14
5                  Independence Day    13

edit:
str(dfAux1)
'data.frame':   241 obs. of  2 variables:
 $ Rating: int  1 5 4 2 4 5 4 2 3 2 ...
 $ movie : Factor w/ 20 levels "Star Wars IV - A New Hope",..: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ...
 - attr(*, "na.action")=Class 'omit'  Named int [1:159] 3 4 7 16 17 23 27 28 34 36 ...
  .. ..- attr(*, "names")= chr [1:159] "3" "4" "7" "16" ...

dput(dfAux1)
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"Star Wars VI - Return of the Jedi", "Forrest Gump", "The Shawshank Redemption",
"The Silence of the Lambs", "Gladiator", "Toy Story", "Saving Private Ryan",
"Pulp Fiction", "Stand by Me", "Shakespeare in Love", "Total Recall",
"Independence Day", "Blade Runner", "Groundhog Day", "The Matrix",
"Schindler's List", "The Sixth Sense", "Raiders of the Lost Ark",
"Babe"), class = "factor")), .Names = c("Rating", "movie"), row.names = c(1L,
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A: I am using data.table instead of dplyr
library(data.table)
setDT(dfAux1)  # make dfAux1 as data table by reference

# calculate total number by movies, then compute percent for `Rating >= 4` by movies and then sort `tot` by descending order and also eliminating duplicates in movies using `.SD[1]` which gives the first row in each movie.
dfAux1[, .(Rating, tot = .N), by = movie ][Rating >= 4, .(percent = .N/tot, tot), by = movie ][order(-tot), .SD[1], by = movie]

#                                movie    percent tot
# 1:                         Toy Story 0.35294118  17
# 2:          The Silence of the Lambs 0.43750000  16
# 3:         Star Wars IV - A New Hope 0.53333333  15
# 4: Star Wars VI - Return of the Jedi 0.35714286  14
# 5:                  Independence Day 0.30769231  13
# 6:                         Gladiator 0.50000000  12
# 7:                      Total Recall 0.08333333  12
# 8:                     Groundhog Day 0.41666667  12
# 9:                        The Matrix 0.41666667  12
# 10:                  Schindler's List 0.33333333  12
# 11:                   The Sixth Sense 0.33333333  12
# 12:               Saving Private Ryan 0.36363636  11
# 13:                      Pulp Fiction 0.36363636  11
# 14:                       Stand by Me 0.36363636  11
# 15:               Shakespeare in Love 0.27272727  11
# 16:           Raiders of the Lost Ark 0.27272727  11
# 17:                      Forrest Gump 0.30000000  10
# 18:          The Shawshank Redemption 0.70000000  10
# 19:                              Babe 0.40000000  10
# 20:                      Blade Runner 0.44444444   9

A: Overview
I used the dplyr package to group your data by the movie column and perform calculations based on the rating column.
In summarise(), I created three new columns:

*

*Total_Review: counts the total number of reviews per movie.

*FourPlus_Rating: counts the subset of reviews with a Rating value of 4 or higher.

*Per_FourPlus_Rating: divides FourPlus_Rating by Total_Review.

I then arranged the date in descending order based on Per_FourPlus_Rating. Finally, I called head() to specify that I only want the tibble to return the first 5 rows.
Reproducible Example
# install necessary package
install.packages( pkgs = "dplyr" )

# load necessary package
library( dplyr )

# view first six rows
head( x = df )
#   Rating                     movie
# 1      1 Star Wars IV - A New Hope
# 2      5 Star Wars IV - A New Hope
# 5      4 Star Wars IV - A New Hope
# 6      2 Star Wars IV - A New Hope
# 8      4 Star Wars IV - A New Hope
# 9      5 Star Wars IV - A New Hope

# perform calculations using
# dplyr functions
df %>%
  group_by( movie ) %>%
  summarise( Total_Review              = n()
             , FourPlus_Rating         = length( Rating[ which( Rating >= 4 ) ] )
             , Per_FourPlus_Rating     = length( Rating[ which( Rating >= 4 ) ] ) / n() ) %>%
  arrange( desc( Per_FourPlus_Rating ) ) %>%
  head( n = 5 )
# A tibble: 5 x 4
# movie               Total_Review FourPlus_Rating Per_FourPlus_Rati…
# <fct>                      <int>           <int>              <dbl>
# 1 The Shawshank Rede…           10               7              0.700
# 2 Star Wars IV - A N…           15               8              0.533
# 3 Gladiator                     12               6              0.500
# 4 Blade Runner                   9               4              0.444
# 5 The Silence of the…           16               7              0.438

# end of script #

A: A single line solution using data.table and data from OP could be as:
library(data.table)
setDT(dfAux1)[, .(pct = sum(Rating>=4)/.N), by=movie][order(-pct)][1:5]
                  movie        pct
1:  The Shawshank Redemption 0.7000000
2: Star Wars IV - A New Hope 0.5333333
3:                 Gladiator 0.5000000
4:              Blade Runner 0.4444444
5:  The Silence of the Lambs 0.4375000

A: this is a dplyr solution:
    dfAuxhigh=filter(dfAux1,Rating>=4)%>%group_by(movie)%>%summarize(percentHigh=n())
dfAux=dfAux1%>%group_by(movie)%>%summarize(percentAll=n())
result<-merge(dfAuxhigh,dfAux,by="movie")%>%mutate(percentage=percentHigh/percentAll)
result<-result[order(result$percentage,decreasing = T)[1:5],c(1,4)]

A: library(tidyverse)

df %>%
  group_by(movie, Rating) %>%
  summarise(n = n()) %>%           #< get freq of movies
  mutate(freq = n/sum(n)) %>%      #< find perc for each rating, by movie
  filter(Rating >=4) %>%           #< filter for desired rating (4 or above)
  summarise(freq = sum(freq)) %>%  #< summarize again
  top_n(5) %>%
  arrange(desc(freq)) %>%
  mutate(freq = paste0(round(freq*100, 2), "%"))

#>   movie                     freq
#> 1 The Shawshank Redemption  70%
#> 2 Star Wars IV - A New Hope 53.33%
#> 3 Gladiator                 50%
#> 4 Blade Runner              44.44%
#> 5 The Silence of the Lambs  43.75%


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Iran has agreed to a second round of discussions over its disputed nuclear program following a meeting in Geneva with diplomats from the United States and other world powers. Suzanne Maloney joined PBS' NewsHour to discuss how this week's talks were a positive step and what to expect from future engagement between the United States and Iran.
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Q: query builder join and get the specified record laravel I'm joing two table and then find the specified record but unfortunately it doesnt work.
$users = DB::table('users')
        ->join('user_details', 'users.id', '=', 'user_details.id')
        //->select('users.*', 'contacts.phone', 'orders.price')
        ->get()->find(1);

any ideas help?

A: To achieve this using Eloquent, do the following:
I'm assuming you're using the latest Laravel version (5.1)
1. You need a Model for the User and the UserDetails:
<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class User extends Model {}

2. Set up the relationship between them
User.php
function details()
{
    // for this to work, the user_details table needs a column user_id
    return $this->hasMany('App\UserDetail');
}

UserDetail.php
function user()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('App\User');
}

3. Query the relationship:
e.g. UserController.php
<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\User;

class UserController {
    public function index()
    {
        $user = User::find(1);
        $user_details = $user->details;

        // or

        $user = User::find(1)->with('details');

    }
}

A: I think, the correct query will be like below:
$users = DB::table('users')
    ->find(1)
    ->join('user_details', 'users.id', '=', 'user_details.id')
    ->get();

Or you can use where to specify where clauses.
$users = DB::table('users')
    ->where('user.gender', '=', 1) // Example.
    ->join('user_details', 'users.id', '=', 'user_details.id')
    ->get();


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Today's announcement is the result of Prime Minister Trudeau and his fellow G7 leaders listening to civil society organisations, 160,000 signatories on a global petition, and most importantly to women and girls themselves. This sends a strong message to the world's most vulnerable and neglected girls that they will not be left behind.
Canada's government has committed to invest $309m (C$400m) over three years for girls' education in crises, prioritising the needs of girls, who are 2.5 times more likely to be out of school than boys in crises. By supporting the education and empowerment of millions of girls from fragile contexts, Canada's action alongside its G7 allies is helping sow the seeds for gender equality, economic opportunities, and peace and security to flourish.
In response to this announcement, Caroline Riseboro, President and CEO, Plan International Canada said, "At Plan International Canada we've known for years the crucial role that education plays for children in crisis, especially girls, and the lifeline it can be. I've seen first-hand the transformational impact girls can have on their communities when they're able to realise their rights. After years of fighting for gender equality, I'm hopeful for what this announcement will mean for millions of girls living in refugee camps and conflict zones who will now be able to choose their own futures."
ACTION NEEDED ON A WORLDWIDE CRISIS
The scale of this education crisis is unprecedented. Today, 75 million children and youth are out-of-school in 35 crisis-affected countries. Today's funding announcement will elevate this neglected issue on the global agenda, laying a foundation for sustained global action. Thanks to this global commitment, education will now be a reality – by best estimates – for 8.67 million children living in crises all over the world.
Education is key to empowering women and brings hope for an entire generation of girls, in places like Syria, where civil war has been raging for over seven years, or countries like Uganda, where millions of refugee girls have been out of school for more than nine years.
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Family members today have a new role: helping children behave safely and responsibly when they are using social media, whether for fun or for learning. This guide is designed to help you do that. Recently, the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) worked with our teachers, librarians, and students, and partnered with Common Sense Media to develop guidelines for students 13 and older for the effective use of social media. These guidelines focus on four areas: digital image, responsible posting, considering consequences, and cyberbullying.
There are infographics for each of the areas, created by NYCDOE students and teachers for use by students and teachers, which you may also want to share with your child. You can find the guidelines and the infographics on our website at schools.nyc.gov/SocialMedia.
Used safely and responsibly, social media enhances education, communication, and learning. The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) convened a number of our own expert teachers and librarians, as well as students, and partnered with Common Sense Media to develop guidelines to support both staff and students in the effective use of social media.
This document offers ideas for teaching each area (sourced from Common Sense Media and the Citizenship in a Digital Age handbook) and shows educators which Common Core and Information Fluency Continuum standards the suggested lessons align with. There are also infographics for each of the areas, which were created by NYCDOE students and teachers for use by students and teachers. All of the materials cited are available for use by teachers everywhere, without payment or special permission.
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The emergence and use of new technologies strengthen the need for all learners to know and practice safe, effective, ethical use of technology through training in Internet safety. While many students and teachers use various technologies often, others may use it infrequently or lack basic access or information to use technology. Yet all learners, including the youngest students, students with special needs, and English language learners, can receive guidance in information literacy and the safe and ethical use of telecommunications tools such as social networking spaces and online coursework to meet learning standards, credit or degree requirements, and life-long learning needs. NYSED can assist by providing technical assistance for instructional programs designed to promote the proper and safe use of the Internet.


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Q: TabBar disappears after calling a view programatically Hi I have a project with a TabBar Controller as root view controller and this one has 5 Views.
TabBar
[Tab 1, Tab 2, Tab 3]
[Tab 1 Table view with Navigation View Controller] [Tab 2, Second Table view with Navigation View Controller]  [Tab 3 Third Table view with Navigation View Controller]
In the first Tab the when the user taps on the Row the user will be move to another Table View with a embedded Navigation View Controller.  This list of details when have 2 UITableViewRowAction in which I display another view with some information.  Here is the problem, when I go back from the View the child Table View the tab control has disappear.
I will appreciate if someone can give idea how to fix this problem.  The Idea is to be able to go back to the Detail Table View without the need to make the segue to the root view because, I tried this already and takes me directly to the first TAb instead of the detail table view.
Another thing if this needs code I will also appreciate if the provide code is in swift.
Here is the code to call the view from the a UITableViewRowAction:
   var details = UITableViewRowAction(style: .Normal, title: "Edit") {
        (action: UITableViewRowAction!, indexPath: NSIndexPath!) -> Void in
           let destination = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier("editFolder") as! EditFolderViewController
           self.showDetailViewController(destination, sender: self)
   }

And to go back to the table View I use a segue created in the storyboard so there is no code.

A: Since you didn't show how you dismiss the EditFolderViewController, I can only guess as how you hooked up the segue in the storyboard.
As you are using showDetailViewController you will be getting essentially a modal view from EditFolderViewController, is that what you what?
In order to dismiss a viewController I would recommend trying to call
 self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: {
      //do stuff after view is off screen
 })

in EditFolderViewController at the spot where you were triggering the segue.
If you don't want to do that you can try setting up an unwind segue action in your storyboard.  Here is a tutorial that walks you through that if you are unfamiliar.