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August 30th - Mets 3, Nats 2
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Friday night in DC….behind another terrific outing by Dillon Gee and a two run homer by Ike Davis, the Mets win their 2nd straight with a 3-2 win over the Nats. Gee was in total command, his only mistakes were two solo homers. In the bottom of the third Wilson Ramos connected off Gee for a solo shot to give Washington a 1-0 lead. That didn't last long. In the top of the 4th Ike Davis hit a 2 run homer (#9) to centerfield off Jordan Zimmerman to make it 2-1 Mets. That's the way it stayed until the top of the 8th when Andrew Brown's infield single brought home Daniel Murphy with the Mets 3rd run. In the 8th Steve Lombardozzi hit a two out solo homer to make it 3-2, but that was as close as the Nats could get. Scott Rice relieved Gee and retired Bryce Harper in a key spot to end the 8th. La Troy Hawkins pitched the 9th to earn his 6th save. Gee went 7 2/3 allowing 6 hits 2 runs walking 1 and striking out 3 . He earns his 10th win he's now 10-9. Zimmerman takes the loss he falls to 15-8. The Mets managed 7 hits on the night Murphy and d'Arnaud led the way with 2 hits apiece. The Mets improve to 61-72 on the year overall and 33-34 on the road. Saturday night is game two of the series. Zach Wheeler (6-3 3.42) looks to earn the Mets 3rd straight win. Dan Haren (8-11 4.66) goes for Washington. https://www.facebook.com/MetsForum
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Good relationships are fundamental to our happiness, and work relationships are no different.
We don't just check our emotional needs in at the office door every morning, they come in with us, and feeling connected to a close network of colleagues can make a big difference to our happiness at work.
For his book Good to Great, Jim Collins spent five years researching what makes the difference between a 'good' or a 'great' organisation and found that:
"The people we interviewed from good to great companies, clearly loved what they did largely because they loved who they did it with."
So it would seem that great people often achieve great things because they are part of a great team. For example:
Thomas Edison may have got the credit for inventing the lightbulb, but he did it with the help of 30 lab assistants.
Neil Armstrong may have been the first person to walk on the moon, but it took a team of 400,000 scientists, engineers and technicians to actually get him there.
The sound of The Beatles would never have been what it was without the combination of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Star playing together.
Now in terms of your work colleagues, you might think you have no control over who you're surrounded by, but that's not necessarily true.
What you can do is change the balance of who you spend most time with and how you spend it with them.
For example, you can make some simple changes such as choosing to spend more face to face time with colleagues you like. This could be in the form of in person meetings, or walking over to their desk when you need to speak to them, or arranging to have lunch together.
Whereas with those colleagues who you don't get on so well with, you could choose to communicate more often by email or by text.
Of course it's unlikely that you can completely avoid having to work alongside colleagues who you don't gel with, but you can probably change the balance of time you spend with them face to face, and those small changes could end up having a big effect. Just think about it.
If you'd like to learn more, I'm running an online lunchtime workshop on 28th August all about how to develop more positive relationships at work. You will discover:
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This short paper reports from ongoing research at the National Centre for Research Methods into the pedagogy of advanced methods teaching. This work widens the focus of research from individual experiences of methods teaching to empirical evidence that bridges disciplines, schools of method and international contexts. Here we consider the relationship between pedagogic language and pedagogic competence, and how these relate to the development of pedagogical culture in methods teaching.
Across Europe increasing attention is being paid to the development of research capacity in Universities, government and industry. Spurred by the challenges posed by new forms of data, multiple archival digitization projects, central investments (such as Big Data Europe[1]) and a push towards professionalization, the need to equip researchers with advanced (post graduate/postdoctoral) methods competencies is felt as never before.
In practice, this places emphasis on doctoral and postdoctoral training that focusses on the acquisition, maintenance and continuing development of transferable skills necessary for effective research across different contexts, rather than within the discrete boundaries of (for example) the doctoral project. This takes the form of the formalization of doctoral training connected to the Salzburg Principles (Kottmann, 2011) and short courses, high-profile international summer and winter schools [2] and online learning. In the UK, these efforts are supported by large government investments, such as the National Centre for Research Methods (funded by the Economic and Social Research Council).
Methods demand a unique mix of technical skills, procedural knowledge and conceptual understanding (Kilburn et al, 2015). However, despite seismic developments in doctoral training and capacity building, pedagogical content knowledge (PCK, Shulman, 1986) concerning how teachers answer the specific challenges of methods teaching is limited. This is exacerbated by a lack of pedagogical culture (Earley, 2014; Wagner et al, 2011) evidenced by lack of pedagogical research, networks and dialogue within the field (for example, expressed in cross-citation, events and other markers indicative of the exchange and development and critique of ideas). As a result, new methods teachers must rely on trial-and-error and immediate peers to develop their practice (Earley, 2014). To address these gaps, our ESRC-funded research at NCRM asks: How are advanced social research methods taught and learned? This invokes a central concern with making pedagogy visible. We contend that 'pedagogy is hard to know' (Nind et al., 2016), but that developing knowledge of how pedagogy is specified, enacted and experienced in practice (Nind et al., 2016) is essential developing PCK (Shulman, 1986) and with it, pedagogic culture.
To advance these goals our research is built upon four underlying principles. First that there is a need to develop the pedagogical culture around research methods. Second that there is benefit in identifying and deepening pedagogic content knowledge. Third that dialogue represents a particular pedagogic and methodological asset in the furthering of our research aims. Fourth that there is value in the use of explicit, shared pedagogy.
To this end, we have established meta-themes from our analysis that characterise methods teaching activities. In this paper we explore two key aspects of the research. Firstly, insights into methods teaching and pedagogy from the first wave of our analysis. Second, what these insights into methods teaching have to tell us about language and competence in the development of research methods more broadly.
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[1] http://www.big-data-europe.eu [2] E.g. Digital Methods Institute Summer/Winter Schools (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands), GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology (Liebniz Institute, Germany), Winter School in Methods and Techniques (Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hungary), Methods@Manchester (University of Manchester, UK). Earley, M. (2014) A synthesis of the literature on research methods education, Teaching in Higher Education. 19 (3), 242-253. Galliers, R. D. and Huang, J. C. (2012) The teaching of qualitative methods in information systems: an explorative study utilizing learning theory. European Journal of Information Systems, 21, 119-134. doi: 10.1057/ejis.2011.44 Kottmann, A. (2011) Reform of doctoral training in Europe: A silent revolution? In J. Enders et al. (Eds) Reform of Higher Education in Europe. Rotterdam: Sense. Lewthwaite, S. and Nind, M. (2016) Teaching research methods in the social sciences: Expert perspectives on pedagogy and practice, British Journal of Educational Studies. 64, 413–430. doi: 10.1080/00071005.2016.1197882. Lucas, B. and G. Claxton. 2013. Pedagogic Leadership: Creating Cultures and Practices for Outstanding Vocational Learning. Winchester: 157 Group. Nind, M., Curtin, A., and Hall, K. (2016) Research methods for pedagogy. Bloomsbury: London. Nind, M., Kilburn, D. and Wiles, R. (2015) Using video and dialogue to generate pedagogic knowledge: teachers, learners and researchers reflecting together on the pedagogy of social research methods, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 18 (5), 561-57. Shulman, L. (1986) Those who understand: Knowledge growth in teaching. Educational Researcher, 15, 4-14. Wagner, C., M. Garner, and B. Kawulich. (2011) The state of the art of teaching research methods in the social sciences: towards a pedagogical culture. Studies in Higher Education 36, no. 1:75-88.
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It's probably impossible to know for sure. Does one form a charity to have a tax write off, or does one form a charity because they truly care about the victims? Years ago I formed a non-profit organization, and did all the work involved with getting it approved as a 501-3c organization. It was formed because I cared, not because I wanted any tax write off. I cared about educating others about misuse of power. About the same time, Joe Torre also formed a similar organization. While his organization now has Red Carpet events and serves over 45, 000 students through countless school-wide campaigns, mine is just a small organization that works in a somewhat anonymous manner helping individuals ….
This past week I was invited to cover an event that was in celebration of Joe Torre's charity. I would like to think that Joe Torre formed the charity for all the right reasons, and that those in attendance were there to support his mission to help educate about domestic violence. I have a pretty good feeling that Joe Torre is a good guy, and that he cares deeply about the victims of DV. Speaking with his wife Ali about the significance of the charity, and speaking with Joe Torre only re-affirmed this belief.
Still though, sometimes I feel like a total loser. It's probably safe to say that many of us 'regular people' feel that way. While movie stars and pro-athletes have their name in lights, the rest of us barely get by. My sister is married to a Hall of Fame Rock Star and she is convinced she is the most successful in our family. Of course, one person's criteria for measuring success, as well as, one's definition of success might be relevant when comparing successful status. Still it's times like these, when I reflect on the lack of tangible accomplishments I've made that I can get down on myself and compare myself to those who seem to be far more successful. It's times like these that the words to the song, Simple Man can come in handy. To be successful doesn't require a hefty pay check, or having your name in lights. Remember, [ and thanks for reminding me ] that all you really need is in your soul …. sxm


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President Trump has revealed there's a method to the random capitalization that we've often seen in his tweets. And of course, he used his favored social media platform to explain it.
After claiming that the "fake news" purposefully examine his tweets for errors, Trump insisted that he capitalized certain words for emphasis and not because he thinks that they should be in all caps.
As Vox notes, the tweet on his page was deleted and reuploaded. The first version said "pour over" instead of "pore over."
That mistake inspired a lot of jokes on Twitter. Even the Merriam-Webster Dictionary got in on the action, offering definitions for "pore over," "pour over," and "comb over." J.K. Rowling, an actual author with bestselling books, also sent out the Twitter version of raucous laughter over the president's typo.
This is just the latest example of Trump's "tweet, delete, then tweet" strategy when it comes to correcting the errors in his Twitter missives. He has it quite a few times this year and we're only halfway through 2018.
As Mashable notes, earlier this year Trump tweeted that Alex Baldwin had a "dieing mediocre career," instead of a "dying mediocre career." He said that the Washington Post had "made up made " garbage stories and praised China's president for his kind words on "tarrifs." But one of his most noteworthy gaffes came when he spelled his wife's name as "Melanie" instead of Melania.
After having written many best selling books, and somewhat priding myself on my ability to write, it should be noted that the Fake News constantly likes to pore over my tweets looking for a mistake. I capitalize certain words only for emphasis, not b/c they should be capitalized!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 3, 2018
'pour' hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) July 3, 2018
'pore over' ????"to read or study very carefully"— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) July 3, 2018
'pour over' ☕"to make expensive coffee"
'comb over' ????♂"to comb hair from the side of the head to cover the bald spot"https://t.co/br20fgpmAb
While these mistakes can seem very embarrassing coming from a head of state, maybe we can all take comfort in the fact that the president doesn't write all of his tweets. As the Boston Globe reported in May, White House staffers often write the social media messages. But instead of making his messages sound more statesmanly, they mimic his style — typos, random capitalization and all. They do it so that the constituents in his base can continue to identify with him.
Technically, this isn't new, The Boston Globe notes, as presidential speechwriters have typically tried to replicate their Commander-in-Chief's cadence and syntax. But Twitter is a new frontier for presidential communication and Trump is using it his way. When the staff thinks that he should tweet about a certain topic, they craft a memo to him with a list of sample tweets. Trump then chooses the one he likes the most and it's shared with his 52 million followers. His audience is even larger when you take retweets into account and the people who'll see the tweet because a media outlet wrote about it. And the capitalizations for emphasis have the effect of driving the media narrative, Vox reports. When he capitalizes words like WITCH HUNT and FAKE NEWS, the headlines almost write themselves.
Despite the criticism he receives for it, it looks Trump's Twitter account is here to stay for as long as his presidency lasts. So if you're still annoyed by typos and random capitalization in presidential messages, the rest of his term is GOING TO REALLY ANNOY YOU.
.@realDonaldTrump gives a wink to the media as they make their way into the Oval Office for coverage his meeting with Mark Rutte, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands. pic.twitter.com/5Qq2zPG94f— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) July 2, 2018


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For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) "Above-the-line crew" means a person employed by an eligible production company for a qualified production, such as a producer, director, writer, or actor, who is not otherwise identified as below-the-line crew, as defined in paragraph (2) of this section.
(1A) "Base infrastructure investment" means the cost, including renovation, rehabilitation, fabrication and installation, expended by a person in the development of a qualified film and digital media infrastructure project for tangible assets of a type that are, or under the United States Internal Revenue Code will become, eligible for depreciation, amortization, or accelerated capital cost recovery for federal income tax purposes that are physically located in the District for use in a business activity in the District and that are not mobile tangible assets. The term "base infrastructure investment" does not include qualified production expenditure or qualified personnel expenditure.
(2) "Below-the-line crew" means a person employed by an eligible production company for a qualified production after production begins and before production is completed, excluding above-the-line crew such as a producer, director, writer, actor, or other person in a similar position.
(3) "Eligible production company" means an entity in the business of producing qualified productions.
(4) "Postproduction expenditure" means a direct expenditure for editing, Foley recording, automatic dialogue replacement, sound editing, special or visual effects, including computer-generated imagery or other effects, scoring and music editing, beginning and end credits, negative cutting, soundtrack production, dubbing, subtitling, addition of sound or visual effects, and related expenses.
(5) "Qualified film and digital media infrastructure project" means a film, video, television, or digital media production and postproduction facility located in the District, movable and immovable property and equipment related to the facility, and any other facility that is a necessary component of the primary facility. The term "qualified film and digital media infrastructure project" does not include a movie theater or other commercial exhibition facility.
(6) "Qualified job training expenditure" means salary and other expenditures paid by an eligible production company to provide qualified personnel with on-the-job training to upgrade or enhance the skills of the qualified personnel as a member of the below-the-line crew for a qualified production.
(7) Repealed.
(8) "Qualified personnel expenditure" means an expenditure made in the District directly attributable to the preproduction, production, or postproduction of a qualified production and is a payment of wages, benefits, or fees to above-the-line or below-the-line crew members and includes a payment to a personal services corporation or professional employer organization for the services of qualified personnel as above-the-line or below-the-line crew members. The term "qualified personnel expenditure" does not include salary, wages, and other compensation for personal services of above-the-line crew members that when combined exceed $500,000 in salary, wages, or other compensation for personal services in connection with any qualified production activity.
(9) "Qualified production" means motion picture, television, or video content created in whole or in part in the District, intended for nationwide distribution or exhibition by any means, including by motion picture, documentary, television programming, commercials, or internet video production and includes a trailer, pilot, or any video teaser associated with a qualified production. The term "qualified production" includes a music, sporting, interactive gaming, or other entertainment special event if it is determined that the event would not otherwise be produced in the District of Columbia without a production rebate. The term "qualified production" does not include:
(A) A production that:
(i) Consists primarily of televised news or current events;
(ii) Consists primarily of a live sporting event that would likely be staged in the District of Columbia without a production rebate;
(iii) Consists primarily of political advertising;
(iv) Primarily markets a product or service other than a qualified production; or
(B) A radio program.
(10)(A) "Qualified production expenditure" means the preproduction, production, and postproduction expenditures in the District directly related to the qualified production, including:
(i) Set construction and operation;
(ii) Wardrobes, makeup, accessories, and related services;
(iii) Photography and sound synchronization, lighting, and related services and materials;
(iv) Editing and related services, including film processing, transfers of film to tape or digital format, sound mixing, computer graphic services, special effects services, and animation services;
(v) Rental of facilities in the District and equipment used in the District;
(vi) Establishment of office space in the District;
(vii) Leasing of vehicles;
(viii) Food and lodging;
(ix) Music, if performed, composed, or recorded by a District musician or published by a person or company domiciled in the District; and
(x) Any other production expense incurred in the District that is approved by the Mayor.
(B) For goods with a purchase price of $25,000 or more, the amount included in qualifying as a qualified production expenditure is the purchase price less the fair market value of the good at the time the production is completed.
(C) The term "qualified production expenditure" does not include:
(i) Qualified personnel expenditures;
(ii) Marketing and distribution expenditures; or
(iii) Non-production related overhead.
(Mar. 14, 2007, D.C. Law 16-290, § 2c; as added Mar. 3, 2010, D.C. Law 18-111, § 2071(b), 57 DCR 181; Sept. 20, 2012, D.C. Law 19-168, § 2122, 59 DCR 8025; Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19-171, § 99(b), 59 DCR 6190; Mar. 9, 2016, D.C. Law 21-81, § 2(d), 63 DCR 768.)
Prior Codifications
2001 Ed., § 39-501.03.
Effect of Amendments
The 2012 amendment by D.C. Law 19-168 substituted "excluding above-the-line crew such as" for "including" in (2); added "who are not residents of the District" in (8); and in (10)(B), added "or intangible," "use of facilities or equipment, use of soundstages or studios, location fees, and related services, excluding services provided by the District government, and materials," and "including above-the line crew such as producers, directors, writers, and actors, and below-the-line crew who are residents of the District, and."
The 2012 amendment by D.C. Law 19-171 validated a previously made technical correction in (10)(A).
The 2016 amendment by D.C. Law 21-81 added (1); redesignated former (1) as (1A); substituted "including renovation, rehabilitation, fabrication" for "including fabrication" in (1A); deleted "advertising, marketing, distribution" preceding "and related expenses" in (4); repealed (7); rewrote (8); added the second sentence in the introductory paragraph of (9); added "that would likely be staged in the District of Columbia without a production rebate" in (9)(A)(ii); and rewrote (10).
Emergency Legislation
For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 2071(b) of Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Support Second Emergency Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-207, October 15, 2009, 56 DCR 8234).
For temporary (90 day) addition, see § 2071(b) of Fiscal Year Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-260, January 4, 2010, 57 DCR 345).


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Japan's Mitsubishi Tanabe Plans Scaled Entry Into U.S. Market
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive SummaryMitsubishi Tanabe Pharma has plans to enter the U.S. pharmaceutical market in two years, beginning with a pair of drugs to treat kidney problems. To market the drugs, Mitsubishi Tanabe also plans to set up a U.S.-based sales unit and hire 100 representatives. The company expects to apply next year for U.S. approval of a hyperphosphatemia drug to treat kidney dysfunction as its first product. A year later, it plans to file for a treatment for chronic kidney failure with the hope of launching both drugs in 2012 or 2013. Longer-range plans call for introducing a diabetes treatment, along with entering into marketing agreements and acquiring U.S. companies. (Click here for more - a subscription may be required
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Sandra Smith, 49, posted a blood-alcohol level of three times the legal limit, said police, who added that she was pulled over for not using a turn signal and changing lanes unsafely. Police said the suspect had been convicted of DWI previously and her license was suspended, with a work condition only.
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So times i feel a wired tingly feeling at night. I get a headache and start sweating. One time i woke up and i saw a shadow moving around my room but i could not move. I started watching videos such as this one and thought it could be satan!
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How do I prove that if $A\in\mathbb C^{n\times n}$ is a matrix then it is irreducible if and only if its associated graph (defined as at Graph of a matrix) is strongly connected?
Seeing as no-one answered for over a week, I tried to do it by myself.
- The first thing I did was try to show column or row permutation didn't change the strong connectedness of the graph. I didn't manage, and actually proved the opposite. On the way, though, I managed to show transposition doesn't. The argument is that transposition affects the graph in that it inverts all the arrows, but if there is a loop through all nodes then inverting the arrows means you go through it the other way round, so it's still there, and the graph stays strongly connectedness, and if there isn't, well, transposing can't make one appear, as otherwise transposing back would make it disappear, which we have proved impossible. This result may not be useful, but since I've done it I thought I might well write it down.
Then I tried to think of what permuting both rows and columns does to the graph. Why that? Let's recall the notion of irreducible matrix:
A matrix $A\in\mathbb{C}^{n\times n}$ is said to be reducible if there exists a permutation matrix $\Pi$ for which $\Pi\cdot A\cdot > \Pi^T$ is a block upper triangular matrix, i.e. has a block of zeroes in the bottom-left corner.
So if this operation does not alter the graph's strong connectedness, then I can work on the reduced matrix to show its graph is not strongly connected and prove one implication. Now such multiplications as in the definition of a reducible matrix, with $\Pi$ a matrix that swaps line $i$ with line $j$ - what do they do to the graph? Swapping the lines makes all arrows that go out of $i$ go out of $j$ and viceversa; swapping the columns does the same for arrows leaving $i$ (or $j$). So imagine we have a loop. Say it starts from a node other than $i$ and $j$. At a certain point it reaches, say, $i$. Before that, everything is unchanged. When the original loop reaches $i$, the new loop will reach $j$ and go out of it to the same node as it went out from $i$ to before the permutation, if that node wasn't $j$, in which case it will go to $i$. When the original loop enters $j$, the new loop enters $i$, and same as before. So basically the result is just that $i$ and $j$ swap names, and the loop is the same as before taking the name swap into account. So this kind of operations do not alter the strong connectedness of the graph.
Suppose $A$ is as follows: $$A=\left(\begin{array}{c|c}\Huge{A_{11}} & \Huge{A_{12}} \\\hline \Huge{0} & \Huge{A_{22}}\end{array}\right).$$ Suppose the $\Huge{0}$ is $m\times m$ with $m\geq\frac{n}{2}$. Then we have $m$ nodes that are unconnected to other $m$ nodes, going out. But we don't have $2m$ nodes, or have exactly that many, so those $m$ nodes are cut off from all the other $n-m$, going out. So suppose there is a loop. If it starts at one of the $m$ nodes, it can never reach the other $n-m$, and if it starts at one of those, it can reach the $m$ nodes but never get back, so maybe we have a path through all the nodes, but it can't be a loop, i.e. a closed path. So the graph is not strongly connected.
- Now the definition doesn't say anything about the size of those blocks, so the problem I still have is that if $m<\frac{n}{2}$, the argument above fails because we have at least one node besides the $m$ nodes and the other $m$ nodes that can't be reached from the first $m$, and that node could be the missing link. Of course, when I said "can't be reached" up till now, I meant "be reached directly", i.e. not passing through other nodes.
- Of course, if the above is concluded, I have proved that reducibility implies non-strong-connectedness of the graph, so that a strongly connected graph implies irreducibility. But the converse I haven't even tried.
So the questions are: how do I finish the above at points 3-4 and how do I prove the converse? Or maybe I'm missing something in the definition, in which case what is it?
Update 2: I think I am missing something, as a $3\times3$ matrix with a 0 in the bottom-left corner and no other zeroes does have a strongly connected graph, since the only missing arrow is $3\to1$, but we have the loop $1\to3\to2\to1$. So when is a matrix reducible?
Update 3: Browsing the web, I have found some things. I bumped first into this link. Now if that is the definition of reducible matrix, then either I misunderstand the definition of the block triangular form, or the if and only if there doesn't hold, since a matrix with a square block of zeroes bottom-left definitely doesn't satisfy the disjoint set condition but definitely does satisfy the permutation condition, with no permutation at all. Maybe the first condition is equivalent to the non-strong-connection of the graph. Yes, because in that case there are $\mu$ nodes from which you can't reach the remaining $\nu$, so the graph is not strongly connected. So at least that condition implies the non-strong-connectedness of the graph. The converse seems a bit trickier. Looking for that definition, I bumped into this link. Note that no matrix there has a lone corner zero (which would be top-right as the link deals with lower triangular matrixes), and all of them satisfy the disjoint set condition in the link above. So what is the definition of block triangular matrix? If it is that there must be square blocks whose diagonal coincides with part of the original matrix's diagonal and below them there must only be zeroes, then I have finished, since the if and only if in the link above is valid, so reducibility implies non-strong-connectedness of the graph, and whoops, I'm not done yet, I still need the converse, so can someone finally come help me on that? And if it isn't, then what the bleep is it and how do I make this damn proof?


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It's been a big week for the Capital Prep girls basketball team, No. 1 in the Courant's state rankings.
Last Wednesday, it was announced that the Trailblazers' senior center, Kiah Gillespie, had been named to play for the East team in the McDonald's All-American game in Chicago April 1. And on Saturday night, Gillespie proved again why she was worthy with a 32-point, 27-rebound performance against a team that was ranked ninth in the country by USA Today, Potter's House Christian of Jacksonville, Fla. Capital Prep won 77-67, and this week vaulted into USA Today's Super 25 rankings at No. 21.
Gillespie is only the second girls player from Connecticut to be chosen for the All-American game. The first was Hillhouse's Bria Holmes, now a 6-1 junior guard at West Virginia, who was named the Big 12's preseason player of the year this season.
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"She's having an unbelievable season, not only on the stat sheet," Millsaps said. "Her drive this year has been off the charts. She has been our most consistent practice player all year, bringing it every day to get better."
Gillespie, who is going to play at Maryland next year, is leading the state in scoring (30.4 ppg) and rebounding (16.4 rpg) as well as contributing 3.5 assists, 2.4 steals and shooting 58 percent.
Millsaps said that Potter's House was the most athletic team Capital Prep had faced in a number of years.
"They had guards who were quick, like a bunch of mosquitoes running around out there," she said. "It took us a while to adjust to their speed and that type of game. We turned the ball over quite a few times. We'd go on a run and they'd pull us back."
Capital Prep (14-1) led 16-6 after the first quarter and 39-32 at halftime. Junior forward Desiree Elmore had 28 points and 22 rebounds.
The Trailblazers have one more non-conference game coming up, hosting Nazareth (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Feb. 18 at 5:30 p.m. They will also try to make up a snowed-out game against Medgar Evers.
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South Windsor (15-0 and fourth in the Courant's state rankings) is one of the four unbeaten teams left in the state, along with Farmington, Morgan and Canton. Farmington and South Windsor won't likely meet until the finals of the CCC tournament, if things continue as they have, with both teams winning out.
The Bobcats are cruising along, with games against Weaver, Wethersfield, East Catholic and East Hartford left on the regular-season schedule, and they've already beaten all those teams once. Weaver and South Windsor was supposed to be played Tuesday but Weaver didn't have school so the game was rescheduled to Saturday.
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South Windsor, missing two starters with ACL injuries, advanced to the Class LL finals a year ago, losing to Lauralton Hall. It wouldn't be surprising to see the Bobcats back there but nobody on the team is looking that far ahead.
"We are not looking past anyone," Leclerc said. "It shows the leadership from our seniors. You can't look past anybody in this conference or you're going to get knocked off."


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Journal of Applied Mathematics
Volume 2014, Article ID 610382, 12 pages
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Cooperative and Competitive Dynamics Model for Information Propagation in Online Social Networks
1School of Economics and Management, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
2Department of Computer Science, University of Brasilia, 70910-900 Brasilia, DF, Brazil
Received 1 May 2014; Revised 23 June 2014; Accepted 23 June 2014; Published 13 July 2014
Academic Editor: Francisco J. Marcellán
Copyright © 2014 Yaming Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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The Title is the most important tag on the page for search engines. This tag provides a short description of the page. Google displays page title with Arial font face, 18 pixels inside a div tag of 512 pixels. How is that translated into characters length? In most cases the title tag should never be more than 80 characters long, 55-70 characters length are fine. There are also free Ttitle checkers available.
Keep in mind that building organic traffic does take a while to start working and lots of time is required. It takes about 6 months for Google to rank and to send visitors to your blog. That is why every post you produce must be of high quality and must have great SEO attached to it. This is the only way to turn your blog and website into an SEO machine and build organic traffic. This way you can start making money sooner than later.
A blog highlights your technical ability and showcases your ability to write blog posts. Your blog can be about different topics than those you write about for your clients. In fact, it should be on a topic that interests you. Visitors will see that you can not only write, but you can also build an online community. A good blog has the potential to earn you many referrals for more clients.[24]
This is the number of views that you can test each month on your website.It's up to you how you choose to use them, either by allocating all the views to one test or to multiple test, either on one page or on multiple pages. If you have selected the 10.000 tested views plan and you run an experiment on your category page which is viewed 7000 times per month, then at the end of the month 7000 is what you'll be counted as tested views quota.
Obviously, Google's official SEO algorithm specifics are a very tightly-guarded secret, and there are thousands of ranking factors at play here. However, through testing and analytics and leveraging the knowledge of the growthhacking community, some rules can be identified. Additionally, every now and then some statements leak out from Google employees such as Andrey Lipattsev confirming that content and links are amongst the top three search ranking factors. Based on research, data and trial and error, I've discovered that organic traffic drivers can be divided into three main categories: UX, domain score and content:
This is a crucial area. If you do not have schema markup and rel="author", you are costing your business money. It is as simple as that. As an example, say I want to make spaghetti (pasta) for dinner I search for "Spaghetti Recipe" and instantly I see some great markup in play, but one competitor has no markup and no rel="author" they are losing business in my eyes. Wouldn't you agree?.
Now next, you'll want to pick a WordPress theme from somewhere like ThemeForest, Elegant Themes or OptimizePress. This is the barebones design of your site, which you can then customize with your own branding, copy, and images. That being said, you don't want to cheap out. It costs less than $100 to buy a theme that will make your website look professional (and you can upgrade to a completely custom design once you get the business going).
We have all said I need money. But did you know you can make free cash by taking internet surveys and reading e-mails? Yes, you can make money online for free! These programs have been helping people in need of cash and money for years now. These are not get rich quick schemes. No, but you will be able to make some extra dollars in your spare time from your computer. All you have to give is a few minutes of your time; you do not need to pay anything. So what have you got to lose? It is 100% completely free money. I have reviewed and rated many different survey companies.
Being a good internet Samaritan is great and all, but how does this help you build links? Let me explain: the kind of broken links you're looking for are found on sites relevant to your business, industry, or niche. By finding these sites and informing them of these broken links, you strike up a conversation with the site owner and give yourself the opportunity to suggest a link to your epic piece of content be added to their site.
The File transmitted by you to Bank in accordance with the Procedures shall contain images of the front and the back of the Items scanned and remotely deposited by you (Images). The Images shall be of such quality that the following information can clearly be read by sight review of the Images: (1) the amount of the Item, (2) the Payee, (3) the Drawer's Signature, (4) the Date of the Item, (5) the Item number, and (6) the information identifying the drawer and the paying bank that is preprinted on the check, including the MICR line.
You must provide written notice to Bank of any changes to the information provided by you to Bank, including but not limited to: additional locations, any change in business, any new business, the identity of principals and/or owners, the form of business organization, type of goods and services provided, and method of conducting sales. Such notice must be received by Bank within 5 banking days of the change. Further, upon Bank's request, you must provide updated information within 5 days of such request. Bank retains the right to (i) review your Item and business activity from time to time to confirm you are conducting business as stated by you at the time of the execution of this Remote Deposit Agreement, and (ii) re-price or terminate Services based on changes to the facts previously stated by you.
For our client: We took the top PPC terms based on conversion and worked these keywords into existing pages on the website. We also created new high-quality content-based pages from these conversion terms. This type of strategy can work very well in assisting overall conversions on the website and driving more revenue. We also conducted a large-scale keyword research project for the client which yielded in uncovering many areas of opportunity for content development and targeting.
Keep in mind that building organic traffic does take a while to start working and lots of time is required. It takes about 6 months for Google to rank and to send visitors to your blog. That is why every post you produce must be of high quality and must have great SEO attached to it. This is the only way to turn your blog and website into an SEO machine and build organic traffic. This way you can start making money sooner than later.
A few links down and I've noticed that Brian has a link from WordPress.org. Not bad! Turns out that his content has been referenced within one of WordPress's codex posts. If I were to reach out and offer some additional insight, citing one of my articles, there's a chance I could bag a similar link, especially considering they have a 'Useful Resources' section.
If a Transfer request or instruction or payment or payment order identifies a beneficiary, beneficiary's bank, or intermediary bank inconsistently by name and an identifying number (such as an account number, SWIFT address or universal identification number), the beneficiary bank or intermediary bank may make payment based solely on the identifying number. In such cases, the payment will be final even if the identifying number you provided does not correspond to the beneficiary you identified. Any losses resulting from an incorrect identifying number are your responsibility and not Bank's responsibility. Your obligation to pay the amount of the Transfer will not be excused by your error. For Transfers sent in or returned to Bank, Bank is also entitled to rely on the identifying number as proper identification of a beneficiary and to credit the account based solely on that identifying number. Bank has no duty to determine if the name and identifying number are consistent.
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What if I read anymore information my brain will explode--so where do I go if I supply all the content, but am too lazy to read all of this. Who can I pay to run with this?--(Also-I know enough to do all the grunt work-just need some direction) I have a really fun project/marketing challenge, a moderate amount of coins, and other than today-usually a ton of commitment. http://bdehaven.com
You may also designate authorized representative in your company who may access your banking files. Through our online banking cash management, the authorized representatives you designate will be able to access account information by entering a cash management ID and password. Each authorized representative can only review and perform certain functions on the business accounts designated by you.
The Google, Yahoo!, and Bing search engines insert advertising on their search results pages. The ads are designed to look similar to the search results, though different enough for readers to distinguish between ads and actual results. This is done with various differences in background, text, link colors, and/or placement on the page. However, the appearance of ads on all major search engines is so similar to genuine search results that a majority of search engine users cannot effectively distinguish between the two.[1]
Guest posting: If you are thinking of seriously increasing your organic traffic, then you should guest post. This is a way to get backlinks and Google loves this. It shows how relevant your work is. If another blogger mentions and links to your blog on their site, this is also another way of building backlinks. You should also think of adding outbound links to your posts once in a while.
Understanding the intention of your organic visitors is the heart of search engine optimization. Before you dive into finding keywords for your website or do any other SEO hack to optimize your site, it's worth taking a moment to determine whether your website is driving the right traffic to your site and if it really delivers what your organic visitors want.
So, Google has accepted the reconsideration request, you can now move forward with creating high-quality link building and a content creation strategy. I see every one creating threads about great content marketing examples, but the problem is that most of the time these are big business examples. SME's and start-ups do not have big dollars to do such things, so the next best thing is to is to create a content market calendar for your clients.
Pushing down a high-authority website from the top ten search results is next to impossible, especially if you are trying to promote a relatively low-authority site. If you see a high number of authoritative sites, it is better to change your focus keyword. As there were almost no authoritative sites for our focus keyword, we decided to go ahead with it.
If Customer processes no more than 50 items per month through Bank, then Customer may elect the Scan Only Lockbox Service. If this Service is elected, then Customer will deliver items to the address set forth below in this Section 2. Bank will open envelopes containing items, scan only the front side of items and email to Customer a PDF file containing the item scan images. Bank will not create electronic checks or otherwise process the information on the items. Bank will maintain an electronic copy of scanned items for 60 days from the date the image is created and Bank will shred or otherwise dispose of the original items after the 30th day following receipt of the items. The fees and charges for the Scan Only Lockbox Service are set forth on Attachment A to the Access Agreement.
You can work as a virtual assistant through dedicated websites, such as Upwork or Zirtual. All kinds of skills are needed, and compensation can vary anywhere between $10 per hour to $100 or more. Obviously, the higher pay will be to people who have more technical skills, such as web building skills and marketing. But you can find work doing administrative tasks at the lower end of the pay scale.
CashCrate sends out literally thousands of payments a month to users just like you who spend time completing surveys and offers on CashCrate.com. How do they do it? Well, they do surveys and offers regularly. It really adds up! Your initial goal should be to meet minimum payout, which is $20.00. Making $20.00 in free cash is actually quite easy considering there are hundreds of surveys and offers available, but here are a few tips to get you to your goal faster:


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It's a nice surprise that had the spectators at the King Power Royal Charity Polo Day on Wednesday 10 July 2019. While prince Harry, 34 years old, took part in a polo match for charity organized in the English countryside of Wokingham, in Berkshire, and his wife, Meghan Markle, age 37, has made an appearance noticed with their son Archie in the arm.
With his sunglasses Givenchy on the nose and a green dress signed Lisa Marie Fernandez, the duchess of Sussex was particularly tender with her adorable son now two months old. These last few days have been full of emotion for the little boy sincehe was baptized last weekend during an intimate ceremony celebrated at Windsor. An event so private that Meghan Markle and Harry have found themselves at the heart of criticism… far from the debate caused by this baptism, the small family then took advantage of this sports day and country to which the prince William, his wife Kate Middleton and their three children also took part.
For their first joint release non-official, Cambridge and Sussex have shown a certain complicity. Anything to deny the rumors of cold between the two families. While Meghan Markle pouponnait, his sister-in-law Kate Middleton was in the care of his younger brother, the prince Louis (1 year). His elders George and Charlotte (5 and 4 years old) have played with a mallet, the accessory used by the polo players for kicking the ball from their mount. Followers of the sport for years, the princes Harry and William have this time played in honor of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the owner of the club of football of Leicester City who died in a helicopter accident in October 2018. The team of prince William has imposed itself in front of Harry, who was therefore received only a mere consolation prize and has avoided a kiss on the cheek at the moment of receiving because of his face sweating.


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- Mt Dad was telling me the other day about a telemarketing call he got for me at his house (which I haven't lived in for 4 years or so). It was a Catholic charity calling Catholics for donations. He was understandably surprised as I am not, have never been and will never be Catholic. We never did decide upon how the figured I was one...
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The label shm_warn appears in the BoKS audit log.
In BoKS v6.7 and later, the Master sends a warning to the audit log (label shm_warn) and $BOKS_var/boks_errlog if free memory falls below a certain limit.
By default the limit is 30%, but that can be changed by setting the $BOKS_etc/ENV variable FREE_SHARED_MEMORY_LIMIT (in % free memory) (BoKS restart required).
Resolution / Workaround
The parameter that controls shared memory size is SHM_SIZE in the $BOKS_etc/ENV file, which specifies how many kilobytes of memory to reserve.
For optimal performance, BoKS needs 30% free shared memory in order to prevent fragmentation, but in order to have some headroom it is recommended to aim for 50% since memory requirements will increase as users and servers in the domain grow in numbers.
Calculating how much memory is needed is rather difficult since many factors are involved, so a much better approach is to check how much shared memory is available and simply double it until at least 50% is free. As imprecise as this approach may seem, it never causes any problems since the amount needed is commonly a mere fraction of the memory capacity of a modern server.
So, to check current memory size, run the following command from a BoKS prompt:
dumpbase -m
The output will be something like this:
Total: 1023968, Free: 949824, Used: 74144, Largest free: 944896
Now you want to make sure that Free is at least 50% as big as Total.
To read the current setting you can use the following command:
cadm -E SHM_SIZE
and to change the setting:
cadm -E SHM_SIZE=
In order for the setting to have effect, you have to restart BoKS and also make sure that the old shared memory is released. To do this, run the command:
Boot -k;Boot
(just running Boot will not be enough).
Finally, go back and run dumpbase -m again to verify the current status.
The shared memory setting must be exactly the same on the Master as on all Replicas, otherwise data on the Replicas may be incomplete. Once the setting is changed on the Master you must log in to each Replica to change the setting there and restart BoKS.
Still have questions? We can help. Submit a case to Technical Support.


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I-dentity is a youth focussed organisation providing Caribbean Studies programmes based in London.
Founded by Charlene Wilkinson in 2009, I-dentity aims to inspire, challenge and promote positive cultural awareness and understanding for students both in and outside mainstream education.
Accredited by the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA), I-dentity delivers modules in cultural studies and presents a platform that pushes forward the notion of Caribbean antiquity, underpinned by current perspectives.
The company currently employs a team of five and is poised to launch a series of networking events that will be hosted later this year.
Why did you decide to start your company?
I decided to start my own company as I felt it was the only way to teach Caribbean history to the masses. The Caribbean region has contributed and sacrificed so much that its story needed to be listened to and appreciated, not just by students of Caribbean heritage but by everyone.
I also believed that it needed to be taught in establishments where many young people are developing and coming into their own awareness of global issues.
What was your career path prior to starting your first business?
My career path in the last six years has been within the education system; studying and working towards establishing I-dentity. I've tutored in mainstream schools, Saturday schools and Pupil Referral Units.
I enjoy the vibes you get from working with young people; they're full of enthusiasm and are always questioning the status quo.
Did you always know that you would start your own business?
Growing up, starting my own business was not something I envisioned for myself, mainly because I didn't know what my business would be. It wasn't until I was in college studying African & Caribbean Studies that the thought of starting my own business came into fruition.
What steps did you take to launch your business?
I first launched I-dentity at a secondary school in West London. The very first I-dentity programme lasted 16 weeks and had a vast array of guest speakers and included an interview with Colourful Radio.
It was with the pilot project where I learnt the most about what to include, what to delete, what to amend and how to deliver the workshops in a format that would keep young people engaged.
I also signed up to Business Link and attended workshops on Starting Your Own Business and other workshops related to small businesses. These workshops were extremely helpful in terms of the advice, guidance and support provided and gave me the confidence I needed to start my own company.
In relation to research, I contacted schools in London and Greater London to establish whether they would be interested or had a programme in place similar to I-dentity.
How much do your workshops cost and what age-groups do you work with?
The workshops start from £20 per person per hour. Prices can be negotiated for group bookings of more than 15 people. The workshops are aimed at young people between the ages of 14-21 years of age.
What are you working on at the moment?
At the moment I'm working on a series of networking events that will be hosted later this year. The networking events will be a means of promoting the workshops directly to schools, Young Offender Institutes and other community projects that work with young people.
Can you describe your typical working day?
A typical working day starts around 7.00am as I prepare myself for the day ahead and get my son ready for school.
The rest of the day is divided between responding to emails, meetings with potential and existing clients, meeting with companies that I have previously collaborated with to work on upcoming projects and working on I-dentity workshop modules.
I'm currently conducting interviews with individuals who came to Britain in the 1950s and 1960s to find out more about what Britain was like during this period. I'm also completing an interview with members of the Bobo Shanti tribe for a module on Rastafarianism in the U.K.
I'm usually home by 3.30pm depending on whether I have tutorials or governors meetings. I try to have a good working/home balance so I don't touch the business when my son is awake and I'll usually start working again for a couple hours after 8pm. My days are varied and I enjoy the flexibility I get from running my own business.
What have been the highlights of running your own business?
There have been many highlights and personal achievements for I-dentity over the past 2 years. Having the programme accredited by AQA was an amazing highlight as it provided recognised certification to those who complete the programme.
The other highlights have included watching students fully engaged in the programme and seeing the changes in attitudes and perception and developing working relationships with other youth focussed organisations and creating bespoke projects.
What is the hardest part of running your own business?
The hardest part of running my own business is realising that it is exactly that – my own business! I gave up my full time job in order to focus on I-dentity, this means that financially it's been hard and at times I have wondered if I made the right choice.
However I know that if I hadn't given up my job I wouldn't have been able to invest time into developing I-dentity. Nothing comes to you when you're starting out, you have to have the tenacity to go out and seek the information and contacts you need.
I have to work really hard in order to see any results, which means that at times, my working hours extend into the early hours of the morning. Combined with family commitments, the initial stages of starting I-dentity, have been quite exhaustive but very rewarding.
If you truly believe in your business then this belief will carry you through the hard times.
What has been your proudest business moment so far?
My proudest moment so far was an interview on Colourful Radio last May when I-dentity was still in its early stages. Three students were asked about their experiences on the programme and their responses were so positive that I was brimming with pride.
It wasn't just their positive feedback but just listening to how eloquently they articulated their responses and the professionalism they executed was a great moment for me.
What, or who, inspires and motivates you?
I'm lucky to have a truly wonderful and supportive network of family and friends around me. My mother and my son are my inspiration and motivation.
My mother has laid a foundation to which I am able to follow my dreams with the knowledge that I have her support at all times. My mother has always encouraged me to "just go for it" and to remember to give thanks to the Almighty for his blessings.
My son is the reason why I work so hard. I want him to understand that you can achieve whatever you want to achieve but the belief system must firstly come from within. I want to be able to lay a solid foundation for him built on faith, love and determination to succeed. My mother and son are ONE and they are who inspire and motivate me.
What advice would you give to someone who is considering starting an education organisation?
Firstly – Research! Research! Research! I can't stress enough the importance of researching your business idea. The last thing you want is to go full steam ahead with your idea only to realise that there is another company or companies that are doing exactly the same thing as you.
Secondly, don't be afraid to talk about your business proposal. At first I was quite dubious talking about I-dentity which is a natural emotion to have when starting out, however, it was through the many discourses I had with educationalists, students, parents, business owners – anyone who would listen – that I become conscious of the fact that there was a need for a project such as I-dentity within the education system.
Thirdly, but not finally, you have to believe in what you are trying to achieve and be prepared to work hard for your desired goal. I've had the pleasure of working with some fantastic guest speakers on I-dentity workshops and this would not have been possible if I didn't believe in my business.
Fast forward five years, where do you think your business will be in 2016?
In the next five years I would like I-dentity to be a national project that is being delivered in schools, Pupil Referral Units and Young Offender Institutes across the U.K.
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For more information on I-dentity visit www.i-dentity.org.uk. You can also find the company on Facebook and find Charlene Wilkinson on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Charlene Wilkinson was interviewed by Octavia Goredema, founder of the Twenty Ten Club.
The Twenty Ten Club is an award-winning networking organisation designed to connect, inspire and support Black female entrepreneurs. You can also find Twenty Ten Club on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.