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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/27923 | Tuesday, April 23, 2019
GitHub repository workflow using gitflow mechanism
This workflow will describe all the necessary steps that you need to follow to release a project.
It is targeted for those projects where more than one members are contributing in the project because that will require a standard workflow that will keep the quality in check at each level.
So try to follow the steps as mentioned below, where a repository have been taken for sample.
1. First you need to setup the codebase on your local machine
1. Create a clone of the repository
• git clone "project-repository-git-url"
2. Get inside the repository folder
• cd "project-repository-path"
3. Refer this article to learn more about the gitflow mechanism of handling a project
4. Enable git flow mechanism on the current repository
• git flow init -d
• It is required to be done by each contributor on their respective clones
5. Check out develop branch
• git checkout develop
6. Copy & paste all the code in this folder from previous repo
7. Update .gitignore file by adding file/folder name that you don't want to add in repo
8. Stage all the relevant & required files
• git add .
9. Commit the code with relevant message
• git commit -m "your-commit-message"
10. If you add issue number in you commit message like #1 Added initial codebase, then the commit would reflect under issue from which it is associated
• git commit -m "#issue-number your-commit-message"
11. Push the committed code
• git push
2. Once you have made a stable code base in develop branch then raise pull request to merge it in master branch.
3. When your pull request will get approved, then either you or approver can merge the pull request to the master branch.
4. Using gitflow you need to create release branch as
• git flow release start release-1.0.0
• Test this code base to make sure everything is stable and releasable
• git flow release finish 'release-1.0.0'
5. Then, go to releases section of the repository
6. Create new release
1. Mention Tag version, e.g., v1.0.0
2. Choose the Target branch as release-1.0.0
3. Mention the Release title as Release v1.0.0
4. Add the release notes in the Describe section that should contain all the relevant text in points like
1. New features added
2. Bugs fixed
3. Limitations if any
5. Attach the binary files like installer exe, apk, app, etc.
6. Click on Publish release button to make it release it publicly
Note: Although I have mentioned all the steps using command line but I'll recommend you to use Sourcetree app instead because it will provide a lot of ease while following the workflow.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/27924 | 2400 A. D. Walkthrough version 1.0.2 Copyright 1999-2000 by Andrew Schultz schultza@earthlink.net ****** AD SPACE ****** My 2400 A. D. page is at: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/2762/2400/main.htm My games page is at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/2762/games/games.htm My main page is at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/2762 2400 A.D. is copyright Chuck Bueche "Chuckles," Origin Systems, 1987. This walkthrough copyright 1999-2000 by Andrew Schultz may not be redistributed for profit in any way without my prior consent. I look over old Apple games for fun and don't really think there should be direct profit in it for someone who cuts-and-pastes without my permission. Especially since there wasn't much real _WORK_. This was fun to write and, I hope, fun to read too. Any mistakes, corrections, etc., even of blatant typos(I don't often have time to proofread), can be mailed to me at schultza@earthlink.net. ********BEGIN WALKTHROUGH******** The year is 2400 A. D. and the Tzorg Empire has enslaved the city of Metropolis for a while, using robots to keep the peace, in its quest for galactic domination. But wait! There's hope! You, with the help of the Underground, a covert resistance movement who never get organized enough themselves to put information together and stop the oppression, can overthrow the Tzorgs. I have asterisked out quests where you just need to find information. They are not strictly necessary, but they are neat puzzles. Also alternative solutions are labeled with "+." They may require knowledge found elsewhere in the game. First, start with intelligence=agility=endurance=30, and affinity=9. If you really need to improve affinity just talk to someone, cut off the conversation, and talk again. That's one-half of an affinity point--and if people ignore you, shopkeepers won't, and you can build affinity that way. However, with this walkthrough you will have the info you need to complete the game, so why bother with the people you're trying to save? For endurance, run or climb stairs--which lowers it short-term but raises the maximum long-term by a quarter of how far it is lowered. Agility comes from fixing or using weapons, and intelligence comes from fixing or using items. You can pretty much futz with a teleporter or a gridread or a scanner and get intelligence to 99. NEVER, NEVER use a booster pill. They're not worth it. Boost labs are too hard to get to if you want an efficient walkthrough, although they are a neat puzzle. Look for Fritz in the underground if you really want to know. [Insert cranky comment about how technology makes us lazy and fat and doesn't improve our endurance ONE POINT here] The first thing to do is to go to Joe's Bar. It's a building north and two to the east of where you start the game. Spider is in back, behind the bar. He's lying down. Now, he'll ask you to go to Johnnie's Corner to see Reggie, who willyou a password. You'll want to run east(Johnnie's is in the south of the east end) to avoid the Checker and a potential Social Demerit. It isn't necessary to get the password, but if you don't, you'll need to get a loan off Brehm's Bank at loan-shark rates or suffer through a lot of losing battles with a hand blaster. Even Brehm tells you the way you should be making money is by killing robots. Searching for and finding energy cells and selling them at 5 credits is another, but it's a little more tedious. However, if you're out of credits and guns, this is viable. It is less honest but more effective, once you have given Spider the password, to drop all your items and talk to him. Then drop the hand blaster you've received and talk to him. Some racket, huh? Having several hand blasters isn't useful, but selling them all and coming back again is. And if you're ever out of ammo, just reload, get killed, err, "knocked unconscious," and pick up your gun again in the southeast corner of the rehabilitation center(along the south wall is where contraband is hidden) maybe stopping to see Spider along the way. A quick way to find Tim, who buys stuff, is to use location 24 in the transporters. One other thing worth noting about picking up credits is that if you kill a robot and go to the correctional center, you can go back in a reasonable amount of time and search for its credits if you hadn't before. **At Johnnie's Corner: It's in the east sector. Run all the way east(to avoid the checker robot and social demerits) and Johnnie's corner is to the south of the end of the walkway. Johnnie's at the bar. He'll tell you Reggie's upstairs if you ask about REGGIE. Go upstairs and ask Reggie the PASSWORD. By the way, the stairs up/down are a great way to improve your endurance. Most of the places have tubes, which are strangely a bit slower for you--you have to wait for that noise to play. ++An alternative way to get there is to enter the transporter just outside of the check-in center and type "LETSGO" and then "01" which sends you to the transporter just outside Johnnie's Corner. Back chez Spider you'll get Plastiform(healing) and a hand blaster and a passcard FA74, which opens the door in the Novue Apartments, behind which you can get to the underground. Don't worry about getting energy, or that you can't load from an energy node without attracting attention. In the underground there is a place with unlimited energy cells. There's also another place in the Megatech warehouse that has lots of energy cells. Rudy tells you about them. The first thing you'll want to concentrate on is buying armor, perhaps a light shield. It is 500 credits and can be found in the underground. I'd advise picking off robots guarding the borders first. To sneak behind them, either run on the walkways or use the transporters(type LETSGO and then at the second prompt type 01, 02, 03, 04 to send you to the restricted zones, and 00 sends you to outside the Public Tracking Office! Read at any transporter to see its number.) The checker will follow you, and you will probably want to sucker him into a corner. Then attack him. A recurring strategy for fighting robots is to arrange things so you take on one at a time instead of several. Alleys are your friends, especially since robots can't shoot diagonally in them. By the way, if you get "killed," just search for the loose panel in the west of your cell. Climb down to the first level underground, then go west and climb back up. You'll be in administration(the west side!) Then go back to the correctional center. That's the first building after you leave the western zone, on your north. Your items are in a box in the southeast corner of the first level. Items are put there whenever you go to jail, so this happens if you Z(urrender) too! It's convenient and makes the game easier, but you can't help wondering that security's a little lax. (Also, confiscated items go here!) After you get the light shield you can attack robots with a little more abandon. I'd wait until you have 1000 credits to buy stuff from Wes(i.e. a Laser Cutter). In fact, you might want to buy a lot from Wes and sell it back to Tim so that he will give(that's right, give!) you the plasma rifle. Of course, the rifle will be broken, but we'll get to that later. Your next priority should be the blueprints. If you've been "working out" your energy by climbing stairs at Jonnie's Corner(or other stairs) it will be pretty high by now. Once it's over 50, you can break into the orange handled "heavy" door in Megatech. A high-powered weapon may work too--plasma rifles do but I'm not sure about lesser ones. Behind it is the blueprint room--there are some strange blueprints you should give to Les. Ask him to BUILD the blueprints, and he will charge the modest fee of 3500. It's worth it. The field disperser is great armor(you can ignore attacks from level 1 and 2 robots!) and will get you through force fields if you keep it charged. It won't break, either! With the field disperser the robots can't bug you any more above ground, unless you poke around in the upper levels of the correctional facility. After picking up the disperser, you should concentrate on getting the very best weapons with your credits, unless you feel like buying/selling to get the plasma rifles as mentioned above. You might want to pick up a jetpack. There's not that much else to buy, anyhow. But what about puzzles? Stop off in the south subway to find the transporter guidance device. Make sure you don't get hit by a train! It's worse than getting killed normally because you may lose money. There are some tough level 4 robots there so you may be best off to wait until they lose their "charge." This is a surprisingly effective strategy at any point when robots are behind energy fields. Robots have to recharge a lot, and they die out. Just walk past them then. Behind them in the second room, you find the TGD. Don in the hospital gives you the transporter combination, 18-09-12-15. I'll tell you what this means later. For the plasma rifle, you'll need to trade an energy regulator(700 at Larry's) for a microstat at Gilbert's and also find the multiplier tube Gilbert put in the trash out back. Fixing it costs 550. To raise the money, just waste a bunch of border guards if you don't have any better plans. Probably the ones to the west should be avoided, as level two robots may come from the correctional center on the alert. **Off to the west there's another part of the underground. For a superquick walkthrough you don't need to do this, just copy the deactivization codes, but the puzzles are rather fun, and I recommend trying them before "copping out." There are access terminals that give deactivization codes so you can win the game. Asking around at administration tells you they're behind Marion's office. It's one of those doors you need 50 endurance to break down, but don't worry. There are no robots in this part of the underground, so you'll get your endurance back with no trouble. Once you follow the hall and go downstairs, you'll have to climb over some pipes to get down to the second level. Again climb over some pipes to get to the first access terminal. As Jimmy told you in the west underground, "ACCTRM"(level minus 2) gives "ACCTRM0" as access code. Type CODES to avoid the humorous error messages, giving you the first deactivization code, CHLOBU. The tube to the second level reveals a bunch of conveyor belts. If you don't feel like mapping them out, here's the shortcut. Take the one to the east and follow it until it turns south. When you branch to the south and west, go west and then take the next turn to the north. Beyond the belt is an access terminal. Type ACCTRM1 and then CODES to get the second code, PERABR. For the third terminal go south and then east. You will find transporter 05(read when you're around the transporter!) A wild guess, or "seeing" the transporters beneath the garbage dump on the north side, might make you try LETSGO and 06. Voila! Level 4. Now there are a bunch of bins you need to push around. Basically, you can only push a bin onto an empty space. You'll want to get to a 2x2 room over on the west side, and on top of it, if you go over there, the disk may re-load and re-shuffle the bins to their original position, leaving you trapped. Don't worry about being trapped--you can push your way back out or even Z(urrender) if you must. Saving the game before pushing anything is probably the best precaution. The pattern to get to the third terminal is below("go W" means go all the way west): 2W, 3S of terminal 6. Push W 2x. Go N, Go W, Go S. Push W 5x. N. Push E 2x. N. W. Go 2S, W. Push W. S. E. Push E. S. W. S. W. Push N. Open door to W, go W twice. Talk W, "ACCTRM2" and "CODES" gives you EDDONE, the third and final code. Getting to the Tzorg complex is tricky--go to the waste dump in the north, but because there are a lot of guards, you might want to make sure you have two weapons loaded before you enter. Enter the dump from the north and go to the east. There is a maze, not too tricky once you realize which garbage you can walk through, but you will swing around east, south and west to the southwest corner where you'll find stairs down. Here's where you hit the "funny" transporters. If you don't have the Transporter Guidance Device, you won't be able to complete this part. Basically, you want to enter transporter 7. Teleport to transporter 18(type "LETSGO" and "18") and then 09, then 12, then 15, like Don told you in the hospital. Go east and take the stairs down. Then you'll encounter four teleporters. Doesn't matter which one you enter. They're teleporters 19-22. The one on the other side is, logically, 23. "LETSGO" and "23" gets you there. From there, don't enter any side rooms but go south. Then off to the west is a heavy-duty door. There are robots behind there but let the robots plug up the doorways, so you'll only have to take on one at a time. After opening three "heavy" doors there is a north-south hallway. Skip by the hallway, and don't go out until your endurance is high enough to take a few hits before you make it through. Most of the guard robots are stationary but they're not guarding anything. Just keep going west through the doors. There's only one way to go after that. You'll find yourself in a narrow hallway going north. Don't exit it--just fight the robots one at a time. There's also a possibility they'll need to recharge--in that case, to the east of the passage's end and the south is a place to recharge. If you keep going east, behind a heavy door you will find some much less difficult robots. Get rid of them, and then look for bookcases along the north wall. Behind one of them is a flight of stairs. Each time you go up, there'll be more stairs close by. Always take them. At one point you'll have a choice between a conveyor belt and the stairs. Take the stairs. The conveyor belt is a convoluted one-way ticket back to Metropolis, away from the secret entrance. Climb up the stairs again and note a heavy door to the right. If you enter the Authority Complex directly you can break that door open but couldn't climb over the garbage to get to where you are now. Go north through the force fields and save the game--just to be sure, as typos will send you to the correctional center--before you type in CHLOBU, PERABR and EDDONE to shut down the robots. You win. Enjoy the (primitive Apple IIe) fireworks! ++-there is an alternate solution as well. If you go through the front door of the Tzorg Authority comlpex and get to the conveyor belt, you can cross it with a jetpack, but you need to get the timing right so you don't hit any walls. Which means that the whole Transporter Guidance Device puzzle is technically unneccessary. Still it's fun to try this both ways. *********END WALKTHROUGH********* Credits: Thanks to an unknown author of the FAQ at http://games.msk.ru:8102/abc/0.htm, which showed me an alternate solution. Thanks to everyone who made me believe I *could* write a walkthrough and write the homepage. Thanks to kahei (www.kahei.com) for the hex editor that deciphered dialogs for me. And thanks to Chuck Bueche and Origin for making a fun, original game. Thanks to Al Amaloo at vgstrategies.about.com for providing an "Expert Site" link to my page above. Which gave me a certain amount of confidence. Change log: 11/7/99 re-solved 2400 on my Apple IIe emulator. Wrote up a very rough draft. 11/8/99 Touched up rough draft and submitted version 1.0.0 to gamefaqs.com 2/25/99 More minor cosmetic changes(1.0.1). Added alternate solution and homepage. 10/4/00 Yet more touch-ups(1.0.2) |
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/27951 | August 6, 2008
User entrepreneurship
One of the common topics at the UOI conference has been user entrepreneurship.
Perhaps the most general talk was that by Mary Tripsas, who presented a broader typology of the phenomenon of users who become entrepreneurs, based on her 2007 paper with Sonali Shah (available free) in Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.
Tripsas told the interesting story behind the story. They wrote a theory paper on user entrepreneurship for the leading theory journal, but it was rejected by reviewers who said “Why do we care? Users don’t start companies.”
After that rejection, they decided to augment their paper with some data. They investigated an obvious opportunity: parents who create kids stuff. They identified three categories of user entrepreneurs: those creating a new category (jogging strollers), those targeting an unmet niche need (e.g. car seats for low-weight babies), and incremental improvements on existing technologies.
Another example of user entrepreneurship was given by Lars Frederiksen, as part of his ongoing studies of the online user community hosted by Propellerhead Software to support its music editing and synthesis software. He presented a quote showing that users originally created complements for other reasons, and then realized over time that there was a business opportunity in it. (This is very similar to the market for PC freeware/shareware software that developed during the 1980s before the Internet.)
Sheryl Winston Smith also presented a paper that built on the user entrepreneurship ideas of the Tripsas & Shah paper, using examples from the medical equipment industry.
The fun thing about these examples is that the problem-solving usually came first: the users first wanted to fix something they saw broken (or make something possible that wasn’t previously possible) — then they created a business. Once upon a time, even Silicon Valley entrepreneurship was about solving unsolved (or seemingly unsolvable) problems, not about making a quick buck.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/27952 | what is booting
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As soon as the computer is turned on, the basic input-output system (BIOS) on your system’s read-only memory (ROM) chip is “woken up” and takes charge. BIOS is already loaded because it’s built-in to the ROM chip and, unlike random access memory (RAM), ROM contents don’t get erased when the computer is turned off.
BIOS first does a power-on self test (POST) to make sure all the computer’s components are operational. Then the BIOS’s boot program looks for the special boot programs that will actually load the operating system onto the hard disk.
First, it looks on drive A (unless you’ve set it up some other way or there is no diskette drive) at a specific place where operating system boot files are located. If there is a diskette in drive A but it’s not a system disk, BIOS will send you a message that drive A doesn’t contain a system disk. If there is no diskette in drive A (which is the most common case), BIOS looks for the system files at a specific place on your hard drive.
One of the first operating system files that is loaded is a system configuration file (for DOS, it’s called CONFIG.SYS). Information in the configuration file tells the loading program which specific operating system files need to be loaded (for example, specific device driver.
Another special file that is loaded is one that tells which specific applications or commands the user wants to have included or performed as part of the boot process. In DOS, this file is named AUTOEXEC.BAT. In Windows, it’s called WIN.INI. After all operating system files have been loaded, the operating system is given control of the computer and performs requested initial commands and then waits for the first interactive user input.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/27973 | Density Volume Formula
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/27982 | Joel Scott Reviews Poetry of the Earth: Mapuche Trilingual Anthology
By | 4 November 2015
Poetry of the Earth: Mapuche Trilingual Anthology
edited by Jaime Luis Huenún Villa
translated by Victor Cifuentes Palacios (Spanish into Mapudungun) and Juan Garrido Salgado, Steve Brock and Sergio Holas (Spanish into English)
Interactive Press, 2014
Book reviews tend to operate according to some kind of comparative drive: which are the writers whose work this resembles; is this work better or worse than those? Where can it be located in a historical system of literary relationships? Leaning on Harold Bloom’s theories of critical paternity testing and an inverted form of child support, this mode of review is supposed to gives us an idea of what the book might be like, whether we should bother reading it, perhaps even whether it should have been published in the first place.
In some ways, Poetry of the Earth: Mapuche Trilingual Anthology challenges us to abstain from these tropes. Poetry of the Earth is an extraordinary book, and before it and the work it contains can be compared to anything, it is necessary to consider just how remarkable it is as a publishing project. Works translated into English comprise approximately two to three percent of total publications each year (the figure sinks even lower if restricted to works of literature). Bilingual editions, though not uncommon for collections of poetry, are by no means standard practice. The reasons typically given for this are understandable: including the original text in a publication either doubles the page count (and increases printing costs) or halves the amount of work that can be included. Additionally, books that do get translated tend to be skewed towards Europe (French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian). So to be able to pick up a book focusing exclusively on contemporary Mapuche poets, with all the poems published not just in Spanish and English, but also in Mapudungun, is truly radical. That it comes from an Australian press, explicitly framed within the context of inter-indigenous poetics and solidarity only makes it more unique. As such, the book almost seems to dare a reviewer to compare it to other books and not come out looking like an idiot, or worse.
In his foreword, Professor Lester-Irabinna Rigney quotes the Native American scholar Robert Warrior and his call to achieve indigenous intellectual sovereignty, utilising and preserving ‘to the fullest extent possible all that makes us unique and distinct as Indigenous peoples’. In his introduction, Dr. Sergio Holas Véliz makes the point that these poems are based on the ül, which refers to the song and poetry, and is part of the Mapuche art of the word. This art of the word involves subgenres relating to the use of it in a range of cultural practices such as those related to ‘healing, rogativas/praying, warrior songs and others’. Which is to say that although these poems are also in conversation with poetries familiar to Australian readers – there is a citation from Pound, one poem deals with Li Po – they are also deeply rooted in a set of practices of the word that cannot be directly translated as ‘poetry’ as it is traditionally understood in the literary-academic complex. To try to find a way through this, I want to look at three aspects which are of particular importance to the work included in the anthology and to its presentation as a publication; translation, dream/image and country. Each of these aspects reveals not just a tentative path toward saying something meaningful about this book, but also signals some of the false steps that threaten to obscure it.
Like reviewing, translation is based on a comparative impulse. Doesn’t every word have its pair in every other language? And every text as well? It is on the back of translation as a practice (and eventual field of study), and against the backdrop of the claims of new studies in ‘World Literature’, that comparative literature has established itself. The central problem of these disciplines is largely summed up by Emily Apter’s question in The Translation Zone: A New Comparative Literature: how are we ‘to make credible comparisons among radically different languages and literatures’(42)? Smoothing the way for a few texts to be read as literature through translation threatens to make of World Literature world music. One of the threats of translation is that it violently flattens the contour of the world.
This is why it is so important that this anthology has been published trilingually – because translation, as a practice in reading and writing, has serious ramifications. It is not simply the instrument through which cultures communicate, particularly when we are dealing with literatures that are largely unknown in the receiving culture. It is probably safe to say that were it not for the efforts of a handful of poets and scholars – including recent features by Cordite Poetry Review, the collection Espejo de Tierra/Earth Mirror edited by Gonzalo Rojas and Peter Minter, as well as Stuart Cooke’s academic work – contemporary Mapuche poetry would be entirely unknown to an Australian poetry readership. This audience tends to be extremely monolingual, and thus dominated heavily by work coming out of the UK and North America (though this is changing, with publishers and journals such as Vagabond Press, Mascara Literary Review, and indeed Cordite publishing an increasing amount of translations, and not just from the old Eurocentric suspects). In this context, the writers and the work selected, the manner of translation and presentation, can shape the perception of an entire literature, and the culture from which it stems.
At the same time, through making voices of Indigenous resistance and aesthetics audible to new readerships, this practice can be emancipatory. However, it must be undertaken with care. In her essay ‘The Politics of Translation’, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak outlines some of the political implications of translation. Spivak argues for the need to tend to the ‘rhetoricity’ of the language of the original text – its specificity, the ways in which its language disrupts and resists logical structures. Neglecting this rhetoricity, either through an inability to engage with it, or a lack of care, represents a ‘species of neo-colonialist construction of the non-western scene’ (370-371). Translating into English – hegemony’s tongue – charges the load even more. What would it mean to translate these poems into flat, careless English? Spivak’s advice/warning here is strong: ‘if you want to make the translated text accessible, try doing it for the person who wrote it’ (379). I’m not sure I can think of a more adequate response to this appeal than to publish Poetry of the Earth with translations into Mapudungun as well, which for each poem precedes the Spanish and the English versions. It is a significant gesture of historical recuperation, considering that Mapudungun is on UNESCO’s list of endangered languages, and that the (partial) dislocation from this language is a recurring and mournful theme in this anthology. In Maribel Mora Curriao’s poem ‘Dreams in the valley’ – for me, one of the most arresting poems in the collection – the loss of Mapudungun is visceral. ‘Rapacious birds’ devour her hands and her tongue, which are then replaced by other hands, another tongue (the sense of ‘language’ in the Spanish ‘lengua’ is more prominent than in the English ‘tongue’). The tongue that is devoured is the tongue of her ancestors, the tongue which speaks the valley to which Curriao longs to return. As such, Victor Cifuentes Palacios’ translation of ‘Sueños en el valle’ into ‘Üyechi pülom mew ta pewman’ literally makes Curriao’s lament intelligible to her ancestors who embody the valley.
Unfortunately I am unable to speak to Cifuentes Palacios’ Mapudungun translations. Apart from the handful of Mapudungun words that I have learnt over the process of reading the book (Pewma – dream; perrimontun – related to the visions of an initiated machi [shaman]; Gnechen – a divinity, master of earth and peoples), I could only appreciate the form of its transliteration, its ornate visual patterning. But its presence is powerful: a stern rejection of the typical constraints of publishing, and an affirmation of the vitality and importance of Indigenous languages in the face of the threat of extinction and erasure.
The English translations by Juan Garrido-Salgado, Steve Brock and Sergio Holas are on the whole careful and caring. All three are poets, Garrido-Salgado and Holas both come from Chile, while Brock is Australian. This allows them to gain both a sense of what is special and specific in the language of the original, as well as finding the best term or turn of phrase in English. Reading each poem in the Spanish and then in the English, I found myself fastidiously underlining the English that did not correspond accurately to the Spanish. But looking back over them in detail later, trying to formulate what I felt was a more correct translation, I would find that my version sounded clunky and gauche, was more explicit than the original, or simply favoured the other sense of an ambiguous term, or would have to rearrange the syntax of the phrasing, totally disrupting the unity of the line. In short, the renderings in the book are considered solutions to difficult problems. There are, to my mind, some slips; it would be tedious reading to list them here, rather, I have highlighted a couple in my discussion of the poems.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28024 | NAME Net::Telnet::Gearman - interact with a Gearman server through its telnet interface SYNOPSIS use Net::Telnet::Gearman; my $session = Net::Telnet::Gearman->new( Host => '', Port => 4730, ); my @workers = $session->workers(); my @functions = $session->status(); my $version = $session->version(); my $result = $session->maxqueue( reverse => 15 ); $session->shutdown('graceful'); DESCRIPTION This is currently only tested with Gearman v0.10. METHODS new This is the same as in Net::Telnet except for that there is called "$self->open()" for you. workers This sends back a list of all workers, their file descriptors, their IPs, their IDs, and a list of registered functions they can perform. See also: Net::Telnet::Gearman::Worker status This sends back a list of all registered functions. Next to each function is the number of jobs in the queue, the number of running jobs, and the number of capable workers. See also: Net::Telnet::Gearman::Function maxqueue This sets the maximum queue size for a function. If no size is given, the default is used. If the size is negative, then the queue is set to be unlimited. This sends back a single line with "OK". Arguments: * Function name * Maximum queue size (optional) shutdown Shutdown the server. If the optional "graceful" argument is used, close the listening socket and let all existing connections complete. Arguments: * "graceful" (optional) version Send back the version of the server. AUTHOR Johannes Plunien COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright 2009 by Johannes Plunien This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. SEE ALSO * Net::Telnet * REPOSITORY |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28026 | Kirby's Star Stacker
Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System [Bookcase]
2 Players
Competative, Split Screen
Rating:★★★★★ (Single) ★★★★★ (Multi)
Dev/Pub: Hal
Genre: Action, Puzzle
Released: 1998
Country of Origin: Japan
Kirby's Star Stacker is a Tetris-like puzzle game. There are varying modes of play, such as Time Trial, Challenge and Story Mode, but the basic idea of play is the same: you must sandwich Star Blocks between two like Friend Blocks, either horizontally or vertically. The Friend Blocks and any Star Blocks in-between are then removed from play. Similar to Tetris, sets of blocks fall into the bin that contain any two of the following types:
Star Blocks: The most important block, as all of the game types rely on it. Sandwich these blocks between two Friend Blocks either horizontally or vertically, and they will be cleared. The more stars you clear, the higher the score.
Friend Blocks: These blocks have pictures of Kirby's friends - Rick the Hamster, Kine the Fish, and Coo the Owl (all from Kirby's Dream Land 2) - on them. Match two of each to clear them from the screen. Any Star Blocks between the two character blocks will also be cleared.
Bomb Blocks: Sandwich a Bomb Block in between two Friend Blocks, and the bomb will explode, removing all blocks in the same row.
Hard Blocks: You have to clear these blocks twice to clear them from the screen. Clear them once and they transform into an ordinary Star Block, and then can be removed in the normal way.
The game also features a 'chain' system that rewards you for clearing blocks which then clear other blocks. If you clear two or more blocks in this manner, then you'll be rewarded with Kirby raining down that amount of Stars, which can fill in gaps, which in turn could complete a row and allow it to chain even further.
Included Media: None
Rating: Everyone
Series: Kirby
Added: 2017-05-20
Region: Japan
Resolutions: 240p
Save Method: System
Play Status/History
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28048 | %0 Journal Article %J Biostatistics %D 2017 %T A doubly robust estimator for the average treatment effect in the context of a mean-reverting measurement error %A Lenis, D. %A Ebnesajjad, C. F. %A Stuart, E. A. %K Average treatment effect (ATE) %K causal inference %K Doubly robust %K Mean reverting measurement error %K measurement error %K Propensity Score %K Simex %X One of the main limitations of causal inference methods is that they rely on the assumption that all variables are measured without error. A popular approach for handling measurement error is simulation-extrapolation (SIMEX). However, its use for estimating causal effects have been examined only in the context of an additive, non-differential, and homoscedastic classical measurement error structure. In this article we extend the SIMEX methodology, in the context of a mean reverting measurement error structure, to a doubly robust estimator of the average treatment effect when a single covariate is measured with error but the outcome and treatment and treatment indicator are not. Throughout this article we assume that an independent validation sample is available. Simulation studies suggest that our method performs better than a naive approach that simply uses the covariate measured with error. %B Biostatistics %V 18 %P 325-337 %8 Apr 01 %@ 1465-4644 %M 27993763 |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28063 | Tag Archives: Dodo
Donald and the Dodo
In a parallel universe somewhere Donald Trump is using his finances to restore the Dodo bird to civilisation. His initial thought process revolved around creating one female and seducing her with his lustrous locks and vagina lips, but his daughter hastily talked him out of it, fearing that little Donald (his penis, not his gay son) could fall victim to bird flu.
With that project taking time to come to fruition, Donald needed something else to occupy his psyche. His eBay selling days were numbered after a second negative feedback strike (Super Nintendo Sunset Riders had a tatty box), and the milk that had once gushed from his burger sized nipples was now an apologetic trickle – his next of kin had finally sucked that puss filled well dry.
A light bulb needed to flash soon for the nasally voiced septuagenarian, fortunately six billion dollars can buy a lot of 60 Watt bulbs.
“I am Trumpton, Lord of the dance” he declared to a room full of potential employees, swinging his sweat stained corduroy threads above his perspiring money maker as they pretended to be impressed, whilst secretly wondering if he was suffering a stroke or the symptoms of delayed male menopause.
In actual fact he had struck gold; bum bags for bums; Bum Bum Bags! Oh, Trumpstonator, with this idea you are really spoiling us!
‘I am Lit’ he Tweeted to followers. ‘Today I have designed the perfect fanny pack for homeless people in Britain, where it is known as the bum bag because their bums are their asses and their fannies are women’s naughty bits or a crude description for someone you don’t like!’
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‘By measuring the exact dimensions of each homeless man at all of the tube stations in England’s capital I have found the ideal dimensions for the demographic!’
This Tweet had far exceeded the 140 character limit and wouldn’t send, he needed to amend it. “I could change the word tube to tub” he opined wisely to his put upon P.A, as she tapped away on his smart phone, which was in actual fact a lump of rotting beef that he’d been bashing around for several decades.
Eventually the Tweets were sent and production began on the ‘Bum Bum Bum Bag’ the additional bum ensuring that only the bummiest of bums were able to procure one of these delicious tie-arounds.
Donald set up his rickety table on the outskirts of a fish market near Old Kent Road, his eyes filled with cataracts and wanderlust. The stench of the decapitated sea creatures filling his nostrils in a way he hadn’t experienced since his massive Cocaine binge the previous hour.
Thousands of well-wishers approached the shaky table with the folded napkin under one leg, each impressed by the elaborate stitching on the bags, but nobody would purchase one.
It seemed that the one flaw in this virtually airtight $6bn blueprint was the sheer contempt shown for the more affluent hobo, who may carry some dosh in his or her socks or pockets. Without them onside this was a machine gun in the mitts of an infant.
Trump was declared bankrupt within hours, his favourite toilet sold to Michael Buble at auction for a pittance. Desolate, he shot himself up the anus with a stolen BB gun. Three pellets lodged; the permanent anal beads a reminder of happier times.
Trump Towers was melted down and turned into hair dye for Pokemon characters with reading difficulties, with Donald Trump melted down to become part of the Atkins diet – delicious when sprinkled directly onto a pork chop despite being 92% flaking scrotum.
That is how we remember Donald Trump in our parallel world, how about you? His teeth toured around various Ripley’s Believe it or Not franchises, his legacy assured among a jaded society.
But, what of the Dodo? 17 beautiful babies seared at Trump’s hand, each with their own roadkill reminiscent hairstyles. Yes, it seems that devious Don did have his wicked way with the bird after all, the filthy shit!
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28078 | Hericium Erinaceus (Lion's Mane Mushroom, Yamabushitake, 山伏茸, 头菇)
Another name for Hericium Erinaceus is Hedgehog Mushroom. It is also referred to as Satyr’s Beard or the Bearded Tooth Fungus or the Bearded Tooth Mushroom. This mushroom was first discovered in North America. Its spine projects outwards from a group unlike other species of mushrooms whose spines project from a branch. The spines are usually longer than one centimeter.
It prefers growing on hard woods during summer and can therefore be easily confused with another Hericium species. Among the hard woods, it likes the American beech tree best.
If eaten when young, its texture is like seafood and the Chinese include it in their cuisine in place of lamb or even pork.
Medicinal Value
Hericium erinaceus - The Lion's Mane Mushroom, Yamabushitake, 山伏茸, 猴头菇Traditional medicine has always been very popular with the Chinese ever since 2000 BC. And this mushroom is quite popular among their cures. A research on this mushroom was conducted on rats in 2005. The findings unearthed several medicinal substances present in Hericium Erinaceus. The substances included Palmitic acid, Threitol and D-arabinitol. In the research, these substances were found responsible for reducing blood sugar and regulating lipid levels in blood. It was also evident that there was an antioxidant present in the mushroom.
In studies being done today, scientists are trying to ascertain the impact this mushroom has on dementia. There has been evidence of nerve cells stimulation and enhancement of cognitive abilities. Growth of nerves was also enhanced too even when astrocytoma cells from humans were used. Myelination was also enhanced.
Studies have indicated that the mushroom Hericium Erinaceus can be used to lull inflammation and cool down ulcers. The ulcers alluded to here are the gastric kind as well as those of the oesophagus. Usually a person suffering gastric ulcers will experience pain in the abdomen. This intense pain can trigger other conditions such as weight loss or insomnia. Sometimes there is indication that digestion is not carrying on as it should. Other symptoms of Gastric ulcers include vomit with blood traces and or stool with blood traces too. A person suffering gastric ulcers can also experience fatigue. These are the symptoms that the mushroom Hericium Erinaceus clears.
Ulcers of the Oesophagus are usually caused by Gastrooesophageal reflux disease commonly shortened to GERD. The patient finds it painful to swallow food or drinks and there is prevalence of abdominal pains and vomiting. The patient also loses weight too. It is medically advisable for the patient to begin treatment before the ulcers deteriorate to the point of narrowing the tract. If it gets to that stage, the ulcer is referred to as Barret Ulcer.
The mushroom also treats Pancreatitis. Pancreatitis is a medical condition where one’s pancreas becomes inflamed. It is caused by digestive enzymes performing their duty in the wrong location - the pancreas instead of the small intestine. This results in gradual corrosion of the pancreas and subsequent acute pain.
Crohn’s disease is can also be treated by the Hericium Erinaceus mushroom. The disease is characterized by the inflammation of the gut walls. A part of the gut can be inflamed or the whole gut can be inflamed making it look like patchwork. However, the ileum seems to be the most vulnerable.
The mushroom also helps in reducing Hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoids are enlarged blood vessels at the bottom of the rectum around the anus. Although sometimes not painful, their existence is usually known due to the presence of blood smears during bowel movement. If there are blood clots in the enlarged veins, then sharp pain is inevitable.
People have particularly embraced this mushroom due to its tendencies to fight various cancers. The cancers include intestinal and pancreatic cancers and stomach cancers. The mushroom also fights esophageal cancer. When a person takes Hericium Erinaceus in the course of chemotherapy, it has been observed to significantly reduce the sometimes horrible side effects associated with chemotherapy. This makes it bearable for the patient to undergo complete chemotherapy without feeling fatigued, sick or nauseous.
The mushroom is also known to positively counter with osteoporosis. This condition normally comes with advancing age. The bones, particularly those of the spine, begin to corrode and become weak. This can sometimes cause pain especially if the person is exposed to pressure. Hericium Erinaceus slows down the rate at which the bones corrode and encourage a sort of repair process. It also lulls the pain and gives back some peace to the patient.
The mushroom is also recommended for people who are interested in shedding weight or to keep their weight in check especially since it lacks saturated fats. As the mushroom wades off infection, it strengthens the person’s immunity and promotes overall bodily health.
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Cancel This, Not That, In The Wake Of Your Parent's Death
Judy Alexander
In the wake of your last surviving parent's passing and the beginning of your work as the executor of his or her estate, you'll suddenly find yourself with a lengthy to-do list with many tasks that are time sensitive. As you juggle these diverse responsibilities, you should give some thought to the things that you should begin canceling. It's important that you carefully evaluate whether it's best to cancel certain services now, or to wait for a bit of time. Here are some tips on doing so.
Cancel: TV Service
If your parent had cable or satellite TV service, you should cancel this service immediately. It's easy to overlook doing so, and then realize that you have to pay another month's bill — despite not even having turned the TV on. Canceling the TV service will save you this fee, and you should also inquire as to whether you need to return the cable box (in the event that it's rented) to the provider to avoid incurring additional fees.
Don't Cancel: Internet
You'll be spending a lot of time at your parent's house as you go through your executor duties, and canceling your parent's home internet might seem practical. You should hold off on doing so, however. Whether you use your parent's computer or bring your own laptop, you'll find that having internet access at the house will be handy. From looking up things online to sending emails to family members and legal professionals, using Wi-Fi instead of your cellular data is best.
Cancel: Assorted Recurring Services
There are many recurring services that your parent may have scheduled, so you'll want to find records of these and cancel those that you don't need. For example, if your parent was getting a few meals delivered weekly, cancel this service to avoid additional fees. It's also possible that your parent was getting home care visits, which you'll obviously need to cancel as soon as possible.
Don't Cancel: Cellphone
Although paying another couples of months' worth of bills on your parent's cellphone might not be appealing, you may not wish to cancel this service just yet. Having access to this device can be handy, whether you're looking up contact information for people or services connected to your parent or you're wanting to be able to perform banking activities on your parent's behalf with the ease of a mobile app. It's always useful to confer with an estate planning attorney for more guidance on how to proceed when you're the executor of an estate.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28134 | Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Sounds of Silence
Its a state of flux
Listening to so many voices at once
They drown out your inner voice
They make you unsure
But I learnt to silence the din
I know the time is now
I must decide
It is all about me
It is about what my heart wants
Too many times it has been about what the world wants from me
Its time for me now
Me. Me. Me
Yes. Thats right
Its all about ME
For better and for worse, I live and die by my sword
I won't do it any other way
In this flux, I close my eyes
And ask my heart if he is happy
Ask him if I will be happy
And he says: Yes and No
I must choose my path
And live with the choices I make
Someday it will be too late to go back and change
But to do what my heart says
Better than to do what it doesn't say
There are no happy endings
There will be no fond farewells
There is the sweet smell of occasional victory
And the constancy of defeat
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28170 | Is the solution of the puzzle
A. Verrill Hyatt, « Insect Fishermen », Current Literature, vol. 26, New York, 1899, p. 461.
Perchance during some summer’s stroll your steps may lead you by a sparkling, woodland brook. Here pause a moment and placing your face close to the surface of a dark and quiet pool, look closely at the bottom. Among the sand and pebbles you will see a number of small bundles of sticks and little cylinders of tiny stones, moving about as though endowed with life. If you take them out, however, they are apparently dead and entirely devoid of motive power. But break them open and you will find each one to be a little tube lined with soft and shining silk, and containing a whitish caterpillar-like larva. This, then, is the solution of the puzzle—when the grub wishes to move about, he projects the forward portion of his body from the tube and crawls around, dragging his house behind him. But the moment he is disturbed or frightened he draws back into his safe retreat, wherein he remains hidden as long as danger threatens.You will find the little tubes of various kinds shapes ans sizes. Some are cylindrical, made of sticks placed lengthwise, while others are like little log-houses of straw, the pieces being fastened crooswise. These miniature log-cabin are often decorated with tiny snail shells fastened to the walls, and more over, the shells are not always empty. Quite often you may find living snails securely attached and thus compelled to move about at the will of their landlord. Other tubes are built entirely of bits of moss and leaves. The commonest forms are those composed of little pebbles or grains of sand. These are usually very regular and smooth cylinders, in which the grain are all of nearly equal size, but among them you may frequently find some with several larger stones fastened to either side in a very curious manner. By far the prettiest houses of all are shaped like little spiral she lls and are composed entirely of almost microscopical stones.
The little larvae residing in these dainty subaqueous houses are know as Caddice-worms. Not only are the Caddice-worms carpenters and massons, but many species are expert fishermen as well, and between the stones, where the brook runs swiftest, amy be found their silken fish-nets. These nets are funnel-shaped, with the larger opening toward the current, while stretched across the inside are fine threads crossing each other at right angles, the whole forming a fish-trap as ingenious and effective as any constructed by human fishermen. This is the common form of net found in brooks and small streams, but on the edges of falls and cataracts you can find large numbers of nets of quite another sort. These consist of little semi-oval cups fastened to the sides and surface of the rocks and are kept open by the force of the current. These nets catch all manner of small insects and animals on which the Caddice-worms feed. They also catch great quantities of dirt and scum, and it is this rubbish, firmly held in the little silken meshes, that gives to these rocks and stones their coating of dirt in summer.
When the Caddice-worm has attained his full size he draws himself into his little home and builds a silken door across the open end, always leaving a tiny opening through which the water may pass and thus bring him fresh oxygen. Here, safe from harm or molestation, the little fisherman changes to a pupa. In due time the door is broken open and a little insect, whose middle legs are very long and slender, comes forth. Using these long central legs for oars, the newly-hatched creature swims rapidly to the nearest rock or stick, where it crawls out of the water. As soon as it reaches the air, a pair of little pads upon its back expand, as if by magic, into four delicate, hairy, brown wings, with which the insect flies away, showing not the slightest difficulty in using this new means of locomotion. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28174 | One Right Way
We understand how our civilised lifestyle is based on the idea of food production. We also understand how this leads to pyramidical hierarchies and exponential population growth. But why did we develop this lifestyle at all and why did we stick to it up to a point where we could go extinct because of it?
The first question seems to be an easy one, when listening to our textbook explanations. We switched to agriculture in order to defeat hunger. Or did we?
Think about it. If a person or a group of people goes hungry, would they take the time to domesticate plants or animals over several generations, hoping that their crops and herds would yield enough food before they are starving?
Would someone who is falling out of an airplane start sewing a parachute to save himself?
When a culture switches from hunting and foraging to agriculture it most certainly is not a reaction to hunger. In history it always appeared in areas with an abundance of wild plants and animals suitable for domestication.
For the first millennia after the first major crops had been cultivated in the fertile crescent, about 13000 years ago, life expectancy in agricultural peoples was much lower than in their neighbouring hunter-gatherer tribes. The average working hours per week on the other hand were twice those of a hunter or forager.
What then are the benefits a culture is getting out of an agricultural lifestyle? Two major traits indigenous to farming cultures come to mind. The division of labour and sedentarism. The division of labour enables people to construct permanent buildings such as temples and castles. It allows for specialist professions such as carpenters, smiths, soldiers, priests, politicians. It therefore gives a culture a political, economic, technological and military edge over neighbouring peoples.
Sedentarism allows for a considerably higher birth rate through shortening the waiting period of a mother before the next child. While in nomadic cultures parents have to wait until a child is strong and mobile enough to travel without the mother’s help, sedentary families are only limited by the availability of food for their offspring.
While it needs to be pointed out that neither division of labour nor sedentarism need agriculture as a precondition, they only occur in areas that offer large continuous food surplusses. The fertile crescent around 11000 BC was such a place. Not only did it offer huge populations of antilopes and other animals yielding big amounts of meat for hunters but it also was home to big populations of wild weeds, which became the ancestors of about 40% of our modern seed crops.
Thus it seems that agriculture seems to be a product of abundance rather than scarcity. The immediate advantages, namely the ones that come with division of labour, would only benefit the parts of the group that are not directly engaged in food production. It enables shamans to become priests, chiefs to become Kings. Builders and toolmakers can now perform their tasks fulltime and achieve bigger, more sophisticated results. Part-time warriors can become fulltime soldiers. All of them gaining status within the group, all of them consequently empowering their leaders as well as the whole group against real and potential enemies.
The vast majority of the population stays relatively powerless and is now not only working for their own survival but using a growing part of their productive energy for the benefit of others.
As a result they are putting in more effort and gaining less for themselves. Working hours go up, life-expectancy goes down and won’t go up again until the dawn of modern medicine. Therefore it stands to reason that a 100% agricultural lifestyle is not an improvement for a huge part of the population.
Suggesting that the immediate advantages it brings for the smaller specialized groups mentioned above do not explain why a culture would stick to the agricultural lifestyle rather than overthrowing the leaders and returning to hunting and gathering.
Something else needs to be at work. There has to be some other motivation.
To find an answer to that question we need to ask another one. Who profits from it?
As we pointed out earlier, when a culture depends on having a constant surplus of food, it is not only divided into specialized professions, but also into social classes based on the fact that now a few people decide about the distribution of food amongst the whole population.
Moreover there now is a group that has no other task but to oversee this controlled distribution. Thus both the ruling class as well as the executing class will inevitably get a bigger share.
Therefore, if anyone from the group that actually works the land to produce the food shows discontent or even open rebellion, they can easily be excluded from the distribution. The survival of the individual now depends on the will of the distributor. The survival of the ruling class is less dependent on the happiness of the ruled than ever before.
Still, if the producing class were to organize itself, excluding the rulers from access to food, they could come out on top.
So we are still missing a major reason why this has not happend, at least in our civilisation.
Lets have a look on other experiments with civilisation. There are quite a few examples that developed independently from the one that was born in the fertile crescent and eventually conquered the rest of the world.
The most popular of those is the mayan civilisation. They developed intensive crops, a pyramidical hierarchy, built big cities with standing armies, centralized worship, government offocials and even writing. North america, before the age of european colonization was full of complex agricultural societies, so was Africa. In Europe thhere was the celtic and the norse culture. Polinesian tribes settled all over the Pacific ocean from New Guinea to Hawaii. Often also forming civilisations such as the one that built the stone statues of the easter island. Despite the fact that some of these cultures were older than the one that rose in the fertile crescent, how did it come to pass that none of them ever came close to the overwhelmingly fast expansion of the latter?
Why did the mayans in the 12000 years of their existence as a civilisation only conquer a territory of the size of modern Virginia? Why did the Polynesians not spread onto the australian, Asian and American continents?
One reason seems obvious. The fertile crescent simply offered the biggest number of easy to domesticate wild plant species anywhere on the planet. While wild einkorn and buckwheat for example already carried seeds almost as numerous and big as their modern descendants, it took the people of the americas thousands of years to turn the seeds of corn and the roots of potatoes into anything even remotely close to their modern sizes and yields.
Jared Diamond’s Book „Guns, Germs and Steel provides fascinating insides into these game changing differences between early agricultural cultures.
Nevertheless, these insights do not entirely explain why the Mayan and other civilisations failed, especially since at the time of their downfall they had not yet come in contact with the descandents of the fertile crescent or the germs they brought with them, erradicating 95% of the american population before they even met a european.
There must have been another crucial difference that kept especially the american civilisations from growing out of proportion as rapidly as the one from the fertile crescent did.
And in fact there is. The mayans, while believing firmly in the superiority of their culture over those of their tribal neighbours, never allowed anyone that was not born Maya to become a part of that culture. While they probably firmly believed in theirspecific cultural truth, they also believed that no one except themselves should be allowed to know that truth. The same is true for all tribal cultures, past or present, that we know of. None of them is known to easily share their own ancient wisdom with outsiders. And none would ever get the idea to allow the cultural identity that comes with this wisdom to be taken up by others. Trying to be like them is mostly seen as an insult to their cultural identity and in the past often was a reason for wars between different tribal and even civilised cultures.
In the fertile crescent another mindset became the fuel that has driven the engine of our civilisation ever since. The idea that their lifestyle had to be the only one for all humans.
The idea that there is only one possible truth that applies to all of us is the underlying principle of all modern religions and political theories.
In the christian, jewish and muslim religion it is the very first commandment: I am the Lord, your god and you should not have any other gods beside me.
In fact, if you compare the commandments of the bible to hammurabian law, the oldest verified writings in history, you will find that they are exactly the same. Sure, in the translations of the bible it says ‚god‘ while the mesopotamian texts say ‚king‘, but in old mesopotamia these words were actually the same. Based on these laws historians believe that Hammurabi used this to proclaim himself God in order to shatter any possible truth that could rival his own.
More recent research suggests that the origins of these laws can be traced back even further, to Ur Namur III, the third king of the city of Ur, one of the oldest cities of the fertile crescent.
No historian ever doubted that these laws had the purpose of keeping the population from revolting against their rulers, of justifying their absolute power over the people that were feeding them. And of making sure that even in times of scarcity the ruling class would still be given the major share of all ressources produced by the other classes.
The idea of there being only one truth to the present day has not only justified all expansion of our civilisation, by either forcing other peoples into that culture or simply killing them off if they wouldn’t join, it is also the fundamental belief keeping us from searching for alternatives.
To the present day many if us believe that once all countries become democracies there will be world peace. Muslims believe that once all are believing in their mindset, all problems will be solved, vegans believe the same, almost all of us believe that if the world would just come to accept their individual truth, everything would turn out fine.
Yet it is exactly that belief that justified every single expansionist war in our history. It was that belief that justified the near-extinction of the native population of the Americas in favour of european settlenent. It justified shipping millions of Africans to America as slaves. It modern times it justifies both islamistic terrorism and western economic and political expansionism. It justifies China’s occupation of Tibet as well as North Korea’s nuclear weapons programm.
This seemingly small distinction between our civilisation and any other culture in history is in fact our most central belief. It is the one myth that has been driving the radical expansion of that culture all over the globe in only tenthousand years.
And, just as important, it is the one reason why we, seeing the signs of our imminent selfdestruction, remain unable to do anything about it.
If whe are doomed to kill ourselves through nuclear war or natural catastrophies or global diseases or depletion of natural resources or all of the above, well then that seems to be our fate. Because we are flawed beings, doomed to die in an apocalypse, rather than simply wrong in one single part of our belief system… .
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28229 | Swami Chinmayananda
The spiritual process is a gradual unfoldment of the personality which systematically erases the non-essentials to reveal the full glory and stature of a person. This journey of spiritual life is not accomplished on foot, nor is it an emotional step into the stratosphere of nobler feelings. Nor is the goal an object to be embraced by the intellect. It is a subjective experience brought about by the co-operative thrust of the total human personality, which unfolds itself when the personality integration is complete.
This systematic approach by the intellect in reviewing the world of things and happenings, and re-arranging and assigning them their proper values, cannot be done correctly by an intellect that has lost its sharpness, that bends or shies away from the piercing falsity that faces it. Such an intellect, which has not the honour to command allegiance from the dissipated mind, nor the strength to turn it from the demands of the body, is not the tool for tearing the shrouds of ignorance behind which the Divine Experience stands stark naked.
In divine life, the sharpening of the tool is necessary. The mind must be made pliable by the various methods given out by the scriptures. A mind that reinforces the intellect by its uncompromising devotion to the goal alone can add success to the endeavour. Trying to make the mind single-pointed by not allowing it to gush out into a thousand channels of disintegrated thinking, of regrets of the past, excitements of the present and anxieties about the future, and brining it to the altar of the Lord is the process of effectively quietening it, and this is called meditation.
But the Self is not the result of meditation. Meditation is an action. A finite action cannot give an infinite result. Meditation is done to make the mind more and more pure. When the mind gets less and less involved in the world of objects, emotions and thoughts, it will get quieter. The quieter the mind, the purer the heart. For developing this purity, the practice of meditation is necessary. When there is least agitation, the mind is purest. When there is no agitation, there is no mind. Purest heart is the Supreme Reality.
Even now the godliness is with you. It is a question of right thinking in the right direction. It is a question of how to evolve, to find out the shape of your face before you were born.
The main mission of Chinmaya Mission is to spread this secret of life given out by the great masters of India.
Message sent for a souvenir on the occasion of a jnana yajna in Port Blair, 1982. [via Tapovan Prasad, August 2015]
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28236 | Solving the panel representation issue at Cons
25 JULY 2015
We didn't hear much about sexual harassment this past SDCC season, but the Con world is humming with a different outrage: the failure to include women on woman-oriented panels. This happened last spring when Denver Comic Con had an all-male "Women in Comics" panel and now it's happened again with GenCon offering an all-male panel on "Writing Women-Friendly Comics." The latter has since scurried to include women, but in both cases the initial explanations were similar: We didn't know who to invite or we only knew a few women and they were all busy. It was like a nerd version of Mitt Romney's Binders Full of Women.
Of course, you can see how hard it would be to find women. It's not like we're half the world or something.
Now a huffy person might counter with, But women aren't half the comics industry! Most creators are male! It's just panel math! But it's a little more complex than that. While certain nerddoms and fandoms are weighted by gender, there are certainly enough women creators that organizers can come up with participants with a little effort. Take a look at publishers like Boom, Image, IDW, Oni, Fantagraphics - female colorists, writers, pencillers, editors and more abound.
But effort is where it falls apart. Reaching out and finding a woman creator is apparently just too strenuous for some organizers, who tend to go, "I'll ask around. Wait, I only know two people who fit that category and they're both busy. Okay, I tried."
Resources for Representation
This is an age where the word culture has been elevated into a flag of homogeneity. From New York corporate offices to Hollywood studios to Portland art collectives, people tend to hire and promote people who look like them. People who "fit into our culture," people who "seem like our kind," people in the same social circles with similar political values and education and wardrobes. And sometimes that extends to asking people to sit on Con panels.
It's rarely deliberate; it's just how it shakes out. I've worked in several creative fields and it's exceedingly rare that I see anyone look beyond their network, consider clips or portfolios from strangers or track down talented outsiders. Some of it is ego ("I'm the important one so you need to come to me") but a lot of it is innate human laziness and habit.
Will that change soon? Probably not. But as someone who believes - apologies for the cliché - that life begins at the end of your comfort zone, I hope panel organizers get less comfortable about going with who they know. If you're influential enough to be on a panel at a Con, you have a responsibility in terms of representation. It's not show and tell for you and your cronies. It's content for attendees and you need to provide the richest content possible. That includes having women on panels about women, queer people on LGBTQA panels, people of color on diversity and racial dialogue panels.
Which brings us to Comic Book Women, who put out a press release after the GenCon dustup. Comic Book Women started at ECCC this March, and now the organization serves as an advocacy group for women in the comic book industry. They made it clear this weekend that they can offer candidates for any organizers who need a female professional guest or panelist.
Gail Simone gave them her endorsement: "I get asked to be at a lot of cons. Last year, I turned down over 120 events all around the world, even though I accepted as many as I thought I possibly could. Having Comic Book Women as a resource to offer to convention organizers will be really helpful. Our hope is that we can add a wider range of voices to the many great conversations about comics at these conventions."
And ultimately that's the end game here: helping organizers find relevant and appropriate talent. This shouldn't be viewed as an exercise in political correctness, but rather a tool to open up a more engaging and accurate dialogue. That's one reason we go to Cons, right? To learn, think, explore, discover? To that end, having a wider assortment of panelists with a varied range of experiences is a great thing.
So if you're putting together a panel, event or anthology in the near future, you may want to make a note of these resources:
Comic Book Women will work to find female guests "who can speak on all aspects of the comic book process."
Cartoonists of Color offers a resource for anyone looking for a cartoonist of color for a project or panels on racial diversity.
Prism Comics can suggest LGBTQ creators for events and projects.
It's a start. The Internet made a minor fuss over the fact that San Diego Comic-Con was 50/50 male/female this year; that seemed like a yawn of a statistic to me but then I remembered the number of comic shops that assume I'm there for the manga, the number of Con attendees that try to cut in front of me at a booth because they assume I'm just the girlfriend of the guy paying for his comics rather than waiting to pay myself. Our world still has some cobwebs and stereotypes clinging to it. It's probably going to take groups like Comic Book Women to brush them away for good.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28238 | SEO Strategies That Search Engines Love
Search engines want websites to compete, but they want them to do so fairly, and they want their own customers to get the best possible search engine results they can get. To do so, they employ algorithms and other measures which tell them how popular a website is for any given search engine term. This might sound complicated but it’s really not, at least not for the search engines that crawl sites daily and determine how to rank them for given keywords.
In order to boost search engine results, there are a number of things you can do. SEO software often does these things best because it automates SEO strategies that used to take a very long time to implement but now are a snap to carry out thanks to software. Here are just a few of the things that you can do to boost your rankings for a particular keyword.
Link Building
Link building is a time-tested SEO strategy. Since the dawn of the modern Internet, people have understood that search engines place more value on websites or pages that have been linked to from multiple other sources. It’s word of mouth advertising for the site and search engines view solid, relevant links as a sign that the website in question is a source of prominence for the given keyword. If you want to increase your SEO rank, increase the links you get from other websites in your given subject matter.
Social Media Strategies
Don’t forget that social media websites are critically important to anyone who wants a strong presence online. When you give people the opportunity to discuss your website in full view of search engines, you increase your chances of raising your rank in results. Build strong social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and even Pinterest if it fits your demographic. Social Media Marketing strategy should be composed and implemented by SEO experts to increase your customer base and brand opportunities.
Mobile optimization
Optimizing for mobile search platforms is a bit different than optimizing for PC platforms. Make sure that everything on your website is optimized for mobile, too, because more and more people are searching on the go these days. Mobile users are a rapidly growing population of searcher and they’re in the unique position of searching for things they plan to buy either right then or very soon. So businesses who are selling something people might search for while they’re in a store should pay close attention to mobile SEO strategies and hire a company to handle this portion of the marketing specifically.
While these are basic strategies for search engine optimization, there are far more advanced and hidden techniques that sometimes work for people. Some of these techniques will be explored also so that you have other means of increasing search engine ranking. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28239 | Church is fundamentally about three reciprocal relationships illustrated by the triangle below, involving God, me and others.......
Church and 5 Fold ministry
Relationship from God to Me and God to Others
Relationship from Me to God
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength. – Mark 12:30
Relationship from Me to Others
Love your neighbour as yourself. – Mark 12:31
Relationship from Others to God and Others to Me
The three key relationships are all kept in balance by the operation of the five fold ministry Paul talked about in Ephesians 4.
The evangelists pull us towards others and outreach, the shepherds pull towards me, whilst the prophets pull our focus towards God. When all five gifts are operated together they keep the three key relationships in a healthy tension, pulling the triangle in towards the centre. Trying to shrink that distance between Jesus and me and between me and you, and encouraging others to do the same, is the very essence of discipleship.
Jesus, of course, welcomes us into a friendship with the Trinity which was the original, eternal, ultimate three-way relationship between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28260 | Level Design >
Ambiance refers to the overall environment that the map presents. This can include the time of day, weather, and other elements. It can also include the pristine qualities of the map’s textures. Ambiance is for the most part decided for the forger based upon the Canvas they choose to forge on. But there are Special Effect objects that a forger can usually add that will significantly alter the Ambiance of the map. In this lesson I want to discuss how various qualities of Ambiance can impact the overall Aesthetics and in turn how it can impact a player’s emotions.
One predominant feature of all Reach maps were their bright Ambiance. They were all tuned to afternoon sunny skies. Halo 3 has a few dark maps, such as Sandbox, Guardian, Orbital, and Blackout; but otherwise were also predominantly sunny skies or bright interior Ambiance. It wasn’t until Halo 4 that the majority of maps were dark, hazy, or in some way obscured. (ODST had mostly dark in the campaign, but we are focused here on multiplayer.)
Brightness is key to a player’s speed of movement. Snipers is best played in massive open terrain or dark ambiance. (The Sniper playlists have always played like SWAT, never like a true sniper Game Type.) The darker the map the slower the player tends to move. This is basic psychology of FPS. I have always wondered why the publishers of Halo 4 turned the maps somewhat dark. They aren’t dark enough to retard movement but they are dark enough to ruin the feel of energetic movement.
This is also why Active Camo is a key component to Halo. There are some players that love the slow,stealth Game Play you get in dark maps. Active Camo leverages Halo’s sci-fi Theme to compensates for the bright Ambiance. In my opinion this compensation works best when it is a scarce resource on the map, implying Active Camo in loadouts is too much and clashes with the bright Ambiance.
Why does a limited resource of Active Camo not clash, but unlimited Active Camo does? Because a limited resource becomes a specialty; but unlimited brings into question if the Ambiance was properly chosen in the first place. In other words, it is okay to deviate from the map as a specialist. But it clashes with the map when the Game Play is heavily counter to the maps’ original design. A specialist brings depth to the map and makes it interesting. Over use of Active Camo breaks the map and distracts from (or even shallows) what depth it could bring to the map.
The purpose of Ambiance is to establish an atmosphere, an emotion within players, and to help immerse players into the Theme of your map. For this reason a special effect must support your map rather than usurp it. In other words, your map should provide pretty much the same Aesthetics (emotions and beauty) without the special effects; while the use of the special effect simply seals the deal and drives the Aesthetics home.
Special Effects
Canvas palettes typically include a selection of forge objects that when instantiated immediately apply their effect upon the video being rendered. Some darken the screen by applying a dark color, such as purple. While you can approximate night sky with some of these effects, I haven’t seen a true night sky effect that comes anywhere near the quality of natural dark we saw on Blackout.
However, if you need to make a black and white Ambiance (with natural greys through out) there is usually such an effect available. These work good for Living Dead maps (zombies or flood), because they help immerse players into a mindset of an old horror film. But for any other Game Type you want to leverage the natural Ambiance. Very rarely does any special effects work for any other Game Type.
Bright Ambiance sets an energetic feel of fast movement, while dark Ambiance promotes slow movement.
Active Camo compensates Halo’s tendencies for bright Ambiance to allow for slow stealth movement one typically finds on dark maps.
Special effects allow you to manipulate the Ambiance, but its use should support the Theme of the map, never usurp the map.
Black and white special effects are sometimes used to promote the horror film Aesthetics of Living Dead maps; otherwise all other Game Types are best served promoting the natural Ambiance of the Canvas the map is forged on. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28279 | No one tells you how hard it is to write content. People think that just because you speak English and type using the home row, you should be able to dash off post upon post without breaking a sweat. Not so. Even if you have something to say, you need to undo years of academic conditioning. University will tell you how to write for the professor and how to make everything “correct”, but says almost nothing about writing honest, human communication. That kind of writing takes training. When I need training, I head over to 750words.com.
750word.com was started by Buster Benson, a developer living in Seattle, WA. It’s a writing challenge where you sit down and write 750 words of free associative writing, a practice inspired by writing exercises and psychotherapy. Only you can access your words (although you can export them), so you don’t have to worry about taking down bad ideas. It’s a great way to experiment with your writing, and leaves you open to those “happy accidents” that are the soul of true creativity.
The site also takes down statistics about your word use and tries to figure out how you are feeling at the time of your writing. You can learn a lot about yourself by just letting your fingers fly across the keyboard. When I decided to show Sara what I had written, she was surprised learn exactly what was going on in my head. I mostly wrote about the move, getting my business going, and all the stress associated with it. I find it difficult to just talk about this stuff verbally. If I write it down, I don’t have to worry about stuttering or messing the words up. Correction is only a backspace key away. I used to think that writing about yourself was kind of narcissistic. While it’s true that having no filter can make people uncomfortable, attention is not the only reason to reflect. Your own advice has more power when you write it down. Your words don’t just stay inside your head. You can catch yourself in a lie, or better yet, you can catch yourself speaking the truth. That truth, once etched in letters, can blossom until your life is changed forever. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28313 | Thursday, January 28, 2010
Another Boy Scout Joke
It's never a good thing to feel the need to explain a joke, but apparently The New Era didn't get it--they didn't buy this (or if they did, they didn't think it was funny). Anyway, from what I remember from Boy Scouts, I had to have my parents or my Young Men leaders stick my feet to the fire if I was to accomplish anything. So when I heard that there was a merit badge named "Personal Management," I laughed to myself. Boy Scouts earning a Personal Management merit badge, as if.
Then again, maybe I'm not the best person to judge a Boy Scout's internal drive. As it has been mentioned in the comments of this blog several times, I never advanced to Eagle Scout (as I type this, my head is hung in shame).
Hopefully, I won't have to try and find a new job while the economy is in its current state. According to every story I heard in Boy Scouts: during the depression, earning your Eagle Scout was the sole difference between getting a job or not.
1. I get the joke. And I think it's spot-on. At least that's how scouting works at our house. :)
2. Same at our house. We only have 1 8 year old and it's already like that. I don't see any eagle scouts in our family's future.
3. Very Sad, but all too often true with LDS Scouting.
Parents hear from our leaders that Eagle Scouts make better Missionairies, so they push and pull, and do anything and everything to get their Son to Eagle.
Too many parents fail to understand that journey to Eagle is what it's all about. To them the ends justify the means. They just want to check the box and move on.
He then may get his Eagle, but he is just a "Paper Eagle" and does not have the knowledge and experience of a real Eagle, the type our leaders really mean when they say our young men should strive to earn their Eagle Scout.
So this cartoon is a good, yet sad, example of one of the ills of LDS Scouting.
Maybe if you were to do a few more like this, more prople would recognize their own familys/wards problems.
Its no surprise that this cartoon was rejected, its because it hits too close to home. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28322 | March 10, 2008
Plagiarism in Blogland?
And, sometimes people find me.
Unknown said...
This has seriously happened to me. It's SO weird. I blogged about something. Then a friend of mine, did a blog with the exact same title and a few of the same phrases a few days later. I kept wondering if she thought she thought of that herself and that I might not notice. She knows I read her blog. so strange. but oh well, I'm over it. :)
Nicole said...
Oooh I wanna know what blog it was!!
Erin K. said...
Well don't I feel special!! :-D I'm glad that our quirky little story could bring, um, happiness(?) to the lives of others.
And I must say that you were one of the major inspirations for me starting my blog. I'm so glad we could inspire each other!
Minnie said...
Wow. I'm fairly new to your blog and enjoy your writing.
If it makes you feel any better, I had a very similar experience.
It's frustrating.
Jeanette said...
Okay...whaddaheck...who be all up in your grill (I'm so white)...plagiarism is an automatic "0" in my class.
Kyle Luke said...
I won't say who it was (and it obviously wasn't anyone on my blogroll), but I will tell you they "borrowed" from one of my letters to Jack . . . which is probably why it bothered me more than it should have.
And if you, dear copier, are reading this, all is forgiven. I'm over it.
Sarah said...
Oh great, it wasn't me was it? Did I copy something without realizing it? You have me paranoid now!!
Julie Durocher said...
my mom did this to me a couple of times...but then, she is my mom, so what do you do? :) |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28323 | Friday, December 12, 2014
Another holiday party and running with Buddy
I'm starting to get all my Christmas things organized. I finally started to work on Christmas cards today, I don't send out an insane amount, so it won't take too long to get them all in the mail. And my goal is to get all my packages ready to go at the same time so I only have to wait in the endless line at the post office one time. We'll see how that goes.
After Wednesday's speedy run, I took it easy on Thursday. A 30 minute run at a reasonable 9:00 pace.
We went to the Rivertown Runners holiday party (my Saturday group) at JP Doyles in Sleepy Hollow for drinks and dinner last night (they also had some of the best jalapeno poppers I've had in a long time - I had...several). It's only taken me since I started running with them in March to officially join the group. I'm legit now, I have a tee shirt to prove it.
As an added bonus, there were tons of leftovers from the party that they sent home with everyone. Why yes, I would love to take home extra pasta!
Buddy and I hit the park for his first run in a long time. He did awesome! We ran 2 miles at an 8:13 pace.
He's tired now.
And I'm off to demolish some chocolate.
1. I love that you run with your dog! It makes them (and us) so happy! Mine are old now (almost 15) we manage several walks a day but no more runs. I've been meaning to join the running club near me yet still have not pulled the trigger.
1. I need to take him out more often, he loves it, but he only lasts about 2 miles and then he's done for the day.
2. Poor buddy! Looks like he's completely wiped out. LOL! I used to take my dog always, but now that I run a bit faster she gets tired and drags behind after about 2 miles. I miss running w/ her! Glad you had fun w/ your running group. It's fun to do non-running things together sometimes!
1. I really should take him out with me more often, but I'm usually running longer than he can/should run. He can do about 2 miles and then he's done! :)
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4 stars Owing to the group's relative obscurity, there ain't all that much info or history on Transcend out there on the ol' inter-webs. Transcend is, apparently, primarily the brain child of Canadish multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer Costa Damoulianos and a few of his long-time mates. Costa's other musical project of note, Zoungla, appears to focus on ambient and compositionally progressive psychedelic music while Transcend is Costa's outlet for producing heavier music of a similar vein.
As the ambient djent boom of the last decade has, by 2020, more or less crashed and burned, as all excessive cultural trends do eventually, the genuinely inspired and novel among these musical acts soldier on proving that the for all the fad's excesses, it still provided a novel framework for making adventurous progressive metal. And man are Transcend adventurous on Balance I!
Despite formally being an "EP," Balance I is more of a lean LP that makes the absolute most of its "short" 36-minute run time packing in beautiful melodies, ethnic world music influences, and ambience with punchy riffs and instrumentals. The Devin Townsend worship at the eight-and-a-half-minute mark on "A Parellel Reflection I" followed by a mashup of a muezzin's adhan (i.e. Islamic call to prayer) and some envelope filter synth bass are real highlight.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28336 | Review: Scandal at Almack's by Gloria Gay - .Red Wine & Books
Saturday, September 5, 2020
Review: Scandal at Almack's by Gloria Gay
Print Length: 120 pages
Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group (May 26, 2020)
My Rating: 2 stars out of 5
The characters were all very one dimensional, and while the story did have it's sweet moments, the majority of it for me, just fell incredibly flat. It was a shame because it started off strongly enough, introducing us to Jenny, her parents and the much older man she was to marry in order to pay off her father's debts. We get a glimpse into her home life, and how she is willing to do whatever it takes in order to save her family from destitution, even if it means marrying a lecherous man old enough to be her grandfather. We also learn that her uncle is willing to sponsor a season for her in London because she reminds him of the daughter he loved and lost.
So far so good. Jenny arrives, and quickly realizes that her Uncle's second wife despises her as the woman uses every opportunity to criticize her for something (even if the something hasn't occurred yet). Alright, that's fair - after all every story needs a bad guy. However, this is a novella which means in a few scant pages, it's already the end of the season and our dear Jenny hasn't found anyone who sparks her interest. Somehow, despite having no title of their own (although her Uncle was knighted), they manage to obtain vouchers for Almack's just in time to attend the very last ball of the season.
Where Jenny meets, and shares one dance with the incredibly drunk Earl of Corville. Of course it's a waltz, and of course, she falls head over heels in love immediately. Luckily for her, in his drunken state, the Earl blacks out and actually draws circles on her upper breast around a mole she has. This causes Jenny to go into shock or something, because she passes out in his arms, only to blurt out that he touched her inappropriately when she comes to. Of course, no one actually saw him do it, and the Earl doesn't immediately remember doing it, but because he often drinks to the point he blacks out, he takes her word for it.
I'm still trying to figure out how in an overly crowded ballroom with other dancers on the floor and the eagle eyes of not only the chaperones, but the likes of Lady Jersey and her cronies absolutely no one saw him touching her breast.
Of course this means he does the only honorable thing he can think of and offers for her. An offer that her uncle accepts (as does she) on the condition they write to her father and he also accepts. Obviously, an Earl is a much better choice than an elderly mortician, and her uncle is acting as her guardian so I see no reason she needs her father's permission, but whatever. They agree to keep things a secret and not be seen together publicly (although how that is supposed to help her reputation is beyond me). However, they can go on outings together in places the ton doesn't frequent. Jenny tells him the truth - both of his actions that night and the fact that she would do anything to escape marrying the man her father has chosen. This understandably makes him leery of trusting her, but then of course, he suddenly "remembers" that he did indeed touch her.
Umm okay? Funny how that works. I would rather have seen this spark of mistrust between them for awhile at least until she proves her intentions are pure. Especially considering what happened to him in the past. It was all entirely too convenient.
The rest of the book focuses on them sneaking around because again, no one can know they are engaged until her father gives his approval. Meanwhile, his ex-mistress is skulking around trying to cause problems and claiming that he was on the verge of proposing to her, and somehow the man she was supposed to marry back home is suddenly in London to "rescue" her, despite her telling him multiple times it was unnecessary.
It all comes together in an ending that is as implausible as it as laughable. Somehow, once again, a small town nobody (in this case the elderly mortician who was to marry Jenny) manages to obtain an invitation to a ball where of course, Jenny and her Earl are supposed to attend. In true comedic form, with the help of the Earl's former mistress, the man makes an utter fool of himself just in time for the Earl to stand up and make a public declaration of his love for Jenny and to officially ask her to be his wife (her father finally, conveniently, got back to them just in time - although honestly I have no idea what outcome the two villains' were expecting. He could spout his words all he wanted to, he could not force Jenny to marry him).
If you like quick, clean regency romances then I'm sure you will love this one. However, I need a bit more from my stories than what was offered here.
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bathtub cig is the intimate depression pop project of Hilary James. Born in a Minneapolis bedroom the spring of 2017, it is an honest attempt at coping with her long struggle with mental health. She is joined by Jordan Bleau on drums, Brent Colbert on guitar and harmony, and Adelyn Strei on bass and harmony. Their debut EP “Old Light” draws easy comparisons to a synthier version of Frankie Cosmos, with bitingly raw lyrics. |
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often, the procedure is a one-time, in rare cases more, depending on the type, location and histology of cancer. Usually, this is a short procedure, culminating in a single day. Over the past 3 years research has shown that success in this area is 86% when the procedure was carried out as a minor, after surgery and 90% success rate when the procedure was the primary treatment after relapse in the spine. In addition, 84% of patients suffering from neurological problems, radio-surgery has affected them, positively strongly reducing pain and improving overall physical fitness. As you know, pain in the bones of metastasis is a common phenomenon, but because of the procedures radio-surgery in 86-96% (depending on histology), the pain decreased. From the above we can conclude that radiosurgery is an effective way of dealing with metastases in the spine and head. |
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I've been craving burritos like crazy lately. I don't know, there's just something so satisfying about biting into a monster sized wrap. I went to Whole Foods the other day - they have a build-a-burrito bar (ha) near their pizza counter. So the only logical thing to do was to go and build a burrito :D
A single burrito from Whole Foods obviously wasn't enough to satisfy my burrito craving, so the only answer was to go searching for moarrr burritos!! My burrito search brought me to Chronic Tacos, which is just a steps away from Broadway City Hall Station!
Considering that it was Monday, I wasn't expecting much of a crowd. Boy was I wrong! After sitting down, the crowds started pouring in!! I'm suspecting that it had something to do with the fact that burritos are $1 off on Mondays - that, or they just make really awesome burritos ;)
Chronic Tacos operates cafeteria style (a la Chipotle.) They make your burrito at the counter and after you pay, you seat yourself!
I was totally sucked in by their whole "Check in on Yelp and get a free bag of tortilla chips!!" thing heheh. From what I observed, I got a full sized bag! The people working there were quite nice, I asked for 3 extra scoops of rice (typical right?) and they didn't charge me extra!
We got two burritos + a bag of tortilla chips! :D
Spanish Rice, Al Pastor (Spicy), 3 Scoops of Rice, 2 Scoops of Beans,
3/5 stars
My burrito!! This was decent. Not as good as I was expecting. The meat could've used a bit more flavour. The Al Pastor from La Taqueria down the street is league's better. It was sufficiently moist though. The rice was flavoured and not too dry/soggy. The beans were well cooked and not overly mushy either. This made for a pretty filling meal. Overall, it was pretty good, but not particularly exciting.
Cilantro - Lime Rice, All the Fixings, Carnitas
Her rating: 4/5 stars
My mom's burrito!! She really liked it!! She got all the fixings, including their sour cream and house made hot sauce!! She really enjoyed the cilantro lime rice because it tasted really fresh. The carnitas was tender and pretty tasty. Her burrito was a lot larger than mine because she added a lot of vegetables!
Tortilla Chips + Guac
3/5 stars
The chips were decent! They tasted like store bought chips, corny. These weren't salted so they're definitely meant to be dipped in guac and hot sauce! They were a bit hard around the edges and a bit too uniform in shape. According to my mom the guac was really good, it was loaded with lots of fresh avocado and veggies!
1. omg you ate TWO burritos?! at this point nothing should surprise me anymore lol XD
1. LOLOL I ate the burritos from Whole Foods the day before ~ eating two burritos would be insane!! XD
2. Unless Raymond was there .........
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28423 | What is lumen
December 1, 2020
What is Lumen, and can it ‘hack’ your metabolism?
Ads for the very sleek Lumen device are all over my social feeds, and so many of you have asked me to review it. Full disclosure: I haven’t tried Lumen myself, but have gone over the science and sales pitch behind the device in depth in order to let you
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food as medicine
November 25, 2020
We need to stop saying that food is medicine. It isn’t.
Hippocrates apparently (but actually, probably didn’t) said it first in the 5th century: let food be thy medicine and medicine thy food. In fact, Hippocratic medicine understood and honoured the difference between food and medicine. Regardless, like a lot of things said and done long ago, that statement deserves another
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Mediterranean diet
November 23, 2020
Does the anti-inflammatory diet really exist?
Does that collagen smoothie really help prevent inflammation? I was recently tagged in a Twitter thread in response to a post by Harvard Health about anti-inflammatory foods. Here’s the post, in case you’re wondering. The thread was full of people telling Harvard that this infographic was super-misleading and not evidence-based.
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nutrition myths
November 18, 2020
Nutrition Etiquette: Don’t Be That Person Who Does These Four Things.
Nutrition etiquette: you may have never heard about it, but it does exist. At least, it should. Most likely, you’ve had some of these things done to you. I hate to sound harsh here, but if you do any of the following four things, you need to be put into
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candida scam
October 26, 2020
Is Gut Candida Overgrowth Actually Real, and Do Candida Diets Work?
As much as I don’t reeeeaaaallllly want to, we need to talk about the ‘candida’ diagnosis that so many alternative health practitioners seem to think we all have. I recently posted a graphic that used candida as an example of something that apple cider vinegar won’t cure. The graphic got
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October 13, 2020
An open letter to the ‘holistic cancer practitioner’ who told me to ‘do my research.’
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28466 | [pkg-cryptsetup-devel] Bug#927165: debian-installer: improve support for LUKS
Guilhem Moulin guilhem at debian.org
Mon Jun 10 16:01:48 BST 2019
Hi there,
On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 at 23:24:19 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
>>> One could argue that cryptodisk support has never been supported by
>>> d-i anyway,
>> Yup, and I suppose that's why I overlooked this in my mail to
>> debian-boot :-P Jonathan Carter had a similar report last week
>> https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-cryptsetup-devel/2019-April/008196.html
> While I'm usually fine to dismiss some bug reports as “it's unsupported,
> sorry”, making users' life harder doesn't seem really reasonable… :/
During last week's gathering at MiniDebConf Hamburg we (cryptsetup package
maintainer + KiBi) talked and came up with the following guide/notes:
I believe it covers the easiest way to set up GRUB unlocking, i.e., starting
from d-i's "encrypted LVM" partitioning method. Tested with Debian
Installer Buster RC1, but should™ be relevant with:
- Any d-i supporting the "encrypted LVM" partitioning method where
encrypted have LUKS headers. (Since Lenny? Or perhaps even Etch, don't
remember if Etch had support for LUKS already, or only plain dm-crypt
and loop-AES.)
- Any GRUB2 ≥2.00-1, so very early in Jessie's release cycle.
- Any cryptsetup version, whether the default LUKS format version is 1
(pre-Buster) or 2 (since 2:2.1.0-1, now in Buster).
The aim of our document is to describe how to setup GRUB unlocking from an
existing “standard” installation (thus subject to partman-partitioning's
limitations). We aim to follow future d-i versions; should native support
for encrypted /boot (which — as of GRUB 2.02 — requires the underlying
device to be formatted as LUKS1) be implemented at some point, that'll be
documented there.
We also propose to add a link to this document from the release notes:
https://salsa.debian.org/ddp-team/release-notes/merge_requests/29 .
PS. I've used GRUB unlocking on several devices (sometimes bypassing
partman, sometimes not) since before Wheezy was released, and should
have written that guide & shipped it to the cryptsetup package years ago
(the closest form that comes to mind is my talk at DebConf18 which was
not so detailed)… apologies for not doing so earlier. I'm also a bit
sad to have missed https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2019/01/msg00035.html .
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The debate over artificial intelligence (AI) is really a philosophical one. Although it has all the earmarks of being about technology, the technology itself is really beside the point. The technological advances in the interrelated areas of computer science and robotics have brought the debate home in a real way, instead of being merely theoretical and futuristic. The decisions we make now will certainly have ramifications for the future of our children and grandchildren, but they also will have an immediate impact on our own tomorrow. The AI debate is one we must wrestle with and come to conclusive answers now because the technology is pressing ahead, whether we want it to or not.
Science fiction, as a genre, has the benefit of looking ahead to technological possibilities (and impossibilities), but also has the misfortune of having to put these technological advancements into some sort of coherent narrative. In other words, science fiction gets to imagine about how various inventions and advancements may look and operate in the future, but they must also somehow incorporate these “things” into the world of human beings and answer questions about how the technology might or might not change the future for humans. For the most part, science fiction writers usually assume that humans in the future want the same things that humans in the present want, i.e. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Intriguing sci-fi stories are most often those that show how future technology will either help or hinder the achieving of those goals.
Isaac Asimov was a prolific science writer as well as a popular writer of science fiction. Although he considered himself to be an atheist, he well understood the need for social restraints in the form of laws. In his famed “Robot” series, Asimov devised the “Three Rules of Robotics” which all robots were compelled to obey. The three laws are:
Asimov clearly understood that introducing robots into the physical world—working alongside and interacting with humans—would not be without its problems. He was under no illusion that robots would be able to exist without laws to govern their behavior. Asimov’s three laws are actually quite similar to another set of laws that have been given by a higher authority:
Jesus sums up the entire teaching of the Law and the Prophets with these two commandments. Note that these two “greatest” commandments actually contain three subjects: God, neighbor, and self. From these two commandments of Jesus, St. Augustine argued that a cosmic order of priorities existed with God at the top, other people in the second position, and our own selves in last place.[2] Notice the similarity to the ![“Banner:](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/banner-donation-match-update-11.jpg” ““Banner:")three robotic laws where Asimov demanded that robots must first love their creator (humans in this case), obey their creator, and protect their own existence last of all. Asimov’s order of priorities (or directives) for his robots is really nothing more than a co-opting of God’s Law for His people.
It is at this point that we are able to understand how the binary, black and white logic of the machines is able to “go bad.” As we saw last week, the computers that were supposed to protect people became the predators as they attempted to reconcile the actions of the humans with their own prime directives. When VIKI (the supercomputer in I, Robot) makes the logical decision—in an attempt to follow her programming of being “three rules compliant”—that mankind as a whole would be better off if certain men were eliminated, her “thinking” makes perfect sense. When ARIA (the supercomputer in Eagle Eye) takes VIKI’s logic to the federal level, her “thought process” is also perfectly rational. What Asimov didn’t take into account with his first law was that some men need to be harmed in order to stop harming others. The computers—especially the ones that are “three rules compliant”—see this conflict almost immediately. The utilitarian compromise**[3]** becomes the only way to reconcile the conflict between programming and reality.
As Christians, we understand that a conflict also exists between the program language of God’s “prime directives” and the reality of His people actually doing them; it is called sin. As fallen men we understand that something is wrong with the “software” that causes the “hardware” to act in rebellion to its original design. We have names for people who don’t recognize this problem; we call them psychopaths. “Psychopaths lack a vital component of the human personality that most other people take for granted—conscience. Either they have no conscience, or their conscience is too weak to inhibit the violence they commit. Psychopaths kill without guilt and without remorse.”[4] In other words, psychopaths are not bothered by consequences or ethics. Like VIKI and ARIA, they act in accordance with their programming. One such psychopath, Ted Bundy, came to understand the problem and verbalized it—just hours before his execution in the Florida electric chair—in an interview with Dr. James Dobson.
When asked if he thought he deserved to die, Bundy responded, “That’s a very good question. I don’t want to die; I won’t kid you. I deserve, certainly, the most extreme punishment society has. And I think society deserves to be protected from me and from others like me. That’s for sure. What I hope will come of our discussion is that I think society deserves to be protected from itself.”[5] Before his death, Bundy recognizedthat the monster is not outside of us, as humanistic psychology would have us believe, it is within each one of us. He came to realize that something is desperately wrong with the heart of all men, not just his own. When Ted Bundy was electrocuted at 7:15 AM the next morning, he died knowing that Jesus Christ was the only healer of sick hearts. If Bundy’s own confession of Christ was genuine and not just a publicity stunt, he is currently residing in a mansion prepared by Jesus Himself. When the machines of men act in strict accordance with their programming—like VIKI and ARIA—man seeks to eliminate them. But when God’s creation acts in accordance with its own sinful tendencies—as Ted Bundy did in his nationwide killing spree of dozens of women—God seeks to redeem them.
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1 “Three Laws of Robotics,” Wikipedia.com. This entire article is worth reading to get a sense of how the laws have been modified and revised over the years, showing that even laws for robots are not free of the slow death of a thousand qualifications.
2 Also known as the “I am third” principle. This was Gale Sayers credo and was the title of the book that he wrote about his friend and teammate Brian Piccolo, the “Brian” of the 1971 movie Brian’s Song.
3 Often summarized as the “greatest good for the greatest number.”
4 Time-Life Books, True Crime: Serial Killers (Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1992), 5. 5 From an edited transcript available online at: http://www.pureintimacy.org/piArticles/A000000433.cfm |
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Section V.31 - Apartheid
Resolution V.31
This Conference:
1. gives thanks to God for the end of apartheid rule and of centuries of colonial oppression in South Africa; and
2. welcomes the first democratically elected government under President Mandela and sends greetings and good wishes to him and to all the people of South Africa.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28506 | 2016 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 22
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Rectangle $DEFA$ below is a $3 \times 4$ rectangle with $DC=CB=BA$. What is the area of the "bat wings" (shaded area)? [asy] draw((0,0)--(3,0)--(3,4)--(0,4)--(0,0)--(2,4)--(3,0)); draw((3,0)--(1,4)--(0,0)); fill((0,0)--(1,4)--(1.5,3)--cycle, black); fill((3,0)--(2,4)--(1.5,3)--cycle, black); label("$A$",(3.05,4.2)); label("$B$",(2,4.2)); label("$C$",(1,4.2)); label("$D$",(0,4.2)); label("$E$", (0,-0.2)); label("$F$", (3,-0.2)); label("$1$", (0.5, 4), N); label("$1$", (1.5, 4), N); label("$1$", (2.5, 4), N); label("$4$", (3.2, 2), E); [/asy]
$\textbf{(A) }2\qquad\textbf{(B) }2 \frac{1}{2}\qquad\textbf{(C) }3\qquad\textbf{(D) }3 \frac{1}{2}\qquad \textbf{(E) }5$
The area of trapezoid $CBFE$ is $\frac{1+3}2\cdot 4=8$. Next, we find the height of each triangle to calculate their area. The triangles are similar, and are in a $3:1$ ratio[SOMEBODY PROVE THIS], so the height of the larger one is $3,$ while the height of the smaller one is $1.$ Thus, their areas are $\frac12$ and $\frac92$. Subtracting these areas from the trapezoid, we get $8-\frac12-\frac92 =\boxed3$. Therefore, the answer to this problem is $\boxed{\textbf{(C) }3}$
Solution 2
Setting coordinates!
Let $E=(0,0)$, $F=(3,0)$
Now, we easily discover that line $CF$ has lattice coordinates at $(1,4)$ and $(3,0)$. Hence, the slope of line $CF=-2$
Plugging in the rest of the coordinate points, we find that line $CF=-2x+6$
Doing the same process to line $BE$, we find that line $BE=2x$.
Hence, setting them equal to find the intersection point...
$y=2x=-2x+6\implies 4x=6\implies x=\frac{3}{2}\implies y=3$.
Hence, we find that the intersection point is $(\frac{3}{2},3)$. Call it Z.
Now, we can see that
Using the well known Shoelace Formula(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoelace_formula), we find that the area of one of those small shaded triangles is $\frac{3}{2}$.
Now because there are two of them, we multiple that area by $2$ to get $\boxed{\textbf{(C) }3}$
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28511 | I upgraded to 12.04 right after it was released, and once it installed, I was eager to try the new features. After fiddling around with most of them, I forgot to try the brand new HUD. I tapped the alt key... and nothing happened. I searched around to see if I disabled it, but I didn't. Also, holding alt still showed the appmenu at the top. Is there a reason that it isn't working on my computer?
• Please can you look at this Q to see if your HUD key is set correctly - thanks askubuntu.com/questions/122209/… – fossfreedom Apr 29 '12 at 21:41
• It was. But thanks to you, I decided to change it to something different and then back, and I found out the problem (there was a conflict with the HUD and a compiz plug in) – Stramato Apr 29 '12 at 22:25
• There is a related bug entry in Launchpad: bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995040 – uzhoasit Jun 28 '13 at 17:34
I figured out that it wasn't working because of conflicts with the compiz scale plugin. Now it works!
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After an upgrade, from 10.04 to 12.04, the HUD did appear with Alt but whatever I typed there were no results. The solution was to type in a Terminal:
sudo apt-get install indicator-appmenu-tools
Then press Enter. It worked!
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• I did this and now I do see results when I type stuff in HUD, but the results seem to come from random places of other apps (not the currently active app) and the results don't even match what I have actually typed... Very weird, has anybody seen this? – Dmitry Pashkevich Aug 8 '12 at 8:01
• Restarting the computer solved the problem. I think it's worth mentioning in the answer... Thanks anyway! – Dmitry Pashkevich Aug 8 '12 at 8:33
• Why isn't this installed by default? – Bart Friederichs Sep 4 '12 at 6:31
Could reproduce the problem in a Unity 2D session. When logout and switching to normal Unity session the HUD worked. A source says that HUD is not available in Unity 2D and suggests to add an ppa with enabled Unity 2D.
How do I enable Global Menus and fix HUD (after upgrading to 12.04 from 10.04)? suggests to install indicator-appmenu. I tried this solution and after a relogin (or unity --replace in a terminal) HUD was also working in Unity 2D.
There is an open bug report on this issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995040
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28519 | Question: How Do You Identify An Ulcer?
How do I get rid of an ulcer?
How do I know if I have an ulcer or gastritis?
What should I not eat with stomach ulcers?
Can you feel a stomach ulcer?
Signs and symptoms The most common symptom of a stomach ulcer is a burning or gnawing pain in the centre of the tummy (abdomen). But stomach ulcers aren’t always painful and some people may experience other symptoms, such as indigestion, heartburn and feeling sick.
Is milk good for ulcers?
What food is good for ulcers?
How do you know if an ulcer is bleeding?
An ulcer that is bleeding heavily may cause: stool that is black and sticky. dark red or maroon colored blood in your stool. bloody vomit with the consistency of coffee grounds.
Where is ulcer pain located?
How long can you live with an ulcer?
What aggravates an ulcer?
While they may not cause ulcers, some things may make ulcers worse, increase pain, or slow ulcer healing, such as:Smoking cigarettes or chewing tobacco.Drinking alcohol.Eating spicy foods.Eating food with a high acid content, such as oranges or tomatoes.Drinking coffee and colas.Stress.
What antibiotic is used for stomach ulcers?
Antibiotics for ulcersAmoxicillin (Amoxil)Clarithromycin (Biaxin)Metronidazole (Flagyl)Tinidazole (Tindamax)Tetracycline (Tetracycline HCL)Levofloxacin (Levaquin)
Is salt good for ulcers?
Why do we get ulcers?
Some people may develop ulcers as a result of a different medical condition or a nutritional deficiency. Conditions such as celiac or Crohn’s disease, vitamin B12 or iron deficiency, or a weakened immune system may all trigger ulcers to form.
Are ulcers caused by stress?
Is banana good for ulcer?
What is a stress ulcer?
Stress ulcers are multiple, superficial erosions which occur mainly in the fundus and body of the stomach. They develop after shock, sepsis, and trauma and are ofter found in patients with peritonitis and other chronic medical illness.
Can you take ibuprofen if you have an ulcer?
People with ulcers should not use ibuprofen unless their health care providers say it’s safe. Ibuprofen can cause or aggravate ulcers. It also causes other gastrointestinal symptoms, such as heartburn, upset stomach, or pain. Drinking alcohol while using ibuprofen increases the risk of GI problems.
What is the fastest way to cure a stomach ulcer?
What does ulcer pain feel like?
How do you get stomach ulcers?
The most common causes of peptic ulcers are infection with the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and long-term use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin IB, others) and naproxen sodium (Aleve). Stress and spicy foods do not cause peptic ulcers.
What is the best medicine for ulcer?
Do stomach ulcers go away on their own?
How long do stomach ulcers take to heal?
Can Stomach ulcers be cured?
If you have a stomach ulcer, your treatment will depend on what caused it. With treatment, most ulcers heal in a month or two. If your stomach ulcer is caused by a Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacterial infection, a course of antibiotics and a medication called a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) is recommended.
How do you determine if you have an ulcer?
The presence of an ulcer can only be determined by looking directly at the stomach with endoscopy or an X-ray test.Medical history. … Physical Exam. … Lab tests. … Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy and biopsy. … Upper GI series. … Computerized tomography (CT) scan. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28529 | Great Read on Error Handling
As mentioned before, I’m very passionate about user experiences pertaining to error cases. How the error is handled, what is shared with the user and what is left out, how much technical jargon is used in the content, the length of the content, the graphics of the page (or part of the page) of the error message, and the list goes on.
I found a great site (from an unlikely source!) that captures error messaging best practices |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28549 | Question: Why Do I Have To Pee More When Lying Down?
How do you calm an overactive bladder?
Behavioral interventions may include:Pelvic floor muscle exercises.
Kegel exercises strengthen your pelvic floor muscles and urinary sphincter.
Healthy weight.
Scheduled toilet trips.
Intermittent catheterization.
Absorbent pads.
Bladder training..
How can I stop needing to pee at night?
Preventing nighttime urinationavoiding beverages with caffeine and alcohol.maintaining a healthy weight, as excess weight can put pressure on your bladder.timing when you take diuretic medications so they don’t impact your nighttime urine production.taking afternoon naps.
What causes overactive bladder at night?
What foods to avoid if you have an overactive bladder?
Is peeing every 30 minutes normal?
What is nocturia a sign of?
Nocturia is a condition in which you wake up during the night because you have to urinate. Causes can include high fluid intake, sleep disorders and bladder obstruction. Treatment of nocturia includes certain activities, such as restricting fluids and medications that reduce symptoms of overactive bladder.
How can I train my bladder at night?
Why do I feel like I need to pee after I already peed?
Is frequent urination at night a sign of diabetes?
How many times is normal to urinate at night?
Why do I pee every 2 hours at night?
Does drinking water help with overactive bladder?
Drinking water is actually one of the best things you can do for overactive bladder. It’s best to spread out your water intake throughout the day. Take sips; don’t gulp down a lot of water at once. And also, make sure it’s water you’re drinking not just any fluid.
How can I stop waking up to pee?
#4 PRACTICE GOOD SLEEP HYGIENE.Limit daytime naps to 30 minutes.Avoid stimulants such as caffeine and nicotine close to bedtime.Set a consistent sleep and wake time.Exercise regularly (but not right before bed)Avoid foods that may be disruptive right before sleep (like spicy or heavy, rich foods)More items…• |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28585 | Shulamith Berger’s Ongoing Translation of Hibru by Joseph Opatoshu
The following excerpt is used with the permission of the Yiddish Book Center, where this originally appeared. Ms. Berger completed this translation with the support of the Center’s Translation Fellowship. The complete novel is due to be published this fall by Ben Yehuda Press.
“Mr. Friedkin and Shoshana: Wandering Souls on the Lower East Side”
Chapter 13 of Hibru by Joseph Opatoshu, translated by Shulamith Berger
The photograph, courtesy of Dan Opatoshu, depicts the author, Joseph Opatoshu (center, with arms folded), surrounded by Jewish schoolchildren. The sign on the lower right reads, “A hartsikn borekhabo undzer libn gast yoysef opatoshu” (“A hearty welcome to our dear guest Joseph Opatoshu”). Another, on the lower left, reads, “YIDISH undzer shprakh SOTSYALIZM undzer ideal” (“YIDDISH: Our language – SOCIALISM: Our ideal”).
The novel Hibru, by Joseph Opatoshu (1886–1954), portrays the professional and personal lives of teachers, young immigrant men from Eastern Europe who wander like lost souls in the land of opportunity, seeking a livelihood, meaning, and love. It is set on the Lower East Side of New York in the 1910s. The title refers to Hebrew schools, supplementary schools that boys attended in the afternoon after public school. The schools provided students with a Jewish education and prepared them for their bar mitzvahs.
This selection is Chapter 13, with a new title provided by the translator. It opens with Mr. Friedkin—the novel’s protagonist and the principal of a Hebrew school—in a state of agitation precipitated by his colleague Ziskind’s declaration of belief in Jesus.
Friedkin wandered around lost in thought for several days after the scene at Ziskind’s. He realized that until now he’d never let life touch him; life had passed by him like a shallow stream flowing between high shores, never jostling nor leaving a trace on him. He was sorry that he had frittered away more than half his life on nothing more than the pursuit of creature comforts. The children in school exchanged puzzled glances. They couldn’t understand the change in Friedkin. He treated them politely, like adults, and the children responded and sat calmly. For the first time in years he didn’t feel worn out when he dismissed the class. He walked down the steps briskly, cheerfully exchanged greetings with the teachers, and thought he was on his way to a new life.
Friedkin got ahold of a New Testament, stayed up late at night, and read it diligently. This went on for a few days. Very often, poring over the New Testament, he recited the words mechanically, without understanding the meaning, and perverse thoughts crept into his head about a Jewish Pope, Jewish cardinals, and about the missionary, Ziskind. He fantasized himself sitting on the Pope’s golden throne. He knew it was impossible, yet he imagined receiving Jewish deputations regarding blood libels and issuing papal bulls to all the nations decreeing that blood libels are ugly, false accusations of ritual murder leveled against the Jews. Every time he thought about blood libels, it brought to mind the scholar Daniel Chwolson, a convert from Judaism but a great advocate for his people. Friedkin then transformed himself from a Pope to that professor in the czar’s court, determined to demonstrate the greatness of the Jews to the world. He soon grew sick and tired of the New Testament.
On top of that, Shoshana came over almost every evening, leaving him little time to think of much else. He gradually forgot about the incident with Ziskind. Shoshana’s visits also grew distasteful, and he thought about how to distance himself from her. Just then the secretary of the school handed him a letter of dismissal, notifying him that he must look for another position at the end of the term. The news thoroughly unnerved him. It drove everything else out of his head, and all Friedkin could concentrate on was finding a concrete solution. He curried favor with the secretary of the school, hinted that he’d marry his daughter at any time, and wrote poison pen letters about a teacher, Green, accusing him of violating Shabbos—nothing helped. As the time for him to vacate his position grew closer, he became more despondent. He realized he had no one to pour his heart out to, that he was still a stranger in New York; he might as well have just gotten off the boat yesterday.
And here stood Shoshana with wide-open arms, desiring him just the way he was, and he grew warmer at the thought. He told himself that she was a seamstress, she could open her own place, and if it were successful he’d be set for life. Every time he contemplated breaking up with Shoshana, convinced he’d soon find a better match, she would, as if just to spite him for the thought, visit him in progressively lighter, see-through clothing. She wouldn’t leave him alone, toying with him like a cat with a ball of yarn. The more she tempted him, the more he wanted to escape, but all he could manage to do in the few hours before she visited was to parade around his room all dressed up.
Shoshana came in and didn’t greet him. She sat with her hat on, and like a person with something to hide, she looked down at the floor helplessly, without saying a thing.
“What’s wrong, Shoshana?” Friedkin asked.
She looked at him with watery eyes, her lips trembling as though she were about to burst into tears. She bit her lower lip with her white teeth and stayed in the same position.
“Shoshana, say something, what is it?” Friedkin went to her and touched her gently on her shoulder. “Did someone hurt you?”
“Nothing; leave me alone.” She twisted as though she wanted to shake off his hand and wept quietly.
“What’s going on, Shoshana?” Friedkin implored her. “Why are you crying? You’ve got to tell me; I’m not a stranger. Did someone offend you? Why aren’t you saying anything?”
She looked up, wiped her eyes, opened her mouth, and sobbed even more fiercely. Friedkin began kissing her hands, not even knowing what he was saying: “Shoshana, why are you crying? Please, tell me! Nu, Shoshana?”
“I can’t,” she said in a low voice.
“You’ve got to tell me!” Friedkin kept kissing her. “You mustn’t be ashamed in front of me! What, am I a stranger?”
Shoshana gasped and clutched at her heart. Her head bobbed as though she were about to faint.
“Some water?” Friedkin jumped up. She nodded. Friedkin brought a glass of water, sprinkled her face, poured a bit into her mouth, and stretched her out on the bed. She came to, motioned for him to sit next to her, and asked him to loosen her corset. Friedkin unbuttoned her corset, put another pillow under her head, and begged her to calm down. All of a sudden Shoshana got off the bed, sat down on the rocking chair, and without looking at Friedkin, just barely got out the words: “I’m pregnant.”
“What?” Friedkin opened his eyes, like a calf being led to the slaughter.
“Exactly what you heard.” Shoshana started crying again.
“How can you be so sure?” Friedkin drew closer.
She didn’t answer, hid her face in her hands, and burst into sobs.
This time, Friedkin clenched his lips, stiffened his chin, didn’t say anything, and started to pace across the room. Thousands of thoughts ran through his head in that one minute. None of the thoughts stayed with him; they flew in all directions and he suddenly felt drained. He lowered himself onto the bed, looked at her awhile with dazed eyes as though he had just woken up, and again asked, now with a smile, “You’re really pregnant?”
“You don’t believe me!” Her nostrils quivered and tears flowed from her eyes. “Where should I go, then? What would you have me do?”
“I don’t know why you’re crying.” He suddenly went over to her. “It’s from me, you say?”
“Who else?”
“She stood wild-eyed, like a mother defending her cubs.
“I believe you, I believe you,” Friedkin stammered in fear. “Why are you crying? It’s my child, you say. Good! Good!”
Shoshana took a few steps toward Friedkin, looked at him as though she were thinking of saying something, put her hands dejectedly on his shoulders, laid her head on his chest, and wept quietly. Friedkin led her to the bed, sat down next to her, and tried to comfort her. “I beg you, Shoshana, please calm down! Crying won’t help at all! Nu, Shoshana?”
She started to wipe her eyes, leaned against Friedkin’s shoulder, avoided looking at him, and was silent.
Friedkin sat forlorn. He had often daydreamed about getting married, but now the prospect felt like a rope thrust around his neck by a hidden hand, poised to suffocate him at any moment. He observed Shoshana’s profile, with the delicate dark hairs on her cheek, so thin they almost curled; he felt the hot breath from her nostrils, and he shuddered. He couldn’t comprehend what she wanted from him. He felt everything around him constrict and couldn’t breathe, wishing he could be free from her.
“Why are you quiet?” Shoshana instinctively interrupted the silence and snuggled up to him.
“What am I supposed to say?” Friedkin shrugged his shoulders helplessly.
“I see you’re suffering.” She ran her fingers through his thin hair, wrinkling her forehead a bit as though contemplating what to say. “You know, a man suffers more beautifully than a woman, quietly; it’s truly tragic. With a woman, it’s melodramatic. You know, I despise self-satisfied men with fat faces. . . . A man who chases women, a ‘ladies’ man,’ I don’t like that, that’s not a man. . . . I don’t mean a man ought to be indifferent to women, but a man whose mission is to enjoy women and who wastes days and nights for the sake of a kiss is, in my opinion, worse than a man who is a gambler! And I promise you,” Shoshana hugged Friedkin with her bare arms, “we’ll have a comfortable home and the main thing is, whatever you earn will be fine! If you’ll make ten dollars a week, we’ll live on ten. Do you get more?”
“Of course,” Friedkin answered, feeling that now they had switched roles. “My salary from the school alone is sixteen dollars a week. With private lessons, bar mitzvahs, I can make twenty-five!”
“So we can truly save.” Shoshana’s spirits lifted. “That’ll be useful. . . . I’ve also laid away a few dollars. . . .”
They looked at each other and laughed. Shoshana kissed his eyes, brushed his ear with her lips, and whispered softly, “Tomorrow we’ll go look for rooms, all right? You’ll see how clean I’ll keep everything; every corner will be spick-and-span! Do you know how good a cook I am? I bake, too! We won’t make an official wedding; why waste money? It would be a pity! We’ll go to a rabbi and have a Jewish ceremony, with a chuppah. What do you say?” she cajoled him.
“So we can truly save.”
“All right,” Friedkin answered, feeling the rope being pulled tighter around his neck, and for the last time he tried to free himself. “Shoshana, how are you so sure? I mean, how do you know that—”
“That what?”
“I mean,” Friedkin stammered, “how do you know that . . . Did you ask a doctor? I mean, are you really sure you’re pregnant?”
“What am I, a little girl?” Shoshana was offended. “You’re talking, please forgive me, like a . . . Why wouldn’t I know? And I’ll tell you the truth: the first minute I felt miserable; now I’m happy. When a woman loves a man, she wants to have his child!”
Friedkin didn’t respond, just leaned his elbows on his knees, set his head in his hands in despair as though he’d suffered a tragedy, and stared into space.
Shoshana took his hand, stroked it, and clung to him, instinctively understanding that she mustn’t be lighthearted now; the mildest flirt would distress him even more. She didn’t say anything, letting the mood grow more serious. Then she sighed deeply and began: “You know, it’s an ugly world! When I think about it, I haven’t had a minute of happiness in my life!” She looked at him for a few moments, took his hand, held it to her right cheek, then the left, let go, and became even more earnest.
“I was never a child! When I was five, after my mother died, I had to raise my two little sisters. I washed them, combed their hair, took care of the house, and whenever one of my sisters fell and hurt herself, my father would slap me. My father was a fierce man, an angry man. I never heard a good word from him. I remember it as though it happened yesterday.” Shoshana again took Friedkin’s hand. “I was seven years old. I got a new dress for Pesach, and the first day I wore it outside, it got caught on a nail and ripped terribly. Did my father ever beat me! Oy, did I hate him then. Later I survived a pogrom, hiding in a garret for over a day and a night. What do you know from that? Then the journey to the Land of Israel, with a group of orphans. . . . I’ve been through a lot!”
“Oh, that’s right, you’re from Kishinev . . .” Friedkin said.
“Yes, I lived through the first Kishinev pogrom.” Shoshana’s eyes flashed like lightning. It seemed as though she had told the story many times before, knowing it always impressed. “I lay in an attic, didn’t make a sound, and sucked on my finger. And when I got even hungrier, I took that finger out of my mouth and chewed on another. You’ll laugh, but every time I switched fingers, I felt better. My father sat in a bundle of straw. Every once in a while he stuck out his head to see how I was doing. He comforted me by saying that soon someone would send us something to eat. Strange, whenever I think of my father, I remember what his eyes looked like then—huge, terrified, like a crazy person’s. It bothered me that he discussed matters with me as though I had grown up overnight and actually become a mother. Every time he moved around the attic, I was terrified, as though the bundle of straw were walking, not my father. And every time, I called out to him, as if to convince myself we were safe at home, that this really was my father.”
She grew silent, wiped away her tears, and was sunk in thought.
“And what happened in the end?” Friedkin had grown curious.
“What do you think!” She heaved a sigh. “At dawn, just when we decided to go down, a few hooligans came up to the attic, scattered everything, and one shoved his hand in the bundle of straw as he passed it and pulled my father out.
“I’ll never forget how he looked then. His beard had become so thin that you could count each and every hair. He avoided looking at me, ashamed, and with wide-open eyes he threw himself at the feet of the goyim, embraced their ankles, kissed them, and cried with a peculiar, piercing voice that shot needles through my entire body.
“I covered myself up more, squeezed my eyes closed, and was suddenly filled with hatred—why didn’t I attack the goyim, bite off one of their fingers? I think I pressed my eyes shut, but I still saw the goyim search him and take everything he had. A young sheygets punched him in the face and he fell on his knees, covered with blood. I felt like everything was exploding inside me, I so badly wanted to attack the sheygets. I bit my fingers and pinched my skin—how can I let a sheygets attack my father? I was sure that as soon as I’d stand up, someone would hit me over the head with a crowbar.
“They kept beating my father. They ripped off his clothes, wanted to know where he hid money, but he only groaned and begged them to stop. He kissed the hands that beat him, kissed the feet that trampled him, and suddenly cried out, ‘Reyzele! Reyzele! They’re killing me! My daughter, they’re going to murder your father.’
“For the first time, I heard my father, who’d always terrified me, crying and pleading for me, his eight-year-old daughter, to save him. I swallowed hot tears and bit my right hand until I drew blood, asking myself why didn’t I get up from my spot. But the fear that I’d be beaten over my head with a crowbar stopped me dead in my tracks, and I didn’t move a muscle.
“Meanwhile, a young peasant grabbed my father by his scrawny beard and started to lead him away from the attic. My father was bloody, with these wide-open eyes, and he looked so pathetic that I shrieked. I forgot that I could be killed. I couldn’t bear to watch them hurt my father; I flung myself at him in one leap, twisted my arms and legs around him, and screamed, ‘Tate, don’t go! Father!”
“I felt a pair of strong hands seize me, lift me up, and as I flew down to the stone floor I saw sparks in front of my eyes. . . .”
As Shoshana told the story, Friedkin gazed into her eyes, carried away by her experience, and sensed that she was gradually gaining stature in his eyes. He forgot all the issues married life entailed and wondered why he had always been so afraid of getting married. Everything looked rosy. He didn’t want to think. He knew that others supported wives and children on even less money than he earned.
Friedkin’s mood brightened. He complimented Shoshana and laughed. Even though he didn’t want to think about anything, he pictured the meals “she’d cook for him and the furniture she’d buy. He didn’t quite believe that he was going to become a father so easily! What was the difference between yesterday, when he was still just a bachelor, and today? He used to lie awake in bed at night fantasizing about his wedding, and now, suddenly, a woman confided in him that he’s already as good as married, that soon he’ll be a father. He looked at Shoshana, noticed her tousled hair, her black eyes, and wanted to find something similar to himself in her. Although there was no resemblance, he found some part of himself mirrored in her face when he looked into her eyes for a long time.
Late at night he escorted her home. He was happy and planned to go looking for an apartment the next day and stand under a chuppah the day after.
When Shoshana entered her building, Friedkin remained outside. He listened to her walk up the steps, rest on every floor with a sigh, then close the door and lock it. And suddenly everything was still. He was tired and just stood there a while, envious that Shoshana could go to bed right away. Then he shlepped himself home.
The silent streets and the people who were hunched over scurrying here and there, disappearing into dark buildings, affected Friedkin, and his good mood gradually disappeared.
Someone came toward him from a side street. This very tall stranger walked quickly and flapped his arms like wings. Friedkin instinctively wanted to play it safe by crossing the street, but he reminded himself that he was getting married and would soon need to protect his wife. He gathered his courage, went toward the stranger, and trembled. He took another few steps, couldn’t endure the tension, and started to step off the sidewalk when suddenly he became calm and his fear melted—the stranger was wearing glasses.
Permission to publish the translation of this chapter of Hibru is courtesy of Dan Opatoshu, grandson of the author.
Shulamith Z. Berger is the curator of special collections and Hebraica-Judaica at the Mendel Gottesman Library of Yeshiva University. She studied Yiddish at the Uriel Weinreich Summer Program in Yiddish Language and Culture and at Columbia University with Dr. Chava Lapin, Dr. Mordkhe Schaechter, and Dr. Sheva Zucker, and holds a master’s degree in American Jewish history from Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School. She was a 2015 translation fellow at the Yiddish Book Center. While this is her first literary translation, she has previously contributed to the Pakn Treger. In her article ” Ritz with a Shvitz,” Berger explores the same bustling world of the Lower East Side. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28591 | Looking For Active English Speaking Players (Agathen)
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28603 | Gay Bash
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North Carolina’s bigots were most likely quite proud of themselves as they engaged in their own form of gay bashing this week. Amendment 1 passed; those who are fearful that the sanctity of marriage would have been destroyed may rest easy now that the ban on gay marriage has passed.
So, North Carolina, is it true that the last time you amended your constitution was to ban interracial marriage? Just WHAT is it with you and your traditions?
Thank you for evolving on this issue, President Obama.
As for you, North Carolina?
History will not be beneficent to you…but for now, you should be ashamed of yourselves.
1. Hear, hear, sista. Nothing says “Amurka” like legislated bigotry!
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Sad, isn’t it? Especially since the legislated bigotry is derived from bigotry based on religious beliefs.
1. […] and sense of conformity. Lauber was a relatively new student at the school, and was soft-spoken and thought to be gay. Ultimately, Romney and his friends grabbed him, held him down against his will and chopped off his […] |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28628 | Bug 1788219 - Drop Optical Media Release Criterion
Summary: Drop Optical Media Release Criterion
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Changes Tracking
Version: 32
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: František Zatloukal
QA Contact:
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
Reported: 2020-01-06 18:18 UTC by Ben Cotton
Modified: 2020-04-28 14:30 UTC (History)
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Description Ben Cotton 2020-01-06 18:18:41 UTC
This is a tracking bug for Change: Drop Optical Media Release Criterion
For more details, see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Drop_Optical_Media_Criterion
Proposal to not require testing of physical optical media before Fedora Release (GA). This doesn't mean that installation from optical media would stop working, just that the Fedora QE Team wouldn't need to actually test it before the Fedora Release. Should any member of Fedora QE Team or community find any issues regarding physical media boot, those would still be treated as any other blocker bugs. Installation from USB devices on bare metal machines and installation from virtual optical drives in virtual machines will still need to be tested.
Comment 2 Ben Cotton 2020-02-11 18:13:45 UTC
Branching Fedora 32 Changes from rawhide. Today is the Code Complete (testable) deadline. Please make sure your bug status is set appropriately:
Complete (testable) -> MODIFIED
Complete (100% code complete) -> ON_QA (deadline is 25 February)
If you need to defer this change until Fedora 33, please set the version back to 'rawhide'.
Comment 3 Ben Cotton 2020-04-28 14:30:20 UTC
Fedora 32 is released!
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28671 | AR# 4660
M1.5/2.1i: Constraints Editor: baste:262-bad format for LOC constraint
KEYWORDS: TQ176, 3000 family, P128, LOC, constraints, baste, 262
URGENCY: standard
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: When targeting the 3090L, TQ176 package,
it is possible to lock all pins except P128. When attempting to lock this pin,
the error in MAP is the following: ERROR:baste:262-bad format for LOC constraint
This is a bug in the software. The UCF file is looking for a lower case "p" rather
than an upper case "P". For example, the UCF file should read: NET "pad name"
LOC = p128
note: other site names use "P"
AR# 4660
日期 01/18/2010
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28706 | Greetings Guest
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About Losunian
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brief introduction of Losunian
This public article was written by ericham2014 on 21 Aug 2016, 06:20.
[comments] Losunian is a constructed language created and spoken in Democratic Republic of Losun. It derived basically from Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese, Hakka, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean and English. In phonology, there are 21 consonants and 8 vowels (with several diphthongs and triphthongs). Though most of the vocabulary and grammer are adapted from Chinese, it is a non-tonal language, unlike Chinese itself is tonal.
The main language of Democratic Republic of Losun is actually Chinese. About half of population (5 million) may understand basic Losunian. However, those who speak Losunian as their main language were just consists of 0.5% of population (~50,000) and they are mainly the language instructors and their friends and families, and in minority, the Losunian lovers.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28708 | Volts, Amps, Watts & Ohms Calculator
Convert between Volts, Amps, Watts Calculator. Here is the answer to the question:5/8 as percent or how to convert 5/8 to percent.
Watts, Volts, Amps & Ohms Calculator
Fill in any two of the fields then, click on the button 'calculate'.
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Using this converter you can make any of these calculations: watts to ohms, watts to amps, watts to volts, volts to watts, volts to amps, volts to ohms, amps to volts, amps to watts, amps to ohms, ohms to volts, ohms to watts and ohms to amps. Just fill in one of these units pairs in the calculator above.
Electrical units definitions
We are going to define these electrical units (amperes, volts and watts) by imagining the electric current as the water that flows through a pipe. It it is often called electronic–hydraulic analogy.
Ampere or amp
Ampere measures the electrical current, the current represents the speed at which the electricity flows. Ampere would be the volume of water that flows through the pipeline per second. Ampere would be used to measure how fast the water flows through the pipeline. Ampere is often shortened to "amp".
Volt measures the voltage, volts represent the electrical potential difference. Volts would be the water pressure difference across the pipe. The greater the pressure the greater the voltage.
Watt measures the electrical power. Wattage corresponds to the amount of energy that an electric device uses per second. Watts would be the power the water could provide, for example to a mill wheel.
Ohms is a unit of electrical resistance, the greater the resistense the more difficult it is for current to flow. Using the electronic–hydraulic analogy, we coud say that a pipe having a diameter of 10 inches would have a smaller resistance than a pipe of one inch.
Electrical Calculation Formulas
Watt calculation / conversion formulas:
Formulas to calculate watts from volts, amps and ohms.
watts = volts² / ohms
watts = amps² * ohms
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volts = watts * ohms
volts = watts / amps
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Amp calculation / conversion formulas:
Formulas to calculate amps from watts, volts and ohms.
amps = volts / ohms
amps = watts / volts
amps = watts / ohms
Ohms calculation / conversion formulas:
Formulas to calculate ohms from watts, amps and volts.
ohms = volts / amps
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Ohms Law Pie Chart
To help us understand the the relationship between the various units, we can take all of the equations from above and condense them into a simple Ohms Law pie chart as shown below.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28728 | curl / Docs / Security Problems / sensitive HTTP server headers also sent to proxies
sensitive HTTP server headers also sent to proxies
Project curl Security Advisory, April 29th 2015 - Permalink
Such tunneling over a proxy is done for example when using the HTTPS protocol - or when explicitly asked for. In this case, the initial connection to the proxy is made in clear including any custom headers using the HTTP CONNECT method.
While libcurl provides the CURLOPT_HEADEROPT option to allow applications to tell libcurl if the headers should be sent to host and the proxy or use separate lists to the different destinations, it has still defaulted to sending the same headers to both parties for the sake of compatibility.
If the application sets a custom HTTP header with sensitive content (e.g., authentication cookies) without changing the default, the proxy, and anyone who listens to the traffic between the application and the proxy, might get access to those values.
Note: this problem doesn't exist when using the CURLOPT_COOKIE option (or the '--cookie' option) or the HTTP auth options, which are always sent only to the destination server.
This flaw can also affect the curl command line tool if a similar operation series is made with that.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CVE-2015-3153 to this issue.
CWE-201: Information Exposure Through Sent Data
This flaw is relevant for applications that use CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER to set headers with sensitive values and make HTTPS connections to the server via an HTTP proxy.
In version 7.37.0, libcurl introduced new options allowing applications to control which headers are sent to the proxy and which are sent only to the destination server - CURLOPT_HEADEROPT & CURLOPT_PROXYHEADER.
Starting in 7.42.1, the new default for this option will be CURLHEADER_SEPARATE. This has the minor drawback to the rare applications that truly intend the headers to be sent to both parties, that they need to change this option in their application.
curl of version >= 7.37 already sends headers that are set with '--header' option only to the destination server if --proxy-header is also used.
A patch for this problem that changes the default is available at:
A - Upgrade curl and libcurl to version 7.42.1
B - Apply the patch to your version and rebuild
It was first reported to the curl project on March 12 2015. We contacted distros@openwall on April 23.
libcurl 7.42.1 was released on April 29 2015, coordinated with the publication of this advisory.
Reported by Yehezkel Horowitz and Oren Souroujon.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28730 | CyberLock FS-RH02 Flex System RFID Reader
Input module, 13Mhz RFID reader with beeper
The RFID Reader Module is for scanning unencrypted 13.56 MHz RFID access cards used to identify a person and their permissions; can be used with data entry modules for dual authentication.
Power/Hardware Connection
Power supplied by the Flex System Hub
Required Hardware
Flex System Hub and an output module (Vault, door, or Keyport). |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28737 | Culture & Heritage
Dantewada had successfully safeguarded it’s ages old rich tribal culture and tradition to till date. The essence and purity of the adorable tribal culture had remained uninfluenced by the rapid changes that are happening around, and remains to admire one and all. Dantewada is inhabited by several tribal groups, out of which three particular tribes are found widely in the district namely Muriyas/Dandami Mariyas or Gonds, Dorla, Halba.
Food Habits The tribes of Dantewada are mainly non-vegetarians, they habitually take liquor, paje (a non-toxic liquid preparation made from water and small amount of cooked rice), Sulphi (Intoxic liquor collected from a tall palm like tree), Landa (a toxic liquid preparation made from water, Madiya, Rice & Corn). Kosra (a kind of grain like rice), rice, Madiya are their main food grains.
The tribes of Dantewada wear very limited clothes, The Tribal ladies decorate themselves with Khosa (beautiful lock of braid), Khinwa in ears (Ear tops), Phuli on Nose (a hanging ring type ornament made with gold or silver). The tribal ladies embellish their neck with Garland of Karipot (Black Pearl), Chapsari (a heavy necklace), Muhar Mala (A garland made with coins).They also wear Chude, Chudiya (bangles) made from Gold, Silver, Brass, Alluminium, Clay, Lead & Wood. They tattoo their skins with different designs.
Like all the tribes of India the tribes of Dantewada too believe in Gods and Goddesses, Jhad Phook (Practice of Occult arts, Exorcism), Bhooth-Preth (Evil Spirits), Jadu-Tona (Black Magic, Sorcery or Obeahism), Sirha-Guniya (Sirha is the person who invites the holy spirits upon his own self and then treats the sufferers, Guniya is the perosn who assists Sirha and treats his clients with Tantra-Mantra (incantation) apart from mediating between Sirha & the sufferers), Panjiyan-Perma (Panjiya is the one who forecasts and Perma is the elder person of the village who is obeyed by all the villagers and who guides them in different rituals and worship).
Tribes of Dantewada celebrate different fairs and festivals round the year which include the major festivals of Hindus like Diwali, Holi,Dashehra,Goncha (The Rath Utsav), Fagun etc. and their own festivals called as Pandum. Pandums are observed by the tribes at different occasions, a brief description of some major Pandums is shown below.
Different types of marriages are prevailing in the Tribal society of Dantewada, they are Mangni Vivah (Arranged Marriage), Bahu-Vivah (Polygamy), Vridh Vivah (Old Marriage), Dharjiya Vivah (Inviting the male to become son-in-law, living and depending on the in-laws after marriage), Apharan-Vivah / Jikunanun (Kidnapping and marrying a girl without her consent). The elders of the bridegroom go to the girl’s place for seeking her hand for their boy, which is known as Mahla-Jane, and also bears the whole expenditure of marriage ceremony. There is a custom to celebrate Chatti (the 6th day’s celebration) on the occasion of the child’s birth. Dead bodies are mostly burnt but small children are buried, and there is also a custom of observing Sutak (temporarily separating one self from the normal social gatherings) after the death of the relatives.
The main occupations of the tribes of the district Dantewada is farming, Poultry Farming, Animal Husbandry. They also sell minor forest produces like leaves, fruits, Datun (Fibrous Twin, used as a tooth brush), fire wood, Basta (new infant root of Bamboo tree), Boda, Tikhur, Chati, Dhup, Chiraunji (a dry fruit), Fish, baskets, Soop (Handy gadget used for winnowing grains and like) made from Bamboo.
Their sources of entertainment are folk songs, dances & folk-dramas. The folk songs include Leja, Reelo, Mariro, Sona, Dhankul Geet, Chait Parab Geet, Kotni and Jhaliyana Geet, each of which differ from one another and are sung at different occasions. Similarly the types of dances they perform are Dandami-Maria, Gurgal, Karsad, Dandari, Gedi etc. and their main folk dramas are Giti, Bhatra, Dandari etc. Apart from these three types of amusements yet another powerful way of enjoying themselves is the Murga Ladai (the cock fight in which two cocks are fought with each other after fixing a sharp knife to their legs and betting on the cocks). Murga-Ladai is so famous in this area that scores of viewers can be found standing around the playground thoroughly enjoying the fight on any fair or weekly market day.
The tribes of Dantewada are excellent artisans; they are experts in crafting artistic items with Clay, Stone, Bamboo, and Metals. They express their deep talent and knowledge through, Gharhwa Art, Wooden Art, and the other crafts they prepare by using Shell & Peacock Feathers.
Their main dialects are Halbi, Bhatri, Gondi, Parji, Dharvi, Dorli, Aboojhmarhi, & Damdami etc.
Their principal deities are Danteshwari, Mawli Mata, Bhima Dev, Bhairam Dev, Ghat Dev, Aanga Dev, Seethla Devi. Apart from these deities, the tribes of Dantewada also worship the nature.
Table of Major Pandums
S.No Name of the Pandul / Festival Occassion Month
1 Vijja Pandum To worship Earth and seeds of Paddy and to go for hunting which they call Veta April
2 Ama Pandum To Worship God Ama before eating Mangoes for the first time in an year May
3 Pane Pandum Before Sowing Paddy Seeds May
4 Dela Pandum After completing the plough related activities in the fields June
5 Podla Pandum To drive out all diseases of crops August
6 Amus After completion of Paddy Sowing August
7 Chikma To Start eating the new crops of vegetables etc September
8 Karta To start eating new Rice October
9 Pane Pandum Thanks giving for all new crops November
10 Gadi Pandum Before picking up Mahua flower (Mahua-bassia ormadhuka latifolia) February |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28744 | Land of the Free?
Alas, the dream of freedom fades
You scoff and think I overstate
but then, some “freedoms” condone hate
our freedoms come in different shades
some, for others, make barricades
man marries man? Their “free” says “no”
can you not see how this is so?
“what the hell have you got to lose?”
I say plenty – your right to choose
don’t say next year you didn’t know.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28756 | How NASA Will Use 3D Printers In Orbit
NASA has already designed and built their own additive manufacturing printer that has a build envelope of about a square foot. The video above shows just how they will use the printer and how they tested it in mircogravity. The printer will contain ready-made plans for common parts and they can also receive models from Earth if they need something special.
They will run the printer to make parts that “break or get lost” (where things can get lost of a space station is a different, far creepier matter) and they will be able to build various items in space to support experiments. In short, NASA now has the replication power of a 12th-grade classroom at a highly science-focused high school, which is pretty badass.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28758 | @article {Tabassum977, author = {Tabassum, Rubina and Chauhan, Ganesh and Dwivedi, Om Prakash and Mahajan, Anubha and Jaiswal, Alok and Kaur, Ismeet and Bandesh, Khushdeep and Singh, Tejbir and Mathai, Benan John and Pandey, Yogesh and Chidambaram, Manickam and Sharma, Amitabh and Chavali, Sreenivas and Sengupta, Shantanu and Ramakrishnan, Lakshmi and Venkatesh, Pradeep and Aggarwal, Sanjay K. and Ghosh, Saurabh and Prabhakaran, Dorairaj and Srinath, Reddy K. and Saxena, Madhukar and Banerjee, Monisha and Mathur, Sandeep and Bhansali, Anil and Shah, Viral N. and Madhu, Sri Venkata and Marwaha, Raman K. and Basu, Analabha and Scaria, Vinod and McCarthy, Mark I. and , and , and Venkatesan, Radha and Mohan, Viswanathan and Tandon, Nikhil and Bharadwaj, Dwaipayan}, title = {Genome-Wide Association Study for Type 2 Diabetes in Indians Identifies a New Susceptibility Locus at 2q21}, volume = {62}, number = {3}, pages = {977--986}, year = {2013}, doi = {10.2337/db12-0406}, publisher = {American Diabetes Association}, abstract = {Indians undergoing socioeconomic and lifestyle transitions will be maximally affected by epidemic of type 2 diabetes (T2D). We conducted a two-stage genome-wide association study of T2D in 12,535 Indians, a less explored but high-risk group. We identified a new type 2 diabetes{\textendash}associated locus at 2q21, with the lead signal being rs6723108 (odds ratio 1.31; P = 3.32 {\texttimes} 10-9). Imputation analysis refined the signal to rs998451 (odds ratio 1.56; P = 6.3 {\texttimes} 10-12) within TMEM163 that encodes a probable vesicular transporter in nerve terminals. TMEM163 variants also showed association with decreased fasting plasma insulin and homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance, indicating a plausible effect through impaired insulin secretion. The 2q21 region also harbors RAB3GAP1 and ACMSD; those are involved in neurologic disorders. Forty-nine of 56 previously reported signals showed consistency in direction with similar effect sizes in Indians and previous studies, and 25 of them were also associated (P \< 0.05). Known loci and the newly identified 2q21 locus altogether explained 7.65\% variance in the risk of T2D in Indians. Our study suggests that common susceptibility variants for T2D are largely the same across populations, but also reveals a population-specific locus and provides further insights into genetic architecture and etiology of T2D.}, issn = {0012-1797}, URL = {https://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/62/3/977}, eprint = {https://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/62/3/977.full.pdf}, journal = {Diabetes} } |
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Submodels are models whose skeleton is (partially) aligned to the skeleton of their parent model.
The most prominent examples for submodels are weapon models that are combined with player models: Each player model can be combined with any weapon model, and the animation sequences of either combine naturally with each other:
It's typically the job of the game code to load and combine parent models with their submodels, but the Model Editor implements this feature as well so that you can inspect loaded submodels easily:
Press the “+” button in the Submodels dialog in order to load a new submodel.
In theory, you can load more than one submodel per parent model, although that only makes sense if you load e.g. different weapon models for the left and right hands of the player, or child monsters that are carried in different locations in the parent monster, etc.
The “-” button unloads the selected submodels again.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28787 | DOXA’s Mission Statement
Why the name Doxa?: The Greek word doxa (δόξα) literally means “glory”. The glory of God is the revelation and manifestation of all that He is and has done, most clearly seen in the person & work of Jesus Christ (John 1:14,18; Colossians 1:15-20, 2:9). The scriptures proclaim that the chief end of man is “to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever” (Ephesians 1:4-6; Isaiah 43:6-7; Romans 11:36; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Psalm 73:25-28). We are defined by this purpose and, through the medium of music, Doxa seeks to proclaim:
Our ministry to the church: Through musically excellent psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, we invite believers to behold the glory of God and respond to Him in worship, as well as equip them for the work of ministry (1 Peter 2:9; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Ephesians 5:19-20, Colossians 3:15-17; Ephesians 4:17).
Our ministry from the church: Through culturally relevant music with biblical content, we invite the unbeliever to encounter God through the proclamation of His glory (John 4:21-26; Psalm 67; Psalm 96; Isaiah 6:1-8; Romans 15:8-9).
Our mission: Doxa exists to provide contextually relevant, gospel-centered, God-glorifying music to, through, from, and for the urban context. Musically, we will express this in a way that is:
• vintage – faithful to the historic Christian faith as proclaimed by the apostles’ teachings & the Holy Scriptures (Acts 2:42; 1 Corinthians 1:17, 2:1-2);
• current – relevant to current day musical forms of expression (1 Chronicles 12:32);
• urban – stylistically sensitive to the culture, people, & context in which God has placed us on mission (1 Corinthians 9:19-23); and
• congregational – participatory in order to encourage gathered believers to sing together (Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16).
Through comprehensive lifestyles of worship, the members of Doxa seek to be a living and breathing doxology to the praise of the glory of His grace:
W. E. Vine, Merrill F. Unger, William White, Jr., “glory,” in Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1996), p. 267.
The Westminster Confession of Faith, “The Shorter Catechism” (Atlanta, GA: Committee for Christian Education & Publications, 1990), p. 3. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28809 | For the region, see Waterfront
The Imperial City Waterfront is the southwestern district of Imperial City. It is on the City Isle near the Waterfront region, and can be accessed from the main city via the 'tunnel door' in the Temple District.
The Waterfront is home to beggars, pirates and thieves; the rougher elements of Imperial City society all congregated in one place. It is the main base of operations for the Thieves Guild in the Imperial City.
Shops, Inns, and Guilds[edit | edit source]
The Bloated Float tavern is a stationary boat, in the harbor that activates a quest when stayed over at night. Also, the Thieves Guild has regular meetings every night at the small region known as the Garden of Dareloth. It is the site where the first Thieves' Guild quest is given.
Other points of interest[edit | edit source]
Local area map
The Imperial City Waterfront is the home of some of the poorer residents of the Imperial City. The shacks these people live in compared to the polished stone of the city proper is a great indicator in the disparity of wealth and perhaps a reason for the Thieves Guild activity in the area.
As well as being home to the poorer residents of the city, the Waterfront also holds two Imperial Trading Company warehouses and one office.
Residents[edit | edit source]
The small shacks behind.
One can buy a modest house in the Waterfront area from Vinicia Melissaeia at the Office of Imperial Commerce in the Market District.
Locations[edit | edit source]
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Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]
Thieves Guild[edit | edit source]
Trivia[edit | edit source]
• The Waterfront district is part of Guard Captain Hieronymus Lex's section of Imperial City, making him the only captain to have more than two districts in their beat (he is also in command of the guards in the Temple District and the Arboretum).
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28810 | Savarak Fels is a Dunmer in Vos on Vvardenfell. He is the author of the note Freshly-Penned Note.
He secretly works with the Black Snails.
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CLA 664
• Paris France Bibliothèque Nationale de France Lat. 14086
Script Uncial, Half-Uncial, and Cursive Minuscule
Date VIII¹ (701 - 750)
Origin and Provenance
Written in France, the precise centre still to be determined, but evidence furnished by the saints in the Martyrology points to the small monastery of Moutiers-Saint Jean at Langres. Provenance Corbie: the manuscript is mentioned in the second Corbie catalogue saec. XII (MS Phillipps 1865, now Berlin 195) under the title 'Martyrologium. Vitae Patrum'. The same title is seen on fol. 6 of the present manuscript. Later at St Germain des Prés, where it bore the number '1311, olim 264'.
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Contents Martyrologium Luxoviense; Isidorus, Synonyma; Excerpta Patrum: Ps- Johannes Chrysostomus, De Eleemosyna; Ps- Augustinus, Sermones (252); Gregorius Magnus, Homiliae (De evangeliis); Caesarius Arelatensis, Homiliae (16, 56, 187, 199).
Script Commentary
Script is chiefly half-uncial: F, G, and N have the uncial form. The calendar (foll. 1–5) is in uncial here and there mixed with half-uncial, or dropping into half-uncial altogether: the dotted y with both branches curving to the right occurs. Foll. 49–50 and 107v–118 are by different Merovingian cursive hands: closed a is the rule, suprascript a also occurs; b occasionally has a tag to the right; the bow of d as well as q is often open; l occasionally sweeps below the line; the bows of o intersect above the line and sometimes have a tag to the right; in the ri ligature, i sweeps to the right; numerous ligatures with ; ti ligature used for both hard and soft sounds. A less cursive hand, writing over erased Merovingian, is seen on foll. 111v, 112, 113v–114. The first line of fol. 6 and the initial were erased and rewritten by a Maurdramnus hand saec. VIII–IX (cf. CLA 5.613).
☛De re diplomatica, p. 360 and pl. IX. 1; Nouveau Traité, III, pp. 112, 215–6, 225, 247, 434 and pl. XXXIX. 5. 3; XLVI. 3. 1. 3, 3. 2. 1; XLVII. 5. 2. 3; XLVIII.
1. 6; LVIII. 3. 4. 2. 1. ☛Tewes, Luxueil No. 30 (MSS with other close relationships to Luxeuil).
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28816 | Sneak Peak!
From The Elements of Time (work in progress)
I watched my pen loop from beginning to end, tracing shadows over light on my page. Saman Nasrin Jahandar. My new name. I picked it this time.
Don’t get me wrong, the names my mother picked were nice. In Germany, I was Roxana Laijani. In Switzerland I had been Leila Esfahani. In New York, I was Darya Homayoun. The names were beautiful! They just weren’t me.
My real name? I’m not allowed to use it. Which is kind of good because it would take me forever to write. Technically, I do have forever because I’m immortal, but I don’t think my algebra teacher would accept, “My name is 5 miles long,” as an excuse for turning in my homework late.
I checked the time. 5:13. Mama would be home soon, and that meant one thing: We’d be heading to some remote location so she could clobber me in combat training. Then we’d go get tacos!
I packed up my books, changed into black leggings and a black shirt, and listened for Mama as I pinned my hair back. Braids and ponytails were good, but if Mama decided to come at me with fire, I wanted to keep as much of my hair as possible…
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Gemma Chan
GmC (cropped).jpg
Chan in 2016
Born (1982-11-29) 29 November 1982 (age 38)
London, England
Years active2006–present
Partner(s)Jack Whitehall (2011–2017)
Dominic Cooper (2018–present)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳靜
Simplified Chinese陈静
Gemma Chan (born 29 November 1982)[1] is an English actress. She is known for her role as Astrid in the 2018 film Crazy Rich Asians, in which she received widespread recognition, and as Anita/Mia on the television drama Humans.
Born in London and raised in Kent, Chan attended the Newstead Wood School for Girls and studied law at Worcester College, Oxford. She gained a position in a law firm following graduation, but chose to pursue a career in acting instead, studying acting at the Drama Centre London. She has had supporting roles in television series: Doctor Who special "The Waters of Mars", Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2011), Fresh Meat (2011) and Bedlam (2011).
Chan continued to gain recognition for her roles in high-profile films including Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). She also starred in the leading role of Anita/Mia on the AMC/Channel 4 science fiction drama Humans from 2015 to 2018.
In 2018, Chan received recognition for portraying Astrid Leong-Teo in Jon M. Chu's romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians and also portrayed Bess of Hardwick in the historical drama Mary Queen of Scots. She portrayed Minn-Erva in the Marvel Studios superhero film Captain Marvel in 2019 and will play Sersi in Eternals in 2021.
Early life[edit]
Chan was born at Guy's Hospital in London, England.[2] Her father grew up in Hong Kong and was an engineer. Her mother's parents emigrated from Mainland China to Scotland via Hong Kong. Her mother grew up in Greenock, Scotland.[2][3] Chan describes herself,[4][5] and has been reported in media, as British Asian.[6]
Chan was raised near Sevenoaks, a town in western Kent, in South East England.[7] She attended Newstead Wood School for Girls in Orpington, London. She later went on to study jurisprudence at Worcester College, Oxford.[8]
Following her graduation, Chan gained a training contract offer as a graduate at the law firm Slaughter and May,[7][8] but instead she pursued an acting career and studied at the Drama Centre London.[2] Spotted at her showcase by British film producer Damian Jones, she signed to acting agent Nicki van Gelder.[citation needed]
Gemma Chan at the Moet BIFA 2014
In 2006, she was a competitor on the first series of the reality series Project Catwalk. Chan appeared in the autumn 2009 special of the BBC's Doctor Who ("The Waters of Mars"), which aired 15 November 2009 in the UK, playing geologist Mia Bennett. She was cast as a series regular in Secret Diary of a Call Girl, the fourth and final series airing on ITV2 in the UK and Showtime in the US in 2011.[9] She has also appeared as Ruth in Channel 4's Fresh Meat, as Soo Lin in BBC One's Sherlock, and the fourth series of The IT Crowd for Channel 4.
In 2012, Chan was a regular in series two of Sky Living's supernatural drama Bedlam[10] and in True Love, a five-part semi-improvised television series produced by Working Title for BBC One,[11]
In 2013, she starred in BBC One crime drama Shetland[12] and guest starred in the BBC's Death in Paradise. She was a cast member of Channel 4 romantic drama Dates.[13]
Chan played the anthropomorphic robot Anita/Mia in Humans, an AMC/Channel 4 science-fiction drama, from 2015 to 2018.[14]
In July 2016, Chan provided the voice for the character of Dewdrop in BBC One's animated miniseries Watership Down.
Chan made her acting debut in the independent horror serial When Evil Calls. In 2010, she appeared in the World War II drama film Shanghai, the psychological thriller Exam, and the 2011 comedy-drama Submarine. A supporter of human rights, she has made a film for Amnesty International to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.[8] She appeared in the action-thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.[15] The Double, and London Fields. Chan starred in Belles familles, by French director and screenwriter Jean-Paul Rappeneau, which premiered in 2015.[16] She also featured in the 2016 film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.[17]
In 2018, Chan co-starred as Astrid Leong-Teo in the film Crazy Rich Asians.[18] She first heard about the novel Crazy Rich Asians from a text from her sister, read it on holiday, and "fell in love with Astrid".[19] On 29 April 2019, CNBC reported that Chan is to reprise her role as Astrid in the back-to-back filming of two sequels to Crazy Rich Asians set for filming in 2020.[20] She also featured in the short film titled Leading Lady Parts in support of the Time's Up movement.[21]
In August 2019, she joined the cast of Marvel Studios' Eternals, which is set to be released in February 2021. This is her second role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe after previously appearing as Minn-Erva in Captain Marvel.[22]
Chan made her professional stage debut in the British premiere of Bertolt Brecht's last play, Turandot, at the Hampstead Theatre, London, directed by Anthony Clark. In November 2012, she performed in The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie, a play by Anders Lustgarten at the Finborough Theatre. In June 2013, she performed in the UK premiere of Yellow Face by American playwright David Henry Hwang at The Park Theatre, London, directed by Alex Sims. It was revived in 2014 at the Royal National Theatre with the original London cast returning.[23]
On 6 August 2013, Chan appeared as a guest on the "Cultural Exchange" feature of the BBC Radio 4 series Front Row, where she nominated the film The Princess Bride as a film she loves.[25]
She was one of fifteen women selected to appear on the cover of the September 2019 issue of British Vogue, by guest editor Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.[26]
Personal life[edit]
In September 2013, Chan appeared at the Old Bailey in central London as a witness to a fatal stabbing outside Putney Bridge tube station.[27]
In September 2017, Chan split from her boyfriend of six years, Jack Whitehall.[28] In December 2018, Chan made her first public appearance with Dominic Cooper as a couple at the British Fashion Awards.[29]
Year Film Role Notes
2006 When Evil Calls Molly Nelson
2009 Exam Chinese woman
2010 Pimp Bo
Shanghai Shin Shin
Submarine Kim-Lin
2013 The Double Glamorous Judge
2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Amy Chang
2015 Families Chen-Lin
2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Madam Ya Zhou
2017 Transformers: The Last Knight Quintessa
Stratton Aggy
2018 Crazy Rich Asians Astrid Young-Teo
London Fields Petronella
Mary Queen of Scots Elizabeth Hardwick
Intrigo: Dear Agnes Henny
Leading Lady Parts Herself Short film
2019 Mr. Malcolm's List Short film
Captain Marvel Minn-Erva
2020 Let Them All Talk Post-production
2021 Eternals Sersi Post-production
TBA Don't Worry Darling Shelley Filming
Year Title Role Notes
2006 Project Catwalk Herself 10 episodes; finalist
2009 Doctor Who Mia Bennett Episode: "The Waters of Mars"
2010 The IT Crowd Ivana / Female Sulu Episodes: "The Final Countdown", "Reynholm vs. Reynholm"
Sherlock Soo Lin Yao Episode: "The Blind Banker"
2011 Secret Diary of a Call Girl Charlotte Regular (season 4)
Fresh Meat Ruth Recurring
2012 Bedlam Kiera Regular (season 2)
True Love Kathy Television miniseries
2013 Shetland Hattie James Television series
Death in Paradise Jennifer Cheung Series 2, episode 7
Dates Erica Episodes: "Erica and Kate", "Erica and Callum"
2014 The Game Chen Mei Television miniseries
2015–2018 Humans Anita/Mia Lead role
2015 Brotherhood Miss Pemberton Recurring
2016 Revolting Rhymes Snow White (voice)
2018 Watership Down Dewdrop (voice)
2019 I am Hannah Hannah TV film
2020 Thunderbirds Are Go Professor Kwark (voice) Episode: "Icarus"
Year Title Role Theatre
2008 Turandot Hampstead Theatre
2012 The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie Finborough Theatre[30]
2013 Yellow Face (UK premiere) The Park Theatre
Our Ajax (World premiere) Athena Southwark Playhouse
2014 Yellow Face Royal National Theatre
2015 The Homecoming Ruth Trafalgar Studios[31]
1. ^ "UPI Almanac for Friday, Nov. 29, 2019". United Press International. 29 November 2019. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020. …actor Gemma Chan in 1982 (age 37)
2. ^ a b c Randall, Lee (27 May 2012). "Interview: Gemma Chan, star of True Love". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013.
3. ^ "Gemma Chan on Visible Chinese". Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
4. ^ Joanna Tran (21 June 2019). "Gemma Chan doesn't want to be 'the only successful British Asian actress'". Resonate. And now I just hope it’s going to open the door for others. I don’t want to be the only successful Asian actress or British Asian actress.
5. ^ Lee, Michelle (11 November 2019). "Gemma Chan on Aging, Self-Acceptance, and Being a Kid of the '90s". Allure.
6. ^ Flint, Hanna (20 January 2020). "Is it time the all-white period drama was made extinct?". BBC. It’s one of the reasons why she cast British Asian actor Gemma Chan ... as white historical figures Bess of Hardwick
7. ^ a b Johnson, Lucy Hunter (10 May 2013). "Gemma Chan: the bombshell actress who tamed Jack Whitehall". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
8. ^ a b c "Actress – Bio". Gemma Chan official site. 7 April 2011. Archived from the original on 23 December 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
9. ^ Fienberg, Daniel (18 June 2010). "Showtime Picks Up Final Secret Diary of a Call Girl Season". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
10. ^ "Lacey Turner to Join Supernatural Drama Bedlam". Radio Times. 21 December 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
11. ^ "True Love". Working Title Films. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
12. ^ Walker-Arnott, Ellie (7 March 2013). "Douglas Henshall, Steven Robertson and Gemma Chan in BBC1's Shetland". Radio Times.
13. ^ Jeffrey, Morgan (5 February 2013). "Sherlock, Merlin, Fresh Meat stars for new Channel 4 drama Dates". Archived from the original on 16 June 2016.
14. ^ "William Hurt Heads Cast of AMC-Channel 4-Kudos Co-production 'Humans'". Variety. 15 October 2014.
15. ^ Harman, Harout (31 January 2013). "Jack Ryan Photos with Chris Pine and Kevin Costner". Archived from the original on 14 September 2015.
16. ^ "Food for thought for the picnicking set". London Evening Standard. 12 August 2014.
17. ^ "Gemma Chan joins Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them". Radio Times. 6 October 2015.
18. ^ Kroll, Justin (4 April 2017). "Gemma Chan to Star With Constance Wu in Crazy Rich Asians (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
19. ^ Yamato, Jen (10 August 2018). "Crazy Rich Asians: Gemma Chan was on a legal track, now she's a movie star". LA Times. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
20. ^ Karen Gilchrist. "Growing up different helped me do my job better, says ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ star Harry Shum Jr.," CNBC, 29 April 2019. [1]
21. ^ "Gemma Arterton's Time's Up-inspired short 'Leading Lady Parts' takes aim at the casting process". Los Angeles Times. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
22. ^ "Kit Harington, Gemma Chan and Barry Keoghan join Marvel's Eternals". CNET. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
23. ^ Singh, Anita (20 March 2014). "Sir Tom Stoppard play to open at the National Theatre". The Daily Telegraph. London.
24. ^ Jury, Louise (12 September 2013). "Classical role in theatre for Fresh Meat and Sherlock star Gemma Chan". London Evening Standard.
25. ^ "BBC Radio 4 – Front Row's Cultural Exchange – Gemma Chan". BBC.
26. ^ "Meghan Markle puts Sinéad Burke on the cover of Vogue's September issue". The Irish Times. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
27. ^ Cheston, Paul (17 September 2013). "Sherlock star Gemma Chan reveals how she 'stared into eyes of calm killer'". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
28. ^ "Jack Whitehall and Gemma Chan split after six years together". Metro. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
29. ^ "Gemma Chan, Dominic Cooper Make First Public Appearance as a Couple". Us Weekly. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
30. ^ "Vibrant 2012: A Festival of Finborough Playwrights". Finborough Theatre. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
31. ^ "The Homecoming – Trafalgar Studios – ATG Tickets". Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28827 | Geography of Malaysia
Geography of Malaysia
Continent Asia
Region Southeast Asia
Coordinates 2°30'N 112°30'E
Area Ranked 67th
329,847 km2 (127,355 sq mi)
99.63% land
0.37% water
Borders Total land borders
3,147.3 km (1,956 mi)
646.5 km (402 mi)
2,019.5 km (1,255 mi)
481.3 km (299 mi)
Highest point Mount Kinabalu (4,095 m)
Lowest point Indian Ocean (0 m)
Longest river Rajang River
The geography of Malaysia deals with the physical and human geography of Malaysia, a country located in Southeast Asia. There are two distinct parts to this country being Peninsular Malaysia to the west and East Malaysia to the east. Peninsular Malaysia is located south of Thailand, north of Singapore and east of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. East Malaysia is located on the island of Borneo and shares borders with Brunei and Indonesia.
Located near the equator, Malaysia's climate is categorised as equatorial, being hot and humid throughout the year. The average rainfall is 250 centimetres (98 in) a year[1] and the average temperature is 27 °C (80.6 °F).[2] The climates of the Peninsula and the East differ, as the climate on the peninsula is directly affected by wind from the mainland, as opposed to the more maritime weather of the East. Malaysia is exposed to the El Nino effect, which reduces rainfall in the dry season. Climate change is likely to have a significant effect on Malaysia, increasing sea levels and rainfall, increasing flooding risks and leading to large droughts.[3]
Malaysia faces two monsoon winds seasons, the Southwest Monsoon from late May to September, and the Northeast Monsoon from November to March. The Northeast Monsoon brings in more rainfall compared to the Southwest Monsoon,[4] originating in China and the north Pacific. The southwest monsoon originates from the deserts of Australia. March and October form transitions between the two monsoons.[3]
Local climates are affected by the presence of mountain ranges throughout Malaysia, and climate can be divided into that of the highlands, the lowlands, and coastal regions. The coasts have a sunny climate, with temperatures ranging between 23 °C (73.4 °F) and 32 °C (89.6 °F), and rainfall ranging from 10 centimetres (4 in) to 30 centimetres (12 in) a month. The lowlands have a similar temperature, but follow a more distinctive rainfall pattern and show very high humidity levels. The highlands are cooler and wetter, and display a greater temperature variation. A large amount of cloud cover is present over the highlands, which have humidity levels that do not fall below 75%.[3]
The highest temperature was recorded at Chuping, Perlis on 9 April 1998 at 40.1 °C (104.2 °F). The lowest temperature was recorded at Cameron Highlands on 1 February 1978 at 7.8 °C (46.0 °F). The highest rainfall recorded in a day was 608 mm (23.9 in) in Kota Bharu, Kelantan on 6 January 1967. The highest rainfall recorded in a year was 5,687 mm (223.9 in) at Sandakan, Sabah in 2006. Meanwhile, the lowest rainfall recorded in a year was 1,151 mm (45.3 in) at Tawau, Sabah in 1997.[5] The wettest place in Malaysia is Kuching, Sarawak with an average rainfall of 4,128 mm (162.5 in) with 247 days of rain a year. The driest place in Malaysia is in Chuping, Perlis with average rainfall of only 1,746 mm (68.7 in) a year.[5]
Malaysia is located on the Sunda shelf, and is tectonically inactive. The oldest rocks in the country date from 540million years ago, and are mostly sedimentary. The most common form of rock is limestone, formed during the Paleozoic era. Limestone laid down in East Malaysia during the Tertiary period has since eroded, and such erosion forms basins of sedimentary rocks rich in oil and natural gas. The mountain ranges in Malaysia were formed through orogenesis beginning in the Mesozoic era.[3]
Mount Kinabalu, the highest point of Malaysia, is located in Sabah.
The total land area of Malaysia is 329,847 square kilometres (127,350 sq mi), the 67th largest country in the world in terms of area.[6] It is the only country to contain land on both mainland Asia and the Malay archipelago.[3] Peninsular Malaysia makes up 132,090 square kilometres (51,000 sq mi),[1] or 39.7%, while East Malaysia covers 198,847 square kilometres (76,780 sq mi), or 60.3% of the total land of the country. From the total land area, 1,200 square kilometres (460 sq mi) or 0.37% is made up of water such as lakes, rivers, or other internal waters. Malaysia has a total coastline of 4,675 kilometres (2,905 mi), whereby Peninsular Malaysia has 2,068 kilometres (1,285 mi), while East Malaysia has 2,607 kilometres (1,620 mi) of coastline.[6] Malaysia has the 29th longest coastline in the world. The two distinct parts of Malaysia, separated from each other by the South China Sea, share a largely similar landscape in that both West (Peninsula) and East Malaysia feature coastal plains rising to hills and mountains.[6]
Peninsula Malaysia covers the southern half of the Malay Peninsula,[3] and extends 740 kilometres (460 mi) from north to south, and its maximum width is 322 kilometres (200 mi).[1] It is very mountainous, with more than half of it over 150 metres (492 ft) above sea level.[3] About half of Peninsular Malaysia is covered by granite and other igneous rocks, a third more is covered by stratified rocks older than the granite, and the remainder is covered by alluvium.[7] Harbours are only available on the peninsula's western side,[1] and the most fertile land occurs when river valleys flow out to the sea. The coastal plains bordering the straits of Malacca are the most densely populated areas of Malaysia, and contains Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur.[3]
East Malaysia, on the island of Borneo, has a coastline of 2,607 kilometres (1,620 mi).[6] It is divided between coastal regions, hills and valleys, and a mountainous interior. There are only two major cities, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu. Much of southern Sarawak is coastal lowlands, which shifts to a series of plateaus going north, ending in the mountainous regions of Sabah.[3]
Mountain ranges
The highest mountain range in Malaysia is the Crocker Range in Sabah, which divides the state in half. This range houses Mount Kinabalu, the highest mountain in the country,[8] as well as Mount Tambuyukon, the third highest in the country. Mount Kinabalu, at 4,095.2 metres (13,436 ft), is the tallest mountain in Malaysia and is protected as Kinabalu National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[9] Mountain ranges in the East tend to follow north-south or northeast-southwest paths, and the highest ranges form the border between Malaysia and Indonesia. The mountains contain many jagged limestone peaks.[3] The Trus Madi Range, also in Sabah, houses Mount Trus Madi, the second highest peak in Malaysia. Bombalai Hill in Sabah is the only active volcano in Malaysia.
Peninsula Malaysia contains numerous mountain ranges running parallel from north to south along the peninsula.[3] The main mountain range is the Titiwangsa Mountains, which divides the peninsula between its east and west coasts.[10] It houses Mount Korbu, the second highest peak in the Peninsular. These mountains are heavily forested, and mainly composed of granite. The range is the origin of some of Peninsula Malaysia's river systems.[11] To the east of this range is the Bintang Range.[1] The highest peak in the Peninsular is Mount Tahan, located on the Tahan Range.
Malaysian forests can be categorised as tropical rainforest. Approximately 58.2% of Malaysian land is covered by forest.[12] A large amount of lowland forest present below an altitude of 760 metres (2,493 ft).[1] East Malaysia, like most of Borneo, was formerly covered with Borneo lowland rain forests[13] with over 2000 tree species.[3] However, much of it has been cleared,[13] due to the increase in logging since the 1960s and the increase of shifting cultivation. Over 80% of Sarawak's forests have been felled, and the logging throughout East Malaysia has polluted waterways, increased erosion, and damaged agriculture.[3] Some state governments have now taken measures to halt the degradation of the rainforst.[13]
Malaysia's rainforest's are made of a variety of types, mainly dipterocarp, swamps, and mangroves. The majority of the forest is dipterocarp forests.[13] Dipterocarps species are centred in Malaysia.[14] There are over 1,425 square kilometres (550 sq mi) of mangroves in Malaysia.[1] Some areas are designated as forest reserves, state parks, or national parks. The management of these reserves as under control of the Department of Wildlife and National Park, the Forest Department of Sarawak, the Sabah Forestry Department, Sabah Foundation, and Sabah Parks. As of 2000, there are two World Heritage Sites under the natural category – Kinabalu National Park and Gunung Mulu National Park.
Numerous caves run through the Peninsula and the East, due to the karst landscape caused by water eroding limestone. The Mulu Caves in East Malaysia are the largest caves in the world. They are located between the Penambo range and Brunei, and form a major tourist attraction. At 700 metres (2,297 ft) long and 70 metres (230 ft) high the Sarawak Chamber is the largest cave chamber in the world. Other famous caves are the 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) Deer Cave and Lang's Cave.[3]
A beach on Redang Island in the South China Sea.
Malaysia contains numerous islands, the largest of which is Labuan,[15] which has an area of 92 square kilometres (40 sq mi).[3] It is followed by Banggi Island in Sabah, followed by Betruit Island in Sarawak, Langkawi in Kedah, and Penang Island in Penang. The largest island shared with another country is Borneo, followed by Sebatik Island. In addition, Malaysia lies within the world's coral reef distribution.[16] The reefs can be usually found around islands such as Sipadan Island, Swallow Reef, and Redang Island.[citation needed] Sipadan Island, an underwater mountain, is Malaysia's only oceanic island.[17]
Extreme points
The southernmost point of Malaysia is located in the district of Serian in Sarawak. Tanjung Piai on the southern tip of Johor is the southermost point in Peninsular, and thus of the whole of continental Eurasia.[18][19] The easternmost point is found on the tip of Dent Peninsular in Lahad Datu district in Sabah. The northernmost point is found on the northern tip of Banggi Island. The westernmost point is found on the western tip of Pulau Langkawi in Kedah.
Bodies of water
The 1056m[1] Johor-Singapore Causeway connects the Malaysia and Singapore across the Straits of Johor. In the background is Johor Bahru.
Between Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia is the South China Sea, the largest body of water around Malaysia. Facing the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia there is the Straits of Malacca towards the south, and the Andaman Sea towards the north. The Strait of Malacca, lying between Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia, is arguably the most important shipping lane in the world.[20] These seas are marginal seas of the Indian Ocean.[citation needed] Off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia is the South China Sea,[3] while a small part in the north lies within the Gulf of Thailand. These form part of the marginal seas of the Pacific Ocean. The Straits of Johor off the south of Peninsular acts as a maritime border of Malaysia and Singapore.[citation needed] In East Malaysia, the western coasts of Sabah and Sarawak faces the South China Sea. The northeast coast of Sabah faces the Sulu Sea, while the southeast coast of Sabah faces the Celebes Sea.[3]
Malaysia claims 12 nm (22 kilometres (14 mi)) as its territorial waters,[citation needed] which extend into the Coral Triangle.[21] It also claims 200 nm (370 kilometres (230 mi)) of exclusive economic zone. In addition, Malaysia claims 200 metres (656 ft) in the depth of the continental shelf or to the depth of exploration in within the area below the South China Sea known as Sundaland.[22] The territorial claim for the Straits of Malacca is shared between Malaysia and Indonesia in accordance to a treaty signed in 1970 known as the Treaty Between the Republic of Indonesia and Malaysia on Determination of boundary Lines of Territorial Waters of the two Nations at the Strait of Malacca.[23]
The Bera Lake in Pahang is one of the largest lakes in Malaysia, and one of the only two natural lakes in Malaysia with Tasik Chini. Pedu Lake is a 12 kilometres (7 mi) long lake located 5 kilometres (3 mi) from the Malaysian-Thai border and Kenyir Lake is the largest artificial lake in Southeast Asia.
There are many systems of rivers found around Malaysia. The longest is the Rajang River in Sarawak with a length of 760 kilometres (472 mi). The second longest is the Kinabatangan river in Sabah with a length of 560 kilometres (348 mi). The longest river in the Peninsular Malaysia is Pahang River with a length of 435 kilometres (270 mi).
Malaysia is a megadiverse country, with a high number of species and high levels of endemism.[24] These forests contain the Rafflesia, the largest flower in the world.[13] The clearing of the Borneo lowland rain forests has been cleared causing wildlife to retreat into the upland rain forests inland.[13]
Natural disasters
Peninsular Malaysia Precipitation Map on December 2004 showing heavy precipitation on the east coast, causing floods there
With 189 water basins in Malaysia and an average rainfall of over 2000mm per year, Malaysia is prone to flooding. There has been 15 major flooding in Malaysia since 1926. Flooding has been a larger concern today due to rapid development in the river catchment area which increase the river runoff and decreasing the river capacity. The recent 2006 and 2007 flooding in Johor has resulted in loss of RM1.5 billion and 18 lives in addition displacing 110,000 people temporarily.[25]
Seismic activity
Malaysia is situated between two major boundaries of tectonic plates, Australian Plate and Eurasian Plate in the west of Peninsular Malaysia and Philippine Sea Plate and Eurasian Plate in the East of Malaysia. Tremors, mostly non-lethal can be felt in Malaysia, caused by earthquakes in Sumatra islands of Indonesia and the Philippines.[26]
Impacts of seismic activity on building in Malaysia has heighten interest since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Although Malaysia is seismically stable, areas of concern are the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia such as Penang and Kedah and also the eastern state of Sabah.[27]
Natural resources
Minerals and petroleum
Malaysia produces petroleum and is a net exporter.[28] Malaysia also produces liquefied natural gas as well as various other related products, most of which are found off the coasts of Terengganu, Sabah, and Sarawak. Natural resources:tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron, ore, natural gas, bauxite
Malaysia was the largest exporter of tin until the industry wide collapse in 1980s. Tin deposit are found in Selangor, Kinta valley in Perak, Pahang and Johor.[29] There are significant deposit of gold in Pahang towns of Raub and Kuala Lipis and also Kelantan's district of Gua Musang.[30]
Coal is mostly concerated in Sarawak town of Kapit, Mukah and Silantek.
Timber can be found in the vast jungles in Malaysia, especially in East Malaysia. Malaysia total exports for timber and other timber products amounted to MYR 23.4 billion in 2007.[31]
Land use
Large areas of land are used as palm oil plantations, rubber plantations, and paddy fields. Malaysia is the largest exporter of palm oil in the world producing 15.8 million tonnes of crude palm oil in 2007.[28][31] Malaysia is also one of the largest producers and exporters of rubber and other rubber products.[32]
In 2001 the percentage arable land in Malaysia is 5.5%. Croplands consists of 17.6%, and pasture 0.9%. Forests covers 58% while other land uses consists of 17%.[33] In 1998, irrigated land covers 2,941 km².
Human geography
Peninsular Malaysia is more populated than East Malaysia where 79.2% of the population lives in the Peninsular. In 2002, 59% of Malaysian population lived in urban areas, while the rest live in rural areas.[34] The largest city is Kuala Lumpur with a population of 1.89 million people in the city, and about 7 million in the metropolitan area known as Klang Valley. Other major cities include Georgetown, Johor Bahru, Ipoh, Kuching, and Kota Kinabalu.
Political geography
Map of the states of Malaysia
Malaysia's land borders are well established. The border with Thailand was established in 1909 when Siam ceded Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu to the British. Maritime border disputes between Brunei and Malaysia and a Bruneian claim on Limbang, Sarawak were resolved in an exchange of letters between the two countries on 16 March 2009 after 20 years of negotiations.[35] Malaysia and Indonesia have some overlapping maritime claims, notably in the area around Sabah. An ongoing series of meetings to resolve these claims has produced 16 border agreements (to September 2010).[36][37] Malaysia and Singapore also have disputes concerning some maritime borders.[6] The Philippines has a dormant claim to the Malaysian state of Sabah.[6] Malaysia is also involved in a complex dispute, involving Vietnam, Brunei, the People's Republic of China, the Philippines, and the Republic of China (Taiwan), concerning the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.[6]
See also
• Environment of Malaysia
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But huge and mighty Forms that do not live like living men mov’d slowly through my mind>
By day and were the trouble of my dreams.
But more marvelous and luminous are the imaginations of men, when their thoughts
are dissolved in soft summer rain; and the faint exaltation of seas and glimmering waters
move swiftly through the silent ocean, her vast wings and high sweeping curves, till with a sudden brightness; of crystal noiselessly an ardent swan of prismatic form, with plumes that arc tween two spirals or the reflection of a circle, gives up a magical report to the air.
And, as a wanderer home, sometimes, well passing around a hill, would hope that behind him the unseen if it come from a distant lofty land, and such it be, a home of peace and solitude to come.
At times of discontent and sickness, pillows covered with white birch boughs, the dark moss
Along the trees was moist, and cottages by watersides still left their grassy slope. But neither trees nor miles of grass, unlike the artificial things of Man, nor grass grown for buildings, nor waters drained.
And purified into a shallow and undrinkable concentration, nor fruit or flowers in sight, reminded me that the long and tranquil stream of Individual life must needs return before the stream of inorganic life can begin to dissipate and come to die. Its long memories have come to slumber as the long-continued dreams of Man.
But I was tempted by the stream. The solitude would seem so natural and so necessary, and be so reserved, and the solitude so good for thought, there was no heat of mind to arouse it; and even the
Exhilaration of the remembrance of that solitude : had a melancholy relief. But, as in death, the last affection awoke; and, sullenly sinking in a swathing silence, I fell asleep; And though my weary limbs
Were heavy, I slept with my mind reclined upon my breast. Come night, the vision of O the Wanderer of the Hills varying with the stars, and evoking each as the heavenly Eye pictures to a man an illimitable hall, and I was conscious of a sinister shadow creeping. It was a living, moving thing, a slithering thing. From the Cottage the shadow came along the steps and slanted over the plough, and on the lawn the grass was raised, till in the distance it and the shadowy Other turned its head; and then the lightning was brought down by the shrill clang of the bells, and though I thought the sky was dark and gloomy,
It was beautiful in the light of the lightning: then as I watched the storm came on—dreadfully fearful—and very thick: the waves and low groaning hills and swift-growing woods and noisome clouds with rows of storm-clouds of flame darting through them, while all in bright lightning the shadow crept.
So, when I awoke, a little later in the day, my body was ill with thirst, and I could not bear to stand up, but laid down against the cold stone and shut my eyes. The shutters had been thrown up of late. Strange and silent to me!
Were the night-cloaks that let in no ray, such light was gone
That Heaven, with eyes closed, was a dull light to me, black. This body on the stone without the weather-worn yellow waiting on, and in contempt, a coarse solitude.
And I dreamed of O in the Marsh—not exactly what I
Had dreamed of O the Wanderer of the Hills, but all
The same like it: but, turning aside as I do to run
(or travel, as I preferred), and every line of the
Ahab plot, for fifty miles, was clothed with strange
Fog like something floating in a vague haze, and more
And more, like the fog on the cliffs of Benares or at
The foot of Mount Almora in Persia, and took me
Into the Land of Vultures, where had past a Harrowing
Of the Dead.
Such were the dreams, which I dreamt in that room, and of which
They were dreams no more; and I only wished with all my heart
That I had not dreamed of O.
:: 10.17.2020 ::
withIN THE BRIGHEST NIGHT (a horror story)
”Are you thinking what I think?” she said, nonchalantly. “”Is this not the place for it, Young Light?”
“My young light.”
“Let’s go in, then, Young Light.” She had other things to do.
For a time she stood over the body, getting a spot for the head and shoulders; he was not whole, for a moment, and the inhuman intelligence within him swelled up, talking in frantic tongues. It was only when he began to faint that she let him go.
“Why did you do that?” he asked, trying to speak.
“He must have wanted us to see the place.”
He drew breath again, his eyes watering with alarm. “Now, put me down, it’s too sudden to talk.”
She started toward the fireplace; the muscular bulk of Hill House disappeared with an incredible speed. The water stopped; a rose was growing in the stream. After a moment she reached into the bathtub and filled it; between one and two she’d beaten Hill House’s heart.
“Go and get the doctor, I’m going to clean him out and see what he’s got,” she said. “He’ll see that—”
He spoke first.
“I was in it for nine hours, you know. You know how it is in the bowels of the earth. Dead sometimes, and sometimes not. I was in that place for a long time, there was no real feeling of waking from it, I have to be honest with you, the only moment in all the time I remember—my body sank in and I floated to the surface and what do you think?”
“Oh, you’re in a dream, boy.”
“But where am I?” What has happened to me, what happened to that house and everything in it and me?”
”Nothing.” It was an accident. I can’t explain to you—there wasn’t a great deal of lighting in the place.” Now stay still, young man, that you may not get scared.” I was falling over a high rock—The house, the electric chairs, the drinks—everything looked ordinary. Then this thin film began to fall from the wall down to the floor. That is all.” I woke up after ten or fifteen minutes and felt I’d been out for hours.” I got out a glass of water, and drank it without thinking what I was doing—I had no idea why I was doing it.” And when I’d got the place as light as I could, I had a slight feeling of ill-health, a feeling that something was wrong; I went to my door and there was only half a window open, the blinds were drawn, so I took them down.” After a time the door opened, and, what was this?” The house outside was gone, just a huge plain of flat earth and another huge mound of rock, open to a great empty field with a large pond of water in the middle.”
“I’ve never been through that!” he cried. “I told him all I know.”
“”I can’t believe it,” she said. “I’d better call—I’m going to call the man.” If you don’t mind, I’d like to ask him to look for us someplace that he can keep an eye on the place and tell you if there’s anything going on there.” I was sleeping when I woke, but when I called I could still hear you shouting. ”I don’t know what I’ll do now,” I thought. ”But we should have known.”
“Here’s the key,” he said. He climbed in, leaning on the bar. There was a pile of clothes in the bed. A loaf of bread lay broken on a mattress.
“He’s put his face in,” she said, sitting by the bed. “And he’s talking. Let me tell you what he’s said to me. He says he’s done it, and he says it was—a miracle, and he says the other people, the whole world—is coming to get him—all in an instant. But I tell him that his whole belief, all his life, was in me, in me and my ingenuity. And that I could have done it all for him. And that I had the plan down to the tiniest detail. And he said, ”Well, you didn’t have a plan down to the tiniest detail, and the plan worked. You only had a vague idea. That’s all.” A miracle, indeed! That’s what he was after all.”
The electric chair was next. She came out of it as slowly and quietly as she came in, wiping her face with a handkerchief. She talked to him again.
“He was dying. I was going to make it a triple electrocution if I could, it was so awful, and it got to me so all I could think of was I was going to, like, kill the other prisoners, kill the people I didn’t like, they’d probably stop me, anyway. So I had no business dying.”
She wasn’t frightened, he knew, not frightened. But he had a fright at the same time that had nothing to do with the method, with the target. There was a big cloud of dust about her, with her and something like a coffin. He looked at the key in his hand.
She looked at him, and they made eye contact again.
“I told him all I know. I told him all I know. And now, are you with me? Are you with me? I don’t know how it happened, but somehow he knew I’d been listening. He’ll get them all for this. He’ll get them all for this. He always gets his own way. He wants to kill me, and I don’t know what he wants to do with me—I’m only here to deliver the message. I should be thankful, but I’m—I don’t know.”
She was silent for a time, staring.
“I told him I couldn’t help him,” she said finally, “but I can give him a window into the game if you want.”
He stood up and looked around him.
“Surely this isn’t the place for him,” he said, “to have the last act of his life.” I can’t guarantee anything. I don’t want to get in the way. He knows what he’s about to do.”
He walked around the bed and examined the interior of the room. There was a swing on the other side of the room, a bench, an open fireplace, some clothing hanging around. He put his hand on the door.
“Can you feel the magnetism?” he asked.
She hesitated.
“We haven’t got to be careful,” he said. “I’ve got a flashlight. It’s an old fashioned light bulb with a cone shaped lens. Look at it. It’s probably good for much more than mere curiosity. I just have to give you a moment to look at it. It doesn’t weigh anything.”
She examined the light-bulb.
“I have a remote control,” she said. “Just do what you want.”
He looked around again. There were other instruments, but they weren’t important. Just the light bulb and the magnet were for him. He sat down beside the light bulb and turned it on.
“Hurry up, Stacey,” he said.
He waited for a moment, but nothing happened. Then he pushed the button and the light bulb roared to life.
“Perfect, now,” he said. “Let’s check the other instruments.”
He checked the watch on the other side of the room and saw that it was nine-fifteen.
“I’m an hour late, I know. It’s the battery. Just hang on for another ten.”
He went to his radio, plugged it in, then checked his watch again.
“You say you’re an hour late, now. Come on.”
He turned to her and put his arm around her shoulders.
“I’m here to help you,” he said, “and I’m not in the mood to have a crisis. If you don’t give up that damn message, I’m going to have to do something about you.”
“You’re not going to kill me, are you?”
“You can’t make me, Stacey.”
“But I have to do something. What about you?”
“Me? I’m not about to die. You’re obviously one of the Professor’s technicians, and I’m not a woman.”
He smiled.
“You’ll have to go down the cellar, then, and convince him that you’re not a creature and are in fact human. I don’t know what would be behind those twenty-foot windows, but he knows. You’ll have to talk your way out of the cellar, and I’ll be waiting down here. You may not be able to do anything to change his plans, but you can stop him from doing this to you.”
She shook her head, then got up and went to the door. She turned on her flashlight.
“All right,” she said, “if you must.”
She opened the door, then turned it, swung it shut.
“Keep her here,” he said, then headed down the cellar steps.
He felt his way through the dark, lit by the screen of the flashlight.
“I can’t get out, I’m sure. It’s probably locked. I know he had the key in his pocket.”
He saw a little flame from the fireplace and waited. The room was dark.
“Just keep your eyes on me.”
He was very close now. He turned and started out again.
And I’m in a big freaking hole. Where am I?
He had never heard of anyone going to a place that a particular man had been. He went to the end of the alley. He stepped over the cars, back and forth. After a while, he climbed to the bottom of the cellar stairs, laid down, and stared.
Here is where I am.
His body was in a nice, round shape. He had his shirt on, with nothing on his body. All his tattered clothing was next to him. There were also what looked like tiny points of white light. He made a little moan. He felt warmth all over him, and felt his eyes closed. The walls were painted with white, like an ancient ceiling. The earth was black and rough. He made a sudden exclamation of surprise. The moon overhead had burst through the clouds. And he was being pulled by an invisible force toward a black hole.
This must be an old friend of my brother.
He was to lie on his back and imagine himself rising, then being drawn toward a kind of bottomless pit.
I know how to get out of here.
It was a cave, and it had a door. There were real shadows in it, much more real than his dreams.
I can put my arm around you.
He could put his arm around the nearest person, and the rest of him could remain quietly on his side. If it had been a real tree, there would have been something wreathed over his head.
This can’t be the world I’m in.
At last, he knew he wasn’t alone. The shadows, as in his dreams, were completely comfortable. He found he could breathe more easily. He looked down to see that the moon was now so bright that it was tinting the black of the floor.
I knew this would happen. I could feel it.
He tried to imagine what kind of man would have the foresight to go to a place like that. An average student. A modest farmer.
No. It can’t be.
He thought: Perhaps that’s what made me stay with him. If he died, the world would be bereft of his presence. And what of me? What of everyone else? They wouldn’t be any different. I must survive.
He walked over to the nearest flower. It was very white. He opened his hand and scooped it up. It looked like a dog’s eye. He touched the petals with his fingertips and felt a texture. He squinted to see if it was real. He opened his mouth and sniffed it. His nose was there. A fragrant smell. He closed his eyes, inhaled deeply, and let it come up.
It’s home. I’m back in my family.
He placed the flower back in the middle of the floor. He walked back over to the door. There was a handle on the other side.
I’ll open it.
He lifted the door and tried it.
The darkness collapsed around him. He tried again.
It won’t open.
He looked back to the wall. Then out to the direction of the kitchen. There was a crack in the wall.
He closed his eyes, and waited. There was nothing. He reached out and touched the crack in the wall. He felt the low wall. It was not exactly wood, but it was harder. He flexed his fingers.
Nope. I’m still empty.
He took a deep breath. He felt he could give up on the entire house and go back to being an ordinary human. He felt something still attached to him. There was one more instinct he hadn’t questioned before, but it suddenly seemed undeniable: Something. Something that could save him.
He looked down and saw the shadowy shape above him. His breathing was heavy.
I will make it out of this.
The Dark Cave had its defining feature: a hole in the center. Though the wall was metal, it was less solid than wood. There was a cork over the hole, and a wire above it. A man was only a few feet in. The wire reached all the way to his shoulders. The man had been in this hole for ten minutes.
I will survive. I’m going back to my family.
He tried again.
I will be your prisoner.
The victim had trouble breathing, and he felt his pulse build. He was going to die soon. He had to survive.
But I know that’s not true.
Again he closed his eyes, and tried again.
This is not happening.
He opened his eyes and was now seeing the world again.
I’ll make it out.
lThe image of the chrysanthemum in the yard of the cottage wasn’t something he had seen before. It looked like something else.
What in god’s name is going on?
So much blood.
If I survive this, I’ll kill the Demon King and end this nightmare.
He wondered what had come over him. How could he fight? When it started, he could have been so much more powerful than he was now. It had only been a few minutes, but he was already weak.
I can do this. I can survive.
As much as he wished it was different, the scene of the man’s death broke his heart.
I’m going to die.
He felt his chest constrict. The pain was searing. Blood began to pool in his belly. The air began to boil with a cold horror that would never go away. This wasn’t how his father had died. He hadn’t been prepared for this.
In the center of the cottage, the dark opening tore open like a gaping wound. As it dovetailed with the portal to the Dark Cave, it was impossible to see the distance between the two points of light. There were shadows visible only at the very end, and he could not be sure how close to the opening he was now. He could see now that the man was lying inside a wall of death. A corner of his eye seemed to see his father’s form. What am I doing? I’m supposed to be here with him.
There were groans coming from inside the room. Death could be overheard over the rising buzz of the flames. He tried to clear his mind. He opened his eyes and saw a long, thin wall to his left. And the sight that greeted him was horrendous.
Who had died in this house?
The man was disemboweled and sat up. He stood straight. He had taken much of the life force of his companions. He stared up, and he looked right at her. He had taken the photo. He looked at her with fury. He put his hands on his hips and grinned.
“You can’t kill me!”
He moved his hands toward his head. The trick, in the midst of the shadow room, was that a sudden dark swatch would give a glimpse of his hands to his left. With his right hand, he stretched forward toward his head.
It hurt, but he stood there. “Can you kill me?”
The woman looked up. “Where was it?”
“I won’t give it away.”
She crossed her arms and smirked. She placed a hand on the table in front of her, near the gurney. She dropped to her knees.
“Come, my daughter,” she said.
She kissed him. He hated her immediately. It was a slow burning thing, that began with good intentions, and then developed into cold familiarity. He tried not to turn away, but he couldn’t not. His eyes were closed. The pain in his chest had left him a corpse.
“But I won’t,” she said. “I won’t take the picture for myself.” She rolled onto her back, one leg over the other, still holding the photo. “If I have to die in your stead, then so be it.”
The mere thought of this idiotic woman, with such spoiled children, made him feel sick. Why was this woman able to walk upright in the room of strangers? She deserved such cruelty, but she was alone. Where could she have been taken? Where had she been taken, and what was her endgame? What were her people capable of? What drove a woman to murder that she only knew for an instant?
As if the answer to his question had been settled, another hand rose. She grabbed the photograph from her head, and shoved it into the man’s chest.
She stood up. “Tell me the truth,” she said.
The man’s mouth moved, but no sound came. He clutched the photo in an effort to conceal his face. “My name is Alan Roy,” he whispered. “My wife…” His hands moved. “She’s…”
The woman reached into a hidden pocket on her dress. In the dark, there was a small pack of cigarettes. It was getting cold. “What’s your name?”
Alan responded, in the strangest way possible. “Stephen.”
The woman smiled at him. “Stephen. I am Samantha. I live down the hall.”
He heard her wiggle her legs beneath her, and she gave him a sideways glance. He gulped, and said, “Is this true?”
Samantha’s shoulders dropped. “I like you a lot, Stephen,” she said. “But no.”
The warmth from his last breath was gone. His corpse shifted, so he could move. “Is this true?” he repeated, addressing the vampire. “If you’re not mistaken, Stephen… You did die.”
Stephen reached into his chest pocket. He slipped the cigarette out and held it between his lips. He looked at Samantha. “Are you looking for your son?”
His teeth gnashed.
The woman flipped her cigarette off. “Of course not,” she said. “I didn’t kill him.”
Stephen hung his head. “There is no reason not to believe me,” he said.
The woman walked back toward the door. “I am not the vampire,” she said. “I’ll be your witness to the truth.”
He saw Samantha glance down at the portrait of her father in the portrait gallery.
“I am not the vampire,” she said. She slowly walked toward the door, but after a moment, she turned and stood facing him. “Stephen… I… I love you.”
She took a few steps toward him.
He raised his hand. “You owe me an answer.”
His body tensed.
“No,” she said. “I cannot. I cannot. I must speak to him myself.”
She turned and made her way back to her apartment. He ran to the wall, followed closely by a silent wave of fear. As she walked toward the dining room, she looked back at him. When she reached the door, she reached back, and she reached between his hands. She pressed a small box between his fingers. It was almost empty.
He put it down on the coffee table.
“Do you love me?” she asked. “Do you love me?”
When she turned to walk away, she paused, and she looked down at the empty cigarette packet. He exhaled in response, and the cigarette dropped to the table. She raised an eyebrow, and then her mouth parted slightly. He thought it was a tiny smile. She started toward the kitchen.
He turned back to face her. “I love you. I love you, Samantha.”
The door shut, and she turned the key.
“I cannot allow myself to believe,” she said. “My father and I had not spoken in so long. I had worried that he had perhaps gone back to his homeland, where his tyrannical rule once more ruled. I have noticed how you appear to me. I should not be so rash. I may have overdone it. Perhaps I can change my mind.”
He nodded. She opened the door, and stepped inside.
Her apartment was filled with lights, and was filled with the bustle of people. Three couples were cuddling together.
“Hi, mom,” said Samantha. “How was your day?”
Samantha held out her hand, and held out her cigarette. She inhaled through her nose, inhaled the smoke from the pack, then blew it away.
“I like this. You’re cute.”
Samantha opened her mouth, but then she turned away and coughed.
“Oh, okay, bye,” she said, closing the door behind her.
The light made her face glow.
Samantha stepped toward the new portrait in the portrait gallery. As she approached, the now-blood-red doll’s head brushed her feet. Samantha noticed the doll’s eyes. “Will my father ever know that his doll killed me? I am sure his anger will burn with him until he regrets his passing
This is how I do it.
It might be difficult for me to do.
:: 09.26.2020 ::
DEATH sheltered upon the spit of dying souls;
sun and heat a giant cat with one flat foot
upon a devil’s wing — the homosexual and
amorous spirits that cross a garden in dead
of night make scary sounds.
my throat an elevator from heaven descending
toward hell with every swallow; my non-
existent ring upon a broken finger as throbbing
sexual oysters.
to smell the clean spirit of angels are as hanging
clothes upon a clothesline within a Spring’s breeze.
:: 09.21.2020 ::
Not a firefly but equal
to a glyph and less or more
as light within a cage of flesh
steals like riots —
my mind prowls the poverty of
Excommunicate while suffering
without shutting up and hearing
past ghosts whisper:
“dying & hungry.”
to be born fragile
is human from a woman with a star
within her WOMB: a dream / she wields
life & love i begin with a small
insignificant life; quiet clear. oh.
Yes. Me. Oh. so small. i ATE the
minds of lesser ones. weaker ideologies
Used examples of foolish
things… me. I killed when needed.
the lesser souls that hated me.
I dredge their bodies from the swamps
of my soul; and burning eyes i closed
my eyes/as i count the body count.
so my dreams are ancient and Aztec
beliefs keep me moving. so human.
is this an ignorant than to do?
:: 08.03.2020 ::
to be born fragile
is human from a woman with a star
within her WOMB: a dream / she wields
life & love i begin with a small
insignificant life; quiet clear. oh.
Yes. Me. Oh. so small. i ATE the
minds of lesser ones. weaker idologies
Used examples of foolish
things… me. I killed when needed.
the lesser souls that hated me.
I dredge their bodies from the swamps
of my soul; and burning eyes i closed
my eyes/as i count the body count.
so my dreams are ancient and Aztec
beliefs keep me moving. so human.
is this an ignorant than to do?
:: 08.03.2020 ::
i dream sometimes — i dream
of expansive fields
of flowery love where fear
does not exist is what i
sometimes dream: i dream
i woke up within this dream
and could do anything my spirit
and heart wish’d : i wish to
be within expansive fields of
flowery love where fear does
not exist is what i sometimes
i dream.
:: 07.25.2020 ::
for the true artist — art is bifurcated
into many brilliant pebbles of expression
and many will hate you for it___smear
your work deeply within their heels –>
& tell the kids you are the devil.
Say again?
wait until i whip
the tar from my pants
(she was brought up religiously
silly-like) i cannot wait
to play guitar! Oh say release
the stress of any shooting star
— where is the one /sometimes
in winter\mostly within the sun
we go. hate to leave but the moon
comes (like a kid) over the terminus
of Earth.
:: 07.23.2020 ::
DREAMING closely i kissed nature
within everything and where it
was: dreaming i dreamt i was
back within myself
within a stain’d-spot
counting all the looks &
remembering all souls’ reflection
(is it all i wish to be?)
i find myself too afraid to
see. Dreaming delusions of
a storm of phantom numbers
where all beings die:
almost 8 billion years after
Earth ceases to exists —
is there any lamp post to see?
are the alley’s shadows all
you wish to be?
many wise hearts speak-spoken
so mysterious and fashionably
sensible you failed —
life breaks my heart.
:: 07.19.2020 ::
WILL everybody hear (if you’re within this game) )a baby ANEURYSM ::::- poets writing to kill someTHING :::- ELSEKeep a firm handshake — pen ineye -=–contributions elude grammar Nazis’ – so you got yournumber down : now sit down ____????–loved you so much you made me sick– make my backbone slide –_ move yourself into my FACE: –> glyphand butterfly: are you listening nowcause’ it ain’t no joke: keep yourfancy pants on and learn me.
:: 07.17.2020 :: |
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“I know, O my God, that you put hearts to test and that you take pleasure in righteousness” (1 Chronicles 29:17). Today’s verse comes from the last chapter of the First Book of Chronicles. In this chapter, David is addressing the people about the Temple that he wishes to build for the Lord. He has brought together many offerings in gold and bronze, precious stones and all the other necessary materials to build it. He has given all of his personal fortune to the project and he encourages the assembly to make offerings as well. And they all come forward, wholeheartedly, to contribute to this holy project. It is a celebration of giving. Or is it a celebration of “thanksgiving”?
David then lifts up a powerful prayer recognizing an important truth that we are to consider and take seriously. That truth is that everything that we give to God, for example, our tithes, was already given freely and generously to us by God. Nothing is ours. Everything has been given to us by God. This is a recognition that can only come from a well developed attitude of humility. David says, “Who am I, and who are my people, that we should have the means to contribute so freely? For everything is from you, and what we give is what we have from you.” (verse 14) Then he adds this strange comment, “I know, O my God, that you put hearts to the test and that you take pleasure in righteousness.”
Though we are still living in the bright glow of this year’s Easter events, that glow dims when we again begin to realize that what hindered us from being what God wants us to be in the past is still there. Our attitudes of pride and greed, jealousy and self-indulgence still get in the way of the kindness, peace, and justice that God calls us to in his Son Jesus. Though, as we know in faith, we are called to righteousness, our hearts are still tested. God tests our hearts, challenging us to turn away from all that hinders us, and it is in humility that we realize that we can only do this with God’s generous gifts of grace. Here we realize the same thing that David recognized above: that our righteousness, just like David’s wealth to build the Temple, comes from God, not from ourselves, not from our own strength.
What does this mean for us? The test that we experience at all times is to open our hearts and to submit our wills, humbly accepting the fact that we are utterly dependent on God for all that is good, true, and beautiful in this life. If pride was the first sin, then humility is its only remedy. In humbly recognizing that everything is pure gift from God, our natural response will be, like David’s, a response of praise and thanksgiving. There is the truth. When we come to realize that everything; our lives, our families, friends, our sustenance, the beauty of nature all around us, our intellects, our free wills, all of our talents and, finally, the gift of our salvation, comes from God alone, our lives can become a continuous act of thanks and praise. That, in the end, is all that we have to offer, isn’t it; our humble thanks and praise.
Lord, help us to recognize this truth that all good things come from you. Give us the wisdom, the strength, and the graces we need to stand the test and to become the righteous persons you want us to be. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen!
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28866 | MeFi FanFare: The Allusionist The most recent posts at MeFi FanFare about the TV show The Allusionist. Mon, 19 Jun 2017 22:25:46 GMT Mon, 19 Jun 2017 22:25:46 GMT en-us 60 Podcast: The Allusionist: 58. Eclipse It's August 2007. Lauren Marks is a 27-year-old actor and a PhD student, spending the month directing a play at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She's in a bar, standing onstage, performing a karaoke duet of 'Total Eclipse of the Heart'...and then a blood vessel in her brain bursts.,2017:site.9437 Mon, 19 Jun 2017 22:25:46 GMT bq Podcast: The Allusionist: 29. WLTM part II You're looking for your perfect partner, but dating sites keep matching you with duds. So what do you do? Conduct an elaborate linguistic experiment, of course! At least, that was futurist Amy Webb's response to the situation. But did it work?,2016:site.5787 Sun, 07 Feb 2016 22:17:41 GMT jazon Podcast: The Allusionist: 28. WLTM part I Your online dating profile is the latest spin on a 300-year-old tradition of advertising yourself in order to find a spouse, a sexual partner, or someone to take care of your pigs.,2016:site.5707 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 14:30:12 GMT jazon Podcast: The Allusionist: 26. Xmas Man Historian Greg Jenner traces the origins of that mythical beardy man who turns up in December with gifts. Helen Zaltzman also ensures her permanent removal from everybody's Christmas card lists. CONTENT WARNING: Be wary of listening to this episode around young children, as there may be life spoilers.,2015:site.5389 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:26:18 GMT jazon Podcast: The Allusionist: 25. Toki Pona There's a language which is said to be the smallest language in the world. It has around 123 words, five vowels, nine consonants, and apparently you can become fluent in it with around 30 hours' study. It was invented by linguist Sonja Lang in 2001, and it's called Toki Pona.,2015:site.5206 Sun, 22 Nov 2015 03:13:00 GMT jazon Podcast: The Allusionist: 24. Spill Your Guts It's cathartic; it's useful historical records; and it might help you behave better on public transport. Neil Katcher and Dave Nadelberg from Mortified discuss the art and practice of keeping a diary.,2015:site.5051 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 23:42:54 GMT jazon Podcast: The Allusionist: 23. Criminallusionist Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer from the podcast Criminal stop by to talk about the linguistic challenges of crime reporting. They also share their episode 'Pants on Fire', about lying. It's an extremely useful handbook if you fancy becoming either a human polygraph, or an excellent liar.,2015:site.4927 Mon, 02 Nov 2015 01:37:43 GMT jazon Podcast: The Allusionist: 22. Vocables La la la, dum di di dum, a wop bop a loo bop a wop bom bom – why are songs riddled with non-words masquerading as words? Hrishikesh Hirway from Song Exploder and songwriter Tony Hazzard explain.,2015:site.4846 Sun, 25 Oct 2015 15:52:09 GMT jazon Podcast: The Allusionist: 21. Eponyms I: The Ballad of Bic and Biro Naming something after yourself: a grand display of egomania, or the humble willingness to be overshadowed by your own product? Stationery expert James Ward tells the tale of the people who begat the eponymous ballpoint pens Bic and Biro, because ...,2015:site.4732 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 13:36:09 GMT jazon Podcast: The Allusionist: 20. Baby Talk Why do we all sound like idiots when we talk to babies? Don't be embarrassed, we're helping them acquire language. Child psychologist Ben Jeffes explains.,2015:site.4694 Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:35:08 GMT jazon Podcast: The Allusionist: 19. Architecting About Dance "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture" is a problematic statement: not just because nobody can agree on who came up with it, but because dancing about architecture doesn't seem particularly far-fetched. Talking about dance, however – that's really difficult. How do you put a wordless form of communication into words? Audio describer Alice Sanders and choreographer Steven Hoggett take the issue for a twirl.,2015:site.4521 Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:42:33 GMT jazon Podcast: The Allusionist: 18. Fix part II The messiness of English is the price of its success. It is the most widely spoken language in the world, geographically, being an official language in 88 different countries, and there are countless different versions of it all over the world. With so many speakers in so many places, it would be impossible to establish a single 'correct' form of English; and, as became evident in <a href="">Fix part I</a>, to try to do so is a losing game.,2015:site.4433 Tue, 15 Sep 2015 17:22:08 GMT jazon Podcast: The Allusionist: 17. Fix part I The English language is a mess. And if you don't like it, what are you going to do about it – fix it? Good luck with that.,2015:site.4324 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 14:30:30 GMT jazon Podcast: The Allusionist: 16. Word Play Words are all over the place. So how do you turn them into fun games? Here to show the way is Leslie Scott, founder of Oxford Games and inventor of more than forty games – including word games such as Ex Libris, Anagram and Flummoxed, and the non-word game Jenga.,2015:site.4190 Fri, 14 Aug 2015 22:45:52 GMT jazon Podcast: The Allusionist: 15. Step Away 'Step-', as in stepparents or stepchildren, originated in grief. Family structures have evolved, but are stepmothers now so tainted by fairytale associations with the word 'wicked' that we need new terminology? Lore's Aaron Mahnke stops by to describe the lovelessness, literary tropes and life expectancy around 'step-'.,2015:site.4054 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:16:11 GMT jazon |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28867 | Anne McCaffrey
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Name: Anne McCaffrey
Also Known As:
Occupation: Writer
Medium: Books
Works: Dragonriders of Pern
Official Website(s):
Fan Website(s):
On Fanlore: Related pages
Anne McCaffrey is the creator of the Dragonriders of Pern, Crystal Singer, Doona, and other fictional worlds.
She passed away in November 2011.
McCaffrey's Involvement with Fans and Fandom
McCaffrey was very involved in her fandom—replying to questions, attending cons, and answering their questions.
From's FAQ (date unknown, likely mid-1990s):
It is the understanding of the author of this document that, due to some of the concerns raised in the previous section, Ms. McCaffrey's lawyers have advised her not to read this newsgroup. Evidence to the contrary has also surfaced, so it is uncertain whether or not she actually reads, or has articles of interest forwarded to her by other parties. [1]
Regarding the closing of the popular forum, Kitchen Table Bulletin Board, in 2004, fans were told:
We'd like to faciliate the close relationship between Anne and her fans with the addition of a blog to Anne's website. It will allow her to keep in touch and give her fans a chance to read the inside scoop on upcoming books, events and personal information as well as give Anne a place respond to selected emails. This will be a wonderful opportunity to experience the wit and whimsy that is Anne. [2]
A fan remembers:
This September 2011, I met her son, Todd McCaffrey. I’ve read several of his collaborations with his mother, and was pleased to find that Todd is a wonderful person who inherited her big heart. I shared with him the story of my experience with his mother [when she agreed to an interview], and he nodded sagely as he walked with me. “She’s that way because of me, you know,” Todd said. “What do you mean?” I asked him. “When I was a kid, I was really into [a science fiction series which name eludes me]. I stood in line to meet the author, get his signature, and he blew me off,” Todd said with a hint of long remorse. “Ever since then, mum vowed she would always take care of her fans. [3]
Views on Fanworks
For MUCH more information on McCaffrey's views and stance on fanworks, see:
The most current stance on fanworks:
Fan Fiction Rules
Dear All,
Yours very sincerely, Anne McCaffrey[4]
For much, much more on McCaffrey's views on fandom and fanworks, see Dragonriders of Pern.
Her Most Famous Series
Dragonriders of Pern is a book series set in a lost colony on the planet Pern.
Tentpeg Statement (1998-ish)
Anne McCaffrey is the infamous creator of The Tent Peg Statement, a wank so offensive that even the non-fannish know of it.
A Fan's 2011 Comments and Speculation Regarding Fanworks, Permissions, and Legacy
Her Death
She passed away November 21, 2011.[6]
Fan Sites
Further reading
1. ^ 1i. Anne McCaffrey on the net; archive link
2. ^ Welcome to the Worlds of Anne McCaffrey!: Entry for November 4, 2004, Archived version
3. ^ comment by kindan, shortly after McCaffrey's death: Good Bye, Anne - A Meeting of Minds - An Anne McCaffrey Discussion Forum, Archived version (November 2011)
4. ^ Fan Fiction Rules – The Worlds of Anne McCaffrey, Archived version
5. ^ skywaterblue. The Long, Strange Legacy of Anne McCaffrey; archive link, posted to Dreamwidth November 22, 2011. (Accessed November 28, 2011)
6. ^ Dragonriders of Pern and Anne McCaffrey resource site: the Pern Museum & Archives, Archived version
7. ^ skywaterblue. "The Long, Strange Legacy of Anne McCaffrey". Retrieved November 28, 2011. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28895 | L-Citronellol (CAS 7540-51-4)
Products & Informations
L-Citronellol is a citronellol that is oct-6-ene substituted by a hydroxy group at position 1 and methyl groups at positions 3 and 7 (the 3S-enantiomer).
It is an enantiomer of a (R)-(+)-citronellol.
1. used in alcoholic fine fragrances
2. widely used in many perfume composition that gives a clean, fresh, and natural rosy note to fragrance
3. used as fabric softeners
4. used as antiperspirant
5. used in detergents
Soluble in: alcohol, water, 105.5 mg/L @ 25 °C (est);
Insoluble in: water
Appearance Colorless clear liquid
Odor floral, fresh, rose
Assay 98% min
Optical Rotation -5.50 to -3.50 |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28934 | 1º Calculate your PLUSVALIA (IIVTNU)
Tax on the increase of Value of Urban Land
Fecha de transmisión1 Porcentaje transmitido2
(formato dd/mm/aaaa) %
Valor catastral del suelo3 Año del recibo (posterior a 1995)
€ (sin separador de miles)
Fecha/s de adquisición del bien4 Porcentaje adquirido en cada fecha5
(formato dd/mm/aaaa) %
(formato dd/mm/aaaa) %
(formato dd/mm/aaaa) %
(formato dd/mm/aaaa) %
Total: %
Cuota Tributaria:
• Description:
It is a direct municipal tax and optional. They only tax the urban nature goods, not those of a rustic nature. Tribute only the value of the land, not the value of the construction. The value of the land that is taken into account is, in general, the cadastral value.
Who has to pay the IIVTNU?
In the case of transmissions for lucrative purposes (for example, donations or inheritances): the person who acquires the property or in favor of which a real right is constituted or transmitted.
In the case of transfers for consideration (for example, a sale): the person who transmits the property or the one that constitutes or transmits a real right. If the person obligated in the payment of the Goodwill is a resident abroad, the law provides that the taxpayer will have to pay the tax, which is the other party that intervenes in the legal business.
• Amount:
Income Tax for Individuals
• Description:
The RESIDENT owners in the Spanish territory are subject to the IRPF payment in function of their patrimonial gains. NON-RESIDENT owners in Spain will be subject to the NON-RESIDENT INCOME TAX. This gain is calculated based on the profit margin that was between the acquisition and sale of the property. Two factors will have to be taken into account, if there was profit in the sale and the coefficient of the value of the land at that time. It is only paid if there was a benefit, otherwise it is considered a loss of assets.
• Amount:
The following table shows the amounts according to the benefit:
Benefit obtained percentage to apply
From 0€ to 6.000€ 19%
From 6.000€ to 44.000€ 21%
From 44.000€ onwards 23%
The expense is shared or the by the acquired in agreement between parties
• Description:
The cost of the property may vary depending on the number of participants, pages and objects below. You can calculate it personally HERE. All notaries in Spain must charge the same for the same service (they can give you a discount of 10 percent). The competition between them is only based on quality. This guarantees the access of all citizens, regardless of their income, to the preventive legal security services provided by notaries. The current tariffs of the notaries were established by Royal Decree 1426/89 of November 17, published on November 28 in the BOE.
• Amount:
€ 550.00 * Example: Housing value: € 100.000, Buyers: 2, Nº Pages: 30
Required rate for the settlement of the mortgage and its corresponding registration
• Description:
The mortgage cancellation expenses are those that are generated when paying off the mortgage obtained for the purchase of the home. These expenses are obligatory and can be retained by the buying party. Once the mortgage is canceled it is mandatory to register the cancellation in the Property Registry, otherwise the property will continue to appear affected and burdened. Even if the value is ZERO the SIMPLE NOTE will show a valid mortgage.
• Amount:
Mortgage Notary Property registration Total
50.00€ 343€ 180€ 523€
100.000€ 403€ 204€ 604€
150.000€ 478€ 228€ 706€
200.000€ 511€ 258€ 769€
250.000€ 571€ 288€ 859
300.000€ 601€ 304€ 905€
NOTE: Private expenses have not been taken into account as lawyers, translators and / or after-sale services contracted in particular since they are not obligatory in the Spanish territory. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28938 | Spellbreaker Behemoth
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Spellbreaker Behemoth
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Creature — Beast
Card Text:
This spell can't be countered.
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"Some think its immunity to countermagic evolved because of the constant mage attacks on Naya. I think it just ate a bunch of wizards."—Broka, drumhunter
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All Sets:
Alara Reborn (Rare)
Commander 2013 Edition (Rare)
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5/1/2009 Any spells or abilities that would counter Spellbreaker Behemoth or (once it’s on the battlefield) a creature spell you control with power 5 or greater can still be cast or activated and will still resolve. They just won’t counter that spell. Any other effects they have will happen as normal.
5/1/2009 Effects that affect a creature’s power (such as the one from Glorious Anthem, for example) apply only to creatures on the battlefield, not to creature spells on the stack.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28946 | Granite Toumaline Pegmatite. Portsoy, Scotland
This is a thin section of Granite Pegmatite from Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This locality is well known for its 'Marble', actually a serpentine. A short distance away are some small granitic pegmatites with very interesting mineralogy. Containing blue tourmaline, rosettes of mica and small garnets in large pink orthoclase feldspar which has a graphic intergrowth texture with quartz. I am not sure which mica this is, the books say muscovite, but it is unlike 'normal' muscovite both in its field occurrance and its appearance in thin section. Beryl is also sometimes found in this rock.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28947 | I have have a train ticket from Germany:
von [City Name]
nach 6 Waben
What does 6 Waben mean? I found that it means 6 honeycomb, but this does not make much sense to me in context.
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What city is it? Maybe they have some sort of zone system where the zones are arranged like honeycomb and you just might be allowed to travel 6 zones – Gerhardh Sep 15 '17 at 8:45
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"Waben" means "zone(s)" here. – Eller Sep 15 '17 at 8:58
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You might want to ask that on Travel with a picture of the ticket you have. – simbabque Sep 15 '17 at 11:56
• Das Tarifgebiet des Verkehrsverbunds Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB) ist in Waben eingeteilt. – Björn Friedrich Sep 15 '17 at 16:31
• I think most bus/train systems are arranged that way, it's the notion of a Wabe and the arrangement of places into a fixed hexagonal grid instead of using a real geographical map and adjusting the individual borders on that map which is pretty unique. – Janka Sep 15 '17 at 19:25
"Wabe" means "honeycomb". It refers to the (kind of) hexagonal grid that one can often see in maps of the public transport system of a city or region such as this one:
Wabe, honeycomb, train map).
So "6 Waben" means that you may travel with your ticket through up to 6 of the hexagons (including the one where you start).
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• Can you travel as much as you want within a Wabe? Or is that limited too? – BruceWayne Sep 16 '17 at 15:48
• @BruceWayne Typically only for a single trip (i.e., when switching buses/trains, you must continue roughly in the same direction in a reasonable manner) – Hagen von Eitzen Sep 16 '17 at 18:00
• @HagenvonEitzen ah, so if I get off at the "first" Wabe I'm done and have to buy another ticket to go to a second/third/etc? Gotcha, thanks! – BruceWayne Sep 16 '17 at 18:38
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@BruceWayne You might be allowed to switch to some transport to another Wabe with a 6-Waben Ticket, but legally you may not be allowed to run errands at that first stop or whatnot. Details ought to be spelled out in the local Terms of Service (a good read for a long winter). At any rate, don't take my word – Hagen von Eitzen Sep 16 '17 at 18:47
• You can always trust the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar to make everything complicated. If anybody would like to learn about the Waben example shown in the picture, there is a page for that vrn.de/tickets/tarifsystem/wabensystem/index.html (german) – oelna Sep 16 '17 at 23:11
Traditionally, train tickets were from A to B with every combination of A and B having an independent price not necessarily deduceable from other combinations C and D. What you had to pay also depended on whether you took the bus, tram or train from A to B. Nowadays, the public transport of many urban areas is organised in a transport association that will have the same fare from a number of places close to A to a number of places close to B regardless of the mode of transportation.
Typically, the fares in transport associations will follow some kind of zone regime. Two versions are most popular:
• for a centralised transport association (e.g. Munich’s MVV), zones will essentially form concentric circles. These will either keep their name zone (Zone) or be termed ring (Ring).
• for a polycentric transport association (e.g. Mannheim’s RNV), a honeycomb-like concept is more common as a concentric set of rings would become increasingly pointless with increasing distance. (The area covered by the RNV is much larger than just Mannheim and the immediate surrounding as is the case with Munich.) While these can still be termed zone (Zone), some associations — most notably Mannheim — went with the honeycomb description instead since the pattern of zones laid out on a map loosely resembles the hexagonic structure of honeycomes. Hence why in German it is called Wabe.
With your ticket, you can cross exactly five zone borders — but you can choose the direction you travel in thanks to the hexagonic general structure.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28949 | These changes make the skin more sensitive and any irritation can provide breeding ground for bacteria and yeast. The risk was also not affected by the presence of Candida in the women's genital area. It's also different from a bacterial infection. Eating yogurt with the bacteria lactobacillus acidophilus, which is found in a healthy vagina, may also restore the balance of good bacteria, although there is still not a lot of data to definitively confirm this. In response, his brother asked him to send a picture so he could get a better idea of what was causing the swelling and peeling skin. When you’re suffering from one, it’s usually a pretty uncomfortable experience with all sorts of symptoms including burning, itching, vaginal pain, a thick discharge, and pain during sex and urination.
And in both cases, re-infection can occur—particularly if the underlying conditions (ie: )You may experience itchiness, dryness, redness/swelling, and pain. It's easy to guess wrong about a vaginal infection. Oral thrush: causes, symptoms, and treatments, if you don’t respond to the typical treatments, you may need to alter your medications and your health care provider may refer you to a specialist. Cystex, (This information comes directly from the Mayo Clinic, but please be aware that I’m not a medical doctor. Until now science thought the fungus, which makes sex anywhere from objectionable to painful for afflicted women, only reproduced asexually, by budding.
Usually, your health care provider will ask you to insert an antifungal cream or a suppository inside your vagina at night for three to seven nights. How do you treat a yeast infection? Another thing that might hinder you from having sex is the yeast infection treatment method you're using. Should I Treat It Myself?
– Women may blame their husbands or boyfriends for headaches, tears and stress.
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Watchful waiting If you are sure your symptoms are caused by a vaginal yeast infection, waiting several days to see if the symptoms clear up on their own is not harmful, especially if you expect your menstrual period within that time. Most yeast infections involve Candida albicans ( C. Vaginal yeast infection symptoms, treatments, home remedies & causes. )After receiving the photo, his brother quickly digitally diagnosed him with a yeast infection and told him to buy antifungal medication. The women were also told to return for testing any time they had symptoms of vaginal discharge, itching or odor. Few things in a woman’s life cause more misery than a yeast infection. Yeast infections are not sexually transmitted infections (STIs), but sex can lead to a yeast infection, as intercourse can cause small breaks in the skin that allow more yeast to grow.
Report your symptoms to your doctor if: This means that if you rely on condoms to prevent pregnancy or disease during intercourse, you and your partner may be at risk. Symptoms, more detail and supporting information is in the main article. Gaither told INSIDER.
• This can be especially helpful for addressing personal health problems, especially when they are of a sensitive nature.
• She also notes that common symptoms of a yeast infection include itching, redness, swelling, and burning.
• You can diagnose yourself at home.
• The shocking statistics — and myth-busters — may surprise you.
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It often leads to itching and other irritating symptoms. Talk to your health care provider about treatment if you have a new sexual partner, have repeated yeast problems, are pregnant, or are not sure that you have a yeast infection. If you do have sex, use a dental dam for oral sex or a condom for vaginal sex. Other times, vaginitis is accompanied by pain and discomfort, which may point to a yeast infection or bacterial vaginosis. Although various herbal remedies have been touted for women with yeast infections, there’s no data on their efficacy (or lack thereof) in men, and traditional treatment is so safe and simple that there’s no compelling reason to explore these possibilities. What is yeast? The medical name for a yeast infection is "candidiasis," because they’re usually caused by a type of yeast called candida.
First off, yeast infections are really, really, really common. However, chronic infections may require a longer course of treatment. How to use boric acid for yeast infections. Before you get into bed, explain to your partner what is off limits or what you want to try, how you want to approach sex. But if your symptoms aren't all that bad—or you try to have sex before you realize what's going on down there—it's worth asking: – While yeast infections are not technically sexually transmitted, having unprotected sex with someone who has a yeast infection can in turn increase the quantity of yeast in your genital area. A sexy scene doesn’t have to end with sex and if you do want to get off, but don’t want to be touched, there are other ways.
Reed and colleagues suggest that a delicate balance exists between yeast, normal vaginal bacteria, and vaginal immune mechanisms. The fact is, the sooner you start treating a yeast infection, the sooner you’ll start getting rid of a yeast infection. While the pill is less messy, the creams start relieving symptoms faster. Common OTC treatments are **Monistat, Vagisil, ** and AZO Yeast. Warning: stevia can be processed, stevia, however, does not support glycogen formation. You’re good to go! Department of Health & Human Service's Office on Women's Health, about 15% of men develop symptoms such as an itchy rash after having sex with a woman who has the infection. As mentioned, yeast infections can be treated with OTC antifungal medications, which come in many forms, including pills, creams and suppositories that are inserted into the vagina. How this works.
• It's on our skin; it can be cultured from any place.
• Menstruation – Some women report yeast infections during a certain phase of their menstrual cycle.
• If you aren’t having the body confidence that you’d usually have, wearing your favorite sexy undergarments (or not) and posing for your partner can be really validating and fun.
• In these cases, sexual contact can transmit a yeast infection from one person to another.
Treatment Overview
Your doctor can help you decide if an over-the-counter (OTC) or prescription treatment plan is right for you. That allows candida fungus to grow more abundantly than usual. Thrush and other yeast infections in children: symptoms & signs, however, oral pills (not to be used during pregnancy) are just as or more effective than these other forms and offer more convenient dosing. BV is not an STI, but because it is caused by an imbalance, sex can lead to BV by changing the pH in the vagina or by transferring bacteria. Although most women have no underlying health problems that lead to a yeast infection, some have greater risk factors. Scientists were somewhat surprised to discover that one of the fungi responsible for the disease known as “yeast” or “thrush,” Candida glabrata, engages in sexual reproduction.
Thrush Symptoms In Women
Here's a look at what sex with a yeast infection means for you and what it means for your partner, and then you can take it from there. Yeast infection: treatments, alternative remedies, and prevention tips, fluconazole requires a prescription from your physician. Diets decoded: the anti-candida diet, if you had a grain-based breakfast, have vegetables with some nuts for your mid-morning snack. Understanding the various causes of yeast infections can help answer the question Can you get a yeast infection from sex? If you think you have a yeast infection, read on for expert advice on causes, treatment and prevention:
Change pads or tampons often.
How do I treat a yeast infection if I'm pregnant?
Vaginal yeast infections cannot be transmitted solely from sexual contact with someone who has a yeast infection. You will most likely notice when this balance is thrown off because overproduction of yeast can cause an array of uncomfortable symptoms. Having sex with someone who has a yeast infection – While yeast infections are not technically sexually transmitted, having unprotected sex with someone who has a yeast infection can in turn increase the quantity of yeast in your genital area. Thrush: symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment, mothers should pay close attention because oral thrush can be passed through breastfeeding. Read more from our Yeast Infection series: A yeast infection is not a sexually transmitted infection (STI). It isn't anything like an STD. Treatments for yeast infections are accessible, easy to use, and include:
These include using antibiotics and wearing tight synthetic clothing.
Sex may delay healing Engaging in sexual activity during a yeast infection can also disrupt your healing process. When you have a yeast infection, it’s important to take medication. There are lots of ways that yeast declares its presence. Vaginal thrush: self-care, concomitant oral administration of 100 mg DIFLUCAN and 50 mg hydrochlorothiazide for 10 days in 13 normal volunteers resulted in a significant increase in fluconazole AUC and Cmax compared to DIFLUCAN given alone. Some sexually transmitted diseases also exhibit similar symptoms to a yeast infection. Your doctor may want to do a vaginal exam. 10 signs you have candida overgrowth & how to eliminate it. It’s not about asking yourself “Can you have sex with a yeast infection? Even ladies who aren’t sexually active get them.
So sex is probably not gonna feel that fun.
Most commonly, yeast can cause infection of skin and mucous membranes. If you have lots of irritation, it may sting when you pee. It is important to clean up after sex to ensure the health of these sensitive areas. About three-quarters of women will have at least one yeast infection in their lives, and 40 percent have recurrent infections. The oil in antifungal creams or suppositories can weaken latex. Thrush: treatments and remedies, infectious disease specialist To prepare for your appointment, see the topic Making the Most of Your Appointment . Could I safely have sex after yeast infection treatment? You might deal with: Just remember to follow these precautions first.
Did We Answer Your Question About Vaginal Yeast Infections?
Sex may pass the infection along to your partner Although it’s possible to transmit a yeast infection to your partner through sexual activity, the likelihood of this depends on your partner’s anatomy. Home remedies for vaginal yeast infections, some research reports that topically applied boric acid, along with the antifungal flucytosine, successfully treats approximately 70 percent of women. Some women have tried treating a yeast infection by inserting yogurt directly into their vaginas. If the bacteria are not flushed out quickly -- by staying well hydrated and urinating enough -- they start to grow and an infection starts.
If you have more than four yeast infections in a year, see your doctor. Welcome to 29 Dates, where we explore the weird, wild and sometimes wonderful world of dating — one date at a time. Taking corticosteroid medicines sometimes also weakens the immune system and increases the risk for yeast infections. Make your appointment as soon as you can.
Vaginal yeast infections are a fairly common health condition. Of course you do. — you might want to think again. So, yeah, it’s totally possible that someone might feel up to having sex despite being treated for a yeast infection. Medicine choices Vaginal antifungal medicines, such as miconazole (Monistat) and tioconazole (Vagistat), are available in 1-day, 3-day, and longer courses, depending on the strength of the medicine. Vaginal yeast infections, it is often found in small amounts in the vagina, mouth, digestive tract, and on the skin. And the more you can do to prevent it from recurring, the more you can focus on other stuff—like proper nutrition, a full night’s sleep, a night out with your best friends and maybe some quality time with your partner! How do I protect myself against yeast infections? |
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Facebook for Windows Mobile and Now Palm
While the Blackberry has had a native application for Facebook for awhile now, it seems Windows Mobile and even Palm has joined the fold.
Windows Mobile and Palm devices now both have a native application for Facebook. For the Palm this application supports the Centro, Treo 755p, and Treo 680. If you have the 700p model, it might work as well if you select the 755p version. You can check out more for the Palm version here
As for Windows Mobile, they have a application call FriendMobilzer that does the trick. You can check that out here
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28991 |
Moments like this reveal the very best.
I can't explain but it sounds so real.
It seems weird but there's more to it,
Just hold on and listen once more.
Look beyond what you can see,
Listen attentively to what sounds lifeless.
Focus a little more and you'll perceive,
The magnitude of the words you can't hear.
Understanding this might seem awkward
But be keen lest you get a wrong meaning.
There's more to this song than you can tell
Just listen, you'll get the meaning.
pio son pie Nov 4
existing in this land-sphere quite touch-and-go
when you stare for something that you hope to
when something expects to be with you
until you discern that you obtained neither
things are unreachable on your own limitation
useless is your own notion
to gain nothing is the best way out that you ever made
the excitement is just filled with none nothingness but the soreness
Sometimes it's okay to decide what may the worst of them may be the best for us. It is supposed to be our boundary of happiness to live in this unreliable world that isn't to them. Thinking of nothing is just one of the answers. Having our thought about how maybe concerned with our guilty may be living after is our decision, be wise to yourself and others at least.
Zack Ripley Oct 4
I accept there will be times
When we don't see eye to eye.
After all, you grew up different than I.
I accept that some day, place and time,
We will die.
I accept the idea that we have souls.
That there are things that can happen
That are out of our control.
But I reject the suggestion
That there's nothing we can do to change it.
I reject that everything
is black and white. wrong or right.
I reject that life is a one way street.
Because I believe in second chances.
That there are more than 2 ways
Of looking at things.
And most importantly,
I believe that even if you go down
One path, eventually, you can choose a different one.
I know that what I accept,
Reject, and believe isn't necessarily
Relevant to you.
But different perspectives
Can help you get through.
Jenny Jun 19
And the doors were shut,
Leaving me in dunggeons
of love's secrets, pain, and such.
ironic. imagine how love can make u happy but sad at the same time.
Brooke S May 23
If I don't return the call
it's because you never wanted to make it in the first place
and I know that
If you don't see me at the party
I didn't lose the invite
or forget the address
it's because you never wanted to invite me in the first place
and I know that
I have experience in staying in on Saturday nights
I have no problem with being alone
it's better than feeling alone in a crowd
that's what I tell myself
and I know that
But maybe if I would of returned the call
and went to the party
maybe the memories could of filled my head
instead of all of this noise
and I know that
I brush my hair and go to sleep
rejection looks a lot like looking in the mirror
sometimes you are your own worst reject
D A W N Mar 7
i promised not to write about u
but i wrote u countless lyrics
for a song that'll never reach u.
created numerous scenarios inside my head,
hoping one of them comes true
just to prove to u
that i was valid
in your eyes.
written october 31, 2019
(i write based on experiences)
EastWind Mar 3
It took me two years to make you feel my love.
and it only took you three seconds to tell me I wasn't enough.
Anora Emporium Sep 2019
The sale sign is up
And so are my feet
I know I'll be here for a while
I've stamped a discount sticker on my forehead
It's more a dare than a warning
Take me home for half the retail price
There's a few scratches and scuffs
A bit rough around the edges
There's been wearing and tearing
Parts missing
It says so right here on the box
Just so happens I've also lost the lock
That came with it
So you see
It's a little defected
But instead of being rejected
I won't tell a soul
That you stole a glance at me
Sitting on the sale rack
And thought you could rip off the 'special' tag
Never letting anyone know
That you got me
No refunds
But you can palm me off
As a full price defect
Regift it
No one will know
Alec Llaneta Aug 2019
I trusted you with many things
all except the thing you wanted
whole, untouched, something you felt missing
a fire you stopped burning
it was your eagerness, to have one
that i begin to doubt
to question if it's truly right
to give, with all despite
after thinking long and hard
an answer came to me
in words not be spoken
it was never meant to be
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/28996 | More Good Programming Quotes, Part 3
I like good programming quotes. Here are some new ones I have found since my last posts.
“Why do people find DNS so difficult? It’s just cache invalidation and naming things.” – @jdub
“Your code doesn’t work!” “It works on *my* machine.” “Fine, we’ll ship your machine!”
And that’s how Docker started 🙂
“The first step of any project is to grossly underestimate its complexity and difficulty.” – Nicoll Hunt
“Developers are drawn to complexity like moths to a flame, often with the same outcome.” – The Productive Programmer by Neal Ford
“The Programmers’ Credo: we do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they were going to be easy.” – @Pinboard (?)
“There are only two hard problems in distributed systems: 2. Exactly-once delivery 1. Guaranteed order of messages 2. Exactly-once delivery.” – @mathiasverraes
“The essential bit is that developers understand that the value we provide is understanding itself. Not the artifact per se. (Though understanding w/o an artifact is potentially worse than vice versa.)” – @potetm
“I keep telling people ‘programming is understanding’ – the computer is a machine that tests if your ideas are correct. Once you understand a problem the program can usually be written pretty quickly. Understanding a problem can take years.” – @joeerl
“Given enough time, every boolean value will become an enumeration.
public enum Location {INSIDE, OUTSIDE, EDGE}” – @ztellman
Testing and DevOps
“If you’re afraid to test in production, remember that your customers are always testing in production.” – @jeffsussna
“Every developer has a test environment. Some are lucky enough to also have a separate production system.” – @stahnma
“No matter how many tests we write…we always find the most serious bugs when we go off script.” – @TestObsessed
“To make error is human. To propagate error to all server in automatic way is devops.” – @DEVOPS_BORAT
Typing and Poetry
“Bought a mechanical keyboard with more resistance so my code will be strongly typed.” – @jasonkarns
“Roses are red Violets are blue, Unexpected ‘{‘ on line 32” – @kvlly (?)
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/29014 | “Say Thank you to the Lord for being so good, for always being so loving and kind. Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has saved you from your enemies”-
Psalm 107:1-2 TLB.
One of the character traits man acquired from Adam is ingratitude. Ingratitude is a very toxic attitude. A perfect God created a perfect environment, then created a perfect man, and gave him Lord-tenancy over the planet earth with only one command. Adam could not even say “Thank you”. He took the mercies of God for granted. He was not a worshipper. He elevated the word of a creature above the Word of the Creator. No wonder he fell.
When he fell, Adam was still unrepentant. Refusing to take responsibility for his actions he chose to blame God for the woman He gave him. This is the origin of the mystery of ingratitude; the root of every sin.
As imperfect people in an imperfect environment, it can be easy just to focus on the problems, trials, and challenges we face. Faced with practical issues of daily life, our challenges and obstacles can seem insurmountable. We can feel hopeless, confused or afraid.
But the bible tells us: “No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.”- 1 Thessalonians 5:18 TLB
Once we set our heart to constantly say Thank you to the Lord, we will find zillions of reasons to do so. We need to thank God for who He is. He is good. His mercy endures forever. We should thank Him for: what He has done, what He is doing, what He will do, and for what He can do. By focusing on the greatness of God, thanksgiving helps us demystify the present challenges.
The surest way of demystifying the mystery of ingratitude is thanksgiving. The first Adam fell, because he was not thankful. The second Adam (Jesus Christ) succeeded because He was a profound worshipper. He was thankful. For instance, confronted with the challenge of feeding five thousand men with just five loaves of bread and two fish, the bible states: “Jesus took the five loaves and two fish and looked up into the sky and gave thanks; then He broke off pieces for the disciples to set before the crowd. And everyone ate and ate, still twelve baskets of scraps were picked up afterwards”- Luke 9:16-17 TLB
The blessings of thanksgiving are boundless. It certainly pays to say “Thank you” to the Lord for being so good.
You can be transformed from the nature of the first Adam to the nature of Christ by giving your life to Jesus Christ. Say the simple prayer below:
Dear Heavenly Father, I worship you. I acknowledge that I am a sinner. Please have mercy on me and forgive all my sins. Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, I unreservedly surrender my life to you. I confess that you died and rose from the dead for me. Please be my Lord and personal saviour and grant me the grace to live for you all the days of my life. Thank you so much, Lord Jesus, I proclaim I am born again. Amen.
Worship the Lord from the depth of your heart. Give Him glory. Give Him thanks. Praise Him for who He is, what He has done for you; what He is currently doing in your life, what He will do and for what He can do. Thank Him for His plans for you; plans of peace not of evil to give you an expected end. Thank Him for His boundless love for you. Thank Him for the many provisions He has made for your well being here and hereafter. SAY THANK YOU TO THE LORD.
May your life overflow with the wonderful, supernatural blessings of thanksgiving in Jesus Name. Amen. |
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/29040 | <rs type="textType">List of names</rs> Inscriptions of Greek Cyrenaica Università di Bologna IGCyr131200 738859 igcyr131200 https://igcyr.unibo.it/igcyr131200
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Cyrene Museum 1877
Fragment of a white marble panel, broken off at left, above and below ( 0.16 0.195 0.045 ).
Inscribed on the face with a vacat between name and father's name, forming columns.
0.01-0.013 very carefully cut, with large serifs and varying spaces between letters, so that the total width is the same at each line; slightly smaller circular letters; xi with central hasta; with very small loop; large and non-slanting sigma.
Findspot. Beginning of first century B.C.
Found before 1993 at Cyrene: exact findspot unrecorded.
Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1993 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.
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Arabic English French German Ancient Greek Transliterated Greek Modern Greek Hebrew Italian Latin Cyrenaica Libya Shahat Transcription from stone (CDL). overall check file created, lemma, text, translation, commentary
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Text Ἀπολλ Θευδ Ἁγησιστράτω Εἰρηναίω Ἀριστοβούλω Σωδάμω Πείσιος Θευδότω Δεξίλα ίω
, fils d'Apoll, fils de Theud, fils d' Hagèsistratos, fils d'Eirènaios, fils d'Aristoboulos, fils de Sôdamos, fils de Peisis, fils de Theudotos, fils de Dexilas, fils de ios, .
, son of Apoll, son of Theud, son of Hagesistratos, son of Eirenaios, son of Aristoboulos, son of Sodamos, son of Peisis, son of Theudotos, son of Dexilas, son of ios, .
, figlio di Apoll, figlio di Theud, figlio di Hagesistratos, figlio di Eirenaios, figlio di Aristoboulos, figlio di Sodamos, figlio di Peisis, figlio di Theudotos, figlio di Dexilas, figlio di ios, .
This might belong to a list of ephebes dedicating to Hermes and Heracles the names of their officers. But there are also other possibilities.
All names are already attested at Cyrene, but for Δεξίλας, a semantic variant of the already attested Δεξίδαμος. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/29074 | 10 WTF moments in Pentaho Data Integration
Nelson Sousa from Ubiquis
Nelson Sousa
Be it a lack of speed or a job bug, using Pentaho Data Integration can lead to a nervous breakdown. To avoid this I have invited Nelson Sousa from Ubiquis to speak at Pentaho Community Meeting. He will talk about ten „WTF“ moments in Pentaho Data Integration and how to handle them in order to save your mental health.
Who are you?
I’m a Portuguese physics graduate and mathematician at heart. I’m currently living in London, having set up a small consulting business. I´m busy with working in Pentaho projects for large scale deployments in both classical ETL and Big Data.
What is your connection to Pentaho?
I’ve worked at Webdetails for 2.5 years, having met Pedro at university (we were classmates). From there I went on to work at Linalis in Geneva, then Linalis in London, and then set up my own company, Ubiquis Consulting, in London, 4 years ago.
What will your talk be about?
I’ll be talking about WTF moments in PDI. Those annoying errors that make you doubt your own mental health until you find the, normally quite obvious, answer.
What is your most frequent or ”favorite” WTF moment in PDI?
The most frequent is lack of speed in database operations. It all looks fine until you run it in a large scale load and the speed keeps plunging.
My favourite one is also the 1st real WTF moment I had and it has to do with daylight savings time. There’s 1 hour a year that doesn’t exist as we move to DST, but the rules differ from country to country. I became kind of an expert in daylight savings time thanks to that having spent 2 days investigating a pesky bug in an ETL and another say on Wikipedia.
What do you expect from PCM?
Booze. 😉 Now seriously, I expect top quality talks from the best Pentaho devs in the world, and learning something new in every talk. Which I may forget later after Bart buys me a couple beers.
Register now!
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/29107 | Summer Camp Week 4: Silly songs
Making up new lyrics to familiar songs is another quick musical activity which your children might well already be doing (if they are, please take the opportunity to pat yourself on the back for allowing them to further their musical education and pour yourself a nice cup of tea!).
I was raised in a house where every mundane activity provided an excuse to sing – so as a toddler screaming that I wasn’t tired, my dad would be attacking me with a flannel and singing, ‘This is the way we wash our face, wash our face, wash our face…’ (from ‘Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush’). Perhaps we were slightly odd (who am I kidding? We were definitely odd!) but, for better or worse, I seem to be passing that tradition on to my children.
I played the kids the ‘Found a Peanut’ song the other day (is it strange that I didn’t already know this song?), and now we have several topical variations such as ‘Found a Minion’, ‘ Dropped a Cheerio’, and ‘Made you Laugh’…
The girls also made use of the Mulberry Bush melody for their masterpiece, ‘The Old Lady Sat in a Chair’, (The old lady sat in a chair/In the car and everywhere/The old lady sat in a chair/EV-RY-WHERE!).
This also works for rhymes without melodies; we have been treated to endless variations on, ‘Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?‘, to keep spirits up during hikes and car journeys.
Making up these silly rhymes is, most importantly, fun – but it’s also a opportunity to experiment with rhyme and rhythm and to express some creativity.
Should you need a reminder of the Mulberry Bush song, here’s a cute version.
And for anyone else who lived in a cave (or maybe the UK) and doesn’t know ‘Found a Peanut’, it’s sung to the tune of ‘Oh my darling Clemantine‘, and we discovered it in Lisa Loeb’s very fun ‘Silly Sing-Along’ book (with CD). |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/29122 | Hearing Problems in Children & Babies | Kids Clinic Singapore
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Baby & Children Hearing Development
The following information has been prepared to help you monitor behavioural responses of your child’s hearing ability. The checklist indicates behaviours that are age appropriate for the detection of hearing loss. In addition, a list of what you can do to help your child learn to speak and to use his/her hearing is also included.
If your child fails to respond as the checklist suggests, there may be problems that require further evaluation. You may wish to discuss this with your child’s paediatrician, who will then refer you to an ENT (ear, nose and throat) Specialist, as well as an Audiologist for further investigation.
Baby Listening to Some Music
At 3 to 6 months, your baby should be able to react to loud sounds and react to the direction of a sound source.
Checklist for Speech and Hearing
• 3 – 6 months: Your child should awaken or quieten to the sound of your voice. He/She will typically turn his/her eyes towards the direction of the sound source. Your child should also be able to react to loud sounds, begin to repeat sounds e.g. ahh and imitate his/her own voice.
• 7 – 10 months: Your child should be able to turn his/her head and shoulders towards familiar sounds, even when he/she cannot see what is happening. Sounds do not have to be loud to cause him/her to respond. Your child should also be able to respond to his/her own name, start to respond to requests such as ‘come here’ and look at things and pictures when someone talks about them.
• 11 – 15 months: Your child should show understanding of some words by appropriate behaviour. For example, he/she should be able to point to or look at familiar objects on request. He/She may jabber in response to a voice, and may cry when there is loud thunder or may frown when being scolded.
• 18 months: Some children begin to identify parts of the body. They should be able to point to their eyes or nose on request. They should be using a few words, such as ‘bye-bye’. The words may not be complete or pronounced perfectly, but are clearly meaningful. The child should also be able to respond to simple yes-no questions.
• 2 years: Your child should be able to follow a few simple commands without visual cues. He/She should be using a variety of everyday words heard at home. Children of this age enjoy being read to and shown simple pictures in a book, and will point them out when asked. Your child’s knowledge of action words should also increase by this stage.
• 2½ years: Your child should be able to recite or sing short rhymes or songs and enjoy listening to tapes or watching cartoons. If your child has good hearing, these songs would make them happy, and he/she would usually react to the sound by running to look at or by telling someone what they hear.
• 3 years: Your child should be able to understand and use some simple verbs (such as ‘go’), prepositions (such as ‘in’ or ‘on’), adjectives (such as ‘big’/’small’) and pronouns (such as ‘I’/’you’). He/She should be able to locate the source of the sound and be able to use complete sentences some of the time.
• 4 years: Your child should be able to give connected accounts of a recent experience or event. He/She should be able to carry out a sequence of two simple directions (such as ‘Take the ball and give it to mummy’).
• 5 years: Your child’s speech should be understandable, even though at times they may be mispronounced. Most children by this age can carry on a conversation, if the vocabulary is within their experience.
Tips to Encourage Your Child to Speak and Hear Better
4 months
• Imitate all the sounds your child makes.
• Talk to your child using a pleasant tone of voice.
• Begin the sentence with your child’s name to get his attention when giving out instructions. (E.g. “Hello Johnny – where’s mommy’s little baby?”).
7 months
• Keep on imitating your child’s babbling sounds and talk to him/her a lot.
• Hold your child close to you and sing or talk repeatedly.
• Talk about toys and play games such as “peek-a-boo”.
9 months
• Make simple speech sounds to see if your child will imitate you (e.g. “gah-gah”).
• Respond to him/her when your child calls out to you.
• Play singing games.
12 months
• Show your child parts of the body (e.g. “Here’s your nose” and place his hand on it).
• Show him/her simple picture books and talk about the pictures.
• Play “Where’s daddy?” and point to daddy.
• Explain sounds (e.g. “What does a doggy say?” – then vocalize ‘bow-wow’).
24 months
• Read simple books to your child and ask questions like “Where’s the cow?” and point out the pictures.
• Ask him/her to put or take things away (e.g. “Give daddy the truck”).
• Talk about everything he plays or sees.
Possible Signs that Your Child has a Hearing Problem (Above 5 Years)
• Has speech delay or deteriorating speech.
• Continually asks to repeat what was said.
• Misunderstands and often gives inappropriate responses to questions.
• Does not hear background noise.
• Likes the television to be tuned up.
• Hates sudden loud noise.
• Watches your face for visual cues.
• Forgets instructions and seems to daydream.
• Either shouts or whispers (as he/she is unable to monitor own voice levels).
• Has poor concentration.
• Appears slower than other children.
• Has balance problems (appears clumsy).
• Complains of ringing/hissing/buzzing noises in the ears.
• Has a problem with following conversations when two or more people are talking at the same time
Consult your child’s paediatrician, who may then refer him/her for further audiological evaluation by an ENT Specialist and Audiologist, should you have any concerns with regards to your child’s hearing ability. |
global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/29131 | Creative Writing 101, Inspiration, Motivation, Writing World
“Fail Better Next Time”
Middle Tennessee Writer’s Conference 2013
The itinerary included a energetic poet, an awesome historian, a quirky playwright, and two successful fiction writers. All quality speakers and I wish you could have heard the keynote speaker the most. He talked all about perseverance through failure. But I took notes, disjointed as they are, and have laid a few of them out for your viewing pleasure in an order I hope makes some kind of sense.
Quotes & Helpful Codas
When seeking feedback, as your critiquer how the passage in question makes me them feel. What emotion are they feeling. Strong Emotion = Tension = Conflict
Conflict is essential. “Hell is story friendly. Heaven is where you go when the story is over.”
Conflict starts in the first couple of pages.
“Writing is like driving through a snow storm. You know where you’re going, but you get there a little at time.”
“Failure is inevitable.” You will face disappointment.
Writing exercises and experimenting with different styles in flash fiction can be a great way to get yourself out of funk. Don’t focus on failure; focus on the writing.
(Samuel Beckett) “Ever try. Ever fail. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”
Strive to fail better than the last time.
“Be fearless in the face of failure.”
Writing is a muscle. The longer you go without writing, the harder it is to get started again. The more you write, the easier it is to sit down and get some work done.
Writing Exercises
1) Take two characters and write a short scene where one is lying to the other. What kind of movements did you character make that could give away the fact that they’re lying to reader? What did you learn about the character who was lying?
2) Think about a scar you have. What memories are evoked by looking at it? How did you get it? Write a poem about it.
3) Draw a layout of the first house you grew up in. Where did you spend most of your time alone? What are you doing? How do you feel? What would you as an adult say to your younger self? This is a good exercise to do if you have a character with strong memories of their childhood home.
Book/App/Software Recommendations
*How To Write a Lot: A Practical Guide To Productive Academic Writing
*AEON Timeline
*Dr. Wicked’s Write or Die
*Story Toolz
*DEVON Think (said to have a steep learning curve)
*Apps (apple): Day One, Ever Note
Bill Brown (poet)
Holly Tucker (historian)
Linda Busby Parker (fiction)
Claudia Barnett (playwright)
Keynote: Kevin Wilson (fiction)
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/29134 | Question from test 1
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Question from test 1
Postby Mike Matthews 1D » Fri Mar 16, 2018 10:16 pm
Hi, I still do not understand the following question from test 1: "Answer yes or no if heat is being transferred in the following processes, and justify your reasoning.
a. A tank of liquefied propane is punctured, emitting gaseous propane vapors.
b. A balloon filled with gas is expanded to a larger volume and lower pressure while maintaining the same temperature."
If someone could please explain in detail the answer to this question that would be awesome.
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Re: Question from test 1
Postby Cristina Sarmiento 1E » Fri Mar 16, 2018 10:20 pm
a. Yes, there is a phase change occurring because liquefied propane was released as gaseous propane vapors.
b. Yes, the temperature remained constant, meaning the surroundings had to supplement heat to keep the temperature from changing.
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global_05_local_5_shard_00002591_processed.jsonl/29221 | White Spider
T10 - Located in The Island
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NameTierRarityNormal %Difficult %Lethal %
Spider Colony IT9Legendary1 in 2001
Armor StiffenerEpic1 in 10
Barrel DopantEpic1 in 20
Diatomaceous SolutionRare1 in 1
Arc de ChairT9Common1 in 20
Aura of CaduceusT9Common1 in 20
Aura of DefenseT9Common1 in 20
Aura of Talking SoftlyT9Common1 in 20
Blast of CaduceusT9Common1 in 20
Facemelter AcidT9Common1 in 20
Flak CannonT9Common1 in 20
Fused BlasterT9Common1 in 20
Fusion ArmorT9Common1 in 20
Fusion MinesT9Common1 in 20
Heavy WiperT9Common1 in 20
Laser ClaymoreT9Common1 in 20
Midnight TurretT9Common1 in 20
Nightwatch ShotgunT9Common1 in 20
Onyx SniperT9Common1 in 20
Powertrip AreaT9Common1 in 20
Royal StingerT9Common1 in 20
Sergeant EMPT9Common1 in 20
Shield BlastT9Common1 in 20
Synth Emerald LaserT9Common1 in 20
Flock founder tokenCommon1 in Infinity
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