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Airos is the brain that gives life and manages each Aisoy robot. It provides autonomy to our robots for making their own decisions, to know you better, to learn with you through new experiences and adapt its personality to you. Each Aisoy robot's personality evolves uniquely thanks to Airos. Airos 6 is our most advanced emotional system. It includes an improved dialogue engine to make speaking with it easier; a cognitive engine to analyze each situation taking into account what is happening in the moment, what happened in the past and what is likely to happen, as well as an emotional engine for making it feel and then make decisions.
Emotions - Emotional Engine
The emotional engine -Emotions- gives Aisoy robots a unique personality which evolves and adapts to you. Also, it allows for the development of other personalities for you, with other behaviors and knowledge. It can be more or less fun, more or less fearful and more or less naughty. The possibilities are endless. Each personality causes the robot to make decisions in a different way, always trying to reach the vital objectives defined by the new capability called Mentor. For that reason, each Aisoy robot is unique. And its behavior is too.
aia - Cognitive Engine
To fulfill its functions, Airos needs to collect all data about what is happening in its environment using the robot's sensorimotor system -Atmosphere-. That information is evaluated by aia, the cognitive engine, taking into account the objective of achieving a unique, personal experience. Because of that, its reactions could surprise you. They follow an internal logic. It is like using our common sense. When it proposes you play a math game, it is as result of its analysis which concludes that you need to stimulate your logic/reasoning intelligence and that you are more open to play that kind of game right now.
Coloquo - Dialogue Engine
Airos 6 allows you to talk to it more easily. It tries to understand and answer you according to its comprehension and knowledge level. We don't want you to talk to it about philosophy. We just want to ensure you have a good time going beyond the question-answer capabilities you have on your phone. Its knowledge level will increase with each update. In the beginning, the robot has general knowledge and then it will acquire specific knowledge about several areas (curricular and otherwise). Who knows. Maybe, after that, you could learn a little bit of philosophy with it.
* This capability requires Internet. ** It comprehension rate may decrease markedly in children under 10 years old.
These are not the Robotics' Laws. But, they are something similar. Mentor has structured a set of vital objectives that are classified in several levels: security, comfort, interaction, play and multiples intelligences. The highest objective is to know and develop your multiples intelligences based on how you use your robot. Mentor will try to complete those objectives daily adapting its strategy and building your multiples intelligences profile which you can see in the Aisoy Lab app. The more you play and chat with it the more real your profile will be.
Airos includes a music and sounds library which it uses as it wants to show its emotions which are sometimes reinforced by a picture in its mouth. Those resources are not only used by Airos. They are available for all Aisoy1 robots' development tools: Scratch, Blockly and Airos SDK. We have gone even once step further. Now, you can personalize your programs even more. Airos allows you to update that library, storing your own sounds, music and pictures. They are always accessible for use in your own creations.
Aisoy1 KiK includes several free games and programs for Airos that you can use out-of-the-box. They are designed for children of many different ages. They include several areas that develop multiples intelligences through play. Much more is coming.See Botapps
The new Aisoy Lab app is the ideal extension of your Aisoy1 KiK robot. It not only provides you the Aisoy1's Wi-Fi settings management, moreover you can use it as a robot remote controller.
There is more news. You can also use the Aisoy Lab app to know what games you have installed in Aisoy1 KiK. This will allow you to see them and run your games whenever you want. Finally, you can also code your robot using visual blocks. It is very easy to use and free.
If you want to learn to code using a computer you can use Scratch, the visual environment developed by MIT. Scratch is the world's most used environment (more than 150 countries) by children since 8 years old for learning to code, creative thinking, systematically reasoning and collaborative working. All these skills are key in the XXI century.
Scratch is available in two versions: ScratchX (online version) and Scratch Offline Edifor (desktop version).
* Scratch Offline Editor requieres the Airos Manager app. Click here for learning more about Airos Manager.It is available for the following platforms:
Ranging from storytelling apps to advanced voice-control systems, from a new class of games to advanced robotics utility, Airos SDK enables you to build your dream project. If you are a developer or you want to build your own Botapps, you can do it using Airos SDK. With it you can use all available Aisoy1 KiK resources for your programs.
We have created the Airos SDK to give you unprecedented access to social robotics. Powerful but easy to use, complex but not complicated, and whose versatility allows to use it ranging from entertainment to research projects. We want you to enjoy it and be part of our growing developer community.
* Using Airos SDK requires Python.Learn more Airos SDK here.
Update Airos is simple and free. Airos 6 includes many improvements and new capabilities for your Aisoy1.
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Well shoot! When I started to create my son's first-day-of-school page for this year I realized I had not taken a photo of him at our front door. At least I did have some photos from that day, of him setting off on his bike. He is in his sophomore year of college and we only live about 5 miles from campus, so it is easy for him to ride when the weather is nice. Again, I used Amanda's versatile Celebrate Life! kit.
Friday, January 13, 2012
CT Layout 2 using Celebrate Life!
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
CT Layout using Celebrate Life!
I always take a photo of my kids on our front porch on the first day of school each year, and then I create a layout for each kid using that photo. I started to do the same today for my daughter, who is in her senior year of high school, and then I thought how fun it would be to look back at all her first-day pics! Amanda's grid paper reminded me of a template I had that was perfect for the 12 photos (K - 11th grade). I used Amanda's new Celebrate Life! kit for these pages.
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Jan wallpaper
Hi, Lynn again with your Jan wallpaper. I think you are going to love Amanda's new kit Celebrate Winter! Plus it's on sale right now, and it has a matching kit for the Calendar Challenge Amanda hosts at Digitals.
Here is just a sample in the form of Jan's wallpaper.
Just click on the preview to be taken to the download. Enjoy!
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When considering both the past and the future of the scientific journal, one key feature of this form of publication that needs to be kept at the centre of our analysis is expertise. Amidst the calls to democratize access to research, to broaden participation, and to create a more inclusive and accessible scientific practice for the twenty-first century, it is easy to find the notion of expertise a difficult one to include in the new landscape of publication. It is easy to imagine the drive to author-pays open access as a form of direct access to expertise, enabling anyone to read the original papers and in some cases see the data generated by scientists and other researchers. But at the same time, this model acts to erase the reality and significance of expertise, by assuming that access to research is the same as access to the understanding or meaning of research—by prioritizing the individual need for direct access to a consumable material, and by figuring all forms of gatekeeping as essentially anti-egalitarian, exclusivist, and negative. This is an extraordinarily naive understanding of how research ideas reach a public audience, fostered by a failure to recognize the diversity of the 'publics' that exist as potential readers of scientific journals. It is not a mistake made by successful science journals, past or present. Nineteenth-century editors were acutely aware of the variety of reading audiences available to them, and in an era of for-profit science publishing, they perhaps had a more acute ear for the levels of expertise of their audiences, and, crucially, an understanding of the many reasons why someone might want to read a scientific publication. These audiences might range from the researcher with high expertise but low institutional access to libraries with comprehensive journal subscriptions, to the journalist with medium expertise and a need to translate research for a lay audience, to the lay audience themselves.
This erasure of expertise, and distrust of 'gatekeepers', has recent historical precedent. The long, detailed descriptions of counter-indications and side-effects available in packets of medication are a consequence of concerns (particularly relating to the contraceptive pill) in the 1970s that doctors were not acting as efficient gatekeepers, and were not providing patients (in this case, specifically women) with enough information to be fully informed consumers of medicine. Yet, amongst those concerned with scientific literacy today, there is genuine anxiety about the ability of many of us to estimate and understand risk; so there is a serious question here about whether these leaflets achieve what they were intended to—that is, to produce better informed patient-consumers. Allowing 'data to be free' does not seem to remove the need for expert communicators and adjudicators. Realistically, journals are therefore likely to retain at least one role: curating and guaranteeing expertise. Even where an individual cannot understand the contents of a paper, the name of the journal may still instil confidence. In a crowded information marketplace, journals can be used as a useful shorthand to sift and rank masses of—often unintelligible—data. The future role of the journal seems very similar to its past role, despite changes in format and funding: to disseminate research, to provide authority. Prioritizing one half of this role and ignoring the other will lead to poor solutions to the problems journals face; and critics who ignore the variable expertise and interests of the people to whom one might 'disseminate' are probably the biggest threat to a stable future for scientific journals.
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Something to keep in mind, though: if you're using it with toddlers or preschoolers to video call family members, keep in mind that kids that age tend to move FAST so the HD video - even at 30 frames per second - can look like there's a "shadow" or "wake" following their rapid hand or head motions. This has the potential to be annoying for people on the other end, but we barely noticed it. You can't beat the clarity and sharpness of detail overall, and for teen or adult normal use, I have not encountered any movement issues.
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Critic Reviews for Ddongpari (Breathless)
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Although his first film is only a partial success, Yang Ik-june is a filmmaker worth watching for.
Breathless pummels viewers with nearly the same ferocity and frequency with which the characters assault each other.
Amid the violent outbursts are moments of warmth and tenderness, some featuring the protagonist's young nephew, the best hope for breaking the generational cycles of domestic tragedy.
Blending a thoughtful cycle-of-violence subplot with a piercing study of how even the most hateful and isolated people inevitably affect those around them, 'Breathless' is a challenging, dynamic experience.
As hard-boiled tales of moral redemption go, Breathless is a right knuckle-duster.
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I do think this film is probably longer than it really needs to be. You could tell the same story about the cycle-of-violence and Song-hoon's search to stop his violent ways, due to his very violent and tumultuous childhood, as he comes to care for a young woman and his nephew in 110 minutes. It definitely should've been kept under two hours, it would've helped with the pacing and some of the scenes wouldn't have felt so aimless. With that said, this is still a pretty damn good film. Might be one of the better Korean dramas I've seen in a while, maybe since Sunshine and Poetry. I realize that might not be saying much, considering the rating, and it really isn't, but the fact that so many Korean dramas devolve into cheap melodramatic tactics in order to manipulate your feelings doesn't make for a good film, in my estimation. If you've followed my reviews, and why would you, then you know I can't stand the constant melodrama seen in these films. Which is why it's a great change of pace when you get a movie like this, that's surprisingly unsentimental. Yes, it has its dramatic moments near the end, but it never feels exploitative or cheap. I thought the story was strong because, while you get to see the worst side of the main character, through his physically, and verbally, abusive ways, you also get to see some moments of warmth and tenderness out of the most unlikeliest of characters. It doesn't really feel forced, because the character, until one very traumatic moment nearing the end of the film, doesn't really begin to change. He's still very physically abusive when he's out collecting the money his boss is owed. And he's still verbally abusive to those around him, but this aspect of him is more comical than anything else. Though there's times, where Song-hoon, after his father is released, lashes out more at those around him and his verbally abusive ways becomes a little more troubling than comical. It was cool seeing how Song-hoon brought all those around him closer together in a positive way, even after ***SPOILER*** his death. This ending isn't particularly predictable, because Song-hoon himself even alludes to it. Not in a direct way by saying 'I'm going to die', but saying that there's always someone out there that's tougher than you or more violent than you are, he was saying this in reference to a man that owed him money that was beating on his wife. And that's exactly what happened to him at the end, but not before he made, as mentioned, a positive change in the lives he touched. Again, it doesn't feel forced or cheap. It comes across organically in the film. And the ending, as in the final shots of the film, are particularly bittersweet, because, as mentioned, you get to see the positive impact he had on the people he met, but you also see that the cycle-of-violence will, in fact, continue. It has its flaws, mostly the fact that it is too long, but it's still a damn compelling, dark Korean drama.
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"Crazy bitch." A bitter and abusive debt collector finds some relief when he meets a high school girl.
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The film's destructive nature in depicting the circle of domestic violence is impressive, You can truly feel the main character's anger & there are some very interesting moments in the film but overall it lacks any ambition specially in its ending which is really cliche & dissapointing
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This is the moment we've been waiting for, explains award-winning media theorist Douglas Rushkoff, but we don't look to have any time in which to live it. Alternatively we stay poised and frozen, overwhelmed by an often-on, reside-streamed reality that our human bodies and minds can by no means truly inhabit. And our failure to do so has had wide-ranging effects on each aspect of our lives.
Under Track One, the USPTO has offered three,502 firms, and more than 1,278 little organizations the opportunity to move their technologies to the marketplace faster—accelerating the creation of new jobs and new industries. In the only 7 months given that the plan has started, we've issued a total of 101 completed patents by way of the program, with applicants waiting only about an typical 117.three days to acquire a comprehensive choice on their application. The program builds on the Green Technology Pilot plan that accelerated 3,500 patent applications involving decreased greenhouse gas emissions and energy conservation — at no price to the inventor. USPTO has also not too long ago launched the Patents for Humanity pilot program, which creates organization incentives for patent holders to engage in humanitarian concerns.
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Students may observe the use of the preytŏk method and learn its potential strengths and weaknesses before you are put in a situation where it is required. Write a journal entry on the subject and what you would do in the situation. The entry is due before next class. Thank you.
Having expended enough energy on a mildly unproductive investigation of Lord Vhalantru's manor, the Woosah figuratively passed the torch off to Ashton with his ability to fly and conceal his visibility. The Woosah considers corresponding with Kai Starseekers mentor, Damon Gnilevart, better known as Mistphane, on the concept of psionic flight. He also considered the ability to manifest an apparently automatic and passive mind-affecting power such as the sorcerer's invisibility. Another idea is that it perhaps is merely an energy effect! Yes, weaving the kinetic energies of light, sound and heat around the body from infinite angles, or better than that, creating an energy barrier that acts to transfer all energy from one side of the body to the other! The perfect invisibility flux…. Ashton interrupts his musings with a report of his scouting which includes floating multi-eyed orb-like creatures and a doppelganger, which the Woosah knew of and promptly informed the group of their textbook definition from memory. This enlightened the group as to the possibility of Lord Vhalantru not being present and likely impersonated. The decision to infiltrate the manor was made. Greyjek received the location of the doppelganger from Ashton and manifested a dimensional door into the room, allowing an invisible Karamus to strike first at the creature. The doppelganger possessed a keen ability to evade Karamus' attack. While Jarvyk and Karamus and Ashton were distracting it, Greyjek used the preytŏk method and dominated its mind in order to get some valuable answers from the creature with little resistance. Interrogating the doppelganger, Gortio, was easy enough considering the doppelgangers situation. Lord Vhalantru was below the manor performing a long ritual in what is called Oblivion.
Greyjek decided to open a dimensional door in the entryway to avoid the eyestalk creatures, but slightly misjudged the architectural layout, leaving Ashton in sight of the creatures. Dealing with the orc guards and the eye creatures was going to be unpredictable and Greyjek had used up his memory capacity for powers this day and could only manifest the ones currently in memory until he cleared it during his day's meditation. Using his power to dominate, he did his best to neutralize the mercenary guards for the group to handle them without being overwhelmed as the eye creatures had powers within their gaze and nearly paralyzed the Woosah. Fortunately, Ashton's fire blast destroyed all but one of the eye creatures. Turning his attention to the final, dominated, orc to extract some information, Greyjek is fascinated by his simple wit and ignorant interpretation of his commands. It amounted to the line of thought "if it does not constantly say we cannot do it, we can do it whenever it is not constant". It was like gravity yielding to the orc after he fell he decided to fly as high as he wants until gravity decides to push him back down, at its leisure. The beast did not interpret the Woosah's intent within the message. How the orc existed as a mercenary and not a purely chaotic will – the Woosah did not understand. At the conclusion of the fruitless interrogation, the orc slashed through Greyjek's shoulder as he stood there perplexed by the conundrum. The quick response from the Silver Phoenixes ended the threat.
Moving on with the mission to Oblivion, Karamus worked on the lock rather than searching each orc for the key and trying each key. His method proved much quicker than the common approach. Entering the wine cellar where the illusionary door was located, Greyjek manifested the power of true sight to counteract illusion, etc. Entering the unknown chamber beyond, Greyjek suggests that Karamus stand where he is to avoid toppling into a circular pit a few feet in front of him. The group opts for the old-fashioned rope method, however Greyjek is wise to his inability to negotiate that route and uses one of his recently acquired dorjes to manifest the power to levitate down, staying close to the wall in order to have more mobility than straight up or down. In the pit is a triad of zombies, nothing apparent psionically about them. Karamus destroys one to yet reveal a creature of unknown origin other than that it burst out of the zombies chest, from a extradimensional space of some sort. Greyjek's powers fail against the creature, its will being strong enough to repel the attacks. The rest finish off the zombies and the three creatures in a frenzy of battle. The exit is the next point of interest…


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Filmul "Octav", regizat de Serge Ioan Celebidachi. Dincolo de o distribuție de exceptie, cu Marcel Iures in rol principal, acompaniat de actori precum Victor Rebengiuc, Andi Vasluianu, Lia Bugnar, Ioan Andrei Ionescu, Vlad Radescu, Maria Obretin si multi altii, filmul "Octav" reprezinta o declar...
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Viitorul Roman Society va invita sa sarbatorim impreuna Ziua Limbii Romane. In memoriam Romulus Rusan, vizionarea filmului de scurt-metraj "Departare" (2017), Q&A cu realizatoarea filmului Teodora Totoiu, si concurs de epigrame.
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You are invited to a cocktail private reception, honoring our guest, Irina Margareta Nistor. We will share stories with Irina, find out more secrets from the times of clandestine trafficking of VHS tapes in Eastern Europe and the former USSR, as well as revealing details behind the making of Chuc...
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VRS proudly invites the community members to bring their zest for life to celebrate the 2016 Annual Gala Ball. Enjoy a night of music, dance and entertainment with great food and an amazing art raffle! The funds raised from the Gala Ball will assist VRS in continuing to organize cultural events ...
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Islamic Accounting Standards
Shadia Rahman
In recent years there has been an emphasis in the accounting world to develop international accounting standards in response to the increasing globalisation of markets and economies. Some argue that international standards will increase comparability and understandability of financial statements, save time and money, ease interpretation and improve the credibility of the financial reporting process and profession (Choi & Mueller, 1992). But the domain of international standard-setting is dominated by Anglo-American accounting thought, with most of the standards following the United States' practice. This practice is unsuitable for Islamic purposes, as Islamic economics is based on completely different considerations than is Western economics.
In this paper, it is shown why Anglo-American accounting practices cannot be applied in Islamic economies, focusing particularly at their inapplicability for the purposes of zakat and interest-free banking. The need for Muslim countries to have a greater input into the international standard-setting process, are to be highlighted.
Islamic economics is based on Shariah, the Islamic law, which governs secular as well as religious activity. The basic objective of Shariah is to ensure general human well-being and socio-economic justice. It teaches that all wealth belongs to Allah and that humans are merely trustees of this wealth, entrusted with it to realise the above-mentioned objectives (Quran: 57: 7). The Islamic economic system is based on the teaching that "no-one should claim for himself what is basically the creation of Allah, or the product of another man's efforts and skills" (Haqiqi & Pomeranz, 1987, p. 156). The system is therefore grounded heavily towards social justice. This is the basic difference between Islamic and Western economics.
In Western materialistic economies, the individual has unconditional and absolute rights over wealth and is allowed to use it as he or she pleases (Shafi, 1979). The individual's main aim is to maximise this wealth, and the "bottom line" in a western profit-making enterprise is maximisation of profit and minimisation of loss. In Islamic economics, on the other hand, individuals do not have absolute right over their wealth. Although they have been granted ownership over wealth, this is as trustees only, and they must use it only according to the instructions given by Allah. They must not wastefully consume their wealth, and they must give to others their due. For others also have a right to a person's wealth. The Holy Quran states: "In their wealth there is a known right for those who ask for it and those who have need for it." Thus, wealth maximisation is not the main objective of economics in Islam. The distinction has been nicely summed up by Crane (1981):
"Western economists generally cannot conceive of any measure that extends beyond the material world, whereas Muslims generally cannot conceive of any measure that does not."
One of the main aims of Islamic economics is that wealth, instead of becoming concentrated in the hands of a few, should be allowed to circulate in society as widely as possible, so that the distinction between the rich and the poor is narrowed down as far as is natural and practicable (Shafi, 1979) . Certain institutions are put in place to achieve this aim, for example, the imposition of zakat, a kind of mandatory religious levy on the rich to give to the poor and needy, and the prohibition of riba, or fixed interest. These institutions differ greatly from the prevailing practice in Western countries, and are not well served by current accounting standards, as I shall now discuss.
Zakat is one of the fundamental pillars of Islam: the second most important duty of Muslims. The word zakat means, literally, purification. Those with a certain level of accumulated wealth are obliged to pay zakat to purify themselves from the sin of greed (Haqiqi and Pomeranz, 1987). Zakat has been described as the "cornerstone of the financial structure in an Islamic State" (Siddiqi, 1982, p. 8). Its purpose is to eradicate poverty, by redistributing wealth from the relatively well to-do to the poor and needy. It is not a charity, but something that rightly belongs to the poor and needy. Thus zakat keeps wealth constantly circulating in society. It creates a society based on mutual assistance and, if properly developed, guarantees a minimum level of living to all people in the Islamic society (Alam, unpublished).
Only those with wealth above a certain limit (nisab, or threshold value, which is usually the equivalent of 85 grams of gold) must pay zakat, and it is payable mainly to those whose accumulated wealth is below the limit . This ensures that the distribution really is from the relatively rich to those who have less than that basic limit. It is payable only on surplus wealth, not that wealth which is in use. It therefore penalises hoarding and idle cash balances and encourages investment (Alam, unpublished). Voluntary charity is also strongly encouraged in Islam.
In Western countries, tax is regarded as an evil, something to be avoided. Accountants are charged with making the tax expense for their clients as low as possible without breaking the law. Paying zakat, on the other hand, is an important religious duty, an act of worship (Clarke et al., 1996). Trying to unproductively minimise the zakat payable is therefore considered sinful: Muslims are encouraged to be generous with their wealth. Zakat is to be regarded as a loan to Allah, which He will repay many times over in the world Hereafter (Quran, 2: 245).
Zakat applies to businesses as well as individuals. Muslim sole proprietors and partners are obliged to pay zakat on both personal wealth and on business "articles of trade" (Faris, 1966, p. 8).
Zakat is a levy on accumulated wealth, or the net stock of assets. In this, it is different to the predominant form of taxation in the Anglo-American world, which is levied on selected wealth increments, or income. But there is great debate in accounting over what constitutes income, and which wealth increments should therefore be taxable. A tax on accumulated wealth, in contrast, has a greater level of objectivity in its calculation and less room for discretion in terms of interpretation or political manipulation. (Clarke et al., 1996).
The rate of zakat is usually two and a half percent on the balance of accumulated wealth in excess of the nisab or threshold (see Appendix 1 for details). It is payable once a year The financial year may end at any time, but in practice most businesses end their financial year during Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic (lunar) calendar. Zakat is payable on "(1) genuinely owned, (2) productive, (3) surplus assets that have been (4) possessed for a full year" (Clarke et al., 1996). Genuine ownership means that the asset is free of claims by others. Productive assets are regarded to be:
Iqbal and Amerah (1990)
Assets which are being used or consumed, such as office fittings or delivery vehicles are exempt, provided they are not intended for trade.
Only surplus assets are subject to zakat. This means that if the sum of the zakat-able property owned by the business is below the nisab at the time zakat falls due, the business does not have to pay zakat. For partnerships, zakat is due on the sum value of property owned by the partners.
The assets must have been possessed for a full year. This means that casual acquisitions and perishable goods are exempt from zakat.
The valuation of the assets is based on the selling price prevailing at the time the zakat falls due. The zakat valuation is therefore parallel to the concept of continuously contemporary accounting (CoCoA), or current cash equivalent, which is the subject of much debate in Anglo-American accounting (Clarke et al., 1996).
The notion of "value-in-exchange" has been incorporated in the valuation method (see Appendix 1). This refers to the power one exchangeable object has for obtaining a quantity of another (Clarke et al., 1996, see also Hicks, 1942). It is simultaneously the selling price of one asset and the purchase price of the other.
Valuation is item-specific. This means that the person paying zakat should take into account the age, usefulness and depletion of the asset when valuing it.
What problems does this lead to when Anglo-American accounting procedures are applied?
The rules for zakat are inconsistent with the generally accepted accounting practice (GAAP) of Anglo-American accounting. Problems arise from the valuation of inventories, the valuation of accounts receivable and the concept of conservatism.
a. Valuation of inventories
According to GAAP, inventories should be valued at the lower of cost or market value. Market value can be either replacement cost or net realisable value, although it is usually the latter. In practice, this rule almost always results in "cost" being the balance sheet valuation (Clarke et al., 1996). For zakat purposes, only the selling price is relevant. This means that Muslim firms can not follow GAAP valuation for inventories if they want to comply with the rules for zakat.
b. Valuation of accounts receivable
Zakat is payable on net receivables only, ie. on accounts receivable less expected bad debts minus accounts payable. Thus, it is payable only on those receivables expected to be realised. But, unlike Anglo-American practice, there is no overall estimated provision for bad debts. Accounts are assessed one-by-one to determine whether and to what extent they are expected to be collected. There is no such thing as "doubtful debts" - the debt is either good or bad. (Clarke et al., 1996).
Anglo-American accounting follows the concept of conservatism or prudence. This concept refers to the "need to exercise care when dealing with uncertainties" (Statement of Concepts, paragraph 6.9). It states that extra care should be taken to ensure that assets and revenues are not overstated and liabilities and expenses are not understated. This means that given two possible valuations for an asset, the Anglo-American accountant
would choose the lower. This, however, is inconsistent with the concept of zakat. Understating assets would mean less zakat liability. But, as stated above, paying zakat is one of the most important religious duties of Muslims, and Islam encourages Muslims to be generous with their wealth. Therefore, they must be careful not to understate their assets or overstate their liabilities, and thus the concept of conservatism is not applicable for assessing zakat.
It is clear, then, that there is much difference between accounting for zakat and general accounting practice in the West. Anglo-American accounting standards would not therefore be appropriate for zakat purposes.
Riba, or fixed interest, "reinforces the tendency for wealth to accumulate in the hands of a few, and thereby diminishes man's concern for his fellow men", guarantees gain without risk of loss, and hampers investment and employment ("Islam and Financial Intermediation", 1982, pp. 110-111).
Interest is one of the main factors in creating an unequal distribution of wealth (Alam, unpublished). A fixed interest rate guarantees a profit on money contributed, regardless of whether the borrower has made a profit or a loss. Thus it is possible that labour and hard work may go unrewarded while lending of capital, which entails no exertion or effort on the part of the lender, and is not eroded or reduced in value by its use, is guaranteed remuneration. (Shafi, 1979). Those who already have money are provided with an easy way of increasing it, while those who are in need of money may not be able to break out of the poverty cycle, because they are obliged to make interest payments, whether they can reasonably afford to or not. Islam considers this to be unfair.
Other reasons for prohibiting interest have been outlined by Alam (unpublished). They include:
Islam, instead of allowing fixed interest, places the risk of loss on the capital contributed rather than any other factor of production. Therefore any money lent in Islam will be either purely to help another person, foregoing any notion of profit, or on the basis of sharing in any profit or loss incurred by the borrower. In recent times, Islamic banks have emerged in Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt. These banks work on the basis of such profit and loss sharing, and function without interest.
Haqiqi & Pomeranz (1987) describe some of the different profit and loss sharing arrangements which are used by Islamic banks:
i) Mudarabah (trust financing): The bank acts as a partner, providing cash to the borrower and sharing in the net profits and net losses of the business. The loan is for an undetermined period, although the contract may be rescinded by either party.
ii) Murabaha (cost-plus trade financing): The bank, as a partner, provides the finance for purchasing goods for a share of the profit once the goods are sold. The bank may or may not share in any losses incurred. Repayment may be either in lump sum or in instalments.
iii) Musharaka (participation financing): The bank provides part of the equity and part of the working capital for the business, and shares in profits and/or losses.
iv) Ijara (rental financing): The bank purchases a piece of equipment and rents it to the business. Alternatively, for hire purchase contracts, the business partly purchases and partly rents the equipment.
Many banks in Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia currently produce two sets of audited statements: one for the central bank and the other for shareholders and third parties (Tokunga et al., 1989). There has been pressure on Islamic banks in Saudi Arabia to improve adherence to accounting and auditing standards (Abalkhail, 1991). But as yet there are no accounting or auditing standards or guidelines specifically for Islamic banking, as it is a relatively new area (the first modern Islamic bank was formed in 1971). And in this sector also, as with zakat and governmental accounting, the adoption of Anglo-American accounting techniques can cause problems.
For instance, Anglo-American accounting is based on the going concern principle, which assumes that the business has an indefinite life. But this is not appropriate for the mudarabah banking situation, where the contract (which makes the entrepreneur and the bank partners) may be rescinded at any time. So in this area also, Anglo-American accounting techniques are unsuitable for Muslims.
It is apparent, therefore, that many aspects of the Islamic economy differ greatly from Western economies. Anglo-American accounting techniques cannot be readily applied in Islamic economies and thus, international accounting standards based on such techniques would create difficulties for Muslims around the world. For this reason, it is important for Muslim accountants to develop accounting standards which are specially adapted to Islamic needs, and for Muslim countries to ensure that these are considered by international accounting standard-setting bodies.
The zakat rate is usually two and a half percent on accumulated assets above the nisab, or threshold level. However, this rate can vary for different classes of assets. The general rule is that the less the amount of labour and capital involved in production, the higher the rate of zakat (Siddiqi, 1982). This is based on the belief that all sustenance comes from Allah. If less labour and capital are involved to produce something, it means that the rest of the input in the production is gifted by Allah. Therefore, a greater percentage of the finished product should be given back with the name Allah as zakat.
A classic example of this rule is in the rates for irrigated and rain-fed land. The rate of zakat is higher for rain-fed land than for irrigated land. Irrigation involves both labour to carry out the irrigation, and capital to set up the irrigation system. But if the land is unirrigated, then the necessary water for the land comes only from rain (requiring less input), and should be subject to higher rates of zakat.
Wealth that comes about through very little labour and expenditure is subject to the highest rate of zakat: 20 percent. Examples can include the finding of a treasure trove and war-booty (because in Islam, a religious war is waged only for the sake of Allah, and any wealth that comes out of it is accidental). That wealth which requires more effort but is still dependent upon Allah to some extent, for example crops and animals, is subject to a somewhat lower rate: ten or five percent. And the wealth which requires the most effort, for example the accumulation of cash (because the businesspeople take a greater risk of loss and depend almost entirely on direction and intelligence), is subject to the lowest rate of zakat: two and a half percent. (Siddiqi, 1982).
Table 1, taken from Clarke et al. (1996) shows the prevailing rates of zakat in the early days of Islam (around 600 AD):
Nisab (Threshold)
|Cash (dirham)
|200 dirham
|5 dirham
|Cash (dinar)
|20 dinar
|5 dirham
|5 head
|1 sheep
|10 head
|1 sheep
|40 head
|1 sheep
|Cereals, irrigated
|5 camel loads
|Cereals, non-irrigated
|5 camel loads
This, of course, is the basic belief. The extent to which people follow it is outside the scope of this essay.
This is evident from the writings of the early liberal philosophers (eg. Mill, Bentham, Locke), who saw the individual as a self-interested person, interested in the pursuit of happiness. This idea was carried through to Friedman's (1953) claim that the single most important responsibility of business is to maximise its profit.
There will always be some income inequality, in any society, and this is allowed by Islam to encourage individual initiative (Alam, unpublished).
The categories of people to whom zakat can be given are clearly set out in the Quran:
"But it is righteous ... to spend of your substance, out of love for Him, for your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves..."
(Quran: 2: 177)
Raw materials will be subject to zakat if the dealer deals in raw materials, but not for manufacturers who buy them to use in making finished goods.
Because firms will buy stock to sell at a profit, the price at which the stock was bought will be lower than the price at which the firm expects to sell it (except where the stock is obsolete, damaged or gone out of fashion).
As an example of this, one needs only to look at poor countries in South
America, which are saddled with crippling amounts of interest payments as
a result of foreign debt. The early instalments of any debt repayment are
made up more of interest than of principal, and it is this which makes debt
so difficult to pay back, especially for the poor.
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Congrats to Viktor, Vika, and Vinci on their weekend titles.
Especially Viktor, who has played so well this year but particularly the last few months.
A much deserved maiden title, Viktor.
He beat some quality players, including Jo and Baggy, to get it.
On the ladies' side, Vika took out MaKiri in straight sets, 3 and 4, to hoist her second trophy of the year. She immediately hopped on a plane to get her ass to Doha, but not before spilling some haterade in the Moscow airport.
And last but not least, Roberta Vinci picked up the title in Luxembourg, outlasting an exhausted Julia Goerges 63 64 for her third career title. Her reward? A piece of shit that was molded into a trophy.
Seriously. That thing is gross.
Oh, and Fed won in Stockholm and ties Pete for 64 titles. Whatever.
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The Beatboxer with the most votes, will win the wildcard for the Loopstation Battle at the Grand Beatbox Battle 2014 in Basel, Schweiz / Switzerland.
Support your favorite artist if he should win the wildcard!
Check his wildcard beatbox video right here:
Good job! Proud of you!
looks like even lil Ice is buckling to the awesome propaganda machine that is Gasu! at least this video is a little better but still needs lots of work!
Why you talk to everybody like you were the best in the world?
If you don't like the wildcard get the f*ck out! You so oppressive and shameful
It's not a good and fair way to decide a winner for a talent or art contests by votes on internet. It's better just only a reference or a small part of scores . The winner is better decided by the authorized adjudicators .
At first, the organizers decided the first 7 participants by their judgement. Then they did a competition in which 15 participants presented their wildcards, and the organization chose 8 finalists by their judgement again, so the 8 finalists are able for the public votation on the internet.
So, the organization has used his judgement for choose who can take place and who can not. From these 8, the social media power of each of them would decide who wins, and it seems that some of the participants doesn't have understood this. The participants with most votes are who have understood what the organization sought.
You're right !!!
台灣之光 :)
BiG Up!!! My man!
小冰 你快成功!!!我夢到你跟貝多芬合奏!!!
The non-elect always rage. In addition they must be all champions of their country and make lots of money with the beatbox. Respect for all. Lil ice not like and nothing happens. And the votes are too many and achieved in a few hours of hit. But it is not strange because the choice of voting system has provoked this war.
If the other guy is cheating, this is cheating too for sure. No matter if you say he is famous etc. I don't know how they do, cheat or marketing, but I don't believe in this votation and the result.
It's no cheating . Just only unfair rules for deciding winner by internet vote .
It's not a good and fair way to decide a winner for a talent or art contests by votes on internet. It's better just only a reference or a small part of scores . The winner is better decided by the authorized adjudicators .
and again TAIWAN???? deplorable..Here, the money contest?or beatbox looping wilcard?
What's wrong with Taiwan? You probably have no clue that most of your electronic chips in any Device came from there. Aside from critics to the artist, please at least respect people's orgin.
gogogo add oil!!!!
加油喔才貌兼具的一個厲害人 :))))))
冰冰 超棒 加油~
Good luck!
Feels like he gets votes because he's on a variety show in Taiwan and that overlooks his actual talent.
If this is beat boxing then what's the difference between beat boxing and singing?
you're very good
Lil Ice fighting!!!!!!!!!!!
Pride of Taiwan!!!
Taiwan is proud of you!
小冰 ㄧ級棒棒ㄧ級棒
Lil Ice ,my great son . You do it very hard . Hope you can be the one who win the wildcard . Thanks for all who give you the votes. May you can become the proud of Taiwan . Good luck .
Awesome! :) All the best! –supporter from Malaysia;)
Lil ice Amazing and wonderful performance !
Nice ! all Taiwanese support you~
You da one
nice :)
Add oil
耶!Taiwan beatboxer^ ^
U are so cool
Got the talents bro!!
Nicely done :)
You are so awesome !!
that is pathetic…
I didn't know your English is that good.
台湾万岁, 打倒他们!
if you can do better than him, you can criticize,if not please say anything negative
小冰 加油 :)
good luck to you!!
He is the most popular and the best beat-boxer in Taiwan.
If He was not allowed to the world battle, then they areally truly making a Hugggge mistake.
They will 1000000% regretted.
gogogo!!!! support !!!
booooring.lots of beatboxers making seven nation army.why? its old and its s***.
Don't worry about what other people said, Taiwan support you.BEST!!
In youtube only 5000 views and here we have 6500 votes? it looks like somebody plays unfair.
you are the power of Taiwan
go go go and good luck !!
Where is my post yesterday? this stinks. fraud.
Hi Manning. We had to approve the comments first. You can see your other entry now below.
You are perfect.
Only 1 sound and singing.. to boring…
How about you make some sound and let's hear it and see if it's not THAT boring?
It seems more a singer than a beatboxer. Not impressed. Many polls and computer machinery to catch votes. It is really boring.
Just to say, this is loopstation and not simply an ordinary beatbox wildcard entry. A much higher level of musicality is required, and I think Lil Ice showed a lot of that whilst also showcasing some nice technique in certain parts. Stop the hate.
Sorry bro but you are totally wrong !
Lil Ice is a great beatboxer in Taiwan
He has just played loopstation and sung for one month
This is a fair and public voting
If you feel that this is boring, you can just hold your vote
I think nobody will blame you
loopstation is a hard thing
if u feel that you are better than lil ice or other people
please show us and everybody in the world
then u can say the word
dude if u have the freaking guts then just be the man and do the right thing instead of back biting someone who worked extra hard and shined. If beatbox is only like you described that simple and easy just beats, then there need to be an innovation and evolution, which is what Lil Ice DID in the video.
bro you are the best
You go bro !!!
great and wonderful
Looks he worked hard
I love how he into the music ,
what an enthusiastic Beatboxer ,
Big uppp <3
Go Lil ice!!!
He is very powerful !!
awesome !!!
You are AWESOME!
His performance is really awesome!!!
Without a doubt,Lil Ice will definitely get the wildcard
He's sooo nice
He's a talent!!!
just do it~
I like ur loopstation style
He is really good!
GO Lil Ice!!!!
Big up!!!!!
Lil Ice from TW!!!!!


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"The goal was illegal and it shouldn't have counted," the 20-year-old told Goal.com. "But that stuff happens."
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"A Q&A session with several BioWare employees and community managers earlier today revealed the company's thoughts about about its parent company, EA, as well as teasers about the company's next title and content (sadly, it's not Jade Empire)."
What a load of bullcrap
They don't give you the freedom man thats the problm, ME3 felt rushed and the ending didn't help, although that was bad writting on your part. I mean fans give you a way out with the amazing theory they put out but you didn't take it
"I don't believe so but that is far above my pay grade!...Harby as he's affectionately called is just one of many many reapers. He was important in ME2 because he was the herald, the reaper who scouted ahead and foreshadowed what was to come"
Still you guys established him as the main reaper Shepard would most likely come head to head with so people didn't feel they were just battling any other reaper in the final fight. He finally shows up on earth just as your about to finish the fight in your final assault but then blasts you back with a laser. I honestly thought "Right this is it...it's time to battle that b*stard and finish him off once and for fall" BUT THEN we get the crappy ending. Harbinger just flies away, not even checking if you are dead, so much for being a intellectual being huh and then totaly "misses" the Normandy who is in the area...and even though he misses them, dosen't go after them, the guys who have been helping Shepard stop the Reapers.
Honestly if they went with the Indoctrination Theory they could of done a massive Epilouge DLC where Shepard wakes up after being hit by the laser and managed to win his own Indoctrination which sends Harbinger into "rage mode" because he knows he will loose if Shepard gets any futher so they have a massive level where Shepard needs to fight through another section of London in another final assault to reach Harbinger and have a one on one fight. Once you defeat him, he relises that the cycle is broken or Shepard realises that Harbingers defeat singals the other Reapers t fall back (or some ending scenario) and then a nice lovey ending.
.....sadly we didn't get that but thats what happened in my mind....thats how I will remember the ME trilogy ending.
for some reason i kept reading "pay grade" as "gay parade" lol
plus the indoctrination theory sucked, thank god they didn't take that option!
"Bioware: "The real EA doesn't hurt (us)""
So I'm guess the fake EA, the entity that fanboys fantasize doing no evil and the best company in the world, does hurt you?
yeah your right they only brainwashed you and now your just as greedy as they are


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Economics and the Good, the Evil, and the Transformation
In this two-part series, the Prague Daily Monitor and Prague Connect present an insightful interview with "economics superstar" Tomáš Sedláček. Named one of the "five hot minds in economics" by the Yale Economic Review, Mr. Sedláček is the chief macro-economic strategist for the ČSOB bank and a member of the Czech National Economic Council. He also spoke at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Mr. Sedláček will be the guest speaker March 21 in Prague at the Prague Business Leaders Networking 2012 event, sponsored by The Prague Daily Monitor and Prague Connect (see details below).
|Who is Tomáš Sedláček?
Tomáš Sedláček (1977) is a Chief Macro-economic Strategist at ČSOB. He served as a non-political expert advisor to the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Czech Republic, with special responsibility over fiscal consolidation and the reform of the tax, pension, and healthcare systems. He also served as an economic advisor then-president of the Czech Republic, Václav Havel.
Asking a fish what water is
When Tomáš Sedláček enters a room, he brings good energy with him.
And he's hard to miss.
Tall, with a healthy crop of red-orange-yellow curls sprouting from his head, he has a ready smile and likes to laugh. That's a good thing, because Tomáš Sedláček also loves to debate a weighty topic -- economics and its deep link to ethics and philosophy.
Hold on a minute, economics and what? Ethics? And philosophy?
Absolutely. Because to Tomáš Sedláček, the three are inextricably inter-related. And, he adds, so are economics and art, sociology, politics, law, and psychology.
It's not exactly a traditional view of economics, especially for a Charles University lecturer with an economics PhD (with honors). He holds the unorthodox view that the old, standard operating procedures – thinking of economics as a rational science, as "mathematics" -- have led directly to the current world economic crisis.
To help explain how "everything" is connected with economics "yet difficult [for us] to join together," Mr. Sedláček wrote a book about it, with the provocative title Economics of Good and Evil. It was an immediate best-seller in the Czech Republic (see box), and has recently been translated into English. It has collected a raft of rave reviews from everyone from Quincy Jones (yes, that Quincy Jones, the music producer), to Mark Allen, IMF Senior Resident Representative for Central and Eastern Europe.
The book's thesis is that, although economics is categorized as a mathematical inquiry, and an empirical science free from values, it's actually a cultural product -- a story or a parable, a way to help us in the effort to understand the world around us. So he examines how ancient myths, the Bible, pre-20th-century economists and thinkers, and even current films like Fight Club regard interest rates, money, or profit, and have gotten us where we are today.
The young, bearded iconoclast sits down with us to explain his ideas a bit more. He fires off the vital questions that contemporary world economies, in their rush to just make more and more, faster and faster, have forgotten to answer.
"Can we know the future? What's the difference between 'price' and 'value'? What is money?" he asks. "If you ask an economist, you will not," he emphasizes, "get an answer. These questions are like asking a fish 'What is water?' A fish is so surrounded by it that it doesn't even realize what water is."
In his typically irreverent but amusing language, he terms ours the Society of Expert Idiots. "Everyone knows a lot about a little bit, but nobody sees the broad picture. We've lost sight of the forest," he claims.
"Is economics really the 'queen of social sciences,' as we were taught in economics school?" he asks. "Well, a hundred years ago, sociology was 'the Queen;' before that, it was psychology."
He pauses to run a cigarette across his tongue, closes his fist around it, and forgets to smoke it, warming up instead to his thesis: "Actually, I'm grateful to the crisis. It disturbs us from our quiet. It forces us to find some non-standard answers."
He has been known to compare the crisis to a hangover: Financially speaking, we spent our whole paycheck on an economic bender Saturday night.
Welcome to Sunday morning.
Fortunately, the economics doctor is here to suggest some treatments.
Helpless experts
So, who has the magic bullet that can cure our economic ills? At the World Economic Forum at Davos did he find some magical cure among the experts when he presented his ideas as part of a panel on "Economics for the 21st Century" on January 26?
He laughs, the grin spreading across his ruddy cheeks. "It was interesting to see this high number of people so helpless," he chuckles. "It was an amazing array of limited creativity. But everyone agrees that this is unsustainable." He acknowledges that although "Davos is the Mecca of the capitalist parade, everyone has been humbled."
He pauses to light his cigarette and answer a call on his mobile. Then he shares a surprising discovery he made at the Forum: "the Occupy Wall Street movement's message outside the gates has really penetrated to the top," he says, nodding to affirm it. "We need new models now ... and the Occupy movement has had great confirmation, an admittance that we need a transformation, and the message must be great" if its aims are to ultimately be successful.
"Ten years ago if [I] said the green topic would be mainstream now, you would be laughing at me. Ten years ago, 20 years ago it was a hippie topic. But the green is now in the mainstream of thought." Indeed, look at the titles of some of the forum's conference reports: "Financing Green Growth in a Resource-Constrained World" and "Well-Being and Global Success" (which actually mentions happiness and family relationships as benchmarks).
"That's a significant new beginning," he says, but cautions, "We can't quite find [the way] yet; we're restructuring the whole model, and that takes time. We're re-thinking capitalism because we need something more." Indeed, the title of this year's forum was The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models.
"We don't need [just] a partial upgrade," he continues. "It's like you're driving a car -- you know -- we're asking the questions: Are we there yet? The car has driven us there but what if we need to climb a mountain and can't use a car? Should we change the vehicle? Do we need a different religion? Should capitalism become a religion?"
A religion?
"Oh, yes," he nods, "it could be a religion. To a degree, we're having a crisis of faith" and, after all, he explains, "credit and faith in Latin mean the same thing. The credit crunch has become a belief crunch. We're not making technical mistakes, we're making philosophical mistakes.
"You can't take a bite out of just one part like it's a bar of chocolate," he says. "If you looked at the economy only, it would collapse in a matter of months."
To get serious about a Great Transformation, he believes, "Economics, art, everything, has to be connected, all around."
Look out for part two of our exclusive interview next week: Transparently Untransparent: Tomáš Sedláček on Corruption in the Czech Republic
• Mr. Sedláček welcomes your questions and discussion at the Prague Business Leaders Networking 2012 event, to be held Wednesday, March 21 at the Kempinski Hybernská Prague
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Jan Logan continues to unearth fresh faces
Jeweller Jan Logan's passion may be cool diamonds but she's just as talented at spotting hot talent.
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Her latest catalogue model is Adelaide Clemens who has surfaced in small roles on All Saints and in X-Men Origins: Wolverine with Hugh Jackman.
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As I write this, Adlai is sleeping upstairs, and Koa is lying at my feet, cooing and shouting and occasionally puking or sounding like he's going to need to be picked up soon, to be wound into the Moby wrap, to be burped and jostled and rocked. But for now, my hands are free, and today is a good day.
The sun is out, which is a fairly new occurrence for England. I'm sure we say it every year, but this was the longest winter ever. It is May now, and it is 60 degrees today, and that feels tropical in relation to the weather last week, or the week before, when I was still making Adlai wear his thick coat and hat to the park…when we made it to the park.
This second baby – Koa David – I love him. But his arrival has nearly done me in.
For the past five weeks and four days, I have been tired a lot, and crying a lot, and wondering how in the world I'm ever going to make this work, what in the world I've gotten myself into.
I have missed Adlai. Those who know me even a little bit know that for the past two-and-a-half years, Adlai and I have been the best of friends. A week or two before Koa arrived, I dealt with the anxiety about all of that changing, and now I am dealing with the reality of it. We are still the best of friends. I hope we always will be. But there is someone new here now, and he needs both of us, and we have to let go of the death grip we have on each other enough to let Koa in, to hold his hand too.
I think I'm finding this harder than Adlai is. Every morning, when he wakes up, among "Where's Mommy?" and "I just woke up," and "Let's go downstairs," one of Adlai's first sentences is, "Where's the baby?"
And when people come round, Adlai proudly shows off his brother, and he always wants Koa to get in his bed at bedtime, wants to kiss him goodnight, wants to know when his baby will be big enough to go swimming with him.
The adjustment, for me, has been more severe. I thought I was still in the baby zone. I was not. The lack of sleep has made me impatient. The lack of time I have for my own thoughts or my creative pursuits has made me feel stressed and lonely. And the sharp drop in attention I am able to give Adlai at any given moment has riddled me with what I think is often called "Mommy Guilt," although it's a term I've always hated.
Again, I think I notice it more than Adlai does. I watch him play and feel heartbroken that I have to say, "Not now" because I'm feeding Koa or trying to make dinner. To be honest, he doesn't seem to mind as much as I do, and I'm slowly realizing that it's not going to kill him to wait, and he's not going to hate me for what I've done – that is, giving him a brother.
Taking photos and writing here are the things I would do when Adlai was sleeping for two hours every afternoon, but so far, by the time he is asleep and Koa is fed, if he's not crying and doesn't require me to pace the house with him, I have only been able to stare at the TV, to check if anyone has texted me in the preceding hours of chaos. And when those things are done, it seems more pressing that I make a dent in the growing mountain of laundry than pour my thoughts out here.
So that's where I've been. Figuring it all out. Sometimes basking in my achievement that everyone is dry and fed and still has all their limbs; sometimes weeping myself through the afternoons.
I know it will get better, a bit easier, a bit closer to normal. I know because I know moms who have two children and somehow make their lives work. I know because I know moms who go on to have three or four or five, and who would do that if two did not get easier?
The sun is out today. And I have written some words. And I have not cried. And everyone is alive.
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Reading all the news from Google I/O may have kept you too busy to keep up with this week's app news. We've kept up for you.
Each week we round up the most important app news along with some of the coolest new and updated apps to help you stay in the loop with everything you need on your phone.Here's what caught our eye this week. If you're looking for more, make sure to check out last week's roundup of top apps.
Google Assistant comes to iOS
Starting today, we're bringing the #GoogleAssistant to iPhones. Whether at home or on the go, your Assistant is here to help. #io17 pic.twitter.com/a6T20HwnU9
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Google is finally bringing its powerful AI assistant to iPhones. As everyone from Microsoft to Samsung comes out with their own version, assistants are likely to be the next most important way to control your phone. Previously, operating systems were restrictive in nature. If you had an iPhone, Apple controlled your experience. Now with assistants like Siri, Google and Alexa being an increasingly dominant way to use your phone, it'll be the company that has the best assistant that will control your experience – and Google has a huge advantage with its knowledge graph.
Instagram finally gets face filters
After a months long feature by feature cloning of Snapchat, Instagram's finally gets Snapchat's most iconic feature – the lenses, or as Instagram calls them "face filters." There are only eight filters for now, but Instagram is soon likely to have its own wide array of filters.
Messenger gets a new layout
Facebook Messenger has an all new home screen. It now contains tabs for Messages, people who are Active now" or online, and favorite groups. Theres also a new bottom bar for Home, Calls, Camera, People and Games. The Camera is a much more prominent part of Messenger than before, likely due to the Messenger Day feature.
Uber adds transit information to Android
The ride-hailing service announced on Tuesday that its Android app will now allow users to easily access real-time public transportation data. This means that you can easily plan trips like taking an Uber to the train station and coordinating your train times. Uber is partnering with Transit to provide the directions.
Yoga Wake Up is a Yoga alarm clock that wakes you up with a guided audio meditation or yoga sequence that's set to music.
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Whatsapp has rolled out pinned chats to Android users.
Medium launched professionally produced audio content, the first exclusive feature for paying members.
Finally, you'll soon be able to have YouTube parties in VR.
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Towards a Casimir Force Measurement between Micromachined Parallel Plate Structures
AbstractEver since its prediction, experimental investigation of the Casimir force has been of great scientific interest. Many research groups have successfully attempted quantifying the force with different device geometries; however, measurement of the Casimir force between parallel plates with sub-micron separation distance is still a challenging task, since it becomes extremely difficult to maintain sufficient parallelism between the plates. The Casimir force can significantly influence the operation of micro devices and to realize reliable and reproducible devices it is necessary to understand and experimentally verify the influence of the Casimir force at sub-micron scale. In this paper, we present the design principle, fabrication and characterization of micromachined parallel plate structures that could allow the measurement of the Casimir force with tunable separation distance in the range of 100 to 1000 nm. Initially, a gold coated parallel plate structure is explored to measure the Casimir force, but also other material combinations could be investigated. Using gold-silicon eutectic bonding, a reliable approach to bond chips with integrated suspended plates together with a well-defined separation distance in the order of 1–2 μm is developed. View Full-Text
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KAMPALA, Uganda, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni Monday signed into law a measure that toughens sentences for those convicted of engaging in homosexual acts.
Museveni said last month he wouldn't sign the bill but then backtracked because he said Ugandan scientists determined there's no gene for homosexuality and it was abnormal behavior, CNN reported.
"It was learned and could be unlearned," Museveni said.
While Museveni was mulling whether to sign the bill into law, U.S. President Barack Obama warned that enacting the bill would affect U.S.-Uganda relations, describing the legislation as an "affront and a danger to the gay community" in Uganda.
The White House released a statement Monday calling the law "a step backward," adding the United States will continue to advocate for "protection of the universal human rights of LGBT persons in Uganda and around the world."
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan several weeks ago signed an anti-gay bill into law in which offenders could be sentenced to as long as 14 years in prison, the New York Times reported. Jonathan's decision led to violence against gays across the country.
Uganda's Parliament passed the bill in December, replacing a death penalty provision with a language that called for life in prison for "aggravated homosexuality," which includes acts in which a person is infected with HIV, "serial offenders" and sex with minors, Amnesty International said.
Among other things, the bill proposed years in prison for those counseling or reaching out to gays and lesbians, a provision that would affect rights groups and others offering services to the LGBT community.
Amnesty International said homosexuality is illegal in 38 of 54 African countries.