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Marc Erickson
Marc Erickson is a busy father of three kids, lawyer and managing partner at Wagstaff & Cartmell, LLP, and an avid lover of running and staying active. Marc and his family enjoy running, camping, hiking, skiing and watersports.
What do you do to stay active and healthy?
In my 30s, I was having a hard time finding a fitness regimen that I could stick to. Then, some friends invited my wife and I to run a marathon with them. We were not runners, but we thought it would be a fun one-time challenge. I limped to the finish of my first marathon but wasn't happy with my time, so I decided to run another marathon. I then learned about the Paul Black Running Club, a group of men and women who run together three days a week in Kansas City. Even though nobody is taking attendance, I find that it is easier for me to get up early in the morning to run if I know other people are also going to be there. We refer to that as the power of the group.
How have your fitness goals and philosophies morphed over the years?
When my wife and I were training for our first marathon in 2007, we couldn't do our training runs together because one of us needed to be home with our young kids. Twelve years later, our kids are now running with us! In the last two years, we have run two half marathons as a family. Additionally, my son is now getting up early in the morning to run with me, so that provides a great opportunity for us to connect. The kids' schedules are often busier than mine, so it is great to see them taking the time to be active and healthy.
How do you balance your busy home and work life with your fitness regimen?
I run early in the morning before work or occasionally over lunch. Our law firm recently converted an old file room into a workout facility. I'm hoping that the workout facility will give other people in the office an opportunity to be more active. For several years, Wagstaff & Cartmell has been a sponsor of the Lawyer's Association of Kansas City Law Day 5K. Even though we are a mid-size firm, we often have the most participants in the race. I'm really proud of that.
Do you have any advice for our readers that you have learned through your fitness journey?
Ditch the ear buds and find a friend to share the experience of working out. Technology that was supposed to bring us together is making us increasingly more isolated. Combine your workout with some social interaction, and you will find the time more fulfilling, and you will find it easier to stay committed.
Joel Ackerman
Joel Ackerman, a lifelong resident of Leawood and area physician, believes in the importance of staying healthy and active but also maintaining a balance. Joel and his wife, who is an area physician as well, have four kids and enjoy traveling, athletics and exploring new areas in their field of medicine.
What do you do to stay healthy?
My definition of health continues to evolve as I get older. I've tried everything from water aerobics to racing in IronMan Triathlons. I view health now as a balance of mental, physical and spiritual practice. I try to do some type of physical activity most days of the week. I try to also participate in volunteer activities, attend church on a regular basis, eat somewhat healthy and get proper amounts of sleep.
How have your goals and philosophy on fitness morphed over the years?
My philosophies have definitely evolved over the years. I used to think that an hour of exercise each day was the goal. I paid no attention to recovery, diet, mental health or doing a variety of types of physical activity. My goals have transformed over the years to injury prevention and longevity so that I can continue to enjoy activities with friends and family and to live a long, healthy life.
Do you have any advice for our readers that you have learned through your fitness journey?
Don't be afraid to try new activities. Being active does not mean that you have to show up in a gym for an hour every day. Walking with friends, carrying golf clubs and playing nine holes of golf, raking leaves, kicking a soccer ball with a child—these are all great examples of being active. Moderation is key, and this is something that I did not appreciate early in my adult life. The other aspect of being active is being able to recover so that you can continue to participate in life activities. Pay attention to your diet, sleep and desire to help others. Try to be grateful for the blessings in your life and have fun.


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From heroes to villains: NOPD verdict reveals post-Katrina history
In an historic verdict with national implications, five New Orleans police officers were convicted on Friday of civil rights violations for killing unarmed African Americans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and could face life in prison when sentenced later this year.
Prosecution rests case in Danziger trial
The prosecution rested its case last week in the Danziger Bridge police violence trial with one final witness testimony, perhaps the most moving, from Lesha Bartholomew. Bartholomew broke into tears as she described seeing her mother wounded, with her arm nearly shot off.
New Orleans police violence trial begins
Opening arguments begin today in what observers have called the most important trial New Orleans has seen in a generation. It is a shocking case of police brutality that has already redefined this city's relationship to its police department and radically rewritten the official narrative of what happened in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina.
The Black mayor of Waterproof, Louisiana, has spent nearly a year...
A legal dispute in the rural Louisiana town of Waterproof has attracted the attention of national civil rights organizations and activists. Waterproof Mayor Bobby Higginbotham has been held without bail since May of 2010.
One year after Haiti earthquake, corporations profit while people suffer
One year after an earthquake devastated Haiti, much of the promised relief and reconstruction aid has not reached those most in need. Less than 2% of the $267 million spent so far has gone to Haitian firms, the rest to "masters of disaster," big U.S. firms that hire Haitians to do the back-breaking work for $5 a day.
Statement of solidarity with Georgia prisoner strike
On Dec. 9, 2010, thousands of prisoners in at least six Georgia state prisons initiated the largest prisoner strike in U.S. history, uniting across racial boundaries to demand an immediate end to the cruel and dehumanizing conditions that damage prisoners, their families and the communities they return to. Readers are invited to add their names to this solidarity statement.
On the fifth anniversary of Katrina, displacement continues
Just as Hurricane Katrina revealed racial inequalities, the recovery has also been shaped by systemic racism. According to a recent survey of New Orleanians by the Kaiser Foundation, 42 percent of African Americans – versus just 16 percent of whites – said they still have not recovered from Katrina. Thirty-one percent of African-American residents – versus 8 percent of white respondents – said they had trouble paying for food or housing in the last year.
Haitians seek shelter and survival, New Orleanians send bargeloads of aid
We have learned the lessons of Katrina, and we seek to work for the accountable reconstruction that New Orleans never had. The Louisiana-Haiti Sustainable Village Project seeks to support the Haitians in leading their own recovery.
U.N. advisors host town hall on forced evictions in New Orleans
A group of advisors who will report to the director of the U.N. Habitat agency held a town hall meeting in New Orleans on Sunday, July 26, to hear from resident experts and other community members about housing rights violations along the Gulf Coast since Hurricane Katrina.
First report since US rejoins UN Human Rights Council condemns racist...
The United Nations report, submitted by Special Rapporteur on Racism, Racial Discrimination and Xenophobia Doudou Diene, presents an overview of the United States' compliance with international norms governing racial equality. It sets out several areas where the U.S. has failed to protect its citizens from racially discriminatory practices.

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Preachers Behaving Badly
Steven Furtick Draws More Scrutiny for "Spontaneous Baptisms"
This has not been a good week for megachurch pastor Steven Furtick, of Charlotte, N.C.'s Elevation Church.
We have previously reported on his $1.7-million mansion. But lots of his supporters are willing to excuse his extravagant lifestyle because he has done so much good. They point, for example, to the thousands of baptisms the church has done over the past few years.
But an investigative report by WCNC, the Charlotte NBC affiliate, casts doubt on the legitimacy of the baptisms. What Furtick calls "spontaneous baptisms" appear to be manipulated baptisms. Furtick has even published a guide to pulling off the baptism events at the web-site of his book Sun Stand Still.
Also surfacing this week is a children's coloring book that Elevation reportedly uses in its Sunday school classes. One page on "Unity" features a smiling Furtick with the caption: "Elevation Church is built on the vision God gave Pastor Steven. We will protect our unity in supporting his vision."
Repeated calls and emails to Elevation's spokesperson Tonia Bendickson asking for comment on these new developments have gone unanswered.


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Lovely fully refurbished country property with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathroom and a swimming pool situated on a huge plot of 3000M of URBAN land, Huercal Overa.
If you are looking for a tranquil location with stunning views, this is the one for you! It is located 15 minutes drive away from the village of Urcal where there are various bars and a small supermarket. The larger market town of Huercal Overa where you can find all amenities is a 25 minute drive away. There is great access to the A-7 motorway.
The access is a tarmac road. The whole plot is 3000m of Urban land which is divided on different levels.
The large front porch leads into the lounge with a large feature fire place. Although the property has been fully refurbished with everything being renewed the current owner has tried to keep a rustic style. Straight ahead a hall leads to the large kitchen with patio doors out to a fantastic covered terrace overlooking the pool and the stunning views. There is a spacious family shower room and a large guest bedroom. Upstairs there in another shower room and two huge bedrooms, one with a door out to a roof terrace again with the most stunning views. The swimming pool is 6x4m.
There is mains electric connected and there is a large water tank of 17.000L which can be filled by tanker.
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Globalization, Nationalism, and Clearing Systems
Public Policy Brief No. 147, 2019 | March 2019As global market integration collides with growing demands for national political sovereignty, Senior Scholar Jan Kregel contrasts two diametrically opposed approaches to managing the tensions between international financial coordination and national autonomy. The first, a road not taken, is John Maynard Keynes's proposal to reform the postwar international financial system. The second is the approach taken in the establishment of the eurozone and the development of its settlement and payment system. Analysis of Keynes's clearing union proposal and its underlying theoretical approach highlights the flaws of the current eurozone setup.Download:Associated Programs:Author(s):Jan Kregel -
Euroland's Original Sin
Policy Note 2012/8 | July 2012From the very start, the European Monetary Union (EMU) was set up to fail. The host of problems we are now witnessing, from the solvency crises on the periphery to the bank runs in Spain, Greece, and Italy, were built into the very structure of the EMU and its banking system. Policymakers have admittedly responded to these various emergencies with an uninspiring mix of delaying tactics and self-destructive policy blunders, but the most fundamental mistake of all occurred well before the buildup to the current crisis. What we are witnessing today are the results of a design flaw. When individual nations like Greece or Italy joined the EMU, they essentially adopted a foreign currency—the euro—but retained responsibility for their nation's fiscal policy. This attempted separation of fiscal policy from a sovereign currency is the fatal defect that is tearing the eurozone apart.
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The Euro Debt Crisis and Germany's Euro Trilemma
Working Paper No. 721 | May 2012This paper investigates the causes behind the euro debt crisis, particularly Germany's role in it. It is argued that the crisis is not primarily a "sovereign debt crisis" but rather a (twin) banking and balance of payments crisis. Intra-area competitiveness and current account imbalances, and the corresponding debt flows that such imbalances give rise to, are at the heart of the matter, and they ultimately go back to competitive wage deflation on Germany's part since the late 1990s. Germany broke the golden rule of a monetary union: commitment to a common inflation rate. As a result, the country faces a trilemma of its own making and must make a critical choice, since it cannot have it all —perpetual export surpluses, a no transfer / no bailout monetary union, and a "clean," independent central bank. Misdiagnosis and the wrongly prescribed medication of austerity have made the situation worse by adding a growth crisis to the potpourri of internal stresses that threaten the euro's survival. The crisis in Euroland poses a global "too big to fail" threat, and presents a moral hazard of perhaps unprecedented scale to the global community.
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Under-five mortality, health and selected macroeconomic variables: The children behind the digits
Paul Andrew Bourne, Ikhalfani Solan
Background: The literature is filled with studies that have evaluated infant mortality, child mortality, and income distribution and mortality, but no single research in the Englishspeaking Caribbean has wholly examined the relationship among child mortality, inflation, infant mortality, poverty, and economic crisis as well as modeling those phenomena. Objectives: This work seeks to bridge the gap in the literature by modeling child mortality, inflation, infant mortality, poverty, and economic crisis as well as the appropriateness of linear modeling in addition to an assessment of under-five age-specific mortality. Methods: This work uses data collected from various Jamaican government departments' publications. Data were entered, stored and analyzed using the Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS) for Windows version 17.0 (SPSS Inc; Chicago, IL, USA) as well as Microsoft Excel. Pearson's product Moment Correlation was used to assess the bivariate correlation between particular macroeconomic variables and other variables, and Ordinary least square regression analyses were used to establish the model for 1) log Infant mortality rate; and 2) log child mortality rate. Results: Poverty, inflation, unemployment and gross domestic product influence child mortality. The findings revealed that there is an inverse correlated between health care utilization and infant mortality rates, and unemployment negatively influences child deaths. During economic recession infant and child mortality rates decline and the opposite is true in periods of economic growth. Conclusion: This work provides a basis for public health actions and programmes to stem the incidence of child mortality particularly in periods of economic downturn and rise in cost of living.


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We have projects sync! I have now written a SyncProvider and service for syncing the projects down to the device. It creates a SQLite DB to store the information in, and then does a delta update of the data on subsequent syncs.
This is IMHO the best way to do it, so as to cut down on expensive network calls and wasting tons of mobile data. It will also allow many other things like quick project searches etc.
I have only done the bits, I still need to hook them all up, but should be able to do that pretty soon now.
I will have to also repeat this exercise for the users data as well, but the second time round should be way simpler!
Will update again asap!
I have been working on the feeds first, as I believe they offer some cool information.
Feeds are pulled and displayed in much the same way as the website, using an infinite scroller listener to add pages of feeds as you read through them. Avatar images are loaded and cached, to save bandwidth.
I still need to do a data sync provider for the projects in order to cut down on API calls, but that will be my next step.
UI needs work (but doesn't it always!)
Will update again soon!
The account Manager is now complete. I have made it as an Android library, that can be used in any other projects too.
It will keep your account synced up and ready to go.
If you use the code, please change the Constants class to reflect your own API creds, as there is a chance that the current creds may hit limits if we all use the same thing.
Any bugs, please do let me know!
Repo is at Github https://github.com/paulscott56/HackadayIOAccountManager/
The app now does proper sync between the Hackaday API and the device. This means that we only have to use just enough bandwidth to keep you fully updated on your feeds etc, as opposed to killing the API with polling requests all the time. The AccountManager also means that you can turn off sync if you are on, say, roaming data and don't feel like racking up a zillion dollars worth of charges. You are also able to fully work with your account (update, delete, create additional accounts, multi user etc), as well as some other features. I have now started to package the account manager portion as a separate lib/apk so that other future apps can simply reuse the account manager portion of the code, and never have to worry about doing any tricksy OAuth or permissions management!
Sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I've been moving offices into a new building, so that has been a bit chaotic!
I should have something more useful to share on Monday though!
Things are now starting to come together quite nicely! Just putting the final touches onto the global feeds, and trying to work up a usable UI (I suck at UI... sigh!)
Next up will be projects and users. Gathering ideas for search and stuff too.
Will commit more code today hopefully!
OAuth authorization is now working! Yay! Thanks to all that helped! Onward and upward now!
Been working on getting OAuth to work so far to log a user in. Close now, but running into an issue that the OAuth authorize URL seems to not exist...
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Can you add a simple sketching function for adding quick illustrations?
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Will keep it in mind. Not sure the API will handle that yet, and want to get the basics out first, but will take on features after that!
If you have feature requests, please do add them!
I wonder if it's v1/authorize and there was a typo in the documentation
Tried that too! :) Tried just about every combo I can think of between api.hackaday.io and hackaday.io. Still no luck!
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UK consumer data improve but outlook remains gloomy
Retail sales volumes grew by 1.2 percent in February, the largest monthly increase since October 2022, and sales volumes have returned to pre-COVID-19 levels in February 2020, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
LONDON, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Consumer data released here on Friday showed a further rebound in retail sales and confidence in the United Kingdom (UK) economy, but the overall picture remains gloomy as high inflation continues to bite.
Retail sales volumes grew by 1.2 percent in February, the largest monthly increase since October 2022, and sales volumes have returned to pre-COVID-19 levels in February 2020, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
Non-food stores sales volumes rose by 2.4 percent month-on-month in February because of strong sales in discount department stores. Food store sales volumes rose by 0.9 percent with some anecdotal evidence of reduced spending in restaurants and on takeaways because of cost-of-living pressures.
However, "the broader picture remains more subdued with retail sales showing little real growth, particularly over the last 18 months with price rises hitting consumer spending power," ONS Director of Economic Statistics Darren Morgan said.
Though consumer data imply that the recent resilience in activity is still holding up, there are some reasons why it may not continue for too much longer, UK economist Ashley Webb at Capital Economics consultancy noted.
First, when British households' finances are under pressure, it is possible that any improvement in retail sales will just be met by a softening in non-retail spending, such as restaurants, Webb said.
Plus, although the worst of the falls in real household incomes has gone, the full drag on activity from higher interest rates has yet to be felt, he added.
Also on Friday, a survey conducted by the market research company GfK showed that the UK consumer confidence index increased by two points in March to minus 36. The small improvement masks continuing concerns among consumers about their personal financial situation, GfK Client Strategy Director Joe Staton said.
Forecasts that headline inflation will fall this year have proved premature, and wages are not keeping up with rising prices and the cost-of-living crisis remains a stark reality for most, Staton added. "Just having enough money to live right and pay the bills remains the number one concern for consumers across the UK."
The UK's consumer price index (CPI) unexpectedly rose to 10.4 percent in the 12 months to February from 10.1 percent in January.
"These inflation figures smell a little like the recent U.S. experience, where it appeared that core inflation was easing rapidly a few months ago only for it to accelerate again as economic activity proved resilient," chief UK economist Paul Dales at Capital Economics said.
The Bank of England said on Thursday that the extent to which domestic inflationary pressures ease will depend on the evolution of the economy, including the impact of the significant increases in bank rate so far. The bank also noted the recent large and volatile moves in global financial markets, saying that "uncertainties around the financial and economic outlook have risen."


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The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), a leading onshore financial and business centre in the region, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Rwanda Finance (RFL) to facilitate initiatives that will promote the international development of both the QFC and Kigali International Financial Centre.
The pact would also enable the creation of a community between the fintech ecosystems of Qatar and Rwanda and initiate sharing of best practices for the development of Islamic finance in both markets.
The MoU was signed last week by Yousuf Mohamed al-Jaida, chief executive, QFC, and Nick Barigye, chief executive, RFL. Under the agreement, both parties intend to encourage their respective regulatory authorities to enter mutual recognition agreements to open new business opportunities in both markets.
"This MoU marks the long-term cooperation between QFC and RFL to support businesses in Rwanda and Qatar through joint initiatives that open doors for skills development, knowledge exchange and investment and partnership opportunities," al-Jaida said.
The agreement takes QFC a step further in its efforts to forging durable partnerships with international markets that help support Qatar's economic diversification and capacity building drive, according to him.
The agreement would also help promote capacity building and skills development through training programmes, knowledge transfer, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the financial landscape.
To support the development of both markets, QFC and RFL will work closely on developing joint initiatives, such as roundtables, conferences, seminars, and other events, to engage members of both Rwanda and Qatar's business communities, further strengthening the economic ties between the two countries.
"This partnership between our financial centres builds on the excellent existing relations between Rwanda and Qatar. RFL and QFC will collaborate on international promotion, mutual recognition, and the creation of a strong fintech community for the benefit of both our jurisdictions, further enhancing the Kigali International Financial Centre's attractiveness as a destination for investors and financial actors who want to effectively manage their wealth and structure their investments across Africa," Barigye said.


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If you have a question about this talk, please contact John Cook. This talk has been canceled/deleted Each New Year brings new diets and health fads. But what actually works? Giles Yeo explores how to break the cycle of pseudo-science and misinformation surrounding the world of dieting as he discusses his new 'anti-diet' diet book. He will examine the truths and fallacies in the claims made by populist diets including the Palaeolithic and 'clean' movements, take a closer look at our obsession with calorie counting and argue why we shouldn't fear food. This talk is part of the Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR) series. This talk is included in these lists:This talk is not included in any other list Note that ex-directory lists are not shown. |
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Michigan's online casino players apparently decided to pick a few apples and get in some late summer sun.
September's gross online casino receipts dropped a tick from August's $130.9 million, down to a still-robust $128.7 million, according to figures released Tuesday by the Michigan Gaming Control Board. By the way, that's still the fourth-highest month in Michigan's short history of online gaming, with April's $132.4 million still holding on to the No. 1 spot.
As for individual online casinos? The story remains the same, with it being BetMGM's world and the rest of the iCasinos just living in it. The big lion did a lick under $46.3 million in receipts for the month, besting second place FanDuel at $22.5 million and third place DraftKings at $21.9 million.
Fourth place was BetRivers at $8.3 million, and Golden Nugget held on to fifth place for the second consecutive month, taking in $5.8 million. Caesars remained in sixth place with a $5.6 million month.
After that, the pickings start getting slim and tight, with Barstool at $3.6 million and WynnBET at $3.1 million. Bringing up the rear were Four Winds at a shade under $3 million, Soaring Eagle at $2.9 million, Stars at $2.2 million, Parx, just a bit under $2 million, PointsBet at $845,655, FireKeepers at $700,591 million, and TwinSpires at $15,475 (the company shuttered iCasino operations days into September).
For the month, the online casinos paid just under $24 million to the state in taxes, $6.3 million to the city of Detroit, and another $2.8 million to tribal operators.
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The Intergovernmental Relations Body of the national and Bangsamoro governments convened anew for the fifth time on November 27, less than seven weeks after their last meeting, to speed up the resolution of issues on the devolution of powers and functions to the new autonomous region in Mindanao and ensure a smooth transition for its Bangsamoro Transition Authority.
Finance Sec. Carlos Dominguez III said the increasing frequency of the IGRB's meetings underscores the importance that President Duterte has placed on ensuring the success of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
"Although we were asked to convene at 90-day intervals, this hardworking group has actually been meeting more frequently. This is testimony to our shared passion and determination to fast-track the Bangsamoro Organic Law's implementation and quickly resolve urgent concerns between our parties," Dominguez said during the virtual meeting held via Zoom.
He said that aside from convening more frequently, the members of the technical working groups in the IGRB have also been holding regular meetings to thresh out in detail the issues raised before the body.
"We are in constant touch with each other so that urgent issues can be addressed with dispatch," he said.
Co-chaired by Dominguez and BARMM Education Minister Mohagher Iqbal, the body has met three times in the last three months.
The IGRB agreed to meet again by the third week of December to discuss a proposed strategic communications plan to provide stakeholders and the international community with updates on the gains, benefits, and accomplishments of the BOL.
Iqbal said the complex issues discussed by the IGRB since it first convened in December last year has made the body more than a problem-solving mechanism, but also a forum for synergistic interaction between the national and BARMM governments.
Among the concerns discussed by the IGRB during the fifth meeting were the formulation of mechanisms pertaining to the transfer of assets and properties to the BARMM; a proposed strategic communications plan on the gains, benefits, and accomplishments of the BOL; and the identification of nationally funded programs that can be devolved to or implemented by the BARMM.
Aside from the Finance chief, also present at the 5th meeting of the IGRB were Interior and Local Government Sec. Eduardo Año and Undersecretary David Diciano, who chairs the Government Peace Implementing Panel and heads the Joint Normalization Division, Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process.
Also at the meeting were Defense Undersecretary Cesar Yano, Public Works and Highways Undersecretary Emil Sadain, Transportation OIC-Undersecretary Artemio Tuazon Jr., Agriculture Undersecretary Zamzamin Ampatuan, and representatives from the National Economic and Development Authority, Department of Energy, and the Office of the Cabinet Secretariat.
The BARMM was represented in the meeting by Iqbal, Executive Secretary and Minister of Environment, Natural Resources, and Energy Abdulraof Macacua; Interior and Local Government Minister Naguib Sinarimbo; Public Works Minister Eduard Guerra; Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform Minister Mohammad Yacob; Transportation and Communications Minister Dickson Hermoso; and Health OIC-Minister Amirel Usman.
Also at the meeting were resource persons from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, Maritime Industry Authority, and the National Police.


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If you play or travel in snowy backcountry areas, you and your companions must each carry three vital pieces of gear: an avalanche transceiver (aka an avalanche beacon), a probe and a shovel. In the hands of well-trained users (training is the fourth essential), this gear can mean the difference between life and death if an avalanche occurs. Survival literally depends on how quickly rescuers can pinpoint and excavate a buried avalanche victim.
Your skill in using your transceiver is far more important than the model you choose to buy.
What are Avalanche Transceivers?
Avalanche transceivers are worn close to the body and continuously emit a radio signal that can be picked up by other transceivers in the area. Companions with transceivers can switch them to "search" mode to locate a buried person's signal, and with a probe help them pinpoint exactly where to dig.
All transceivers today operate on the same international standard of 457 kHz, so you don't need to get the same brand and/or model as others in your group. You also don't need to pay a premium price unless you want a unit with more advanced features.
For an overview on all avalanche safety essentials, including additional gear and tools worth considering, read Avalanche Safety Gear and Checklist. For tips specifically on snow shovels, read How to Choose a Snow Shovel.
The Difference Between a Transceiver and a PLB
An avalanche transceiver is not the same as a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB), which can only be used to send an SOS signal to search and rescue teams; those teams are likely to be too far away to aid you in a successful avalanche rescue. Many avalanche experts prefer the term "transceiver" to "beacon" so as not to confuse the two. A PLB or satellite messenger will still be important if you need medical support, help with evacuation or other help after digging out a victim.
Transceiver Features
A higher price relates to the number and sophistication of a unit's features. It might also reflect a lightweight and compact design. When choosing an avalanche transceiver, consider these features:
Number of antennas: Most transceivers today (including units sold at REI) have a three-antenna design that allows searchers to more efficiently pinpoint the location of the victim, regardless of the orientation of the buried person's transceiver. This is a must-have feature.
Display screen: A display communicates the direction and distance to a buried victim. User interfaces vary by brand and model, but most are fairly intuitive to use.
Range: Consider stated range distances to be a best-case scenario. Greater range may allow you to pick up a signal from a farther distance. In reality, the range is often shorter because the orientation of a sending unit to a searching unit is rarely ideal. Search technique calls for searching in 20-meter swaths, so you need that as a minimum.
Multiple burials: Valuable in a slide that has several victims, this feature lets you flag the location of each buried person so you can move on to search for additional party members—then you can go back and do a fine search, victim by victim.
Audio signal: Most models also emit an audible tone that also helps searchers know when they're getting closer to a victim.
Auto revert to send: This function automatically switches a transceiver to send mode if it's accidentally left in search mode and has been stationary for a specified time. The way this feature works varies between models, and different scenarios make it more or less useful.
Automatically switches your device to send if it is buried by a secondary avalanche while searching
Automatically switches your device to send if you forget to put the unit in send mode initially
A subsequent avalanche can easily rip a transceiver out of a searcher's hand, which can divert subsequent searchers to the location of that person's now separate transceiver
An auto-reverted transceiver in a searcher's hands can confuse other searchers who pick up its signal instead of a buried victim's
Backup transmitter: This separate product is not an avalanche transceiver because it has no search function. Its purpose is to transmit in the event that a subsequent avalanche separates you from your regular transceiver while you are searching for someone else who is buried.
Transceiver Batteries
Most transceivers require replaceable alkaline batteries. While alkaline batteries drain more quickly in cold temperatures than lithium batteries, they offer a key advantage: Their energy drain is gradual, as opposed to lithium batteries that maintain a high charge level until it drops precipitously. Alkaline batteries make it possible to provide a reliable battery level readout on a transceiver, which is critical because you don't want your batteries suddenly dying during a search.
A few transceivers have technology that allows them to provide a uniformly reliable battery level display with lithium batteries. If that's the case, the manual will specify lithium batteries.
Always use the type of batteries recommended in your user manual
Follow all the recommendations in your manual. In addition, because cold temperatures can compromise battery performance, store replacement batteries somewhere close to your body (for warmth). For extended off-season storage, remove the batteries.
Tips on Using an Avalanche Transceiver
Carry your transceiver the way the manual recommends
Properly carrying your device guards against it being separated from you during an avalanche. Most manufacturers provide a harness or carrying system and recommend that you carry your transceiver close to your body. It should also be worn underneath your outer layer of clothing, close to your torso, and not stowed in a pack. Some people choose to carry their transceiver in a pocket, but this is only acceptable in a securely zipped pocket, ideally attached via the transceiver lanyard to an internal sewn-in loop. Check your manual for the recommended way to carry your transceiver.
Learn and practice how to use your transceiver
Survival rates drop off significantly after someone is buried for just 10 minutes, so it's critical you become an expert with yours. Read your transceiver manual, take an avalanche rescue class and regularly practice using your transceiver, probe and shovel.
For more information, read Avalanche Rescue Overview in our Avalanche Awareness Series.
Always keep a transceiver in send mode (until a search is needed)
It's critical to keep the transceiver in "send" mode (aka "transmit" mode) at all times because you won't be able to switch modes after an avalanche buries and immobilizes you. Searching transceiver wearers will immediately switch their units to "search" mode in order to receive the signal your transceiver is sending out.
Beware of electronic interference
Avoid carrying other electronic devices such as cellphones or a radio close to your transceiver. Such devices can interfere with search and transmit signals.
Always Perform a Trailhead Transceiver Check
This must-do step ensures that both the send and search modes for every party member's transceiver are functioning properly—and that everyone is in "send" mode before setting off.
Here are the steps for the transceiver check:
Step 1: Check the battery level
- Anyone whose transceiver displays less than 75% should switch to a new set of batteries
Step 2: Make sure your "search" function works
- Stand in a circle with the leader's transceiver turned to send/transmit mode
- Others in the group switch to search mode
- Thumbs up if all receive the leader's send signal
Step 3: Make sure your "send" function works
- Now, the leader moves away (about 20 yards down the trail) and switches to search mode
- Everyone in the group switches to send/transmit mode and walks past the leader, each spaced apart by about 20 feet
- The leader verifies receiving each person's signal
Step 4: Verify that the leader is also in "send" mode
- The leader then switches to send mode and has someone else visually verify that fact
- Everyone in the group should now be in "send" mode and all set to move out
RECCO Reflectors vs. Avalanche Transceivers
RECCO® reflectors are not transceivers. People wearing these passive reflectors (typically sewn into ski clothes or ski packs) can be located by ski patrols and search-and-rescue groups that carry a large, technically sophisticated RECCO detector unit. A RECCO detector sends a signal that bounces off the wearer's reflector—no transmission is required by the buried person.
RECCO detection and rescue is really only practical in a confined area like a ski resort (hundreds of resorts are equippped with RECCO detectors), because rescue timelines are too tight to send out a distress call and have distant search and rescue teams respond in time.
Remember: Safety is your responsibility. No internet article or video can replace proper instruction and experience—this article is intended solely as supplemental information. Be sure you're practiced in proper techniques and safety requirements before you engage in any outdoors activity.
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By Anusha Gupta
Ask any finance student what they want to do when they pass out, and you'll hear terms like: hedge fund management, Investment banking and Portfolio management. It sounds like a bunch of heavy words, doesn't it? One question that does not leave the mind is, if the finance students are going to do all of this, then how does the stock market work?
Portfolio manager is a fancy word for the stock market guys. A portfolio manager is either a person who makes investment decisions using money other people have placed under his or her control or a person who manages a financial institution's asset and liability (loan and deposit) portfolios. On the investments side, they work with a team of analysts and researchers, and are ultimately responsible for establishing an investment strategy, selecting appropriate investments and allocating each investment properly for a fund- or asset-management vehicle.
Suppose you have 1000 rupees, now you could either invest it in a fixed deposit which will yield a return of 9% (approx) p.a. However if you want to increase the value of your money beyond this, then you turn to the capital markets. Now the capital markets deal with all kinds of securities which fluctuate through the passage of time. Investment in these securities requires technical expertise and the use of complex mathematical models. This is where portfolio managers come in. A portfolio manager has broad knowledge of companies, company earnings and stock prices. They rely on a mixture of complex (mostly electronic) technical analysis and fundamental analysis of companies to help them choose appropriate investments for clients, which will not only increase the value of their money but also minimize risks.
However, there some unavoidable risks associated with the capital markets which cannot be controlled, the managers use their own discretion for investments and they may turn out to be risky. This is why portfolio managers meet regularly with their clients to upgrade them on the position of their investment and keep continuous track of the market and their client's needs. The job of a portfolio manager is not completely finance related they have to do sales pitches in front of clients (corporate houses).
Portfolio managers are now essential to the system, with the increasing awareness and more and more people wanting to invest in capital market; their job holds a lot of importance.


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Waterloo: Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a computational model to better accurately anticipate the emergence of lethal brain tumours.
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a type of brain cancer with a one-year survival rate. Because of its extraordinarily dense core, fast growth, and location in the brain, it is tough to cure. Estimating the diffusivity and proliferation rate of these tumours is useful for clinicians, but this information is difficult to estimate for an individual patient fast and accurately.
Researchers at the University of Waterloo and the University of Toronto have partnered with St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto to analyze MRI data from multiple GBM sufferers. They're using machine learning to fully analyze a patient's tumour, to better predict cancer progression.
Researchers analysed two sets of MRIs from each of five anonymous patients suffering from GBM. The patients underwent extensive MRIs, waited several months, and then received a second set of MRIs. Because these patients, for undisclosed reasons, chose not to receive any treatment or intervention during this time, their MRIs provided the scientists with a unique opportunity to understand how GBM grows when left unchecked.
The researchers used a deep learning model to turn the MRI data into patient-specific parameter estimates that inform a predictive model for GBM growth. This technique was applied to patients' and synthetic tumours, for which the true characteristics were known, enabling them to validate the model.
"We would have loved to do this analysis on a huge data set," said Cameron Meaney, a PhD candidate in Applied Mathematics and the study's lead researcher, adding, "Based on the nature of the illness, however, that's very challenging because there isn't a long life expectancy, and people tend to start treatment. That's why the opportunity to compare five untreated tumours was so rare – and valuable."
Now that the scientists have a good model of how GBM grows untreated, their next step is to expand the model to include the effect of treatment on the tumours. Then the data set would increase from a handful of MRIs to thousands.
Meaney emphasizes that access to MRI data – and partnership between mathematicians and clinicians – can have huge impacts on patients going forward.
"The integration of quantitative analysis into healthcare is the future," Meaney said.


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Earth Day is past, but if you're looking for a reason to celebrate some more, why not give April 23 — National Picnic Day — a try?
Picnics have a long and storied history, but the modern version of the low-key, adaptable lunch outdoors with family or friends as we know it came into being at least by the early 1800s. They've more-or-less always represented a retreat from the drudgery of the world and a chance to kick back and enjoy life a little with your favorite people.
Whether you make it out for National Picnic Day or not, we've got all the tips you need to help you pull together a great little adventure.
Planning the Perfect Picnic in Five Easy Steps
The cardinal rule of a great picnic is this: Keep it simple. If you get too elaborate, you may not really enjoy yourself as much as you should. (You're free to define what "simple" means to you, but the goal is to make the entire process, from planning to execution, as easy as you can.)
With that in mind, here's how to do it:
1. Find the Perfect Location
If you have a fantastic backyard, you can totally use a picnic as an excuse to drag everybody in the family away from their electronics and outdoors. If you need (or want) a spot that's away from your home, check out one of the parks around Indianapolis for a good location.
Some of the top-rated picnic spots in Indy include:
- White River State Park: Located right downtown, you can escape city life for an hour or two without really going far — and you can use the paddle boats to explore the downtown canal after your lunch for an extra treat.
- Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park: This is adjacent to the Indy Museum of Art, so it's a perfect spot for families with young children. There's even a gigantic skeleton art piece (Funky Bones) the kids can climb and swings.
- Garfield Park: Got a budding horticulturist in your midsts? Garfield Park is the city's oldest multi-use outdoor space, and it boasts both an amazing view and hundred of incredible plants from all over the world.
- Eagle Creek Park: There are almost 4,000 acres of meadows, woods, and wildlife around, so you're bound to find a bucolic spot that appeals to you — and boats are available for rent for an after-meal adventure.
Ideally, you want a spot in the shade somewhere for your picnic. That protects your skin from the sun's most harmful rays, the light out of your eyes and your cooler of food from getting overheated.
2. Bring a Blanket and a Few Pillows
You're definitely going to need a thick blanket to throw on the ground so that you can sit comfortably without getting grass stains on your clothes. If you find a spot with a convenient picnic table, you can use the blanket as a makeshift tablecloth for ambiance and charm (and protect yourself from dirt or splinters).
Some old throw pillows can create a sense of luxury and comfort to even the barest settings. They're particularly useful if you want to lay back and watch the kids play after your meal or just cloud-watch a little.
3. Pick (and Pack) Your Food Carefully
Use two bags for your food (one insulated, one not) or a bag and a cooler, so that you can separate the food and drinks you'd like to keep cold from the food that you'd prefer at room temperature. (Ice packs or ice tucked in with the cold stuff will also help.)
Unless the day is particularly cool or you plan to eat immediately, eschew any mayonnaise-based dishes that could easily spoil. There's a reason that things like cold chicken and salads have long been part of traditional picnic fare.
Other "finger foods" that tend to work well include hummus and pita chips, rolled shish tawooks, fruit and cheese plates, cold pasta salads with veggies, cornbread or rolls and finger sandwiches. You'll also want to plan for dessert (naturally) and mini pies, cupcakes or brownies can lend a decadent touch to any meal.
4. Use Multi-Use Plates, Cups and Utensils
You want to leave the natural environment as you found it, so avoid using paper plates, plastic cups and single-use utensils whenever possible. Not only are multi-use items better for the environment, but they're also less likely to blow away in a sudden breeze.
Naturally, you don't want to pack up the best china, but you can feel free to use metal campware or the kind of "unbreakable" plastic plates that can be washed and reused. If you're determined to have an elegant spread, there's nothing wrong with buying a plain service for four (or more) made of heavy-duty ceramic — which can handle being jostled about in a bag on occasion.
5. Consider Bringing a Little After-Meal Entertainment
If you have room in your trunk or basket, there's nothing wrong with bringing a little entertainment with you to liven up the party. Some picnic party favorites include:
- Cornhole
- Scrabble
- Twister
- Chess
- Checkers
Most of these come in oversized models that are designed for outdoor use, but the regular-sized versions can also be tucked into a bag for easy transport. If it's just you and one other person, a deck of cards, a book of poetry to share and trivia games can be perfect.
Finally, we have one more piece of advice: Make a list of everything you need before you prep the meal or pack. Since most items can be packed or made early, you can keep yourself (and your picnic plans) effortlessly on track.


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According to one analyst, adding more bang for the buck has historically been the business model of Xerox. And now, said Angele Boyd, group vice-president at IDC in Framingham, Mass. Xerox continues to show more value-add with the release of three new machines.
The company last month released new printing devices each geared toward various customer needs ranging from a general all-purpose combination colour/monochrome device to a high performance colour copier/printer.
According to Xerox, the Phaser 2135, a black and white/colour office printer is nearly four times faster than the closest competing printer on the market.
Jack Fanning, director of product marketing for Xerox, said the Phaser 2135 is able to print at high speeds in colour and black and white because of what he calls single pass technology.
"(Single pass technology) lays down all the colours at the same time," Fanning said. "It benefits in two ways. From the performance side of things, it is much faster laying down all the colours at once, and the other is from an image quality standpoint. You have a better chance of keeping the colours in the proper position relative to each other."
Fanning added that there are two points that are most important to customers regarding colour printing. He said that customers want colour printers that are functional and affordable.
The Phaser 2135, he said is an ideal printer for office environments where there is a need for a mix of black and white and colour. With a print speed of 21 pages per minute (ppm) in colour, and 26 ppm in black and white, Xerox said the 2135 is designed to replace the need for separate colour and monochrome printers. The 2135 features 10/100Base-T Ethernet standard and 128MB of standard memory.
Although she said that there are some inroads being made in the combination colour/black and white printers, Boyd said, for now, there will not be a 100 per cent replacement of monochrome devices.
"I think that at the same time that these (colour) products are coming down in price and increasing in monochrome speed, you still have monochrome devices that are significantly still lower in cost," Boyd said. "We are not at the point of people buying these devices as complete replacements for monochrome. Monochrome still has its distinct advantages."
She did note that for general business uses, the Phaser 2135's single pass technology is very acceptable, saying that users of that model are likely to be more concerned with print speed as opposed to colour quality.
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"The DocuColor 2006 is more for graphic design work," Fanning said. "You could certainly use it (in an office environment) but the biggest limiting factor is the print speed. But it is also an extremely high quality."
Xerox also released the DocuPrint N4525 high-speed black and white printer. With a print speed of 45 ppm, the company said it offers finishing capabilities not found on competitive machines including a single-bin 3,000 sheet finisher/stacker that includes stapling and hole punching.
All three devices come with CentreWare printer management software, which includes an embedded Web server that allows for remote printing management via a Web browser.
Available now, the Phaser 2135 retails for an estimated $9,149; the DocuColor retails for an estimated $17,499; and the DocuPrint retails for an estimated $4,549. Xerox is on the Web at www.xerox.com.


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Psychoanalytic theories
Perhaps the most influential integrative theory of personality is that of psychoanalysis, which was largely promulgated during the first four decades of the 20th century by the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Although its beginnings were based in studies of psychopathology, psychoanalysis became a more general perspective on normal personality development and functioning. The field of investigation began with case studies of so-called neurotic conditions, which included hysteria, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and phobic conditions. Patients with hysterical symptoms complained of acute shortness of breath, paralyses, and contractures of limbs for which no physical cause could be found. In the course of interviews, Freud and his early coworker and mentor, the Austrian physician Josef Breuer, noted that many of their patients were unsure of how or when their symptoms developed and even seemed indifferent to the enormous inconvenience the symptoms caused them. It was as if the ideas associated with the symptoms were quarantined from the consciousness and lay neglected by normal curiosity. To explain this strange pattern Breuer and Freud made two assumptions. The first was based on the general scientific position of determinism, which was quite prevalent in 19th-century science: although no apparent physical causes could be implicated, these neurotic symptoms were nevertheless caused, or determined, perhaps not by one but by multiple factors, some of which were psychologically motivated. The second assumption entailed unconscious psychological processes; that is, ideas continue to be active, to change, and to influence behaviour even when they are outside of awareness. One source for this assumption was the observation of posthypnotic suggestion, which seemed to imply that past experiences, surviving outside of consciousness as latent memories, could be activated by a signal from the environment and could then influence behaviour even though the hypnotized person was unaware of the reasons for his behaviour.
Breuer and Freud believed that the specific motivation for these neurotic symptoms lay in the patient's desire to obliterate from memory profoundly distressing events that were incompatible with the patient's moral standards and therefore in conflict with them. These events were considered to have been sexual in nature, and further exploration convinced Freud that his patients had had even earlier troublesome sexual experiences—usually seductions—the memories of which had lain dormant until awakened by a more recent sexual encounter. Freud reasoned that the earlier seduction experience imparted to the later one its pathogenic force. Freud at first accepted many of the experiences reported by his young, impressionable patients as actual seductions. He later came to believe that many, though not all, of the narrations were fantasies. Based upon this conviction Freud formulated a theory indicating that personality is shaped by such experiences as well as by other traumatic or frustrating events. He postulated that the fantasies about sexual traumas were expressions of a sexual drive. Thereafter in Freud's therapeutic method, the search for actual sexual trauma was replaced by an exploration of the ways in which patients' sexual inclinations, already present in childhood, were expressed in behaviour. Neurosis and personality in general came to be viewed as outcomes of conflict between sexual motivations and defenses against them, the conflict being rooted in early child development.
Freud assumed that his patients were motivated to ward off those fantasies that had an exciting as well as a repelling quality about them. Freud described various psychological devices (defense mechanisms) by which people tried to make the fantasies bearable. For example, in the obsessive-compulsive condition, which refers to persistent unwelcome ideas or recurrent irresistible urges to perform certain acts, such as incessant hand washing, the defense maneuvers are called isolation and displacement. They consist in separating (isolating) a fantasy from its corresponding emotion, and then attaching (displacing) the emotion to another, previously trivial idea; for instance, to the hand washer it is the hands that are dirty rather than the desires. Freud also noted that people who rely on isolation and displacement are otherwise characterized by nonpathological personality qualities such as perfectionism, indecisiveness, and formality in interpersonal contacts. To Freud the fantasies were the mental representations of basic drives, among which sex, aggression, and self-preservation were paramount. These drives, moreover, required taming as the child matured into an adult, and the taming process involved blocking out of consciousness some of the ideas associated with the expression of those drives. Other methods of defense include repression, a kind of withholding of conflicting ideas from recall; projection, the attribution to others of one's own rejected tendencies; and reaction formation, turning into its opposite a tendency rejected in oneself—as in excessive generosity as a defense against avarice. The basic conflict between drives and control processes, which Freud believed to be the basis of several neuroses, was also invoked to explain both dream content and the "psychopathology of everyday life"—the ordinary slips of the tongue (sometimes called Freudian slips) and errors such as forgetting intentions or misplacing objects.
These primary human drives, moreover, were seen to undergo transformations as part of psychological and physical growth. This formulation widened the realm of sexuality beyond reproduction, by proposing that genital activity does not encompass all of sexuality, because sexual activity can be observed long before biological maturity and can occur without leading to reproduction. The theory further proposed that sexual maturation develops in a sequence of stages as parts of the body successively yield sensual pleasure to the child, beginning with the mouth, followed by the anus, and then the genitals. Social demands for inhibition and control of the drives centre about the functions of these zones, and it is from this process of socialization that personality is said to emerge. For example, the extent to which the personality expresses power, responsibility, compliance, and defiance seems to coincide with anal expressions of the sexual drive and is related to the process of obtaining control over anal functions.
The conflict between the drives—conceptualized as a wholly unconscious structure called the id—and the drive control processes—conceptualized as a largely unconscious structure called the ego—results in the creation of a characteristic style for mediating conflicts, which is assumed to be formed prior to adolescence. While learning and experience are recognized as conspicuous factors in the shaping of these behaviours, the theory also gives prominence to possibly inborn differences in the strength of drives and of the control processes.
Among the controlling functions of the ego are identifications and defenses. Children are inclined to behave like the significant adult models in their environment, Freud postulated. These identifications give identity and individuality to the maturing child. Moreover, the process of self-criticism is part of the ego controls (Freud called it the superego) and acts as an internal and often unconscious conscience that influences moral values.
The Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung, an early adherent of Freud's theories, questioned the degree of emphasis that Freud gave to sexual motivations in personality development. Jung accepted the significant effect of the unconscious processes, but unlike Freud he preferred to emphasize that behaviour is motivated more by abstract, even spiritual, processes than by sexual drives. Jung also focused more on individual differences; in particular he developed a typology of reaction styles, distinguishing between two basic means of modulating basic drives, introversion and extroversion. Introversion was defined as preoccupation with one's inner world at the expense of social interactions and extroversion as a preference for social interplay for living out inner drives (collectively termed libido). The existence of these two types receives empirical support from most studies of traits (see below Trait theories).
The Austrian psychiatrist Alfred Adler, another of Freud's early followers, also disputed the importance of sexual motives. Adler described a coping strategy that he called compensation, which he felt was an important influence on behaviour. In his view people compensated for a behavioral deficiency by exaggerating some other behaviour: a process analogous to organic processes called hypertrophy, in which, for example, if one eye is injured, the other eye may compensate by becoming more acute. In Adler's view, a person with a feeling of inferiority related to a physical or mental inadequacy would also develop compensating behaviours or symptoms. Shortness of stature, for example, could lead to the development of domineering, controlling behaviours. Adler assigned a prominent place to family dynamics in personality development. Children's position in their family—their birth order—was seen as determining significant character traits.
Freud's emphasis on the developmental unfolding of the sexual, aggressive, and self-preservative motives in personality was modified by the American psychoanalyst Erik H. Erikson, who integrated psychological, social, and biological factors. Erikson's scheme proposed eight stages of the development of drives, which continue past Freud's five stages of childhood (oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital) and through three stages of adulthood. The stages proceed in leaps according to what is called an epigenetic process. The term epigenesis, borrowed from embryology, refers to the predetermined developmental sequence of parts of an organism. Each part has a special time for its emergence and for its progressive integration within the functioning whole. Each phase of emergence depends upon the successful completion of the preceding phase. According to Erikson, environmental forces exercise their greatest effect on development at the earliest stages of growth, because anything that disturbs one stage affects all of the following stages. As if controlled by a biological timetable, each given stage must be superseded by a new one, receding in significance as the new stage assumes dominance. A constant interleaving at critical periods—in which some parts emerge while others are suppressed—must proceed smoothly if personality problems are to be avoided.
The Freudian theory of development with Erikson's modifications provides for a succession of drive-control (inner and environmental) interactions. These can be fit into a schema of polar attitudes that develop in progressive stages of a person's life, creating a conflict at each stage which should be resolved to avoid extremes of personality development. Erikson thus evolved his eight stages of development, which he described as: (1) infancy: trust versus mistrust; (2) early childhood: autonomy versus shame and doubt; (3) preschool: initiative versus guilt; (4) school age: industry versus inferiority; (5) puberty: identity versus identity confusion; (6) young adulthood: intimacy versus isolation; (7) middle adulthood: generativity versus stagnation; and (8) late adulthood: integrity versus despair.
The impact of psychoanalysis
There is little doubt that psychoanalysis had a profound influence on personality theory during the 20th century. It turned attention from mere description of types of people to an interest in how people become what they are. Psychoanalytic theory emphasizes that the human organism is constantly, though slowly, changing through perpetual interactions, and that, therefore, the human personality can be conceived of as a locus of change with fragile and indefinite boundaries. It suggests that research should focus not only on studies of traits, attitudes, and motives but also on studies that reflect the psychoanalytic view that personality never ceases to develop and that even the rate of personality modification changes during the course of a life. Although the theory holds that conflict and such basic drives as sex and aggression figure prominently in personality development and functioning, their presence may be neither recognizable nor comprehensible to persons untrained to look for those motives. However, personality characteristics are relatively stable over time and across situations, so that a person remains recognizable despite change. Another feature of psychoanalytic theory is the insistence that personality is affected by both biological and psychosocial forces that operate principally within the family, with the major foundations being laid early in life.
The data on which psychoanalytic theory rests came from the psychoanalysts' consulting rooms, where patients in conflict told their life stories to their analysts. No provision is made in that setting for experimental manipulation, for independent observation, or for testing the generality of the formulations. As a consequence, although much of the theory has found its way into accepted doctrine, psychoanalysis cannot claim a body of experimentally tested evidence. Nevertheless, psychoanalytic theory provides at least a preliminary framework for much of personality research involving motives and development.


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Junior Developer Focus: HTML Validity
There are a lot of rules to follow when creating valid HTML. Every developer knows what it's like to paste code into the w3c validator and have it spit out error after error, some of which are a bit ambiguous. This article will help you to avoid common pitfalls and be more confident in how to mark up your content.
HTML Skeleton
Your code editor of choice may have a HTML skeleton that it produces by default. If not, the Emmet plugin can create an HTML 5 skeleton for you:
<!DOCTYPE html>   <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge"> <title>Document</title>
The important parts here are the doctype and the title tag. These must be present.
The doctype is required for HTML 5 pages. Browsers support HTML features independently of doctype, but omitting this tag can affect the way that the browser renders HTML. You may experience some weird behaviour without it.
The HTML language attribute isn't required, but it's good practice to have it here. It's beneficial for disabled users and it can be used in style sheets to change fonts and text direction.
The meta charset tag isn't required if your server specifies the encoding, which most do. However, it is usually good practice to include it anyway. If the server and the meta tag specify different charsets, then the server will take precedence.
The meta viewport tag will ensure that the page works well on mobile devices. Without it, a mobile browser can render the page in a zoomed out state and require the user to zoom in.
The X-UA meta tag is not required and is usually only added to sites that were coded for older versions of IE.
Opening and closing tags
You've probably come across tags that have no content before, such as
 and
. These are examples of void elements. In XHTML, these elements are closed using a shortcut syntax. EG:
. In HTML 5, you don't need to use the forward slash or provide a closing tag at all. Here is the full HTML 5 list:
area, base, br, col, command, embed, hr, img, input, keygen, link, meta, param, source, track, wbr
Also remember that script tags always need to be . Using the shortcut will break the page.
Content models
Each element has a set of rules that state what other elements are allowed to be placed inside it. In the past, a 'block-level' element was not allowed to sit inside an element that was 'inline-level'. For example, you couldn't put a DIV inside of an anchor.
With HTML 5, the terminology has changed and it is a bit more complex. Each element has a 'content model', which lists what the element can contain. Now with HTML 5, placing a DIV inside of an anchor is valid.
It's very difficult to absorb this information, and I wouldn't expect a junior developer to memorise all of these rules. Instead, this will be a gradual accumulation of knowledge through experience. Don't worry if you don't get it all correct straight away, it's not the end of the world. Just remember to validate your HTML with the W3C validator and you'll fix whatever is incorrect.
See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/HTML/Content_categories
Semantic markup and elements
When writing HTML around content, you should use tags that are appropriate. For example:
- Each section should be wrapped in a section tag.
- A heading should use a heading tag.
- A paragraph should use a paragraph tag.
- A quote should use a blockquote tag.
- Lists should use OL (ordered list) or UL (unordered list) + LI (list item) tags.
Don't use DIVs or SPANs for anything except styling. When using a span, ask yourself if there is a more semantic tag that you could use. EG: strong, em, small.
Correctly nested heading levels
When using a header tag, be sure to use the appropriate level. Examine the content and determine if the heading is related to the previous one. If so, it needs to move down a level. Otherwise it's a new train of thought and should be the same level as the previous heading.
There should only be one H1 and there shouldn't be any 'gaps' between headings. EG: H1, then H3 but no H2.
If an image is a part of the content and requires alt text or a caption, then it should be an image tag. Otherwise, if it is used for decoration purposes only, it should be a background image.
Forms and labels
Every form control (except hidden inputs) need to have an associated label. The 'for' attribute of the label should point to the ID of the control. Placeholders do not replace the need for labels.
You may have heard of WAI-ARIA and WCAG before ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtuna2AWvqk ) These are guidelines and techniques that can be used to make your website easier to use for disabled users.
Aria attributes are one of the main techniques that you can implement to achieve ease-of-use. These attributes can be used instead of classes in many cases. For example:
- Instead of using an active class on a tab panel heading, you can use aria-selected="true".
- Instead of using an active class on tab content, you can use aria-hidden="false".
- Instead of using an error class, you can use aria-invalid (with multiple values.)
- Buttons can have aria-pressed="true",.
- Accordions can have aria-expanded.
Aria attributes can also help disabled users to understand the context of form elements. A good example would be an 'I agree' checkbox. In this instance you can user aria-describedby to connect a paragraph of text to the form control:

Terms and conditions etc...
 <input type="checkbox" id="i-agree" aria-describedby="i-agree-terms"> I agree
Aria attributes can also be used to indicate that one element 'controls' another with aria-controls. This attribute can then be used by Javascript to fetch the IDs of the elements to be toggled when the controlling element is clicked.
Aria roles can be used to specify that a particular set of elements is meant to be a particular type of 'widget', such as the previously mentioned tab panel / tab content widget.
HTML is just a mark-up language, but there is a lot to learn. Especially when you take Aria / WCAG into account. Government websites need to be at least WCAG 2.0 AA compatible and most bigger websites, legally, need to be accessible too, so don't discount this information. You'll be making life easier for a lot of disabled people. If you want a job with a big company or a government contract, you will need to have knowledge in accessibility. The sooner you employ WCAG guidelines, the sooner you will be comfortable with them.


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Root: PHON
Meaning: sound
- euphonic (adj) (eu- = good, well): good sounding
While many people might point to a particular piece of music that they find to be especially euphonic, a sentence something like, "Here, have this large piece of good-quality, dark chocolate that's shockingly low in calories!†might be the most euphonic thing I could ever hear.
- cacophony (n) (caco- = bad): bad sounding, discordance
When the three small people and LCB decide to all talk simultaneously, the result is often a cacophony of words. Given the frequency of this, I take comfort in the fact that I can step out onto my deck and let the waves drown out the sound. It's the small pleasures in life, really.
- aphonic (adj) (a- = not, without): without sound or voice
I can't even imagine what life would be like around here if LCB were suddenly struck with aphony. If I had married the strong, silent type, it'd be one thing. As that clearly is not the case, a suddenly aphonic household during the day when the kids are off at school is more than I can imagine. And I have a good imagination.
Note: When I showed the aphonic sentences to LCB, he readily concurred with almost everything, but he balked at the use of the word "strong" within the phrase "strong, silent type." So let it be noted, for the record, that while my husband is not the silent part of the "strong, silent type" stereotype, he is in fact strong. And I am not, for the record, being compensated for confirming his strength. But I would like to be.


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Boys basketball looks to take back sectional title, faces Shelbyville in tonight's semifinal
March 5, 2021
After barely surviving the sectional opener against Franklin Central, squeaking out a 38-36 victory, the boys basketball team takes on Shelbyville tonight in the sectional semi-finals.
Last year the Trojans lost to Greenwood in the sectional final, and a potential rematch with the Woodmen looms in the championship game this season. That loss has stuck with the Trojans throughout the year.
Senior Landin Hacker, who leads the team in scoring this season, says the team was motivated from last year's sectional final loss to the Woodmen.
"It felt bad losing to Greenwood, but we knew that we would come back stronger this year," Hacker said. "We focused on working hard and making sure we don't lose this time."
Tonight's opponent, Shelbyville, finished the regular season 8-12 and depends on Mitch Yeend for almost everything. Yeend leads the team in scoring with 13.2 ppg, assists with 3.1 per game, and is second in steals.
Keeping Yeend in check offensively will be an important aspect of the game. Sophomore Marcus Ankney, who will likely split time with Tayven Jackson guarding Yeend, thinks team defense is the key to guarding Yeend.
"We will just play solid defense on him and make sure he doesn't get open shots and contest him when he does shoot it," Ankney said. "Yeend is the main guy for their team so shutting him down will be huge."
Shelbyville also has three players who average six plus points besides Yeend. Not letting those secondary options get off easy shots, like sophomore Oliver Sandman did against Indian Creek having 14 points, will be key for the team to advance to the sectional final.
"They all shoot threes so we need to be there on the catch and make sure we close out and make them shoot tough shots," Ankney said. "If we are all on the help side and our hands and we communicate then we will take their shooters away."
A win against Shelbyville will put the Trojans up against Greenwood or Whiteland, who play in tonight's first semifinal game.
Whiteland provided a unique challenge for Center Grove in the teams only matchup of the season, a 60-53 Trojan victory. Junior Tyler Cerny, who hit the game-winning free throws against Franklin Central on Tuesday night, says the keys to beating the Warriors will be defensive rebounds and limiting opportunities from beyond the arc.
"The last time we played Whiteland they made a lot of tough shots. They also grabbed a lot of offensive rebounds against us and that killed us in the first half," Cerny said. "If we see them in the sectional final, our priority will be to take away the three-point shot and also box out on defense. When they shoot the ball, we have to have the awareness to find the guys closest to us, get in front of him and push him away from the basket. We will limit threes by always having our hand up when they are on the perimeter. If we contest shots then it will be very difficult for them to make it. If we do those things, then we will have a great chance of winning."
Center Grove has also played Greenwood this year, a 35-28 county championship game victory. Last year, the Trojans beat Greenwood 41-37 in the regular season, but fell to the Woodmen in the sectional final 43-30.
In Tuesday's opening game of sectionals, Greenwood scraped out a 28-27 win against Franklin with Greenwood's Brock Kincaid leading the team in scoring with 12 points.
Senior Ethan Jones believes if the team sticks to their defensive game plan, they will be able to stop Kincaid.
"I think we've got five guys that can guard Kincaid, and if we come ready to play, they're gonna have a hard time hitting shots," Jones said. "We have to stay patient and not give up the easy play. We have to communicate on defense and can't fall asleep during those long possessions."
Sophomore Ethan McComb believes Center Grove will have to have a composed offense to pull out a win against the Woodmen.
"They played at a very slow pace and were solid on defense last time we played," McComb said. "If we play them again, we will have to take care of the ball and take great shots in order to win. We need to execute our game plan and not try to make flashy plays."
The Trojans offensive game relies heavily on the interior game, only hitting two shots from beyond the arc in their victory over Franklin Central. The majority of the team's scoring on the inside came from junior Tayven Jackson, who led the team in scoring with 15 points on Tuesday night, and junior Shane Bennett's 10 points.
"Getting to the paint is a big part of our game, especially when shots aren't falling for us. We really need to take advantage of our size in the paint during the tournament because not too many teams have the size that we do," Bennett said. "Attacking the paint and getting layups or getting to the foul line is one thing Coach Hahn really stresses to us and we just have to continue to use our size advantage."
Head Coach Zach Hahn, who clocked his 100th win against Lawrence Central, said it as simply as possible.
"We have to take it possession by possession and game by game to move to the ultimate goal of winning a championship."


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