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Selecting a full stack web development course to learn is an important task whether you are new or an experienced candidate. Lots of languages available this time for web development, which many programmers use for making web applications and websites.
Generally many types applications and languages are used for different purposes in the world. Most of the programming languages go best for the website development, but few in these languages are widely used. So it is difficult to figure out for a beginner to choose web course that is better for them. In this article we try to explain common languages which are widely used in web development. This article really will help you to choose one of the best web development courses for you from different languages for web development.
Now days there are a number of courses available for developing a website like: PHP, JavaScript, ASP.NET, Java, Python, Node.js, and Ruby on Rails (ROR), JSP, and Pearl C etc, which are being used by most of the front end developer certification. These languages are divided into two main streams: open source and non-open source or proprietary programming language.
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Widely used web languages:
PHP: The word PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor and in early days, it was also called Personal Home Page. This is an open source language and most developers love to use this language due to its simplicity and flexibility. This language available free of cost to use and updated regularly comparison to any other programming languages. Due to this feature, this language is best suitable for among the developers.
ASP .NET: The word ASP stands for active server page and this is one of the most adaptable web languages. This is similar to C, C++, COBOL, VB etc. This is Proprietary programming language. This language is a better web language that also used with Visual Studio.NET, C++ builder, and web matrix etc.
Java: In early days this is known as Oak. This is also open source and the main feature of this is it's a platform independent language. Due to the availability of JVM (Java virtual machine) this works independently. This is also used by web developers due to its security and flexibility. This language is similar to C, C++, COBOL, VB etc Languages.
JavaScript: This is an interpreted programming or scripting language. This scripting language is easy and faster to code comparison to more structured language like C, and C++.
Apart from above mention language, some developer also uses Pearl, C, Python, Ruby on rails, JSP and Node.js etc.
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Peak District MTB have achieved a lot in 2018 on the digging front. With James Irwin heading the work in the Hope Valley and Ladybower areas with Martyn Sharp the Peak District National Park ranger. And Dan Noble kicking off new work in the Staffordshire Roaches with Jon Rowe of Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. Combined, this amounted to approximately 327 volunteer man-hours, maintaining 552m of trail. Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped!
- 552m of trail maintained
- 327 man-hours
- 31 volunteers
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Our next Hope Valley dig date is Thursday 17 January 2019 and we'll soon have details on our next Roaches dig day, planned for February. So if you want to get involved send us a message or see more information here: https://peakdistrictmtb.org/next-dig-day-dates-on-whinstone-lee-tor/
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By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF of New York Times
With Tea Party conservatives and many Republicans balking at raising the debt ceiling, let me offer them an example of a nation that lives up to their ideals.
It has among the lowest tax burdens of any major country: fewer than 2 percent of the people pay any taxes. Government is limited, so that burdensome regulations never kill jobs.
This society embraces traditional religious values and a conservative sensibility. Nobody minds school prayer, same-sex marriage isn't imaginable, and criminals are never coddled.
The budget priority is a strong military, the nation's most respected institution. When generals decide on a policy for, say, Afghanistan, politicians defer to them. Citizens are deeply patriotic, and nobody burns flags.
So what is this Republican Eden, this Utopia? Why, it's Pakistan.
Now obviously Sarah Palin and John Boehner don't intend to turn Washington into Islamabad-on-the-Potomac. And they are right that long-term budget issues do need to be addressed. But when many Republicans insist on "starving the beast" of government, cutting taxes, regulations and social services — slashing everything but the military — well, those are steps toward Pakistan.
The United States is, of course, in no danger of actually becoming Pakistan, any more than we're going to become Sweden at the other extreme. But as America has become more unequal, as we cut off government lifelines to the neediest Americans, as half of states plan to cut spending on higher education this year, let's be clear about our direction — and about the turnaround that a Republican budget victory would represent.
The long trajectory of history has been for governments to take on more responsibilities, and for citizens to pay more taxes. Now we're at a turning point, with Republicans arguing that we need to reverse course.
I spend a fair amount of time reporting in developing countries, from Congo to Colombia. They're typically characterized by minimal taxes, high levels of inequality, free-wheeling businesses and high military expenditures. Any of that ring a bell?
In Latin American, African or Asian countries, I sometimes see shiny tanks and fighter aircraft — but schools that have trouble paying teachers. Sound familiar? And the upshot is societies that are quasi-feudal, stratified by social class, held back by a limited sense of common purpose.
Maybe that's why the growing inequality in America pains me so. The wealthiest 1 percent of Americans already have a greater net worth than the bottom 90 percent, based on Federal Reserve data. Yet two-thirds of the proposed Republican budget cuts would harm low- and moderate-income families, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
For a country that prides itself on social mobility, where higher education has been a traditional escalator to a better life, cutbacks in access to college are a scandal. G. Jeremiah Ryan, the president of Bergen Community College in New Jersey, tells me that when the college was set up in 1965, two-thirds of the cost of running it was supposed to be covered by state and local governments, and one-third by students. The reality today, Dr. Ryan says, is that students bear 78 percent of the cost.
In fairness to Pakistan and Congo, wealthy people in such countries manage to live surprisingly comfortably. Instead of financing education with taxes, these feudal elites send their children to elite private schools. Instead of financing a reliable police force, they hire bodyguards. Instead of supporting a modern health care system for their nation, they fly to hospitals in London.
You can tell the extreme cases by the hum of diesel generators at night. Instead of paying taxes for a reliable electrical grid, each wealthy family installs its own powerful generator to run the lights and air-conditioning. It's noisy and stinks, but at least you don't have to pay for the poor.
I've always made fun of these countries, but now I see echoes of that pattern of privatization of public services in America. Police budgets are being cut, but the wealthy take refuge in gated communities with private security guards. Their children are spared the impact of budget cuts at public schools and state universities because they attend private institutions.
Mass transit is underfinanced; after all, Mercedes-Benzes and private jets are much more practical, no? And maybe the most striking push for reversal of historical trends is the Republican plan to dismantle Medicare as a universal health care program for the elderly.
There's even an echo of the electrical generator problem. More and more affluent homes in the suburbs are buying electrical generators to use when the power fails.
So in this season's political debates, let's remember that we're arguing not only over debt ceilings and budgets, but about larger questions of our vision for our country. Do we really aspire to take a step in the direction of a low-tax laissez-faire Eden …like Pakistan?
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In this article, Mark Vizard, business development manager at Hicom, looks at how mobile technology can be used to transform community services, empower clinicians and patients, and support the national objective to establish efficient and effective models of integrated care
The aspiration to move care out of hospitals and nearer to patients' homes has been a long-standing strategic objective, but progress has remained both slow and limited
The aspiration to move care out of hospitals and nearer to patients' homes has been a long-standing strategic objective of UK governments for decades. But, despite the rhetoric, and countless policies at transforming community services, progress has remained both slow and limited.
The most-recent attempts, under the 2008 policy umbrella of Transforming Community Services, have delivered incremental benefits such as a reduction in lengths of stay in NHS hospitals. Likewise, the 2013 redrawing of the commissioning landscape, along with subsequent localised QIPP initiatives aimed at redesigning care pathways, has led to a redoubling of efforts to reduce the pressure on hospital resources with the introduction of more-innovative services. But demand on secondary care, as typified by the enduring A&E and winter bed crises, continues to grow – and the need for more efficient, effective and joined-up community services intensifies.
The contextual symptoms are well-known; an ageing population, the continued growth in patients with long-term conditions and the inexorable rise in people with multiple morbidities are placing a strain on NHS resources that cannot easily withstand the frugal demands of the current economic climate. As real-terms healthcare expenditure apparently slows, a reliance on old, ponderous and expensive models of care will no longer work. But while diagnosing the problem is straightforward, finding the cure – and indeed managing the change required to deliver it – is entirely more challenging.
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In the age of the smartphone, technology is providing a powerful stimulus to make communication – and indeed activity – across the health and social care system, fittingly, much more smart
Community services have long been hailed as the knight in shining armour that can transform NHS care. And why not? Appropriate care in the community, nearer to patients' homes, offers a significant improvement in the patient experience – and can only help reduce avoidable hospital admissions and unnecessary queues at A&E. Likewise, in line with widespread Public Health initiatives aimed at shifting emphasis away from emergency care and towards disease prevention, community services can play a significant part in transforming patient/NHS engagement to alleviate the burden on critical NHS resources.
Moreover, as the age-old problem of 'bed-blockers' persists, whereby patients with no need for medical care clog up hospital wards as they await transfer into social care, community services can play a valuable role in providing liaison, support and indeed care outside of the hospital environment. The argument is therefore uncontested: strong community services are the key to an effective model of integrated health and social care. The question is: how do we move beyond the rhetoric and optimise the opportunity?
Optimising technology
There will undoubtedly continue to be much debate around the structure, funding and resourcing of community services. One thing, however, is certain: to succeed, technology must play a prominent part in any future model.
The UK currently invests more than £11billion each year in community services – around 10% of the total NHS budget. This, according to a recent King's Fund report into community care, manifests itself in approximately 100 million community contacts each year – ranging from 'public health functions such as health visiting and school nursing, to targeted specialist interventions in musculo-skeletal, services, chronic disease management and intensive rehabilitation'.
The King's Fund argues that the scale of these interventions is poorly understood, and not well-served by health debate that often defaults to GPs and hospitals or primary and secondary care. The worst examples of sub-optimal care are commonly found in the gaps between these headline settings; the transfer of care from hospital to primary care – or vice versa – can often lead to gaps in communication that slow down care, delay treatment and, at times, result in patient deterioration and an avoidable hospital admission. Technology can help to fill these gaps, empowering clinicians, nurses and other healthcare stakeholders with information to enable a rapid, safe and accurate response to critical clinical issues – and better still, to help them manage more routine clinical issues, before they escalate to being critical.
The Smart approach
The technology to bolster community services that straddle both health and secondary care is now well established. A proliferation of digital and mobile media has enabled multi-channel communications across multiple devices and platforms – allowing mobile workers instant and reliable access to vital information to support clinical decisions.
In the age of the smartphone, technology is providing a powerful stimulus to make communication – and indeed activity – across the health and social care system, fittingly, much more smart. Increasingly, the NHS' mobile workforce is being empowered by innovative mobile technologies that are enabling HCPs to become more responsive, informed and agile in community settings.
The most-effective mobile tools are those that are integrated and interoperable with existing systems in hospitals and primary care settings
A growing number of clinical/patient portals, online tools and mobile apps are being used to inform community services and improve outcomes in areas such as diabetes, paediatric care and mental health. Evidence shows that the effective use of mobile tools is helping trusts to unlock Best Practice Tariff funding, reduce administrative overheads, improve productivity, and increase time spent with patients.
The most-effective mobile tools are those that are integrated and interoperable with existing systems in hospitals and primary care settings, meaning that community-based HCPs can view, share and interact with the same data sets as colleagues in fixed locations, irrespective of whether they themselves are in a patient's home, a school or a mobile clinic. Such an approach helps them make real-time decisions underpinned by real-time access to key clinical information. Furthermore, as the mobile telecoms infrastructure around the country continues to strengthen, the best systems are being developed and optimised to work offline, allowing HCPs that are operating in poor signal areas to capture and collate information and then synchronise it efficiently at a later stage.
Upwardly mobile
The barriers to introducing mobile technology into the NHS are disappearing. Senior decision-makers are recognising the efficiency and productivity gains that mobile can provide, as well as how smarter communications can expedite treatment pathways and the delivery of care. Mobile technology is increasingly being used across hospitals to record patient observations, escalate interventions and improve patient flow. It is also being used to transform secretarial operations and accelerate clinical correspondence. These same benefits are equally applicable in community settings and will indeed complement the long-term transition to integrated care.
In a demand-rich, cash-poor environment, the NHS must be clever with its resources. It's time, quite literally, to get 'smart'
As the introduction of the Community Information Data Set (CIDS) draws closer, robust mobile tools can help remote HCPs capture data at the point of clinical delivery. This supports the CIDS objective to use local and national comparative data to improve community services by informing commissioning decisions. The HSCIC mandates suppliers of IT systems for community services to become fully compliant with CIDS new data standards during 2014/15. These new standards provide further evidence of the important role technology is anticipated playing in helping the NHS harness information to transform care.
Get smart
Debate into how new models of community services can be developed to optimise health and social care resources will no doubt continue. Whatever the outcome, mobile technology can, and indeed must, play a role in the revolution. In a demand-rich, cash-poor environment, the NHS must be clever with its resources. It's time, quite literally, to get 'smart'.


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Google has an internal platform called Google Issue Tracker that tracks a list of bugs and unpatched vulnerabilities, but that platform itself had a bug that allowed one security researcher to access anything on the list, reports Motherboard. This would have permitted someone to view all of Google's requested features and unpatched bugs, potentially allowing hackers to exploit the information. Google has since patched the flaw.
Security researcher Alex Birsan was able to access that information by using a function that allows external researchers to unsubscribe from email lists about particular issues. Once unsubscribed, the system would then send details of the bug in a final response. The system assumed the user had permission in the first place, so Birsan found that if he unsubscribed from a particular list he had never actually subscribed to, he could still get details of different vulnerabilities. Birsan was able to see vulnerability reports along with "everything else" on the Issue Tracker.
"Exploiting this bug gives you access to every vulnerability report anyone sends to Google."
"Exploiting this bug gives you access to every vulnerability report anyone sends to Google until they catch on to the fact that you're spying on them," Birsan told Motherboard. "Turning those vulnerability reports into working attacks also takes some time/skill. But the bigger the impact, the quicker it gets fixed by Google. So even if you get lucky and catch a good one as soon as it's reported, you still have to have a plan for what you do with it."
Google patched the bug within one hour of Birsan notifying them of the exploit. "We appreciate Alex's report. We've patched the vulnerabilities that he reported, as well as their variants," a Google spokesperson said in an email statement to Motherboard.


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Prince dead: Late rockstar joins Michael Jackson, John Lennon and Bob Marley in making money after death
Musical genius and rockstar royalty Prince not only leaves behind a musical legacy but also a financial one. Speculations about the inheritance of the late singer-guitarist's fortune began surfacing as early as Friday, a day after his sudden death.
There are enough reasons that make Prince, who died on 21 April at the age of 57, a valuable entertainer even after his death. With the Purple Rain star leaving behind a celebrated song-library, some 2,000 odd unreleased songs and an estate worth $300m (£208m), he has gained a spot in a rare club of musicians — with the likes of Michael Jackson, John Lennon and Bob Marley –whose fame continued to earn wealth even after their death.
Martin Neumann, an estate planning lawyer told the Los Angeles Times: "For someone like Prince who's been around for so long, obviously the value of his catalog will increase after his death, significantly more so than for other people." Apart from his musical "vault", which continues to be the linchpin of his soaring fortune, Prince's Minnesota home Paisley Park — where he recorded music — alone is going to fetch millions of dollars.
Indeed, Prince's meticulous nature ensured that he kept tight control over the fate of his economy. Unlike several other big names from the industry, Prince solely owned his recording and publishing copyrights. In such a situation it's unlikely that the songwriter didn't leave behind a will or estate plan that lays the future for his fortune.
"Hopefully, Prince executed a trust, and indicated his intentions both with respect to who his trustee would be and how he would want the estate to be disposed of," said Dan Streisand, a celebrity probate attorney.
In the unlikely situation of Prince not having made a valid will, under Minnesota laws the estate and his fortune would be given to his nearest relative. After being divorced twice and having fathered no children, the When Doves Cry singer is survived by his half-sister Tyka Nelson.
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In a one-bedroom-hall-kitchen in Mahim, Bombay, through the last decades of the twentieth century, lived four love-battered Mendeses: mother, father, son and daughter. Between Em, the mother, driven frequently to hospital after her failed suicide attempts, and The Big Hoom, the father, trying to hold things together as best he could, they tried to be a family.
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Expected publication: June 24th 2014 by Penguin Books
Terri's Thoughts
I won a copy of this book as part of a giveaway on Goodreads in exchange for an honest review.
I was excited to read this as I have a fascination with all things related to India after spending some extended time there for work. The fact that this book mentions Goa and Bombay was particularly interesting to me as I have spent time in both places.
I have to admit that it was a little bit of a let down for me as the main focus was on Em's mental illness and less focused on where the story occurred. That being said I will forgive that as the story never advertised to be about India.
This story is about how a family copes with the mental illness of one of it's members. It was at times funny with the some of the unfiltered thoughts coming from Em however most of the time it was depressing. It was told from the point of view of the son with his curiosity about Em & Big Hooms past and the weight of responsibility of being a caretaker to his mother. The emotions felt real and honest.
My only real criticism is that the story was too short. I felt it skimmed over the issues instead of digging further in to story and I felt like I was reading the Cliffs note version of a really serious issue. While Pinto was able to portray the strong family bonds and the mark mental illness leaves on its members I was left wanting more.
Overall a pleasant read.
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Tucker Carlson attempts to defend America's history of slavery by pointing out the Aztecs, Africans, and Mohammed had slaves too
From the August 15 edition of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight:
TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): Two years ago, on CNN, anchor Ashleigh Banfield suggested the Jefferson Memorial in Washington might have to go. Needless to say there is literally no limit when you start thinking like this. Last year hundreds of activists in New York demanded the statue of Theodore Roosevelt at the American Natural History Museum be dismantled. They argued that Roosevelt was a racist. If that's the standard, nobody is safe. Watch out Abraham Lincoln, you're next. Now, to be clear, as if it's necessary, slavery is evil. If you believe in the rights of the individual, it's actually hard to think of anything worse than slavery. But let's be honest. Up until 150 years ago when a group of brave Americans fought and died to finally put an end to it, slavery was the rule, rather than the exception around the world. And had been for thousands of years, sadly. Plato owned slaves, so did Mohammed peace be upon him. May African tribes held slaves and sold them. The Aztecs did, too. Before he liberated Latin American, Simon Bolivar owned slaves.
Slave-holding was so common among the North American Indians that the Cherokee brought their slaves with them on the Trail of Tears. And it wasn't something they learned from European settlers. Indians were holding and trading slaves when Christopher Columbus arrived. And by the way he owned slaves, too. None of this is a defense of the atrocity of human bondage. It is an atrocity. The point however is that if we are going to judge the past by the standards of the present. If we are going to reduce a person's life to the single worst thing he ever participated in, we had better be prepared for the consequences of that. And here's why. 41 of the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence held slaves. James Madison the father of the constitution had a plantation full of slaves. George Mason, the father of the Bill of Rights also owned slaves, unfortunately. But does that make what they wrote illegitimate? If these men were simply racist villains and that's all they were, then the society they created is as evil as they were. There is no reason to respect its traditions or uphold its laws.
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Who is a DevOps engineer?
DevOps is a concept that helps to combine two important teams the software development and IT operations in software engineering. The main idea of DevOps is to integrate these two processes with integration tools in order to automate the software development lifecycle which in turn leads to better communication between teams, efficient bug control, better planning, more releases, and more RoI for organizations implementing DevOps.
A DevOps engineer is the one who possesses a strong knowledge about the software development lifecycle and has a detailed understanding of the automation of the CI, CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Development) pipelines. He can be a developer who became interested in the deployment process and has the insight to improve planning and execution for better deployment.
The role of a DevOps engineer
- The fundamental role of a DevOps engineer is to bridge communication the gap between the development and operations teams, which were originally working in silos. Hence, he must be an excellent communicator.
- A DevOps engineer must be a skillful collaborator as he must shape upon the work of other teams. His position is more like a project manager who is assigned to ensure the smooth running of the DevOps as implemented in an organization.
- The role of a DevOps engineer demands to have a 'customer-service' oriented mindset as he usually takes care of the demands of internal clients like the developers (both software and application), internal stakeholders, project managers and members of the DevOps team in an organization.
- A DevOps engineer must efficiently implement feedbacks from end-users and have the skill to re-engineer approaches as in when needed.
Responsibilities of a DevOps engineer
Out of numerous responsibilities some important tasks of DevOps engineer:
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- The first and foremost responsibility is to choose the most appropriate tools and technologies best suited to the business requirements of an organization.
- A DevOps engineer is responsible for guiding teams towards continuous integration and continuous deployment; hence, he must have extensive knowledge of the automation tools and their application like Gradle, Git, Jenkins, Bamboo, Docker, Kubernetes, Puppet Enterprise, Nagios, Chef, and Ansible.
- A DevOps engineer oversees handling the total IT infrastructure. A DevOps engineer is responsible to ensure proper implementation of the automation tools, monitor and re-engineer the existing system based on the client's feedback.
- A DevOps engineer is responsible for conducting system tests in order to ensure optimum data security, availability, and performance. Testing is a crucial part of the transition process from the development phase to the release phase needs effective handling.
- A DevOps engineer is responsible for understanding the language, framing and proper evaluation of code. He must communicate the detailed analysis to the development teams, this ensures overall improvement and completion of the projects within the expected deadline. Hence the knowledge of coding is essential for him.
DevOps is an emerging concept which is getting implemented by various companies to streamline and automate their production process, hence the role of a DevOps engineer is not pre-defined.
Apart from some specific skillsets like efficient communication, managerial abilities, knowledge of tools and experience, the most important quality required to become a DevOps engineer is to balance various technical and non-technical responsibilities for seamless execution of DevOps.
A DevOps engineer is the one who manages the teams, plans, executes, monitors to maintain the execution of automation of the CI&CD pipelines. Maintaining data security, working on feedbacks and clearly communicating the desired outcome to the team members, for smooth cross-team coordination and collaboration.
Having said that, it is a developing role and there is a long way ahead; where opportunities are endless.


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Saving the World from the Censorship Industrial Complex
Censorship Industrial Complex as a tool of PsyOps and a global tool of control is very potent. Action is happening against it in the US now.
When Palagummi Sainath, an Indian journalist, went to Vidarbha, the cotton-growing region of Maharashtra he found a strange phenomenon. He found that the farmers committing suicide were leaving suicide notes. And these suicide notes were not addressed to their family members but to India's Finance Minister and Prime Minister. Why? Because of critical economic reasons for which the government had done little.
Sainath found that indebtedness was the main reason for the suicides.
"[E]very suicide has a multiplicity of causes," said Sainath, "but, when you have 300,000 . . . in the same occupation within a compressed period of time, then you want to start looking for. . . the common factors."
The journalist identified indebtedness as the "central driving factor behind the suicides," noting that agricultural costs had increased greatly following the implementation of neoliberal agricultural policies.
Sainath has found that due to how India's finance ministry has redefined the agricultural sector, low interest or no interest loans available from state earlier. The prices for inputs have increased and credit is not available to small farmer as it has all been geared for the large corporate farmer.
Farmer suicides, said Sainath, are a tragic consequence of this rising corporate dominance and the transfer of credit and other resources to the wealthy elite.
Although they are the largest group of landed small farmers in the world, Indian farmers have no control over the prices of the seeds, pesticides, fertilizer and water that they need to operate their farms, or over the markets to which they sell.
And while higher sale prices have resulted from government policies, Sainath argued that market-based pricing had also caused a multifold increase in agricultural costs. At the same time, new credit policies have encouraged the corporatization of the agriculture sector.
Previously, priority sector lending by the state and differential rates of interest allowed poor farmers to obtain loans with little to no interest. Over the last 15 years, however, India's finance ministry has redefined the agriculture sector so that small farmers now see very little of these priority sector loans.
Over the period of 2004 to 2006, many studies were done which identified the following issues:
Attack on Government for Farmer's Suicides
The attack on the Modi government follows a very simplistic argument – Everything is because of the government and the Modi government isn't doing what's needed (nobody says what that is) and its not cool anymore to blame Congress and Left's 60 years of failed policies.
The truth based on facts is however much more complex. In his celebrated book, "India: The Emerging Giant", economist Arvind Panagariya cites studies which give the break-up of the reasons for the suicides that happened. Farmers' family members gave more than one reasons for the suicides, which is consistent in other studies as well. Here is the break up:
As per these studies, the farm related reasons account for just 25% of the suicides.
And, that is the reason why the deaths are confused in the rural areas. There are genuine agrarian related deaths and then there are the rural deaths. The agrarian deaths are just a fraction of all the rural deaths as per the statistics! While the total number of deaths run upto 300,000; the agrarian deaths stand at 3313.
If one were to look closer, one finds that it is NOT farmers suicides that we are talking about, it is the suicides of the rural poor! Rural poor suicides IS a serious issue. So, are farmers' suicides whatever the numbers. But we need to understand the issues in proper perspective
This is what our rural poor are facing:
Social issues: Drinking, drugs, property disputes, family disputes, marriages, illnesses
Financial issues: Indebtedness, chit fund, gambling
Agrarian issues: High input prices, adverse selling infrastructure, GMO seeds, corporate farming and large farms monopoly.
If one looks at all these, one finds that even the social issues are either offshoots or triggers for the financial crisis. What we have in our country is a Suicidal Spiral in Rural India!
If one were to look at this spiral, one can easily see that interventions to stop the extremely sorry situation of the rural poor have to happen at many levels and many different points.
What has the Modi Government done?
Let us "cut the crap" and be honest, opposition to the current government is less of "activism" and more of hatred-in-action! There is no real reason why doing a dharna or opposing the government "for the heck of it" will help the nation and the state of the rural poor in any way.
Let us understand what this government has done to alleviate the situation:1
Salvaging WTO Weak Stance: India had almost given away all the bargaining chips to the developed countries in the critical area of food stockpiling, where the governments stockpile food – even when it is not required – at a reasonable enough price, to help the poor farmers. This one clause was very important for India's ability to help the poor farmers' interest be not completely sold out in face of the machinations by the developed world.
What did the Modi government, specifically Nirmala Sitharaman do in the WTO talks in Geneva in December 2014?
The WTO General Council, at its meeting in Geneva on Thursday, had accepted India's demand for extending the peace clause till a permanent solution is found for its food stockpiling issue. The peace clause prevents any WTO member-nation from challenging public stockholding of food grains by developing countries for food security purposes.
As per the agreement reached at the Bali Ministerial Meeting in December last year, the peace clause was to continue only till 2017. "The WTO decision strengthens the safeguard available for continuing the Minimum Support Price policy which is a lifeline for millions of our low-income, resource-poor farmers," Sitharaman said.
If we are talking of poor and small farmer in India, then liberating him of the shackles that the developed world was going to put on him have been opened up, indefinitely – as opposed to only until 2017 as earlier discussed! That was the first step.2
Cutting out the middleman: Money money everywhere, not a penny for the poor. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act or popularly known as MNREGA, is a dole-out scheme for the rural poor. Under this scheme, poor are asked to do some rural project – often some ridiculous one like digging a canal – to be paid money. The amounts that have been budgeted for last so many years have been to the tune of $20 billion per annum!! Yes, that is in US Dollars and that is billion with a B! So much of money was doled out every year, but apparently a fraction reached the poor. The rest – as per CAG 97% of it – was usurped by the middleman. It is not that poor can't be given enough for their living, the problem is that that money doesn't reach them! So, how does the government with good intentions and money in hand reach the poor directly?
Bank accounts for the poor? Sounds like a good idea, but we have millions of rural poor. Well, then make it a movement!! A movement where the local banks are brought into the act of opening bank accounts in the rural areas. The result – almost 88 million bank accounts in rural areas (total 147 million) have been opened. And people have even deposited moneys into them to the tune of Rs 157 billion!! Here is the important element of the bank accounts that were being opened – Account holders will be provided zero-balance bank account with RuPay debit card, in addition to accidental insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh(to be given by 'HDFC Ergo'). Since calamities, deaths and accidents are one of the major reasons why so many families go into debt, a free insurance cover helps as well!
A huge hullabaloo was created over 85 million accounts that are still with zero balance – "what's the use?" came the retort. Well, does it need a rocket scientist to understand that now, the government has the exact vehicle to cut the middleman? If this one simple action and strategy can effectively put the $20 billion in the pockets.. err zero balance bank accounts of the rural poor, then shouldn't one marvel at the brilliance? Isn't financial issues the main issue that we are fighting for rural poor?
More importantly, by creating another feature – the government has created a lending relationship between the poor and the public sector banks. That is – after Six months of opening of the bank account, holders can avail 5,000 ₹ overdraft from the bank. To understand why this is critical one needs to refer to the suicidal spiral and the most important and critical reason for suicides – Indebtedness! Admittedly, this isn't much, but it is a start in the right direction. With the creation of the platform, we now have a way to go forward and do what needs to be done.
This was the obvious second step to mitigate the plight of the rural poor that drove them to commit suicides.3
Creating Alternative Income Opportunities and Land Acquisition Bill: For this, one needs to set aside a mind steeped in prejudice and colored propaganda by the media / political parties and look at the provisions that are sought to be changed and why for what they are worth! But first let us get some background to know why this aspect is such an important part of reducing and mitigating farmer suicides that Modi government is not willing to compromise, lunacy of the political opposition notwithstanding.
A detailed investigation by some UK researchers found the following to be the main reasons for suicide:
Investigations by researchers from the Cambridge University's Department of Sociology and University College London's Department of Political Science has found that rates of suicide are highest in areas with the most debt-ridden farmers who are clinging to tiny smallholdings – less than one hectare – and are trying to grow cash crops such as cotton and coffee that are highly susceptible to global price fluctuations.
Farmers at highest risk have three characteristics: those that grow cash crops such as coffee and cotton; those with 'marginal' farms of less than one hectare; and those with debts of Rs 300 or more. States in which these characteristics are most prevalent had the highest suicide rates. These characteristics accounted for almost 75% of the variability in state-level suicides.
Even P. Sainath, perhaps the Indian researcher who has done the most work on farmers suicides says the same thing:
A big problem as per Sainath has been that because of globalization and extreme privatization (the latter may be an extreme view, for private corporates can be detrimental – monopoly of cotton seeds in Mahyco is an example, but it can be good also if it gives farmers better prices and assured purchase of their crops – through say contract farming), difficulty in getting loans, high rates of interest, high intensity of cash crop plantation leading to severe water stress like say sugarcane in Maharashtra, and other kinds of dubious policy decisions like making alcohol from rice over using rice to feed the poor or letting it go to market in Maharashtra, all these kinds of decisions have made the farmers believe that the government is not going to solve their problems. And with the climate playing truant more often than not, I guess the hopes of farmers may well be receding.
The Land Acquisition Bill brought out by the Modi government aims to impact the rural unemployment and poverty situation by opening up ways to use the land in rural areas for industrial development.
Here is a list of the changes that are being brought in:
These changes are over and above the earlier amendments moved through an ordinance where the government had added five sectors (defence, rural infra, affordable housing, industrial corridors, infra and social infra projects including PPP) to a list that would not require owners' consent while acquiring land as well as exempted them from submitting a social impact assessment (SIA) and removal of restriction on acquisition of multi-crop lands for these sectors. The last social infra projects including PP have been removed from the exemption list.
Most of the criticism to these changes that are being brought about by the bill voiced by different characters seems superficial and uninformed. Here are some of the reasons why:
MOST PROJECTS under these heads will be govt-led or govtinspired & belong to key infrastructure & security areas that increase public good. Spectre of business baron profi teering out of sarkari munifi cence doesn't quite apply.
FOR EVERYTHING else, the Modi land law and the Congress land law is the same. So, there's no special favour to business there.
Ok, Even if Rich are not being especially Favoured, is Modi Law Still Hurting Poor?
THIS CENTRES on removal of the SIA and 80% consent rule from those 5 areas. But consider, first, that SIA's ambit in the Congress law is so broad that for critical projects in infrastructure and security, calculations can go on endlessly and costs can really go up. And the 80% rule means, hold outs by a few landowners can cause major delays in big, necessary projects.
THEREFORE, THIS is a compromise between social and economic policy imperatives. For a car factory, there'll be SIA. But, for say, a rural electrifi cation project or an apartment block for low-income people or a project like Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor, there won't be a SIA.
PLUS, NO compromise has been made on compensation formula. Farmers, on whose behalf every political party is agitating, get 4 times the market value of land they own.
ALSO, MODI law brings in 13 areas not covered by the Cong law and landowners will now get high rates for compensation for land acquired for coal & mining projects, metro construction, nuclear projects, roads, etc.
So, if one looks at it closely – one of the big goal of the bill is not just to open up the land for better returns and opportunities for livelihood. Which is what the small farmers and their progeny may REALLY need!!
As for how the "private companies (aka Sharks)" will usurp the poor farmer's land and leave them poor? Remember the Nano plant? How Mamta Bannerjee had raised a huge hue and cry to force Tatas to close the plant in Singrur – because of this very argument? Well, in Modi's "communal Gujarat", where Tata moved its Nano plant to, the story was a very interesting and arguably a much happier one!Remember the Nano plant which Gujarat snatched from the lazy Bengal? Well, the land given to them was next to a majority Muslim village. At that time, the land prices there were Rs 400,000 a hectare. Now, in just 6 years, the prices have risen 25 times to Rs 1 crores a hectare. This is not just the "Market Price" but the price at which the Government is buying the land from the farmers. What does this mean for ordinary folks?Bashir Khan Pathan (28), a farmer, is expecting close to Rs 10 crore for his 9.5 hectares. Among other imminent crorepatis are Samratkhan Pathan who is looking at a figure of Rs 3.92 crore andMohammad Hanif Rajpura who hopes to get Rs 1.65 crore.And, no one had to do anything specific for any one group. Just make development happen indiscriminately. And everyone benefits!Talati of Kalana village Hari Jadav said, "After Muslims, the main beneficiaries will be Thakore and Bharwad communities."It is obvious what the Congress and the BSPs, SPs etc do and what Modi does. By throwing Nano out, how the heck did Mamata Bannerjee think that she can give enough food on the table for anyone, forget the Muslims?
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To some it is an oxmoron, like in Engineering we joke about a Civil Engineer (there is no such thing as a civil Engineer – ie refined – we are all uncouth). I remember meeting with someone on the business side of an organization and as we were talking about a specific problem she was having and I said you should talk to Paul, he is the Director of Business Intelligence – she looked at me with a blank stare and said huh?
She is not alone in working to understand what Business Intelligence (BI) is and how it directly adds value to the business. In the Think Big Data Warehouse conference Claudia Imhoff, Co-Founder and President of Intelligent Solutions gave a great Keynote address titled Business Intelligence Not Intuition will Enhance Your Company's Competitive Edge. It was described as:
Drowning in data but starved for information? You are not alone. Most executives today state that their number one problem is a lack of intelligence about where their company is going. The need for BI is greater today that ever. So what exactly is BI?
I really enjoyed the session and took some notes and will leverage these notes as a discussion on what BI is.
Business Intelligence is an environment not a technology that consists of the following characteristics:
- Reliable
- Consistent
- Believable
- Understandable
- Easily manipulated
- Flexible
that is used to yield an overall understanding of:
- where we have been – historical intelligence
- where we are now – real/time or active intelligence
- where will it be in the future – predictive intelligence
I think there needs to be a major mind shift as there has been in the
business strategy to this being an approach to viewing your business.
As we have been talking about IT strategy and how it should be
approached in some other posts we talked about it being about the
support of the business and a live activity.
The calling it an environment is well suited to this sort of approach
to understanding your business. By calling it an environment we are
allowing for the thinking about the pieces that male up our environment:
- approach
- culture
- people
- process
- technology
- constraints
- among many others.
If we approach it as an environent, then we should be able to drive
great value and change based upon what we can learn about ourselves,
maybe even do an environmental study and health check.
One of the things people will need to define for themselves (and I
would do this as guiding principles) is what this environment means to
them and their business. In most cases BI does two things:
- Monitors the Financial and Operational health of the organization
- Regulates the operation of the organization
But this needs to be interactive. To know and not do is to not know.
So you need to link the BI into actionable activities otherwise the BI
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TMC Financing helped Milestone Gallery & Event Venue, 4505 Burgers and BBQ, and Zuo Modern buy their buildings in Oakland, CA
Oakland, CA, October 25, 2017 (Newswire.com) - These three businesses don't have too much in common, all in different industries, but what they do share is a vision for economic development and company growth in Oakland, California. Jig & Scroll, a multi-purpose event venue, 4505 Burgers and BBQ, a restaurant specializing in locally grown and sustainable meats, and Zuo Modern, a worldwide modern furniture wholesaler, were each successful in their existing locations but saw the advantages of expanding in Oakland.
Originally from Kansas City, Ryan Farr, owner of 4505 Burgers and BBQ, experienced great success at his San Francisco location due to specialization in not only delicious, but locally grown and sustainable meats. The restaurant prides itself on cooking and serving barbeque in the way it tastes best – by using a historic wood fire pit, one of the last in the area, adding to the ambiance and charm/uniqueness of the restaurant. With help from TMC, Ryan secured a loan that financed a 1,000-square foot building on MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland. Hoping to replicate his success in San Francisco, 4505 has already had some encouraging reviews: being voted one of the top 25 burgers in both San Francisco and Oakland.
"If you own the business, you should own the building."
Barbara Morrison, CEO & Founder of TMC Financing
With the trend of strong corporate growth happening in Oakland, California, Christopher Curtis, and David Boyle saw an opportunity for success with Jig & Scroll. The two managed an event space in San Francisco for several years and guided the company through tremendous growth from 2010 to the present. They saw the potential for similar success in Oakland, and acquired a 15,000-square foot building on Alice St with an SBA 504 loan.
Zuo Modern, a worldwide modern furniture wholesaler, was very successful in its other locations but also had an interest in expanding in Oakland. The two visionaries, Luis Ruesga and Steve Poon, have created a company that is unique within the niche market because they not only sell furniture but they also have exclusive products that embody several different and bold design styles. Zuo Modern is proud to provide contemporary furniture to businesses such as hotels, interior designers, and staging companies. Luis and Steve secured a 52,400-square foot office/warehouse space on Swan Way in Oakland, CA.
About TMC Financing
TMC is a Certified Development Company that provides commercial real estate financing to small business owners via the SBA 504 Loan Program. The Small Business Administration 504 loan program allows small business owners to finance commercial real estate and other fixed assets with long-term, below-market, fixed interest rates. TMC consistently ranks among the top certified development companies nationwide, and has funded projects worth more than $9 billion across California and Nevada. Nearly 5,000 small businesses have benefitted from this financing, resulting in the creation of an estimated 50,000 jobs. TMC is also the No.1 SBA 504 hotel lender in the United States.
Learn more about TMC Financing.
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Jacinto David Mendoza Toma was a young human rights defender and youth leader from San Juan Cotzal in the Guatemalan department of Quiché.
The 21-year-old was a member of the Paraíso Desigual collective and studied at Ixil University, which is dedicated to the education of the descendants of the same indigenous peoples who survived the genocide of the eighties. He was in his second year of studies in Rural Community Development.
Jacinto David died on 6 September, 2018 some days after suffering multiple injuries during an attack by unknown assailants. Two weeks before his death, his name and photograph were included in a list of people who supposedly "participate in the creation of disinformation campaigns" published on the website "Frente por la Verdad y los Hechos" (Front for Truth and Facts.)
In a statement issued after the murder, Ixil University lamented the "gratuitous violence which resulted in a loss so painful that none of the usual reasons for consolation can be sought: neither disease, nor old age, nor the sort of misfortune that, in one fell swoop, can end a life."


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The untold story of how America's Progressive-era war on smallpox sparked one of the great civil liberties battles of the twentieth century.
At the turn of the last century, a powerful smallpox epidemic swept the United States from coast to coast. The age-old disease spread swiftly through an increasingly interconnected American landscape: from southern tobacco plantations to the dense immigrant neighborhoods of northern cities to far-flung villages on the edges of the nascent American empire. In Pox, award-winning historian Michael Willrich offers a gripping chronicle of how the nation's continentwide fight against smallpox launched one of the most important civil liberties struggles of the twentieth century.
At the dawn of the activist Progressive era and during a moment of great optimism about modern medicine, the government responded to the deadly epidemic by calling for universal compulsory vaccination. To enforce the law, public health authorities relied on quarantines, pesthouses, and "virus squads"-corps of doctors and club-wielding police. Though these measures eventually contained the disease, they also sparked a wave of popular resistance among Americans who perceived them as a threat to their health and to their rights.
At the time, anti-vaccinationists were often dismissed as misguided cranks, but Willrich argues that they belonged to a wider legacy of American dissent that attended the rise of an increasingly powerful government. While a well-organized anti-vaccination movement sprang up during these years, many Americans resisted in subtler ways-by concealing sick family members or forging immunization certificates. Pox introduces us to memorable characters on both sides of the debate, from Henning Jacobson, a Swedish Lutheran minister whose battle against vaccination went all the way to the Supreme Court, to C. P. Wertenbaker, a federal surgeon who saw himself as a medical missionary combating a deadly-and preventable-disease.
As Willrich suggests, many of the questions first raised by the Progressive-era antivaccination movement are still with us: How far should the government go to protect us from peril? What happens when the interests of public health collide with religious beliefs and personal conscience? In Pox, Willrich delivers a riveting tale about the clash of modern medicine, civil liberties, and government power at the turn of the last century that resonates powerfully today.


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Since March 2020 and the repercussions of COVID-19, there's been a huge decline in cultural activities and entertainment based on collective attendance. We know that social separation has mental, physical and emotional ramifications and that people instinctively want to come together to enjoy communal experiences. Luckily, we've seen the events community band together and turn this adversity into creative energy, leading to the evolution of new innovative forms of live entertainment and social interaction—albeit at a distance.
Technology and events have always been strongly connected—and their symbiotic relationship is helping us strengthen our real-world ties. When it comes to indoor activations and exhibits, the use of gesture detection, proximity-based devices, voice recognition software and directional sound can allow visitors to have safe, interactive experiences without literal touchpoints.
In Vancouver, three local companies have come together to produce a one-of-a-kind touchless, immersive Halloween experience. Shattered at the Beaumont: A Wicked Walkthrough Experience is a collaboration produced by The Beaumont Studios, Go2 Productions and Innovation Lighting and is set to run until the end of October. Attendees will make their way through the Beaumont's labyrinth hallways and staircases that feature hundreds of lights, lasers, optical delusions and mind-bending tricks using projection mapping and interactive touchless technology. "Art is at its best when overcoming adversity," says The Beaumont's Executive and Creative Director, Jude Kusnierz. "It's precisely in our most anxious moments that the human need to create and imagine is at its strongest."
Adrian Scott of Go2 Productions confirms, "We'll be doing what we absolutely love to do—fusing art and technology to create a unique immersive experience that the community can get out and enjoy."
To ensure all the spooks and scares come from the creativity on display and not from the fear of a shared public experience, Shattered will have stringent COVID protocols including a mask requirement, hygiene stations, a definitive one-way audience flow, and physically distanced entry which is timed and staggered for up to six people in the same social bubble. "This is our chance and the community's chance to escape the everyday and try something new; we're so glad to be a part of this uniquely interactive experience," says Steve Matthews, owner of Innovation Lighting.
The Shattered team hopes to extend the attraction to undergo different holiday-theme transformations. "People are worried about how different the holiday season will be this year. We want to create some of that holiday magic for families to enjoy themselves in a safe and unique format," says Scott, founder of projection mapping company, Go2 Productions.
One way to mitigate any risks of an indoor event is to take the experience outside—and ramp up engagement with the help of 3D content. Events professionals have found that a large-scale projection mapping experience, for example, would be the perfect way to entertain attendees while keeping them safe. With health and safety measures like timed arrivals and departures and mandating the use of face masks, "a unique experience like this gives you the opportunity to create lasting memories for the family and community," says Scott. Festival of Lights, the famous projection mapping festival in Berlin, went ahead in September this year with all the usual COVID precautions in place, as well as the option to temporarily switch off projections on buildings where too many people were gathering at one time. This motivated people to disperse at crowded zones and come back at a later and safer time.
Several events and attractions have pivoted to adopt a drive-through model as another innovative solution to the social distancing challenges presented by COVID-19. Attractions like the Hopi Hari drive through horror park, Netflix's Stranger Things: The Drive-Into Experience and the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit are allowing guests who are seeking entertainment to do so from the comfort and safety of their own vehicles. The Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit recently announced the world's first drive-in art experience in Toronto. In the show, Gogh to Go, high-resolution images of Van Gogh paintings are projected onto the walls and floors at an impressive scale. A soundtrack including scenic melodies and crashing waves accompanies the display, which attendees enjoy from inside their cars.
Creating thriving live experiences in a social distancing world is not an easy task, but the experiential community is one that thrives on creativity, adaptability and collaboration—and is very much up for the challenge.
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As our Summer days come to a close (say it a'int so!), we have one more warm-weather hack to keep your spirits high and your lemonade bug-free. We've seen this little trick on Pinterest, but our cupcake liners never seemed to fit any of the cups we wanted to bring outside. Then we remembered these adorable milk jar glasses from Target – they're the perfect size! Grab your sweet drinks and join us outside, friends…
Supplies: cupcake liners, scissors, and a straw.
1. Use scissors or a sharp knife to carve an X in the center of a cupcake liner.
2. Stick a straw through the X. If it doesn't quite fit, make the X a little bigger with your scissors or knife.
3. Pop the straw into your drink and push the cupcake liner down to cover the opening.
Tada! That's it! Now you can sip away without any bugs trying to share. This works great for wine-drinking fruit flies inside as well!


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The author of Autism Guide is Shaun. He's in his late thirties and had an adult diagnosis of high functioning autism (Asperger's Syndrome) in early 2015.
He always knew he was different, and had unique difficulties. It wasn't until his early 30s, when he was studying about the hacker Gary Mckinnon, that something shook his life. Reading about some of Gary's difficulties, felt like he was reading about himself. He finally had potential answers as to why he was so different to everyone else. To why he faced so many problems. Where all his friends and family seemed to breeze through life. That was when he went down the long road to finding out if he was autistic/Aspie and finally getting an official diagnosis.
As far as being autistic/Aspie goes, he has done incredibly well in some aspects of his life. He got a degree, masters and teaching qualification. He's happily married with two kids. He used to teach and now works, full time, as a special needs teacher's assistant (although only works 40 weeks of the year).
Why is Autism Guide Different
Shaun started blogging five years ago. At the time there were many autistic/Aspie blogs. All of which are brilliant. But he wanted to be different to the rest.
He created Autism Guide to provide the same quality and in depth information that can be found in a book, accessible to all on a website. He's still got a long way to go in that respect.
Focussing on the Positives
Most of the advice, on this website, comes from Shaun's own personal experience from his own Autism/Aspergers. Although he puts a great deal of background research into many of the posts he writes. Looking into the official research and anecdotal evidence. To ensure that his experiences match up with other people on the spectrum.
Although autism/Aspergers brings many challenges, it's also has many benefits. He tries to remain as positive as possible on this website. There is too much out there that focusses on the doom and gloom of autism and Aspergers.


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The Industrial Revolution in Services
The rise in national industry concentration in the US between 1977 and 2013 is driven by a new industrial revolution in three broad non-traded sectors: services, retail, and wholesale. Sectors where national concentration is rising have increased their share of employment, and the expansion is entirely driven by the number of local markets served by firms. Firm employment per market has either increased slightly at the MSA level, or decreased substantially at the county or establishment levels. In industries with increasing concentration, the expansion into more markets is more pronounced for the top 10% firms, but is present for the bottom 90% as well. These trends have not been accompanied by economy-wide concentration. Top U.S. firms are increasingly specialized in sectors with rising industry concentration, but their aggregate employment share has remained roughly stable. We argue that these facts are consistent with the availability of a new set of fixed-cost technologies that enable adopters to produce at lower marginal costs in all markets. We present a simple model of firm size and market entry to describe the menu of new technologies and trace its implications.
We thank Feng Lin, Harry Li, and Jihoon Sung for extraordinary research assistance. We also thank Rodrigo Adao, Audre Bagnall, Dan Adelman, Pete Klenow, Raghuram Rajan, Richard Rogerson, and Chad Syverson for helpful discussions. The data from the US Census has been reviewed by the U.S. Census Bureau to ensure no confidential information is disclosed. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
Rossi-Hansberg was a long-term consultant at the Richmond Fed while writing parts of this paper. This relationship did not affect the research or conclusions presented in the paper.
Published Versions
Chang-Tai Hsieh & Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, 2023. "The Industrial Revolution in Services," Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics, vol 1(1), pages 3-42.


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It's sketch time again! I am here today to share with you a fun layout with many tiny layers. There are two photos but turn that one larger photo into two smallers ones. There's a large circle underneath the photo which could be patterned paper, paint, ink, etc!
I added lots of little layers, like triangles, arrows, circles, and banners. The important thing about adding little layers is grouping them together, overlapping on occassion.
Remember...you are interpreting the sketch so feel free to rotate the sketch or change out the one photo for multiple photos. Envision the pieces and see how you can make the sketch your own with embellishments, paint, patterned paper, and other wonderful My Mind's Eye products.
Supplies: Jubilee: Tangerine - Adventure 'Be Daring' Paper; Tangerine - Awesome Mixed Bag, Tangerine - Story: Journal Cards; Wildberry - Today: Flair; Wildberry - Life: Mixed Bag, Enamel Dots; Wildberry - Hey You: Rubons; Wildberry - Wonder: Chipboard; Other: Stencil: TCW And So On & Positive, Ranger Ink: Archival Ink, Distress Ink;
I had a lot of fun creating this layout! I started with the big circle on the background. I used a variety of distress inks and archival inks with the stencil. I added another stencil layer over top using black ink. I then layered the patterned paper on the background and placed my photos on top. I cut the background and layered it on the patterned paper to have that pop of woodgrain at the top.
I then began all the small layers on top of the photos. First i placed the "hello" journal card over the top of the photo of my darling grandbaby. I like the layers to touch to ground them.
Repeating elements are also a good design element. I repeated elements like triangles, arrows, circles, and banners. Here you can see the circles overlapping.
I also repeated colors around my page using the "flair" as my inspiration. Black is also grounding so you can see it scattered around my page. I love the big bold title of "1 2 3 Love" around the page. I finished my page with a little journaling around the title!
Okay. Now it's your turn.
A random winner will be chosen and shared with our December challenge on Monday, December 1 . You have until the end of the day on Sunday, November 30 to share your project.
Please link your sketch via the InLinkz tool at the bottom of this post. Your layout must feature MME products. Only one entry per participant, please. The prize is any MME collection.
Have fun and good luck!


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I've participated in a cinemarathon for 6 years. I never thought that the "serious" annual event of my post-college adult life would be something as ridiculous (and awesome) as this. The best part? You can use our website to create your very own cinemarathon! Who doesn't want to watch 26 hours of movies (and try to stay awake for the entire time) with your buddies and tables full of snacks? Read more about it on the "It's All About Charity" page and the Cinemarathon website. You know you want to host your own cinemarathon. DO IT!!
Best Marathon EverPosted: 23rd June 2013 by doomthings in Random
Tags: 26 hours of movies, cinemarathon, cinesquid, movie marathon
This is cool! :D LOL – Sounds like so much fun! :)


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Bubba Watson pulled off some miracle golf shots to win the Masters… Or did he?
Every golf guru in the world is scrambling (inside) to figure out an angle on how Bubba Watson can win on the PGA Tour without a golf swing coach. After all, it's all about the golf swing isn't it? The golf instruction industry has built up this premise since Ben Hogan wrote The Modern Fundamentals of Golf and what a business it is!
Then along comes Bubba and shatters every "given" that has been spouted on TV and in the magazines, but there remains one question: How did he do it?
Bubba himself will tell you it's his creativity. He just sees the shots and hits them. And yes, he hits a few wild ones, but it doesn't matter because he has the creativity to escape from anywhere.
But other professionals can see those shots and still have difficulty pulling them off, so once again…
How does Bubba do it?
The answer isn't in seeing the golf shots… The answer is WHERE Bubba sees those golf shots.
Bubba's secret shatters the mental game myth that has plagued golfers since the mental game has been taught. What myth?
The myth I'm talking about is that golfers should focus on the target. When Bubba hit his golf shots, he isn't focused where all of the mental game gurus would have him focus.
When Bubba Watson hits a golf shot he is focused at the golf ball and his concern is seeing impact.
If you remember the old adage, "Stay in the present"? Well Bubba is absolutely in the present when he hits his shots. You have to hit the golf ball in the now and only AFTER you hit the golf ball will it go to the target. The target in golf is in the future. Sorry folks but a PGA Tour Golfer FINALLY proved what I've been saying for years.
Bubba's secret? Bring the target back to impact. That's what he does for every golf shot.
It took me over 25 years of research to learn how to do this and then even more time to create a step by step process to be able to consistently teach low handicap golfers how to do the very thing that Bubba Watson does naturally.
Until now, nobody was interested.
Maybe now golfer's will realize there is much more to winning golf than a great golf swing…
Thanks Bubba!
Learn more about Bio-Visual Focus – Bringing the target back to the golf ball


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Dublin City Council Culture Company are delighted to launch Dublin's first ever Historian-in-Residence for Children, a new Creative Residency, in partnership with Dublin City Library, which will have children and history at its core. We have a real passion for storytelling and the stories that make up social history and the histories of our neighbourhoods.
Through collaboration with children, schools, youth groups and community clubs this residency will allow children to explore local and social history, and will aim to empower the children in their own personal journey of discovery through stories and history. This new residency will aim to create history clubs and programmes made by children to further local curiosity about history, develop new skills amongst the collaborators and have lots of fun discovering new stories from our city along the way.
Aimed at 9 -12 year olds, we are looking for young collaborators to work together with the Historian-in-Residence for Children to create workshops, projects and activities for others.
Taking up her post on September 1st, Dervilia Roche has been appointed the city's first ever Historian in Residence for Children, and she will work on bringing history to life with children and nurturing a connection to the history of Dublin.
Iseult Byrne, CEO of Dublin City Council Culture Company, said:
"This residency is an invitation to local children to work collaboratively with us, our partners at Dublin City Libraries and Dervilia to uncover their own local history, create their own storytelling of that history, discover new passions and see their ideas and interests reflected in possible programmes created. We are looking forward to seeing what this residency has in store and are excited to see where this journey will take us."
About Creative Residencies
Creative Residencies is a Dublin City Council Culture Company programme which creates partnerships to try out ideas, test new approaches and add to the city's cultural vibrancy. We encourage creative and cultural experts in partnership with organisations, to think bigger and expand horizons, informed by the city's people and places.
Commenting on her appointment as Dublin's first Historian-In-Residence for Children, Dervilia Roche said "For a long time, I have been interested in how history is interpreted for and by children. Finding and understanding the stories behind our surroundings is both educational and fun but also gives us a sense of meaning and identity. For young people, this is especially valuable. The creation of this Residency is a brilliant step towards this, and it is such a personal honour to participate in it. I hope to create with the children activities and resources, both online and offline, that allow us to interact with history on different levels and in different ways. I am delighted to be working with Dublin City Council Culture Company and Dublin City Libraries - organisations that already do so much to bring together the people of Dublin in appreciation of the city. "
Most of all, I look forward to meeting our young historians!
Get involved
So if you know of any budding young historians, curious chroniclers, or would simply like to know more about experimenting, learning and sharing through history with the Historian-in-Residence for Children, you can get in touch with Dervilia at email@example.com
The year-long residency is a part of the Dublin City Council Culture Company Creative Residencies programme and is a partnership with Dublin City Libraries.


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New Albany Intermediate School
Quick Links
Student Fees, Fines & Charges
Fees are charged at the beginning of the year, or prorated as new students enroll, to cover the cost of consumable materials. Consumables must be replaced annually at the prevailing vendor rates for materials, shipping, and handling. During the year, admission charges may be collected for some field trips or activities. Fees may be waived for financial hardship and for those who qualify for free or reduced price lunch. Fees are payable online via the District website and the parent portal.
2023-2024 Board Approved School Fees
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Solvent X55
- Solvent X55 Petroleum Hydrocarbons 100%
- Other names: Shellite Solvent
Shellite cleaner is a clear flammable liquid hydrocarbon. Shellite evaporates quickly leaving little to no residue behind. Shellite is also known as Solvent X55. The flashpoint of is <0°C making it highly flammable, with a boiling range of 50-135°C. The product is characterised as fast drying, low residue as a contact cleaner, and is a relatively weak solvent so it will be unlikely to affect the surface of most materials.
Shellite bunnings work very much the same to the Sydney Solvents Shellite.
Industrial & DIY Uses:
- Fast drying solvent means that when using it as a degreaser the product flashes off quickly for a nice finish.
- Solvent X55 is a versatile product and has a high solvency level of greases, oils and surfaces prior to painting.
- Used to clean surfaces before painting.
- General workshop cleaner to remove contaminants from workshop floors and walls.
- Removes oil, grease and brake fluid.
- Not recommended to be used for cleaning gummed up carburettors.
- More commonly it is used for adhesives, cleaning of auto-transmissions and pre-cleaner prior to spray-painting.
Solvent B1 vs. Solvent X55
Solvent B1 is known as a Mobile product whereas Solvent X55 is a shell product. The items both do similar jobs.
Available Sizes: 1, 5, 20, 200 and 1000 Litre.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Keep away from sources of ignition - no smoking.
- Avoid contact with eyes.
- Take precautionary measures against static discharges.
- Keep container in a well-ventilated place.
- Eliminate all ignition sources. Remove leaking containers.
- Contain and absorb on suitable chemical material.
- Restrict access to area.
- Firefighters MUST wear full protective clothing and self-contained breathing apparatus.
- If Swallowed contact a doctor or poison information center immediately and show container or label.
- In case of contact with eyes rinse immediately with plenty of water and contact a doctor or poison information center.
- In case of contact with skin, wash contacted area with soap and water.
- If inhaled remove to fresh air.
- If not breathing, give artificial respiration.
- Prevent material entering sewers.
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Yes, we are located in Penrith. Unit 3, 10 Production Place Jamisontown NSW 2750.
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We are open from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday.
What can you pay on pick up?
We accept cash or card (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, EFTPOS).
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200LTRS can be picked up as long as they are stowed and restrained within rigid sides or gates; and no dangerous article or package containing dangerous goods may protrude above the sides or gates by more than 30% of the height of the article or package; and no parts of an article or package may protrude horizontally beyond the sides or gates.
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We know you'll be keen to receive your order as quickly as possible. Please make sure you provide us with:
- A valid delivery address (either residential or business) as we cannot ship our products to PO Box or Parcel Collect, and
- Contact phone number so we can contact you if there are any issues with your consignment.
Our couriers require the customer's phone number for each delivery. We can't book your delivery unless you have provided us with a valid daytime phone number.
We pack every order carefully to ensure it reaches you in good condition.
Your order will be sent through one of our preferred couriers.
After payment has been received, your order will be processed by the following business day. The approximate cut-off time for same-day dispatch is 11 am.
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All consignments are tracked. The tracking number can be viewed in the email notification you receive after the order has been dispatched. If you can't find it or need help with tracking, don't hesitate to get in touch with us.
If you have any questions about delivery, please contact us and we will do our best to ensure you're happy.
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Humbled & honored to be named the #4 real estate agent in Triangle Business Journal!
Thank you Ashton Woods for the High Earners Award at the Inspiration Realtor Gala tonight!
We are grateful and thankful for all of our clients' continued trust and support!! We couldn't do it without you all!!


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Here is a recommended list of freely available videos about kayaking skills:
The following videos by Chris Spelius are a great free resource about rolling:
Kayak Rolling Overview
Common Threads of Kayak Rolling
C to C Roll Identifier
Back Deck Sweep Roll Identifier
Back Deck Rodeo Roll Identifier
Hybrid Roll Identifier
by Gene17
Fundamental WW
Progressive WW
Advanced WW
Dr Throwline How to use a throwline. Useful safety video.
Not many videos but a great free learning resource:
Surf Kayak Skills
Paddlers with a Slalom background tend to have best the best paddling technique and it helps with most other types of Paddling. Good detail and each section includes short video clips.
Slalom Technique and Training


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By reusing common household items you can reduce, reuse, and recycle which means you are helping our environment and of course saving money. Below is quick instructions for a DIY Watering Can. This is perfect for Gardening!
What you need:
- An old detergent bottle (or milk jug)
- A metal knife
- A lighter
- Thoroughly clean your detergent bottle out. Use hot water and a bit of dish detergent. Shake the bottle well to ensure all the laundry detergent has been removed.
- Heat up a knife using a lighter.
- Use the knife (while it's still hot) to burn holes into the top of the detergent lid. Be sure to not make the holes too big or the water will flow to quickly.
- Place the lid back on the detergent bottle and there you go, you have your own DIY Watering Can!
I personally like to use a detergent bottle like the one above because it is more durable and it's slanted for ease of watering. However, you can also use a empty milk jug.
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Most avid collectors around the world probably already know and have samples of the 2012 FUTERA UNIQUE card collection. However, like often is in North America, we get soccer just a bit later. But thanks to our contacts at Futera we received some examples which we can review here.
The high end products are not sold in packs,but rather a box. Each box has at least 1 HEROES card - a subset of 40 players and Limited to 365 copies each. We got 2 African players:
Chelsea's Michael Essien of Ghana
and Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o who now plays in Russia.
The base set is 200 cards which are subdivided as follows:
# 1 - 10 The Goalkeepers
# 11 - 57 The Defenders
# 58 - 116 The Midfielders
# 117 - 160 The Strikers
# 161 - 190 The Greats
# 191 - 200 The Next
The last two groups include retired players (Greats) and up and coming young stars (Next). The base set also comes in a 'Ruby' parallel which are limited to 295 of each players.
Futera continues its memorabilia cards with ARCHIVE set of 24, 16 single swatches and 8 double swatches of jersey cards. Our example was the Sweden and AC Milan strikers ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC featuring his a shirt swatch from his Inter Milan days.
These cards are limited to only 225 of each card.
On the successes of their online game which allows collectors to play using the codes on the reverse of the cards, Futera has included a new subset. The MANAGERS is a set of 10 cards limited to just 240 and coated in 24 ct. gold plate.
We were happy to pull the legendary Liverpool man KENNY DALGLISH.
We were not able to get any autograph cards which were distributed in 4 styles - Brown, Mint, Blue and Silver. Each player was able to sign up to 60 cards in each color. However, some only returned as little as 49 from some choices. (For complete list see here)
The next to last most coveted cards are the 1 of 1 autograph cards. For collectors, this is truly the greatest card to own of your favorite player. These regularly command hundreds of dollars on the secondary market. One of the criticisms, however, is the sloppy and illegible signatures on many of the examples.
Another item we did not get to see in person is one of the ten cards known as The MYTHICALS.
These cards, we are told, have 5 encrusted diamonds and are gold plated. Each card is only one of 10 in the world. The list of players:
- 1. Franz Beckenbauer
- 2. George Best
- 3. Eusebio
- 4. Claudio Gentile
- 5. Diego Maradona
- 6. Roger Milla
- 7. Pele
- 8. Socrates
- 9. Lev Yashin
- 10. Dino Zoff
What we like about Futera Unique set:
The photos are pretty nice with these cards. Since the players are pictured with their National sides, there is no worry of a transfer from your team. The base set cards are also great to get autographed.
What we do not like about the Futera Unique set:
The cards are not easily available in the North American market. They are sold on the secondary market on the internet. The worrying aspect is many of the sellers are in Asia - a place know for its counterfeit products.