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Eric Michael Schwen's Photographs from Europe (photographs)
Schwen, Eric Michael
Study Abroad Photo Exhibits
WLU Johnson Opportunity Grants
Spain -- Madrid
France -- Paris
England -- London
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These photographs were taken by Eric Michael Schwen during summer of 2014 in Paris, Madrid, and London. Shwen's travel was part of a WLU Johnson Opportunity Grant.These photographs were part of the Study Abroad Photo Exhibit on October 14, 2014.Eric Michael Schwen is a member of the class of 2015 of Washington and Lee University.Student statement about their experience: "I really loved my trip around Western Europe. The main purpose of the trip was to present my research at two physics conferences in Paris and Madrid. It was an excellent opportunity for me to present my research in a truly professional setting and learn about the presentation and publication process in general. The conferences were both international, but they were made up of mostly European physicists. It was very interesting to talk to the Ph.D. students from around Europe and compare the structure of European graduate programs with that of American programs. I am planning on going to graduate school next year and I am in the process of deciding where I want to go and applying to graduate schools. It was great to get the perspectives of current Ph.D. students and recent graduates. While the conferences were very interesting and informative, I enjoyed experiencing the culture of the countries I visited even more. While staying in London, Paris, and Madrid I visited the major monuments and museums, ate the local delicacies, and met the local people and their culture. I gained even more from the experience because I traveled alone. I was forced to meet new people and make new friends every day and it was one of the most enjoyable and rewarding parts of the trip. I would highly recommend that other students take the opportunity to study abroad or go on a trip such as mine. The conferences were a great experience and will be very helpful as I prepare for and apply to graduate school. The exposure to other cultures was amazing as well. Do not hesitate to go, even if you are on your own."


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In 1905, Einstein published his theory of special relativity: E = mc2. Energy (E) equals mass (M) times the speed of light squared.
However, Einstein was a bit troubled with his theory, as it did not allow for acceleration. He then spent the next ten years, trying to come up with a way to do so. In 1915, he published his general theory of relativity.
Einstein's theories had tremendous implications. They suggested a dynamic universe. Massive objects impacted space and time. For example, a person living on a space station far from the Earth will age more slowly than a person living on Earth. (Think about that for a while.)
But Einstein, like many other physicists of his time, did not want to accept the BIG implication of his theories: the universe had a beginning and it was expanding. The universe was not just a static void filled with stars. He even attempted to include the concept of a cosmological constant to deal with the problem of a static universe collapsing in on itself.
In 1931, while in the United States, Einstein accepted an invitation by Edwin Hubble to observe and consider his discoveries of an expanding universe. Most important to his discoveries was the tiny changes in the light from distant galaxies, known as redshifts. These redshifts allowed scientists to measure the speed of rotation of the distant galaxies. (Much like a police radar.) After looking through Hubble's massive, revolutionary telescope, Einstein admitted: "The red shift of distant nebulae has smashed my old construction like a hammer blow."
Einstein had been wrong about the universe. And his "work-around" known as the cosmological constant was one of his biggest mistakes as a scientists.
The universe was indeed expanding from a beginning point in time and space.
A cosmic moment undeniable.
Photo: NASA, ESA, R. Ellis (Caltech), and the HUDF 2012 Team.


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To look at it another way, Online Earning Apps are a means to make money online.
Earning money through online apps is becoming an increasingly popular way for people in Pakistan to make an income.
There are a variety of apps available in Pakistan that allow users to make money by completing tasks such as taking surveys, playing games, or completing offers.
Additionally, there are apps available that allow users to invest their money and potentially earn a return on their investment.
Whatever your financial goals, there's probably an online app that can help you achieve them. Be sure to do your research and read reviews before signing up for any app.
There is a number of Apps that help people to earn money online with ease.
Most students prefer online jobs in Pakistan due to unemployment.
Also, most educated people search on the internet to earn money online in Pakistan.
You can also earn money by using different online earning methods.
There are many other ways that exist like Freelancing, YouTube, Blogging, affiliate marketing, etc.
According to the research, In mobile users are 53%. And People spend 70% time on mobile, 5% on tablets, and 25% on desktops.
That's why most people like to work on mobile and wanna earn money through online apps.
You can acquire through the apps, submitting articles to a blog, outsourcing, data and research occupations, and alternate approaches.
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Let's know these apps in detail. So let's start…
NOTE: It is recommended that you conduct your own research before signing up for the apps.
It is important to check whether these applications are truly rewarding the user or not.
Check out the apps' reviews on several platforms to ensure that they are legitimate.
Conduct your personal research before signup and any kind of investment.
Upwork, formerly known as oDesk, is a freelancing app that is most popular in Pakistan. It helps you earn money online from the comfort of your home.
Whether you are a student, working housewife, working professional, or an older adult, you can get access to various jobs in your niche.
You can also withdraw payments from your local banks with a single click.
It is one of the most important sourcing applications in Pakistan, as it brings together purchasing managers and consultants from all over the world on a single platform.
However, when you want to sign up for Upwork, you have to upload your own photo, not another people or an actor's.
Because businesses want to collaborate with people they can put their faith in when it comes to important projects.
Can they see the confidence you exude in your profile photo?
Some of Upwork's Terms of Use require that profile photos meet a few specifications. For instance:
1-It can't be empty.
2-You must be able to clearly see your face.
3-You are not allowed to use a logo or a caricature of yourself.
When you upload a profile photo on Upwork, you can check your image with the reverse image search tool.
Because the image search tool is used for locating the source of an image, looking for content that is already out there, ensuring that copyright laws are followed, and debunking fake images.
Fiverr and Upwork is similarly reevaluating application.
This website is one of the fastest-rising websites in Pakistan, and it is called Fiverr.
If you are a student who is struggling financially, you may use the platform to design user-friendly programs and earn money online.
First, you'll need to build a strong profile and gig and then send an offer on a job you're interested in performing.
Once your gigs start working, so will your money-making journey.
On Fiverr and Upwork, several Pakistani sellers' accounts have been suspended.
As a result, the platforms have tightened their standards for Pakistani merchants, who are already having difficulty finding work.
Only registered users may purchase and sell on Fiverr, which is free to join. A buyer account is immediately created when you sign up.
Rakuten is a great app for making money because it's free, easy to use, and works.
With this, we can shop at any online store and get money back in the form of cashback.
When we shop online through this app, we can save money because it gives us cash back.
When we use this app to do our online shopping, cashback is added to our account automatically.
Rakuten is a marketplace where online stores pay the company for sending them, new customers.
If you use a Rakuten discount or click through to a store from Rakuten, the store will know you came from Rakuten and give you a discount.
We can also make money by telling our friends and other people about the site. Every time we shop, we get cash back.
Have you ever considered starting an app that rewards you with cash back when you shop online? Yes?
Make an effort to save money!
It is an online shopping website and online shopping application that offers everything on its portal, as well as incredible deals and savings.
It allows us to save money and time by buying everything online, from restaurants to everyday things like groceries.
And the best part is that the more purchases you make using the app, the more cashback money will be applied to your account.
Which you can then use anytime you want to your advantage.
Isn't this a fantastic application? Absolutely, it's fantastic.
Dosh is one of the apps we can use to make money by doing things like shopping or telling our friends about it.
This app works on both Android and Apple devices.
With it, we can book travel tickets, shop online, and earn a lot of money through coupons and cashback.
This app is one of the best ways to save money when shopping online.
When that amount gets to $25, we can easily take it out.
We can use PayPal and direct deposit to get our money back.
Inside the app, you'll be able to see a list of deals from stores near you that work with Dosh, along with the percentage of the price you'll get back as a return.
If you want to make money with your phone, you don't have to look any further than this app.
It makes shopping easy and gives you cash back every time you shop.
If you are looking for an extra job to earn money online then try this app Zareklamy.
It provides you with five monetization ways to earn money.
You can collect rewards for small tasks such as watching videos, engaging on social media platforms, subscribing to Youtube channels, or following accounts on TikTok or Instagram.
Some features are not available in the app, but still, you can use others in your free time to earn cash.
After reaching your payment limit, you can withdraw money via bank transfer, PayPal, TransferWise, or Payoneer.
If you are looking for the best online earning app in Pakistan without investment then try this app to earn money online.
It lets you win real cash prizes, unlimited money, and points by playing the game.
You just need to spin the wheel and collect coins to make cash fast.
The more coins you have, the higher the funds. No matter where you are, you can rely on this app to earn side income.
Daraz games: Do you frequently use the Daraz app to make purchases?
There's good news! As a Daraz customer, you have the freedom to play around with the application and earn money accordingly.
There are 1 rupee games available on Daraz, through which you may earn 10 percent cash back and receive arrangements and limitations on various things and services.
By participating in the game, you will be entered into a lucky draw for a chance to win a huge discount offer.
Using this app, all you have to do is keep track of a few brands and promote their products with your contacts via WhatsApp or Facebook.
The Daraz app, Pakistan's largest online shopping platform, may be familiar to you. The fact that this app doesn't require any investment means that you can generate money from it.
As a result of your efforts, you'll receive a dollar each day that you can use as you see good. Working on this app pays well into the thousands of rupees for many Pakistanis.
Ibotta is a money-making app that lets us earn cashback on every online payment we make and use it anywhere.
For example, if we pay for a meal at a restaurant, shop online, or buy groceries, we can get a discount and cashback from this app.
When we use this app to buy groceries, we get cashback in the form of cash, not in the form of coupons or other discounts.
Also, when we use this app to order our favorite food from a restaurant, we get cashback that we can use on our next order.
It now comes up with a new offer every week and gives customers new ways to make more money.
You can use PayPal to get your money when you want to cash out.
Acorns is a money-making app, but we have to put a lot of time into it before we can start making money.
You can easily put money into this app and make money from it.
It's great for people who have more free time and want to spend it on something they can make money from.
You need to have at least $5 in your account before you can start investing.
This money is then put into a big pile that has more than 7,000 different stocks and bonds.
Acorns will automatically rebalance your investment portfolio and reinvest your returns.
Acorns will make investment portfolios for you that are based on your goals and how comfortable you are with risk.
Putting the money into investments could be a good way to save for retirement, unexpected costs, or even a trip.
We can also make money by shopping online with this app.
When we buy something from a store that is a partner of this app and gives us cashback, we can use that money to buy something else.
Jeeto Paisa is Pakistan's first Augmented Reality Gaming and Social Messaging App. It is the most suitable option for individuals looking to make genuine money online in Pakistan.
It uses wearable technology to connect you to your surroundings and allows you to discover hidden riches in order to earn bonus points.
The games are available in three different languages: English, Urdu, and Punjabi.
Through this program, you may connect with your friends and family in a similar way, and gaming will become more enjoyable and natural.
You can get weekly mega prizes if you have a lot of reward points.
In contrast to other money-making apps, PomPak is a financial education app that teaches you how to be a more financially literate person.
Making financial decisions will allow you to land in a variety of challenging situations in this video game.
It is a project of the State Bank of Pakistan that aims to educate people on how to earn money and save it.
Additionally, when you successfully complete the game on this application, you will be awarded a Financial Literacy Certificate from the State Bank of Pakistan.
This is one of the best apps that has remained hidden among the general public.
Swagbucks is a money-making app that lets us earn points by doing different kinds of tasks.
These points can then be turned into dollars. In this app, we watch different kinds of videos to earn money.
Installing apps, shopping online, and doing different surveys that give us different points each time we do them are all ways to earn points.
The best and most important way to make money with this app is to use its search engine instead of Google.
For every 10 to 20 searches, we can earn points.
In this app, the very top of the screen has a button called "Daily Bonus".
This section has a "to-do list" with tasks for each day. Which we can do for ourselves and get paid for.
Online work and earning money in Pakistan are no longer difficult tasks. Apps like Google Opinion Rewards in Pakistan have made this easy.
It lets you earn money through online surveys. When you register on the app, it will ask a few questions about you and then recommend some surveys.
Each survey you complete will give you $1.00 in Play credits. Questions can be about your opinion about logos, sales promotions, or travel plans.
Like Google Opinion Rewards, it helps you earn money from online surveys.
You need to fill out surveys quickly and you can make money online from your couch.
It also rewards you for sharing your opinion. For each online survey you complete, you will earn between $0.13 and $3.25.
Let's start to learn it in detail.
Multiple Possibilities: Online money-making apps do not limit you to a small number of jobs, but rather offer a wide variety of alternative ways to make money online.
There are a variety of solutions available to you. You have the option of selecting a job based on your interests.
If you enjoy providing your opinions on various things, you can choose to participate in surveys in order to earn money from them.
If you are a regular user of social media, you can earn rewards by liking and sharing the app with your friends.
Flexibility: These apps do not require you to be engaged at a specific hour of the day in order to complete tasks.
You have the freedom to choose your own time and location.
It takes nothing more than a reliable internet connection to start making some extra money at any time of the day or night.
With online earning tools, you have complete control over your time and money. Housewives and students can take advantage of these to the greatest extent possible.
Zero Investment: The most advantageous part of digital money-making apps is that they do not demand any financial commitment.
You will not be required to pay anything to get started. Simple and free registration on the app is all that is required to get you started on your journey into the world of online income.
Totally Simple: These apps require little or no effort to earn money.
In fact, there are tons of fun tasks available to you that you can perform while having fun.
You don't need any experience to do the tasks.
The assignments presented by the applications are straightforward and simple.
SAFE & EASY: Money-making apps are completely safe to use.
You either get paid in-app wallet or get gift cards and coupons that you can redeem for mobile recharge, online food ordering, and online shopping.
Plus, you get paid as soon as you complete a task.
Other social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok, LinkedIn, and YouTube allow you to make money in addition to these apps.
These apps require the creation of consistent content in order to market your services and bring them to a larger audience.
High-quality material delivered consistently can drive you to the status of the wealthiest and most followed influencer in recent memory.
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Click2Sell General Reports Tweak
General Report on Click2Sell.EU members area were tweaked in order to eliminate one problem that all active members had.
The problem
Click2Sell.EU merchants who sell their products on their own usually have affiliates. Some of them have higher number of affiliates, while others – smaller. Once these merchants login to Click2Sell member area, they see general report of their own and their affiliates performance, so they can see at once, for example, how successful day was yesteday. However, the more affiliates a merchant had, the more overcrowded general report (and all other reports) was, because 'inactive' or 'dead' affiliates were still displayed on his/her reports.
Who are these my mentioned "inactive or dead affiliates"?
Such affiliate signs up to promote a certain product, get his/her affiliate link and after that he/she:
a) simply doesn't do anything at all;
b) runs promotional campaign for a while, but stops doing this after some time.
However, such "dead" or "inactive" affiliate still leave the product in his "promoted products" list, thus some time ago he/she were displayed on all merchant's statistics (General report, Daily report and Affiliate reports).
There are quite a lot of people who jump in to try promoting one or another product or just to test Click2Sell system and then leave it. So statistics of active merchants were overcrowded by such "affiliates/testers".
The tweak
Now let me tell you what we did in order to solve this.
Well, the solution was really simple: we removed all inactive affiliates from the reports. So now Click2Sell.EU General, Daily and Referral reports display only those affiliates who bring at least 1 view/visitor on a certain period of time.
This is a small change on the reporting side on Click2Sell.EU, but it decreased the load time of reports and the best thing is that such reports are much more informative, useful and easier to analyze for merchants than they were before.
As I mentioned it's only a small change. But small changes adds up to the big ones. And these small changes will result in huge gains for all our members.
Popular Posts:
- New Update – Faster Click2Sell Reports!
- Tweak: New Format of Buy Button Code
- The Balance: Heart of "Hybrid" Affiliate Management System


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12 May Do I have to download the mobile app to join an on-demand Video Visit?
Some organizations allow you to join an on-demand Video Visit without a FollowMyHealth account. When joining from your mobile device, you'll be prompted to download the FollowMyHealth mobile app before joining the visit. If you're having trouble downloading the mobile app, read this article. Once downloaded, you'll simply return to your browser and tap "Next." There's no need to open the app, log in or sign up for an account. We'll take care of everything for you. Here's how it works!
Step 1: Depending on your organization, there are a few ways you can join your provider's virtual waiting room. You may receive a text message with a link or join from a website or social media platform. Click the link to get started.
Step 2: Once you click on the link, read through the information from your healthcare provider. It will look similar to the below, but customized by your healthcare organization. Once ready, tap "Get Started."
Step 3: If you do not have the mobile app installed on your device, you will be prompted to download the app. Tap the icon for the App Store. (Also available on Google Play Store).
Step 4: Once either the App Store or Google Play Store opens, download the app.
Step 5: Once downloaded, return to your mobile browser. Tap next. The session will then open the app and allow you to continue.
Step 6: Make sure to grant the app access to your microphone and camera.
Step 7: Read through the "Things to Know" text. This is customized by your healthcare provider and will vary from the below. Once ready, select your "Reason for Visit" and check the box to agree to the Terms of Use. Tap "Next."
Step 8: Some reasons for visit may include a form. If prompted, fill out the information for your healthcare provider. When finished, tap "Next." If you do not see a form, skip to step 9.
Step 9: Fill out your information to tell your healthcare provider who you are.
Step 10: You will then be taken into a "Virtual Waiting Room" until your visit starts. Be sure to stay on this screen.
Step 11: When your provider is ready for you, you'll be able to tap "Join Visit."
Step 12: From there, you'll be able to see and talk to your provider face-to-face.


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Distinguishing between taxable and non-taxable gains from the sale of shares is notoriously difficult, as the large body of case law in this area attests.
So perhaps our Government should follow Singapore's lead and remove some of the uncertainty by exempting from tax certain share sale gains?
Singapore's regime similar to ours
Like New Zealand, Singapore is in a small minority of developed countries that do not tax capital gains. And Singapore relies on the same factors to distinguish between revenue and capital gains as we do.
The test for distinguishing between revenue and capital gains creates uncertainty. Recognising that this reduces Singapore's attractiveness as a business location and increases compliance costs, the Singaporean Government has announced that it will legislate to exempt from tax certain share sale gains.
The proposed exemption
The exemption will apply to gains made by a company from the sale of ordinary voting shares where, at the time of the sale, the seller has held at least 20% of the ordinary voting shares in the relevant company for a continuous period of at least 24 months.
It will apply to shares in both domestic and foreign companies. It will not apply to gains made by insurance companies, or to sales of shares in unlisted companies which are in the business of trading or holding land in Singapore.
Generously, the ability to deduct losses from such sales is not affected. Nor is there any negative implication that a gain which is outside the terms of the exemption is necessarily on revenue account.
Would it work in New Zealand?
Yes, and it would also be consistent with steps that have already been taken.
- Gains made by PIEs from the sale of New Zealand and listed Australian share investments are already tax-exempt. However, PIEs cannot hold more than 20% of the voting interests in a single company.
- Gains made from most foreign portfolio investments are subject to the fair dividend rate (FDR) method in the FIF regime, which taxes a deemed dividend return of 5% of the opening market value of the investments each year, but not the capital gain.
Accordingly, the only significant types of equity investment which are still truly governed by the uncertain case law tests are investments by non-PIE investors (such as individuals or private equity funds) into companies which are:
- New Zealand resident
- Australian listed, or non-listed if it is more than a 10% investment, or
- resident outside Australasia, if the investment is not a FIF interest for the shareholder (or where the shareholder uses the attributed income method to calculate their FIF income).
Chapman Tripp comment
The Government's decision in 2010 not to introduce a capital gains tax was based at least in part on the fact that the relative equality between the corporate rate and the top marginal rate means that, for New Zealand companies at least, corporate income is already adequately taxed without having to impose a capital gains tax on shares.
An exemption along Singapore lines would give taxpayers some certainty of outcome, rather than having to hope that their own views on whether gains are on capital account are shared by the Inland Revenue.
The information in this article is for informative purposes only and should not be relied on as legal advice. Please contact Chapman Tripp for advice tailored to your situation.


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Food Fight: Law and Public Relations in Pizza Wars
Brad Reid, Andrew Borchers
January 1, 2016
North America
Strategy & General Management, Marketing & Sales
3 pages
Market Share, comparison advertising, Lanham Act, restaurants, lawsuits
Copyrighted by:
Journal of Critical Incidents
Student Price:
$4.00 (€3.82)
Average rating:
This decision-oriented critical incident addresses potential legal and marketing conflicts in the restaurant industry based on claims of superior food or of inferior competitor products. The organizational focus is Pizza Hut and its response to Domino's in a recent comparison advertising campaign (Buss, 2015). At the time of this incident, Pizza Hut was trying to relaunch its brand and restore sales while Domino's was gaining market share. The critical incident looks back at a historic case (Pizza Hut v. Papa John's International) from the late 1990s with similar circumstances. The incident leaves students to answer how Pizza Hut should respond to Domino's comparison advertising, considering legal, ethical, and marketing factors.
Learning Outcomes:
- Evaluate major policy choices facing leaders in dealing with advertising claims by their firm and their competitors
- Recommend strategies for firms responding to competitor claims of superior food
- Evaluate the implications of silence in the face of competitor claims


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This year I spent two weeks of the summer attending the Summer Institute for Computational Social Science Parter Site (SICSS) in Tvärminne and Helsinki, Finland, organized by Matti Nelimarkka from Aalto University and the University of Helsinki, assisted by two TAs: Juho Pääkkönen and Pihla Toivanen from the University of Helsinki. I highly recommend it to anyone with background in the social sciences and interested in computer and data sciences, or the other way around!
The summer institute brought together 19 graduate students and postdoctoral researchers representing the social sciences and computer science. The program included a combination of computational and data skills and social science topics. One of the methods we practiced was text analysis using the
tidytext package. For a group project we analyzed a collection of tweets. Below is another simple exercise in text analysis with TED talk transcripts inspired by David Robinson's Examining the arc of 100,000 stories: a tidy analysis post.
TED talks are short, engaging and often interactive presentations from expert speakers in various disciplies, including the sciences, social sciences, business, and technology. The recordings are available on-line on the TED website as videos with subtitles in over 100 languages. Here I analyze English language transcripts of the talks using data available from Kaggle.
I start by downloading and unzipping the
tedmain.csv and
transcripts.csv files from Kaggle and reading the files into R. After checking the distribution of TED talks over time, I can see that TED talks didn't really take off until around 2009, so I will select a subset of talks delivered starting with in that year.
library(tidyverse) # combine and reshape data
library(tidytext) # tokenize
library(stringr) # working with strings
library(lubridate) # working with dates
library(ggExtra) # ggplot extras
tedmain <- read.csv('data/ted_main.csv', stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
tedscripts <- read.csv('data/transcripts.csv', stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
ted <- inner_join(tedmain, tedscripts, by = "url")
ted$date <- as.POSIXct(ted$film_date, origin="1970-01-01")
ggplot(ted, aes(year(date))) + geom_histogram(col="darkgoldenrod1",
fill="darkgoldenrod2", alpha = .3, binwidth = 1)
ted <- filter(ted, date > as.Date("2009-01-01"))
tidy TED talks
I use the
unnest_tokens function from the
tidytext package package to split the text (transcript) into separate words. This creates a tidy format data frame with one word per row, which means that instead of a dataset with 2063 records (TED talks) in the post-2009 subset I now have each word in a separate row for a total of 4,033,133 rows. This enables various analyses of the text, including identifying the positions and relative positions of individual words and sentiment analysis.
ted_words <- ted %>%
unnest_tokens(word, transcript) %>%
select(url, word) # select these two variables only
print(c(nrow(ted), nrow(ted_words)))
## [1] 2063 4033133
But first a little exploration. On average TED talks are 1958-word long. The transcript of the shortest talk has 2 words, while the longest talk has over 9000 words.
ted_words %>% group_by(url) %>%
summarise(nwords = n()) %>%
summarise(mean = mean(nwords),
median = median(nwords),
min = min(nwords),
max = max(nwords))
## # A tibble: 1 x 4
## mean median min max
## <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
## 1 1958. 1936. 2 9135
A closer look reveals that the talk with the shortest transcript was a dance performance with music and applause, and no words.
ted_words %>% group_by(url) %>%
summarise(nwords = n()) %>%
filter(nwords == 2) %>%
left_join(tedscripts) %>%
## # A tibble: 1 x 2
## nwords transcript
## <int> <chr>
## 1 2 (Music)(Applause)
Merging the tokenized talks with the information in
tedmain makes it possible to see how the number of words in the transcript is related to the duration of the talk. The correlation is close to perfect, with a few exceptions, such as the already mentioned dance performance.
ggMarginal from the
ggExtra package creates combined scatter plots with marginal histograms.
plot <- ted_words %>% group_by(url) %>%
summarise(nwords = n()) %>%
full_join(ted, by = "url") %>%
ggplot(., aes(duration, nwords)) + geom_point(col = "darkcyan") +
labs(title="TED talks: Number of words vs. duration",
x="Duration (seconds)", y="Number of words")
ggMarginal(plot, type="histogram", fill = "darkgoldenrod2",
xparams = list(bins=50), yparams = list(bins=50))
To see what were the most frequently used words, it's necessary to do some more cleaning otherwise the top 5 will consist of "the", "and", "to", "of", and "a". After excluding stop words and all strings with digits (like "100th"), the 20 most popular words are more meaningful. Interestingly, there are only nouns and verbs on this list.
ted_words %>%
anti_join(stop_words) %>% # eliminate stop words # remove stop words
filter(!grepl("ˆà|â", word)) %>% # remove unnecessary strings or obvious words
filter(grepl("^[[:alpha:]]*$",word)) %>% # leave strings made of characters only
group_by(word) %>%
summarise(n = n()) %>%
arrange(desc(n)) %>% # sort by word frequency in a descending order
head(., 20)
## # A tibble: 20 x 2
## word n
## <chr> <int>
## 1 people 15442
## 2 time 8181
## 3 laughter 7620
## 4 world 7521
## 5 applause 4689
## 6 life 4574
## 7 lot 3979
## 8 day 3594
## 9 percent 3175
## 10 called 3148
## 11 human 3071
## 12 change 2845
## 13 started 2679
## 14 talk 2618
## 15 idea 2520
## 16 women 2346
## 17 data 2338
## 18 start 2319
## 19 system 2304
## 20 story 2290
Applause, LOL
As shown in the "Top 20" list above, TED talk transcripts contain information about non-spoken content, such as
laughter and
applause. I will analyse the position of laughter and applause during the talks, calculated as the row number of that word divided by the total number of rows in the given talk (a talk is identified with
It turns out, not very shockingly, that applause is concentrated at the end of talks, but also happens - less often - during presentations, and there is no clear pattern as to when exactly.
Laughter can happen any time, but is a little more likely at the beginning of the talk, perhaps because some presenters like to start off with a joke.
ted_words %>%
group_by(url) %>%
mutate(word_pos = row_number() / n()) %>%
filter(str_to_lower(word) == "applause" | str_to_lower(word) == "laughter") %>%
ggplot(., aes(word_pos, col = word)) +
scale_color_manual(values=c("darkcyan", "darkgoldenrod2")) +
geom_freqpoly(size = 1.5) + xlim(0, 1) +
labs(title="Relative position of applause and laughter",
x="Position", y="Count")
The final thing I want to see is how the sentiment of the content changes within talks, using sentiment analysis. On average sentiment is positive throughout and increases sharply towards the end, in line with the general idea of TED talks as spreading ideas, optimism, and inspiration.
ted_words %>%
group_by(url) %>%
mutate(word_pos = row_number() / n(),
decile = ceiling(word_pos * 10) / 10) %>%
group_by(decile, word) %>%
summarise(n = n()) %>%
inner_join(get_sentiments("afinn"), by = "word") %>%
group_by(decile) %>%
summarize(score = sum(score * n) / sum(n)) %>%
ggplot(aes(decile, score)) +
geom_line(size = 1.5, col = "darkcyan") +
expand_limits(y = 0) +
labs(x = "Position",
y = "Mean AFINN sentiment score")
The TED talk dataset on Kaggle contains more information that would be interesting to analyze, including tags (key words), ratings, the number of comments, but that's material for another post, perhaps.


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Well, Landauer Publishing has done it again. Here is another in their Basics and Beyond series.
This 128-page book, written by Shannon Dennis has that wonderful spiral binding that lays flat. Love that in a book!
In the first section Shannon includes over 50 fundamental techniques including stitching, hemming, construction, trims and embellishments, closures and quilt making. She also covers the basic parts and functions of the sewing machine. As you can see by the following pictures, each technique includes clear directions with great pictures.
The projects section includes step-by-step instructions for making home decor for all around the house. Some of these projects include duvet covers, window treatments, chair covers, table settings and decorative pillows. There is also instructions on making a pet bed.
This book is true to it's title – the basics and beyond information. But WAIT! I've not mentioned the DVD. On this 45-minute DVD the author goes over the techniques in the book with clear and easy to follow instructions. I always like to see any techniques demonstrated on video. Seems like that's easier for me to learn.
This is a great basic sewing book for beginners and those who want to expand their sewing to home decor, or a refresher course for those seasoned seamstresses. For me, this is a nice addition to my other Basics and Beyond books. I'd like to make some curtains for this room and I do love that cat bed. Looks like more stuff to add to my "To Do" list.
Sewing Home Decor is available at your favorite bookstore, quilt shop or online from Landauer Publishing.
Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher for review purposes. The opinions expressed here are 100% my own. I was under no obligation to offer a positive review and received no monetary compensation.


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HOUSTON – It's terrifying enough, being thrust suddenly into deep, floodwater. Even if you're a strong swimmer, the shock of the water hitting your face can cause you to panic. But what if you don't even know how to swim?
Channel 2 Investigates decided to team up with Jim Napolitano, a former U.S. Secret Service Agent, who served on President George Bush's water rescue detail.
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"Rushing water is an indiscriminate killer. It will take whatever it wants with it, it will take your life if it can," says Napolitano.
Napolitano says if you are trapped in rising floodwater, you have make your way to shore somehow, and you can use the rushing water to help you do that.
These are Napolitano's four steps to escaping floodwater alive:
1) Don't take your shoes off, they are important protection.
"We don't want to take our shoes off, we probably can't get them off anyway, and by trying to remove them, we are probably going to drown or at least slip and fall and may become trapped by rocks and debris beneath our feet," Napolitano says.
2) Pick your legs up and thrust them out in front of you and lay back on the water.
"You want to stick your legs straight out, and that will allow you to float on the water. Let the current of the water carry you," says Napolitano.
3) Use your feet to steer. Wherever you point your feet, you will travel. So point your feet toward the shore, or dry land.
4) When you reach shore, pull yourself up and simply roll your body up the embankment.
"You won't be able to climb out of the water like you climb out of a pool, so do not try, just roll yourself like a seal would up onto dry land," Napolitano says.
But what if you are caught inside your vehicle when the floodwater arrives?
Napolitano has another four steps to escaping from a car trapped in deep floodwater.
"The first thing is to push that button on your seat belt and get the belt off of you and everyone else in the car; believe it or not a lot of people forget to do that," Napolitano says.
2) Open your window.
If the electrical system is out, you have to break that window out by using a window break tool, available in many hardware stores and even some liquor package stores. The tool costs just $10 and can be kept on your key chain.
3) Get out! Climb out the window.
"It's not as easy as it sounds, but you have to get out that window, the doors will not open with all of that water surrounding the car," Napolitano says.
4) Lean back and let yourself fall into the water.
"If the water is high enough, and only if the water is high enough, you can simply lean back and fall into the water and try to float on the surface," Napolitano says.


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Dunno. But I bet the nine-hundred-fifty dollar wicker backpacks are not helping. The Nantucket backpack is a warmup for the peek around "Sag Harbor's most tasteful store." Evidently, the Times stylebook is changing, as "tasteful" is clearly some kooky rhyming slang for "indescribably vulgar." Store proprietor Mona
Nerenberg entertains in the shop's pea-grit courtyard. ''I've had more parties there than anywhere else,'' she says. ''It's like the South of France in the middle of Sag Harbor.'' Her soirees are always illuminated by candlelight. ''One of my customers found this nickel-plated lantern'' -- $450 -- ''for me in Mexico. It's about three feet high, which makes it very dramatic. I like to group a few of them together.''
$1,200 worth of mexican lanterns? That's, like, enough for a whole backpack, with enough left over for some plates by "British Ceramist Brickett Davida." No disrespect, Mr. Meloy, but that "-ist" suffix is rapidly becoming synonymous with "wanker." DJ/DeeJay? Sure. "Turntablist?" Less so. Also:
Nerenberg likes to drag an antique dining table outside and place gleaming, silver-plated pitchers of vodka gimlets along its length. To make a gimlet, combine 1 1/2 ounces Grey Goose or Absolut vodka, 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice and 3 tablespoons Rose's lime juice in a shaker. Shake and serve over ice.
Similarly, the Cod likes to drag an upholstered recliner out on to the porch and use a cooler full of Schlitz as an ottoman. If you do want to make a gimlet, leave the Grey Goose for the babysitter to take to prom, and throw the limes at the neighbors. What you need is gin, (Chris Kimball says Gordon's is fine, so there) and Rose's. Follow the directions on the Rose's. The so-called vodka gimlet is a fraud of chicken caesar proportions. That way lies the Denver Omelette, but with white radishes, fleur de sel and $35 votive holders instead of ham, onions and peppers. You have to imagine these guys could get you a better deal on votives. Finally:
After dinner, Nerenberg gives guests a little time to relax before she puts on the ''Summer of Sam'' soundtrack, cranking it up on her Bose 151 SE outdoor speakers (in white, natch); $278. Go to www.bose.com. Like all good party givers, she knows it's not a real party until the dancing begins.
I checked it out, and it is certainly a cromulent collection of tunes focusgrouped to get the heirs of the Greatest Generation shaking their botoxed asses, but you'd think that folks would get tired of the "The Best of My Love" eventually, and the party, and dancing will stop. Mona, allow me to suggest this beguiling Fannypack remix available from Mr. Fake ID the next time you drag those tables out into your pea-girt yard. Alternatively, you could do far worse than to borrow some old new jack swing CDs from your aesthetician, but give that soundtrack a rest. I thank you. The Herricanes thank you.


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Answered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam
Question:Assalam alaykum,
I am a woman. If my hair are long and not braided, must all the hair be washed, or the roots and the scalp also suffice?
Answer: Wa alaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,
The exception pertains to braided hair because of the dispensation granted by the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) to women.
Otherwise, the obligation to wash the entire body remains, and having long hair would not be a sufficient excuse to wash only the roots on the head.
However, you could simply braid your hair quickly right before showering as being somebody who regular braids their hair is not a condition for the aforementioned ruling to apply.
Please see the following answers for further detail: Is It Obligatory for Women to Wash All Their Hair After Intercourse? and: Can a Woman Braid Her Hair Just Before Performing a Ghusl to Avoid to Wash All of It?
And Allah Most High alone knows best.
Tabraze Azam
Checked & Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani


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Anna Hayford, the wife of Pastor Jack Hayford, founding pastor of The Church On the Way in Van Nuys, California, died peacefully early today (March 8) at their home in Granada Hills, California, with her husband at her side. She had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer about a year ago. She was 83.
"The family began seeking the Lord for His direction for treatment. Believing and contending for healing, while pursuing the best of medical care, Anna has lived this last year without pain, and in peace that her future—her eternity—was fully in the Lord's hands," a press release sent to The Church On the Way members read. "Today, the family stands at peace that her healing was accomplished through the shed blood of our Savior, Jesus Christ, as He took hold of Anna's hand and ushered her into eternity."
Born on March 31, 1933 in North Platte, Nebraska, she is survived by her husband of 62 years and her four children: Rebecca Bauer, Jack III, Mark and Christa Andersen; along with 11 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and four more on the way.
A licensed Foursquare minister, she pastored alongside her husband for 60 years. They served at The Church On The Way in Van Nuys, California, for 31 years, during which time the congregation grew to 10,000 members.
Known as a strong woman in her faith, Anna was gracious and hospitable. The press release said she was "loved and admired by everyone. Often referred to as a gentle strength alongside her husband, she was a formidable leader in her own right, with a ministry that touched the lives of thousands."
A viewing is available on Thursday, March 16 from 5–9 p.m. at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills, located at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90068. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 18 at 1 p.m. at The Church On The Way in The Living Room, located at 14300 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, CA 91405.
"We are all, family and friends alike, grateful to God for the time He has allowed us to enjoy the wonderful gift of Anna Hayford. Living under the sovereign timing of God allows us to experience His unfathomable mercy and enjoy the rich rewards of His immeasurable grace. Anna's life verse brings comfort to all during this time: 'The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him' (Nah. 1:7)," the press release read.
It continued, "Anna Hayford will be greatly missed on this side of eternity. Pastor Jack, along with each of their four children are grateful for God's grace during this time, and today they are rejoicing over her peaceful and victorious home-going."
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A-Level Philosophy provides you with a broad introduction to the study of Philosophy. The Philosophy specification asks these fundamental questions:
- What can we know?
- Can the existence of God be proved?
- How do we make moral decisions?
- Are my mind and body separate?
Year one content
In the first year, two units are studied. These are as follows:
Includes discussion of the nature and origins of morality, where a variety of normative ethical theories are studied (e.g. Utilitarianism, Kantian Ethics) along with meta-ethics and questions concerning the meaning and status of ethical language.
Includes discussion of the origin of concepts and the nature of knowledge: where do ideas/concepts and knowledge come from? What is knowledge? How is it different from belief?
Year two content
In the second year, two units are studied. These are as follows:
Metaphysics of God
Includes discussion of the concept of God; arguments relating to the existence of God; the problem of evil and the nature and status of religious language.
Metaphysics of Mind
Includes discussion of the mind–body problem: What is the relationship between the mental and the physical? Can a machine think/have a mind? A range of dualist, materialist and functionalist perspectives are explored.
Additional information
The course is designed to allow you to do the following:
- Develop a range of transferable skills which can be applied far beyond the study of Philosophy
- Gain a thorough grounding in key philosophical concepts, themes, texts and techniques
- Develop the ability to reason, form your own judgements, express yourself coherently and contribute to the process of debate.
You will be offered revision workshops as a core part of this course. In addition, there will be opportunities for you to hear from a range of guest speakers and the potential for trips.
Assessment is comprised of two written examinations to be taken at the end of the second year: both are 3 hours in length. The first one covers first year content (epistemology and ethics) and the second covers the second year content (metaphysics of God and metaphysics of mind).
Some of our subjects are subject to standard entry requirement and some have additional requirements. Please see below:
Subject specific entry requirements
- 5 in English (Literature or Language)
Standard entry requirements
- At least five GCSEs at grades 9-4 including English Language and Maths (one Vocational or Technical qualification at Merit or above may be counted)
- At least grade 4 (or Merit for Vocational or Technical qualifications) in any subject(s) that you have taken at GCSE and wish to continue studying at Level 3
- Average GCSE (best 8) of at least 4 (38 on the old points table)
- Grade 4 (or Merit), at least, in any subject previously studied
- Students will take either 3 A-Level subjects or 1 Diploma subject with 1 A-Level
Applications are now closed
Thank you for your interest in The Bedford Sixth Form. Due to unprecedented demand we have had to close our applications for our courses.


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How often do we wake up to boring and dull colors in our home and wish for a change of color on the walls? You can bring more colour to your home with vibrant looking wall paint designs for every occasion.
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Now I know some people will tell you it's the yellow lighters you have to watch out for, but I have some troubling news for you. If you peel that yellow label off, you know what's underneath? I guess we're all white on the inside.
Also my apologies for not updating in a few weeks. I've been working with someone on a chronic-themed digital comic book titled "Chronic Comics." There'll be more news on that soon, but in the meantime you can check out our twitter page here for news and some sneak peeks. Stay tuned!
Tumble Dry Comics: Nobody said sticking it to the man would taste good.


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|National Housing and Construction Company Limited
15 Machine Operator – Double Drum roller jobs
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2022 - 2023
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary: UGX
No. of vacancies: 15
Deadline: 14 April 2022
Hiring Organization: National Housing and Construction Company Limited
Job Details:
National Housing and Construction Company Limited is Uganda's Leading Real Estate Developer with fifty-seven (57) years of experience in developing, building and managing housing Estates for sell or let at economic rates. The Company, seeks to strategically place itself as the lead National Company in infrastructure development with a view of being a major player in the realization of the National Strategic development goals and strategies thereof.
National Housing has synchronized various productive Strategic Partnerships and engagements with focus on enhancing infrastructure development in the country and strengthened its capacity as a Construction Company so as to broaden its range of services within the infrastructure development arena.
Accordingly, through various strategic collaborative partnerships and with support from different stakeholders within the industry, National Housing will over the next five (5) years look to grow its portfolio to a Class- A Contractor so as to broaden its range of services within the infrastructure development arena and place itself as a major player in Public Infrastructure development.
The Company, now seeks to recruit and create talented and sustainable Human Resource Pool of Professionals, with high levels of Integrity, dedication and commitment, geared towards driving the Company generated business, both in the short and long term. The staff will work as part of an exciting team with a vision of becoming better professionals and execute the Company's mandate. The successful candidates will be engaged as and when the respective projects are rolled out.
Applications are therefore invited from suitably qualified persons to fill the following Positions;
Post: Machine Operator – Double Drum roller
No. of Vacancies: Fifteen (15) Vacancies
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
a) Operate allocated drum roller to perform company works as allocated
b) Endeavour to detect mechanical faults and immediately report to the designated Officer for appropriate action
c) Prepare fuel requisitions in time
d) Record machine usage systemically in the provided log sheets
e) Keep the allocated machine clean, inter alia, in order to uphold the image of the Company.
f) Monitor the timing for the servicing and periodic prevalence maintenance and draw the attention of the officer in charge of transport for action.
g) Report all incidents, minor or major, to the Officer in charge transport, and to the police as may be necessary.
Minimum Qualification and Experience:
a) Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE).
b) Evidence of knowledge and skills in operating double drum rollers of different capacities
c) Five (5) years' experience in operating double drum rollers of various Capacities on a construction project.
Application procedure
Applications indicating the position being applied for and accompanied by detailed Curriculum Vitae, copies of Academic certificates, evidence of relevant working experience & contacts of three (3) Professional referees should be addressed and delivered to;
The Chief Human Resource Officer,
National Housing & Construction Company Limited,
Plot 5, 7th Street,
Industrial Area,
Kampala, Uganda.
Submit an online application to: Email address; firstname.lastname@example.com. (All applications via email must be sent as one document not more than 10 mbs)
Deadline for submission is Thursday, 14th April, 2022 by 4:30Pm. (East African Time)
Please note that only short listed candidates shall be contacted.
Date Posted: 2022-03-27


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Advantages of Chain Link Fences
The intention of fencing would be to supply stability and demarcate a home location before the installation of a fence you must look at some factors that can desire your consideration later or else regarded before deciding on a proper style. Each and every fence carries a diverse goal and benefits based on viability, budget along with other elements as discussed beneath. Chain link fencing is a type of close to-elaborate design for residential and commercial fencing. It is made from covered metallic cable with an interlocked layout that means it is kitty confirmation also. Typically kitties are definitely the most adaptable pets to get into even from the filter barred fences.
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These details certainly make chain link fence layout a workable option for your industrial or non commercial home when compared to the more pricey alternatives like hardwood or vinyl fabric fencing but the objective of the second is different altogether, as an example, beautifying and incorporating an elegant challenging. So, if beautifying is not really your motive, pick the density and hue of the wire properly to match it together with your additional place.


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Not usually. You cannot refuse to work in prison without a valid medical reason. Refusing to work can lead to serious consequences.
Do all incarcerated people have to work while in prison?
Yes, unless they have a valid reason not to. The BOP assigns jobs to people in prison with disabilities that they can manage. The BOP considers work to be part of the rehabilitation process.
According to the BOP, prison jobs allow incarcerated people an opportunity to learn and practice healthy work habits. This includes work skills, communication and general knowledge. The BOP says that these skills will be useful to people looking to find work after they are released.
What kinds of jobs will you have to do in prison?
Most jobs in prison help with the running of the facility. Most of the work you might do involves maintaining the prison or serving other prisoners.
Some of the jobs you might get assigned to in prison include the following:
- food service,
- groundskeeper,
- painter,
- plumber,
- custodian.
- laundry service,
- driver,
- mailroom clerk, and
- commissary clerk.
These are not the only jobs you might have in prison, but they are some of the most common.
How much will you get paid for your job in prison?
Jobs in prison do not pay much. The rate of pay depends on the state you are in. But in federal prison, you get paid somewhere between $0.12 and $0.40 per hour. According to BOP policy, prisons do not have to pay you for your labor. But federal law gives them the discretion to do so.
What can happen if you refuse to work in prison?
If you refuse to work in prison, you can face serious consequences. Refusing to work is a rule violation. There are several things that can happen according to the BOP's policy.
- Write-up. If it is your first offense, an officer may write you up. This is a note that goes into your disciplinary file and stays there.
- Loss of privileges. Refusing to work might also lose you some of your privileges. You may not be able to watch TV or use the phone. Officials may limit what you can buy from the commissary. You can also lose your privileges to go outside for exercise and recreation.
- Solitary. If you refuse to work, officers might decide to send you to administrative segregation. This is also known as solitary confinement or "the box." Your rights are severely restricted in solitary. You will stay in your cell for 22 to 24 hours a day and lose most of your other privileges.
- Transfer. Enough violations might result in a transfer. If you are at a low-security facility, refusing to work might get you transferred to a medium-security or high-security prison.
- Loss of "good time." Violations can also take away from your "good time," which means that you could end up staying in prison longer if you refuse to work.
The Takeaway:
You cannot refuse to work in prison unless you have a valid medical reason not to. Even people with disabilities have jobs in prison if they are able to work. There are many different jobs in prison. Most of them have to do with maintaining the facility and serving other people in prison. Refusing to work can lead to serious consequences.


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The dynamics of home furnishings have gone up, and thanks to the internet, there is a flourishing wealth of ideas in home design, each unique from the other.
One of the focal points of home design has to be furniture. There are various styles available each attributed to different cultures, religion, or rather attached to a specific geographic location. In medieval times, kings and queens had the best furniture as did the noblemen. Nowadays, homeowners are inspired by such historical times such as the renaissance period while looking into cultures such as the far east in India and China.
Improvement and Transformations
With better equipment that is more accurate, carpenters are able to recreate accurate impressions of furniture similar to vintage ones. A core challenge that has a direct bearing on pricing is the material or type of wood used. Hardwood is more preferred but as a result of the conservation efforts and the time it takes to grow this type of wood, the pricing for this particular material goes up. One common method of capitalizing on this disadvantage is the improvement and/or transformation of old furniture. Actually, this is where the interior design skills prove to be a masterstroke of genius. Take, for instance, using an old shelf and converting it into a wardrobe or modifying to transform it into a chest of drawers(http://tylko.com/furniture-c/chest-of-drawers/). Some of the methods include;
- Re-facing
- Painting
- Trimming
- Coating with wallpaper
While you can add wallpapers, repaint, trim, increase the volume and so forth, you can come up with a new design for a particular utility. Using design to transform a shelf to eg:
- A bench with storage
- A kitchen island
- An open shelf with closed drawers
- Trimming it into a desk
- Trimming it into a shoe rack
- A mudroom bench
- A dresser
Each transformation is unique to a particular design. A kitchen island will require a form of alteration where you trim the size to suit the kitchen outlay in terms of height and width. You will need a few additional features considering it will be subjected to a certain degree of heat or hot objects placed on its surface, like a stove. Perhaps covering it with a blackboard will do a lot to keep the stove from damaging the wood surface. Finally, you can install some hooks for hanging your skillet while adding pulls for your drawers where you keep some table wrap and cutlery. There is a myriad of ideas you can implement and convert a simple shelf into various forms of home furniture using the aforementioned methods.Background vector created by macrovector – www.freepik.com"


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When comparing UDOO Dual Basic vs Banana Pi, the Slant community recommends Banana Pi for most people. In the question"What are the best Raspberry Pi alternatives?" Banana Pi is ranked 5th while UDOO Dual Basic is ranked 15th. The most important reason people chose Banana Pi is:
Banana Pi officially supports Fedora, Arch, Lubuntu and openSUSE. It also can be used with Raspbian (Debian derivative) or Android.
Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking
Pro Pretty user-friendly
Even though it is quite powerful and may seem a little scary at first, the Udoo is actually really user-friendly. After hooking it up with a monitor, keyboard and mouse, it's already configured with either Ubuntu or Android and you don't need to do anything more in order to use it as a simple PC for day-to-day use.
Pro Built-in WiFi
The Udoo has a built-in Wifi module. There's no need to buy and use a separate WiFi card.
Pro Arduino hybrid
The Udoo has a separate ARM Cortex-M3 CPU which is the same found on the Arduino Due in addition to its other ARM i.MX6 Freescale CPU which runs either Linux or Android. Making the Udoo perfect for hybrid projects that need both Linux and Arduino capabilities.
Pro Official support for multiple Desktop-version Linux distros
Banana Pi officially supports Fedora, Arch, Lubuntu and openSUSE. It also can be used with Raspbian (Debian derivative) or Android.
Pro Additional keys for booting or shutting down
Pro SATA port
Pro Excellent compatibility with Raspberry Pi software
Other than having a port of Raspbian (the official OS for Raspberry Pi) available for use with full capabilities, Banana Pi can also use many applications that were originally written for Raspberry. One of these is WiringPi, a C/C++ library which gives easy access to Raspberry's I/O with a strong Arduino flavor. But that is just one example of the many open source projects being ported to Banana Pi.
Pro Onboard Wi-Fi
Most models have an onboard Wi-Fi.
Con No SATA port
Con Official images are not full distributions
Both Android and Ubuntu images lack some useful software which would be installed out-of-the-box for most Android or Linux devices. For example in Android it lacks the Play Store app and other Google apps. These can of course be installed but need to be done so manually (at least the Play Store) by flashing them from the SD card.
Con Bad software support
Con No off-the-shelf camera modules
The A20 chip that the Banana Pi uses lacks a true Camera Serial Interface implementation, instead it uses a parallel camera interface. The problem with this is that there are no off-the-shelf camera modules that support this and can connect to the Banana Pi, but it should be mentioned that the makers of Banana Pi have promised to create a camera module that is supported by it.
Con Does not fit most Raspberry Pi cases, even though it's where it clearly has gotten the inspiration from
The Banana Pi is pretty noticeable a Rapberry Pi lookalike and the name does not hide this information either. Unfortunately it's a bit larger than the Raspberry Pi, making it very hard to fit into most Raspberry Pi cases.


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Thank you so much for making our big day so very special. The reception was beautiful and I have so many people have told me that it has been the best reception they have ever been too. So thank you again we greatly appreciate everything you did for the reception.
Stacy and Steven (May 2012)
Thank you so much for all the work you did to make our wedding day special. We really appreciate it. Thanks again
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I want to say thanks for the rehearsal dinner. You were so easy to work with and everything looked beautiful and ran smoothly. I appreciate your efforts. You truly did a great job. Thank you all!
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With sincere thanks for all your hard work to make Adam and Megan's wedding so memorable. I especially wanted to mention Miles, we had so many compliments on his service.
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We're tackling our formal thank you's - but I didn't want to let another day go by without sharing a short note of gratitude with you! The service and care that Jon, myself, and our guests received on Saturday was well above and beyond our expectations! You and your team (especially Miles, WE LOVED HIM!!!!!) did a truly, truly incredible job. Thank you so, so much for helping us have the reception of our dreams and the party of a lifetime!
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Thank you so much for all your hard work for our wedding and the last minute calls. We wanted to tell you how much we appreciated everything you did. Also we had the most excellent time and really enjoyed the service. Miles was wonderful!
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I just wanted to thank you for everything that you did for us and our wedding. We couldn't have been happier with how it turned out and you were awesome to work with! And tell Miles he was getting rave reviews for his service all night and I hope people compensated him accordingly. People also said the service all around was excellent. Everybody that we have talked to who was at the wedding said they had a blast as well and that it was beautiful. I would recommend any type of event, especially a wedding at the Syndicate any day of the week. Again thanks for making our special night be everything that we hoped for!
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« No one was ready for the second wave. It caught everybody by surprise. In a very short time, it's turned into a major crisis. The authorities here are well-organised and are adapting to the situation as it evolves as best they can. But as the cases increase, it's getting harder to find beds. They're calling from hospital to hospital trying to refer patients, but they're struggling. », says Mabel Morales, MSF's Medical Co-ordinator in Mumbai.
Daily new infections across the country have reached a peak of over 200,000 in a single day, with a whopping 115.736 new cases reported in Maharashtra state on a single day on 16 April.
MSF has mobilised 60 staff and is in the process of recruiting and sending additional teams with COVID experience. We have deployed doctors, nurses, anaesthesia technicians and psychologists to support BKC hospital (also called Jumbo Hospital) in Mumbai, a 2000 bed facility, divided into two phases of 1000 beds, treating moderate to severe COVID-19 patients.
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"Imagine a thousand-bed hospital, there's 28 wards as well as the emergency, casualty and triage areas. It's a makeshift hospital in a huge metal tent. I've never seen anything like it. This is the second week of our emergency project. Last week, we had about 200 to 250 new patients admitted every day" says Gautam Hari Govind, MSF's Medical Activity Manager in Mumbai.
The current surge in severe cases of COVID-19 has increased the number of people requiring hospitalization and oxygen therapy, which is why MSF has begun supporting dedicated COVID health centers in Mumbai.
"Doctors and nurses are completely overwhelmed and overall access to health care is compromised. With the increasing number of cases and demand for hospital beds, it is likely that the health system will be further stretched.There is an immediate need to increase access to oxygen and quality management of patients. Our teams are also working hard to strengthen infection, prevention and control measures." said Daniela Garone, MSF medical responsible.
MSF is also worried about vulnerable populations and people with other illnesses, such as diabetes, HIV and/or tuberculosis and their ability to access medical care, including oxygen therapy.
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The fight on Newman 6 is over.
El Paso Electric and the coalition of community and environmental groups opposing the construction of the new methane power plant unit in Northeast El Paso announced an agreement Tuesday, removing the roadblocks to Newman 6's construction.
The environmental groups will withdraw their opposition to the plant, and in exchange, the utility will agree to a four-year moratorium — excluding Newman 6 — on constructing any new natural gas units. The agreement also states the site will not be used for future fossil fuel construction after Newman 6 is built.
El Paso Electric's Newman 6 project faced delays after the Sierra Club, Earthworks and the New Mexico citizen's group called Chaparral Coalition for Community Health challenged the state of Texas' pending approval of El Paso Electric's air quality permit, citing health and environmental concerns.
David Baake, a New Mexico attorney who co-represented the coalition and negotiated the settlement, said the agreement was "unprecedented."
"As far as we can tell, this is the first time any utility in the U.S. has agreed to a fossil fuel moratorium that includes natural gas," Baake said.
The groups agreed to immediately withdraw their contested case hearing set before an administrative judge for later this year. They also agreed not to oppose the project's air quality permit, which requires approval before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
This will allow the permitting process to finish, allowing the utility to start construction on Newman 6. Power plant operations will start in 2023, according to the El Paso Electric website.
El Paso Electric officials were "pleased" with the agreement, saying in a statement that as soon as the air permit is approved, the utility will start construction of the 228-megawatt natural gas power plant the company has said is necessary for regional growth and higher electricity demand.
In addition to the environmental groups, there was significant opposition to the plant's construction from the city of El Paso and Doña Ana County in New Mexico.
The environmental groups were the only members of the settlement agreement since they were the sole groups given standing in the legal proceeding moving through the State Office of Administrative Hearings.
Much of the fight came from Ida and David Garcia, who can see the power plant from their backyard and were concerned about pollution in Chaparral, New Mexico. Ida Garcia formed the Chaparral Coalition for Community Health. Her husband, David Garcia, a former Doña Ana County commissioner, said they feel hopeful but are still wary about the agreement.
"We will continue to monitor and see if El Paso Electric keeps its promise. If not, we're gonna end up back in court," David Garcia said.
Antoinette Reyes, the southern organizer for Rio Grande Sierra Club, said the groups asked for additional concessions in bargaining, such as additional investment in solar and wind energy, but said this deal was the utility's "best offer."
"Hopefully, the settlement can be used as a precedent for other cases like this in Texas, because normally, utilities don't end up offering as much as we were able to get them to in this case," Reyes said. "While there was still more that we had hoped for, this is a good first step."
Reyes said organizers are asking the city of El Paso to oppose any proposed additional fossil fuel infrastructure for future projects beyond the moratorium.
Miguel Escoto, an organizer for the national nonprofit Earthworks, who assisted in the Chaparral effort, said the agreement was "bittersweet.".
"Our goal was to stop Newman 6 from happening. And we did not win that," Escoto said. "But at the end of the day, I'm very proud of what the community organized for."
There are a few other exceptions to the four-year moratorium laid out in the agreement. El Paso Electric would be able to build a plant if there are "emergency or reliability conditions," and it would not impact infrastructure built for a single customer, such as a generator built for a hospital.
El Paso Electric can still seek approval for fossil-fuel power plants, but cannot start building until the fourth year. The pause does not affect construction on existing plants. The moratorium goes into effect after the air permit is issued.
The agreement also lays out an early retirement of older natural gas power plants as soon as Newman 6 is built, which the company has said would cut emissions. The older plants were constructed before additional federal regulations in the 1970s.
The utility agreed to additional emissions controls on Newman 6 that will reduce pollution by 40% to 790,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year and 72 tons per year of nitrous oxide, which contributes to the production of smog.
The agreement said even if the state regulatory agency does not require those limitations in the permit, the utility will stay below those emissions. El Paso Electric will make a web page and post the quarterly reports the utility gives to regulatory agencies.
The Federal Environmental Protection Agency's upcoming decision regarding the area's air quality designation – the passing or failing pollution grade given to counties – could impact additional payments to Chaparral in the agreement.
The EPA requests that areas that do not meet air quality standards work to control emissions, whether by stopping pollution at the source, or paying for other entities to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Such investments — including tree planting, or building wind turbines and other renewable energy — are called offset credits.
If the EPA changes the county's grade to noncompliant with air pollution, the utility said it would balance additional smog pollution by committing $500,000 in credits, saying that purchase would offset 110% of Newman 6's volatile organic compound emissions.
That money would go to an existing source of volatile organic compound emissions in El Paso county, which either would need to shutdown or agree to an enforceable limit to its VOC emissions, Baake said.
Baake said offset markets are well-established under the Clean Air Act and in larger cities like Dallas and Los Angeles, and said one could form in El Paso.
"There was a lot of hesitation among some of the members of our coalition about whether these credit markets really work, or whether they really result in pollution reductions," Baake said. "We're obviously going to keep an eye on how El Paso Electric plans to fulfill that obligation."
Earthworks organizer Escoto said this portion of the agreement was exploiting what he called a "loophole" in federal regulations for pollution.
"The affected community Chaparral is still breathing in all that pollution; it's like a license to pollute," Escoto said.
If no offset market arises by 2023, the utility and the Chaparral community coalition agreed to spend the $500,000 on jointly selected "emission reduction or energy efficiency projects," according to the agreement. The Sierra Club could advise, but would have no authority to decide spending.
After Newman 6's permit is approved, El Paso Electric will also pay out $400,000 to a nonprofit charitable fund to be operated by the Chaparral citizen's group. The Sierra Club could again have an advisory position, but no decision to spend the funds.
Reyes, the Sierra Club organizer, said the fund is a win for a "historically marginalized community of color" to have more of a say in their community.
"Hopefully it's life changing for those that live close to the facility," she said.
El Paso Electric also agreed to pay $40,000 to the groups for attorney and expert fees.
This story has been updated to clarify credit offsets.
Cover photo: An artist's rendering of El Paso Electric Co.'s proposed Newman 6 power plant in Northeast El Paso.


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Germany: Federal Office of Justice takes action against Telegram
Germany: Federal Office of Justice takes action against Telegram
All social network-users shall be able to file for complain in case the recognize content punishable by law. This is stipulated in the NetzDG. The messenger service Telegram had problems fulfilling these requirements.
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Telegram is a free instant messaging service for the use on smartphones, tablets, smartwatches and PCs, developed in Russia.Telegram users can exchange text messages, voice messages, photos, videos and documents, as well as use voice and video calling to other Telegram users. According to its own information, the base of the development team is in Dubai, but no imprint is given on the website. It is common to read on the internet that the Telegram Crew is a digital nomad crew, but no statement has been made from the actual company yet."
According to different German Newspapers, the Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJV) is taking action against the messenger service Telegram. The reason was that options for complaining about criminal content were not easily recognisable and accessible. However, this is required by the Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG).
In addition, it is still not clear where Telegram's courts could be if someone took legal action against the company. Which principle of Territoriality shall apply?
According to the latest statements, the Federal Office of Justice, which is part of the Ministry of Justice, is is conducting two fine proceedings in the matter.
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My mum is looking to buy a new laptop after Christmas. Her budget is tight: around £200. She uses it for Microsoft Office, browsing the internet (reading the Guardian) and watching TV. I suggested a 32GB SSD drive – which would be really quick – as she will use USB sticks, SD cards and the cloud for storage. I saw one for £160, but if she bought that, she would need to buy an external DVD drive for burning music to CD etc. Would it just be easier to stay safe and get a standard laptop with a hard drive? Charlie
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